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"Denim & Diamonds" is coming up Friday night and we're giving you yet another reason to get your tickets!  Jaclyn and I have been hard at work with Matt Gray at Gray Sky Studios here in Owensboro.  We are putting finishing touches on our 2012 original song for St. Jude, "Dreamer."  I wrote it.  Jac's singing it (with help from Katie Beste from Mount Vernon, Indiana) and Matt arranged it.  And you can get a sneak peak preview Friday night at our concert fundraiser for St. Jude, 'Denim and Diamonds" presented by Daniel Dick State Farm Insurance.

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If you tune into The WBKR Waking Crew, you are likely quite familiar with our friend, Melissa.  Or rather, should I say . . . Meliiiiiiiiiissssssssaaaaaaa.  Just before Valentine's Day, I was contacted by Melissa's sister, who was itching to play a Valentine's Day prank on her sister.  See, Melissa's family always accuses her of being a WBKR stalker and they just happened to find a holiday card with the word "stalker" in it.  Naturally, they asked if we would make a surprise delivery and we said, "Heck to the yes!"  Watch!

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A couple of years ago, Barb Birgy and I started the tradition of stopping at the North 40 Truck Stop en route to our annual St. Jude Country Cares Seminar.  See, that event is full of country music stars and participating radio stations can each bring an item to have autographed.   Well, in 2010, Barb and I realized that we had forgotten to get something in advance so we peeled into the North 40 parking lot and that truck stop came through for us . . . with an awesome cowboy hat!  So, we decided to make North 40 part of our annual routine.  This year, Jaclyn and I hit it up again and we struck gold!  WATCH!

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Chad and Jaclyn are in Memphis where lots of stars and radio people So, last night -- at almost bedtime (early for me) I got a text from Jaclyn says, "Guess who we're with?". Oh, no -- can it be???

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Jaclyn and I are PUMPED UP about our brand new PARTY OF FIVE lunch contest.  Every week through March 31st, we are going to be taking listeners to lunch at The Miller House in downtown Owensboro!  If you are lucky winner, you'll get to choose two friends and we'll set up a lunch date for our PARTY OF FIVE!   Wanna know how to win???

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We are VERY excited about The Big BKR Smackdown coming your way Friday here on WBKR.  So, to get ready for the big countdown, Jaclyn, Dave Spencer and I decided that we should come up with our own Top Ten lists.  So, here goes.  My Top Ten Country Songs of 2011 . . . and, for good measure, I tacked on what I consider to be the 5 Worst Country Songs of the Year too!

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You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.  And you THINK you know the precious daughter of WBKR midday gal, Jaclyn Graves.  But, since Christmas, I have seen seemingly "innocent" Christmas photos surface on Facebook and the web and I just cannot, in good conscience, sit in silence and pretend this child's Christmas was merry.  If you peer beyond the facade of the Kodak moments, you will see all the red flags and Biblical warnings.   Yes!  THIS is the REAL holiday story of the allegedly sweet, young Carsyn.  This is E! True Hollywood Story:  Carsyn Graves Cecil . . . written, produced and directed by Uncle Tad!

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Photos by Dave Spencer I was watching a broadcast on one of the 24 hour news channels and the anchor was reporting about a woman who'd been missing for many years. And they put up a graphic showing what she'd look like today. They obviously had used some aging software for their purposes. I thought that was really cool and decided to Google "how will I look old." I came up with an awesome website--http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/. I then decided to have a little fun with some photos of the WBKR airstaff. Who do YOU think has the most authentic-looking age-enhanced photo?

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Chad - in twenty years - has not been able to find a baseball cap that fits his massive head. A few weeks ago, after ordering a pizza online, he saw a pop up coupon for bread sticks and a 2-litre.

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This is awesome!  Our buddy Mike Spurgeon, with Henderson Chevrolet Buick GMC, came to us earlier this year and told us the dealership really wanted to be a big part of Christmas Wish this year.  Not only has Henderson Chevy set up a Christmas Wish tree in their showroom (complete with 50 families up for adoption), they have also given us some amazing electronics for a "blind" auction inside the Christmas Wish office.  So, how does a "blind" auction work and what items do we have up for bid?  Jaclyn and I do our best impressions of Vanna White and Barker's Beauties to show you.  WATCH!

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WBKR's little buddy, Jimmy Parrot, has gone big time!  Saturday, at the Hawesville Christmas Parade, Jimmy served as Grand Marshal, alongside his WBKR Waking Crew buddies, Moose and Tad!   I had a hunch I should bring along the trusty video camera and I did.  Check out these video highlights.  They are a riot!

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When I got to work this morning, I went straight into a production room to do a few things so I did not see this newspaper article and accompanying photo from the Messenger-Inquirer that had been taped to the door of the WBKR studio

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