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As the 2024 WBKR St. Jude Radiothon continues, we're taking some time to remember a young man who encouraged us all to put our "Thumbs Up" for children battling cancer. Here's our tribute to the remarkable Lane Goodwin.

Moon here. I played this on the air this morning. You know, some people just have way too much time on their hands. But, this person not only has time, but lots of editing skills. Watch President Barack Obama knock out Lady Gaga's, "Born This Way"...

Yes, Christmas is less than a week away. WHAT?!? Aside from all the present wrapping and baking, seven Republicans are hoping for a late Christmas gift in the form of a victory in the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses.

I had a grandfather and a great-uncle who served in World War II. Friends of my dad's served in Korea. (Dad was unable to do so because of flat feet, but, boy he wanted to.) I had a couple of college professors who were Vietnam vets. And there were some from my high school graduating class who served in Desert Storm. Outside of my parents, I hold no one in higher regard than the men and women who

For me, this picture speaks volumes--people whom we only ever see standing stoically in front of a microphone sitting in awe and stunned silence while some of the bravest human beings on the planet create one of the most important stories in a decade.

Newspapers across the country reacted to the demise of Osama bin Laden on Monday morning, with front page headlines from the triumphant (Newark's "Star-Ledger" quotes Obama's speech with "'Justice Has Been Done'") to the minimal ("Dead," the "Boston Herald" and many others plainly state) to the profane ("Rot in Hell...

  For the last ten years, country radio stations have been playing the heck out of Darryl Worley's song Have You Forgotten? As a matter of fact, at our most recent WBKR Night at the Grand Old Opry, Darryl sang that song to a raucous standing ovation.  The reason that particular song still resonates so profoundly is that no one in the U.S. has forgotten the morning of September 11th, 2001, when, ac

Barack Obama didn't take a whole lot of risks when filling out his NCAA Tournament brackets. The President has all four number one seeds — Duke, Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Kansas — advancing to the Final Four, with Kansas winning it all...