Friday at 9:00 AM repeating on Saturday at Noon.

STEVE CHOATE PORTER - The “Hey Porter” Show

Steve was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee and considered Tennessee his home in his pre-teen years.  The family eventually headed north and took up residency in Illinois in the 50’s.  After graduation from Wauconda High School, he ventured out into the work-a-day world.  Now Steve has found himself in LaSalle County Illinois for the past 45 years, raising a family of his own.

A self-proclaimed “product of the sixties and seventies generation,” music and art play a big part in his life.  After graduation, while living in Lake County , Illinois he performed now and then with the band “White Mountain Review.”  In the mid-seventies he moved to the Illinois River Valley and began working and raising a family.  A few years ago, retirement finally entered his life.  He finds himself now able to enjoy time with his wife, children and grandchildren and hobbies like art, hiking, writing and performing as a musician.

Steve originally got involved with WRWO 94.5 fm Community Radio and “Here and Again, Inc.” non-profit a few years ago with one of their benefit concerts.  He has been volunteering for projects with WRWO ever since then. One of those projects included announcing at various events such as Music in the Park, a weekly music session involving local musicians and singer/songwriters, in Marseilles, Illinois.

He also had previous experience with writing a newspaper column, posting regular recaps on social media of local sporting events, performing at benefits, creating and self-publishing a hiking guide, two music DVD’s, and a music CD.  The next creative opportunity came through WRWO to host a new radio program.

The “Hey Porter Show” as it came to be, was inspired and suggested to Steve by Katie Troccoli, of Here and Again, Inc. 

In this show we will be conducting interviews with local performers to cover various aspects of a musician’s life, from creativity to personal moments.  We hope that you will find the interesting and they prompt you to visit one of your local venues to support their talents and effort.

It was easier to get on the radio than go to the moon. Rick Koshko made one of those childhood dreams come true and has worked in radio since 1992. Through his SkyCaramba website and podcast, he's making another dream come true. Looking at the astronomy sections of many almanacs and watching Star Hustler (later known as Star Gazer) on PBS as he grew up, he also wanted to inform people about what's going on in the sky. He started the website in 2011 and the podcast in 2020.

The weekly SkyCaramba podcast covers what to expect in the night sky—and sometimes the day sky—including the moon's phases, eclipses, meteor showers, planets appearing to pass close by each other, and the moon passing in front of stars or planets. You'll also hear stories about astronomers and the legends long ago civilizations told about the constellations.

SkyCaramba is not about astrology. But Rick can tell you what Mercury retrograde really means.

The show includes three musical guest stars plus the host Bruce Andersen and the Cosmic Cowboy Revival Band.  They play a variety of styles on a variety of instruments. That the show is live is emphasized with cross mic humor and with great freedom for the artists.

The show uses music as the great common denominator for joy. All kinds of people perform together on the show, young, old, black, white, male, female, country, city, conservative, liberal, and even banjo players. Yes, even them. There are Grammy nominees, The Voice and America’s Got Talent finalists, regional champions, signed artists, touring veterans and the kid just starting his career. They all have a blast doing it that will bring a smile to your ears.-

Plays Thursday Evenings at 6:00 PM 

Ryan grew up outside of Dayton, Ohio. At a young age, he fell in love with radio and pursued this passion by studying Communications at Ohio University. Since that time, he's landed random radio gigs. He began producing Reelin' In The Years in 2021 and the program can be heard on a handful of affiliates around the U.S. Aside from radio, Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, watching racing and football, and - of course - listening to music. 

Reelin' In The Years airs on Saturday nights at 9:30