Stech' Mike Stechman

06/02/2024

I got hit in the head with a can of Soda.

It’s ok, it didn’t hurt because it was a SOFT DRINK. 😆

06/02/2024

Sad news coming in this morning R.I.P.

Country singer Toby Keith died Monday at the age 62 after a battle with stomach cancer.

05/02/2024

05/02/2024

Q: More than 45% of couples argue about this in the car. What is it?

(Answer: Where to park.)

05/02/2024

What is the best month for coffee? (Feb-BREW-ary!)

05/02/2024

Last Friday was Groundhog Day, with both Punxsutawny Phil and Gertie the Groundhog from Wildlife Prairie Park predicting an early Spring, did you know that Pennsylvania's Lottery has a mascot that's also a Groundhog? Yep, he goes by the name of Gus? Referred to in commercials as "the second-most famous Groundhog in Pennsylvania", behind Phil.

05/02/2024

Well, let’s see if there’s any excitement on the Grammys tonight. Bring me some popcorn 😎

04/02/2024

Back to back Karaoke shows at Katie’s Corner Tap in Groveland coming up. 

03/02/2024

Hang’n with Family 😎

03/02/2024

Tip for ya fellas that seems to work for ol’ Stech’ 😎 Always leave her a note.

03/02/2024

Tonight’s the night you don’t want to miss out on. We are SOOO excited to welcome back David, Sarah and the crew! Bring your dancing shoes! Kickapoo Junction will be in the house!

03/02/2024

February, 3rd 1959, 65 years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, the ‘Big Bopper’ were killed in plane crash near Clear Lake Iowa. That was "The Day the Music Died", dubbed so by a lyric in the Don McLean song "American Pie".

Rock ‘n’ roll was still in it’s infancy when it suffered it’s first tragedy on Feb. 3rd, 1959.
The three acts, along with Dion and the Belmonts, were on a package tour called the Winter Dance Party, which was to play 24 Midwestern cities in as many days. But the bus’ heating system broke down a few days later, which caused some musicians to catch the flu and Holly’s drummer Carl Bunch to be hospitalized for frostbite. By the time they reached the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake on Feb. 2nd, about a week and a half into the tour, Holly after the show, decided to charter a plane from nearby Mason City to Fargo, N.D. just across the state line from their next gig in Moorhead, Minn.
The plane, a Beechwood Bonanza, had room for only three passengers — Holly and his band — and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Holly’s bass player, future country legend Waylon Jennings, who gave up his seat to Richardson, who was ill. According to Jennings’ autobiography, Holly teased his bass player by saying, “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up.” To which Jennings responded, “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes.”
There are conflicting stories as to how Valens wound up in the third seat. Tommy Allsup, Holly’s guitarist, claimed that he lost a coin flip to Valens. In 2010, Dion DiMucci, who had been silent about that night, claimed that he, not Allsup, was slated for the third seat because he was one of the headliners. But after winning the coin toss, he balked at paying $36 for the flight — the amount his parents paid in monthly rent for the apartment where he grew up — and gave Valens the seat. Local DJ Bob Hale, who was the MC for the concert, agrees that it was between Allsup and Valens, but that he, not Allsup, flipped the coin.
Regardless of the contradictions, around 12:55AM on Feb. 3rd, the plane carrying Holly, Richardson and Valens took off in a snowstorm with strong winds. But the plane traveled only a few miles before crashing, killing all four men instantly.
The federal investigation ruled that even though the weather played a large role in the accident, the 21-year-old Peterson was too inexperienced to have been flying in such conditions. In addition, he had most likely misread the altitude indicator, which was different than the one on which he had trained, and inadvertently brought the plane down instead of up.
At the time, Holly’s wife of six months, Maria Elena, was two weeks pregnant. Sadly, the day after the crash, she suffered a miscarriage from the emotional trauma.
In March 1980, a long-missing piece of the plane crash was discovered. Holly’s signature black-rimmed glasses had landed in a snow bank and were discovered in the spring of 1959, after the snow melted. They were brought to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s office, sealed in a manila envelope and forgotten about for 21 years. Upon discovery, the glasses were returned to his widow and are currently on permanent display at the Buddy Holly Center in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas.

02/02/2024

Ok got a nap in my, now heading to karaoke tonight! 😎🎤Getting after from 8p-12mid at the Country Saloon in EP. Vanessa and Holly are tending bar for ya.

02/02/2024

Sad news today

The great Carl Weathers, famous from 'Rocky' and so many other movies and TV shows, has sadly passed away at the age of 76.

02/02/2024

NO SHADOW for Wildlife Prairie Park’s “Gertie” the Groundhog. Means Spring is around the corner 😎

02/02/2024

Groundhog Day Karaoke with Stech 🎤

02/02/2024

Tomorrow is Monster Truck Friday! Join me on “The Stech Show” l will have Family 4 Packs every hour from 6a-9a for the Sunday show and JY (john young) will have tickets every hour from 2p-7p for the Sunday show as well. Now, to claim those Family 4 pack tickets, make sure you set up your Ticketmaster account through ticketmaster.com cause you’ll need one to claim those tickets. Easy to do by using your email address. Listen all day TOMORROW!

-Stech

01/02/2024

*FUNNY PHRASES USED BY PARENTS*

Parents were asked to share some of the words and phrases they use to help cope with raising their kids. 😝

• Threenager – A three-year-old throwing a teenage-style fit.

• Poonami – A baby’s explosive p**p.

• Mombie – A mum who looks like a zombie due to lack of sleep.

• iParenting – Using an iPad or tablet to keep a child quiet.

01/02/2024

Thursday 2/1/24 😎

31/01/2024

Buddy Wayne got himself a haircut 😊

30/01/2024

Morning kids! 😎

29/01/2024

1/29/24

29/01/2024

Here ya go down to Superbowl 58 on 2/11/24!