WCRS Podcast - djbc

Tonight on the show, as the 59th Annual Grammy Awards (hosted by James Corden on Sunday February 12 on CBS) are near, we are playing songs from past Album of the Year winners over a 50 year span, from artists like Outkast, Paul Simon, The Beatles (first Rock group to win this Award), Frank Sinatra (one of only TWO artists to win this award THREE times as a solo artist), Phil Collins, The Bee Gees, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Simon & Garfunkel, and (coincidentally nominated again for this award, and the perceived frontrunner) Adele.

Tonight on the show, a recap of the Inauguration Weekend, and of course the latest catchphrase "Alternative Facts". Plus, the B*ckeye Men's Basketball team did something that they hadn't in 40 years.

1968 was one of the most difficult, tumultous years in America's history. Both Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated. America was knee-deep involved in Vietnam. There was upheaval in Paris. Upheaval in Prague. Upheaval in Chicago. Riots in every major American city.

COLUMBUS in 1968:
- The B*ckeyes win the National Championship, Big Ten, and the Rose Bowl.

LOCAL CHAMPIONS:
College Football: The Ohio State B*ckeyes
High School Football: Upper Arlington Golden Bears (AP State Champs)
High School Basketball: Columbus East Tigers

SPORTS CHAMPIONS:
NFL: Baltimore Colts
AFL: New York Jets
NBA: Boston Celtics
MLB: Detroit Tigers
NHL: Montreal Canadiens (The St. Louis Blues were the first Expansion Team to reach the Cup Finals)
Heisman Trophy: O.J. Simpson, Halfback, University of Southern California
NCAA Basketball: UCLA Bruins
NCAA Football: The Ohio State B*ckeyes
U.S. Open: Arthur Ashe
- Houston snaps UCLA's 47-game winning streak in the first Nationally Televised College Basketball Game at The Astrodome
- Vince Lombardi retires from coaching the Green Bay Packers, following Super Bowl II
- The B*ckeyes shatter Michigan, 50-14 at Ohio Stadium
- The Olympic Games are broadcast in Color for the First Time with the Winter Games in Grenoble, France
- Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American male athlete to win a Grand Slam in Tennis
- Two Olympic Track and Field Athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, stage a protest during the National Anthem at the Mexico City Summer Olympics

EMMYS:
Comedy Series: Get Smart (NBC)
Drama Series: Mission: Impossible (CBS)

ACADEMY AWARDS (for 1967 films)
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night
Actor: Rod Steiger, In The Heat of the Night
Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Supporting Actor: George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke
Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde

Tonight on the show:
- 2016: A Look Back at the Year that Was Really Bad
- A Preview of the Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Peach Bowl (and why Ohio doesn't belong in the College Football Playoffs)

SONG LIST:
(Opening) "The Christmas Song" - Jimmy Castor
"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" - Gordon Jenkins and the Weavers
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boys" - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
"Joy to the World" - Earth, Wind, and Fire
"1958/Happy New Year Baby" - Jo Ann Campbell
"Auld Lang Syne" - Guy Lombardo