SAD UPDATE: Tommy Jett has died at the age of 77.  He had been frail in recent years due to illness, but still quite active.  Until the end, he enjoyed… Read more »

Before Elvis Presley’s 83rd birthday passes into history, I’d like to spin a few hits from the “Sounds Like Elvis” catalog.  Rock ‘n Roll radio had plenty of actual Elvis… Read more »

I remember where I was when the Braves traded Doyle Alexander to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz.  It was August 12, 1987, and I was filling in for Luther… Read more »

  It was 20 years ago today:  US Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was Speaker of the House, and Bill Clinton was President.  First Lady Hillary Clinton was making headlines of… Read more »

It seems hard to believe now, but for 11 years, (1967-77), Chattanooga viewers watched a 20-hour annual telethon (from 11:00 p.m. Saturday to around 6:30 p.m. Sunday) for the March… Read more »

I know what you’re thinking.  You saw that headline and said, “Yeah, right.  Chattanooga could never get a college football bowl game.”  But wait.  Have you seen some of the… Read more »

I’ve been wanting to write a Christmas story, and now I have one for you.  It’s from Rome, Georgia, and it starts at Moe’s Southwest Grill, where Anquinice Carey has… Read more »

Once upon a time, back in the 1980s, local TV stations would round up the news people, the weather forecasters, and sports guys for a Christmas promo shoot.  The producers… Read more »

They don’t make them like this any more:  it’s hard to imagine any network would carve out 60 seconds of prime time that is A) unpaid, and B) not a… Read more »

It’s been said the most popular Christmas song of all time is “White Christmas,” written by Irving Berlin and first performed by Bing Crosby in 1942.   Since then, it’s been… Read more »