More Than 2 Pounds Of Cocaine Found During I-30 Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams found more than 2 pounds of cocaine during an Interstate 30 traffic stop early Saturday morning. Williams reported stopping a black Mitsubishi G4 at 2:27 a.m. Aug. 21, 2021, that was traveling in the passing lane and not passing other vehicles on I-30 east at mile marker 124.
Williams alleged finding the driver to be in possession of 2.2 pounds (almost 1 kilogram) of cocaine. Kim Lafay Nelson was taken into custody at 2:41 a.m., then transported to jail by Officer Roble Acosta, and later booked by Williams for possession of more than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
The 49-year-old Memphis, Tennessee woman remained in Hopkins County jail at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in lieu of $85,000 bond set on the charge.
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3 Sulphur Springs Men Jailed On DWI Charges
Three Sulphur Srpings men were jailed in as many days on DWI charges. A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Thursday evening on a third or more DWI charge, 43-year-old Sulphur Springs man on a felony DWI-related charge Wednesday and a 75-year-old by DPS on a misdemeanor DWI charge, according to arrest reports.
South Broadway Street DWI Arrest
(HCSO jail photos)
Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Matt Glenn reported Chaisen Jadran Chamness first caught his attention by speeding in the 1500 block of South Broadway Street at 7:54 p.m. Aug. 19, 2021, so he initiated a traffic stop on the blue Toyota Rav 4. While talking to the Sulphur Springs man, Glenn detected an alcohol odor on his breath and noted the man had bloodshot eyes as well. A glance into the vehicle revealed an alcoholic beverage can in the front passenger side floorboard; the can was still cool to the touch, leading Glenn to believe Chamness had recently consumed it. Another can of a different brand of alcoholic beverage was located in in the floorboard beside the first can.
Chamness failed all standard field sobriety tests administered to him, an indication the 36-year-old did not have the minimum mental of physical faculties needed to operate a vehicle safely and legally in the state of Texas. Consequently, Chamness was taken into custody at 8:19 p.m. for driving while intoxicated. He agreed to provide a blood sample for analysis when asked. The sample was taken at the hospital,. Then, the Sulphur Springs man was transported to the county jail, where Glenn learned Chamness had been convicted of DWI on at least two previous occasion, resulting in a 3rd DWI charge, a felony offense.
Chamness remained in Hopkins County jail Aug. 20, 2021, in lieu of the $15,000 bond set on the DWI, 3rd offense charge.
According to Hopkins County jail reports, Thursday was at least the second time Chamness has been booked into Hopkins County jail on a 3rd or more DWI offense charge. He also spent the night Dec. 14, 2019, in the county jail for DWI third or more offense, after being stopped by different SSPD officers for reckless driving in the area of West Park Street and Church Street at 12:15 p.m. Alcohol was also smelled that time, and he failed standard field sobriety tests. He refused on Dec. 14, 2019 to submit to a blood test, so the officers obtained a warrant requiring a blood draw. Chamness was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, on a $10,000 bond on the 3rd DWI charge.
Jail records also show that Chamness had been booked into Hopkins County jail on Oct. 7, 2013, for DWI, marking his second DWI charge. He was sentenced to three days in jail on one DWI charge in August 2014, and on January 29, 2015, was arrested for violating probation on the second DWI charge.
Prior to Thursday, Chamness’ most recent stay in the county jail was May 19-Sept. 1, 2020. A sheriff’s deputy located him at his residence and took him into custody on a warrant for insufficient bond on the 2019 third or more DWI charge.
Arrested In Court
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Lester took 43-year-old Melvin Jerome Askew Jr. into custody at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom on two felony warrants for bond forfeiture on third or more offense DWI charges.
Hopkins County jail reports show the Sulphur Springs man has been jailed locally at least three times in the last five years on DWI charges: on Sept. 2, 2016 for second offense DWI, then again on Dec. 12, 2020 and Dec. 26, 2020. The warrants he was jailed Aug. 18 on were for at least two of those prior charges charges.
Askew, who is also known to use the names Melvin Jerome Timmons and Bo Bo, remained in Hopkins County jail Friday evening, Aug. 20, 2021, in lieu of a new $20,000 bond set on one charge and a new $4,000 on the other.
