Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band took over Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia for Night 1 of a two night stand during The River Tour 2016. The band played a marathon 4 hour and 4 minute set, which is a Bruce Springsteen's US Concert record. He had just broken his previous record last week at MetLife stadium in North Jersey by posting a 3 hour 52 minute show. He took the stage at just...
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Philadelphia City Council returns to session Thursday after a twelve-week summer break. With the soda tax that dominated the pre-summer session out of the way, members are narrowing their focus. Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell wants more parking in her West Philadelphia district, and wants to call hearings on charter schools and vocational education. Councilwoman Cindy Bass has her eye on...
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump was at the Union League in Philadelphia this morning where he announced his plans to increase military spending if elected. Trump called for the increase in active troops, as well as ships and planes, to grow our forces. Trump would also focus efforts on cyber defense and would give military leaders 30 days to come up with a plan to defeat...
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A Delaware County Police Officer who was shot 7 times while on duty in June will return to work this week. Christopher Dorman has been cleared to return to full police duty, Folcroft Borough police said via Twitter. His first shift will be Friday night. Dorman, 25, was ambushed while responding to a drug-related call in late June. He was shot seven times but has since made a full recovery.
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a $1.1 billion bill to combat the Zika virus. They opposed provisions in the bill that would have blocked funding for Planned Parenthood and that would have allowed Confederate flags to fly at military veteran cemeteries. The vote failed 52 to 46. It needed 60 votes to advance.
Governor Wolf says a significant pay raise he's granted non-union...
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Philadelphia Police have arrested and charged a man with murder who allegedly ran over a woman multiple times and then beat her with a shovel. 50-year-old Joel Horton is charged in the death of 52-year-old Adrienne Lindsay. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday September 4th in the 700 block of West Louden Street in the Logan section. Horton repeated ran over Lindsay in his Nissan Maxima. He...
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The Miss America competition begins today in Atlantic City. This marks the first pageant with an openly lesbian contestant in the competition. Entering one of pageantry's biggest stages Miss Missouri, Erin O' Flaherty, will compete for the Miss America crown this weekend as the first open lesbian.
Bill Cosby has a hearing at Montgomery County Court in Norristown this afternoon. ...
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A man has died after being shot in the back of the head late Monday night. Police responded to a shooting inside a home on the 8300 block of Williams Avenue around 9:30pm. Upon arrival they found an unconscious 29-year-old man in the basement suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital in serious condition, and was pronounced dead around 11:00pm. There is no...
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September 3/4 - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - On The Air
1) "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" by Warren Zevon
2) "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan
3) "It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Take a Train to Cry" by Leon Russell
4) "The Girls Want to Be With The Girls" by Talking Heads
5) "Hey, Santa Ana" by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
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September 3/4 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment
1) "Summerland" by Tom Hampton
2) "She Loves Me Too" by Robert Hazard
3) "Somebody Else's Dream" by Robert Hazard
4) "When the Spell Is Broken" by Richard Thompson
5) "Shoot Out The Lights" by X
6) "I Misunderstood" by Richard Thompson
7) "Darkness Darkness" by Youngbloods
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | September 08, 2016 3:06 am
