Getting Spooky with Big Joe
Big Joe & Reba (Who had more hair?)
We’re thrilled with our new websites! Posting funny videos, crazy top 10 list , great information on family and health everyday has been a blast. Then a few days ago, the boss man said to us in a meeting, “You really need to be more personal with your blogs, tell us something we don’t know about you.” So around here, when the boss makes a suggestion, it usually happens pretty quick! I was thinking about this last night and since it’s Halloween, here’s what I came up with:
For Nearly 30 years, I’ve been asked more than a few times, “Big Joe, how did you get a job on the radio?” I kinda chuckle every time the question comes up, because Halloween 1980 is the reason I’m on the radio today.
In the small town where I grew up, Kosciusko, Mississippi, it was actually a lot like Sonora. Everybody knew everybody’s business, we all attended the same churches, shopped at the same stores, went to the same schools. A nice community with good people, just like we have here in the Mother Lode.
Halloween was always fun, but I was a little too old to trick or treat at 15, so this particular Halloween I decided to go to the annual Haunted House across from the police station. There was this old abandoned 2 story house the city turned into a haunted house every year.
I didn’t know the local radio station was going to be there that Saturday night. The radio station was 1340AM- WKOZ! They played Top 40 music and the Jocks name was Gary “Spaceman” Pace. As people were coming out of the haunted house that night, Gary would shove a microphone in their face to get a reaction of what they had just seen inside. Then…it was my turn. I have no idea what I said, all I remember is he put the microphone down after I spoke and told me I should talk to his boss about a part time job after school. I kinda laughed and went on my way. Well, that following Monday after school, I took Gary ” Spaceman” Pace” up on his suggestion and asked Mom if she would drive me to the radio station to put an application in for a part time job. I’ve been in the radio biz ever since. Spooky huh!
Happy Halloween!
Daylight Saving Time Ends at 2:00am Nov. 1st, 2009
Don’t forget to turn your clocks BACK one hour this Saturday Night before you go to bed. DST. ends Sunday at 2:00am. Also please check and change the batteries in your smoke detectors in every room!
Did you know that your chances of having a heart attack is affected by Daylight Saving Time? Did you Know your mood is also affected? Check this study out from The University of Texas San Antonio
Good Night,
John Bell’s ZOMBIE Song
Have you seen the movie “Zombie Land”? I think KKBN’s John Bell did. There’s a reason we keep John locked up downstairs in his studio! Here’s one of those reasons.
Brooks & Dunn's Zombie SongHappy Halloween!
Make Bridgette Snort
My friend and morning show partner Bridgette is one of the funniest ladies I know, but if you’ve ever heard her get tickled, you know she sometimes snorts! Well in the last few weeks Bridgette hasn’t snorted once. So I decided to start a contest. Anyone that makes Bridgette Snort again will win a great KKBN Prize! So now that you’re caught up…Here’s a special little song to get you ready to ” MAKE BRIDGETTE SNORT!”
MAKE BRIDGETTE SNORTThe First Ever Big Joe & Bridgette Halloween Seance Was CREEPY!
If you missed the first ever KKBN Halloween Seance this morning, well here’s your chance to re live the spirits with Big Joe & Bridgette!
THE SEANCEMore Halloween Fun
We had a blast on the show this morning! We gave away “eyeballs” to kids that came by dressed up for Halloween!
National Candy Corn Day
CANDY CORN
It’s National Candy Corn Day!
* Candy corn was created in the 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company.
* The three colors of the candy are meant to mimic corn. Each piece is approximately the size of a whole kernel of corn, as if it fell off a ripe or dried ear of corn. The candy is usually tri-colored with a yellow base, orange center, and white tip, although the color combinations may vary.
* The National Confectioners Association estimate 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold each year. Although regular candy corn is most popular at Halloween, it is available year-round.
* According to candy maker Brach’s, the top branded retailer of candy corn, each year Americans eat enough Brach’s candy corn that if the kernels were laid end to end, they would circle the Earth four times.
* Candy corn is made primarily from sugar, corn syrup and honey.
Good Friday Morning!
Good Morning Mother Lode!
TGIF! It’s Halloween Eve! This morning we’ll be holding our first ever KKBN Big Joe & Bridgette Halloween Seance!
We’ll be trying to contact the spirit world of Country Music Legends! Should be really funny or really scary!
Also, join us for a Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest! Big Joe & Bridgette will go head to head or mouth to mouth..ewww… and the winner has to clean the others house!
This morning mystery word of the day is “ZOMBIE”! Be the 3rd caller at 532-9350 when you hear the word and win a trip to the KKBN Prize Den!
H1N1 TIP FOR TRICK OR TREATERS
H1N1 Tip For Trick Or Treaters
Trick-or-treaters should probably keep their hands out of the candy bowl this weekend because of the ongoing H1N1 flu pandemic. It’s just one way that experts suggest will keep children from getting swine flu on Halloween. Health officials hope parents will distribute candy instead of allowing children to grab their treats out of candy bowls. That’s because H1N1 can be spread by touching something with the virus on it and then touching the nose or mouth. H1N1 is similar to seasonal flu and can be spread through coughing or sneezing by infected individuals.
13 Scary Movies For Halloween
Boo! Did I scare you? Okay, maybe not, but I bet one of these movies on this list did! Here are 13 scary movies you should watch this Halloween!
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