March Of Dimes MARCH FOR BABIES

It was pleasure to host the Corporate Kick-Off Breakfast for the MARCH OF DIMES March For Babies this year to be held on Sunday April 26th in Delaware Park. STAR 102.5 is again the proud co-sponsor of the event that will raise money to support the March Of Dimes mission to give every baby a healthy start. Money is used to fund important research and community programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives, so that one day every family will know the joy of a healthy baby.

You can sign up today at http://www.marchforbabies.org/ to MARCH with us at The Marcy Casino in Delaware Park (Registration at 9am, with the WALK starting at 10am) on Sunday April 26th with Brian Demay your WALK host.

Tim McGraw wins an award for his BOOK!

Nice to see Tim McGraw win the MOM'S CHOICE AWARD for Outstanding Children's Book for his book "MY LITTLE GIRL."

Tim says "this was a family effort, my daughter's were involved in the concept of the story and making sure we included our family dog PALIO and (wife) Faith (Hill) was a huge supporter, it's a nice honor for all of us."

From the MIRACLE on The Hudson to the Incedible TRAGEDY in Clarence Center

From this unbelievable picture from our good friend HARRY SCULL, JR. from the Buffalo News (who lives close by the actual crash site), to the surreal "last broadcast" from Flight Colgan/Continental 3407 http://www.liveatc.net/, the scope of this tragedy really can't be put into words. Certainly our thoughts and prayers are with the family members of the passengers on the flight, and I'm sure we wont get any answers for quite some time.

We'll keep you posted all weekend long on STAR 102.5.

Praise to an air traffic controller!

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/1549/

is the website to hear the incredible audio from The US Airways A320 Airbus that Captain "Sully" Sullenberger piloted into the Hudson River last month.

We will undoubtedly hear a lot, in interviews this week, from Captain SULLY but I'd just like to give a hero shout-out to PATRICK HARTEN the Air Traffic Controller that spoke with the doomed flight on that day. Patrick, a 10 year veteran of TRACON ( New York Terminal Radar Approach Control) based in Westbury, NY that handles arriving and departing air traffic for New York area airports for about a 40 mile radius did a yeoman's job in trying to facilitate Flight 1549 either back to La Guardia or other area airports before it dipped into the Hudson River. As you can hear on the recordings Patrick "kept his cool" too while the entire incident was unfolding, even though you could hear a little "tension" in his voice...quite a job on that historic day!