Hunter Mountain

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. ...

Since Blackberry Smoke was announced as one of the acts performing at the Taste of Country Festival June 13-15 at Hunter Mountain and I plugged them in to a fairly steady rotation, the response from Big Kat listeners who had not previously heard them has been fantastic...

Congrats to Loretta Smith of North Norwich, our latest winner of tickets to see Jamie O'Neal at the Chenango County Fair on August 7th.  Remember, a limited number of reduced price tickets remain for the show and are available at Hayes Office Products in Norwich, Video Entertainment Plus in Sidney, the Fair box office and at brownpapertickets...

Admittedly, before it was announced that Rachel Farley had been added to the Taste of Country Festival lineup, I had not heard the girl sing.  In fact, the only way I was familiar with her name at all was that it was directly below Little Big Town's "Pontoon" on the CDX disc...

Yes indeed, another sign of spring in Norwich. On  May 10th, The Norwich Merchants Association and Matthews Ford Lincoln will present a Friday Night street festival with a car and bike Cruise-In at Howard Johnson's in downtown Norwich. Trophies will be awarded, so come and vote for your favorite from 5:30-8:30...

This Saturday, April 27th marks the 20th annual "Tree City USA" Arbor Day celebration at the Lafayette Park bandstand in Oxford.The ceremony begins at 9 AM with a proclamation, prize presentations to 3 Oxford Academy 5th grade poster contest winners and a give away of 200 seedling trees...

Our friend Jeff Cola from the Norwich Elks Lodge has informed us of another delicious chicken BBQ coming up.  Saturday, April 20th get halves for 6$ and dinners for 9$. Dinners include cole slaw, baked beans and macaroni salad. Chicken will be ready to serve by 9:30 AM...

In addition to the incredible line up at the Taste of Country Music Festival June 13-15 at Hunter Mountain, area music fans will have more opportunities to see national recording artists in concert.  Terry Potter from Millenia Entertainment joined us in studio Friday to tell us about a couple of great shows coming up and made an announcement concerning the Chenango County Fair...

Today, our on-air poll featured yet another Taste of Country Festival performer, Craig Campbell.  Campbell, who has toured as a member of Tracy Byrd's band, will release his new album, "Never Regret" on May 7th, the same release date for the new Lady A and Pistol Annies albums...

Rachel Farley was recently added to the awesome line up of performers for the Taste of Country Music Festival and admittedly I was not familiar with her at all.  It was time to get educated, and wow, I was not disappointed. I could not believe that I was listening to a 17 year old...