Jon Prell
Jon Prell gets your morning started every weekday morning from 5am – 6am with The Tri-State’s Country and you first checks of news and weather from Eyewitness News on WKDQ!
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New Study Says What You Talk About on Facebook Reveals Your Age and Gender
May 20, 2013 8:00 PM A new study has revealed that a pretty detailed picture of ordinary people can be created simply by looking at the topics we discuss on Facebook and other social media. It should be no surprise that we develop new interests as we mature or more specifically, age. Men and women talk about the the same things on social media, only at different times in their lives.
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Trick Shot Videos That Would Make LeBron and Tiger Jealous
May 18, 2013 8:00 AM Trick shot videos can be pretty amazing depending on how elaborate they are, which in some cases might even make you question their authenticity. The first Video is one of the most incredible basketball shots you will ever see featuring a guy falling from a 100-goot platform and dropping the ball through the hoop. The second video might be the greates trick golf shot ever and definitely a one-in-a-million shot.
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Quadruplets Laughing at Their Dad Will Make Your Weekend
May 17, 2013 8:00 PM This video may not have any real social significance and it's certainly not the most news worthy story of the day. However, with everything going on in the world today and on the nightly newscasts, sometimes we just need something to remind us that life is good and humanity can be a beautiful thing.
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Behold, the Greatest Bird Hunter of All Time
May 16, 2013 11:45 PM Every so often you see a video that makes you say, "no way he just did that." Have you ever heard of noodling? Noodling is basically fishing with your bare hands and believe it or not, but some people are very skilled at this. In fact, I think there is some kind of reality show about noodling. What do you call quail hunting with your bare hands?
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The State Where People Swear the Most – F@!#ing Ohio!
May 16, 2013 8:00 PM S*#T! There goes another title that Indiana and Kentucky lose out on. According to a new survey, people swear more in Ohio than any other state in the Union, followed by Maryland and New Jersey...well there's a f@!#ing surprise - what no New York? By contrast, the state with the fewest people who swear and the most goody two-shoes is Washington.
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The NTSB Wants to Lower the Blood Alcohol Level for Drunk Driving
May 15, 2013 8:00 PM The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states lower the blood alcohol level for drunk driving to .05% from .08%. The NTSB believes at least 1,000 lives could be saved each year if this plan were to be adopted. It would be up to the individual states to pass such legislation. Currently, all 50 states have .08 as the standard by which a driver is considered impaired and subject to arrest.
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Wealthy Parents Are Paying Handicapped Tour Guides to Bypass Long Lines at Disney Parks – Really?
May 15, 2013 2:30 PM Theme park ride lines like the ones at any Disney park can be excruciatingly long and frustrating, on that we all agree, right? Well, what if you could shell out some cash and go right to the front of the line? According to the New York Post, that is exactly what is happening, except this story has a little twist. The cash is being paid to handicapped tour guides, who pose as family members to get them straight to the front of the line in a matter of a couple of minutes.
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Downtown Evansville Traffic Lights Are Maddening
May 14, 2013 8:00 PM At about 10:30 this morning, I had to run a quick errand to the West side. As I was getting in my car in the WKDQ parking lot at 4th and Walnut, an accident had just occurred there and the intersection was blocked. So, I went a different way and was shocked at how long it took me to just to get out of Downtown!
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Fact or Fiction: What You Think You Know About Ticks and What You Don’t
May 13, 2013 8:00 PM It is tick season in the Tri-State and their populations are booming. Along with the growing number of ticks are an equal number of myths about how they affect people, where they live and how to get rid of the little diggers. It seems everyone has some method for dealing with ticks and it turns out that a lot of what we thought we knew is wrong.
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A Video Mother’s Day Message for All Moms – Especially to My Mom
May 12, 2013 8:00 AM Today is Mother's Day and rather than write about what most of us are feeling today, I thought I would just share this video Mother's Day message for all moms to enjoy, but especially my mom who lives in California.
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Watch Three of the Best Mother’s Day Commercials Ever
May 11, 2013 8:00 AM Mother's Day is tomorrow and hopefully, you are not waiting until the last minute to do something special for mom. My mom lives in California and I haven't seen her in almost nine years, which is about to change. My mom and my wife are the best mothers I have ever seen for so many reasons that would take a while to describe.
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What Our Media Devices and Social Media Preferences Say About Us
May 10, 2013 8:00 PM We all know that social media and the devices we use for social media rule today's world. Do you think it's possible to profile someone's personality based solely on the media devices and social media sites any one person uses? Well, the folks at Buzzfeed.com believe it is and they have put together a list of what certain devices and sites say about us.