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Serving Our Neighbors: Volunteer Fire Departments

WNRA spoke with Ron Fillingham and Jimmy Looney with the Colbert County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments in their booth at the North Alabama State Fair.  Their agency represents 14 departments across the county, collectively offering fire protection to every…
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WNRA Transcriptions

WNRA is launching an on-demand listening page on our website for short programs and features!  If you miss something on the air or want to hear it again, check our new Transcriptions page.  Named after the recorded radio programs on…
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Shoals Labor Day Parade

The Shoals Labor Council hosted the longest-running Labor Day celebration in America for the 104th year on September 4th 2023.  The event kicked off with a parade through downtown Tuscumbia, and WNRA was once again part of the procession.  It…
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Boating Death on Pickwick

ALEA reports a boating incident involving a single vessel occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 12, claiming the life of a Mississippi man. Ricky D. Rodgers, age 63 of Iuka, was fatally injured when the aluminum boat…
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Legends of Country Music

WNRA plays the earliest Country Music from the 1920’s and 30’s every week on the Wheeler Mountain Jamboree.  Now stay tuned for the Classic Country Jukebox, where we continue the history lesson with Country legends from the 1940’s to the…
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Remembering The Singing Brakeman

He had a voice that transcended time, a tenor that cut through the noise of a barroom or through the hiss of an old 78 record. It came into radios at the speed of light from a faraway station, straight…
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Real Country 94.5 FM Heads West on Sunday Evenings

Most folks forgot the last half of “Country & Western” music, but we didn’t!  We’ve set aside Sunday evenings to bring you the best in Western music, Cowboy songs, and Western Swing music on The Radio Ranch.  But the music’s…
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The Roots of Country Music

Real Country 94.5 FM plays the first stars of Country Music every Saturday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm on The Wheeler Mountain Jamboree.  Old Time Country, Mountain Music, and Fiddle Tunes from generations past make up the most unique program…
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Sunday Mornings in The Country

Tune in to WNRA Sundays at 7:00 am for The Old Country Church, where we play classic Hymns and Country Gospel music from your favorite artists.  Sacred songs have been the foundation for Country music for the past century, and…
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On The Air and Off The Record

Tune in for the area’s only vinyl record show every Saturday at Noon following Back Porch Bluegrass!  We’ll play an entire album from the shelves here at WNRA, and you’ll hear not only big hits but many songs never released…
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