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National Hockey League Takes Center Stage New Year’s Day
It has become one of the most anticipated days of the NHL season and it takes place New Years Day. It is the "Winter Classic,' and it is expected that the largest crowd to ever witness a NHL game will be there. This year, the Detroit Red Wings will take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, and a crowd of more than 107,000 is expected at the "Big House...
A Cocktail a Day Keeps The Doctor Away? One Study Says YES!
Tis' the season for holiday parties, and it's possible that the spiked eggnog might just help boost your immune system. No Kidding. Apparently a team of researchers in Oregon with obviously to much money and time on their hands, conducted a 14 month experiment during which they gave monkeys a 4 per cent alcohol cocktail...
Norwich Pumpkin Fest Set for Oct. 4-5
The 15th Annual Pumpkin Festival is October 4th and 5th this year in East and West Park, downtown Norwich, and this year the festival includes a pumpkin bake-off. Do you have a special recipe that includes pumpkin in some form as a main ingredient...
Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame and Reunion Set for Sept. 22
The 18th Annual Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame and Reunion is Sunday, September 22nd at the former Mid-State Speedway at the Otsego County Fairgrounds in Morris. 2013 honorees include Dick Hansen, Stan Lupka, Roger Beagell, Jack Gill, Sidney Wust and Bob Wing...
Hilarious Mark Sanchez Blooper Video
Time for me to tee off NY sports fans again, well Jets fans anyway. The biggest clown circus in sports has apparently lost one of their biggest clowns. It seems that most Jets followers in the city are saying that Sanchez may have played his last game as a Jet...
Talking With Country Star Darryl Worley On The Big Kat Morning Show
We were quite pleased to have Darryl Worley phone in to the morning show Wednesday as he prepares for a show at the Oneonta Theater this Friday, August 9th. Proceeds of the show will benefit Folds of Honor, an organization that provides assistance to the spouses and children of soldiers killed or disabled in service to our country...
Chenango Blues Fest Summer Series Kicks Off Thursday
Eric Larsen from the Chenango Blues Association joined us in the Big Kat studios to talk about the great line-up for the Summer Series which gets underway Thursday evening at 7PM in East Park, downtown Norwich.
The first performance will feature long time area favorites "New Riders of the Purple Sage...
Battle of the Bands Winners Looking Forward To Their Main Stage Performance at The Taste of Country Festival
We were joined in the Big Kat studios Monday by Nate Gross, one of the members of the popular local band "Tumbleweed Highway," who were the winners at the recent Battle of The Bands held at the Oneonta Theater. As a result, they will perform this Saturday, June 15th on the main stage for the Taste of Country Festival at Hunter Mountain.
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Losing Grampa
I was 10 years old with not a care in the world, enjoying a trip with my grandparents from Vermont to Maine. Then, I watched my grandfather die.
The day began early, as I jumped out of bed eager to get the day started. I was going to ride with my grandparents from my house in Vermont to theirs in Maine...