Big Bear

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Started in radio in 1977! Back then? Websites...no. Email? No. Texting? No. Turntables? Yes!  Reel To Reel Tape? Yep! Records? Yep! Things have changed a little since then but I enjoy radio what it was then and what it is now

Schedule

Mid Days with Big Bear
M-F 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sa 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Gallery: Hydroplane Testing Suffers A “Deer-Lay”! No Really! There Was A Deer In The River [PHOTOS]

The U-11 and 88 Degree hydroplane teams were at the Lampson Pits yesterday testing their equipment for the 2012 racing season and both hydroplanes looked great! Our crack AE Brett Bowen is a great volunteer and was part of the action all day including the rescue of a doe mule deer that was swimming in the river!

The deer was spotted in the middle of the river by the water follies rescue team that had a sled in the water waiting for the hydroplanes to come out to the course

Want To Get Away? Photo by Bob Brawdy Tri City Herald

Local TV Station Makes The News! Wanna get Away?

Aaahhh yes. A beautiful day and you get an assignment to go to the river and get a story on the two H1 unlimited hydroplanes that are testing on the Columbia River today. Birds are chirping, the river is placid and reporter Mark Harper from KVEW TV was just sitting there on the back bumper enjoying the sun when all of a sudden he feels the station news rig moving

Two Hydroplanes Will Be Testing On The Columbia River Today! [VIDEO]

The 2012 H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Season is just about ready to get underway! Our race will be coming here the last weekend in July (27th-29th) including the HAPO 'Over The River Airshow.' Visit the Water Fol

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(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Tune In Drop Out – The Story Behind Donovan’s ‘Mellow Yellow’ [VIDEO]

Lets go back in time -- even another dimension -- oh wait! That's another show.

So the 1960s were a pretty cool place in time. The music scene was eclectic, Vietnam was going on and there were a lot of people looking to escape the reality of what was the Nixon years

Photo By Bear Photo By Bear

Bear’s Vinyl Vault! Do You Remember This Song? [VIDEO]

These guys are a great folk rock duet that has been around since the late 1960's. They wrote a song in the dressing room of a coffee hose that became a top 10 hit for them in 1970. That same hit also put them on Richard Nixon's "Black List" for being a negative influence on American music lovers

(Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images) (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Happy Mothers Day! Who Is The Scariest Mom In The Movies Ever? Take Our Poll!

My mom was a saint compared to these fine ladies that well let's face it they were called "Mom" in title only. Take the poll and earn 500 VIP points! Not a VIP yet? Sign up now CLICK HERE!

 

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Got Mother’s Day Weekend Plans? We Do! Here Is Your Weekend Events Line-up!

Hmmm...Go-Kart Mozart is checking the weather charts to see if it is safe outside (Blinded By The Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band). Sorry I was getting carried away with a song in my head.

Mother's Day weekend is here! Do you have your plan put together yet? Maybe a concert, a play, a trip thru the farmers market! Plenty to do and do not forget your mom!


Photo by AMCTV Photo by AMCTV

Summer Is Right Around The Corner! What Are Your Summer Plans?

I have my summer all planned out...well for the most part. I have family coming here from Kankakee, IL in June. We will be heading to the Oregon Coast and then back here to Tri Cities and chill by the pool

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We Salute The Hardest Working People In Healthcare! It’s Nurses Week! [POLL]

It is National Nurses Week! My mother graduated from the CBC Nursing Program in Pasco back in 1978.  She worked at Kadlec Medical Center awhile before moving to Newport Beach, CA.

Now a lot of us have had hospital stays and you may see the doctor one or two times but who is there to check your vitals, change your bed pan, and comfort you when you are in pain? A nurse

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

New Way To Destroy Your Home! Wacky But True! Call A Tank! [VIDEO]

You sit in front of a computer for most of the day providing information and communicating with other people probably in the cubicle next to you ar maybe across the world! You try to make it meaningful but sometimes you just have to stop and click and say "You don't see that everyday'!

In Minnesota a company has come up with a new way to level your property

(Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Getty Images) (Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Getty Images)

Bear’s Vinyl Vault Is here To Give You An Old Fashioned Flashback! [VIDEO]

The Small Faces were a great English band that formed in 1965 by Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston. The were heavily influenced by American R&B music and they quickly became one of the premiere mod groups of the English music scene.


Photo By History Channel Photo By History Channel

History Channel’s American Pickers Could Be Coming to the Mid-Columbia!

So how many people have their DVR's set to record this History Channel Show "American Pickers"? I do! Love this show and some of the things that they find and the places they go are truly part of the grass roots of America