Hey! Michelle with a Mic: The Biggest Boom Yet: 50 Years of WEBN Fireworks

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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Hey Michelle with a mic, bringing you good people with great stories and sharing fun stuff.
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And I'm so excited because one of the biggest events in Cincinnati is coming up and celebrating a huge year, the 50th year of the WE Band Fireworks, which is like the kiss goodbye of summer.
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Even though we hate for the end of summer to come, it is the best event.
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And this year it's even gonna be better.
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And I have on Katie Walters, who is who's been part of it forever and has a fun career path.
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So we're gonna start with that because I am intrigued with, you know, I'm a music girl.
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Right.
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A concert whore is what I call myself.
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Because I love concerts.
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And I went to uh see what to wear for today, and I opened my three big drawers of neatly folded hundreds and hundreds of t-shirts, and I'm like, I'm gonna wear my Kiss t-shirt today.
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I like it.
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I like it a lot.
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Because I had fun to this concert, and I got to get backstage and meet the guys, and they were super fun.
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But um, so I love concerts and I love music, and I don't know how the world would ever survive without it.
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Right.
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But anyway, okay, give me a little snippet on how you got to where you are today doing this fun career.
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Yes, executive producer of the official 50 years Western Southern W EV and fireworks.
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Look at that on there.
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Practice that line over and over, right?
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Um gosh, when I was a senior in high school, so I'm born and raised here.
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I'm uh went to Highlands High School in Fort Thomas.
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And it was kind of crazy.
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They had this uh third-party promotion with Q102 with Coca-Cola, and it was called the Q102 Hot Fun Girls.
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And literally, it's like legit, it was hot outside, it's fun, and the girls are the ones that drive the Jeep around and pour out Coke.
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So I just knew at a really crazy age I wanted to be in radio.
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So when this audition happened, like um city wise, I auditioned and got one of the roles, one of the girls.
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And so I went around with Coca-Cola in a Jeep and passed out drinks at King's Island and all this stuff, you know, for Q102.
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But I wanted a job at the radio station.
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So after the gigs were over, I would literally go back to the radio station when it was at 1906 Highland Avenue.
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And um I would just sit there and go, okay, what do you guys need me to do?
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And they're like, but you're not a stay.
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I go, Oh no, I'm here free.
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I'm here free.
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So I literally would go there all the time and just do like answer phones, or if they needed somebody to help do whatever, or and then they eventually hired me on, and that's how my career started.
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That's amazing.
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Here we are all these years now.
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Way to make that happen 25 years.
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Okay.
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And um, I was at Q for um over 20.
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And then during COVID came and obviously entertainment shut down.
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And so now I am the promotions director of iHeartRadio Cincinnati and the executive producer of the 50th Western Southern WEV in fireworks.
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I think about that one.
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I love how we can practice with the microphone and oh, you're doing perfect thing.
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Yeah.
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So anyway, I'm super proud that I got here, you know, because this is kind of like the pinnacle for what I do and that I've I'm in my own city.
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Yeah.
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So I've never with radio, you people like go to different cities a lot.
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And I've been fortunate my entire career is based here.
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So that's so fun.
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And you have such a fun relationship uh, you know, with social media now.
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You know, it used to be a mystery.
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You never knew what anybody looked like, you know, until the internet, then you finally could peek in a little bit.
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Now we know literally what's going on in the station, right?
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So it's kind of fun.
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You and Willie have a very fun I love Willie videos.
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You and Willie can.
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Yeah, I mean, he is not, he is a trip, and he is such a staunch little guy.
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And you ask him the funniest questions and get him to squirm in his seat.
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It's so funny.
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Every single time he's like, Katie, what are you gonna ask me?
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I'm like, I'm not going to tell you.
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Because then you're gonna prepare, and I don't want to prepare it.
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I don't want to talk about, you know, stuff that he talks about on air.
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Yeah, just want things about him and personal stuff and funny things.
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Right.
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So people get to know him outside of that.
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Yes.
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So it's taken off.
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And um, I really love doing it, but Willie's a trip, man.
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I mean, you know, you're probably nervous at what he's gonna say because he's sometimes I am.
