Radio

If your day hasn't been bizarre up until now, it's about to be because of what you're about to learn. If you've ever wondered why there has never been a channel 37 on your television, the reason is because of Illinois and aliens and I'm not making any of this up.

I've known this day was coming, but I've also known I would never be ready for it. I am so sad to pass along the news that Dennis Oliver, a Quincy, Illinois radio legend has passed.

He was a friend to so many on the radio for years in the tri-state area and now he could use your help. Friends and family of Quincy, Illinois radio legend Dennis Oliver are working to find a place where he can be cared for full-time.

The date was January 17, 1972. Richard Nixon was president. The number one song was American Pie. You could buy a gallon of gas for 38 cents. And, an 18 year old kid began living his dream of making his living on the radio.

First, let me start by saying I truly LOVE my job. I get to be on the radio every day and entertain all of you with news, gossip, and (of course) music. But believe it or not, I don't just sit around and play music all day. Is your mind blown yet?

You know how when you clean out your closet you always find stuff you had completely forgotten about? Imagine cleaning up around a radio station office that has been in use since the 1960s.

I was asked by Mr. Crivilare at Payson-Seymour High School to talk to his speech class about the many aspects of radio commercials: research, writing, and producing.

Here's something that came up as a topic of conversation around the radio station. How do you prefer to program the preset buttons on your car radio? Do you rank them by station? Favorite station first, then second-favorite (and so on), or do you set the buttons in numerical order? If you're a number person, do you go highest to lowest, or lowest to highest? Or are you one of those people that cou

I always try to not burden you with radio jargon or try to explain too much about what happens behind the scenes of KICK-FM.  I would guess that a vast majority of you listen to us to hear a song or artist you like...with the potential of hearing something new and cool you haven't heard before.  A few kind souls actually listen because they like the radio personality playing the songs...and to tha

It's been nearly 30 years since I first laid eyes on a computer.