Winston-Salem, NC -- This afternoon for lunch, we had the opportunity to chat with the crew from 98.7 Simon's "The Wicker Show." The reason why I enjoy this station especially is that they do not play the same 15 songs every hour, like every normal rock or country station. Instead, the set list is completely random, ranging from hip-hop rap to classic rock to country. Last week, a couple of us had the opportunity to meet the host of The Wicker Show, Jeff Wicker himself.
If you're in The Triad area, be sure to tune in between 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. during the week to hear the crazy and creative stunts, games, and prizes on the show. A musical guest usually joins them on Fridays, along with the best storyteller in the world, "Tim Bob." While Jeff, Carmen, and Skip "The Prize Guy" are very talented, the show emphasizes listener interaction. Who would Skip The Prize Guy give prizes to if all they did was turn people away by talking about themselves?
I was hooked to the show when I first moved down here in January. In DC, I listened to 98.7 WMZQ Country quite frequently. During my initial drive to Carolina, I popped in a CD because the signals from radio stations began to fade. So, during my first drive in to work the following day, I turned on the radio and a song that I enjoyed was playing. I proceeded to keep the dial tuned in to 98.7 that morning and really enjoyed the DJ's of this morning show. Haven't stopped listening since.
While many people in TV and radio can be snobby, the Wicker Show falls at the opposite end of the spectrum. When discussing birthdays and look-alikes at last week's Simon Mixer, Jeff had to do an on-air drawing and said that he'd be right back. Usually, when someone (especially the emcee) is forced to leave a conversation like that, they never return. Jeff was back pronto after the drawing. Cool, laid back guy. So, I advise you to listen to their show every morning because they're down-to-earth people -- and jam out to the DJ-less blocks of music during the rest of the day! Thanks for the Wake Forest tickets, Jeff; Picnic in the Plaza with Carmen; and my black Simon t-shirt, Skip!
7 comments:
98.7 Simon rocks!!!
I hope you're getting paid by this radio station....
I also would like to know how your hammy is doing?? You described it as the "back of my upper leg is purple, approximately 4 inches in length and 3 inches in width"....but I don't really believe what you say...you do tend to exaggerate....if I may bring attention to the "magic genie" fiasco....I would feel much better about feeling sorry for you and empathizing with you if we could see a picture of this "left leg contusion" or a doctors note....until then I am restraining from sending you a "get well soon card"
Them's Fightin words B. You better not take that sh#t!
Oh, and I hate the Redskins! Being a football fan is so depressing. Mike Greenberg said it best..."As a fan, when your team wins, you feel relief, but when they lose, you feel horrible for days..."
#1, do you remember when the fire department showed up at the hotel in front of the spot where I set that "magic genie" off? That's how much smoke the genie generated!
The size of the tear has decreased to about 2x3 inches. It's still pretty nasty. As much as I enjoy competing, I am forced to sit out for 3-4 weeks.
J, Greenie said it best. I had a sick feeling when the Giants scored to make it 17-10, then the Skins went 3 & out.
Thanks to the Wicker Show, I was able to watch that unbelievable Wake-MD game. Did ya'll see that?
I believe that was the whole point of that fiasco....we heard about this "magic genie" for days 24/7, how awesome it is, how loud it's going to be, how it will blow all of MY FIREWORKS out of the water....when really what happened...after all that hype was nothing but smoke....it was actually Jason's ideal "firework"....no noise and wimpy....it can't even be considered a firework because all it did was smoke, and smoke, and smoke, and smoke, and smoke......that's why the fire dept came....that's what the whole thing was about....the fact that you talked up this "smoke screen" like it was going to be the end-all-be-all of fireworks....with just one lite of ONE of my MANY sweet REAL fireworks....your ego was crushed along with all your b.s. good-for-nothing hype of that pathetic sparkler...all I'm sayin' is I want to see proof that this injury actually exists and that it hasn't just been more mindless b.s. from the sh** salesmen himself
DAMN. She's relentless B. I got nothing on her.
Didn't catch the MD game, but it looked to be just as sickening.
People were harping on me at halftime to loosen up, and I kept saying the Giants cannot be toyed around with. We always find a way to screw up. Too bad I was right.
GO SAINTS! They can help me tonight greatly after a piss poor week of picks. At least didn't do as bad as #1 though. Nobody did
I thought that I heard a peep from that new person living in my pool's basement. BTW -- It was an U.S. Army approved smoke bomb, not some bazooka launch!
I will take a photo of my leg tonight to show the readers the extent of my injury.
Those Redskins' unis were the only sweet part about yesterday.
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