I have been at WKDQ for 13 years and have loved every minute of it. My career started in Southern California and I arrived in Evansville in 1994. I have three children that keep me very busy and the rare opportunity to go out and not have a six foot mouse serving your table is a rare and welcome treat. I love motorcycles and classic country and even host the WKDQ Country Classics show every Saturday from 6-10am. If I can I can ever play a song for you, let me know at wkdq.com.
Jon Prell
New Study Says – Double Dipping and a Hair In Your Food Isn’t Bad For You
Want to get a rise out of someone at a party? Double dip a chip and see what happens. I'm sure you have heard someone say that double dipping is the same as putting your whole mouth into the bowl. Well, that notion is actually false. A new study says that there is a huge gap between what disgusts us and what is actually harmful.
Imagine If You Could Fly Like Superman – A GoPro Camera Brings That Dream to Life
The other day, both of my sons asked me in all seriousness, if they could ever be super heroes. I asked them exactly what kind of super hero and they both said the kind that can fly and has some kind of super suit like Ironman, which is about as close as any mortal could get to actually having super powers.
Jon’s Favorite College Basketball Buzzer Beater of All Time – UCLA Vs. Missouri
The 2014 NCAA men's basketball tournament officially begins tonight with two play-in games. There is nothing more exciting than college basketball in March. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a diehard UCLA fan. I was also very fortunate to have been to the Final Four twice following my beloved Bruins.
Jon’s Life Rule – Always Tuck In Your Hawaiian Shirt
Leslie and I were having this discussion this morning about Hawaiian shirts because our Paddy O' Beach indoor beach party is going on right now inside the Owensboro Convention Center. It is my belief that Hawaiian shirts should be tucked in....ALWAYS... contrary to popular belief.
Artist Re-Creates Ellen’s Oscar Selfie By Drawing the Photo By Hand and You Can’t Tell the Difference
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you have undoubtedly seen, or at least heard about Ellen Degeneres' Oscar Selfie that became the most re-tweeted photo ever. Bradley Cooper actually took the photo and technically owns the rights to the photo, but that's another blog.
Watch High School Teachers Read Funny Tweets About Themselves – The Lesson is Be Careful What You Post
Social media has taken over society as we know it and has given us an entirely new way to communicate. Posters to social media sites should do so in a responsible manner mainly because you just never know who is reading. You could inadvertently get yourself into trouble at home, at work or in the classroom.
Artist Creates A New Door That is Mesmerizing and Completely Awesome – I Want One
Artists look at everything completely different than you and I and they have a very different perspective on the functionality of these things that we never even think about and probably just take for granted....like for instance, a door. We see a door as a mechanism to close something off.
The Bar Is About to Be Raised in the Debate to Raise the Minimum Wage
Raising the minimum wage has been a very hot topic over the last twelve months and there is about to be a big push in Washington to get it done by 2016. Those who oppose raising the minimum wage say it will take away jobs and all but kill small business owners. Those in favor say it is long overdue and will put a dent in the poverty crisis in this country.
The ‘Check Engine’ Light is On and That is Bad, Right? – Not Necessarily
If you are like most of us, at some point you have been in your car just as happy as you can be and then all of a sudden....BAM, your check engine light is on like mine did last week. Your immediate reaction is something serious has just happened to your car; well, not necessarily.
Wake Up to the Smell of Bacon In the Morning Thanks to a New App From Oscar Mayer
It's Saturday morning and maybe you are waking up to the smell of bacon & eggs cooking in the kitchen and what an awesome smell that is. What if you could wake up to the smell of fresh sizzling bacon every morning on your iPhone?
Watch the Relationship Between a Young Woman and Her Dog Maddie – You Would Never Know It’s a Commercial
The last couple of days have been pretty emotional around here as we wrap up our St. Jude Radiothon where our focus has been squarely on kids. The below video plays on that, but goes in a slightly different direction, but is a great story nonetheless.
Amazing Kids – Kayla Montgomery Has MS and Is One of the Top Distant Runners in the Nation
We are in the midst of our third annual St. Jude Radiothon and decided to put the focus on kids for the next couple of days. The kids at St. Jude are all amazing, but this country is full of other amazing and inspirational kids, like Kayla Montgomery.