Southwest Arkansas Radio

12/18/2024

Jingle Bell Rock #3 Clue #2:

To find the third Jingle Bell Rock,
You'll need to drive, but don't bring a sock.
No bags to pack, no need to roam,
Just hit the road because it's close to home!

Happy Hunting -

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Starz Family Restaurant

12/18/2024

Sports schedule for December 16 through December 20

Thursday, December 19:
Jr. High Basketball -
Nashville @ Bryant - 4:30 pm
Dierks vs Arkansas High - 7b, Jg, and Jb - 5:30 pm

Sr. High Basketball -
Mineral Springs vs Kirby - 5:30 pm

Friday, December 20:
Sr. High Basketball -
Nashville girls @ Bryant - 5 pm
Dierks vs Mena - Jg, Jb, Sg and Sb - 5 pm (Sr. High games broadcast on 105.5 the Maverick)

12/17/2024

12/17/2024

New head coach Brad Chesshir

12/17/2024

Jingle Bell Rock #3 Clue #1:

If you think finding the third Jingle Bell Rock is going to be a breeze you're mistaken. But you can start looking north of the station.

Happy Hunting -

Thank you to our sponsors:
What's Cookin' - Easy Meals
Pawn Kings in Nashville and Murfreesboro
Buddy's Quick Stop
Ivan Smith Furniture
El Karnalito
Shelter Insurance - Steve Tate Agency
Amelia's Pic-A-Lily
Starz Family Restaurant

12/17/2024

Sports schedule for December 16 through December 20

Tuesday, December 17:
Sr. High Basketball -
Nashville girls vs North Little Rock - one game tip-off at 6 pm
Dierks vs Horatio - Jb, Sg and Sb - 5:30 pm (Sr. High games broadcast on 105.5 the Maverick)
Murfreesboro vs Mt Pine - 5:30 pm
Mineral Springs vs Umpire - 5 pm

Thursday, December 19:
Jr. High Basketball -
Nashville @ Bryant - 4:30 pm
Dierks vs Arkansas High - 7b, Jg, and Jb - 5:30 pm

Sr. High Basketball -
Mineral Springs vs Kirby - 5:30 pm

Friday, December 20:
Sr. High Basketball -
Nashville girls @ Bryant - 5 pm
Dierks vs Mena - Jg, Jb, Sg and Sb - 5 pm (Sr. High games broadcast on 105.5 the Maverick)

12/17/2024

“The Horse I Rode In On Got Put Out To Pasture” – Ashley McBryde On How The Current State Of Country Music Inspired “Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs.”
While the lyrics detail this lifestyle that is going out of style, McBryde and her co-writers penned this track through the lens of the current state of country music and how it’s changed since she came to Nashville in 2005.
My friends at Whiskey Riff have done a great article with Ashley. I have the interview and song on our ‘Facebook Post of the Night’

A RIFF on what country is really about.

12/16/2024

Join us for our Chamber Coffee tomorrow morning from 9:30 am-11:00 am! Come see all of our new items and remember our red dot accessories are 75% off! These would make the perfect Christmas gifts, along with a Purple or Tempur-Pedic pillow. See you tomorrow 🤩

12/16/2024

Sports schedule for December 16 through December 20

Monday, December 16:
Jr. High Basketball -
Nashville vs Camden Fairview - 5 pm

Sr. High Basketball -
Murfreesboro vs Gurdon - 5:30 pm
Mineral Springs @ Bradley - 5 pm

Tuesday, December 17:
Sr. High Basketball -
Nashville girls vs North Little Rock - one game tip-off at 6 pm
Dierks vs Horatio - Jb, Sg and Sb
Murfreesboro vs Mt Pine - 5:30 pm
Mineral Springs vs Umpire - 5 pm

Thursday, December 19:
Jr. High Basketball -
Nashville @ Bryant - 4:30 pm
Dierks vs Arkansas High - 7b, Jg, and Jb

Sr. High Basketball -
Mineral Springs vs Kirby - 5:30 pm

Friday, December 20:
Sr. High Basketball -
Nashville girls @ Bryant - 5 pm
Dierks vs Mena - Jg, Jb, Sg and Sb

12/15/2024

America's National Defense Remains Strong
Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04)

While we ready ourselves for the end of another year with a new Congress on the horizon, make no mistake that there is still much work to be done. This week, the House voted to pass the Servicemember and Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA). House Republicans continue to deliver on their promise to the American people to increase border security, bolster national defense, deter global adversaries, support Israel, and provide the support necessary to improve the lives of our servicemembers and their families.

It goes without saying that the men and women who put their lives on the line daily in order to protect our freedoms should never have to experience negative impacts due to a lack of resources provided to them by the military. We owe a debt of gratitude to each of our servicemembers, and I'm pleased that the FY25 NDAA will work to improve the quality of life for our servicemembers and their families.

These negative impacts are also affecting our military through low recruitment numbers, retention, and lack of military readiness. Through boosting compensation for junior enlisted servicemembers to better compete with the private sector, to improving and addressing housing issues like chronic underfunding and repairs, ensuring access to better medical care, and providing better support for their families, we will be setting up our service men and women for success.

