Mark Richardson

ON AIR: 6 – 9 AM, Monday through Friday

ANY NICKNAMES? Coach & Rev. Neither one really stuck after moving back to Big Spring

HOMETOWN: Big Spring

FIRST JOB? Delivered the “Big Spring Herald” in Junior High School. My first “real job” was at Burger King on FM 700. I then came to work at KBST for a couple of years in high school.

CURRENT OBSESSIONS: Broadcasting sports, tending to my horses and riding my personal favorite, Concho. Did I mention sports?

ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE: There is really no room for debate on this one. Although I have no doubt that many will pick “Shawshank Redemption”, the correct answer is “Remember the Titans”.

IF YOU WEREN’T IN RADIO, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? Riding the fences on Concho in the Davis Mountains.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE 3 SECOND RULE? Of course I believe in the 3 second rule. It’s the most violated (and least called) foul in basketball. This is a silly question – this is like asking if I think Tom Brady cheated?!

FAVORITE QUOTES:
“Attitude Reflects Leadership, Captain” – Remember the Titans
“Courage is Being Scared to Death…and Saddling Up Anyway” – John Wayne
“To Succeed in Life, You Need Three Things: A Wishbone, a Backbone and a Funny Bone” – Reba McEntire

TEAMS:
Sic ‘Em Baylor Bears, Big Spring Steers, Coahoma Bulldogs, Forsan Buffaloes, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and the USA Women’s Curling Team

Pet Peeves:
Interrupting!
Loud music from the car next to me
Toothpaste in the sink
Toilet paper rolled the wrong way – Adrienne!
Swearing in public
Biting into a Jelly Bean and finding out it is a different flavor than I expected – talking to you Mudbug!

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:
I am a very proud Army Brat and lived all over the world until we settled in Big Spring when I was 10 years old. I graduated from Big Spring High School in 1989, went to college at Angelo State and graduated with a degree in Kinesiology and English. I am blessed with the 2 greatest children ever put on this earth. Heather teaches in the Hutto School District, married to a guy that I approve of and expecting their first child. Garrett is currently enrolled at Angelo State and a member of the Ram Clay Target Team. My time away from the station is spent volunteering for the Boy Scouts of America through Troop 5 and also as the District Chairman for the Lone Star District. If you can’t find me, I have escaped to the barn along with my friends, dogs and horses. I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT!

ANY NICKNAMES? Wife

HOMETOWN: SNYDER, TX, Baby!!

FIRST JOB? Burger King at the Rip Griffin’s truck stop in Snyder.

CURRENT OBSESSIONS: My Pups, Drag Queens, and Stand-Up Comedy

ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

FUNNIEST MEMORY: Once when we were kids, my sister and I were competing in the living room to see who could do the best/highest cheerleader kick. We each had 2 attempts. I did fairly well, but my sister blew it out of the water. I remember my eyes got huge and I was in awe…until her other leg came out from under her and she fell hard and ended up breaking her tailbone. This cracks me up every time I think about it.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE INVISIBLE FOR A DAY? I would shadow people I admired to see what a day in their shoes looks like.

IF YOU COULD BE ANY CARTOON CHARACTER, WHO WOULD YOU BE AND WHY? I would be Rogue from X-Men (Saturday morning cartoons). She’s strong, sassy, flies, and can absorb powers from other mutants…what’s not to love? (Okay, so there’s the no human contact thing-but I think I could be okay with that.)

FAVORITE QUOTES:
“If God is for us, who could be against us?” ~ Romans 8:31

PET PEEVES: Telemarketers/phone scams

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: It was a few years ago when I stepped into the KBest Media office and explained that I had no experience in radio but I was available to help and wanted to learn for free because radio is something that I’ve had an interest in for many years. Thankfully, they decided to hire and train me part-time as a board operator. Less than a year later, I was offered a position to co-host KBest Country Chaos with Mark, and it’s been a ton of fun!

When I’m not hosting the morning show or writing news stories for KBest News, I’m hanging out with my dogs and family, working on my stand-up comedy, or developing my podcast – The Green Bean Podcast with Adrienne and Eddie.

