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The Rant: July 1 edition

Our guest this week was Dr. Diane Schaller from Willow Creek Animal Hospital, who was in studio to talk about her business, click here to visit their site, upcoming animal CPR classes, ways to help your pets cope with the summer heat, the need for animal tethering laws and much, much more.
We also talked about:
• Michael Jackson’s death (are you surprised)
• This Saturday’s pie-eating contest
• Local education-related headlines (school cutting jobs, school enacting Facebook policy, school sex-ed policies)
• Entertainment news with Mary Mason
• A surprise guest (hint: she’s Gov. Sanford’s “soul mate”)

Enjoy.

The Rant: Anniversary edition

Well, we celebrated a year on the air this week, and for two hours, the show was all about us. Listen for clips from the past year, several “happy birthday” calls from loyal listeners and a few surprise phone calls here and there. Definitely worth sticking around for.

Here’s to another year.

A gift to our fans

The above video is a typical Wednesday morning (all we included was the camera and some music) for The Rant, a weekly morning radio show broadcasting from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays on 90.5 FM, WDCC in Sanford, North Carolina.
Learn more about us at our Facebook page, http://fbook.me/therant and become a fan today.

This video is a low quality version … and a higher quality version should be downloaded in the coming days.

The Rant: June 10 edition

We were firing on all cylinders this week with guest Eddie Watkins, drummer from Dr. Powerful and one of the brain-children behind the upcoming summer music fest, “This Thing We Did,” set for Aug. 8 at Old Gilliam Park in Sanford (cost is just $5 for a bunch of solid bands). To learn more about TTWD, visit their Myspace page, www.myspace.com/ttwdfest .
Also this week:
* Entertainment news (talk a little Tonys)
* One-year anniversary (ideas for next week’s milestone show)
* Local headlines (Garner explosion, election controversy and more).

Enjoy.

The Rant: May 20, 2009

For the first time in The Rant’s almost one-year history, the show proceeded without Billy Liggett. And of course, it went flawlessly.
Enjoy.

The Rant: April 29

Our guest this week: Bob Joyce from the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce to talk about the upcoming Sanford Small Business Banquet (May 7) and the Small Business Expo (May 13). To learn more about both events, visit www.sanford-nc.com or call (919) 775-7341.

Also discussed this week:
• Billy’s learning that he and his wife are having a girl
• Local headlines (Pottery Festival, Bike Race, unemployment, local murder and Swine Flu possibly in Sanford)
• Entertainment News with Mary Mason (Bea Arthur’s death, Creed reforming, Lost’s 100th episode)
• A talk with Cletis from Mamers
• and much, much more ….

The Rant: April 22

It was a crazy morning on The Rant today … from the introduction of our new entertainment news correspondent to our shocking interview with Stephen Hawking. Our guest today was the very upbeat and pleasant Dayna Reggero with Sustainable Sandhills, and Sanford’s own Mary Mason began what we hope will be a weekly segment on e-news from Sanford to Hollywood.
We also talked a little Twitter, Earth Day, local headlines and some news of the weird.

Information on Sustainable Sandhills:
For more information on Sustainable Sandhills in Lee County … contact (910) 673-0826 or visit sustainablesandhills.org.

The Rant: April 8

Discussed this week:
* The Tar Heels’ National Championship
* All the bad headlines, from the economy to recent tragedies
* A little Star Wars talk (that’s right, Star Wars)

The Rant: Stanky Leg edition

Well, it was a learning experience on the Rant today.
In addition to learning more about the TIP411 program with Sanford Police Department’s Marshall Cameron, we learned about the “Stanky Leg” and all of the nonsense that goes along with it. Watch for The Rant’s upcoming production of “DooDoo Foot.”

Also discussed this week:
• Lee County Republic Party
• Obama’s bad week
• The “Best of Lee County” edition (due out Saturday)
• News of the Weird

And much, much more.