WOAS news and history
Paging through the January 3, 2018 issue of Radio World, a bunch of cartoons jump off the page and caught my eye. My first thought was, “This guy’s style reminds me a lot of Dan Rosandich’s work. A glance at the articles byline told me why: the cartoons were drawn by Rosandich and used […]
It has been much too long since we presented a good old fashioned album review in this space so this would seem to be just as good a time as any to do just that. With that said, let me warn readers that this won’t be a one album review. No, we are going […]
Marius Jensen and the two Eskimo sledge drivers, Mikael and William, surprised two German hunters at a wayside hut at Germania Harbor on Sabine Island. The surprised Germans fled on foot to their secret weather station at Hansa Bay, some five miles away. After a quick examination of the hunter’s hut, Jensen knew that […]
Our friends at the Planetary Society are still at it. Do you think the PS President Bill Nye might be up for a visit to the UP?
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 or Ext 109 Welcome to YOUR SOUND CHOICE! 2018 is here – new things await, some old problems left to fix – […]
Let’s play World War II trivia: Who was Eli Knudson? If you rightly guessed from the title above that he had something to do with the Battle of Greenland, you are in the bonus round. For a chance to choose between curtain number one or the box of fabulous prizes . . . what would […]
The ecological implications of the phrase ‘going paperless’ are obvious but it somehow hasn’t worked out exactly as planned. Admittedly, there are many organizations that give their members the ‘electronic delivery’ option. Off the top of my head, local groups like The Friends of the Porkies and the Ontonagon County Historical Society come to […]
Like many other publications, Classic Rock Magazine ends each year with an issue compiling the best and worst of the past year. In years past, I purchased my monthly copy of CRM from a bookstore and avoided this issue assuming it would be a rehash of articles from previous issues. With the closing of […]
What began as an innocent swamping out of our linen closet turned into an adventure when I discovered the long missing high school annuals from my days at Marquette Senior High. The summary from my freshman year was kind of fun and it was surprising how many little details popped into my head perusing […]
It has been a while since I updated the old “welcome to WOAS-FM” page so that is in the offing over this Christmas Break. We have been granted a $1000 grant from the State of Michigan for the third consecutive year to run our Don’t be Distracted public service campaign (part of the statewide Strive […]