Memories

Radio is a business where you meet a lot of people and I'm thinking back today on many of the really nice people that I've had the pleasure of meeting since I started on the air, here, in 1988. Rudy Gatlin. The Gatlins were in town for a show last summer and he stopped by the studio...

As I sit and try to think about the most important aspects, events and people that I've crossed paths with working here for 30 years, it's hard to give you the best of each, but I'll give you some of them. Our very first GM, Keith Tilkens had a combination of business acumen combined with kindness that is rarely found...

On the anniversary of the death of Elvis, Mark shares a few memories related to the King.

I heard the news of the passing of Glen Campbell yesterday afternoon. Here, on this blog, I won't give you all of the stats for album sales, chart performance, and various awards. My dad, like Glen, was born in the south and was a musician...

I was leaving Walmart yesterday at the same time as a young family who had just bought their young daughter her first bike. She was about 4 years old and sitting atop a gorgeous new bike, complete with handlebar tassels and training wheels...

I was just sitting in the studio talking to Paul about Kool Aid.  I'm curious if people still buy Kool Aid and add an ENTIRE cup of sugar like we did growing up. I don't even know when I last bought or made it at my house. I had a friend in high school that had a 7 minute speech on how to make Kool Aid that he used in most of his classes requiring public speaking of any kind...

My favorite Summer treat by far is homemade ice cream.  We always had it a couple times each summer.  Sometimes, if you got the first bowl you could taste the rock salt that crept into the lid.  I'm not sure if people even make it anymore because of the work involved but it was the best brain freeze I ever had...

Our Easters were almost always at my grandmother's house. The Easter egg hunt, the Easter ham (grandma didn't care much for turkey or chicken) and grandpa filming it all on a super 8 camera. And, when you're a kid, you don't care for much more than the candy...

Today on our show, we had folks call in and tell us about their favorite picture. Here's mine. It was taken shortly before we lost my little brother to cancer. And it's ironic that this came up today because his beautiful daughter turns 5 today...

Flash back to the early 90's.

My daughter was 9 months old when 9/11 happened. My wife received a call from her mom frantically telling her to turn on the TV to CNN. The live video we were watching of both World Trade Center towers in New York was surreal. By the time we tuned in the various news organizations had just received confirmation from the government that this was a terrorist attack...

When you go behind the scenes with Blake Shelton, you know you are in for a laugh. Or two. Or 20. The singer took fans inside his world when filming the video for his cover of ‘Footloose,’ which coincided with the remake of the film. Shelton shared his memories pertaining to the film like only he can!