FM 269 Misdemeanor DWI Arrest
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported stopping a black Cadillac at 2:10 p.m. Aug. 17, 2021, on FM 269 for a traffic offense. The driver allegedly admitted to the trooper he had consumed four Budweiser beers.
The trooper believed the 75-year-old man driving had lost control of his mental and physical faculties. He could not perform standard field sobriety tests but voluntarily submitted to a breath test. The Sulphur Springs man’s breath test results showed he was more than twice the legal 0.08 limit as well as the 0.15 blood alcohol content which enhanced the DWI charge from a Class B to a Class A misdemeanor.
The 75-year-old Sulphur Springs man was released from Hopkins County jail on a $10,000 on the DWI with a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 or more.
KSST does not publish the names or photos of people charged with misdemeanor crimes in staff-generated reports, only those accused of felony offenses.
CPCISD Students Selected To Serve On State Committee
Como-Pickton CISD Superintendent Greg Bower this week announced that several of students have been chosen to serve on the Texas Transition Regional Student Advisory Committee.
Dr. Bower said CP is “proud of their representation and efforts.”
CPCISD students will provide feedback on the Student-Centered Transitions Network, which collaborates with Texas Education Agency to support students as they move from high school to adulthood.
A group of students served as self-advocates in four committee meetings throughout the 2020-2021 school year. Topics discussed ranged from legal rights and responsibilities at age 18 and moving from a pediatrician to an adult health care provider. The students committee’s recommendations will be presented to TEA this month, according to the information released by Bower.
Advice From FEMA Deployed Medical Staff
KSST had the opportunity to speak with several members of a FEMA deployed COVID relief team this past week. Team members are from as far as six states away. They are here to provide critical support for a northeast Texas hospital that is being overrun with patients. Among them are nurses and respiratory therapists.
As members of a Federal program, they are not allowed to speak on any specifics. We did ask them about any personal advice they might have for everyone. Each member we spoke to said that getting vaccinated, and staying current is what they do for themselves.
They also admit some frustration when they encounter people who refuse to get immunized. Team members have traveled across the country to live in a hotel for weeks on end, and are risking their health to help out.
“The least people can do is get vaccinated.”
Anonymous Medical Team Member
Members admit they are being compensated at a significantly higher rate than in their home area, but were not sure if the windfall was going to be worth the risk.
They will serve a multi week tour here in Texas, with 6 days on, and 1 day off. FEMA provides them with transportation from their hotel to the hospital. Personal trips to local stores to purchase essentials or for something to eat are few and far between. Usually on their day off all they want to do is sleep. The longs shifts, demanding non-stop work, and the commute leave little time for much else.
Hopkins County Records – Aug. 20, 2021
Land Deed Transfers
- Kiefer Stephen Johnson and Morgan L. Johnson to Natalie Hightower; tract in the MA Bowlin survey.
- Brenda Blowers to Ward Diehl; tract in the Robert Lee survey
- William S. Boyed and Sarah Sheer to Ignacio Cortes Huitrado and Erica Joanna Mata; tract in the Andrew Hurley survey
- Barry Matthew Law and Susan Elaine Law to Chadwick S. Hale and Gina J. Hale; tract in the OM Pat addition
- Brock A. Triplett to Yiwu Chen; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Mitchell Landon Self to Dana Darlene Self; tract in the Benjamin Watson survey
- Dana Darlene Self to Billy Harold Wiley and Mary Ann Wiley; tract in the Benjamin Watson survey
- Skye Properties LLC to Taylor Elise Rascoe; tract in the Hillside Addition
- Virginia Sue Hanson Estate, Heather Dawn Myer and Latosha Nichole Utt co-independent executors, to IExperess LLC; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Lesley Maramba and Tendai Maramba; tract in the Charles Zanco survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Su-Fen Liu and Vui Yap Lim; tract in the E. Burkham survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Michael Anthony Thompson; tract in the E. Burkham survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Roberto Garcia; tract in the E. Burkham survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Olesja L. Cormney and Timothy D. Cormney; tract in the E. Burkham survey
- OCTXLP LLC to Solomon Berhe, Weldu Ghebrai and Binyam Hinstra; tract in the Charles Zanco survey
