December 8-12
It’s a car pass to the Huntsville Botanical Garden’s “Galaxy of Lights” Driving night for Abby & Bill’s trivia winners this week!
This shoe company has created some very unique shoes over the
years. There’s the Pepperoni pizza shoe, the spider tennys, and theres’ even the Toy Story kicks featuring all the famous
characters. Well Nike has taken it to a whole new level with their latest sneakers that have a built in retro game console. The shoe features a working Game Boy and NES controller. The shoe’s tongue has a tiny Raspberry Pi Zero W computer and connectors for joysticks and controllers. The sneaker’s battery pack lasts for
30 minutes. Pretty cool right….only downside is The “Air SNES” shoes will not be available for public purchase. Bummer!
You will be excited to know that Christmas on the River at Ditto Landing is back now thru December 31! There’s the Christmas Card Lane, Reindeer Rails model train display, Rockin Around the Docks with live music, movie
nights and Deck the Docks (where you get to see all the boats decked out in lights). For a schedule visit the Ditto Landings Facebook page.A Secret Santa is spreading holiday Cheer By Donating 10 Boxes Of Toys to a police department. This is just one an example of the spirit of kindness and compassion that makes this world a better place.
For that hard to buy for person…. a new Duran Duran-themed Walkman was just released to celebrate the 25th Duranniversary. The Walkman comes with their album on cassette and is covered in jewels. $199.
The Lego Group is bringing Lego Holiday Lane to Bridge Street. It’s a life-sized LEGO village filled Christmas trees and hands-on activities. Opens this morning at 10 and runs through Sunday.
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Our Traffic Guy, also Bill Taylor – keeps you up-to-date on your morning commute, and trip home in the afternoon by giving you the heads-up on traffic coming in and going out of the Huntsville, Madison, Athens, and Decatur areas!
On X (formerly Twitter) at @Traffic969!
About Abby:
Originally from Rock Falls, Illinois, Abby has been in radio for almost 30 years, and in the Huntsville market her entire career, with the last 16 at Mix 96.9. She started out as the midday host for the first 9 years, and has since transitioned into host of the morning show.
Abby loves spending time with her husband and 2 kids, and her beautiful granddaughter – eating at her favorite Mexican restaurant and most of all shopping for shoes! Her favorite vacation destination is the beach! One thing she couldn’t live without…a good cup of coffee anytime of the day!
About Bill:
Being from Connecticut, Bill is a huge New England Patriot fan! His career in radio began there and has taken him through Massachusetts, Central Pennsylvania…and along the journey, he’s met some pretty cool people – Sting, Van Halen, Aerosmith, TobyMac, Lauren Daigle and more!
Bill and his wife have three kids, two of which attend the University of Alabama Huntsville, and they all definitely take advantage of the fact that his ears “are shot”!
As the Mix 96.9 Morning Show Co-Host and “Traffic Guy”, Bill adds his quick wit and humor to the morning show along with making sure you know everything you need to know in order to get to and from work safely Monday through Friday morning and afternoon.
When not hanging out in the Mix 96.9 studio, he and his wife take advantage of all the great sights and sounds, and, of course, the local food scene in and around the Huntsville area!