Morning Drive

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Morning Drive starts your day with the absolute best music on the radio and combines it with news from NPR, local updates, features, traffic and weather, and more!

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Playlist

October 11, 2012

6:00 AM
*********
Artist : *****6am*****
Album : *************
Label :
6:07 AM
What About Now
Artist : Robbie Robertson
Album : Storyville
Label : Geffen
6:12 AM
Someone Should Tell Her
Artist : The Mavericks
Album : Trampoline
Label : MCA
6:15 AM
Enjoy Yourself
Artist : Todd Snider
Album : East Nashville Skyline
Label : Oh Boy
6:24 AM
Mushaboom
Artist : Feist
Album : Let It Die
Label : Cherry Tree / Interscope / Polydor
6:27 AM
I Know It Won’t Be Long
Artist : Jesse Harris
Album :
Label : Sub Rosa
6:36 AM
Idaho
Artist : Delta Spirit
Album : Delta Spirit
Label : Rounder Records
6:39 AM
Wheels
Artist : Jamie Cullum
Album : The Pursuit
Label : verve
6:45 AM
One Lovely Day
Artist : Citizen Cope
Album : single
Label : Red
6:54 AM
Getting to You
Artist : Amy Cook
Album : Summer Skin
Label : Thirty Tigers / Root House
6:57 AM
Good Together
Artist : Tim Finn
Album : Say It Is So
Label : Periscope
7:00 AM
**********
Artist : *****7am*****
Album : **********
Label :
7:07 AM
Feeling Good Again
Artist : Robert Earl Keen
Album : Walking Distance
Label : Arista
7:16 AM
Everybody Looks Good at the Starting Line
Artist : Paul Thorn
Album : Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
Label : Perpetual Obscurity
7:00 AM
Can’t Stand Losing You
Artist : The Police
Album : Outlandos d'Amour
TrackNumber : 6
Label : A & M
7:19 AM
Outsider
Artist : Jimmy Cliff
Album : Rebirth
Label : UMe
7:23 AM
Feeling Good
Artist : The Sheepdogs
Album : The Sheepdogs
Label : Atlantic Records
7:26 AM
Candy Everybody Wants
Artist : 10,000 Maniacs
Album : Few and Far Between
Label : Elektra
7:36 AM
Let it Go
Artist : Michael McDermott
Album : Hit Me Back
Label : Paper Sky
7:43 AM
Spectacular Girl
Artist : Eels
Album : Tomorrow Morning
Label : EWorks
7:46 AM
I Should Watch TV
Artist : David Byrne & St. Vincent
Album : Love This Giant
Label : Todo Mundo/4AD
7:54 AM
This Ol’ Cowboy
Artist : Asleep at the Wheel
Album : Reinventing the Wheel
Label : Bismeaux
8:00 AM
**********
Artist : *****8am*****
Album : **********
Label :
8:07 AM
Missing
Artist : Everything But the Girl
Album : Amplified Heart
Label : Atlantic Records
8:11 AM
Steel and Blood
Artist : Minus the Bear
Album : Infinity Overhead
Label : Dangerbird Records
8:15 AM
Waffle House
Artist : David Wilcox
Album : Live Songs & Stories
Label : What Are Records?
8:19 AM
(Why Is Your) Heaven So Small
Artist : Susan Werner
Album : The Gospel Truth
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Sleeve Dog
8:28 AM
This Gift
Artist : Glen Hansard
Album : The Odd Life of Timothy Green (soundtrack)
Label : Disney
8:33 AM
Natural World
Artist : Sonny Landreth
Album : The Road We're On
Label : Landfall
8:38 AM
The Shape I’m In
Artist : The Band
Album : Rock Of Ages
Label : Capitol
8:43 AM
Green Tambourine
Artist : Blues Merchants
Album : Tattooed With The Blues
Label :
8:45 AM
One of Them Damn Days
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Mystic Pinball
Label : New West Records
8:54 AM
The One I Love
Artist : David Gray
Album : Life in Slow Motion
Label : ATO Records / RCA / BMG
8:57 AM
Bottom of the World
Artist : Alejandro Escovedo
Album : Big Station
Label : Fantasy

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Local News
10:37 am
Thu March 8, 2012

Concert Planned to Benefit Kentucky Tornado Victims

On Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17 a benefit concert to aid tornado disaster relief efforts will take place at Sherman Baptist Church in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. Leigh Ann Wilcher tells WNKU's Steve Hirschberg how she and her husband came up with the idea for the benefit concert.