- Sarah Maddux and Stephen Maddux to Darleen S. Daniels; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- M. Hodges to Chris Steenbeek; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Brenda Lee Dykes, independently and as independent executor for the Norman Wayne Dykes Estate, to Kendra Wallace and Shawn Wallace; tract in the M. Ballanova survey
- Karla L. Johnson and Matthew Johnson to Amber M. Pacheco and Anthony C. Pacheco; tract in the Jose Y’Barbo survey
- Valerie Mattison Kaye to Buckhead Energy LLC and Lazy S. Minerals LLC
- IExpress LLC to Jose Jesus Serrano; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Linda Rosamond and William E. Rosamond to IExpress LLC; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Billy Wayne Orr to Brian David Orr and Carolyn K. Orr; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Billy Wayne Orr to Carolyn K. Orr; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Ward Mitchell Diehl to Kimberly Ann Hur; tract in Cumby
- Mary Melia Wilson to Maci E. Fowler; tract in Willow Bend
- Ruth Lavern Rosenberg to Benny Wayne Rosenberg, Bret Rosenberg and Karen Seebeck; tract in the David Halbrook survey
- Arthur Estates LLC to SHSS Estates Inc.; tract in the John W. Boatman survey
- Anna L. Randolph to Justin Jay Roberson and Jennifer Nicole Skeen; tract in the M. Ballanova survey
- TTTT Limited to Craig Paul Anderson; tract in the Santos Coy survey
- Jennifer Kennedy Massey, independent executor for the Janice Marie Worsham Estate, to Brad Morris and Terry Morris; tract in the Jose Y’Barbo survey
- Jonathan Timby and Lisa D. Timby to Christopher Scott Baker; tract in the Maria Santos Coy survey
- J. Berry to John H. Heilman; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- John H. Heilman to Kevin Wallace; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- TTTT Limited to Elizabeth Falvey Morrison and Joshua Dwight Morrison; tract in the Santos Coy survey
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Zamano Gilberto Trejo and Blanca Fernandez Castillo
- Gaylon Voughan Younger and Audrey Latres Blackmon
- Richard Shane Watson and Angie Denise Wilson
- Joe David Scott and Madison Leigh Thomas
- Ronnie Gene Kelley and Marisa Ann Jones
- Brian Kyle Dodd and Abigale E. Stapleton
Franklin County Has Lowest July 2021 Unemployment Rate In Area
Hopkins County Falls to 2nd By Narrow Margin
After an extended period, Hopkins County can no longer claim to have the lowest jobless rate in the Northeast Texas/Texarkana Workforce Development Area. Franklin County unseated Hopkins County lst month for that, but Hopkins County is a close second with only 0.1 separating the two counties’ July 2021 unemployment rates, according to the latest Local Area Unemployment Statistics released on the Texas Workforce Commission on the Texas Labor Market Information website Friday morning.
Both counties, like all of Northeast Texas and the entire state for that matter reported less joblessness in July 2021 than in June 2021 and July of 2020. In Texas 6 percent of the labor force was unemployed, down 0.7 percent from June 2011 and down 3.6 percent from July of 2020. Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area didn’t decline quite as much, but did decrease from 6.7 to 6.1 percent from June to July 2021, and was down from 8.4 percent in July of 2020.
Franklin County added 48 people to the county’s labor force, increaseing it to 5,320, and had 67 more people who gained jobs in July 2021, leaving 244 unemployed people im that county as of July 31, 2021. That’s 19 fewer Franklin County residents unemployed in July 2021 than just one month before., giving Franklin County a July 2021 unemployment rate of 4.6 percent, down from 5 percent in 2021 and 6 percent in July 20210, when the labor force consisted on only 4,913, 296 of whom were not employed during July 2020.
Hopkins County’s July 2021 unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, down from 5.3 percentin June 2021 and 6.0 in Juy 2020. It should be noted the unemployment rate was attained while adding 104 people to the labor force. Overall, 16,611 of the 17,426 labor frce in Hopkins County were employed, up from 16,400 of the 17,322 labor force who were employed in June 2021. The Hopkins County labor force last month was still 104 people shy of the June 2020 labor force, whent 16,476 of the 17,530 labor force had jobs. The 4.7 percent unemployment rate is the second lowest so far n 2021, the lowest was 4.6 percent in April 2021, which was still not good as the historic 2.7 percent unemployment rate recorded in April 2021 and repated in May of 2019. The July 2021 unemployment rate is also still far below the 7.8 percent recorded in April 2020, the month so many businesses were ordered by the government to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world, including Texas and Hopkins County starting in mid-March of 2020, as well as the 22-year record of 8.4 percent recorded in June of 2011 for Hopkins County.