Thursday nights you can catch me at Open Mic Night in downtown Big Spring. You can also check out my Facebook page – Adrienne Green Comedy for more info on upcoming shows, or my Facebook page – The Green Bean Podcast with Adrienne and Eddie for more info on upcoming episodes.

Name: Kristen McLaughlin-Bill.

Hometown: San Angelo, Tx

Favorite quotes: “It’s when you cry just a little but laugh in the middle that you’ve made it. ”
Jason Mraz

Pet peeves: I have no desire to hear anyone chew their food!!!!!!

Favorite song: Oh there are soooo many!!!!! My favorite ever song I would say is…. That’s Where It’s At by Sam Cooke… To start!!! ????

Favorite movie: Casino. I am a HUGE Robert Di Nero fan!!!!

If you had the world’s attention for 30 seconds, what would you say? Find your path and fight with everything you have to stay on it. It’s absolutely fantastic to step out of the box, just don’t go too far from it because it’s much harder to get back on track. Dream big and never let them go. It may not happen now but have faith, stay true to yourself and be kind. It will all be worth it you just have to be patient. Love yourself and each other. Without love there will never be peace.

What are 3 interesting things about yourself?

I play several instruments and dabble in singing and song writing.

I make a mean chicken fried steak!! My steak fingers were voted Best In The Concho Valley 3 years in a row!

Saltwater aquariums are my specialty! My favorite to keep in a saltwater tank is coral! I can school ya on anything aquarium!!!

NAME: Kris Moore

ON-AIR: 1p – 6p

HOMETOWN: I was born at the Air Force Base in Wichita Kansas

FIRST JOB? The Dairy Queen that was on HWY 87 that is now McDonald’s

CURRENT TV OBSESSIONS: Ozark!

ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE: That’s tough one of three … The original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter, or The Matrix

IF YOU WEREN’T IN RADIO, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? Owning a Cantina on the beach making and selling shell ankle bracelets

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE 3 SECOND RULE? The What?!?!

FAVORITE QUOTES
Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches
Had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches
Had none upon thars.
I’m quite happy to say
That the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day,
The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches
And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches.
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars
And whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF:
Being the daughter of a USAF Bomber Pilot that trained at Webb Air Force Base! I have lived all over the US.
I love to Travel and experience new places and culture and have been lucky enough to travel to many wonderful places and hope to travel more in the very near future, Italy is my dream to see!
I love the broadcasting industry and have worked on air in both Radio and Television. . I also luv luv luv the entertainment world and have acted in many films along with commercials and modeling.
But the most important thing to me is my family … my 3 boys are my world! I have also been blessed with amazing friends and I thank god everyday for them!

What did you want to be when you were 5? And really…what kid actually gets to be the astronaut, rockstar, explorer, or radio host?!? Whitney Allen, that’s who! Her parents bought her a red transistor radio (that she slept with under her pillow every night) and adopted her first cat, Thomasina (who slept with her every night.) That’s when she knew, it was radio or animals. Since she was better at talking than biology, she knew she was going to be on the radio. So at the age of 5, she set out to make it BIG.

Before her first radio gig, Whitney heard a DJ who sounded like a woman that wanted to steal your boyfriend. If Whitney was going to be a DJ, that was not the sound she was going for. KATA in Eureka, California was the first station to give her a shot on the air. There, Whitney spent 2 years in place of that exact girl that wanted to “steal your boyfriend.” When she had enough of the northern California rain, Whitney headed south to San Diego. Warming up not just in the sun, but on CHR’s two hottest stations, nostalgia, AC and her first foray into country. Then the call came in…

Pirate Radio in Los Angeles. No two better things could have happened at the same time in Whitney’s life: a ground-breaking station being led by Scott Shannon, in her hometown of Los Angeles where she always dreamed of making it BIG. Then KIIS-FM in Los Angeles came along. For 3 years she hosted nights, middays, filled in and even co-hosted some mornings with the legendary Rick Dees. Still…there were bigger plans to come.

