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Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 10:29am by
Joshua Godwin
The Legend 1050 KVPI and the Rapides Parish Coliseum teamed up to send two lucky listeners to see Tracy Lawrence and Joe Nichols in concert Saturday, December 14th at 8:30 p.m. Congrats to Shirley Vid...Read More
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Friday, November 30th, 2018 3:15pm by
Joshua Godwin
The Legend 1050 KVPI and the Rapides Parish Coliseum want to send you to see Tracy Lawrence and Ronnie Milsap LIVE in concert December 14th at 8:30 p.m. Win a pair of tickets to the show by being the ...Read More
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Monday, November 26th, 2018 7:24pm by
Mark Layne
Listen to a birthday salute to the late country music star Eddie Rabbitt all day Tuesday with Cheryl in the morning and Josh in the afternoon on the Legend 1050 KVPI.
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Despite cold blustery winds Saturday, the final day of the 2019 Evangeline Parish 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was a big success with a good crowd of students showing their livestock and supporters.
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ST LANDRY, LA – The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office needs the public assistance in locating a missing person.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 the reporting p...Read More
The Evangeline Parish School Board met Wednesday night, and the first order of business was the swearing-in of board members. Members who were not present were sworn in before the meeting.
The firs...Read More
Atlantic/Warner NashvilleAshley McBrydes current single,Girl Goin Nowhere,was inspired by a teacher in her native Arkansas who predicted her musical dreams would never happen.
Though its a story she often shares in concert, Ashley says her algebra teacher was far from the only naysayer she encountered.
When I talk about that song, she tells theNashville Scene, that educator is the ea...
Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Radio Hall of Fame(NEW YORK) -- Ahead of receiving the the Life Achievement Award at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, former M*A*S*H star Alan Alda has given an upbeat interview to People.
The 82-year-old actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease almost four years ago, admits that at first, he was frightened by the diagnosis,...
Football has arrived in Evangeline Parish. KVPI Sports presents another year of High School Football on 92.5 KVPI and on classichits925.com. First up, the Evangeline Parish High School Football Jambor...Read More
KVPI Sports plans to carry all of the games with our Ville Platte 6 year old all stars planning to compete this weekend in the Dixie Youth T Ball World Series in Center, Texas. The games begin Saturda...Read More
Here is a final update on our Ville Platte girls competing in the USSSA World Series in Alabama.The Ville Platte 8 U girls all stars lost to Mill Creek Georgia in Game One of Bracket Play and our g...Read More
On This Day in Music History: Monday, January 14th
1995, Tim McGraw was at #1 on the US Country chart with "Not A Moment Too Soon," the singers fourth release from the album of the same name.
On This Day in Music History: Tuesday, January 15th
1977, Emmylou Harris was at #1 on the US Country chart with her version of the Don Gibson song, “Sweet Dreams." Gibson originally recorded the song in 1956 with his version hitting the top ten of Billboard's country chart, but was eclipsed by the success of a competing version by Faron Young. The song which has become a country standard was also recorded by Patsy Cline.
On This Day in Music History: Wednesday, January 16th
1974, Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US Country chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song written by Kenny O'Dell. The album also went gold. Rich won the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he took home four Academy of Country Music awards.
On This Day in Music History: Thursday, January 17th
1981, Eddie Rabbitt was at #1 on the US County chart with "I Love A Rainy Night." According to Rabbit, the song was 12 years in the making. Rabbitt had a collection of old tapes he kept in the basement of his home. While rummaging through the tapes one day in 1980, he heard a fragment of a song he had recorded one rainy night in the late 1960s. The song succeeded Dolly Parton's song "9 To 5" at the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart - the last time, to date, that pop chart featured back-to-back country singles in the #1 position.
On This Day in Music History: Friday, January 18th
1966, Red Sovine was at #1 on the US Country charts with “Giddyup Go”, which is the tale of an emotional father-son reunion at a highway truck stop. American country comedienne Minnie Pearl recorded an answer version titled "Giddyup Go Answer." A departure from her usual comic recordings, Pearl told the story from the perspective of the manager of the truck stop where the father-son reunion takes place.
Atlantic/Warner NashvilleAshley McBrydes current single,Girl Goin Nowhere,was inspired by a teacher in her native Arkansas who predicted her musical dreams would never happen.
