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OK, So technically its not a vacation if you are working...

I'm working as a sound engineer (fancy words for a guy that makes sure everything is at the same dB) for WLW 700AM visiting the isles from far off Cincinatti. It's amazing working sports, and always a lot of fun. So, whenever the chance comes up, I like to do the games when they come around.

Now, I know some of… Continue

This is a hard, personal post for me to write. Its however one of the most important ones too...

You see, over the years as my career has taken me from town to town in search of bigger and better opportunities. Its what I was told that as a kid, everyone was expected to do to make this a great country and so on. I didn't, up until recent years, realize it would make me so many enemies.

Here's the situation: friends of mine from my old school days are bitterly sending me angry "you forgot me me… Continue

Lately, with the economy taking a dive and things getting bleaker before they get better, I've been thinking its time for us all to collectively get something off our chests. Times are tough for everyone. Radio has gotten tight as well, perhaps even a little hyperactively, as more businesses are closing up and others are hitting brakes and skids on spending. That's, however, not really what this is about...

Lately, I've been having the pleasure of running into all of the radio DJs currently on… Continue

They are the most wonderful thing in the world. They block out all the noise and clutter around you. They comfort you in sad times, and are there in the greatest of parties helping make sure everybody stays on beat...

They are headphones, and this is a love story...

Growing up in the middle of nowhere is such a great thing. Nobody really cares that you are weird, they just know you as a neighbor. Also, music and equipment that has seen better days in the big city finds its way in various swap… Continue

First off, the official listing I got in my email this morning:

Wayne Fetherbay, 65, of Linville Street in Morganton, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem following an extended illness. He was born Jan. 28, 1944, in Burke County, and was a son of the late George Frank Fetherbay and Gladys Marie Smith Fetherbay. Wayne was the former owner and operator of the Auto Clinic. Following his retirement, h… Continue