As we noted Iowa native Glenn Miller’s birthdate yesterday, it brought back memories of my first exposure to jazz back when I was a kid. We were all bombarded by those commercials for the “Best of the Big Band Era” compilations on television. You’d get little snippets of the more famous charts of the Swing …
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And we’re back!
KCCK returned to the air this morning (Monday), several hours ahead of when we thought we’d be back up, so things are rapidly returning to normal. Kirkwood, of course, is closed today and tonight, all locations. Listen to KCCK or watch kcck.org for the early word on Kirkwood classes on Tuesday.
Storm Blog (Sunday)-Dennis
There are many things critical to the success of a radio station… Great music, interesting personalities… And electricity. Right now, KCCK has only two out of those three. The winter storm that blew through Eastern Iowa on Saturday first iced over our tower, requiring us to leave the air about 5pm, and remain off till …
Merger Mania-Dennis
Unless you’re been held incommunicado somewhere for the last week (or perhaps haven’t caught any newscasts because you’re a satellite radio listener), you know that Sirius and XM, the holders of the U.S. licenses for satellite radio, have decided the market simply won’t sustain two sat radio companies, and they need to merge, in effect …
Clean Up Your Act – George
Topics for Clean Up Your Act for the week of Feb. 26 will include “Banning the Bulb” and “Wood or Plastic Pallets.” The Australian government plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs and replace them with compact fluorescents. The hope is to reduce Australian greenhouse gas emissions by 4-million tons by 2012. More than a …
Results and Reactions-Bob
The Grammys were doled out on Sunday night…just a few thoughts on the winners. It was good to see the ageless Tony Bennett pick up three more Grammys for his work on the “Duets” CD. His voice just seems to get better with age. Odd that George Benson and Al Jarreu won in the Pop …
Giving You The Business-Dennis
KCCK has recently added a business report to our midday news. The report is prepared and hosted by Joe Brisben and Ken Wall of BDF Investments in Coralville. Their names will be familiar to radio listeners in the area for past reports on other stations. Why business news? Well, we all have an interest in …
More Live Jazz to Enjoy-Bob
It’s going to be a cooooold weekend in Eastern Iowa, but there’s some live jazz out there to warm things up, starting with the great Latin jazz reedman Paquito D’Rivera tonight at Hancher Auditorium…or the Cuban Penguin as he referred to himself in a conversation I had with him last week as he was braving …