WGRD 97.9 » Events http://wgrd.com Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 King Of The Wing — Shaffee Tries Wings From Brann's Steakhouse and Sports Grille http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-branns-steakhouse-and-sports-grille/ http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-branns-steakhouse-and-sports-grille/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:37:25 +0000 Shaffee http://wgrd.com/?p=171551 97.9 WGRD and Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy present King of the Wing, Saturday, May 18th at John Ball Park beginning at 1pm. Sample wings from local restaurants and bars and then vote for the one you think deserves the crown!  Click here for more info.

]]> http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-branns-steakhouse-and-sports-grille/feed/ 0 YouTube How To Properly Eat A Chicken Wing Because You're Doing It Wrong http://wgrd.com/how-to-properly-eat-a-chicken-wing-because-youre-doing-it-wrong/ http://wgrd.com/how-to-properly-eat-a-chicken-wing-because-youre-doing-it-wrong/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:29:06 +0000 Steven Bohner http://wgrd.com/?p=171533 Eating a chicken wing seems simple enough, right?  Grab the chicken wing, bite the chicken wing, tear the flesh and meat from the bone, chew it, swallow, repeat... Wrong!  Sure, maybe that's how you eat a drumstick, but if you eat the wing like that... You, sir, are a savage!  Or just hungry.  Whatever's clever.

]]> http://wgrd.com/how-to-properly-eat-a-chicken-wing-because-youre-doing-it-wrong/feed/ 0 King Of The Wing — Shaffee Tries Wings From Crooked Goose http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-crooked-goose/ http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-crooked-goose/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:18:13 +0000 Shaffee http://wgrd.com/?p=169220 97.9 WGRD and Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy present King of the Wing, Saturday, May 18th at John Ball Park beginning at 1pm. Sample wings from local restaurants and bars and then vote for the one you think deserves the crown!  Click here for more info.

]]> http://wgrd.com/king-of-the-wing-shaffee-tries-wings-from-crooked-goose/feed/ 0 Shaffee See Jackie In Circle Theatre's 'Hit's Of The 80′s' http://wgrd.com/see-jackie-in-circle-theatres-hits-of-the-80s/ http://wgrd.com/see-jackie-in-circle-theatres-hits-of-the-80s/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:35:18 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=169734 I LOVE THE 80's! I also love music and theatre so this is pretty much awesome for me. I recently auditioned for Grand Rapids Circle Theatre's Summer Concert Series, "Hits Of The 80's" and got cast among 12 of the most talented singers in the Grand Rapids area (I am not one of those... I think they like my spunk ;) )

]]> http://wgrd.com/see-jackie-in-circle-theatres-hits-of-the-80s/feed/ 0 Want To Get The Word Out About Your Event? — Submit It To WGRD.com! http://wgrd.com/want-to-get-the-word-out-about-your-event-submit-it-to-wgrd-com/ http://wgrd.com/want-to-get-the-word-out-about-your-event-submit-it-to-wgrd-com/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:09:08 +0000 Steven Bohner http://wgrd.com/?p=164582 Did you know we have an events calendar on WGRD.com?  Did you know that you can submit your own local community events?

You can submit local events and if the event fits our stations format, we will post it in our events calendar.  It's an excellent way to get the word out about your event without spending any money!

]]> http://wgrd.com/want-to-get-the-word-out-about-your-event-submit-it-to-wgrd-com/feed/ 0 Grand Rapids Harley-Davidson Daytona Block Party This Weekend — Meet Erik Estrada http://wgrd.com/harley-davidson-daytona-block-party-meet-erik-estrada/ http://wgrd.com/harley-davidson-daytona-block-party-meet-erik-estrada/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:46:42 +0000 Steven Bohner http://wgrd.com/?p=154838 Grand Rapids Harley-Davidson is throwing a massive 2 Day Block Party to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Daytona Bike Week.  The party is all day Friday, March 8th and Saturday, March 9th.  On Saturday, meet Erik 'Ponch' Estrada and listen to live music from The Outer Vibe.  Both days, the party will feature free food and drinks, prizes all weekend long, huge discounts on motor cycle clothing, and tons of pre-owned bikes at special pricing.  

