October 7, 2012 Country Music Month is here! And the excitement is building as we get ready for "The 46th Annual CMA Awards" Thursday, Nov. 1 8|7c on ABC! The fun begins at 5PM with Red Carpet Radio. Then, for the first time in nearly 20 years, The Country Station 92.5 WBKR will broadcast the CMA Awards!
September 29, 2012 Do you remember that show, The Facts of Life, from the 80s? About the boarding school and the teacher and then four of the students and the teacher bought a delicatessen? Or was it a bakery? Well, whatever, do you remember the show?
September 29, 2012 I love this show. It's one of my favorite television shows EVER. And it's precisely why I subscribe to Showtime for three months of the year. Season 7 of Dexter premieres Sunday night and I will be right in front of the TV cheering on the tube's most loveable serial killer. If you haven't seen the official teaser trailer for the new season, we've got it right here!
September 27, 2012 I am going to wear you all out with this. But here's the deal. While I like Blake Shelton on The Voice, I think he's pretty much the only reason to watch that show at this point. I think the talent is mediocre at best this season. Cee Lo continues to freak me out and what is up with that bird on his shoulder?? And, with her hand-held fan and that box fan she has blowing at her feet, Christina Aguilera has apparently developed a sweat-gland problem and is more irritating than ever. While The Voice is struggling to find talent, nurture it and manage it, The X Factor has more than it can handle. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been sharing some of my favorite auditions and here's another. This is Jessica Espinoza and, like Simon, I LOVE her and her voice!
September 25, 2012 There's a reason The X Factor continues to build its audience and even helped Fox win last week's ratings war. It is, as judge Demi Levato would say, AMAZING . . . and the talent is UNBELIEVABLE. Take, for instance, Jeffrey Adam Gutt, a 36-year-old single dad who, last week, took to the mic and belted out the most powerful rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" I have ever heard. There are MANY reasons to watch The X Factor and this guy is a huge one. He is a revelation and a contender. WATCH!
September 19, 2012 Week two of The X Factor and you know Benefield and Nashville Kat are HUGE fans of the show. If you haven't tuned in, we highly recommend giving it a look. The talent is CRAZY good and you truly never know what you are going to get. Take, for instance, Jason Brock. Last week, in the Providence auditions, Jason walked onto the stage and shared his vision of what his first concert tour would look like. The judges, particularly Simon, were on "freakshow alert." But then Jason started to sing. And he slayed Billy Joel's 'New York State of Mind!" Watch this!! Jason is proof that you can't judge a book or a voice by its cover.
September 18, 2012 Rumors are flying that all the judges on The Voice will be leaving the show. Waking Crew guest and TV expert Steve Thompson says Christina will be replaced by Shikira and Cee Lo by Usher. And, Blake will be replaced by ... well, no one knows yet. It is not offifial but Blake did tell Access Hollywood that he and his fellow judges are having to choose between the show and their music careers.
September 16, 2012 Hot off her show, "Heroes" and the film, "Scream 4", here's hottie Hayden Panettiere back on TV in "Nashville", premiering on Eyewitness News Channel 25 (Time Warner Cable Channel 11) on October 10th. This show could be pretty good. Hayden will portray an up an coming singing star, Juliette Barnes.
September 14, 2012 There are those who'd say I shouldn't be writing this unless I watch a whole episode of TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo." To them, I say, "My parents raised no masochists."
September 13, 2012 I saw Stewart Whitaker's article about the new commercial for NBC Football and, of course, went to watch. Wow. She is so thin. I really think she looks like Celine Dion in the video. See what you think. The song is called, 'Waiting All Day for Sunday Night' . It kicked off the game between the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers this past Sunday.
September 12, 2012 If you're like me, you have been tuned in this week to the Season 3 premiere of NBC's hit talent show, The Voice. While the talent has been hit-and-miss as expected, one contestant just blew my socks off. When 18-year-old Trevin Hunte stepped to the mic and belted out Beyonce's hit "Listen" from Dreamgirls, everyone was on their feet. Well . . . almost everyone. Cee Lo Green stood. Christina Aguilera stood. Blake Shelton stood. But Adam Levine didn't. In fact, he didn't even push his button or turn his chair around for Trevin. And Blake went crazy! He couldn't believe Adam didn't turn around. I can't either . . . because this guy is incredible! Watch his performance and Blake's reaction!
September 11, 2012 With Chad gone I need to make sure that we have information about the Voice on the WBKR website! So, I asked Cory Stromblad at Taste of Country to help. Here's what he had to say.
With the handful of country artists that have emerged from reality television in recent years, there was bound to be a standout country music singer in the batch of hopefuls spotlighted on last night's 'The Voice' Season 3 premiere. After a rather bold audition with her yodel-infused cover of Patsy Montana's 1935 country classic 'I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart,' Springfield, Illinois native Gracia Harrison had the daunting challenge of choosing between Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine as her superstar coach.