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No, sometimes I'm literally like, okay, you need not say that.
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You said starting over again.
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I was watching one and you were like, you can't.
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And you're like, okay.
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Yeah, what he did.
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Just move on.
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Just move on.
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He's just gonna repeat it and make it louder anyway.
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I mean, it is so funny.
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I love it.
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And I'm lucky to do a little spot uh with Tom Rennerman on Thursday mornings.
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I'm on every Thursday morning, and that is super fun.
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I don't get to go to the station.
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I told him, I'm like, I want to come in one morning.
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I do it from home.
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But it's super fun.
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And always come to the station and do.
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I know.
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I told him, I'm like, I'm coming in one day because it'd be more fun to do it in the station.
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And people think Tom and I are like, you know, best friends because they can picture us like talking back and forth.
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Absolutely.
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Um and the draw that that 700 WLW, wow.
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I had no idea how many people tune in.
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And I get calls from people on Louville and they're like, I'm listening to you, or up north.
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It's just insane how many people from my past or whatever are comment or send me stuff like you need to talk about this, or hey, mention.
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It's just, it really gets the data, is wow.
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It's like just not even like across the country.
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It's like worldwide.
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It's insane.
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I know.
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I mean, it's super cool, and maybe I shouldn't think about it because then I'll be excited.
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I know, right?
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I'm loving people listening.
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Don't overthink.
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Don't do it.
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Totally overthink it.
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Well, what's your favorite part of your job?
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Oh my gosh.
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I would say my favorite part of the job is the execution of events like this.
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I mean, this is what is kind of like my wheelhouse, you know, and I just love being out with the people and putting on things for the community and making everybody happy and bringing music to it and fun to it.
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And it's just always been who I am, really, you know.
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I love that.
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Okay, so tell me.
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You you clearly have been to like, you know, a thousand concerts.
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Oh gosh.
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I know.
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I know.
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No, I know, but I'll just like just like when when somebody talks about concerts, if you're like talking to your like some kids or family and you're like just throwing out fun facts or fun stories, like what are a couple like oh my god moments?
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Like or concerts that you're like, holy crap.
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Because I mean, I've seen you have pictures with everybody, it's so awesome.
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I love a holy crap one.
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Let me think.
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Um well, I will say that um I was this was crazy.
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I was uh back in the early 90s, I want to say it was, I went to a Billy Idol concert, and the music rep for Capitol Records was one of my friends based out of Cleveland.
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So we were backstage and I was like in awe because it's Billy Idol and you grew up with him, right?
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Yeah, for sure.
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And um the next thing you know, they said, Hey, we have to shoot a promotional video for um Capital.
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And do you mind being in the video?
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And I'm like, what?
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So next thing you know, I'm like backstage at Riverbench shooting a video with Billy Idol.
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You were like the Courtney Cox doing were you doing like ideas, right?
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It was crazy.
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So last year, was it last year or the year before?
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I can't remember, he came back to town, and um I had the picture that they took backstage still of us.
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And I went back again and met him and told him the story, and he signed it and was like, no way.
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I love it in a Billy Idol voice.
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That wasn't really good, but yeah.
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So I have a picture of Rod Stewart and myself.
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Yeah.
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And of course, it was canceled the other night.
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But I really want to get that picture signed.
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I met him in LA near a bathroom, like like we're just you know at a restaurant, and it was his birthday.
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So we have a picture and it's so cute.
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But I was like, oh, I need to get this signed.
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Um but that is so fun.
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I love it.
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So, what was your first concert?
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My first concert was Billy Idol.
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No, it was your first.
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Yeah.
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Oh my god.
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Yeah, that's why he's like in my life.
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I love it.
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Where was it?
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Riverbend.
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Okay.
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So mine, ironically, because it is sincere tennis time right now.
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My first concert was Rick Springfield at the ATP.
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Oh.
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So, you know, they had concerts out there back in the 80s.
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This is probably 82, 83.
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Yeah.
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Probably 82.
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And I don't know, they need to bring that back because that venue is perfect for a concert.
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And the traffic getting in and out out of both ways would be really awesome.
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Yeah.
