These are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week. Voted by you!
The Star 99.9 J & M Automotive Shooting Stars Countdown.
5 Glass Animals – Heat Waves
4 Nelly & Florida Georgia Line – Lil Bit
3 Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
2 Marshmello & Jonas Brothers – Leave Before You Love Me
1 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
All week you’re playing to win tickets to Kesha coming to Toyota Oakdale Theatre on September 5th.
Here is today’s question if you missed it…
Q: 30% of people who have one of these in their home don’t know where it is. What is it?
A: A fire extinguisher!
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You’ve probably heard the phrase “a lost dog always finds its way back home” but this story proves it to be true!
If you’re a dog owner you understand how scary fireworks can be for dogs. Last weekend down in South Carolina a dog got spooked by the fireworks and ran off. Her owners were driving around for HOURS looking for her. Turns out they could’ve just stayed home because she managed to find her way back to the house around 3:00 in the morning, when she even rang the doorbell! What a smart pup.
Let this also be a cautionary tale to be careful with your fireworks this weekend. There are a lot of dogs who will be hiding under beds and we don’t want them running away,.
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Everyone’s favorite hot dog eating holiday is upon us. As you get ready to eat your weight in tubed meat let’s ponder this hot dog mystery shall we?
How many hot dogs will America eat this 4th of July?
According to the National Sausage and Hot Dog Council (NHDSC), (yes, that’s a real organization come to find out) Americans are expected to eat 150 million hot dogs over the next 4 days. This is all part of an estimated 7 billion that are expected to be eaten during the entire 2021 summer season from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
That’s A LOT of dogs. Most of them will be consumed by Joey Chestnut on Sunday in Coney Island. Yum.
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Anna’s fortune today goes perfectly with the holiday weekend coming up! What are some of your best (or worst) fortunes you’ve gotten from a fortune cookie?
You may have heard that there is a shortage of gas at gas stations. Patrick De Haan from the GasBuddy app discusses what is causing the shortage, and whether you should be worried about being stranded on your road trip.
Everyone knows that the most important part of a road trip is the snacks right? Anna and Raven share the top 3 most healthy road trip snacks, but that doesn’t mean they’re actually going to eat any of them! (:30)
Kids love to eat food with a theme and this weekend the theme is Red White and Blue! Anna and Raven talk to Chef Plum from the Food Network, and get some great ideas on how to make some Red White and Blue recipes without any crazy dyes or chemicals! (3:00)
Dog owners and Firework enthusiasts have been at odds for decades, but if you decide to get back at people lighting fireworks by doing THIS in front of their homes, that’s all I need to know about you! (6:29)
When you think of competitive hot dog eating, you probably don’t think of a nice mother-daughter duo, but that’s exactly what Christina and her mom Rene are doing this weekend! Anna and Raven talk to these two competitors about what motivated them to enter Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest together! (9:55)
A lot of Americans are going on road trips this weekend, but a possible gas shortage might put a stop to some of those plans! Anna and Raven talk to Patrick De Haan from Gas Buddy about what the gas shortage could affect. (13:51)
What’s your fireworks horror story? Every year around this time there’s always some crazy accident involving fireworks, but what happened to Producer Jon almost canceled an entire wedding! (17:49)
Every Friday, Raven’s wife Alicia calls in and gives Raven a grade on how good of a husband he’s been this week. Raven messed up the hamburger’s for their Memorial Day BBQ, and Alicia is afraid it’ll happen again this weekend! Find out how it affects his grade in the podcast… (25:16)
It’s time for Mommy’s Margarita Fridays! Moms (and Dads!) call in the crazy stuff their kids did to them that earned them a margarita! (28:47)
Anthony and Sara are going out of town, and Sara’s friend is going to be house-sitting. Sara wants to tell her friend that they have cameras in their home, but Anthony says that they shouldn’t so they can keep an eye on her! Whose side are you on? (31:36)
Tom thinks he’s got what it takes to beat Raven in pop culture trivia! Can he succeed and win the $500 jackpot? (38:10)
All week you’re playing to win tickets to Kesha coming to Toyota Oakdale Theatre on September 5th. Play every afternoon at 4pm to win.
Here is today’s question if you missed it…
Q: According to kids, THIS is the worst thing about being in a car with parents. What is it?
A: Their parents singing
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Anyone who’s been on a job interview that they really want knows you need a little bit of luck or outside karma sometimes to get the gig.
That was the case with this story of a mom in St. Louis. She had a job interview lined up but didn’t have anyone to watch her toddler. Luckily the company was okay with it and told her to bring him along. Not only did she bring him she got super creative and dressed him up in a suit, made him his own resumé, like he was interviewing too! And guess what? It totally got her the job. She will be able to tell her song that story the rest of his life now.
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This one is a simple trip down chemistry class memory lane!
The colors in fireworks are created by the use of metal salts. The metal salt compounds produce intense colors when they are burned, which is what makes them perfect for pretty fireworks. There are a few other things in there too that make them pop like potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal.
Keep this in mind over the weekend when you’re “oooooooo-ing” and “ahhhhhhh-ing” at the firework shows.
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