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Adam Drake 3pm-7pm
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About Adam
Adam Drake, born and raised in southeast Texas, grew up listening to the likes of George Strait, Marshall Tucker Band, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. The first concert Adam attended was John Anderson, Travis Tritt, and George Jones. From then on, he knew music was in his blood!
In college, Adam tried to make it at a resteraunt, but after dropping plates and forgetting drink orders, he realized that the food service industry wasn't the way to go, he got a job at KAYD in Beaumont, Texas. There Adam found his true music love. TEXAS COUNTRY! The music of folks like Pat Green, Roger Creager, Kevin Fowler, and Cross Canadian Ragweed spoke to him in ways few artists had before.
Adam then made radio stops in Natchitoches, Louisiana and Lufkin, Texas, while also taking time to serve as Public Relations Director for The Salvation Army in Beaumont. Adam is now back to his first love, radio at Aggie 96!
Adam can often be found hanging out at concerts. When not there, he enjoys sports and movies.
WOW! Now that's a lighter! Join Adam Drake for Hornback Humpday's every Wednesday night from 8P-10P! |
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Personality Contacts
Adam Drake is on the air 3pm-7pm.
You can reach him by calling C-O-U-N-T-R-Y on your phone (268-9696)
or by e-mail at adamdrake@aggie96.com.
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Adam's Favorite Teams
Aggie's OF COURSE.
Houston Astro's and any team playing the Chicago Cubs
Cowboys & Texans.
The only two teams I hope never win another GAME EVER is the Chicago Cubs and the Oklahoma Sooners! I know I should be saying t.u., but I'd much rather see them win than a team from Oklahoma! And I just hate Cubs fans, they are rude and often smell of urine...
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Adam's Favorite Sites
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Great Speeches
Tuesday 07-01-2008 10:01pm CT
I was watching TV tonight and noticed that ESPN is promoting the ESPY's. That's their annual awards show that stands for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly. A portion of the proceeds of the ESPY's goes towards the V Foudation for cancer research. The V Foundation was created by former college basketball coach Jim Valvano after he was diagnosed with cancer.
I say all that to say this, one of the greatest and most inspirational speeches given during my generation was the one that Jimmy V gave during the 1993 ESPY awards while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award. For those of you who have never heard the speech, I strongly encourage that you do so.
Check it out on youtube here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ePXlkqkFH6s
His speech lasts nearly 10 minutes and the people running the show try to cut him off. His trademark sense of humor is kept in tact when he says:
"They got that screen up there flashing 30 seconds, like I care about that screen. I got tumors all over my body and I'm worried about some guy in the back going 30 seconds."
But the part that really gets me everytime is when I hear it is his closing remarks.
"Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. I thank you and God bless you all."
After visiting St. Jude earlier this year and seeing the kids living this way really makes you count your blessings.
So I say all that sappy stuff just to mention that Jimmy V's speech is one of the greatest speeches in my lifetime. I'd like to know what yours is. Were you around when Dr. King spoke about his dream? What were you doing when President Kennedy asked not what this country could do for you? How about something that your HS coach or a teacher or friend said to you?
What is your favorite speech?
"Don't give up, don't ever give up." Texas Reds
Tuesday 06-24-2008 5:50pm CT
Well if you came out to Texas Reds and happened by our Aggie 96 table in the front entrance, we were passing out green flyers with numbers on the back. If you've got that I hope you saved it because you could win an Aggie 96 prize pack!
I was bad yesterday and forgot to post the winner, so the winning numbers from yesterday AND today are :
7 and 10
If you have these numbers, come by our office at 1716 Briarcrest Dr. in Bryan. Show it to the receptionist and get your Aggie 96 prize pack!!
Each pack is different, but will at least have a CD, Aggie 96 T-Shirt, and Aggie 96 camo hat!
Heroes
Thursday 06-19-2008 8:03pm CT
Okay, after almost a week since the Best In Texas Festival, I am still amazed at the coolness of Radney Foster. I know, if you've heard me talking on the air about him, I think he's one of the coolest people ever. So what I want to know from you is have you ever met one of your heroes? If so, what was it like? Were they cool? Were you disappointed?
Most all of us have someone that we really look up to for different reasons. When I was younger it was my dad, Troy Aikman and Craig Biggio. The older I got the more I looked up to people who make a difference in the world.
I admire our fighting men and women in the military. The don't get anywhere the amount of respect that they deserve.
Other than that, I don't really follow politics, but I look up to political pundits like the late Tim Russert who really asked the hard questions. Also Jon Stewart who can make you laugh while bringing up serious points without making those who don't understand politics feeling like idiots.
Songwriters are also people I admire very much. They are the ones who say things so eloquently and better than I could ever imagine. Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Radney Foster, Bruce Robison... those are guys who can really speak to the soul.
Who do you admire? Let me know, shoot me an e-mail.
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