The “Most Music Morning Show” is LIVE with Abby & Bill – it’s bright, fun and family-friendly, with lots of music, frequent weather and news updates from WAFF 48, plus traffic reports from Bill Taylor, and up-to-date information about what’s happening in and around the Tennessee Valley!
Our Traffic Guy, also Bill Taylor – keeps you up-to-date on your morning commute, and your 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!
In the midst of all the negative in the news, Abby will be bringing you some “Happy Headlines”, each weekday morning at 6:45 and 7:45am! Listen to hear some HAPPY news for a change!
It’s a morning show feature here on Mix 96.9…because I feel like we could all use a little more good news in our lives…all bad news has been CANCELLED – at least for the moment.
Presented by Cullman Regional Medical Center! Helping you get better by being better every day!
- A pit bull that Found a forever home after more than three years. Noel showed up to the shelter pregnant in 2020, and helped raise dozens of other puppies that got adopted
out. Now after 1,263 days of waiting, she’s got a forever home. - Then we have a 20-Year-who recently completed over 2,000 cartwheels to raise funds in honor of her late father. Moriah raised over $100,000 for missionary projects like installing water wells in less fortunate countries.
- The Greater Huntsville Humane Society presents Rock your Paws tomorrow at Mid City. Family friendly and dog friendly with food trucks, live music and more. Get your dogs ready and purchase tickets at the orionhuntsville.com. Proceeds benefit the Huntsville Humane Society.
- The County Line Concert series is this Sunday from 4-8 at Heritage Church. 4 bands…food trucks, giveaways and it’s Pet friendly. Grab your friends, lawn chairs for and your friends for this free family event.
September 9 – 13
Abby and Bill have tickets to see Kings of Leon at The Orion for their trivia winners all week!!
It’s those news stories that are true, but on the “crazy” side, bringing sometime laughter, and other times leaving listeners scratching their heads! Crazy But True can be heard at 6:15 and 8:20 each weekday morning!
9/6/2024
It’s the World pudding throwing Championship this Sunday and it’s Crazy But True…
The WORLD BLACK PUDDING THROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS is an annual event held every second Sunday in September. It involves
competitors attempting to knock large Yorkshire puddings off of a 20-foot high scaffold……by throwing smaller puddings… about the
size of hockey pucks…. at them. Now according to local legend…this event dates back to the War of the Roses in 1455, when soldiers ran out of ammunition and resorted to throwing food. Money raised by the event is donated to local charities. The World pudding throwing championship is this Sunday and its…
Crazy But True!
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!
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!