INTRO Today is Tuesday December 23rd – Christmas Eve Eve. I’m Kevin Boyle in for Greg Doig with today’s Community Calendar. NEWS Today is the last day for the ferry – and the last boat to Charlevoix is already well out of the harbor. If you’ve got something (or someone) on the mainland to get […]
Your friends at WVBI have special programming planned for your Christmas Celebration. All day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we’ll be playing a special Christmas edition of the Cottage Mix–some Christmas hits, new and old, some Christmas Jazz, Country, Celtic and Folk — and Christmas music from Beaver Island artists. In the middle of that […]
Today is Tuesday December 22nd – the winter solstice — and here is today’s Community Calendar NEWS From the Beaver Island Boat Company: For last minute Christmas shoppers, there will be one more boat trip this year on Wednesday, December 23rd weather permitting. Times will be as usual- 8:20am leaving Beaver Island and 11:30am leaving Charlevoix. […]
News From the Beaver Island Boat Company: For last minute Christmas shoppers, there will be one more boat trip this year on Wednesday, December 23rd weather permitting. Departure times are yet to be determined. We will take vehicle reservations and receive freight by calling 888-446-4095 for this trip today (Friday) until 4:00pm , Monday and Tuesday […]
Be sure to join us this Saturday and Sunday night for a special holiday version of Rockin the Boat at 9pm. This is the official, unedited version. Accept no substitutes. Since its Christmas there will be a few reflective tunes but mostly rocking as always. This Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 p.m. on 100.1 FM […]
It’s the weekend and we have a Beaver Island boatload of special shows lined up for you including a presentation of the 2015 Christmas Cantata, a new Country Classics show with Sheri Timsak and a new edition of the Top Ten + Five. Feed your mind with information programming on Saturday and Sunday morning. At […]
As folks on the island know, we’ve been without internet service now for more than 24 hours. As a result, we are unable to deliver our program stream to the internet. But, we remain on the air at 100.1 FM on the island. It appears TDS is having trouble off the island, but it remains […]
Michigan Radio sent a reporter to the island this summer and she filed an interesting story about one of the island’s most storied characters. You can listen here: http://michiganradio.org/post/how-mormon-king-shaped-sleepy-island-lake-michigan. Did you know we were sleepy? I don’t feel sleepy. Do you?
MLive is reporting this morning that Governor Whitmer will extend the state’s current shutdown order prohibiting inside service and bars and restaurants through February 1st. They’ve been shut since November 18. After the 1st, they’d be subject to a 10 p.m. curfew. According to the Michigan’s restaurant trade group, Michigan is one of three states […]
The state’s new MI Start Map now has a link in the quick access buttons portion of the WVBI COVID-19 Info page. The site displays metrics identified by the governor and state officials as relevant to implementing the governor’s plan to repopn the state. The site is https://mistartmap.info/.