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09/16/2026

WSGS Talkback (September 16, 2026) Terry Feltner, Chairman of the Black Gold Festival, talks to Phil Neace.

Dylan Reeves, right, talked with Faron Sparkman at WSGS about his upcoming rap show Saturday at noon at the Black Gold F...
09/16/2026

Dylan Reeves, right, talked with Faron Sparkman at WSGS about his upcoming rap show Saturday at noon at the Black Gold Festival. Reeves, a native of Campbellsville, has lived in Hazard since he was 12 years old.

Look who stopped by — former WSGS sportscaster Danny Hall was back at the station this week catching up with old friends...
09/16/2026

Look who stopped by — former WSGS sportscaster Danny Hall was back at the station this week catching up with old friends.

Great to see you again, Danny!

Kentucky defeated North Texas State 25-0 in their season opener at Stoll Field in Lexington on September 16, 1950. Stoll...
09/16/2026

Kentucky defeated North Texas State 25-0 in their season opener at Stoll Field in Lexington on September 16, 1950. Stoll Field was Kentucky's home field until Commonwealth Stadium opened in 1973.

The 1950 game was broadcast on WKIC in Hazard at 1340 on the AM dial. The station moved to 1390 in 1958. All UK games were sponsored locally by Sterling Hardware. WKIC-FM changed its call letters to WSGS in 1970.

09/16/2026

WSGS Trading Post
Wednesday September 16, 2026

The Hazard Pharmacy held a contest in 1914 that appealed to every child in Hazard and Perry County. They gave away a bea...
09/15/2026

The Hazard Pharmacy held a contest in 1914 that appealed to every child in Hazard and Perry County. They gave away a beautiful wagon and a Shetland pony.

Any child under 16 could call the Hazard Pharmacy and have their name registered for free. Coupons were collected with each purchase that included the names of the kids. They were then deposited in a sealed ballot box.

Vernon Combs was the happiest boy in town when it was announced he was the winner of the pony and wagon. Cash Couch came in second and Glenna Wheeler was in third place.

The Hazard Pharmacy was located in the Hurst Hotel / Radio Building. The drug store space was later converted into studios at WSGS.

Take a look at our broadcast schedule for WKIC in Hazard from September 15, 1949. Most programs were local between 6 AM ...
09/15/2026

Take a look at our broadcast schedule for WKIC in Hazard from September 15, 1949. Most programs were local between 6 AM and 6 PM. After that, all programs came from MBS — the Mutual Broadcasting System.

The Morning Madhouse was hosted by Jerry Leighton, a native of New York who moved to Hazard in 1948 when he saw an announcer opening in Broadcasting Magazine. He was with the station until 1950 and was replaced by Ernest Sparkman. When Jerry left the station, he moved into television at WSAZ in Huntington. By the 1960s, he was a popular announcer in Chicago.

Local performers who had their own shows in 1949 included the Singing Miner, the Kentucky Hilltoppers, and the Mountain Dew Boys. The Grey Mountain Boys were sponsored by Lykins IGA, which was later home to Watson's on Main Street.

Bible's Market Basket was hosted by Jerry Leighton live from Bible's grocery store. Taulbee's Talent Scouts was broadcast live from Taulbee Furniture Store and was similar to American Idol, featuring local groups.

The 5:30 PM News was anchored by WKIC News Director Paul Combs.

Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders was a Western for kids from the Mutual Network. One of the listeners to the show was a very young Richard Blount, who would later be known as the Big Dipper.

The Seale Jamboree featured local musicians and was sponsored by the Seale Motor Company on East Main Street. It was located in the area now occupied by Apple Market.

Network newscasters on WKIC at the time included Gabriel Heatter, who signed on with "There's good news tonight."

Second Spring was a syndicated soap opera that was very popular. It was sent to the station in Hazard on large transcription discs.

The Man on the Street was hosted by Hugh Dunbar, who did the program in front of People's Bank and Begley Drug (later known as Huff Drug).

Do you have a question about any of the programs on the WKIC schedule? Let us know in the comments!

Here's a familiar sight to many of you — the old Hazard High School auditorium on Baker Hill, which served as everything...
09/15/2026

Here's a familiar sight to many of you — the old Hazard High School auditorium on Baker Hill, which served as everything from a study hall to pep rallies. WKIC's inaugural broadcast in 1947 was conducted here.

The question is — what issue of the Hazard Herald is Principal John Quillen reading?

It's the February 6, 1967 edition of the local paper.

09/15/2026

WSGS Trading Post (Tuesday September 25, 2026)

Mass transit hit an all-time peak in 1946 and 1947, because many families still didn't have a car. Traveling by train wa...
09/15/2026

Mass transit hit an all-time peak in 1946 and 1947, because many families still didn't have a car. Traveling by train was still popular, and L&N passenger trains were running daily through Hazard.

By 1947, Hazard was crowded with automobiles as new car production restarted in 1946 after being banned during the war. If you were lucky enough to have a car, you drove — but many mountain roads in Eastern Kentucky were long and curvy, so the bus and train were more reliable than driving yourself.

The trip between Hazard and Lexington by car was a four-hour journey back then. That changed in 1963 with the opening of the Mountain Parkway, which cut the trip to around two hours.

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Hazard, KY
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