Blair Garner who worked at KIIS with Whitney, left to start his syndicated show “After Midnite.” He asked Whitney to join him, so she became the host of “After Midnite Weekends with Whitney Allen” for 8 years, on over 200 country stations.

Staying in her hometown, Whitney became the afternoon drive host at KZLA…but she was already bitten by the syndicated bug. So with only weekends free, “The Big Time Saturday Night” was born. As the business goes, KZLA flipped formats. Instead of dwelling on the past “The Big Time with Whitney Allen” was launched, and now, 6 years later, Monday through Friday on 150 stations.

Now, 6 nights a week, on The Big Time and The Big Time Saturday Night, Whitney hangs out and occasionally…ok, often, harasses listeners and artists. She gives credit to the chaotic (and usually drunk) team behind her, because The Big Time is too BIG for one person to handle. It really takes listeners, artists, music and a dream team to make Whitney’s dream come true.

When she’s not on the radio, or backstage at the biggest country concerts, Whitney loves the outdoors, redecorating, napping, and Mexico. Her furry kids, Paloma, Leela, and Ramon, But Mattie, Flue and Chakita live in her heart forever. And the cats Luna and Winchmore (no we didn’t name her ). Luckily, even without a degree in veterinary medicine, with the power of radio, she still gets to help animals through different charities. And, in keeping her promise to never sound like the girl that wants to steal your boyfriend, she’s got a man of her own.

The Blair Garner Show debuted on more than 150 radio stations nationwide in 2016. The overnight radio program airs Monday through Sunday from midnight to 5 a.m. Blaire’s first guest was George Strait.

American Country Countdown, also known as ACC, is a weekly radio program which counts down the top 40 country songs of the previous week, from No. 40 to No. 1, according to the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The program is hosted by Kix Brooks.

John Ritter has been directly involved in the music business since he was a young child. At eight years and before ever having a voice lesson, he was singing in church and talent contests. His natural-born musical ability continued to improve during high school where he played the bass guitar and sang with several local bands. After attending Saint Petersburg Junior College, he received his Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology from the University of South Florida.

In 1980, after taking a vacation to Lake Tahoe, John made the decision to pursue his music career out West playing the Nevada circuit. During that time he became friends with Colin Ray who was pursuing the same career. In addition to his work on the circuit, John has recorded sessions with Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters and Sony Music VP Paul Worley.

After 11 years as a successful Nevada entertainer, John decided to stop entertaining and move back to Florida with his wife, Bobbie and their two children, Lindsey and Johnny. He built a 24-track recording facility and began the positive country music show Rise Up. The success of that show allowed John to hook up with Ken Cooper to form “Cooper & Ritter,” which ran as a very successful morning show on the legendary Q105 for six years. Rise Up eventually moved to Tampa’s Award Winning WQYK, 99.5 where it was re titled “Rise Up Country” and distributed nationally. Rise-Up Country can now be heard on over 150 great radio stations across America.

Rise Up’s mission statement is to tell people not to give up, that God loves them and there is hope. John likes to say it’s where we get our weekly dose of inspiration and a message of hope. John wants to see families stay together; and as a proud dad, one of the most important messages he hopes to convey is to love your children. He knows how precious family can be. John and his wife Bobbie almost lost their son, Johnny to a violent attack, so they’ve learned to appreciate every moment with their children and the power of prayer.

In addition to hosting the Rise Up Country show and running his production studio, John has also continued to pursue his writing abilities and has several songs to his name, including the theme songs for the Q-Morning Zoo radio show, “Beautiful Downtown Lutz,” and the Tampa Bay Buccaneer Fight Song, “Hey, Hey, Hey, We’re the Buccaneers.” Each month he spends some time in Nashville where he writes songs with artists and other song writers. He has songs recorded by Craig Morgan, Aaron Tippin and Tracy Lawrence.

“The Rise Up Country” Show is about God, family and country. So don’t give up … just Rise Up on Sunday mornings!”