Rocky 1049

10/08/2025

It Was Released Yesterday 10/7/25

Two Ozzy Osbourne projects will be released tomorrow: the 'Last Rites' memoir and the 'No Escape From Now' documentary. Both detail Ozzy's painful final years and his triumphant return to the stage at the Back to the Beginning concert, just weeks before his death.

Long live the Prince of Darkness 🖤🦇

10/06/2025

Yesterday the Browns, Ravens, And The Bengals all Lost Leaving the Steelers atop the The AFC North!!! This Sunday The Steelers Are back In Action as they Host The Cleveland Browns At Acrisure Stadium. Pre-game is at 11am. Kickoff at 1pm on Rocky 104-9.

10/05/2025

Ok, so the FNG finally pushed the right button, and Rocky 1049 is once again streaming live, local and world wide on our Rocky 1049 app!

10/04/2025

Today in:
1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror
1933 - "Esquire" magazine was published for the first time
1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS
1961 - Bob Dylan played a showcase at Carnegie Hall. Only 53 people came
1970 - Janice Joplin died
1974 - John Lennon released his “Walls and Bridges” album
1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time
1986 - Dan Rather was attacked by a man who kept repeating the phrase "Kenneth, what is the frequency," prompting REM to write the song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
1990 - “Beverly Hills 90210” premiered on Fox
1996 - Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone would be replacing Sammy Hagar
2001 - Rickey Henderson (San Diego Padres) scored his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb's major league record

10/04/2025

Today it's Penn State Football On Rocky 104-9. The Nittany Lions are on the road to play the UCLA Bruins. The Penn State Tailgate Show is at 2pm. Kickoff at 3:30pm.

10/03/2025

Today in:
1920 - The NFL played its first games
1951 - CBS aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson in Chicago
1949 - Lindsay Buckingham was born
1954 - "Father Knows Best" premiered on CBS
1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan was born
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS
1955 - "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC
1961 - "The Dick Van D**e Show" debuted on CBS
1962 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was born
1989 - David Bowie released his “Sound and Vision” Box Set
1992 - Singer Sinead O’Conner ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live
2003 - Ray Horn, of the duo "Siegfried & Roy," was attacked by tiger during a performance
2003 - “School of Rock” opened in theaters
2004 - “Desperate Housewives” premiered on ABC

10/02/2025

Today in:
1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy
1890 - Groucho Marx was born
1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games
1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time
1955 - “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premiered on CBS
1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS
1994 - John Mellencamp confirmed he had a mild heart attack because he smoked four packs of ci******es a day, and his cholesterol level was 300
2005 - Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's divorce became official
2017 - Tom Petty died

10/01/2025

Today in:
1903 - the first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston
1908 - Henry Ford introduced the Model T
1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States
1955 - The Honeymooners premiered
1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60
1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show
1971 - Disney World opened
1982 - EPCOT Center opened in Florida
1982 - Sony launched the first compact disc player
1992 -, The Cartoon Network began broadcasting
1994 - The National Hockey League team owners began a lockout of the players that lasted 103 days
2009 - David Letterman revealed someone demanded $2 million from him in return for not going public with information about an affair he had with a Late Night Show co-worker

10/01/2025

Go To The Altoona Grand Hotel and Register To Win In The Grouse's Nest!!!! We will Pick The Winner on 10/31/25

09/30/2025

Today in:
1841 - the stapler was patented
1927 - "Babe" Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season. He broke his own record with the homerun. The record stood until 1961 when Roger Maris broke the record
1947 - The World Series was televised for the first time
1960 - The Flintstones premiered
1982 - "Cheers" began an 11-year run on NBC
1984 - Murder, She Wrote debuted on CBS
1992 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals reached his 3,000th career hit
2024 - Pete Rose died at age 83

09/29/2025

Today in:
1951 - The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania
1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC
1963 - "My Favorite Martian" premiered on CBS
1966 - The Chevrolet Camaro (originally named The Panther) was first introduced
1976 - The TV show 'Alice' debuted
1982 - In Chicago, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide
1985 - “MacGyver” debuted on ABC
1991 - The “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video by Nirvana is played by MTV for the first time
1996 - Nintendo 64 debuted
2013 - AMC aired the “Breaking Bad” series finale