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In September of 2018, RadioWorld magazine featured an article by John Schneider as part of a series they call Roots of Radio. The full title of Schneider’s article was The Rabble-Rousers of Early Radio Broadcasting, subtitled Take a look at some of radio’s less-remembered provocateurs. Schneider’s article focused on the formative years of radio (1920s […]
One does not find themselves in a traffic jam in Ontonagon County very often, but there were two that occured on Day 2 of the 14th Annual Porcupine Mountain Music Festival. I got caught up in the first one trying to cross the Ontonagon River bridge on the way to the festival. The line up […]
The 14th Annual Porcupine Mountain Music Festival took place in late August of 2018, making this the 13th year that I have volunteered at the festival. In the early days, a typical four hour shift involved a little emcee work and manning the sound board at a couple of workshops. By the fourth year, emceeing […]
Here are three things I would not have normally associated with drummer Kenney Jones: the banjo, polo, or his donning an apron as a greengrocer. The trick here is knowing exactly how these things fit into what would become a far reaching career playing the drums for some iconic bands stretching from the 1960s to […]
My poor mother must have had worried what exactly we were up to. The Twig decided to learn Hoyt Axton’s song The Pusher off the eponymous first album by Steppenwolf. With us practicing in the basement at our normal volume (loud), there is no possible way she could have missed Mike singing the chorus. […]
We would like to take the opportunity to say ‘welcome back’ or just plain ‘welcome’ to our regular and/or new listeners. WOAS-FM 88.5 went on the air in December of 1978 making this year the beginning of our 40th year on the air. It would be great to tell you there is a big party […]
Scroll down beyond the posts to find the puzzle section courtesy of State Point Media! Station Contact Information: 701 Parker Ave. Ontonagon, MI 49953 ken@oasd.k12.mi.us woas@oasd.k12.mi.us Phone: 906 813 0614 Ext 113 Welcome to YOUR SOUND CHOICE! The fall 2018 broadcast schedule is almost upon us – new things await, some old problems left […]
Foghorn Leghorn, the animated rooster, was given some of the pithiest lines in cartoondom. Things like, “The boy’s got a mouth like a cannon, always shootin’ it off” regularly flowed from his beak. His take on common sense was equally blunt: “The boy is about as sharp as a bowling ball” and “That boy is […]
Millions of records sold. Stadium filling tours. How could a band like Def Leppard not be successful when one looks back at their storied career? The truth be told, if one only remembers the high points, then they were a ‘can’t miss’ band, but when factoring in the low points, it is a wonder that […]
There are two schools of thought when it comes to actor William Shatner: people either love him or they hate him. There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground and I am not sure where this attitude comes from. He certainly isn’t shy about sharing his opinions on various subjects and he has never had […]