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Channel 19
Driversā safety conversation continues
If the handheld cell ban for drivers (which goes into effect Jan. 3) has done anything for the nationās interstate haulers, itās upped the ante on the conversation on this blog about the direction of safety in the industry. Driver and radio host Big Al Weekley is back today with a lament for the safety [ā¦]
December 20, 2011
Channel 19
Modest proposal: āLet regulators have what they wantā
Today, a dispatch from driver and radio host Big Al Weekley (pictured), the man behind the streaming Dispatch Me Home Radio Network site. It comes in response to Nabisco hauler Buddy Wennersā modest proposal to regulators to skip all the preamble and really just do what they really seem to want to do, āban truck [ā¦]
December 12, 2011
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About truckinā time: Tony Justice record in stores Dec. 6
āItās about truckinā time,ā says Tony Justice, East Tennessee-based B&B Transport driver and the songwriter behind the upcoming āOn the Roadā album (I wrote about it last month here). ItāsĀ due out in all Pilot Flying J stores Dec. 6. Itās a trucking album by a trucker and for truckers, Justice notes, and stay tuned on [ā¦]
November 26, 2011
Business
Dispatch Me Home radio network launches
Host Big Al Weekley will broadcast via online radio bluegrass and country music, trucking news and live interviews in an expanded format.
November 21, 2011
Home
Online trucker network launches Monday
The host of the online radio truckingĀ program āDispatch Me Homeā is starting an online network of the same name with additional music and other programming. It will launch at 10 a.m. CST Nov. 21, says host Big Al Weekley. The network is based at www.DispatchMeHomeRadio.com. Weekley produces the network with Bruce Wieser, known as [ā¦]
November 18, 2011
Channel 19
Overdriveās Lucinda Coulter on Big Alās show this week
Tune into Big Al Weekleyās Dipatch Me Home Radio streaming broadcast this week for an interview with Overdrive Managing Editor Lucinda Coulter about the magazineās 50th anniversary special coverage and her place in it. A prime place it is. Coulter headed up our Overdrive Retro website for more than a year preceding the anniversary issue, [ā¦]
September 13, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 news round-up: flooding, radio, TSE, petitionā¦
Vid tour through I-680 flood damage As Missouri River floodwaters receded from flood stage this month after a long summer of high water, Iowa DOT officials finally got a look at I-680 at the I-29 interchange, and the damage done to both roadways is just stunning (pictured courtesy of Iowa DOT; more info on detours/outlook [ā¦]
September 1, 2011
Channel 19
Overdrive top 10 songs streaming online this week
Longtime trucking radio host āBig Alā Weekley have put together a two-hour program that will stream from the Dispatch Me Home Radio website 24-7 throughout the week. Itās all starting, well, now, and featuring a run through trucking history via our Top 10 Trucking Songs of all-time poll. Ā If you missed the polling results last [ā¦]
August 9, 2011
Channel 19
Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time
Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!
August 4, 2011
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