After a year-and-a-half of searching for a new location, Joe and Wayne Segal are finally ready to reopen the Jazz Showcase in Chicago. That location is in the historic Dearborn Station building at 806 S. Plymouth Ct. Instead of a Tuesday-Sunday run for major artists, it’ll now be a Thursday-Sunday run. They’re scheduled to reopen …
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Cary J Travels Back to Jazz 88.3 – Dennis
I’m pleased to announce that Cary J. Hahn will be returning to his Sunday afternoon Big Band Memories show on KCCK. Cary’s first day back will be Sunday, June 22 at 1pm. Thanks to Murray Kent for filling in these last several weeks!
Drake Relays – George
I attended the Saturday session of the 2008 Drake Relays with son Andrew. Conditions weren’t ideal, but many top performances were turned in. Andy got us excellent seats in the front row right by the tunnel where the athletes exited the track after their events to retrieve their sweats and do interviews. I attended my …
Where’s Cary? – Dennis
On the heels of the unfortunate news that local TV station KGAN has dismissed our beloved Cary J. Hahn, many KCCK listeners expressed gratitude that they could continue to hear Cary indulge his OTHER passion, Big Band music, on his weekly show on KCCK. Well, if you’ve been listening to Big Band Memories lately, you …
KCCK’s Place in Star Wars History – Dennis
“Talking Pictures” co-host and well-known movie buff Denny Lynch found a reference to KCCK in a new coffee table book celebrating “Star Wars.” Star Wars Vault was released late last year, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of “Star Wars” (later subtitled “A New Hope”). Says Denny, “It is full of all kinds of …
30 Years in Cedar Rapids – George
It was March 1978 when I arrived in Cedar Rapids to be early morning anchor and general assignment reporter for KCRG-TV9, coming from KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, SD, where I was a reporter, producer, weekend sports anchor and later assignment editor/assistant news director. Prior to that, I worked a short time at KORN-AM in Mitchell, …
Feb. 12 106.9 Update-Dennis
If you’ve been trying to to listen to KCCK at 106.9 (Tuesday, Feb. 12), you’ve probably already figured out we’re off the air. We lost the signal overnight. The tower is at a rural Johnson County site, pretty far down the snowplow-priority list. Plus, the site itself hasn’t been plowed, so we can’t get in …
106.9 Travails – Dennis
As of this writing, KCCK’s Johnson County translator at 106.9 is back on the air. The recent ice and snow storms have really taken a toll on this aging unit. The current problems are compounded by the fact that our auxiliary transmitter has only been running at about half its rated power of 100 watts …