Programming Notes – July 6, 2020

Today’s programming is made possible by donations from listeners and members of our Founders Club, like Dr. Michael Ford and Dr. Ryan Allowitz of Endodontics Associates of Central Texas. They are located in Temple (254-778-4400) at 2703 Trade Place and in Harker Heights (254-237-5643) at 410 East Central Texas Expressway. As a Member of the…

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Today’s programming is made possible by donations from listeners and members of our Founders Club, like Dr. Michael Ford and Dr. Ryan Allowitz of Endodontics Associates of Central Texas. They are located in Temple (254-778-4400) at 2703 Trade Place and in Harker Heights (254-237-5643) at 410 East Central Texas Expressway.

As a Member of the Founders Club, you or your business will be mentioned on-air once a day for a year. For a business we can include your business name, address, phone number, web address and product line. We will also include you on our website as a member of the Founders Club and provide a link to your website.

You can pay for your contribution by credit card or by check in one payment, or by installments up to ten months.

Our radio station broadcasts throughout Central Texas reaching from the Hillsboro, TX area all the way south to the San Marcos, TX area. Our audience demographic is the 55+ market. Our format is beautiful music, easy listening. With our streaming stations at http://www.knct.org, we reach a worldwide audience!

5:57 am & 4:47 pm – StarDate – Serpens Nurseries

The Constellation Serpens Cauda - In-The-Sky.org
Several stellar nurseries in Serpens Cauda, the tail of the snake, are busily churning out baby stars. The constellation is in the southeast at nightfall, above and to the upper right of the teapot outlined by some of the brightest stars of Sagittarius.

6:30 am & 12:30 pm – The Sound of Texas – Enola and Mike of Sulphur Springs

8 Best Things To Do In Sulphur Springs, Texas | Trip101
The Sound of Texas is made possible by IFR Flight Training and Aviator Gallery of Georgetown, owned and operated by Mark Wilson. Information at (512) 252-2211.

8:30 am & 3:30 pm – EarthDate – Bugs on the Wing

Holotype wing of the extinct Cimbrophlebia brooksi
Insects first appeared around 400 million years ago, long before mammals or flowering plants. Even before dinosaurs.

9:30 am & 2:30 pm – Science and the Sea – Brine Lakes

The Brine Pool and other brine lakes in the Gulf of Mexico are caused by dissolution of buried salt deposits. Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lakes dot the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico: salt lakes − as salty as Great Salt Lake in Utah. They’re infused with a smelly brew of sulfur, hydrogen, methane, and other chemicals. And while that’s not a pleasant environment for most marine life, it does support lots of microscopic life.

6:15 pm – Centex Planeteers with Jennifer Hetzel

Jennifer Hetzel is an environmental geek on a mission to help the planet by promoting sustainability to anyone who will listen.
She is founder of the podcast Sustainably Geeky and the Centex Planeteers, a group that promotes scientific literacy and environmental awareness in the Greater Killeen area. Jennifer is passionate about sustainability and tries to get outside as often as possible. She is mom to many plants and always taking in strays.

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