JABO, host of Q100's Jabo's Morning Jams, will be perfomring LIVE with the JABO Family Jams band at Odawa Casinos Ales & Aces Beer Festival.  Wayne Baker Brooks will also be performing at the festival.

Ales and Aces Beer Festival is May 11th from 1-5 p.m. at Odawa Casino in Petoskey.  Purchase tickets at the door for $20 - included souvenir tasting cup and 5 drink tickets.  Sample 160 beers from over 40 brewers from across the country!

MUST BE 21 to purchase tickets.

Look for Blarney Stone Broadcasting stations Q100 and The New 101.9 WLDR at the National Cherry Festival this summer - June 29 - July 6th!

Q100 and The New 101.9 WLDR wil be broadcasting LIVE almost everyday of the festival!  Stop by and meet the air staff and spin to win!  Plus listen all summer leading up to the festival for all the updates and information about the National Cherry Festival!

GRAYLING, Michigan. – They say bad weather always looks worse through a window there’s a good chance it will at least sound a whole lot better on your radio.

At least for folks listening to the best radio stations in Northern and Central Michigan. Blarney Stone Broadcasting and Sinclair Broadcasting are teaming up to provide weather updates on WLDR/WARD, WQON/WQAN and WBNZ/WGRY.

TV 7&4’s Emmy-winning Chief Meteorologist Mark Watkins will deliver weather updates throughout the day on the New 101.9 WLDR, Q100 – 99.3 in Traverse City and 100.3 in Grayling and 92.3 WBNZ/101.1 WGRY – Up North Sports radio.

And Michigan native and CMU graduate Blake Hansen, also of TV 7&4, will deliver the weekend weather updates.

“We’re beyond thrilled with this new partnership,” said Sheryl Coyne, president of Blarney Stone Broadcasting. “We live and work and play in Northern Michigan, and we all know how fickle the weather can be here and how it affects our daily lives.

“It’s extremely vital to have the best, up-to-the-minute information available to us, and by having the highly respected meteorological team of Mark Watkins and Blake Hansen update our listeners is consistent with our mission of serving the smartest listeners in this part of our state. They can now plan their days with even greater confidence.  We are also excited to announce that you will now find UpNorthLive Deals on our radio stations websites”