Neighboring Delta County has the next lowest unemployment rate of 5.3 percent for July 2021, down from 5.7 percent in June 2021 and 6.8 percent just one year ago. This county had 15 fewer members of its labor force from June to July 2021, and had 7 fewr than in July 2020.. That left 244 without employment in July 2021 compared to 263 without jobs in June 2021 and 296 unemployed in July 2020.
Lamar County added 206 workers to its labor force, but still managed to lower its unemployment rate from 8.3 percent 1 year ago to 6.3 percentin June 2021 and 5.7 percent last mont.
Morris County continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the Northeast Texas area and Texarkana Local Areas Unemployment area, dropping from 14.5 percfent in July 2020, when 701 of the 4,827 workers in the labor force were unemployed, to 12.1 percent with 546 of the 4,505 labor force unemployed in June 2021. Last month, despite adding 13 people to the labor force, Morris County reduced its unemployment rate to 11.4 percent with 514 of still unemployed in July 2021.
Titus County’s unemployment rate declined from 8.3 percet in 2020 to 6.7 percent in June 2021 and 6 percent last month. Bowie and Red River Counties each posted a jobless rate of 6.2 percent for July 2021. Bowie County’s unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in July of 2020 and 6.8 percent in June 2021. Red River County’s unemployment rate declined from 7. 4 percent in July 2020 and 6.6 percent in June 2021. Rounding out the WDA, Cass County’s unemployment rate fell from 9.2 percent in July 2020 to 8..0 percent in June 2021 and 7.1 percent last month.
Lady Cats Volleyball Hopes to Keep Momentum Versus Rains Tonight
The Lady Cats volleyball team will be playing something of a familiar foe later today when they travel to Rains, TX.
Yesterday, on Thursday, Aug. 19, Coach Bailey Dorner’s squad took part in the Wills Point tournament that saw them face and defeat three separate teams in day one of tourney action; first Kaufman, then Caddo Mills, and finally, the team Sulphur Springs will be playing again tonight: the Rains Lady Cats.
The battle for Lady Cats supremacy is set to begin at 4:30 P.M. starting with the varsity squads, followed by the freshmen and junior varsity teams.
Coach Dorner’s team played two teams back-to-back on Saturday, Kaufman and Caddo Mills, at 9 A.M. and 10 A.M. respectively.
The Lady Cats beat Kaufman 25-19 and 25-22 to sweep the Lady Lions in the best-of-three match.
Caddo Mills tested Sulphur Springs early, taking set one 25-16 before getting the tables turned on them to the tune of 25-19 and 25-23 sets two and three victories to give the Lady Cats a come-from-behind victory over the Lady Foxes.
The contest versus Rains, who Coach Dorner’s team will be playing again tonight, went about the same as their match against Caddo Mills, the (Rains) Lady Cats took set one versus Sulphur Springs before losing sets two and three to accept defeat at the hands of Coach Dorner’s squad.
Rains will no doubt have revenge on their minds tonight when they host the Sulphur Springs Lady Cats volleyball team at 4:30 P.M. Freshmen and junior varsity squads will follow.
Once that game tonight is over, it will be a quick turn around for Coach Bailey Dorner’s team as they will be back in the Wills Point tournament tomorrow on Saturday, Aug. 21.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Blood Drive on September 11, 2021
The American legion Hopkins County Tx Post 66 and VFW Post 8560 will be holding a blood drive on 09/11/2021 from 0900 (9am) till 1400 (2pm) at Brookshires in Sulphur Springs, TX.
There will be 9/11 t shirts for donors who scheduled online or simply walk up.
Contact American legion post commander Andy Lowen at (903) 355-3733 or the American Legion Post at jag@9034401873 for more information or questions.
