Cheryl Snyder

“Rock And Roll” was accepted into music vocabulary in part from the work of a Cleveland disc jockey named Alan Freed born on this day in 1921.

A life of regal romance and political plots would end in the imprisonment and execution of the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuart born on this day in 1542.

Gavin and Wyatt review the fine print of the south pole agreement while John researches the music library for south-land country rock.

Charles Darwin proposed the theory of “natural selection” in his pioneering scientific book “On the Origin of Species” which was published on this date in 1859.

KTOO, KRNN and 360 North will have special programs to celebrate the holidays.

The baritone singer who writes songs on his 12-string guitar, Gordon Lightfoot, was born on this date in 1938, attaining iconic status in Canadian folk-country music.