All Entries in the "WDAY" Category
Barry Weiss: Road Trip to Fargo (audio)
The only thing better than having Barry Weiss, the breakout star from A&E’s Storage Wars, live on the phone is having him live in studio for The Christopher Gabriel Program. Dinner with Barry on Sunday night, two hours on the program Monday, lunch that afternoon… toss in Tim Beers, Jr. and Tim Urian, producers from Original Productions [...]
Andrew Young on Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio)
Andrew Young was there. In Birmingham, in Selma, in Memphis… he was there. He watched history in the making. Thinking about him over the years, that’s what I’d say when his name would come up in discussion. Shortly before Mr. Young came on my program I told a WDAY colleague, “Andrew Young is a connection to [...]
John Nichols (audio)
John Nichols is one of the most respected voices in Washington when the subject is politics and the media. And in Washington, when isn’t there discussion on politics and the media? Mr. Nichols is the associate editor of The Capital Times (Madison, WI) and is the author of seven books on politics and the media. He writes about [...]
Roxana Saberi (audio)
It’s always a treat when author /journalist, and Fargoan, Roxana Saberi is in town. I had the opportunity to have a lengthy chat with her on the released American hikers, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a lot more. We even managed to squeeze in a little bit about Northwestern football! [Audio clip: view full post to [...]
Beware The CG Stand-In (video)
In the world of talk radio, there are two generally-accepted methods to allow a host a either a day off or a full-blown vacation. One is to do a “Best Of” program. The theory is the audience would prefer a rebroadcast of the host they tune in for rather than listening to a guest host. The [...]
The Shoes… Nothing Else Matters
Since beginning my radio program at WDAY nearly two-and-a-half years ago, we’ve been able to feature a remarkable range of guests and topics. Individuals like Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Sheryl WuDunn, New York Times bestselling authors that include Mitch Albom, Roxana Saberi, Kurt Andersen and Mignon Fogarty, Emmy Award winners Paula Poundstone and [...]
Dr. Alveda King (audio)
When I began my tenure at WDAY in Fargo (ND), I made up a master wish-list of who I hoped to have visit the program. One of the names on that list was Dr. Alveda King. Dr. King is the daugther of Rev. A.D. Williams King and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
A Chat with Otis Williams (audio)
In the two-plus years we’ve been doing The Christopher Gabriel Program on 970 WDAY, we’ve been blessed to have some remarkable guests. Pulitzer Prize, Grammy and Emmy winners, Academy Award nominees, New York Times bestselling authors, major figures from the political world, renowned journalists and bureau chiefs from Europe and the Middle East… it goes [...]
Fargo’s Got Beer… and it’s Home-Grown! (audio)
Microbreweries seem to be the way of the beer world these days. Most larger cities have them, and many smaller ones, too. Here in Fargo, four guys have come together to create the Fargo Beer Company. When you consider all that now exists in Fargo – the plethora of arts offerings, three major universities, great [...]
The Greeter and The Preacher (audio)
There’s never a shortage of stories when the subject is church. Service greeters, service offerings, coffee, coffee offerings, gospel concerts, gospel concert offerings… line up a thousand people and you’ll get a thousand different stories. I’ve never been a greeter at church because I’ve always felt the job was better handled by someone else. Several good [...]
Jennifer Kirkeby: Talent Defined (audio)
Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Kirkeby on my radio program, a performing artist who wears a lot of hats. Care to try on a few? Playwright, director, choreographer, actor, dancer, educator, Olympic medalist in Rowing… Ok, that’s not true. Perhaps she’s not an Olympic medalist in Rowing. Maybe it’s just a weekend hobby [...]
The Passport Office (audio)
I’m not a big fan of going to places like the DMV. It’s the rare day the entire experience, from the second you walk in to the second you depart, goes smoothly. It always seems someone is out to make your day the most miserable of your life. In the event you didn’t know this, [...]
Jill St. John New CG Program Executive Producer
For immediate release: Friday June 17th, 2011 Jill St. John named Executive Producer of The Christopher Gabriel Program. St. John was a very familiar voice in the area for some time before embarking on a professional voice career. St. John was a “Breakfast Flake” on Lite Rock 105 in the 80s and early 90s, She [...]
Muslims for Peace: Qasim Rashid (audio)
Today on my program I had the opportunity to speak with a most impressive individual: Qasim Rashid. Along with being a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Muslims for Peace, Qasim is an award-winning member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America with articles published in, among others, The Huffington Post, USA Today, [...]
Jim Tressel and Bruce Pearl: Two Peas in a Pod (audio)
I’m beginning to think I could do an entire show every Saturday that focused solely on coaches who can’t quite figure out the right thing to do. Last week we took a peek at Tennessee head basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his trifecta of lying, asking for forgiveness and then breaking the rules again. This week, a new [...]
No Coach is Above a Program (audio)
I’ve been a supporter of basketball coach Bruce Pearl long before he arrived at the University of Tennessee. He always struck me as an ideal Daily Double for any major program as he was building his impressive resume: Excellent coach, high-quality person. Watching the 2010-2011 season play out, both on and off the court, my thoughts on [...]
BYU Made Correct Decision (audio)
By now you’ve heard the story of BYU basketball player Brandon Davies. He was dismissed from the Cougars’ basketball team for violating their Honor Code. Many believe BYU should keep him on the team. What I find distressing in our nation is the growing lack of responsibility and accountability exhibited by people in all age [...]
The New WDAY TV Promo Campaign
I thought I’d post an example of our new TV Promo campaign on WDAY. We shoot them every morning and they run on WDAY 6 News at 5 pm, 6 pm and 10 pm. They’re quick and fun, offering a glance of what’s coming up on our programs the next day. photo credit on [...]
The World’s Greatest Superpower: The NFL (audio)
I understand the legal side of why the governing body of the league that has lots of large men playing on natural grass and field turf… some call it the National Football League… protect the name Super Bowl, or any names and phrases that refer to The Big Game. Still, I think it borders on, [...]
Santa’s Year-End Summation Letter (audio)
Every year I receive dozens of year-end summation letters from friends and family. Printed on festive Christmas or New Year’s stationery, they are detailed accounts of every last thing that happened during the year. The kids, the pet goldfish, the neighbor’s llama that got into the organic garden and ate the tomatoes, you name it, [...]
The Vikings Stadium Issue (audio)
The Saturday Morning Sports Show on AM 970 WDAY is a two-hour program hosted by Forum sportswriter (and Christopher Gabriel Program regular) Jeff Kolpack and WDAY 6 News sports director Dom Izzo. From 9 to 11am, listeners are served up a very entertaining mix of opinion and interviews focusing largely on college and high school sports. However, with Fargo’s proximity [...]
The CG Program Facebook Page Wants YOU!
As we continue to expand my radio program, cleverly named The Christopher Gabriel Program, I’d like to invite you to join our Facebook fan page. Actually, Facebook now refers to fan pages as a page you “Like”. Awhile back there was a concerted effort by various groups to remove the term Fan in favor of [...]
