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Catching Up With Wade Bowen

Our friend Wade Bowen has been busy since we talked at last years Born & Raised Festival. Recently, Wade was a big winner at the T3R Texas Regional Radio Awards, taking home trophies for Male Vocalist, Single and Song of the Year, the latter two for "Everything Has Your Memory." He has a new single as well, "Lovin Not Leavin." A song inspired by his wife and the challenges faced by musicians…


"The Weathered Souls" Have A Springfield Connection!

We nearly missed our chance to talk with The Weathered Souls lead singer, Brock Roggow at The Born & Raised Festival. We were waiting for him to wrap up an interview with another radio station in the room next door in "Radio Row" when the next thing I know, he's walking away and nearly back stage. I hollered and he heard me. That's a good thing because he's a hometown boy!


A Few Minutes With Our Friends Flatland Cavalry!

These guys have been busy since we talked with them at the festival a year ago. Flatland Cavalry were an opening act of that huge Luke Combs stadium tour, which made a stop in Kansas City this summer, where the guys got to hang out with Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes! Flatland and #15 both went to school at Texas Tech in Lubbock. After a crazy summer, they have even more cool projects in the…


NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs At Kansas Speedway

It was another unforgettable NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway! It's one of those things you have to experience in person to really get it. TV just doesn't do it justice. The race Sunday was exciting and it took NASCAR's version of "overtime" to get a winner! Tyler Reddick raced by Denny Hamlin to take the checkers by just 0.327th of a second! https://youtu.be/ZkLOa1aL3Co The pre-race…


Xfinity Saturday & Hanging Out With Regional ARCA Driver Mandy Chick

You're heard of "home field advantage." Well, there's no such thing in NASCAR. All drivers have their favorite tracks. Those that fit their style of driving and those where they've had previous success. For Mandy Chick, the driver of the #74 ARCA race team, the pressure was on to perform in front of her friends and family. Being from right up the road in DeSoto, Kansas she had a bunch of fans in…


Win NASCAR Cup Series Tickets At Swing Right Golf!

Get to Swing Right Golf and get signed up to win a pair of tickets to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs at Kansas Speedway! It's the biggest racing event in mid-America! The Hollywood Casino 400 Sunday, September 10th and you could be there! One lucky Grand Prize winner will win tickets plus Pre Race passes!


The Shootout On The Strip

This weekend, August 26th and 27th, it's The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout! It's the 35th running of the largest unsanctioned boat race in the US! Powerboat Magazine calls it "one of the must-see boating events!" Being from the region and a fan of boats, I've witnessed several running's of the annual event going back to when the race was held out front of Shooters 21. The history of the race goes…


Returning To Silver Dollar City

It had been years since I last visited Silver Dollar City. Having grew up in the Ozarks, the theme park and I go way back! Back in the 70s the small town school I attended would load us students up for our annual spring trip to Silver Dollar City. In the fall, my Grandmother really enjoyed the crafts festival. Her last visit was back in the 80's. For me, it had been 15 years ago or more since my…


Summer Walleye On Truman Lake

It wasn't all that many years ago when walleye fishing wasn't all that great on Truman Lake. In these parts, you had to fish Stockton Lake to catch them consistently. There in that clear water, you had to fish early and late in the season or after dark to have any real success. Things are different now thanks mostly to the aggressive stocking program by the Missouri Department of Conservation.…