]]> http://wgrd.com/harley-davidson-daytona-block-party-meet-erik-estrada/feed/ 0 Facebook Jackie's Ready For St. Patrick's Day, Are You? http://wgrd.com/jackies-ready-for-st-patricks-day-are-you/ http://wgrd.com/jackies-ready-for-st-patricks-day-are-you/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:11:25 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=153461 I have celebrated many St. Patrick's Days here at GRD and this year will be no exception! As per usual I will come decked out in my custom tutu (ya I make a st. patty's day tutu bitches!) and I will be ready to rock!

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]]> http://wgrd.com/dessert-wars-is-tomorrow-february-21st/feed/ 0 flickr Join Me For Rocktagon Throwdown! http://wgrd.com/join-me-for-rocktagon-throwdown/ http://wgrd.com/join-me-for-rocktagon-throwdown/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:04:40 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=146536 When I first started hosting the nightly, Rocktagon, I had always thought how cool it would be to have a LIVE in your face local battle of the bands.  Well my wish has come true!

]]> http://wgrd.com/join-me-for-rocktagon-throwdown/feed/ 0 GRD's Bad Bowler of the Week http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-13/ http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-13/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:39:21 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=145830 Last night we had our GRD Bad Bowlers League! Each week I feature one of our bad bowlers and this was was bad bowler Rachel! Rachel (for being the bad bowler) gets her name in the running for a pair of tickets to see Kid Rock this April!

]]> http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-13/feed/ 0 GRD's Bad Bowler Of The Week http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-12/ http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-12/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:13:45 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=145142 WOW I am an awful blogger! Last week we kicked off this season of the GRD Bad Bowlers League! I'm changing it up this time around though! Every week I am picking a bad bowler, the bad bowlers name goes into a hat, at the end of the league I'll draw one of the bad bowlers and they will score some tickets to see Kid Rock at Van Andel Arena! LAST weeks bad bowler was Haven, hes part of the team; 4 Wismeman. Haven is now in the running for some Kid Rock tickets!

]]> http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-12/feed/ 0 WGRD 2013 Pond Hockey Classic Opening Ceremonies http://wgrd.com/wgrd-2013-pond-hockey-classic-opening-ceremonies/ http://wgrd.com/wgrd-2013-pond-hockey-classic-opening-ceremonies/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:09:51 +0000 Steven Bohner http://wgrd.com/?p=143576 Last night we kicked off the 2013 WGRD Pond Hockey Classic.  The snow was falling and the beer was flowing for the opening ceremonies.  We will be out there all day today and tomorrow.  You can get all the details after the jump!

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]]> http://wgrd.com/wgrd-new-years-eve-party/feed/ 0 Flickr / ★ SimonPix GRD's Bad Bowler Of The Week http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-11/ http://wgrd.com/grds-bad-bowler-of-the-week-11/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:00:07 +0000 Jackie http://wgrd.com/?p=135105 Every Thursday night is the GRD Bad Bowlers League. It is a night where a bunch of us get together, get plowed on cheap beer, and bowl very badly! I normally like to hand out prizes to the "bad bowler of the week" Someone who is just a drunk ass, who bowls like a 55, but this week I couldn't do that... because I met Kurt. Kurt has not only an epic mustache, but he also bowled a 225 the first game! WOOHOO Go Kurt! Like I always say, it's good to be bad, and in Kurts case, the bad mustache was enough! ;) Kurt went home with a brand new IHome, speakers and docking system for your IPhone or IPod touch!

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GRD Bad Bowlers League is held every Thursday night at 6:15

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The GRD bad bowlers league happens every Thursday night starting at 6:15PM at Fairlanes in Grandville! You can still join if you think you are bad enough to hang out with us! Next Thursday we are taking a break due to Thanksgiving but we will be back the following week drinking lots of beer and bowling badly! For only 11 bucks a bowler its a pretty darn good time!

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The bad bowlers league still has a few weeks left, you can join us simply by showing up Thursdays at 6:15PM at Fairlanes in Grandville!

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