Cheryl Snyder

Equal Protection and Due Process of Law was guaranteed to all citizens under the U.S. Constitution when the 14^th Amendment was ratified on this date in 1868.  Gavin and Wyatt “weigh in” by supporting the amendment and “on balance” agree with the rights of people and their dogs.  We hope you can join our “due process” on the air with “equal protection” of music on Crosscurrents, 7/28 at 8 a.m.

“Old Man And The Sea” author, Ernest Hemingway, was born July 21^st 1899, and would later receive the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel literary medal. Gavin and Wyatt are ready to climb on board the KRNN boat with the “old man” before he “goes out to sea.” Do not worry about sharks as you join John when he goes out to “fish” for Hemingway birthday tunes on Crosscurrents, 7/21.

Revolutionary citizens and troops stormed the Bastille fortress prison on July 14^th 1789 signifying the start of the French Revolution.  Gavin and Wyatt commemorate Bastille Day on the other side of the jail bars.  You can storm the musical fortress by listening to the tuneful revolution on Crosscurrents, 7/14 at 8 a.m.

Tonight on Stormy Weather– Katie B’s Family Playlist. For tonight’s show, Katie solicited favorite tunes from her five younger siblings reminiscent of their growing up years north of San Francisco in the 1970’s and ’80. Music and Memories:  9-11 p.m. AK time, 10 p.m.-12 a.m. CA time on KRNN FM 102.7 FM in Juneau and Douglas or listen from anywhere by clicking the Listen Live button.

The first pre-sliced and wrapped loaf of bread, packaged by the Chillicothe Baking Company, arrived in stores on July 7, 1928, to the credit of bread slicer inventor Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Gavin and Wyatt play tug with an un-sliced loaf as John avoids loafing around while he slices off some tunes for your enjoyment. You are invited to get out the jam and jelly to listen to the music on Crosscurrents, 7/7 at 8 a.m.

Charles Blondin gained acrobat fame as a funambulist (rope walker) on this date in 1859 when he became the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope suspended above the perilous water.  Gavin repeats the high wire act as Wyatt frolics in the water below.  You can listen without fear of falling as John minds his balance and swings high above the gap on Crosscurrents, 6/30 at 8 a.m.