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Hump Day Horror

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 On this day in 1938, Orson Welles terrified the public with his dramatization of The War of the Worlds. It was Sunday evening, prime time in the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans were listening in.  But many missed the introduction. Welles employed sophisticated sound effects as well as top notch actors - it's really no wonder people mistook the tale as an actual report.  As "Martian cylinders" landed in Chicago and St. Louis, real life panic was setting in. Welles was just 23 at the time, and the broadcast helped him land a Hollywood contract. Happy Halloween Eve!

Music Tasting 30

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  I'm excited because tonight I get to be on a Listener Advisory Panel. They're going to feed me, pay me $25.00 and free swag, plus value my opinion? That's a win. Now, I like our rock station, and one of my pals is a DJ, but I do think we need more new rock and less classic rock. Everyone likes AC/DC, but we don't need it playing simultaneously on three different stations.  I expect that on KOZZ. A comparison is the rock station in Winnemucca, which plays so much more of a mix as well as songs never played on the radio here.  When it comes to streaming, that's the one I choose. Rock 94.3 KDOT KOZZ Speaking of new rock though, I heard this last night. #1 in national airplay New from Maneskin.   I haven't heard this one on the radio yet (might not), but "Supermodel" has been playing well.  I'd like to encourage them to play some of their Italian language songs. One of my favorite things from the Dot is that they have Lou Brutus nights.  He has a wid...