Plumbline News Room 01 The 2025 Radio Hall of Fame Inductees By the Radio Hall of Fame June 2025 02 New York Times By April 2023 03 At Age 88, Birmingham Radio Legend Shelley Stewart: ‘I Ain’t Tired Yet Birmingham Times By Jamaica Harris Bowser February 1, 2023 04 City of Birmingham hosts annual AWAKEN celebration honoring Dr. Shelley Stewart WVTM13 By Mattie Davis October 2022 05 Winnowed by the Hardships of His Youth, This Top Ad Executive is Now an Advocate for Keeping Kids in School American Essence By Karim Shamsi-Basha July 2022 06 Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement The Group Travel Leader By Brian Jewell March 4, 2022 07 A Black Radio Pioneer: One-On-One with Shelley ‘The Playboy’ Stewart CBS 42 By Art Franklin February 28, 2022 08 How Shelley Stewart Subverted the System to Become an Advertising Success Ad Week By Doug Zanger February 22, 2021 09 Groundbreaking partnership quietly defied the days of segregation Southern Jewish Life By Richard Friedman January 9, 2022

Shelley's Plumbline is a podcast that leads us in a search for the truth on tough social topics. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Shelley Stewart. WELCOME TO SEASON 15! Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees. Click To Read More. SALUTE TO BLACK RADIO 00:00 / 04:02 REQUEST SONG FOR DOWNLOAD The Oldest Podcaster in The United States Welcome to the Plumbline JOIN OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH In construction, a plumbline is a weight suspended from a string used as a tool to find the true reference line. A plumbline will always find the vertical axis pointing to the center of gravity, ensuring everything is right, justified, and centered. Pulling from a library of more than 3,000 shows from his storied career in broadcasting, Shelley's Plumbline leads us in a search for the truth, opening the channels of communication and understanding on tough social topics that are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago. Join us as we explore the past, compare it to today, and craft a better future. Listen to this week's episode "I will never allow my personal agenda get in the way of common sense." Dr. Shelley Stewart Upload Click An Icon Below To Listen To Podcast BUSINESS & SPEAKING ENQUIRIES EVENTS PRESS PR & PODCAST ENQUIRIES

Season 7: SEASON 7: EPISODE 1 A Decade at a Time: Shelley's Life in the 1930s. SEASON 7: EPISODE 2 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley leaves the Stables. SEASON 7: EPISODE 3 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: More About the Smith Family. SEASON 7: EPISODE 4 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Learns About Life from Clyde Smith. SEASON 7: EPISODE 5 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: The Last Words of Mattie C. Stewart. SEASON 7: EPISODE 6 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Learns About Black and White Cultures in the 1940s SEASON 7: EPISODE 7 Shelley's Life 1947: The Year Everything Changed for Shelley SEASON 7: EPISODE 8 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Back with Aunt Mamie. SEASON 7: EPISODE 9 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Learns His Name is Shelley. SEASON 7: EPISODE 10 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Heads to High School. SEASON 7: EPISODE 11 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: A Reunion with Bubba and Some Trouble With A Gun. SEASON 7: EPISODE 12 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Escape from Mississippi. SEASON 7: EPISODE 13 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: The Birth of Shelley "The Playboy." SEASON 7: EPISODE 14 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: The Playboy In His Prime. SEASON 7: EPISODE 15 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: "The Playboy" Fights for Human Rights. SEASON 7: EPISODE 16 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Builds A Business. SEASON 7: EPISODE 17 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Gets Arrested in Jackson, Mississippi. SEASON 7: EPISODE 18 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Shelley Stirs the Pot in the 60s. SEASON 7: EPISODE 19 Shelley's Life A Decade at a Time: Bubba's Sacrifice, Georgia Price and Voting Rights. SEASON 7: EPISODE 20 Charles Gray and the Re-Education of Our Children. Click An Icon Below To Listen To Shelley's Plumbline Learn More Book For Speaking Engagements