Rodger's Country Gems

10/08/2025

Alan Jackson's "finale" concert in Nashville has been announced.

10/08/2025

Dolly Parton released a video telling fans she’s doing fine, after a post from her sister asking for prayers sparked rumors about her health.

“Everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am. Do I look sick to you? I’m working hard here!” Parton says from the set of a photo shoot, adding, “I wanted to put everybody’s mind at ease. … There are just a lot of rumors flying around, but I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay. … I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done working.”

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/dolly-parton-video-health-not-dying-1236543285/

10/06/2025

We’ll head down the highways and byways of Classic Country music this Saturday morning on Gems! We’ll start off on the Sunny Side of the Street with Willie….then take a trip down the Streets of Laredo with Johnny….Happy Street is a destination with Carl Smith….and we’ll walk the Streets of Baltimore with Bobby Bare!
The Road Will Go On Forever with the Highwaymen! Head down the country roads to the tune of great country music, this Saturday morning beginning just after 7 AM! Gary Dawson brings us his picks of the week… and we’ll salute the Statler Brothers Jimmy Fortune who is coming to Brubeck Arts Center October 17th!

10/04/2025

Happy 96th Birthday to Country Music Legend Leroy Van D**e! The Auctioneer is still at it pleasing fans all over the world.

10/01/2025

We get back to the basics of LOVE this Saturday on Gems! From Love,Love,Love by Webb Pierce to Why Don’t you Love Me by Hank…and George Strait’s biggest hit: Love Without End…Classic Country has brought us loads of great love songs! Olivia Newton-John’s If You Love Me Let Me Know, Southern lovin’ by Jim Ed, and the huge Love’s Gonna Live Here by Buck! We transcend the years! Our Anything Goes feature takes us live with Merle doing amazing impressions of Marty , Johnny, and more! Join us each Saturday morning just after local news at 7 AM for our classic country show!

09/28/2025

09/24/2025

Gems has the focus on Homecoming this Saturday! We salute the graduating classes of 1955, 1965, 1975, and 1985! Classic songs to remember spanning the years …from Carl Smith to Reba! We’ll feature some of the top songs from each of those years: In the Jailhouse Now, A World of Our Own, Tiger by the Tail. Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, and many more favorites!
Gary Dawson brings us his picks of the week and we will remember the great career of Sonny Curtis, who recently passed away. Join us for Gems every Saturday morning! just after 7 AM only on 100.5 WSJD!

09/16/2025

Credit my better half with this week’s theme…and it’sa great one! KIDS! Kids in the songs..songs about kids…a fountain of youth: our show this Saturday! We kick it off with Oak Hill Elementary school choir and Everything Is Beautiful! The Best Day with George Strait… and songs with the adventures kids bring like Mr. Mom, One’s on the Way, and Saturday Morning Confusion! Classics like Teddy Bear and Daddy What If are on the playlist too! Be a kid again! Join us for Gems Saturday morning just after 7 AM! Only on 100.5 WSJD and online at

WSJD is a radio station serving the Evansville, Indiana area with an oldies format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 100.5 MHz and is under self ownership

09/08/2025

We’re calling our theme this Saturday: “Where I come from”
We’ll kick off the show with artists from Tennessee…then natives of Kentucky, Texas, West Virginia, and Oklahoma! Favorites from Skeeter, Roger, Loretta, The Ole Storyteller, Barbara Mandrell, Reba, George Morgan, Patty Loveless, Ronnie McDowell and more! Gary Dawson brings us his picks of the week and Anything Goes Country segment includes a salute to Burl Ives.
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Join us just after .7 AM Saturday for some real country music!

09/03/2025

Come on along! Join Rodger and Angie at the concert….on our radio show. We remember seeing Merle in Owensboro, Ray Price in Nashville, Indiana, Willie in New Albany, Mickey, Mel, Pam, B.J. And many more in Branson, and Wanda at Renfro Valley just to name a few. Thanks to Chandler Madden for the theme idea!
We head to the archives for the Best of country music expert, Bill Yarbor…and a feature on the early days of Webb Pierce. Gary Dawson brings us his picks of the week! Join us for a fun way to enjoy classic country music! Saturday morning beginning just after local news and information at 7 AM only on 100.5 WSJD.

08/26/2025

In honor of Labor Day weekend:
We salute the working men and women of this nation! Lots of Hag in this show, including Working Man Blues….salutes to truck drivers: Dave Dudley…. Bartenders and Waitresses: Johnny Lee and Ronnie Milsap…Coal Miners: Tennessee Ernie, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Dean….and even DJ’s: Stonewall and Ernie Ashworth! So much more in this Labor Day weekend show:
Patriotic tune by Tracy Lawrence
and Alan Jackson does the Kendall’s on our Anything Goes segment! Happy Labor Day! Join us Saturday morning just after 7 AM only on WSJD 100.5!