new year

Did you know that John W. Patterson Way is named after Battle Creek's first black police officer?

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It’s safe to say we’re all entering 2021 with high hopes and what better way to harness what you want than with a calendar or planner that really speaks to you.

Thursday night, New Year's Eve, join me, Janna, and whoever stops by the GRD studios to hang for our Second Annual GRD All Request New Year's Eve Party! We'll take your calls beginning at 7 p.m. until midnight, whatever you want to hear! Well, not ANYTHING, your calls for Debbie Gibson will go unheeded, and you know who you are. Then, at midnight, once we start Auld Lang Syne, we will get the 16th

We're officially over a week into the new year, and in case I haven't said it, welcome to 2015! So many people are flooding into gyms right now, eating healthier, being nice to people, trying new things...the list of new year's resolutions is a long as ever. But how many of those resolutions you made are going to stick?

The year is now 2015, meaning that the year 1995 is 20 years old! Feeling old yet? I know I am! I remember just sitting around and playing Nintendo in 1995...which is really no different from today honestly. Let's take a quick look at the year 1995 and feel old together, shall we?

Janna, Ned, and I had such a blast on Wednesday night, hosting the first GRD All Request New Year's Eve show, sponsored by Fox Nissan! We played a ton of requests, tried to help people get together for the new year, hopefully got some girls to any with Ryan and Chris, and everyone else who was partying alone for the new year! We also had some amazing crazy calls, and lots of fun!

Movies come and go every year, but what was the best one? I was hoping it was going to be Dumb & Dumber To, but I was way off. There are 365 days in a year with a few movies being released every month. What was the best movie of 2014 though?

97.9 GRD is ready to party with you for New Year’s Eve! Johnnie, Janna and Metalhead Ned are taking over with WGRD’s All Request New Year’s Eve, sponsored by Fox Nissan! You pick the songs, and we’ll play them for your New Year’s Eve party -- from 7 p.m. until midnight! Can't call? Easy, use #GRDNYE on Twitter to get your request to us too! Every hour, we'll have a $25 UBER code to give away to m

We've all had some stupid things we've done, or had less than stellar celebrations before. Luckily, you have kept them secret from anyone who wasn't there at the time. We have, unfortunately, spilled the details on our past New Year's Eve celebration failures in this new GRD video. We are horrible at keeping secrets.

This week is the celebration of the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, ending tomorrow.  And if you've never had traditional Jewish food, it can be a different kind of experience. I was exposed to it by some friends who are Jewish, and love the food.  Some of it I liked, some of it tasted like all the flavor had been drained out of it, along with all the color. I always wondered if there was a big

Earlier this month I blogged about Facebook's Year In Review, and now Instagram has something similar!