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01/10/2025

Random facts from the show this morning...

1. Sean Connery had a chance to play Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" movies, but turned it down because he didn't understand the scripts. He was even offered a piece of the backend of the movies that now would've been worth at least $450 million.

2. Before a hurricane, the two top-selling items at Walmart are Pop-Tarts and beer.

01/09/2025

Restaurant week is coming! Score a $250 Visa gift card courtesy of the Newport News Hospitality Association!

Newport News Restaurant Week is happening January 12 through the 26 with participating restaurants offering set menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at a fixed, affordable price.

01/09/2025

It's Jimmy Page's birthday. We are celebrating him and other awesome rock guitarists. Have a favorite rocking guitarist? Drop it below!

01/09/2025

Score some discounted tickets to the Coastal Virginia Wine Festival on Saturday, January 18.
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01/09/2025

Random facts from the show this morning...

1. The guy who invented cotton candy was a dentist from Tennessee.

2. Eleanor Roosevelt refused to let a Secret Service member travel with her when she was First Lady . . . she just carried a pistol.

3. Light bulbs in the New York City subway and other train systems have left-hand screws. The backwards design is to prevent people from stealing bulbs for use at home.

01/08/2025

Keep it going!!!

01/08/2025

Random facts from the show this morning...

1. Oxford University in England is older than the Aztec society. Oxford became a university in 1249 . . . the Aztecs originated in 1325.

2. The most common street name in the U.S. is . . . Second Street. The theory is that a town will name its first street either First Street OR Main Street, but they pretty much always go with Second Street after that.

01/07/2025

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01/07/2025

See the Hampton Roads Auto Show this weekend!

You could win a pair of tickets to the 2025 Hampton Roads International Auto Show January 10-12 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center!

01/07/2025

Arlo has your chance to win PBR tickets as they come to Chartway Arena! Listen for Arlo's Pop Quiz during the Electric Lunch!

01/07/2025

Random facts from the show this morning...

1. The dog that played Toto in "The Wizard of Oz" was a female Cairn Terrier named Terry. She made 23 total movie appearances, including THREE that were playing in theaters at the same time in the fall of 1939: "The Wizard of Oz" . . . "The Women" . . . and "Bad Little Angel".

2. The first script for "E.T." was a horror movie. Steven Spielberg decided he liked it better as a family movie . . . and that horror script was rewritten to become "Poltergeist".

01/06/2025

Random facts from the show this morning...

1. The most common name for counties in the U.S. is Washington County, with 31. Jefferson County is second, with 26.

2. The Russian delegation showed up 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics in London, because they were still using the old Julian calendar . . . and didn't realize the rest of the world had switched to the Gregorian calendar.

01/05/2025

See the Hampton Roads Auto Show next weekend!

You could win a pair of tickets to the 2025 Hampton Roads International Auto Show January 10-12 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center!

01/05/2025

You could win a prize package that helps you make a fresh start for the New Year in our New Year, New You contest presented by Planet Fitness!

01/03/2025

You could win a prize package that helps you make a fresh start for the New Year in our New Year, New You contest presented by Planet Fitness!

You could win a prize package that helps you make a fresh start for the New Year in our New Year, New You contest presented by Planet Fitness!

01/02/2025

Albums with great opening tracks. can you name some? Drop them below.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

01/01/2025

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