“The Nazz Are Blue,” Lee said in reference to nothing in particular.  “Who are they and why are they blue?” I asked.  Lee was the bass player in my second band, Knockdown, a…

From the Vaults: Snow Day! No, not that kind of snow day. I am talking about something we hatched to help make the long stretch of winter weather (January to the end of March in the western Upper Peni…

     February 13, 2025 marked the kick off of the WOAS-FM 91.5 / Ontonagon Area Schools safe driving public service campaign.  This state-wide initiative is called Strive 4 A Safer Drive (S4SD) …

     Reading Rik Emmitt’s biography Lay It On The Line (ECW Press – 2023), I especially enjoyed the tales he recounted from various bands he was in over more than fifty years in the music…

Okay – now I sound like the Mandarin in Iron Man 3 – what I mean to say, is WOAS-FM has been granted a new home at 91.5 FM – unfortunately our old tower elements are tuned to our ol…

       ‘Derringer’ was probably the perfect stage name when nine year old Rick began playing Country & Western tunes in the bars around Fort Recovery, Ohio with his uncle Jim.  It w…