Although a musician and teacher by trade, it's by complete chance that I'm even behind a radio microphone! I started on Big Frog 104 in 2012 and have been on several area stations (mostly Townsquare Media Utica FMs) and now make my home on Eagle nights!
Keith James
Don’t Miss The 1st Annual Varick Street ‘Santacon’
Think Varick Street is dead in the winter? Think again. It's abuzz this Saturday (the 14th) at the Saranac Brewery and the surrounding clubs for the 1st annual 'SANTACON'. But just what IS Santacon, exactly?
Get Your ‘Kelly’s Christmas – 3rd Edition’ CD In Time For The Holidays
For the 3rd year running, local musicians have come together not just for some good Holiday fun, but also for a charitable cause. The result is 'Kelly's Christmas - The Magic Of Christmas...'
Real Christmas Trees Vs. Fake – The Pros & Cons, What Would You Do?
All of these years and I've never gone out and got a real tree for Christmas. It was always so much easier to drop the $100-150 for a lighted tree at Wal-Mart, plug it in and BOOM, done. Still felt like Christmas right? Well yeah, BUT...
Scott From New York Sash Explains The Utica Hockey ‘Teddy Bear Toss’
The first UC Pioneer goal of each hockey game is an electric feeling already but once a year the goal becomes much more than just a point on the scoreboard. Imagine the buzzer going off and then suddenly thousands of plush toy teddy bears and stuffed animals start raining down seemingly from the heavens to the ice literally piling up the entire surface...
Scott From New York Sash Explains The Utica Hockey ‘Teddy Bear Toss’
The first UC Pioneer goal of each hockey game is an electric feeling already but once a year the goal becomes much more than just a point on the scoreboard. Imagine the buzzer going off and then suddenly thousands of plush toy teddy bears and stuffed animals start raining down seemingly from the heavens to the ice literally piling up the entire surface...
Amazon Unveils ‘Prime Air’ – Drone Package Delivery As Early As 2015
Long gone are the days of ordering something (by mail or phone) and having it delivered days or weeks later by a human being in a truck. Gone are the days of endless anticipation waiting for your goodies to arrive, now gratification is coming more and more instantly.
The Rome Rescue Mission Needs Your Help This Thanksgiving
Director Matt Miller stopped by our studios and expressed an urgent need that the Rome Rescue Mission is facing this Holiday Season. In preparations for their annual Thanksgiving meal that they provide for the community, the sponsor who was supposed to provide the 400-plus turkeys was unable to
Utica Mom, Vanda Wright Keeps Her Daughter Home From School Due To Bullying
One local mom decided to take matters into her own hands after her daughter came home one day complaining of bullying. Now, this wasn't your typical case where some kid was calling names or demanding lunch money, this one crossed an even bigger line
RCIL’s ‘Wonderland Of Lights’ At The Masonic Home – 2013 Edition
You may be one of the 30,000 people that ride through the Wonderland of Lights every year at the Masonic Home, driving your stuffed carload through all of the displays. But what you may not know is that it's actually a fundraiser
David Foster Wallace’s ‘This Is Water’ Inspires Us To Find Peace Amidst Chaos
In a commencement address to college seniors back in 2005, the now late David Foster Wallace, an award-winning writer from not-far-away Ithaca outlined how to look at a situation differently in order to find peace of mind body and spirit even in the face of being completely out of control
Common Core Skip Day – Hear A Tennesee Senior Speak Out Against The New Testing Standards
Today is the nationwide protest in opposition to the Common Core testing standards. As a father to three school-aged children, like many other parents in my boat I became painfully aware of this new effort when my kids couldn't do their homework and I as an intelligent adult suddenly didn't know how to help them.
How And When To Tell Your Kids The Truth About Santa
It's just as magical for us parents as it is for our kids, watching the wonder on their faces as they believe that they've just witnessed real magic: getting goodies for their lost teeth, picking up eggs from a rabbit in a hurry and trying to imagine a guy fitting through their chimney