97X Rock Minute featuring Stackin' Eights!
Local band Stackin' Eights joins Tatum in the AM for 97X Rock Minute! Listen to full interview BELOW: Learn more about Stackin' Eights below: Facebook: Instagram: Spotify: YouTube:
Mar 12, 2024
Our Latest Volunteer Owensboro Interview! The Help Office of Owensboro
It's amazing how much you can learn about an agency you thought you already knew about. A look behind the scenes or a conversation with someone in the know makes you realize there's a lot more than meets the eye! In our latest Volunteer Owensboro Video Podcast, I had the honor of speaking with Angela Settle, Executive ...
Feb 11, 2024
WBIO Celebrating 30 Years on Saturday
The date was November 18, 1993. It's hard now to recall how few FM signals there were, three in Owensboro (92.5, 96.1 and 90.3), plus a handful from neighboring Evansville, Henderson, and Madisonville. But another commercial FM for Owensboro? We had an FM for each AM here, and that's about all you could have in those d...
Nov 17, 2023
51 Years of Progress, For Us, and Hancock County
A hectic election day has come and gone, and we recall one election 51 years ago that brought a new citizen to Hancock County. The year was 1972. Behind the scenes, Bayard "Bud" Walters and a small staff was preparing a new radio station, a first for the county. A house had been found on Highway 60 just insid...
Nov 08, 2023
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Bobby Osborne Dead at 91
An Eastern Kentucky music legend has passed away. The death of Bobby Osborne was confirmed Tuesday. Family tells WYMT-TV Osborne was 91. Despite his age Osborne was still teaching and performing last year. One of his best-known songs is Rocky Top which is the theme song for UT athletics. Rocky Top was named the Tenness...
Jun 27, 2023
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Funeral Services Set For Ruth Steele Reed
A member of a prominent Owensboro broadcasting family passed away Friday. 89-year-old Ruth Steele Reed was a child of WVJS founder Vincent J. Steele, and spent her career as treasurer of Owensboro On The Air, Incorporated, which included WVJS, WSTO and Owensboro Cablevision. She remained a fixture at the Highway 60 Wes...
May 22, 2023
Beshear Urges Blood Donations Following Shootings
Governor Andy Beshear is trying to encourage Kentuckians to give blood. The governor Wednesday rolled up his sleeve in Frankfort, holding a picture of Tom Elliott at the time, his friend who was killed in last week's Old National Bank mass shooting in downtown Louisville. The governor has given blood after Kentucky tra...
Apr 20, 2023
Summer Entertainment Series Set For May Through August!
Looking for something fun to do for the summer? RiverPark Center has come through yet again with its Summer Entertainment Series! We are super excited that Josh Turner is set to kick off the series May 18th! You know him from hits like "Long Black Train," which is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary, "...
Apr 05, 2023
SLAMABAMA Continues To Amaze With New Release
You've heard us talk about SLAMABAMA, a band with local ties who is shaking things up in the music world. Rosanna Carroll Juliano, and her husband Jay have been married for 13 years, with their musical collaboration starting two years before that. Jay is from Birmingham, Alabama, and Rosanna is an Owensboro native, a g...
Mar 22, 2023
BULL BASH is Almost Here!
BULL BASH!! Every time I say it on the air, I cannot just "utter" the words. It's an exciting event that is quality entertainment for all ages, and it's back in the Owensboro Sportscenter! You hear us play George Strait or Chris Ledoux, and it gives you an idea of the rodeo life, but that's nostalgia. As Bull...
Mar 17, 2023