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Emergency! Emergency! WKU Needs Help Beating the Kansas Jayhawks Tonight [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:16:20 +0000

When I was a kid, there was a show that ran seven years on NBC called Emergency! It was an action-adventure medical drama about the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Station 51 and Rampart Hospital and how the staffs of each worked to rescue people and save lives. Every kid I knew never missed an episode. [...]

Despite Petrino Hire, WKU Athletics Seem to Be in a Precarious Position [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:46:22 +0000

Western Kentucky University, my alma mater, has a new head football coach. He is former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino, famous, recently, for a motorcycle ride with a lovely woman who wasn't his wife.

"Ghost Hunters" Comes to WKU [Video]

Chadwick Benefield — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:00:43 +0000

This Wednesday, Ghost Hunters is airing an episode filmed at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. We have a sneak preview for you here at WBKR.com. Take a look at “Higher Dead-ucation!” Are you skeered? Ghost Hunters airs Wednesday night at 8 CST on SyFy!

Western Kentucky Honors Owensboro High School Students

Moon Mullins — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:25:24 +0000

Western Kentucky University honored students from various Owensboro area high schools for their academic achievements. This year’s group has an average ACT composite score of 29.42 and grade-point average of 3.87! The group also included 27 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars and six National Merit Semifinalists. The following students were honored at a luncheon Tuesday at the [...]

WKU Swimmer Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team

Dave Spencer — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:52:02 +0000

With the conclusion of the women's 100-meter butterfly in the 2012 Olympic swimming trials, Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer will be joined by Western Kentucky University's Claire Donahue on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team! (Cue Jaclyn singing the WKU fight song in the background.)

Three Area ROTC Students Among Twenty Commissioned at WKU

Moon Mullins — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:19:40 +0000

The Members of the Hilltopper Battalion Army ROTC unit develop a special bond during their four years at Western Kentucky University. That’s especially evident for 20 Army ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as second lieutenants May 11-12 during WKU’s Commencement Weekend. The group includes three from the WBKR listening are

Kentucky Youth Chorale Has Sung in England and Soon in Owensboro

Moon Mullins — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:53:12 +0000

The Kentucky Youth Chorale is performing their spring concert, FLOWER POWER, at Third Baptist Church in Owensboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22nd. The concert is free and open to the public. Come hear our arrangements of the music of the 60’s and 70’s. The Kentucky Youth Chorale is Western Kentucky’s Youth Choir of note. Students audition for this select group which was chosen to sing in London, England and Canterbury Cathedral last summer.

Owensboro Student to Bike Across USA for Alzheimer's Awareness

Moon Mullins — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:14:19 +0000

An Owensboro student will join a group of 11 Western Kentucky University students to embark on a bike trip across the United States to raise awareness and funding for the Alzheimer’s Association. Trip Carpenter of Owensboro is a sophomore from WKU, and is currently studying at Harlaxton in the United Kingdom. Trip is also in [...]

Why is Film Director John Carpenter Returning Home? [Videos]

Moon Mullins — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:42 +0000

Award-winning producer, director, writer and composer John Carpenter will be among the guest speakers for the 2012 Western Kentucky Film Festival May 2-4. Carpenter was born in Carthage, NY, but his family mowed to Bowling Green in 1953. He attended Western Kentucky University and returns to the school next month.

Three Area Students in Select Program at Western Kentucky

Moon Mullins — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:55:15 +0000

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has selected 50 students for its Class of 2014. The students in this year’s class span 37 counties from across the Commonwealth. This gifted group of high school sophomores brings with them to the Gatton Academy an average ACT score over 10 points higher than the statewide average for graduating seniors. Students from Owensboro High School and Daviess County High School are included.

WKU Roars Back From 16 Down, Advances to Play Kentucky…Thanks, Lucky Shirt

Dave Spencer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:38:31 +0000

Here I was, having some dinner, watching Western take on Mississippi Valley State in the first of four NCAA Tournament play-in games. And, with all due respect to my Hilltoppers, it was some of the worst basketball I have ever seen. I was beginning to wonder what the record was for most turnovers in a game. But then...

WKU Wins Sun Belt Title as Coach Ray Harper Keeps Proving He Was the Man for the Job [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:43:41 +0000

When Ken McDonald was hired to replace Darrin Horn as head basketball coach at Western Kentucky University in 2008, I was more focused on the guy who would be sitting next to him during all the subsequent games. Former Kentucky Wesleyan head coach Ray Harper came in with McDonald as assistant head coach, and I [...]

Referees at WKU Basketball Game Allow Six Players on Floor for Opponent's Final Possession [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:01:40 +0000

You've seen a basketball game, right? You know that one team will have five players on the floor. And the OTHER team will have five players on the floor. It's one of the most basic rules that exists in basketball. It's like knowing that in order to drive, you need to have a car. Well, in order to see, APPARENTLY, three Sun Belt Conference referees at last night's Western Kentucky/Louisiana-Lafayette game in Bowling Green need glasses or LASIK surgery or something.

Storm Chaser Olivia Payne and WBKR Twitter Gal Monica Montgomery Visit Morning Show

Moon Mullins — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:24:59 +0000

Chad and I were please to welcome Owensboro storm chaser, Western Kentucky University graduate Olivia Payne to the show this morning. And, Twitter gal Monica Montgomery celebrated Chuck Wicks birthday by bringing us a “c-chaped” cake. I mean, how’s this for a cake? And, here’s Olivia Payne – Olivia told us about here adventures this [...]