98.5 the River - WWVR

09/10/2026

September 10th

📺National TV Dinner Day
🚌National School Picture Day

🎉Birthdays -Joe Perry is 76, guitarist for Aerosmith.

🎶This Day In Music -
38 years ago - In 1988, Van Halen's "When It's Love" hit #5 on the singles chart... Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" peaked at #2... and Guns N' Roses, while on tour as the opening act for Aerosmith, hit #1 in America for the first of two weeks with "Sweet Child O' Mine"
1991 - Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is released as a single, forever changing the musical meaning of the word "Alternative."
1999 - "Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona". That phrase inspired by the city's famous mention in the Eagles song "Take It Easy," to this day the park features a statue of a man with a guitar standing on the corner. The park quickly becomes a popular photo op for folks passing through Winslow.

09/10/2026

09/09/2026

🎫 l just gave you front row concert tickets! Who ya gonna see?🎤

09/09/2026

Morning my friends.

09/08/2026

🚗 You discovered one of your old road trip tapes in a tote. As you can see it’s a dated one from the Kmart days.😁 What song is on it? 🎶

09/08/2026

Good Tuesday everyone 😎

09/05/2026

We’re putting the greatest River rock songs in alphabetical order.

Every song. A to Z by title, all Labor Day Weekend long.

You never know what’s coming next...except that it starts with the next letter.

The River’s A to Z Weekend is on now through Labor Day.

09/04/2026

September 4th

Collage Colors Day
Eat An Extra Dessert Day
National Wildlife Day

Birthdays -
Beyoncé turns 45 today.

This Day In Music -
1976 - "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees goes to #1 in America. The next year, it was used in the Saturday Night Fever scene where John Travolta cleared the dance floor.

1976 - Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album makes #1 a year after its release, knocking off Peter Frampton's "Frampton Comes Alive". It's the band's first album with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

1982 - "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band hits #1, giving the veteran rocker his third chart-topper.

2002 - Kelly Clarkson becomes the first winner of American Idol.