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  • Aug 7, 1995
    WSIX-FM personality Chuck "Hoss" Burns becomes the first major country figure to publicly admit he has AIDS, sharing his story on the air and in The Tennessean. "This is my greatest challenge," he says, "to show my dirty underwear to everybody"
    Aug 15, 1995
    Eight days after air personality "Hoss" Burns publicly admitted he has AIDS, Nashville radio station WSIX-FM conducts a 12-hour on-air tribute. Among the country stars who take part in the broadcast are Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Marty Stuart, Kathy Mattea and Steve Wariner
    Dec 4, 1995
    In a first, a female impersonator performs at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for the third annual CARES concert to raise money for AIDS agencies. Artists on the bill include: Pam Tillis, K.T. Oslin, WSIX-FM's Hoss Burns and Billy Ray Cyrus

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