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Um, and like you, I took my ticket because I have every single ticket from every concert I've ever been to.
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You still have them?
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I still have them.
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Started from that, then I just uh I have them all in a thing.
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So I want to do a like literally, it would be a whole wall of tickets.
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But I have all the VIPs and picks and pictures.
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I have everything I've ever had, like the you know, confetti.
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I tried to keep all a little bit of something.
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Um, but he came and did the Taste of Cincinnati and I got him to sign my ticket.
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Oh, you did there?
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Oh, that's cool.
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So I was like, that's awesome, the whole full circle.
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You know what a funny story about the tennis, really quick.
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I played inner club.
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I was in tennis club.
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Okay.
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So we every year they had inner club day out at the ATP.
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Yeah.
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And I think I was like in middle school or something, and we were all hanging out in the parking lot, the Fort Thomas Club, if you will.
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Yes.
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And all of a sudden, John McEnroe comes walking to his car, carrying all his stuff to his rental car.
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And I look over and I'm like, hey, John.
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And he's like, Yeah.
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And I'm like, can I have an autograph?
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And he goes, No.
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He gets in his car and drives away.
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And then they, it's middle school, right?
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So they're all like, oh I've never forgot that.
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Obviously, he was still telling that story.
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That's hilarious.
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Yeah.
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Oh my gosh.
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And that's so John McIntyre.
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Yeah, one million.
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And yeah, and you had no phone to even video it or anything because we didn't have any of that shit.
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No, not that.
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Oh my God.
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Okay, I love that.
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Okay, so that's so fun.
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But you've been backstage and you've got to do all kinds of stuff.
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Yeah.
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I normally run them.
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So it got, you know, it's like what does that mean you run them?
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Um like what goes on in your day with a concert?
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So basically, for the radio stage that I work for, if there is um a backstage meet and greet with winners, either this or that, or um, I'll go back and meet them and I'm the contact person and go back and take them to meet them and leave.
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And uh, it's so crazy because I have two boys and they've been raised.
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Um sure.
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Going backstage with me to where they don't, it doesn't even now they're like 24 and 23, but it doesn't even phase them anymore, you know, because yeah, I was single mom and I had to take them to work with me, and work happens to be backstage.
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I mean, that's amazing, right?
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I mean they were pretty much so raised, just chilling out.
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So they have all these pictures of people too.
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And then it got to the point where I want to say they were probably like middle schooly, maybe five, whatever, and I had to work and was like, Do you want to get with me?
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And they're like, nah, brah.
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Oh, and I was like, Oh, well, it is now past.
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We've now started a new chapter, and they were like, done, yeah.
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So it's cool.
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Oh my gosh.
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But I'm sure you're always gonna be the cool monster.
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For sure.
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Okay, we'll just dabble in a couple more things because I'm obsessed with this.
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Okay.
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Who is some of who is like the nicest, the couple of the nicest people?
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Like oh gosh, they're racist.
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Oh, there's so many.
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Well, that's good because all right, then well, oh, you probably won't name a a real mean person.
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I'm not gonna say that.
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I know you won't, but you probably had them.
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Oh yeah.
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Uh-huh.
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Oh, yeah.
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Where they just treat you like, uh-huh, whatever.
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Yeah, and they well, and they were like really crappy to like the winners, and that makes me angry because if it wasn't for like the people there, you wouldn't, you know.
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And then I had one too.
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Um oh god.
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Tell it.
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No name, no name.
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We will not tell any names.
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This person um started on TV doing like when it was reality show things, but they were also on tour at the same time.
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So there was a lot of famous, you know, going on in this person's world at that time.
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And we were backstage and doing a meet and greet, and they had a um duct tape on the floor.
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And when you went back, they said you had to stand on the duct tape, and the band was gonna go behind you.
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So when you take a photo, it's 2D, right?
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Okay, so you can't tell that you're not together when really you're like feet apart if you had to just walk in and stand there like this and then turn around and walk out.
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Swear to God.
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It's just so funny because I feel like that they don't understand that without these people, you would not be where you are.
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And I just don't understand that.
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Right.
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Yeah, no.
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I feel like most of them are great.
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She's super nice.
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I loved him.
