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May 19th 1939 - The Hazard Kiwanis Club was formed.
May 19th 1979 -  A major fire on Main and High Streets in Hazard destroyed City Hall, the police department, Davis Brother's Kenyon Auto Store, and several other businesses.  WSGS stayed on the air throughout the night to cover the event.


Recent Flashbacks: Home-made toys - 1982 WSGS Broadcast Listen  Charlie Wilson talks to  WSGS callers who were named after movie stars. Listen  WSGS Radio Day Flashback Listen  7 Second Delay Causes Confusion When Caller Listens to the Radio. Listen  WSGS Remembers TV Westerns  Listen  WSGS Trivia Show from 1981 Listen  Lighter moments of WSGS Talkback from 1984  Listen  Happy Birthday Charlie Wilson Listen Remembering the 1984 flood in Hazard. Listen  Bill Gorman Birthday Salute Listen  Cawood Ledford talks about what makes the Kentucky Derby special  Listen  Part one of Derby Memories Listen Civic Night Lighter Moments of Civic Night as heard on WSGS 30 years ago  Listen  WSGS Movie Trivia with Charlie Wilson from 1981 Listen Part 1 of the WSGS Movie Show from 1981 Listen  Roy Eversole talks about early superintendents in Perry County Listen Charlie Wilson talks to WSGS caller about George Jones in 1983 Listen  Lighter moments of Talkback  Part Three of Hunting & Fishing on WSGS  Listen  Part Two of Hunting and Fishing Listen Charlie Wilson gets in trouble when he says more men fish than women. Listen What was on WSGS 30 years ago? Listen  John Brown and Grover Wilson talk about early Hazard Listen Window Shopping Hazard Listenin 1961 Listen  Merle Haggard in Hazard in 1970  Listen  More Nicknames - 1983 WSGS Broadcast. Listen  What happens with the phones go out at WSGS during Talkback (from 1982) Listen  Part three of the Snake Show on WSGS  Listen  Part two of the Snake Show  Listen  Charlie Wilson talks to the caller who made the snake prank so memoriable. Listen  The famous Snake Prank at WSGS happened 33 years ago this week. Listen  Charlie Wilson talks to Vernon Cooper about his nickname. Listen  Did East Kentuckians Get a Fair Price for Their Land 100 Years Ago? Listen  Lighter moments of Talkback on WSGS Listen  WWF Wrestler - Cousin Junior is our in-studio guest at WSGS. Listen  Charlie Wilson talks about how he was disciplined for driving too fast. Listen  What happened on March 29th? Listen  Grover Wilson &  Raymond Sizemore talk about early streets in Hazard. Listen  WSGS talks to a Perry County  resident who once lived in Switzerland. Listen WSGS takes a look at the Old Regular Baptist Church. Listen  A look back at the 1971 Final Four Listen UK won their 4th NCAA in 1958 Listen What happened on March 21st? Listen  Part 2 of Grover Wilson's memories of early Hazard  Listen  Part 1 of our conversation with Grover Wilson. Listen  Marcus Combs talks about how he got his nickname. Listen  WSGS asks listeners how they got their nicknames. Listen Charlie Wilson taks a sentimental trip to the past with a WSGS listener. Listen  20th anniversary of the storm of the century. Listen What happened on March 11th? Listen Window Shopping in Hazard (1961)  Listen  March 9th Flashback Listen Big Dipper at Rupp Arena Listen  Remembering the 1955 Sweet 16  Listen  Sweet 16 memories from Big Dipper, Jay Lasslo and Ernest Sparkman Listen  Big Dipper on Mountain Championships Listen What happened on March 4th? Listen Ed Watts takes us to the movies in 1940s Hazard, Ky. Listen Dave Hammond Birthday salute. Listen Remembering Perry Farm Center Listen Billy Joe Lewis is Charlie Wilson's in-studio guest on WSGS (1992) Listen What happened in Hazard 100 years ago? Listen Virgil Napier calls WSGS (1993) Listen WSGS listener goes off-topic in 1992. That's when the fun begins. Listen Part two - smoking in East Kentucky Listen Part one of the great smoking debate on WSGS (from 1993) Listen Part three of WSGS's look at gambling in East Kentucky What What happened on May 17th? Listen What happened May 15th? Listen 45th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's visit to Hazard. Listen WSGS Listener submits Coal Mining poem. (1984) Listen Part two of gambling in East Kentucky Listen 1939 Flood Listen  Gambling in East Kentucky - 1984 WSGS Broadcast Listen 20th anniversary of Dilce Combs Championship win Listen Our conversation with a Pike County caller on WSGS in 1993 Listen Lighter moments from WSGS Talkback in 1984 Listen  Scotty Baesler speaks to WSGS Listen WKIC Announcer Jimmy Hall remembers working at the station in the '50s Listen Part 3 of the Car Show on WSGS Listen Part 2 of America's Love Affair with Cars - WSGS Broadcast from 1980 Listen Listener Mail Hi guys at WSGS - I was in Indianapolis yesterday an on the was home I was about 50 miles from Indy an 60 north of Louisville an i picked your station up on my car radio. Keep up the great work. God Bless. Danny Stinnet I love this radio station. Glad you're online, now I can hear the best music all the way in Louisville. Thanks. Faron & Scott, I enjoy your show. I try to listen every morning. I've been listening to WSGS since 1988. WSGS is the best radio station in the U.S.A. Heck, let's say in the  whole wide world. Ronnie Sutton, Corbin, KY LOVE this station. Listening in Orlando, Florida. The country needs more REAL people stations like this, and a far fewer of the Corporation Garbage types we have plethora of ... Best Wishes for continued success. Rob Todd. We lived in Knott County for most of our lives, but moved to London 10 years ago. WSGS was the station we listened to before we moved and we still listen to you a lot here in London...still the best County Music station on the air! Anita Madden, London, KY. Hello. I am very glad to see WSGS has a live internet stream so I can listen to news and the music from the place where I grew up. I am really enjoying it. Thanks. Bill in Ohio. I am so thankful to be able to hear news down here in South Carolina from Hazard and also to be able to see the pictures you present of our town. I appreciate the Flashback, i.e. Cash Walker...I remember watching Cas and his humor was coarse but good and sometimes I smiled even after the programs thinking back what he had said. Anyhow, I am blessed to be able to listen to hometown news. WSGS rides the airways from KY to SC very clearly. Thanks so very much. Idalee Hansel, Spartanburg, SC WSGS, I absolutely love your show! You all are the last station I know of that plays true Country Music. If I lost your show I don't know what I would do. I have listened to WSGS for years on the way from my home in Lexington to Pineville. You all have created countless memories that I could share with my Grandfather with your all's station. One day I hope to visit Hazard and get to see where WSGS is. I also love the listen live streaming. Now when I go off to college in Florida I will be able to keep up with this great station. Thank you guys and keep up the amazing work! God bless! Nathaniel in Lexington, KY