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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

  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 aw

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.

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 in

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!

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. So I had no idea what he was talking about when, in a meeting in the conference room, he shouted, "That picture makes me look BALD...

The 35th annual WBKR/WOMI Telecom Pioneers Christmas Wish office is up and running at Towne Square Mall.  We are expecting a very busy year and we are already off to crazy start!  At the end of Day Two, we had received just under 400 letters and they continue to pour into the office.  We have lots of calls about how you can submit a letter to Christmas Wish, how to make donations, how to volunteer

If you tune into The WBKR Waking Crew each weekday morning, you know exactly who Jimmy Parrot is!  He's the guy that calls 'Moose' and 'Tad' at 7:25am each day and pretends to be 14 WFIE news anchor Ann Komis, or a Charlie's Angel, or Wayne Hart...

Buffalo Wild Wings' Owensboro location is BIGGER and BETTER!!  As you likely know, the Towne Square North restaurant has been closed for a huge remodel and expansion.  And, last night, I had the chance to get a sneak peak inside.  Don't worry . . . I had my video recorder in hand and rolled tape!  Wanna see the new and improved Buffalo Wild Wings??

WBKR's Ultimate "Dirty Santa" Party Saturday night was a blast!  Some folks, like Sharon Tucker (who snagged a Gaylord Opryland "Country Christmas" Vacation), won some pretty awesome gifts!  Others, like Barbara Grooms, got some pretty awful lumps of coal from Dirty Old Saint Nicholas!  Take a look at the video!  You won't believe what Barbara left the party with!

WBKR's Ultimate "Dirty Santa" Party is Saturday night at The Hines Center in Philpot!  And, the WBKR staff is getting ready for the big night!  In fact, for the last week, we've basically looked like Santa's elves because we have been wrapping 300 presents.  I'm pretty sure our receptionist Roxianne never cares if she sees a roll of wrapping paper or Scotch tape ever again.  But, Thursda

A couple of years back, Moon and I were dared to eat sardines live on the air.  And it didn't go really well.  Moon bought a can of sardines that were coated in mustard and they were gnarly!  Mine were coated in some kind of olive oil or sesame oil or peanut oil or motor oil!  Whatever it was, they were just as bad as Moon's!  But, we accepted the challenge, ate the sardines and paid for it the re