Sounds Good

Leadership Trigg's 'Pass It On' Seeks Volunteers to Beautify Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Chad Lampe — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:58:24 +0000

On May 18th hundreds of volunteers will descend upon Lake Barkley State Resort Park to provide labor for some much needed repairs. The project is called 'Pass It On' and it's spearheaded by Leadership Trigg County. Trigg County Chamber of Commerce President Beth Mann spoke with Chad Lampe about the planned work.

Mann also discusses the impetus for the project and how this program could leverage state financial support for the Park.

Congratulations to Becca Kilby, Winner of our Singer/Songwriter Invitational!

Matt Markgraf — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:26:54 +0000

UPDATE: Congratulations to Becca Kilby, winner of the WKMS Sounds Good Singer/Songwriter Invitational! With roughly 340 votes tallied, she's going to the Dylan concert having received 160 votes. Jeff Finley came in second with 90 votes. Thanks to everyone for voting! Hear the winning song and the finalists below.

Dr. Bob to Guest Host Sounds Good

Jenni Todd — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:55:48 +0000

Dr. Bob Lochte, host of The Eisenhower Hour, returns to WKMS after a two-year hiatus. Dr. Bob will sit-in for host Tracy Ross during Sounds Good, 11 a.m. -1 p.m., the second Friday of each month beginning January 11.

Contents from Today's WKMS Production: A Kentucky Christmas

Kate Lochte — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:23:41 +0000

Aired 12-19-12 @ 11 a.m (Rebroadcast: 12-23-12 @ 10 a.m.)

READINGS from A Kentucky Christmas, edited by George Ella Lyon, The University Press of Kentucky, 2003:

Holly Bloodworth: from Chapter 17, Borrowed Children, George Ella Lyon, p. 203

Jack Rose: Christmas Lamb, from The View from Plum Lick, David Dick, p. 299

Linda Miller: Winter Wren at Solstice, Frank Olson, p. 210

Montage – Rusty Jones: Two Cardinals by George Eklund, p. 215; Holly Bloodworth: Christmas Eve, 3 p.m. by Marcia L. Hurlow, p. 192 : Rusty Jones: Snow Arithmetic, p. 220

Randy Dunn: VI, 1991, From A Timbered Choir, Wendell Berry, p. 191

Rusty Jones: From God’s Oddling, The Story of Mick Stuart, My Father, Jesse Stuart, p. 272

WKMS Presents Splendid Music and Storytelling for the Holidays

Jenni Todd — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:25:44 +0000

Each year Murray State’s NPR station, 91.3 WKMS-FM, broadcasts its annual series of special music and storytelling programs for the holiday season. Company for the Holidays begins Thanksgiving Day and continues through New Year's Day 2013 and includes over 40 hours of radio features not broadcast elsewhere in this region.

Sounds Good Wreath Contest Winners

Jenni Todd — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:12:31 +0000

Murray State’s NPR station, 91.3 WKMS-FM, has announced winners of its holiday wreath making contest. Wreaths are on display in Murray State’s Waterfield Library through the end of November and then most go to Murray Calloway County Hospital to decorate for the holiday season. Images of all wreaths are also on the WKMS Facebook page.

Little Shop of Horrors Devours our Studio on Sounds Good

Kate Lochte — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:04:16 +0000

Murray's Playhouse in the Park opens a three weekend run of the rock-horror-musical Little Shop of Horrors this Friday at 7 p.m. Sounds Good welcomes the production's Director (and voice of Audrey II) Stephen Keene and the actor who plays Seymour, Bryant Powell with Kate Lochte. Get tickets at playhouseinthepark.net.

October Puppies Sound Good and Need Homes

Matt Markgraf — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:21:10 +0000

Puppies sound good today! Meet Miley and Maddie, six-week old black labrador retriever mix puppies. We'll speak with Kathy Hodge of the Humane Society of Calloway County, and Liz Fiero, working on BARKtoberfest.

Miley: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/24332470

Maddie: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/24332423

Maestro Ponti Previews This Weekend's PSO Concert: Young & Mighty

Kate Lochte — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:24:29 +0000

Kate Lochte sits down with Maestro Raffaele Ponti for a preview of this weekend’s concert of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, our region’s only professional orchestra. Ponti is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. He previews the next concert: Saturday, October 13, at 7:30 p.m.

Senate Candidates Hubbard and Humphries Debate on WKMS

Chad Lampe — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:03:54 +0000

1st District State Senate Candidates Carroll Hubbard (D) and Stan Humphries (R) debated live at 11:00 on WKMS Friday during Sounds Good.

Humphries is currently serving his second term as Trigg County Judge Executive. This is Humphries first campaign for state office.

Hubbard is a lawyer and former 1st District U.S. Rep. who served Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Hubbard also held the 1st district senate seat in the late 1960's. Hubbard has also sought the 2nd and the 1st state senate seats respectively in 2006 and 2008.