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Wake up feeling good with the Greatest Hits of All Time, Conversation, Local News, interviews, weather, PRIZES, trivia, & all sorts of tom foolery with "Erik Lane in the Morning" & his hayseed "side-kick", "Zeke" weekdays from 6:00-10:00am!. It's KVAToday to get you started each workday! And if you or your group/organization has some noteworthy news & would like to be a guest, or to be interviewed, please let us know! Feel free to send your emails with birthdays, requests, or comments to Erik anytime at KVAToday@WKVA920.com. You can also visit him at his website, too, at http://WakeUp.To/ErikLane.
KVAToday On-Air Schedule
| 6:00, 7:00,
8:00, &
9:00am
(NOTE: 8:00 CBS News is
10 minutes for World
News Roundup) |
CBS NEWS - CBS Radio Network
CBS News FEATURE*
LOCAL NEWS
SPORTS
WEATHER |
| 6:33, 7:33, &
8:33am |
NEWS - CBS News (1:00 Update)/Local
SPORTS
WEATHER
PA LOTTERY |
| 6:25am |
In-Fisherman Radio [airs also on Saturdays]
Comic Clip |
| 6:53am |
School Lunch Menus [airs during school year]
Soundbytes |
| 7:25am |
School Lunch Menus [airs during school year]
Bonehead of the Day
Raising Our Kids |
| 7:53am |
Celebrity Birthday Calendar
This Is Rewind [encore at 12noon]
CBS HealthWatch |
| 8:25am |
The Family Minute
The Storm Report [7 Days a Week] |
| 8:53am |
Money Matters
Hollywood / TV Bites
Tuesday Secret Stars [contest]
Wednesday Weekly Rewind [contest] |
| 9:25am |
Managing Money
Thursday Movie Mystery [contest] |
| 9:53am |
Digging Deep {Gardening Tips} |
* - CBS News FEATURE include Health News, Car Chronicles, Car Chronicles Test Drive, Report
on Religion, Sidebar, Stamp Collecting, FYI, & Untold Stories.
Be A Guest On KVAToday!
Your Hometown Station is interested in what is going on in your community & with your organization! Many have had the chance to visit the studio weekday mornings during KVAToday to talk about fundraisers, festivals, shows, or whatever else is happening in their neighborhood. Interviews can be done on the phone as well as live, in the studio.
Live interviews are always encouraged however we know how busy schedules can be. Recorded interviews can be arranged, including having your interview recorded "on location". If you would like to schedule an interview, simply download a request form & fax it to us at 717/242-3764. Please remember that topics that relate specifically to the Mifflin/Juniata county area will be considered priority over others.
You will need the Adobe Reader installed on your computer in order to open the downloaded file. If you don't have it, you can get it FREE by clicking HERE.
Meet Your Weekday Personalities!
 Tim Thompson is a 20-year veteran to radio where he got his start in the mid 80's at KBWH an Urban station before moving to Lite-96, KEFM as the afternoon traffic anchor and weekend announcer. Most recently he spent 3 years KKCD, KHLP and KOMJ in Omaha, NE. Tim enjoys camping and fishing with his family. Hear Tim during Mid-Days on Gold Hits 920/WKVA!
 Carl Mann's radio career began in the 60s and reached a goal of working at Top 40 KOMA in Oklahoma City by 1969. In the early 70s he moved on to Omaha, NE for mornings and middays at legendary KOIL, where he was also Music Director for several years. Then it was on to Cedar Rapids, IA, for a lengthy stay as Program Director for KCRG, and later for KQCR FM. That was followed by a return to Omaha as Operations Manager for his old station KOIL, while helping launch a sister FM station, KXKT. He retired from radio for several years working the assignment desk in a TV newsroom. Tune in to Carl weekday afternoons on Gold Hits 920/WKVA!
 Kevin Conners attended the School of Broadcasting in Phoenix AZ prior to working at KMLE in Phoenix. After stops in Sioux City, IA and Kalamazoo, MI, Kevin arrived in Omaha, NE in 1987 as the Morning host of 1490 KEDS. Kevin has made the rounds in Omaha working at WOW FM, 103.7 KOMJ and 1290 KOIL. After managing KBWH in Blair, NE, Kevin moved on to Talk Radio at 1290 KKAR as Producer and Board Op for Jimmie JJ Walker. Then came mornings at 101.9 KLTQ prior to becoming News Director. Kevin is married with two daughters and enjoys biking and electronics. Catch Kevin weeknights on Gold Hits 920/WKVA!
 The popular 2-hour weekly radio program of Big Bands and Vocalists of yesterday and today is now heard on its new day & time of Sundays at 8am! Big Band Jump features both original and later Swing music, with background information hosted by Don Kennedy. From time to time they do a request show. When you request your favorite Big Band song, please include with your inquiry:
(1) The single recording you want to hear, and
(2) Your top-ten all-time favorites in the Big Band idiom.
