I have happy news for those of you who listen to the music edition of The Smiles Show. Starting on Wednesday, April 2nd, The Smiles Show...

KUBU discontinuing low power, FM radio station 96.5FM, and mobile app March 29, 2025  The Smiles Show got its start on 96.5 low power...

Author's note: This blog was written by yours truly, with no assistance from AI. AI just doesn’t work for me, since it doesn’t inject...

I’ve gone back-and-forth on writing a blog or creating a podcast discussing my favorite songs of 2023. I was thinking that creating a...

These days, there are a lot of challenges that many of us face, including heavy workloads, inflation, chronic illness, lack of time with...

The year 2022 is rapidly coming to an end (and will be past tense when this blog is ready for public consumption!), and that means I...

August 7, 1971 was 50 years ago. Time really does fly when we're having fun, and writing blogs, and going through the daily life...

2020 was the year when the world stopped. Travel, sports, concerts, theatre, in-person teaching and learning, dining out, and so much...

I don't need to tell you this, but there is just so much uncertainty these days. The pandemic continues to ebb and flow, the political...

With the current heat wave in full effect, you might be looking for ways to avoid straining the state-wide power grid, as well as your...

When I initially wrote that first blog about Adult Contemporary songs that didn’t cross over to the “pop side of the house,” also known...

A little over a month ago, I wrote a blog on songs that charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts without crossing over to the...

Countdown America with Dick Clark was one of my favorite weekly music countdown programs to listen to in the early 1990s; it focused on...

Sometimes when writing a blog, a recurring theme emerges. My blog about final Top 40 hits showed that the early 1990's were a pivotal...

Another blog in less than a week? Yes, but today's blog is "time-sensitive," as it is to commemorate a special occasion that took place...

Many musicians and groups often go decades releasing hit after hit single, but then, something changes, and their songs are no longer...