Local News
5:01 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Piner, Kentucky pulls together after tornado

As deadly and destructive storms whipped through parts of the Midwest Friday, Piner, Kentucky was especially hard hit.  By Sunday afternoon there were 20 confirmed fatalities in the state, four of those in Kenton County.

WNKU’s Cheri Lawson reports now the community’s focus is recovering from the physical and emotional damage .
 

Local News
12:45 pm
Wed February 29, 2012

GE Aviation in Evendale Hosts Program on Tuskegee Airmen

GE Aviation is presenting today a special program for local elementary school students.  It's entitled "Bringing Them Home Safely...Discovering Our Aviation Purpose in the Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen". The company's African-American Forum is hosting the program. WNKU's  Steve Hirschberg talked with Randall Stokes, the President of the forum's Cincinnati chapter.

Local News
2:44 pm
Tue February 28, 2012

Cincinnati Magazine's Top 10 Restaurants

The March edition of Cincinnati Magazine features an annual rating of the city's top 10 restaurants.  Food and Dining Editor Donna Covrett tells WNKU's Steve Hirschberg that she starts her preparations for the list in August.

Local News
11:53 am
Tue February 21, 2012

PWC to Hold 15th Annual Oscar Night America Gala

Next Sunday night is Academy Awards night; and in Cincinnati that means it's time for the annual Oscar Night America gala. It's one of only 49 parties that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially sanctions around the country. The event is a fundraiser for the non-profit group People Working Cooperatively. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg asked PWC spokeswoman Kim Sullivan how the group got to host an Oscar Night gala.

Local News
11:09 am
Mon February 20, 2012

Victoria Theatre in Dayton Presents World Premiere of Rosemary Clooney Musical

Tomorrow, the Victoria  Theatre in Dayton, Ohio is presenting the world premiere of a play called "Tenderly...the Rosemary Clooney Musical". WNKU's Steve Hirschberg talked about the production with Janet Yates Vogt, who co-authored the work with Mark Friedman.

Local News
10:15 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Hartmann: Hamilton County is Strong

The state of the county is strong.  That is what Greg Hartmann, President of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, said yesterday during his state of the county address. WNKU's Steve Hirschberg asked Hartmann why he is so upbeat about the county's strength.

Local News
3:07 pm
Wed February 15, 2012

Art Academy of Cincinnati Gets New President

The Art Academy of Cincinnati has a new president.  He is John Sullivan, who comes to Cincinnati from the Watkins College of Art, Design and Film in Nashville.  Sullivan notes that the art academy was a pioneer in moving several years ago to the city's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood from its long-time home next to the Cincinnati Art Museum in Eden Park.  He tells WNKU's Steve Hirschberg that after such a bold move, as he calls it, the academy now  has plenty of company in its new neighborhood.

Local News
10:34 am
Tue February 14, 2012

Valentine's Day from Loveland, Ohio

Sending a Valentine’s Day card is one of the most traditional ways to say “I Love You”.

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Local News
3:25 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Black Brigade Helped Defend Cincinnati During Civil War

Credit The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

In 1862, during the Civil War, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky faced the likelihood of an invasion by Confederate troops.  But the area was able to avoid a military confrontation, thanks to volunteers who came forward to defend the city and to  help bolster its fortifications.  Among those volunteers was a group of local African-Americans that came to be known as The Black Brigade.  As part of the commemoration of Black History Month, WNKU's Steve Hirschberg talked about this historical episode with Richard Cooper, Interpretive Services Manager at Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad

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