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I love to shoot although I don't get much time to do it much anymore. Through the years I have the favorites that I always seem to pick first. My favorite all-time deer rifle is the 25-06. It's deadly and accurate and can be used on many different animals. It's one of the most reliable guns I shoot.
So that got me thinking about how most radio stations quit playing a song that's as big as that one was. Achy Breaky Heart comes to mind as another one that we played to death, followed by just not playing one day. As the guy PLAYING the song, I get it. Songs burn out. You CAN play them too much. But I've heard Amarillo By Morning far more times than I heard Billy Ray's song. I heard Achy Breaky a couple of hundred times real close together.
Today's article will be both half-empty and half-full. The half-full part is being at the stage of a career spent in broadcast where I mostly like everything about my job. Management doesn't micromanage our topics or our show. I've got somebody to talk to every day. iI's inside and we leave for the day at 10.
Have you got your Christmas shopping done yet? These days if you haven't by now, then you are the exception to the rule. If you're listening to the national news, they are hyping the shortage of presents that are sitting in those cargo ships parked off of our shores that are awaiting truck drivers to get them to their destination.
Billings has gotten a few more national franchises here in the last few years. Jersey Mikes, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and Sonic to name a few. When I'm watching television, a commercial will come on for TGI Fridays, or Macy's, or some other national chain, somebody will always ask Why don't we have one of those in Billings?