http://wgna.com Today's Country Radio Station for Albany NY Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wgna.com/jefferson-elementary-want-you-to-call-them-friendly-readin-writin-and-rhymin-audio/ http://wgna.com/jefferson-elementary-want-you-to-call-them-friendly-readin-writin-and-rhymin-audio/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:59:50 +0000 Richie Phillips http://wgna.com/?p=149852 How many years is it, Ms Pink?  I'm losing track.  We've been working together for a long time with the Reading, Writing and Rhyming program and it continues to amaze me just how great her classes are.   Here's yet another example.  They broke the friendly and cutsey-ometers this time!

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]]> http://wgna.com/tips-for-country-songwriters-bill-anderson-answers-songwriting-questions-interview/feed/ 0 Richards Entertainment http://wgna.com/looking-for-one-last-summer-camp-appearance-readin-writin-and-rhymin/ http://wgna.com/looking-for-one-last-summer-camp-appearance-readin-writin-and-rhymin/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:59:34 +0000 Richie Phillips http://wgna.com/?p=129352 We're wrapping up the summer fairly soon.  I want to write a song with kids outside in a real live summer camp setting.  Any camp counselors out there? 

]]> http://wgna.com/looking-for-one-last-summer-camp-appearance-readin-writin-and-rhymin/feed/ 0 Getty Images http://wgna.com/red-solo-cup-from-the-female-point-of-view-listener-song-parody-audio/ http://wgna.com/red-solo-cup-from-the-female-point-of-view-listener-song-parody-audio/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:49:50 +0000 Richie Phillips http://wgna.com/?p=60869 I had a whole heap of laughs today.  Two devoted WGNA fans, Rebbecca Castillo and her mother, Ruth Smith, decided to take on the challenge of presenting Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup from a woman' point of view.  So in the spirit of equal time, we present Rebbecca's song parody - recorded right at our studio! 

]]> http://wgna.com/red-solo-cup-from-the-female-point-of-view-listener-song-parody-audio/feed/ 0 photo by Jake Thomas http://wgna.com/schoharie-elementary-school-is-the-best/ http://wgna.com/schoharie-elementary-school-is-the-best/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:18:07 +0000 Richie Phillips http://wgna.com/?p=8194 It is!!!  Just ask the kids!  They'll break into song at any moment to tell you about it.  And I was lucky enough to be there to capture it with my handy-dandy recorder. 

]]> http://wgna.com/schoharie-elementary-school-is-the-best/feed/ 0 Sofia Moro, Getty Images http://wgna.com/woestina-elementary-shows-alot-of-character-audio/ http://wgna.com/woestina-elementary-shows-alot-of-character-audio/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:49:42 +0000 Richie Phillips http://wgna.com/?p=6975  Woestina Elementary School in Rotterdam, NY is in a tough spot.  Looks like they might possibly close the school and consolidate.  Unfortunately,  it's becoming the way of the world! 

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