Construction To Begin Monday At Main Street Theatre
One of the longtime cultural fixtures just off Celebration Square will soon get a face lift. If all goes according to schedule construction will begin Monday. A rework of the front and back walls of Main Street Theater, which have deteriorated over time, is required. This repair project is necessary for the safety of patrons and passersby. This will assure Main Street Theater can continue bringing live theater arts to the local community.
This phase of Communitiy Players’ “Save Main Street Theatre” efforts will be paid for with a $170,000 grant from the City of Sulphur Springs. City Manager Marc Maxwell said the top part of the building facade has been leaning for some time. The theater troupe and city officials have been watching the condition of the front and back walls slowly worsen.
“Community Players is an integral part of the communty. They don’t have much fund balance. The City Council decided to step up and make a deal with them. The city is paying or it. What we get for it is they’ve agreed two weekends a month to make it available for other kinds of functions. It could be anything: a musical, musicians, comedy show, other magical entertainment – whatever they want. The City will not be involved in booking it. We might make a suggest from time to time, but it will be their wheelhouse to book the acts,” Maxwell said.
“They have provided a grant to help the effort. We’ll be open 2 weekends a month with some type of event to help bring tourists and give the community something to do down there and contribute to the atmosphere,” Community Players Inc. Board President Lyndie Mansfield said.
Doing so, the city manager said, will indeed add to the vibrancy of the Celebration community downtown, especially Main Street, which provides dining, entertainment and shopping experiences for those visiting the Celebration District in downtown Sulphur Springs.
In the mean time, Community Players will continue Save Our Theater efforts to raise the money for interior theater improvements. Community Players had hoped to be farther along in the fundraising process. More money is needed to do all of the targeted repairs inside the structure as well, according to Mansfield. This week, however, the group voted to delay their planned grand opening until 2022.
“We still have things we want to do inside as well. It’s nothing major, but we do want to get some fresh paint and give it a fresh look. That way, when it reopens it can be the place we all want it to be. We have the funding for the front and back walls. We still need funding for inside improvements. One big item that we won’t likey be able to do unless we get some big funding is to put air conditioning on the lobby side of the building. We are working hard to get there. We have someone getting quotes on those,” the Community Players, Inc., president said Wednesday.
Although the venue has been dark, with windows and doors boarded up for most of the pandemic, Community Players, Inc., hasn’t let that stop them from bringing local entertainment to the community. The troupe has partnered with other local businesses to perform on the stages at their venues.
“We are still going to have shows. We have one in November that will be at an alternative site. We’ve had and have quite a few things planned. We are staying active for sure. We will be doing a little program at Cooper Lake State Park South Sulphur Unit in October for their anniversary,” Mansfield said. “We are planning on having a float in the Christmas parade. If anyone wants to come help us plan any of these things, meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber.” (The next meeting will be Sept. 21. A $10 membership allows voting priviledge.)
Officials with XCLNT Contracting LLC Thursday afternoon installed protective fencing around the front of Main Street Theatre, but still left room for people to walk past it on the outside of the sidewalk. Construction on the front part of the building is expected to begin Monday, according to city and XCLNT officials. Altogether, the reconstruction of the front and back walls of the building is projected roughtly to take about 2 months, according to Maxwell.
“It finally feels like it is really going to happen,” Mansfield said. “I’m really excited.”
“We had several, the contractor and subcontractors who’ve donated time and won’t take profit in order to make it feasible for us to do,” Mansfield said.
The Community Players Inc. president and city manager offered special thanks to Mike Ballard, vice president of construction management, and his the team at XLNT Contracting, LLC, for doing the project “at cost,” and to Dynamic Engineering for “providing engineering services pro bono,” and to the City Council for approving the grant, as well as all the other contractors and business people involved in the renovation project.
“There have been a lot of moving parts on this. It’s been sort of difficult to put together, but everybody ahd stepped up,” Maxwell said, “And they have a fundraising effort to do even more, to do other things in the theater.”
“We can’t wait to get back in there and get everybody back on stage,” an excited Mansfield said. “I love to be back stage.”
She said the group has been making strides with some new people express interest in being a part of Community Players Inc. The group encourages community members to check Main Street Theatre’s Facebook page frequently as they intend to post updates as work on the building progresses.
