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REO Speedwagon came charging out of Southern Illinois and made a national name for themselves in the 1970s and 1980s. With the band’s name pretty much retired as of December of 2024, it seems a fitting time to chart the ups and downs of the band. The REO story, from its inception in 1967 […]
Okay, if April showers bring May flowers, what do April snow showers bring? Enough – let spring begin in earnest!! A quick note of ‘thanks’ to those intrepid photographers who have been posting aurora photos on the ‘You Know You Are From Ontonagon’ Facebook page. Though I am not a Facebook subscriber, I do […]
Quick, when you think of the Rolling Stones, whose name(s) come to mind? Mick Jagger and Keith Richard(s), aka Mick and Keef or the Glimmer Twins, of course. The second ‘(s)’ is present for Keith because early on, Keef was just plain ‘Keith Richard’. Along the way, the adoring press and/or fans added […]
In the final run up to the first manned Moon landing in 1969, NASA was still working on the final configuration of the Apollo spacecraft. The orbiting Command Module (CM) was in fine shape but there were things that needed to be tweaked on the Lunar Module (LM) that would land on the surface. […]
We are sad to report the passing of our beloved black cat, Mr. B. He was the boss, we were the obedient servants, and I can say without hesitation that he brought a lot of joy to our home over the past 8 years. When Mr. B’s owner died, he was a big (20 lbs […]
WOAS-FM 91.5 wrapped up its tenth consecutive STRIVE 4 A SAFER DRIVE public service campaign on April 16, 2025. The S4SD program is sponsored by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) and Ford Philanthropy. All Michigan high schools are eligible to apply for these yearly grants. WOAS-FM 91.5 is owned by […]
Blues Music Magazine is a quarterly publication I have subscribed to for many years. I have been a fan of all types of music for years but it was former WOAS-FM General Manager Mike ‘Zenith’ Bennett’s over the top love for the genre that got me deeper into the blues. BMM is published quarterly […]
Perhaps Joe South said it best: Walk a mile in my shoes / Walk a mile in my shoes / Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse / Better walk a mile in my shoes (1968). These words popped into my head when I read comments deriding a pop star for complaining about how […]
WOAS-FM will be on spring break the last week of March – see you back on www-woas-fm.org as we await the delivery of our new tower bays so we can get back to over the air broadcasting at 91.5 fm in June! Have a safe ‘spring’ break! Thank you to Citizens State Bank for the […]
Michigan has been the home of numerous rock stars. Near the top, if not on the top, of that list would have to be Bob Seger. Detroit born, Ann Arbor raised, Seger went from the barrooms to arenas before he retired from touring in 2019 (at the conclusion of his Travelin’ Man Tour), but his […]