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Oh, I have not seen him.
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I want to see him in concert so bad.
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I love him.
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And he's just funny and fun in his social media.
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Like, I'm he is so talented.
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Yeah.
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I love him.
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And another one I want to say too, um, Taylor Swift.
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And this was back when she was first starting.
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And one thing I love about her, which is so freaking smart, was that after her tours were over, all of the leftover merch that did not sell, yeah, they ship to radio stations all over the country for free to do giveaways with.
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Okay, that's amazing.
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See, I feel like she's such a smart business person.
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So smart.
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And you never thought about it.
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Now you look at her and you're like, oh my gosh.
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You're amazing.
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And you've always heard, I've never really heard anything bad about her.
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And she gives all encompassing.
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She's like a just a yeah, she's good.
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Love her.
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Okay.
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So 50 years.
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This is amazing.
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What does this anniversary mean to EBN and to Cincinnati, do you think?
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Oh my gosh.
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Okay.
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Well, this is gonna be the absolute, look at all my notes.
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I know.
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This is gonna be the absolute um biggest in history ever of the fireworks.
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It's just the monumental 50 golden.
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Um, I'm just gonna give you some stats.
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Can I do stats?
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100%.
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Okay, here we go.
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You ready?
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Yes.
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Thank you, Joe Razzie, by the way.
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Okay.
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And I told Joe too, we always like, I'm like, I just wanted to blow everything up.
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This is crazy.
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Just do it all.
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And it's going to do.
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Here we go.
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Normally there's three barges, and those are in between the two bridges, right?
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Yep.
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This year there are six barges.
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Oh my gosh.
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Two locations.
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So between the normal bridges, yep, and then on the other side of Taylor Southgate, going west, are the other three barges, and that's kind of in the middle of the river.
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Um, also blowing things off of rooftops.
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Oh.
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So we're gonna be blowing things off of the top of heritage.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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So Heritage Bank Center.
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Oh, sorry, I didn't say that.
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You didn't say that.
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I did.
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And also um the AMC at Newport on the Left.
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Oh, okay.
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And let's see.
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Well me, what are other things that are fun on here?
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So there are uh 75 total positions between rooftops, barges, bridges, you know, also the bridges on top of the bridges, the bridges itself, the barges, 75 different um positions total.
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Normally there's only 30.
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Oh my gosh.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so I'm trying to think.
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Well, the boats, well, yeah, because the boats where I'm like trying to think of where you can be to see the best, but you can really be anywhere.
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And everybody's gonna have a different show almost.
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Yeah.
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In a way.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So it's gonna be, I mean, the best way we've even described to everybody is kind of like you're in a snow globe the whole time.
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So wherever you're looking, it's like something's going on off of the roof or off of the barge or off of the whatever, or down here and in the middle, like the other thing.
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And it's just going, and the show is 10 minutes longer.
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That's what I was just gonna ask.
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Yeah, it's 40 minutes this year.
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Oh my gosh.
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I know, I know.
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Let me see.
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I have something else that's really fun.
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I had to get all of this from Joe.
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So normally there are 20 effects in one fireworks show every year, different types of okay.
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There um 20,000, my bad, 20,000.
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This year there are 50,000.
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Oh my gosh, this is gonna be incredible.
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Right.
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And instead of five days of setup and 20 employees, that's what I wondered.
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He's using 10 days of setup and 60 Rozsi employees.
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This is gonna be a full-time gig.
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Full-time gig for the whole city.
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Oh my gosh.
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I know.
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I know.
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Is this gonna the biggest thing that Rossi has ever done?
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Uh, probably.
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Yeah, I mean, I would think it was.
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I mean, we're we're, you know, marketing this as like the biggest boom in America, you know.
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It's like igniting this whole entire thing, and it's just gonna go crazy.
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And um I would be curious to know.
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Thanks to Mr.
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Baird and uh Western Southern for being behind this and saw the vision.
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I mean, we've been working on this for over a year, you know?
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Yes.
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We wanted it to be the one that everybody remembers for their lifetime.
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And it's going, I've seen it because it's digital.
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Oh, right, sure.
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Yeah, they could probably do a pre-doppree.
