Today is Monday, March 13, 2023, the 72nd day of the year with 293 days remaining until the the end of the year. Here is everything you need to know about today’s programs on KNCT, but first…
Central Texas College will host an online auction of surplus property March 20-29. To bid on items, you must register here. Auction items include office furniture, computers, electronics, iPads, restaurant equipment and more. Auction items can be previewed both online or in person. To preview items in person, make an appointment with the CTC Shipping and Receiving department at ext. 1801. Preview appointments are available Monday through Thursday from 9 am. to 3 pm.
Any questions regarding the surplus auction should be directed to surplus@ctcd.edu or ext.1801.
Green Peas are like living fossils. Not the hard little nuggets that get overzapped in the microwave. These are small, busy galaxy nuggets. Astronomers have found several of them in the modern universe. But in its very first picture, James Webb Space Telescope found some in deep space — when the universe was less than a billion years old. That makes the close ones living fossils — as one astronomer described them, the coelacanths of galaxies.
StarDate airs every weekday at 5:57 am, 4:57 pm, and on weekends at 8:20 am.
The Sound of Texas – John Scott of Big Spring
Pints for Polio, details on the Sound of Texas.
The Sound of Texas airs every weekday at 6:30 am and 12:30 pm.
EarthDate – Sauropod-Sized Tractors
Heavy farm equipment is now as heavy as the heaviest dinosaurs—and, surprisingly, there may be some similarities.
Today, a fully loaded combine weighs 60,000 pounds—or more!
Engineers have worked to distribute their increasing weight across the soil, widening the tires, sometimes putting three tires on each hub.
EarthDate airs every weekday at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm, and weekends at 10:30 am.
Science and the Sea – New Jellyfish
Like an attic that hasn’t been explored in decades, the deep ocean is a big mystery. It’s inhabited by many species of life that we’ve never seen—perhaps millions of them. Yet scientists are picking through the stacks and boxes—finding new species all the time.
Science and the Sea airs every weekday at 10:30 am, 2:30 pm, and weekends at 11:30 am.
SoundBeat – Eleven-Cent Cotton, Forty-Cent Meat
The first part of the 20th century was actually considered the Golden Age of American farming. War-torn Europe was unable to feed itself, and US farms raced to fill the void, expanding along the way. When World War 1 ended in 1918, so did the drastic need for American produce. The over-abundance of crops and a stagnant market led to inflation, and situations like Eleven-Cent Cotton and Forty-Cent Meat. Here’s Vernon Dalhart from 1929.
There’s a funny story behind Dalhart’s name.
SoundBeat airs every weekday at 10:30 am and 1:30pm.
Laury Sisko, KNCT’s Membership Director, joins us every Monday at 6:15 pm for Community Contact. Each week she sits down organizations or individuals in our community that are doing new and exciting things. If you or your group would like to be featured, email us at rfranklin@ctcd.edu or call us at (254)526-1442.
Beginning at 7 pm, KNCT presents part two of “Women In Congress.” “Women in Congress” is a documentary public affairs presentation produced by Dr. Robert Franklin, KNCT-FM General Manager. The documentary takes a historical look at the role of women in the political process from the election of Jeannette Rankin, a Representative from Montana in 1916, to Shirley Chisholm’s election as the Democratic Representative from New York in 1968. The documentary explored the plight of female members in the United States Congress in the Republican and Democratic party.
Program Number Two explores the challenges Congresswomen encountered seeking elective office. Some of those challenges included fundraising, childcare, and health care.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that all of the amazing programs and beautiful music you enjoy on Simply Beautiful 91.3, KNCT-FM is made possible by donations from our listeners. You can donate anytime by visiting our website at KNCT.org.
And while any amount is appreciated, did you know that if you donate $10 or more today you could could receive What The World Needs Now, Words of Hal David CD. Just look at all of the amazing songs on this CD:
Track List
1. American Beauty Rose – Pat Boone
2. The Story of My Life – Marty Robbins
3. Make It Easy on Yourself – Jerry Butler
4. Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick
5. Wishin’ and Hopin’ – Dusty Springfield
6. What the World Needs Now Is Love – Jackie DeShannon
7. What’s New, Pussycat? – Tom Jones
8. Alfie – Cher
9. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? – Dionne Warwick
10. The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield
11. I Say a Little Prayer – Dionne Warwick
12. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – BJ Thomas
13. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Bobbie Gentry
14. (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
15. One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not A Home – Barbra Streisand
16. 99 Miles from LA – Albert Hammond
17. It Was Almost Like a Song – Ronnie Milsap
18. To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
19. Walk On By – Melissa Manchester
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