What I call “laughin’ and scratchin’, I’ve been doing a long time. I grew up in Chicago, and the long and winding road of radio brought me to Kalamazoo in January of ‘87. Had an awful lot of fun at one special radio station, next door, but like Tom Brady, let’s see what we can do here. Both my sons were born here. Michael lives here and is a long time Rocker listener, and David is now living the dream in Chicago, hoping to be a comedy writer. Proud to say they're my best friends.
Benson
Tanner Tully Latest Battle Creek Bomber To Make ‘The Show’
Another former Battle Creek Bombers (now BattleJacks) has made it to the major leagues. The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer league, and both Battle Creek and Kalamazoo have teams in the league. But one category where Battle Creek leads Kalamazoo is former players to have made it to "The Show", the Major League.
Battle Creek’s Kellogg’s News; Is this Deja Vu Similar To Upjohn?
Kellogg's was spinning off parts of its business, and moving its headquarters to Chicago, I had this terrible sense of deja vu. It was 1995 and we heard that Upjohn was merging with Pharmacia to form Pharmacia-Upjohn.
Now Here’s A Rabbit Hole: Hamburger Row on Kalamazoo’s Westnedge Ave
Hamburger joints back in the 60s on Westnedge Ave in Kalamazoo and Portage. McDonald's, Burger Chef (not Burger King, and who remembers Henry's Hamburgers?
Look For Some Kalamazoo Railroad Intersection Detours Beginning Today
The "North Street West and East Railroad Crossing Improvements" projects start today and into July with detours taking traffic south to Ransom Street and back.
‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ To Make Its Michigan Debut at Wharton
Detroit Free-Press columnist Mitch Albom's best-selling book "Tuesdays with Morrie", which was made into a TV movie by Oprah Winfrey, has been turned into a play and will make its Michigan premiere at the Wharton Center in East Lansing this August.
WMU’s Kathy Beauregard Joining Webber, Redmond in Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
Retired Western Michigan University Athletic Kathy Beauregard has one more task to complete in her long and storied career.
This Might Be A Great Weekend To Checkout The LPGA Tourney in Grand Rapids
With all the controversy going on on the men's side of professional golf, this is good opportunity to see some of the best female golfers in the world.
Look What I Found: A Forgotten Medicine Cabinet At Work in Kalamazoo
As my son and I were poking around in the back of the building at work, we found a room that looked a like a small bathroom, just a toilet and a sink that probably hadn't seen any water in at least half a century, probably more. And there was a medicine cabinet.
People Always Ask Me “What Is It You Do At The Radio Station?”
I'm proud to say, my son, who's as handy as anyone I know, popped by and remembered we had short metal poles we used at remote broadcasts to send a microwave signal back to the station. (Now we use a smartphone. Heck of a lot easier.)
Remembering Kalamazoo’s Howard Johnson’s, As the Last One Closes
If you ask longtime Kalamazoo residents about their favorite restaurants, there are few that bring more nostalgic reactions than (Battle Creek') Bill Knapp's and (nationally) Howard Johnson's.