After visiting Texas many times, Louisiana native Darren Gauthier has finally crossed over the Sabine Pass into the Lone Star State as the new Operations Manager for Townsquare Media’s five stations in Central Texas. Originally from New Orleans, Darren grew up in nearby Baton Rouge and is a proud alum of LSU. Darren got his start at the campus radio station KLSU, rising to the role of station manager before being lured to work in the exciting world of New Orleans rock radio. Darren returned to Baton Rouge in 2001 rising to the top of the programming food chain while holding down a six-day airshift for a decade. One of the stations he oversaw was twice-nominated for the prestigious Marconi award - radio’s version of the Oscar® - in 2012 and again in 2015. Seeking new challenges and a change of scene, Darren Gauthier was recruited by K-101.7 and the sister stations to bring a personal touch and a renewed sense of community focus to the stations in Killeen and Temple.
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Free Lunch Friday like a Knight in Shining Armor
Our Free Lunch Friday contest is brought to you each week by Alvarez Barbecue and Catering in Temple. This week, our winner was Lisa Treese who works at American Classifieds, publishers of the Thrifty Nickel, the free classified ad newspaper you can pick up for free around the area, including their offices at 2905 W Adams Ave...
Friday Furry Friend ISO Fur-ever Home: Hot Dog Ernie!
Ernie the dachshund is not the biggest dog we've ever had in our K101.7 studios on a Friday, but by ratio measurements he is one of the longest!
Try your best not to step on Ernie. That wouldn't be so nice. Not that you have many chances since he moves rather quickly for someone whose legs are so short...
Syrian Action Raises Questions in Texas Military Circles
The recent bombing action in Syria has prompted a great many questions here at home on what the impact the escalating conflict will have on our military personnel, families and facilities in our Central Texas area.
Those who were living here in Bell County in 2001 remember what happened after 9/11...
Whooping it up at The Oscar Store on a Saturday Night
Last year, our own Aaron Savage went out to the Oscar area to take pictures of flooding which had hit homes and businesses out there.
Flash forward to Saturday night. You would not have known anything like this has ever happened in and around the Oscar Store...
Harley-Davidson Exhibit Now Showing at Bell County Museum
There's one name synonymous with the legacy of the American motorcycle. Now until May 31st, theres a way Central Texans can immerse themselves in motorcycle lore as never before. No leather jacket required.
You and I and the whole county knows you can go to Horny Toad Harley-Davidson and other dealerships all over creation if you want to drool over all of the newest Harleys on the market...
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Turtles are Coming Back to Belton
Here we go again, y'all!
The 10th Annual Belton Kiwanis Turtle Festival is Saturday, April 29th at Yettie Polk Park, 101 S. Davis Street in Belton from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The same weekend and time in the same place as last year...
Temple Host City of Texas State Billiards Championship
Grab the chalk and set 'em up: Minnesota Fats may not be coming but someone will be The Texas Pool Table Champ.
The Billiards Congress of America Pool League (BCAPL) Texas State Billiards Championship has come to the Mayborn Convention Center...
Killeen To Celebrate Civic Pride at Festival April 27-29
Always root for the home team. That's a good motto to have. If you're residing someplace and spending precious moments of your life there, why not show a little pride in where you live?
If that town is Killeen, the annual Celebrate Killeen Festival is the place to be April 27, 28 and 29...
Another Renaissance Fair with a Familiar Name Opens April 8 & 9
For years I heard about the renaissance fair outside of Houston. Now I find there's another one near Dallas, the name of which will be very familiar.
This year's Scarborough Renaissance Festival is this weekend, April 8 through May 29, Saturdays & Sundays as well as Memorial Day. Ho...
Darren Presents a Hockey Puck’s Guide to Don Rickles Discs
Before I get all schmaltzy, Don Rickles was a giant of comedy. This is a turning point for comedy and not a terribly good one. It's important we preserve this man's legacy before political correctness forces the burning of all his material.
Rickles was not an insult comic like the old borscht belt guys...