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It's crazy.
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And the okay, can I tell you one thing about the indie?
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You can tell me anything you want.
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Of course, you're you're jumping ahead because I'm like, okay, tell me some more things to expect.
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Surprises.
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Okay, this is this is good.
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Um, Joe Rossi, as in here, I have to say this on his behalf.
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He says the finale is effing epic.
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I love it.
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And this, okay, so you know how at the very end I call it the booms, he calls it the bombs, but the booms are boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
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Yes, uh-huh.
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You know, which I mean you'll ever say it's like woo-hoo, screaming the entire time.
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There are normally, this is my favorite fact of this whole thing.
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There are normally 600 booms, as I call them, right?
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For the ending.
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Yeah.
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In the last 15 seconds of the show before it's over, there are 1,900 booms.
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Oh my gosh.
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So if you have a dog, you may want to ship them away if they live in the downtown area or northern Kentucky.
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Right because it is going to be insanity.
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Insanity.
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Oh my gosh.
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I know.
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I and I love it.
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I love all that.
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I love when you can feel it.
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Um, you're the past.
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I've been doing the EBM Fireworks, you know, probably since eighth grade, freshman year, high school.
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High school, yeah.
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And we would go down.
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I mean, it was it was the thing to do.
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And you went down first thing in the morning.
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Yeah.
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So the 80s.
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This is the 80s.
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We're going out first thing in the morning, and you put your blanket down to mark your territory on the wall.
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Okay.
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Oh, yeah.
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And then you can't do that anymore.
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You can't do that anymore.
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You can't do any of the things I'm gonna tell you we did.
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Then the guys would come in their pickup trucks with their kegs of beer.
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Oh, yeah.
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And we put them on a dolly and we would take them down to the wall, like near where we were, and you would literally set up that was your area, okay?
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And then people would trickle in and everybody had their thing, and nobody really knew each other.
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You just had your posse.
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And then, fast forward to the end of the night, you're making out with the guy next to you because now you've spent the entire day together and you're now like that.
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That was your dude, because there's nothing more romantic than a keg of beer and some fireworks on a summer night.
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That's um, it literally was hilarious because you'd look around and you're like, oh, there's my friend with, you know, Joe.
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And here's my new buddy, Todd.
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And all the guys.
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I mean, it was just, and then you talked about how the rest, you know, the whole, you know, fall in school because it was like the most epic.
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So A emails about that, how I met my husband.
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I bet works.
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Because it was just you you hung out all day, and then everybody like took care of your your blanket while you went to find somewhere to go to the bathroom, usually, and everywhere.
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And then it always got cool at night, so you always had to bring a sweatshirt.
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Because for some reason, the temperature back then, I don't think it does it as much anymore, but it always got cooler at night.
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It did.
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And you had to bring a sweatshirt.
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You were hot as heck during the day.
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And once that sun went down, it always cooled off.
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Um, and then you'd sit there and the ashes would come flying on you, and the smoke was everywhere, and it was just it is so fun and is such a memory that is etched in your mind from those days.
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And I'm sure this show will be for everyone else too.
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And that whole area now is very family friendly and very cool for everybody to bring their kids, and there's it's a no-alcohol zone, I think, now.
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On the Ohio side.
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On the Ohio side, and then other side, the northern Kentucky side is more more active with the uh and I wanted to say too, I forgot about this.
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The um I didn't forget, we just didn't get there.
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That we're also doing two drone shows.
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Okay, I was wondering because the drones popped up like last year or two.
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Um, yeah, I worked really hard on getting those finally in, so it worked.
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Um so the the Pelo Windows and Doors drone show.
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Okay.
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And thank you to them.
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And there's two.
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So we're shooting them off in Kentucky, and also the Rossies do this.
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The Rossies drone.
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Okay.
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So shooting them off at Kentucky and then shooting them off in Ohio, and they're going off at the same time.
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So that's going to kick it off, like after we do Crowd Wars, and then the drone show is gonna go up and both sides, and then when the drone show ends and the fireworks kicks off.
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So the whole thing this year with the drones and the fireworks is a little over 50 minutes.
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Oh my gosh, that is gonna be unbelievable.
