DETROIT (WXYZ) — For 45 years, the smooth voice of Gerald McBride has graced the airwaves of Detroit radio — for the last 26 years on 92.3 FM.

“One thing about my childhood, my mother played a lot of music in the house all the time and I had a brother who was a musician, so there were always bands playing in our basement,” said McBride, a radio producer and filmmaker.

McBride took that love for music to the radio. You hear him on weekends doing "Old School House Party" and now, he's responsible for a new nationally syndicated show called "Battle of the Old School."

“Every weekend, we do Prince versus Michael Jackson or Aretha versus Chaka Khan,” McBride said.

You hear McBride on radio but behind the mic, he has produced concert commercials for big-name performers for decades.

Now, he's venturing into filmmaking. His latest project will soon hit the big screen: "Black Ice." It tells the story of hockey in Detroit. He was inspired to write the story 15 years ago when he took his buddy to a Michigan hockey game.

“It was sold out, 10,000 people there and I was the only Black guy in the arena,” McBride said.

"Black Ice" is fiction but tells the real story about the struggle of Black hockey players — all shot at the Jack Adams Memorial Ice Arena in Detroit and includes real Detroit hockey players in the film.

McBride is the director and the executive producer.