
Cromwell Media and Volunteer Owensboro Partner to Inspire Community Action for Child Advocacy
In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Cromwell Media and Volunteer Owensboro are teaming up to launch a powerful initiative encouraging the community to Be Change For The Child on April 24th. What began as a conversation last fall with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) has grown into a movement-uniting...
Apr 17, 2025

Weather Spotter Training Coming in February
The National Weather Service is offering a Skywarn Spotter training session on February 18th, at Owensboro Christian Church. The session will teach participants how to identify and report severe weather events. Registration is required, and all course materials are provided free of cost.
Dec 13, 2024

KY Lottery Boasts $1.5 Billion Year
Kentucky Lottery officials say the games have generated more than 1.5-billion-dollars in prize money for players over the past fiscal year. The fiscal year ended June 30th. The lottery also generated more than two-billion-dollars in sales during Fiscal Year 2024. That's a 14-percent increase over the prior year. Lotter...
Sep 04, 2024

97X Rock Minute featuring Stackin' Eights!
Local band Stackin' Eights joins Tatum in the AM for 97X Rock Minute! Listen to full interview BELOW: Learn more about Stackin' Eights below: Facebook: Instagram: Spotify: YouTube:
Mar 12, 2024

Our Latest Volunteer Owensboro Interview! The Help Office of Owensboro
It's amazing how much you can learn about an agency you thought you already knew about. A look behind the scenes or a conversation with someone in the know makes you realize there's a lot more than meets the eye! In our latest Volunteer Owensboro Video Podcast, I had the honor of speaking with Angela Settle, Executive ...
Feb 11, 2024

WBIO Celebrating 30 Years on Saturday
The date was November 18, 1993. It's hard now to recall how few FM signals there were, three in Owensboro (92.5, 96.1 and 90.3), plus a handful from neighboring Evansville, Henderson, and Madisonville. But another commercial FM for Owensboro? We had an FM for each AM here, and that's about all you could have in those d...
Nov 17, 2023

51 Years of Progress, For Us, and Hancock County
A hectic election day has come and gone, and we recall one election 51 years ago that brought a new citizen to Hancock County. The year was 1972. Behind the scenes, Bayard "Bud" Walters and a small staff was preparing a new radio station, a first for the county. A house had been found on Highway 60 just insid...
Nov 08, 2023
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Bobby Osborne Dead at 91
An Eastern Kentucky music legend has passed away. The death of Bobby Osborne was confirmed Tuesday. Family tells WYMT-TV Osborne was 91. Despite his age Osborne was still teaching and performing last year. One of his best-known songs is Rocky Top which is the theme song for UT athletics. Rocky Top was named the Tenness...
Jun 27, 2023
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Funeral Services Set For Ruth Steele Reed
A member of a prominent Owensboro broadcasting family passed away Friday. 89-year-old Ruth Steele Reed was a child of WVJS founder Vincent J. Steele, and spent her career as treasurer of Owensboro On The Air, Incorporated, which included WVJS, WSTO and Owensboro Cablevision. She remained a fixture at the Highway 60 Wes...
May 22, 2023

Beshear Urges Blood Donations Following Shootings
Governor Andy Beshear is trying to encourage Kentuckians to give blood. The governor Wednesday rolled up his sleeve in Frankfort, holding a picture of Tom Elliott at the time, his friend who was killed in last week's Old National Bank mass shooting in downtown Louisville. The governor has given blood after Kentucky tra...
Apr 20, 2023