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Christmas is full of familiar traditions: carving the ham, leaving cookies out for Santa, listening to Uncle Morty talk about his gall bladder removal surgery while you’re trying to enjoy some egg nog. These
I’d wager that somewhere in your house is at least one item that has the Coca-Cola label on it. Heck, the former Coca-Cola Bottling Company building is in downtown Owensboro.
September 11th, 2001 was the second day of my vacation. I was sleeping in. The phone rang. My frantic mother was on the other end of the line asking, “Are you awake?” Now, my mother is rarely—if ever—frantic about anything. So, her tone was immediately alarming. But then she said, “We’re under attack!” It took me a moment to process that statement. “Under attack?!?” “Yes,” she continued,”New York City has been attacked!”
Last night was the final concert at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana with Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker. Roberts Stadium has been a landmark in Evansville since 1956 with visits from Presidents, Elvis Presley, WWE, monster trucks, baskeball games, rodeos, The Harlem Globetrotters, boxing, superstars like Garth Brooks was there in the 90's & WBKR played a major part Garth being there, I've seen Hank Williams Jr. numerous times at Roberts Stadium.
Always love to hear feedback from our WBKR listeners about what they may or may not like in their household, this time lets talk about television shows. I'd have to say "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe i
It's been two years now since Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You" is certified gold. There have been over eight million views of this video performance.!!
2003 Johnny Cash picks up six nominations in the MTV Video Music Awards, for his re-make of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" There have been 22 millions views of that video.
21 years ago today, Kathy Mattea scores Gold! "Willow In The Wind" It includes the beautiful, touching song "Where've You Been" writte
Wow, in 2005, Toby Keith’s "As Good As I Once Was" is #1 for six weeks! If you wanna watch him belt it out, click here.
On this date three years ago, Garth Brooks made a surprise appearance at Shea Stadium in New York. It was for a Billy Joel concert and the final night at that. Now, Billy wrote one of Garth's huge hits, "Shameless" and they performed it t
To the average person, this contraption looks strange, but it's how recordings were played back, oh, over 100 years ago.
I've always wanted to do a theme vacation where I travel a famous route, trail, or path. Route 66 leaps immediately to mind, only because that's probably the closest. Or so I thought. A group of cyclists called Spoke 'N Revolutions Youth Cycling is travelling the Underground Railroad--and they're coming through Owensboro.
Every town is unique. Some of its citizens may not think so, but if you flesh it out and pay attention, you'll learn why. Owensboro is no different. It doesn't take much talking to learn that someone is a native of the Big O. In fact, I've come up with some ways to readily identify Owensboroans. You know you're from Owensboro when...
