Just to recap a little of what has been going on in the realm of Meteorology in the Upper Peninsula, suffice to say we had a winter with the lowest snowfall totals since the early 1930s. About the time everyone began worrying about the effects of the low amount of snow melt on the […]
In several past From the Vaults I have talked about what a cool music town Marquette was to grow up in. Featured prominently in those memories was the band Walrus. I will come back to the mechanics of how guitarist Mike McKelvy and I reconnected in the next FTV. Mike sent me an extensive version […]
Okay future trivia players. The last live DJ heard on WOAS FM 88.5 was…the photo is a hint. Friday night DJ Lee ‘The Night flyer’ McCaffrey signed the station off at 10 p.m. on Friday June 14, 2024. The paper work for a new frequency is being filed at this time so we […]
With the results of the Upper Peninsula Track Finals in the books, let us say ‘congratulations’ to all of those who toil in the world of Track and Field. No other sport I can think of demands as much personal discipline as being a track athlete. Reading the results a couple of weeks ago […]
The coordinator for the Strive 4 a Safer Drive campaign sent out this video summary of all the schools who took part this year. Though the WOAS / OASD team didn’t win one of the top prizes, we were proud to be the only Upper Peninsula school taking part in this, our ninth year […]
Love, love will keep us together / Think of me babe whenever / Some sweet-talking girl comes along, singing her song / Don’t mess around, you’ve just got to be strong, just stop / ‘Cause I really love you, stop / I’ll be thinking of you / Look in my heart and let love keep […]
This is our old friend Al Jacquez and his wife Judy – Al was put in the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Bay City in 2024. We have followed his career since Savage Grace, Measured Chaos, and most recently as a solo artist performing his ONE VOICE – ONE GUITAR set. The […]
Near the one year anniversary of getting to see Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band in Eugene, Oregon for the first show of their 2023 summer tour, it occurred to me that some of you probably don’t have enough Ringo memorabilia in your lives. Disclaimer: I am not promoting or suggesting you patronize the […]
WOAS-FM Awards for 2023-24 Student volunteers from the Ontonagon Area Schools were recently recognized for their contributions to WOAS-FM 88.5. The radio station is owned by the school district and operates from the studios located in the K-12 school library. Some of the service awards bear the names of past WOAS-FM managers in honor of […]
Okay, so we had a winter with very little snow (about one quarter of our yearly average in the Ontonagon area). As of mid-May, we have only been playing hide and seek with warmer weather making one wonder if spring will also be AWOL this year. The only thing we can say with any […]