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 […]
For the record, I hate ‘no shows’. You know, when a band decides to cancel a show for some reason. I have no problem if it happens because someone falls ill or is having a family emergency. Canceling a show due to a hangnail or slow ticket sales is another thing altogether. While a […]
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 […]