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3 days ago | 
civicmedia.us | Phil Nee |Jo Ann Krulatz |Chuck Gennaro |Jimmie Kaska
Saturday night during WRCO’s Those Were the Days radio show, I will spotlight a few of the top hits from this weekend in 1966. It was a long time ago, but surprisingly some of the songs are better known now than they were then. The Rolling Stones were at number one with Paint It, Black. That is a tune that has been used in many television shows and movies.
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1 week ago | 
civicmedia.us | Stuart Wattles |Phil Nee |Jo Ann Krulatz |Mike Clemens
MADISON, Wis. (CIVIC MEDIA) – The 13th annual Free Fun Weekend is happening this year June 7-8, with no state park admission, fishing license or trail passes needed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants us to get outside and enjoy nature in our state. State Park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are all waived for all visitors the first weekend in June.
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1 week ago | 
civicmedia.us | Stuart Wattles |Phil Nee |Jo Ann Krulatz |Mike Clemens
Chad Holmes talks with cast members Asher Harder and Bree Leider and director Brenton Kneiss of the Wausau Community Theatre production of “Anastasia” that opens this weekend at the Veniga Theater at UWSP at Wausau.
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1 week ago | 
civicmedia.us | Mike McKay |Stuart Wattles |Phil Nee |Jo Ann Krulatz
BlogDo you have the Civic Media app? If you do, awesome! If not, go to your app store and get it, today. You can listen to us anywhere anytime. You can access our website, email us, text us (including our text-to-win contests) and now you can TALK to us. There’s a new Voice Note feature that you can send us up to a 60-second voice message. Tell us who you are, where you’re listening, ask a question, make a comment about the station or comment about something we’re talking about on the air.
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2 weeks ago | 
civicmedia.us | Phil Nee |Lisa Hale |Adam Hess |Stuart Wattles
Memorial weekend marks the unofficial start of Summer. This Saturday night’s Those Were the Days radio show will feature some of the songs of summers from the fifties through the early nineties. Your assignment is to request a song that reminds you of summer.
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3 weeks ago | 
waukradio.com | Teri Barr |James Kelly |Adam Hess |Phil Nee
MILWAUKEE, Wis (CIVIC MEDIA) – Traci Morgan-Hoernke isn’t just baking bread. The Milwaukee area woman tries to craft inclusion, health, and resilience into every loaf. As the owner of MOR Bakehouse – Bakery and Cafe, a gluten-free bakery, she is also facing the challenges and triumphs of running a small local business. Morgan-Hoernke joins Jane Matenaer and Greg Bach, hosts of Matenaer on Air, to discuss the uncertain economy and why both culinary science and community care are important.
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3 weeks ago | 
waukradio.com | Teri Barr |James Kelly |Adam Hess |Phil Nee
Jeff Olson spent nearly four decades coaching high school football and basketball in Ishpeming, Michigan. The coach’s mission during that time helped mold countless young athletes and brought home three state titles. But sports couldn’t prepare him for the most devastating loss of his life—the death of his son, Daniel. He died by suicide just weeks before his 20th birthday. Jeff’s mission now is to end the silence around teen mental health. He joined Maino and the Mayor to share the story.
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3 weeks ago | 
waukradio.com | Teri Barr |James Kelly |Adam Hess |Phil Nee
Sabin agrees and points out the way humans are neurologically unprepared to handle the deluge of daily emergencies we encounter through our phones and media. “Our grandparents might have had one emergency a year. Now we scroll and face five before breakfast,” she says. “Our brains interpret consistency as safety, but this world offers very little of that anymore.”So, what does it mean to live in a world you cannot control?
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3 weeks ago | 
civicmedia.us | Stuart Wattles |Adam Hess |Lisa Hale |Phil Nee
MADISON, Wis. (CIVIC MEDIA) – The warmer weather has the UTV and ATV community ready to hit the trails, but there’s some things to do first. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages off-road recreationists to get their ATV/UTV safety certification by taking an approved course. Just last year, 40 people died in ATV/UTV crashes in Wisconsin, with most of them not wearing helmets. Simple steps can prevent fatalities.
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3 weeks ago | 
civicmedia.us | Phil Nee |James Kelly |Jimmie Kaska |Lucas Hunt
My junior year in high school ended in 1981. That upcoming summer was one of the most memorable of my life. I was outstanding in my right field for the Ithaca baseball team. The first round of the WIAA tournament was at Riverdale. We played the game that Friday (and lost) and had to hustle back to school so that the Seniors could attend their graduation ceremony.
