Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen stared out the aft window of the Space Shuttle Columbia as Crippen opened the two 60-foot-long payload doors.  This was a necessary step designed to expose th…

    Looking back, there were a lot of great teachers in my life who got me interested in a variety of things, many of which I am still interested in today.  By far, one who added the greatest val…

      One of my favorite pastimes is reading books and articles about drummers.  Of particular interest to me are three basics bits of information: 1) How old were they when they became obse…

      WOAS-FM 88.5 will begin the new year with a Schwans Cares fundraising campaign to help replace some of our studio equipment.  The WOAS EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT campaign will begin on Janu…

     We left off Part 1 around 1997 with the newly remodeled WOAS-FM studio approaching the cusp of the new millennium with a new studio layout and all new electronic hardware.  There were still t…

      If you are of a certain age, you probably remember when they used to predict what life would be like in the year 2000.  The list of ‘gee whiz’ things would invariably include flyin…