WACB 860AM

Apple City Broadcasting

  • News
  • Sports
  • Rick’s Blog
  • Contact Us
  • WTLK

Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

November 2, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, November 2nd. Day 306 of 2021

It’s Deviled Egg Day. I’ll pass

1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th states

1920: The first commercial radio station in America, KDKA of Pittsburgh, PA, began regular broadcasting

1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”

1983: President Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday on the third Monday of January in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1992: Magic Johnson retired from the NBA again, this time for good because of fear due to his HIV infection

2016: The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. It ended the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years

In the News: Two dead, child wounded in Lenoir shooting…Pedestrian killed in Hickory…22 new cases of COVID-19 over weekend in Alexander County…Taylorsville Town Council meets today…Taylorsville man charged with assault…Alexander County man facing felony drug counts in Hickory

Weather: Temps are cooling, Sunny today high in low 60’s

Sports: Cougar Basketball begins practice…North Iredell and Foard Volleyball in Regional Final today…World Series Game VI tonight in Houston…KC survives against Giants…Hornets fall at home

Happy Birthday: Ken Rosewall, Jay Black, Patrick Buchanan, Stefanie Powers, J. D. Souther, Maxine Nightingale, David Schwimmer, Nelly

According to www.gasbuddy.com the average price of gas in North Carolina today is $3.24 per gallon. One year ago the price was $1.89 ! How do feel about shutting down those pipelines ?

Oregon city limiting church from feeding homeless https://www.vice.com/en/article/4awyqw/oregon-brookings-ordinance-limits-churches-from-feeding-homeless

Quote of the Day:” Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues”… Napoleon Bonaparte

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Cougar Football Countdown

Latest News

  • 14-Year-Old Said To Have Stolen Truck Before Leading Officers On Chase In Morganton
  • Catawba County Woman Enters Plea On Charges Of Assaulting Children
  • Rex White, Taylorsville Nascar Hall Of Famer Dies At 95
  • Inmate Dies At Burke County Jail
  • Taylorsville Woman Pleads Guilty To Murder
  • Johnny Watts Insurance Agency - Life, Health & Medicare - Taylorsville, NC
  • Greenway
  • Benfield Agency
  • Russell Well Drilling- russellwelldrilling.com
  • Hendren Insurance Agency, Inc.

Apple City Broadcasting
133 E Main Ave Taylorsville, NC 28681
(828) 632-4621

FCC Applications