Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Morgan Wallen's "I Got Better" has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, marking his 12th leader and dethroning his own "What I Want" after a 20-week rule. The song's rise to the to...

Ava Ahlander, a 23-year-old concertgoer from Seattle, tragically died while evacuating the REDWEST Festival in Salt Lake City on Saturday (October 11) due to severe weather. The event, which was set t...

Built in the 1950’s and recently reopened after being dark since 2018, the Colony House Motor Lodge made it official with a ribbon cutting this morning. The 67-room motor lodge features fully re...

Triple-A wants to keep you moving this winter so the organization has created a preventative maintenance checklist to help keep your vehicle moving in the cold weather months. WFIR's Denise Allen Memb...

Listen to Brett and Taylor LIVE weekdays from 6a-10a on 94.9 Star Country in Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA!

Listen to Brett and Taylor LIVE weekdays from 6a-10a on 94.9 Star Country in Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA!

  From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment....

Roanoke-based author Beth Macy has just released her fifth non-fiction book, “Paper Girl – A Memoir of Home and Family,” wherein Macy discovered during trips back to her childhood ho...

  An historic motor lodge is celebrating it’s grand opening this morning. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us the Colony House Motor Lodge had a soft opening in August today is the ...

In a new interview with People, Ryan Bingham revealed that he is working on a new album that will likely be released in 2026. The new material is inspired by a positive creative headspace fueled in pa...