Branson Connection
Saturday, May 17th, 8am-2pm
Station Parking Lot
More Details Coming Soon
27th Annual Portfest
June 6th-7th
Jacksonport State Park
Friday: John Anderson and Darryl Worley. Gates open at 4pm. Music begins at 7pm. Armbands are $15 in advance or $20 at the gate. Blankets and lawn chairs are suggested for general admission outdoor seating.
Saturday: Armbands are $7 all day or $20 at the gates after 4pm. Headlining - Vince Neil, lead singer of Motley Crue at 8:30pm followed by fireworks extravaganza.
For more information call Newport Chamber of Commerce at 870-523-3618 or visit www.portfest.org.
Independence County Fair
July 16th-19th
Entertainers will be Confederate Railroad (Wed), Whiskey Falls (Thur), Ricochet (Fri) and Billy Joe Royal (Sat).
Admission prices are $5 for adults, $1 for students 6-11 years old, kids under 5 are free!
65th Annual White River Water Carnival
August 1st-2nd
Riverside Park, Batesville
Friday: Night Ranger, Doghouse, Mayz End, Lost End
Saturday: Dr. Ralph Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys, Ashton Shepherd and Earl Thomas Conley
John Boy & Billy
Mornings on Classic Rock 93
Johnny " John Boy " Isley and Billy James were at the forefront of the modern wave of radio syndication when they launched the John Boy & Billy Radio Network in 1993. The success of " The Big Show " has made it a template borrowed from by other syndicated programs for over a decade.
John Boy & Billy have been working together since the Fall of 1980. Paired by legendary radio programmer Bob Kaghan, their morning antics quickly made them one of Charlotte ' s top morning shows. The duo first began discussing the idea of syndicating their program to other cities in the early 1990s.
The John Boy & Billy Radio Network signed on its first affiliate, WROQ-FM in Greenville, SC, in February, 1993.
The show ' s original base in the Carolinas has expanded into many markets outside the traditional South, from Nebraska and Iowa to Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois. In 1999, The Big Show began offering live satellite delivery in both Rock and Country formats, a first for the radio industry.
John Boy & Billy have been providing an insider 's perspective on NASCAR racing since the late 1980s. The Big Show was the first program to bring regular NASCAR coverage to the Rock radio audience. Since most of the sport's top teams are based in the Charlotte area, John Boy & Billy have unparalleled access to the drivers and crews that have become household names since NASCAR's explosion in mass-market popularity. The pair have hosted both a half-hour racing special televised on TNN, and a regular weekly weekend radio program called " John Boy & Billy's Rock & Roll Racing. "
The program's availability on the internet has made John Boy & Billy fans out of listeners as far away as Israel and Australia. The duo ' s enthusiastic support of US military personnel regularly brings emails and fan letters from service men and women stationed in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
More information on John Boy & Billy and The Big Show is available at their official website, http://www.thebigshow.com/
Congratulations Glyndene Deaton,
winner of the Bad Boy Mower
More than 80 semi-finalists turned out to the White River Petroleum Express Mart Number 2 (located at St. Louis and Harrison Streets) on November 3rd to see who would win a 26-horsepower, ZT Series Bad Boy Mower. The semi-finalists were culled from entries to the contest through radio stations Arkansas 103.3 KWOZ and Classic Rock 93 KZLE. Glyndene Deaton from Cave City (center of photo collage, sitting on mower) was the winner. Thanks to everyone who participated in this event, including our sponsors White River Petroleum, T.D. Home Center in Mountain View, First Community Bank, The Italian Grill, Car Mart, Staffmark, and of course, Bad Boy Mowers.