Anyone interested in donating to the theater can do so on one of two different platforms: to make a general contribution to the theater group on their website, https://www.communityplayersinc.com/, Those who would like to donate specifically to the building renovation fund should scroll down the web page below the video to the GiveButter widget, select the contribution option of choice on the donation platform and provie the appropriate information. Or scan the QR code on the right with your phone to be taken directly to the GiveButter donation platform. As of Friday morning, $845 had been contributed on to Save Main Street Theatre at GiveButter.
Not familiar with Main Street Theatre and Community Players Inc.? Be sure to watch Suddenlink cable channel 18, or search for Save Our Theatre or Main Street Theatre on KSST’s YouTube channel to check out past performances held at Main Street Theatre to whet your appetite for the next peformance and let local residents know about the fundraiser for building improvements.
National Radio Day Celebrates the Good Things That Radio Delivers
KSST 1230 AM was born in downtown Sulphur Springs, Texas on March 1, 1947. The station will turn 75 years old on March 1, 2022. Today, the KSST studio also houses KRVA 107.1 FM. We thank you for your listenership! We couldn’t pass up this chance to bring attention to National Radio Day, an observance within the United States annually on August 20th. National Radio Day simply reminds all Americans of the many good things and countless great memories associated with radio listening.
National Radio Day – August 20, 2021
HISTORY OF NATIONAL RADIO DAY
Though we typically attribute the invention of the radio to Gugliemo Marconi in the 1890s, the process spanned decades, with many scientists making small but significant contributions to the understanding of electromagnetic induction, electric conduction, and radio waves. For example, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz discovered radio waves in the 1880s, which helped prove a theory of electromagnetism put forth by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873.
It took quite a bit of time after the discovery of the radio for the technology to be used as communication – this was both because the inventors hadn’t yet realized the practical and life-changing applications of their development and because there were many more components needed to transmit and detect electrical waves. However, Marconi finally figured out a way to communicate with radio long-distance, and he takes the credit for the invention of what we think of as the radio today.
Public radio broadcasting has its own inventor and that’s Lee de Forest. He transmitted the first public radio broadcast, which featured the voices of opera stars, in 1910. De Forest’s Radio Telephone Company went on to manufacture the first commercial radios which could pick up a signal from miles away.
Obviously, radio was huge for music and changed the landscape of the industry immediately. News took to the radio, as well, and announcers could quickly hop on air to deliver the happenings of the day to a massive audience. The first radio news program was broadcast on August 31, 1920, out of Detroit – at a station that survives today as WWJ. In the early 20th century, radio also began to be used for broadcasting sports, aiding telephone services, and even navigating by airplane.
With the digital revolution and the wireless era, radio changed and adapted. Today, though radio is used for a variety of functions, it no longer holds its former top slot in entertainment and news media. With television, the internet, and more, it’s hard for radio to compete in that space – but people still love it, and it doesn’t look like radio is going away anytime soon. In fact, we appreciate radio even more these days for its old-school vintage.
From nationaltoday.com, a site devoted to keeping track of fun holidays and special moments of the cultural calendar, here are some inspiring thoughts about radio. It’s true that from the long-ago to the current moment, many individuals and families utilize radio in their daily routine at home, in their vehicles and while working. We hope you observe National Radio Day by listening today! Also, take a moment to reflect on the many ways radio has been a beneficial part of your life.
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL RADIO DAY
- It was life-changing technology. Though today radio is great for busting the daily commute blues, keeping us up on the news, and preventing us from drifting off during road trips, it was once life-changing technology. Radio globally changed the way people interacted with the news, the government, and each other. From news anchors to FDR’s Fireside Chats that kept the nation going through rough times, radio has filled key gaps and done a lot of social good. Not to mention, it’s frequently used by the military and government to keep our country safe and for navigation! Radio has undeniably made its mark on the world.
- It keeps your drives interesting. Are you part of the 71% of people who listen to the radio in the car? We all know radio is not only what keeps you awake on a long road trip, but also what keeps you interested, learning new things, or singing along. We love radio because it helps us perfect our voices when we’re belting it out on the commute!
- It’s where you heard your favorite song. Whether it was alternative, country, or classic rock, everyone has felt that pause when a great beat comes on the radio, and you just know it’s about to be your favorite song. Credit to the radio for helping us all experience new songs we might otherwise not have found!
