WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

Opening: Bye Bye Blackbird (5:12)
The show opens with a little tomfoolery, and then Cathi Norton and our house band, Dennis Riggins and his Firehouse Swing Thing, get things going with a rousing version of a classic tune, “Bye Bye Blackbird.”

The RadioSynclastic Infandibulator (4:03)
Co-Host “Colonel” Mike Kelsey and Announcer Richard Fish
introduce Co-Host Arbutus Cunningham to our radio time machine, the RadioSynclastic Infandibulator, which fails to impress her despite help from the whole audience.

The Jim Manion Story (7:55)
Columnist Mike Leonard from The Bloomington Herald Times tells us the little-known true story of WFHB’s Music Director, Jim Manion, who has contributed so much to our cultural identity. Follow Jim as he encounters rock stars, Presidents, and a Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Jeni and Billy – First Set (11:54)
A wonderful duo from Nashville, Tenn., Jeni Hankins and Billy Kemp, give us three of their hauntingly beautiful original songs: “The Miner’s Reward,” “The Tazewell Beauty Queen,” and “Chicken Ridge.”

Preachin’ The Gospel (12:11)
The RadioSynclastic Infandibulator takes us back to 1938, where preachers abound on the million-watt border stations. Arbutus Cunningham, the Firehouse Gospel Singers, and Jeni & Billy take the floor and hit the ceiling as they get on the Main Line and hear the Crash On The Highway.

Hoagy Carmichael’s Boyhood Friend (7:42)
Art Heckman isn’t really that old, but he shows us what Hoagy
himself might have sounded like in this very theatre, with two great Hoagy numbers, “Old Buttermilk Sky” and “April In My Heart.”

Jason Fickel (5:10)
We make it back to the future in time to hear guitarist Jason Fickel leading the band in one of his original songs from his forthcoming CD, “Get Your Car Off Of My Lawn.”

Dr. John R. Brinkley (6:50)
Back in 1938 again, we encounter the unbelievable “Doctor” John Brinkley, who made fortunes with his goat-gland treatments for male sexual impotence, fought with the A.M.A., got chased out of several states, and was heard throughout the hemisphere on his million-watt Border Radio station, XERA.