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Recent Blogs

Opry Challenge! - 7/19/2010
Great Weekend! - 6/15/2010
The great American BBQ sauce taste test. - 5/27/2010
Zac Brown Band Pass the Jar DVD CD Release! - 5/12/2010
Vote for CMT Awards! - 5/11/2010
Top 24 American Idol contestants - 5/6/2010
ACM's this Weekend! - 4/16/2010
Vote for the CMT Awards! - 4/6/2010
Randy Houser working on Waylon Jennings "Ramblin Man" - 4/2/2010
CMT Crossroads! - 3/25/2010
St. Patrick's Day recipes! Using Guiness? - 3/17/2010
Razzie Winners! - 3/8/2010
ACM Nominations! - 3/3/2010
American Honey Music Video! - 2/22/2010
Prince writes a song for our Minnesota Vikings! - 1/22/2010
Brett Favre singing "Pants on the Ground" - 1/18/2010
New Keith Urban Video! - 1/14/2010
Top 10 TV Blunders of the Decade! - 12/30/2009
Worst Pre-Fame Jobs! - 12/29/2009
Billboards Top Ten Country Songs of the Decade! - 12/18/2009

Ben Taylor (7pm to midnight)

Opry Challenge! - 7/19/2010 6:52PM

The floods of Nashville did some serious damage not to long ago and many are still recovering. So the Grand Ole Opry has stepped up with a challenge for the fans of the artists who play at the Opry. They have started "The Country Music Video Challenge". Players get to demonstrate their country music trivia knowledge while competing for prizes. Want to check it how? Click here!

Great Weekend! - 6/15/2010 4:00PM

How was yours? Mine was AWESOME! I love summer! It was go-go-go all weekend long but the tired feeling I was dealing with Monday morning was worth it! Friday night Sara and I were at Winstock Country Music Festival in Winsted. We saw so many great artists, check out the pictures below. I also went to a Twins game, which was ok. THEY LOST! Oh well, can't win them all, but Target Field was really cool. Oh and if you make your way to Target field make sure you get a bite to eat at Smalley's just a few blocks down, the food was amazing. Check out my pictures from the whole weekend below.

Phil Vassar

David Nail

Alan Jackson

Josh Turner

The great American BBQ sauce taste test. - 5/27/2010 7:13PM

It's almost here! Memorial Day weekend, an extra day off the enjoy this beautiful summer weather. I can see it now, warm temperatures, a nice cool breeze, do a little swimming or even fishing. But the one thing I look forward to in the summer has to be grilling. Food just tastes better off the grill and depending on what you're making it also can depend on the kind of BBQ sause you use. Some of us arent' lucky enough to have that top secret family recipe so we make due with a bottle off the shelf at your local grocery store. But which one do you pick? Well a group of lets say "Professionals" did the research for us and picked the two best store bought BBQ sauces available. Which one is "THE BEST" check it out for yourself.

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Zac Brown Band Pass the Jar DVD CD Release! - 5/12/2010 7:37PM

These guys seem like some of the funniest artists in country music today. It shows with some of the videos they've done like "Toes" and the song "Sic Em on a chicken". But now you can see how they guys really are with the new "Pass the Jar" DVD/CD release. You can listen to the whole album and see the trailer for the new release just Click here!

Vote for CMT Awards! - 5/11/2010 7:25PM

Gloriana is excited, they've made it into the final round of Group Video of the Year Award. Click here to submit your vote for Gloriana or any of your favorite artists for th 2010 CMT Music Awards.

I was born, raised and lived in Hutchinson Minnesota until I was 19, then I moved to Eagan MN to go to school for radio broadcasting. After graduating in 2004 I moved to a little town in the middle of Wisconsin named Mauston (about 20 minutes north of Wisconsin Dells) for my first job in radio. After 2 years of that I moved to Willmar in October of 2006 and been having fun since, this really is my dream job. In the words of Bill Engvall "I'm glad this worked out, because i'm not qualified to do anything else."

Hit me up at my email address ben@bigcountry100.com or by giving me a call at 235-3402 for song requests, questions or if you have some useless knowledge you want to share. I'm here for you!