January 26-30
This week, Abby & Bill are sending their trivia winners to the Huntsville Art Café for a Creative Date Night for 2 – an all-inclusive art session (painting, print, or collage) – BYOB and take your creation home!
Eyvan Collins went through a major break up, and instead of crying in her beer, she launched the Museum of Personal Failure. Even went as far as putting up posters across her city that read “Failures Wanted”. People were more than willing to help! Inside the museum you will find a dead plant . . . a divorced woman’s wedding dress . . . failed art projects . . . an entire wall of rejected job applications . . . and a producer’s album that never went anywhere. One guy wrote a long list of his biggest fails in life but said having his list of failures accepted into the museum felt like “a success”. Eyvan says the point is to see that everyone fails….and it’s the only way you learn and grow.
A cat walked 155 miles from Spain to France. During a trip to Spain, Filou escaped from his family’s camper. The adventurous kitty was found less than a mile from his home in France.
A group of high-schoolers in Virginia fix up old
cars and give them to single moms. Around two dozen kids work on cars as part of the school’s auto-repair program.
They’ve been doing it for eight years and donate around five cars per year.Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile race is coming back to the Indy 500. All six of its street-ready vehicles will compete in the Wienie 500 set for May 22. Drivers will be dressed in the Hotdogger racing suits while the iconic “Wiener Song” plays and the champ drives into “wieners circle.”
The World’s Cheapest Valentine’s Day Meal to
make you happy…Aldi is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a $4 meal that includes a heart-shaped pizza, garlic bread, and mini heart pancakes.
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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!