big o music fest

At their Fan Club party last week at the CMA Music Fest in Nashville, LoCash’s Preston Brust and Chris Lucas let the cat out of the bag. Kendra Wilkinson was coming into Nashville and was going to be in their new video for the song C-O-U-N-T-R-Y. Yesterday they spent time together planning the shoot and sometime today the project will be recorded.

The Battle for the Big O is back!  And our 2012 audition season begins THIS Friday night, June 8th, at The Sandbar on West 9th Street in Owensboro.  We are looking for a music act to open the Big O Music Festival coming up August 18th at Reids Orchard in Owensboro.  One lucky winner is going to pocket $500 and open for Blake Shelton, Tracy Lawrence, Jo Dee Messina, Gloriana, Lo Cash Cowboys, Joan

Tomorrow is KID'S DAY at Jac's Big O Party in front of the WBKR studios.  The fun gets underway at 9am with inflatables from Incredible Inflatables and there's more.  Eric Winkler will be here cooking up a mess a somethin'!  Actually, he'll be cooking in honor of young Hallie Spinks, a 3-month-old little Rockport girl who was recently diagnosed with neuroblastoma.  EVERYONE is invited to stop by

It is back!  The Battle For The Big O presented by Henderson Chevy Buick GMC returns to The Country Station, 92.5 WBKR!  This is YOUR chance to win $500 and open for Blake Shelton, Tracy Lawrence, Jo Dee Messina and others at the 2012 Big O Music Fest at Reid's Orchard, Saturday, August 18th.  We are pleased to announce our first round of audition dates and official rules for the contest.  If you

Last year at The Big O Music Fest, I went on stage to introduce David Nail and, like usual, shrugged off what I was "supposed" to say.  When I intro music acts I don't like to read from label-approved scripts.  That's just way too robotic for my taste.  I much prefer doing it the heart-felt way.  And that's exactly what I did with David.  I said to the crowd that they were about to hear

Big news from The Big O Music Festival!  This year's line-up just got even bigger.  Just announced- Jo Dee Messina is coming to Reids Orchard to join the show on Saturday, August 18th.  With Blake Shelton already headlining and Jo Dee taking the stage as well, this year's Big O may be the biggest one yet!  Do you have your tickets yet?

Last Saturday's BIG O MUSIC FEST was awesome and WBKR was proud to have MUDD RIVER UNION open the show!  MUDD RIVER won our big talent contest, The Battle For The Big O, and earned the right to take the stage and kick-off the festival that included Sarah Darling, Steve Holy, David Nail, Jake Owen, Colt Ford, Chris Young and Dierks Bentley...

Saturday at The Big O Music Fest, Jaclyn and I met up with Black River Entertainment recording artist Sarah Darling inside the hospitality tent.  Because of a rain delay, Sarah's set was pushed back about an hour!  So, Sarah got a tour of the Ole South Barbeque catering table courtesy of her rabid tour guides, Jaclyn and "Tad...

The 2011 Big O Music Fest was a BLAST!!  In a recent interview with the Messenger-Inquirer, I said the concert was "hot . . . literally and figuratively!"  Figuratively speaking, last Saturday, when the stars of country were taking the stage at Reid's Orchard, three of them had songs in the week's Top Ten...

Hey, Gang.  I am on location today at Reid's Orchard with a preview of THE BIG O MUSIC FEST, coming up Saturday!  If you have your tickets, you'll see the stage first-hand TOMORROW (sorry about the Chris Young pun!  LOL!) when some of your favorite country artists, including Chris Young and Dierks Bentley, get on it and rock it out!  But I thought I would give you a sneak peak behind the scenes an

O.K. so the Big O Music Fest is Saturday at Reid's Orchard here in Owensboro and at this point it's basically a tradition. This will be year three and the line-up is huge Dierks Bentley, Colt Ford, Jake Owen, David Nail, Steve Holy, Sarah Darling, and of course Chris Young.

THE BATTLE FOR THE BIG O finale! It's THIS SATURDAY at DIAMOND LAKE!! 13 amazing acts will BATTLE it out at the mic for $500 and the right to open THE BIG O MUSIC FEST!! Tickets for the finale are just $9.25 are available NOW at WBKR.com!!