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I know.
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Um, you have to plan going to the bathroom and everything right before it kicks off because you're not gonna want to leave.
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There's no time.
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Um, what's your what's your memory of your first EVM fireworks?
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Oh my gosh.
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Um, well, can I just tell you something different?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Okay.
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So we're not on script here.
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I'm just flying shit out here.
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So this is this is so um back in the day in my uh 20s and 30s, I lived up on the hill on Kentucky Drive in Newport, Kentucky.
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Okay.
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And I had an unobstructed view of the skyline.
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And I would have an EVN fireworks party that I mean, I did it for I think like 15 years or something.
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And I at one point would even build a stage in my backyard and hire a band.
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And so then when the fireworks ended, then the Started and the party went on and on and on, and I did it forever.
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I had it, I had it was the Katie Walters WEBN fireworks party.
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And my friend, um, Dave Shernowski found one of my flyers from back then to me, and I posted every year.
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Because I said when I saw that flyer, I was like, it was like the universe was saying, just wait.
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Yeah.
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Right, right, right.
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Just wait.
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Oh my gosh.
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But I feel like people didn't embrace it.
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For years, we did uh Covington too, and there was the people that owned uh Odd Chalk a lot, those guys, had a huge party.
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And it it was it was drag queens, Shiraco, who was like the oldest and first sh uh drag queen in city, but she would always be at the party.
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It was like a fun party.
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And you would start there and they would make slushies, and you just made your way through the streets all day.
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It's just like an all-day thing.
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And it was so fun, and it was it's just like it's a holiday.
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It truly is a holiday in our city.
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And that's why, too.
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Um, because I was we are having a kickoff concert to the weekend.
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Oh, that's what I was gonna ask.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Thursday blind at MegaCore.
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And um, I really, really wanted it on Thursday because I'm like being born and raised here and being part of this, once everyone sees those bridge banners go up, yes, you stop working.
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Yeah, you stop working, you're not doing anything else.
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And so I really wanted that concert to be on Thursday because the bridge banners are gonna be up.
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And I'm like, nobody's gonna do anything.
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Like, I want them to say, start their weekend on Thursday with Third Eye Blind and Mega Core.
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And at the same time you're at the concert, you can look out and see everything being built and structured and the whole thing going on.
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And um, I said it's like it's a whole weekend a bit, and then of course, Monday, you just get to sleep in.
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So Labor Day is absolutely off.
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Yeah, right.
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Um, well, yeah, because Monday's off.
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Because they did one time switch it to Monday, didn't they do it on Monday once and everybody's like, boo, the worst ever.
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Bring it back to Sunday so you can be off the next day for sure.
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Um, so how do you think it's evolved over the last five decades?
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I mean, it, you know, the first, I mean, we were all in awe when it happened, but now you look to where we are now.
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I mean, it is just it's just it's crazy.
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Was it always set to music even at the beginning?
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Yeah.
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Um, I don't know if I really recall that, or we even it actually it was boom boxes down there, I guess.
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It started out as um um the as a birthday party.
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That's how it started out.
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And there was so much um uh so uh Bo Wood Frank Wood Jr.
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was the one who created it.
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Um, and EBN was 10 years old as a rock station, and he wanted to have a birthday party, and that's kind of how it started.
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And so many people showed up and he wanted to have music to it and have fun.
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And then here we are 50 years later.
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And the crazy thing is, it's the longest soundtracked fireworks show in the entire United States.
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I love it.
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And can I let me say this too?
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And I'm sure you probably experienced it.
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Being born and raised here and having this our entire lives, when you're at another place and there's a fireworks show going off and there's no music, you're like, what lame?
00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.440
What is up?
00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.799
This is so lame.
00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.160
Why is there no music?
00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.279
And you just don't get that.
00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.480
That's because we're special here.
00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:34.799
Yes, you know, yes, and so we were down, my family was been recently vacationing over the Fourth of July together, and the fireworks shows go off, and we now all bring like our JBL speaker and just figure it out because we're like we try to match it up.
00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:40.319
Like, we're from Cincinnati, y'all.
00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.480
Like, we have to like have music to it.
