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FTV: Walking with Levison Wood

       Where to begin?  On the back cover of his 2015 book Walking the Nile (Grove Press) Levison Wood is described as a “writer, photographer, and explorer.  He served in Afghanistan as an officer in the British Army Parachute Regiment.”  His resume is expanded some on the back of Walking the Americans (2017, also printed […]

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Updated WOAS Transmitter Update

I am, for the moment, speechless – those who know me well recognize that this is NOT my normal state!  I received a note and check from former WOAS-FM DJ Sam Bennett (son of my GM mentor Mike ‘Zenith’ Bennett).  Not only did Sam make a donation to our transmitter repair fund, he sent out a […]

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Lachey Doley

Just wanted to share a little Pandemic Beater from our favorite Aussie Import, Lachey Doley…if you haven’\’t checked him out, do yourself a favor.  Years ago we got an extremely polite request from Lachey about airing his new single at the time and we have been spinning him ever since.  Always a crack band and […]

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FTV: Fernao de Magalhaes – Part 2

       In Part 1, we looked at how Ferdinand Magellan (born Fernao de Magalhaes in Portugal) was able to convince King Charles I of Spain to appoint him the Captain General of an expedition to the Spice Islands.  Magellan was convinced one could sail west, find a strait that would deposit his ships at the […]

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Volunteers of America . . .

Tennis Court Work Bee        On Thursday, August 20, 2020, a group of volunteers gathered at the Ontonagon Area Schools / village tennis courts on Parker Avenue to prepare them for new nets.  The cost of the three nets and three new tensioning cranks came from four donations to the school district.  Ken and Chris […]

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Where is WOAS?

          In the normal flow of our broadcast year, WOAS-FM 88.5 would be easing into the new school year by broadcasting music by artists with some connection to the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival.  After our July maintenance hiatus, it is always fun to test the station’s equipment by featuring PMMF artists ahead of the festival.  […]

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FTV: Fernao de Magalhaes

       The date:  September 6, 1522.  Location:  Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain.  “As the ship came closer, those who gathered onshore noticed that her tattered sails flailed in the breeze, her rigging had rotted away, the sun had bleached her colors, and storms had gouged her sides.  A small pilot boat was dispatched to lead the […]

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