The Fourth District and Arkansas were also the recipients of many wins in the NDAA's passage. The Natural State is proudly home to numerous facilities that directly impact the national defense industry. The FY25 NDAA will authorize full funding for joint US-Israel cooperative missile defense programs such as the Iron Dome, Arrow, and David's Sling – all big wins, specifically for East Camden.

Additionally, this bill authorizes $74 million for a military construction project located in Arkansas, expands programs to help Arkansas' 1,800 military spouses attain and retain employment, and provides greater access to childcare for the 2,900 children of military families across Arkansas.

As global adversaries continue to threaten democracy around the world, House Republicans are determined to bring the hammer down heavily upon our adversaries like China, Russia, and Iran, while continuing to provide aid to our ally in the Middle East – Israel. By severing all dependence on China from the semiconductor supply chain, maintaining the integrity of U.S. nuclear facilities, to cutting ties on any information exchange, the United States is taking back the power wrongfully and dangerously given to China which undermines our military's integrity and might.

This bicameral, bipartisan work will provide substantial investments in military modernization, counteract the deep impacts of inflation on our military, and deliver a well-deserved pay raise for our servicemembers and relief to their families. Our nation has a history of strong national defense, and House Republicans will continue holding the line to ensure that legacy holds fast for generations to come.

12/14/2024

40 years ago the iconic country supergroup the Highwaymen was formed.
Did you know that there was a very distinct possibility that The Highwaymen might have never been called “The Highwaymen,” if it wasn’t for a young, scrappy mandolin/guitar player named Marty Stuart, The Highwaymen as a name and a song would likely have never happened. Read more about how it came about and watch them on our ‘Facebook Post of the Day’

Did you know that there was a very distinct possibility that The Highwaymen might have never been called "The Highwaymen," and that they might have never recorded the iconic song that gave them their name?

12/13/2024

State Capitol Week in Review
From Senator Steve Crowell
December 13, 2024

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas won a long and hard-fought legal battle against large pharmaceutical manufacturers when the United States Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling in the state’s favor.

The decision means that Act 1103 of 2021 is constitutional and remains in effect. “This is a big win for Arkansas’s drug access law,” the state Attorney General said in a statement after the Supreme Court ruling.

In essence, the Supreme Court upheld Arkansas law that allows hospitals to use contract pharmacies without financial penalty, under a federal drug pricing law commonly known as the 340B program. It requires pharmaceutical companies to offer discounts to eligible hospitals in order for their drugs to be on the approved list of drugs paid for by Medicaid and Medicare.

Some hospitals pass along the savings to patients, while others use the savings to pay physicians and nurses, or to expand services. The Supreme Court has noted that “340B hospitals perform valuable services for low-income and rural communities…”

A few years ago pharmaceutical companies began refusing to offer the discount to drug stores under contract with hospitals. The manufacturers would only offer the discounts to in-house pharmacies located within hospitals, a development that had a significant financial impact on many hospitals.

Only four percent of hospitals use their own in-house pharmacies, according to evidence entered in the case. More often, hospitals contract with pharmacies all around the state, which means that patients who have been treated in a Little Rock hospital don’t have to return to Little Rock to get their prescriptions filled. They can get their prescriptions at a contract pharmacy closer to their hometown.

Act 1103 of 2021 was a bipartisan bill, with sponsors from both political parties. It passed the Senate by a vote of 35-to-0.

Pharmaceutical manufactures quickly sued the state Insurance Department, alleging the Act 1103 was unconstitutional and that it was an attempt by the state to pre-empt federal regulations and that it violated federal patent law. A federal judge in Little Rock ruled in favor of the state and his ruling was upheld by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

Also, some pharmaceutical companies argued that some hospitals used the discounts to boost profits, rather than to add services or lower prices for patients.

By refusing to hear any further appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower court rulings and essentially declared Act 1103 to be constitutional.

The Insurance Department said earlier this year that 23 of 32 listed pharmaceutical manufacturers are now in compliance with Act 1103.

The original legal challenge was filed by a trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, also referred to as PhRMA.

Arkansas was the first state to enact a law requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to offer equal discounts to contract pharmacies. Louisiana followed suit in 2023 and in 2024 six other states have enacted similar laws.

12/13/2024

Sports Schedule for December 9 - December 14

Friday, December 13:
Nashville @ EStem - 7b, Jb and Sb - 4:30 pm
Dierks @ Cutter Morning Star (Sr. High games broadcast on 105.5 the Maverick)
Murfreesboro @ Foreman - 5:30 pm
Mineral Springs @ Umpire - 5 pm
Blevins vs Mount Ida

Saturday, December 14:
Bankers' Classic in Nashville -
4 pm - Acorn vs Nevada - boys
5:15 pm - Nashville vs Acorn - girls
6:30 pm - Nashville vs El Dorado - boys

7th grade basketball -
Murfreesboro 7th grade Jamboree -
Nashville @ Murfreesboro

12/13/2024

Here is Saving Country Music’s list of Single of the Year nominees, and they’re the toe-tappers, the boot-scooters, and the earworms. These are the songs you sing at the top of your lungs at red lights while those beside you in traffic give you ugly looks, and you couldn’t care less. There are 10 of them and you can watch them all the videos on tonight’s ‘Facebook Post of the Night’

Alright, we ran down the nominees for Album of the Year and Song of the Year. But it's time to give a little love to the songs that simply get stuck in out heads and remind us of the sheer joy of music.