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WOAS FM 91.5 TOWER FUND CAMPAIGN Our broadcast tower was damaged by ice. The age of the structure dictates it must be replaced. We are formulating a replacement plan but need to get a jump start on funding it ASAP. Please send your tax deductible donations to: WOAS-FM 91.5 Tower Fund ? Ontonagon Area Schools […]
To celebrate our 46th anniversary in mid-July 2025, my wife and I traveled to Crystal Falls, Michigan to see The Traveling Musical Hillbilly Hippie Commune Show (or TMHHC). Never heard of them? They have been around since 1971 so perhaps you knew them by one of their previous names: Family Tree? Burlap Socks? Emergency Band? […]
Over the years, I have found periodically updating the history of WOAS-FM is the best way to remind locals and newcomers that we are still ‘Your Sound Choice’ in Ontonagon. Since we began streaming video of our studio and our over the air broadcast signal, we have also become ‘Bad and World-Wide’ (if ZZ […]
AstroCal – July 2025 On the morning of July 1, 2025, Venus will be shining brightly in the eastern sky in the hour before sunrise. Shining at magnitude -4-4, it will not be hard to find. On July 4, the much dimmer object just 2.4 degrees above Venus will be Uranus. Jupiter (mag -1.9) […]
Back in April of 2025, we presented some highlights of General Chuck Yeager’s exploits from his West Virginia childhood up through his historic flight that broke the sound barrier for the first time (FTV: Chuck Yeager 4-23-25). This condensed version of his story touched on his time as a fighter pilot and at the time, […]
From the Vaults: Knockdown Gigs When my high school band, The Twig, broke up the summer after graduation, I made the conscious decision to not get into another band until after my freshman year at Northern Michigan University. After working at the Huron Mountain Club in the summer of 1971, I knew working there […]
Just a couple of housekeeping updates before we get to the task at hand – namely installing our new tower bays so we can get back to broadcasting off our tower. We will still be posting on the website while off the air until the All-School Reunion at the end of July, but feel […]
FYI to our listeners – we have our new tower elements tested and they will be in transit soon. We expect to have them installed ASAP in June so we can test them out. If all goes well (and I have confidence in Jim and Al that it will), we will return to the air […]
Back in 2021, I shared the story of the Chief Designer of the Soviet Union’s Manned Rocket program, Sergei Korolev, also known as ‘The King’. (FTV: The King, Part 1 (7-14-21) & Part 2 (7-21-21)). Korolev’s name was so top secret that there were very few people even in Russia who even knew about his […]
REO Speedwagon came charging out of Southern Illinois and made a national name for themselves in the 1970s and 1980s. With the band’s name pretty much retired as of December of 2024, it seems a fitting time to chart the ups and downs of the band. The REO story, from its inception in 1967 […]