Each morning at 7:10, we wish you and yours a HAPPY BIRTHDAY brought to you by Riversong Spa & Salon.
   

Get your family’s, friends’ and co-workers’ birthday on the air and also get in the running for a weekly drawing  for a Riversong gift certificate! 

Email us the birthday person’s name, town, birthday and their age (if you want!) at hilleyandhart@zrgmail.com. Be sure to put the words BIRTHDAY WISH in the subject line!

Each morning at 5:50 and 8:40, get the lowdown on your favorite celebrities with Celebrity Scoop. Then be ready to call and answer a question about that day’s stories. If you can, you’ll win a delicious LOVE IT size creation from Coldstone Creamery of Jefferson City!

We’ve got a Scoop for Scoop for you – from Coldstone Creamery of Jefferson City and 94.3 KAT Country!

You can make a $10 donation to the disaster relief fund, simply text “REDCROSS”  to 90999. 

You can also visit NashvilleRedCross.org for more information about donating.

Clean up and repairs are expected to cost $1 billion.  The Country Music community has been spreading the word to try and raise funds.

John Rich and the legendary George Jones told FOX News about what the region is experiencing.

Some of the biggest names in Country music are banding together to help. Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins and others will be performing on “Music City, Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief” on GAC Sunday, May 16th from 7-9pm.

Vince Gill hosted a telethon on the local NBC affiliate that raised $1.7 million. It featured performances from Keith Urban, Darius Rucker and others.

Come and join us! Just click on the Hilley & Hart Facebook link above or below.

Under terms of the new Zimmer Radio Group agreement, KCMQ (96.7 FM), KTGR (1580 AM), KWOS (950 AM), KFAL (900AM) and KKCA (100.5 FM) will simulcast all football, men’s basketball, coaches shows and daily shows starting with the 2010-11 season.  Highlighting the list of stations is KCMQ (96.7 FM) with its tremendous signal (100,000 watts) that will provide increased coverage for Tiger fans.

In addition, for the first time in school history, all baseball and women’s basketball games will be heard on AM and FM.  KTGR (1580 AM) and KKCA (100.5 FM) will air all games, starting with the 2010 Mizzou baseball season.  Broadcasts of select Olympic Sports events and increased promotional opportunities for Mizzou Athletics are other highlights of the deal.

Radio rights for the Tiger Network have been held by Cumulus Broadcasting.  “We appreciate the opportunity to create a new partnership with Missouri-based Zimmer Radio Group and expect outstanding coverage and programming to follow.  At the same time we’re extremely grateful to KFRU and Cumulus Broadcasting for their commitment and dedication to bringing Tiger game action over the airwaves to fans for so many years,” said Mike Alden, Director of Athletics at Missouri.

“We’re happy that Zimmer Radio Group will serve as our new radio home for the Tiger Network in Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton and all over Central Missouri,” said Jeff Shoultz, General Manager for Mizzou Sports Properties.  “Not only are we pleased to put the Tiger broadcasts on KCMQ, a 100,000-watt FM station, but we now bring FM coverage for Mizzou baseball and women’s basketball into the mix for fans all across Central Missouri.”

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According to Zimmer Radio Group owner John Zimmer, this marks a new chapter in the company’s Mizzou history books.  “There’s no question we’re excited to be carrying the Tiger Network, and we’re confident we will continue to build on the legacy that’s been

established.  We were drawn to this opportunity because of the tremendous academic and athletic reputation that Mizzou Athletics possesses.”

Dallas-based Learfield Sports is an operating unit of Jefferson City, Missouri based Learfield Communications, Inc., which made its initial foray into the world of sports marketing in 1975 as the radio rights holder for the University of Missouri.  In addition to Missouri, Learfield Sports manages multimedia rights for more than 50 collegiate institutions and associations and titles the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup.  The company manages marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches & Administrators (BCA) and provides exclusive sport

Media Contacts
Jennifer Duncan
Learfield Sports
(469) 767-8324
jduncan@learfieldsports.com

Nicci Garmon
Zimmer Radio Group/Operations Mgr.
(573) 875-1099
nicci@zrgmail.com

The KAT Country One for One Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Central Missouri Food Bank was a HUGE success. Our unofficial total of cash raised was $43,000 and 12,000 pounds of food!

It’s not too late to donate. You can do it right now online or by phone 1-800-764-FOOD.

With $1, CMFB can acquire and distribute 20 pounds of food that provides 15 meals for people in need. CMFB is not a governmental agency and nearly 90% of its funding comes from donations, fund raising events and grants.

Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the Canadian guy who several years ago started with a red paperclip…traded that for a fish pen…then for something else slightly bigger- and so on…UP TO A HOUSE!

We’re doing the same thing. We want to take this as far as we can – and when we feel we’ve obtained an item of sufficient value, we’ll sell or auction it off, with the proceeds to go to the Jefferson City Animal Shelter.

We started with one of those big honkin’ paper clip clamp things.

   
We traded that for 5 sticks of 90% lean beef jerky (8 inches long!).

We then swapped that for a 40 pound pumpkin (just in time for Halloween!), courtesy of Fischer Farms.

We traded the pumpkin for a brand new marble deskpad. We then sweetened the pot with a pair of tickets to see Martina McBride and Trace Atkins on January 23rd in Independence!

Those items were traded for a “barely used” Toastmaster Breadmaker.  

   We traded the breadmaker for a Pampered Chef Dessert package, complete with 4 glass plates, cookbook, tart shapers and cake testers.