ROARING MARCH
We’ve all heard “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out as a lamb.”
If this is true, we are in for another cold month. Of course, we can then anticipate a gentle transition into April. Many of our listeners, especially in the Northeast, are recovering from the latest snow, with yet another storm in the near horizon. Have no fear…the first official day of spring is March 20!
March is known as American Red Cross Month, Women’s History Month, and Irish-American Heritage Month.
In addition, we also have that great NCAA countdown known as MARCH MADNESS. This year the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be held in Greensboro, NC March 4 – 7, while the Men’s Tournament will be March 11 – 14 in the same location. Likewise, the SEC Women’s Tournament will be March 4 – 7 in Duluth, Georgia, and the Men’s will be March 11 – 14 in Nashville, Tennessee. Whoever your team is, this is basketball month!
March 7 marks the day for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards Show. This year there are 10 nominations for Best Picture! March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day, and of course the 17th means lots of green…Saint Patrick’s Day!
Myrtle Beach will celebrate our neighbors to the north with the Can-Am Days Festival that runs March 13-21. There are lots of concerts and events scheduled throughout Horry County. Main Street in Ocean Drive will once again be home to the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Festival on March 13.
The 19th Annual DJ Throwdown takes place March 4 – 6 in Ocean Drive. Over 60 DJ’s from all over come together for a lot of fun and good music!
94.9 The Surf has a busy month! We begin broadcasting from our new studio at North Beach Plaza on March 1! We’ve got the next Main Street Block Party on the 12th with Fat Harold’s Beach Club as the host. Look for the Surf Team in the Saint Patrick’s Day parade at 9 AM (BRRR…) on the 13th. The Pee Dee Street Rodders return to Myrtle Beach March 18 – 20 for the 22nd year, and 94.9 will lead the parade of vintage cars and trucks down Ocean Boulevard on Thursday March 18 at 5 PM. There will be 2 live broadcasts of the Top 40 Countdown this month…March 20 at Graham Golf Cars and March 27 at Thee Furniture Warehouse. We’ll air the final 2 regular season Clemson basketball games on March 2 against Georgia Tech and March 7 against Wake Forest.
As a final note, congrats to the good ole’ U.S. of A for winning the highest number of medals (37) in the Winter Olympics! And don’t forget to complete your census form when it appears…it is crucial to your community and state! The population count greatly determines allocations of federal monies that will impact the health and services where you live. |
AVERT “ DISASTER FATIGUE” !!
There are plusses and minuses to every situation we encounter. On the one hand, technology has transformed our existence into a state of immediate information and visuals that inform us in real time of news around the globe. The down side to this is the possible emotional overload that can occur every time we pick up a newspaper or turn on the television. While we are fortunate to be able to learn what’s going on in our world in record time, or almost “as soon as it happens”, it is hard for many of us to escape the anxiety that very often accompanies the reporting. We’ve not gotten over Haiti, and now it’s Chile. And of course there’s the ongoing saga of Afghanistan. It is important to keep it all in perspective and to try to achieve balance. In this vein, we offer the following timely article, reprinted by permission from Michelle Morton. It appeared recently in the Greensboro, NC newspaper News and Record. |
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OOH BABY BABY!! There was no lamenting last weekend as our Surf Team member Kay Maddox and her friend Susan Anderson sat in the front row of a Smokey Robinson concert in Las Vegas! For two solid hours, Smokey charmed his audience with his trademark smooth vocals, belting out one hit after another.
With the help of Chuck Jackson, the girls received an invitation to go backstage after the concert. Smokey was gracious and dear, remembering that he had granted an interview with The Surf in early December in honor of Billy Smith. Kay gave him a 94.9 The Surf hat, but there was a camera malfunction…no flash!
Eddie Murphy was there too, looking dapper. However, all attention and eyes and hearts were on the man of the night…SMOKEY! |
2010 Census to Begin THIS IS PRETTY BASIC ADVICE; 
Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson
With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB)
advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim
of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under
way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the
country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every
person in the United States and will gather information about every person
living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant
data.
The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census
worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:
If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a
handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice.
Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their
questions. However, you should never invite anyone you don't know into your
home.
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