You can fill out a request form at the Big Band Jump website, fax your request to the show at 404/231-7990, or simply email your request to don@bigbandjump.com.
The Osgood Files
 Charles Osgood, host of Westwood One's The Osgood File, is heard 4 times every weekday morning on KVAToday & over 400 other radio stations nationwide. Each 3 minute Osgood File focuses on a single story ranging from a breaking development of national importance to a whimsical human-interest vignette. Some of these he does in rhyme, which is why he is known as CBS's Poet in Residence. Osgood's thought provoking broadcasts attract one of the largest audiences of any network radio feature and have won him numerous awards over the last 25 years. The Washington Journalism Review named him Best Radio Reporter in its annual Best In The Business issue 5 years in a row. As anchor of the CBS News television broadcast "Sunday Morning," Osgood has won another Peabody and 3 EMMY Awards.
Calling All Animal Lovers!
Sunday mornings at 10, your Hometown Station brings you Animal Radio® with Hal Abrams. Animal Radio® is America's "most-listened-to" pet show. Since 1999, Hal Abrams & Judy Francis play host to 2-million pet lovers weekly - listening on over 90 AM & FM radio stations. Through education, we're reducing surrenders & the ultimate euthanasia of healthy homeless animals.
 Hal is a major-market radio veteran turned Operations Manager of Animal Radio Network™ & co-host of Animal Radio®. He's been a long-time animal advocate, spending weeks inside doghouses (literally) to raise money for SPCA's throughout the US. In 1999, Hal gave up a 17 year morning-radio routine to create the largest & most listened to animal radio programming. Hal lives with his wife & four cats at near the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah - home to 1800 animals at any one time. Tune in to Animal Radio® Sundays from 10am-Noon! Click HERE to read this month's Animal Radio® Newsletter!
How's The Weather?
Everyone talks about the weather. Now, more than ever in a post-Katrina world it seems that weather has become more and more unusual! The Storm Report presents up-to-date information on weather that makes news. You'll be up-to-date with extreme weather events that occurred over the last 24 hours.  Their meteorology team will answer your weather questions & give you a storm outlook for the next day compiled by their severe weather specialist. Hear The Storm Report during KVAToday weekdays around 8:30am. And, if you witnessed severe weather, you can call in your eyewitness story to The Storm Report at 816-278-3499!
Gone Fishin'
 Early-risers can join host Tom Siekas for In-Fisherman Radio, a show that began in 1979 with a handful of stations in MN that eventually grew to 35 stations before expanding to 10 states in 1982. Today, In-Fisherman radio is heard in 42 states on over 400 stations, reaching 15 million listeners a week. In-Fisherman Radio is heard Monday - Friday during KVAToday and Saturdays at 6:20am featuring tips on fishing & other outdoor related activities. There's "how-to" & "where-to" tips for fishing, product reviews, new technology, & environmental issues.
We'll Make You A Celebrity!
Phacops rana was designated the Pennsylvania state fossil by the General Assembly on December 5, 1988. But each weekday morning, you could be voted the Pennsylvaina Fossil if you happen to be the oldest person on Celebrity Birthdays! Call us at 242-1495 or EMAIL yourself, a loved one, your boss, your co-workers -- whoever! Give us their NAME, PHONE NUMBER, and of course, their AGE and they'll be included in our list now at 7:50am every weekday morning on KVAToday. Each Friday, we'll choose a birthday contestant from the previous week who will win a grand prize! Now, age is our business...and you could WIN - from your Heritage Hometown Station!
Hitch A Ride From The Amish!
 Well, you don't have to be that desparate, but you can see what other drivers are reporting about gas prices throughout PA. In fact, you can be one of those who report, too! Registration is FREE and there are lots of resources on how to save on gas, too! Simply click on the logo & visit PennsylvaniaGasPrices.com to get the lowdown on the showdown in the gas crisis.
Meet The Chairman of the Board
The Sounds Of Sinatra
Sid Mark launched The Sounds of Sinatra in Philadelphia 50 years ago. It all began as a call from a listener, who suggested that Sid spin one hour of Frank Sinatra. The tradition continues here on Gold Hits 920!
Tune to WKVA Saturdays at 8am for
The Sounds of Sinatra!
Kim Komando, Saturdays 10a-1p
 America’s Digital Goddess, Kim Komando, hosts the most listened to weekend program in America! Heard by millions on more than 400 radio stations throughout the USA & Canada every weekend! One the 10 Most Listened to Radio Programs in the United States! If you’re online, if your kids are online, if you own a computer, want or own an HDTV, going hi-def DVD or considering a digital media player, you need this show! If you’re looking to protect your identity, your personal information, or your family’s safety, Kim’s by your side! If you’re stymied by Windows, baffled by Vista, considering a Mac, an iPod, an iPhone, a digital camera or video camera, want to make money online or wondering about one of the hundreds of software packages to handle your digital photos, you need Kim Komando!
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