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Troy Firefighters Help Veterans – Help Our Heroes

Kevin Richards — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:57:17 +0000

Friday, May 10, 2013 we invite all Country Music fans to join us at Brown’s Revolution Hall for a great night of Country Dancing and Music to help the Rensselaer County Veterans. I was honored to be asked to start the fun at 7pm with Country Dancing followed by some great live Country Music by [...]

A Great Way To Help A Local Veteran Get A Job With VetNet [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:23:07 +0000

How is it possible that people who serve this country and put lives on the line are put at the back of the line when looking for jobs? We at the Sean and Richie can’t accept that, folks. Please pass this link around to your favorite underemployed service,an or woman. It’s called VetNet. It [...]

Do Military Veterans Have More Health Problems Than Civilians?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:01:25 +0000

A new report from the CDC finds that men who’ve served in the military carry a heavier health burden than civilians — in fact, veterans are significantly more likely to have two or more chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.

Chris Young Reunites With Wounded Warrior Pal During Visit to Air Force Base

Sterling Whitaker — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:00:02 +0000

Chris Young had the chance to catch up with an old friend during a visit to Minot Air Force Base last week. The singer stopped by the base for a CD signing with some of our country’s finest airmen as part of his work with Stars for Stripes and the Minot Exchange. While there, he was reunited with Wounded Warrior Scott Lilley, whom he first met in 2009 while working with Stars for Stripes.

Honoring Flag Day [VIDEO]

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:56:32 +0000

On June 14, we always celebrate Flag Day, and show how patriotic that we can be. I know there are so many people that will be displaying our great symbol outside their homes and businesses. Flag Day will be greatly represented right here in the Albany area, like my friends at the Bethlehem Memorial Post [...]

Lou's List Of His Five Favorite Sitcoms For Memorial Day

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:59 +0000

First, I need to say thank you to all of the veterans. Our veterans have been through so much. One thing that has happened through the years were tv sitcoms. I was watching M*A*S*H on TV Land the other night and I started to think about some of the other sitcoms that had something to [...]

Albany Area Veteran's Memorials To Visit

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:01:28 +0000

Memorial Day Weekend is almost here. We told you where you can see some of the Memorial Day parades.I had a list of things to do to get ready for the big holiday weekend. Something that could be very handy to keep close by – a list of what will be open or closed. Here’s [...]

Five Things To Do To Get Ready For Memorial Day Weekend [LIST]

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:05:47 +0000

It’s hard to believe that Memorial Day weekend is almost here. It’s the unofficial start of summer. After mowing my lawn for the third time this year, I started thinking about some stuff that I may have to do to get ready for the holiday weekend that’s coming up. Hopefully we’ll have some fantastic weather [...]

Country Music And Veterans Go Together [VIDEO]

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:11:33 +0000

With all the fun things to do for Memorial day weekend including some that I mentioned in another blog, I also mentioned remembering those who have served and are still serving our country. Our veterans are an integral part of our country, and country music has paid tribute to them many times through the years, [...]

Sean & Richie To Do Roll Call for Memorial Day – Please Submit Names

Richie Phillips — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:31:55 +0000

The Sean and Richie Show want to commemorate Memorial Day in a very special way and we'd like you to tell us who you are remembering on this most solemn and patriotic occasion.

Last World War I Combat Veteran Passed Away

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:29:45 +0000

With the events about Osama bin Laden this week, I feel we should recognize our veterans, especially this particular vet. Claude Stanley Choules died in a nursing home Thursday, in a Western Australia nursing home. He was age 110-years-old. In a story from AP, he was known as “Chuckles” to his comrades in the Australian [...]

Bob Kingsley Gets Wounded Warrior Project Award

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:03:37 +0000

Congratulations to one of our own – You hear him every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on WGNA-F.M., as he counts down the biggest country hits in the U.S., on “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40.” Of course I mean the man himself, Bob Kingsley. Bob has received the 2011 “Tony Snow Award”, Wounded [...]

Honoring Soldiers

Sean McMaster — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:55:39 +0000

Today on the show we played a montage of celebrities who had passed in the year 2010. A listener then pointed out on her Facebook that she was angry that we would do this, when the men and women of our armed forces die and their names don’t get read on the air.This was a [...]