Tag Archives: Music

06.13.24
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Another loss for Americana


More local radio stations bought out.


For 2 years in the 70/80’s, I closed radio news broadcasts: Nina Brown, KCOB News. Station owner, John Carl, gave me (a total newbie) a shot! I was bitten by the bug at 18 in Missouri at college radio station which interestingly was anagram KOBC. My career at KCOB was short because of low wages and unpaid attendance required for evening school board and city council meetings which didn’t fair well for a brand new mother. Later KCOB’s TC Mason who did morning drive moved to Colorado and Sports Director, Mick Trier moved to the Des Moines radio market. Being a small town local radio station, owner John Carl, allowed an opportunity for several county high school students with dreams of a radio career to serve as interns at the stations. KCOB AM and KLVN FM. One of those interns was Iowa’s own Joel McCrea who was just inducted to the Iowa Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

This story is not just a Newton, Iowa loss but a loss to a way of being…small towns who rely on their radio stations for local news, weather and sports… the important hometown play by play broadcasts for the high school teams. Small town radio stations being bought up by mega media corporations stifles the opportunity for many who dream of their voice being heard in cars, homes and earbuds….and it’s a loss to the way we live our lives giving up to large corporations while pushing out Americana! 

On a personal note, a besties’ daughter received her chance and found her dream on the beloved local morning show on KCOB’s sister station KRTI Energy 106.7. I weep for our loss, Sarah!

and so it is…..

04.26.20
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We are magnets

I totally subscribe to the law of mind action. The key idea — that human beings create their experiences by the activity of their thinking. Simply put..if we think sad thoughts, we experience sadness. If we think happy thoughts we experience happiness. I think we can fill in the blanks with the emotions we often feel and the fact that we draw those things to us. I also believe the theory that the short temper and irritation we feel toward others is a mirror effect….if we examine our reactions to others, we most likely will see a reflection of the personal behaviors and traits we find offensive to match similar fears and traits in our own behaviors.

Similarly, I’ve found some mental relief by not watching, reading or hearing the news. Going from being a news junkie every waking moments and feeling panic, anger and hatefulness seemed to be drawing things to me which caused similar reactions. I was actually starting to feel gloom and doom all of the time. I was afraid! I finally figured it out. Savvy reporters know how to write a good 1st paragraph to keep us coming back with one new fear after another. It’s part of the news gathering and writing process and I chose to take back my power.

Instead I have recently been drawn to the smooth and passionate, soul soothing voice of Andrea Bocelli. I have never been drawn to this genre before but my soul knew what I needed to hear. I’m not suggesting that everyone start listening to Bocelli music…I am suggesting that turning up the music and allowing the tunes, the voices, the passion be the backdrop of your day and allow some music to replace the chatter and soothe the soul!

namaste