00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.960
So yeah, and I've heard that uh okay.
00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.920
First of all, was that was that birthday party on Serpentine Wall, or where was that original birthday party?
00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.799
Do you think I think it was down there, but you had it down in that area.
00:25:53.119 --> 00:26:00.640
Um yeah, I've heard that it takes you guys, like literally you're planning the next year before the this one even goes off.
00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.039
Oh, yeah.
00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:06.319
And the music and this and syncing everything together and with Rosie to try to plan it all.
00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.720
It's like a kind of a year-long process.
00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:19.359
It's um it starts a year out, but really I want to say kind of after the holidays, like when we come back in January, it's just like it's game on with everything all the way up to it.
00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:24.880
And I will say too, this soundtrack this year's thank you, Miles, um, is amazing.
00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.519
It's amazing.
00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.759
Is there a pretty or is it 50?
00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.039
I mean, just okay, 50.
00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.200
Okay.
00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:32.160
But it's pretty much like the biggest hits of like all okay.
00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.440
It's so good.
00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.559
It's so good.
00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.279
Yeah.
00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.240
I love it.
00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.039
Oh my gosh.
00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.160
She's so happy.
00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:46.240
Um, has there any has there been any, which I'm sure is something like oh no moments that you've uh the public never knew about?
00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:51.039
Like, did anything glitch that you're like, oh shit, that maybe we didn't know about, or is everything?
00:26:52.319 --> 00:27:00.960
Um I did have, I did have, um, I want to say two years ago.
00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:07.519
So we set up and have police guard everything on both sides, right?
00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:15.680
And all of the speakers were set up for the bottom of Serpentine Wall, right on the edge of the river, and it lines it.
00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:21.119
And on Sunday morning, the fireworks day, we get there early and the speakers are gone.
00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:32.960
And as it turned out, some guy in a boat in the middle of the night in pitch dark went sing down the edge and jumped up and threw all the speakers in his boat and took off.
00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.720
You are kidding.
00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.519
No, no, oh my gosh, it was horrible.
00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:42.319
It was horrible, and we're already like maxed out on all of like the audio equipment.
00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:45.359
It was it was Oh my gosh, it was awful.
00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:47.680
And like we just said, the music is the most important part.
00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.720
You cannot not have the speaker.
00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:53.839
And so we learned really quickly after that that we set that up the morning of.
00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:58.559
Okay, that is a lot of equipment to fit on a boat and one and a posse to do that.
00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.680
That is insane.
00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.720
I know, I know.
00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.319
Oh my gosh.
00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:05.279
Um, okay, let's see.
00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:08.319
What's your favorite uh firework effect or grand finale?
00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.960
What's your uh do you have a favorite firework?
00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.599
Like I like to do it.
00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.319
Oh, the waterfall is super cool.
00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.720
The wack-adoos, that's what I call to Joe Rossi.
00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.000
He speaks Katie, by the way.
00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.440
He knows what a wackadoo is.
00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:22.799
And they're kind of like the ones who just fly up and kind of spiral.
00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.359
Spiral.
00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.240
Do you want to know their own?
00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.000
Shall I say what my family calls this?
00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.119
I have a feeling I know what.
00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.839
The spermies.
00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.039
Yeah, I knew you were gonna say that.
00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.079
I knew you were gonna say that.
00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.400
I knew that.
00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.880
Yeah.
00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.079
Because it is, it's what it is.
00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:46.240
They're like it is, and I will say too, what's exciting this year, too, is that Joe um went over to Japan and actually created fireworks that's never been seen before.
00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:49.359
So there's gonna be stuff this year that is never been seen.
00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:55.279
And he's uh bringing back some of the old ones that they don't do, like the big, big ones from back in the day when our parents were growing up.
00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.839
Okay.
00:28:56.079 --> 00:29:04.400
So it's a mixture of, you know, every single thing that you can possibly put into a show is this year.
00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:15.279
You know, and I sometimes I think, and I live downtown and I am looking at the river, and sometimes you see people driving, you know, the highways or whatever, and you're thinking, what if they're like coming home from vacation and they're just they don't live there?
00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:19.359
And you're driving through Cincinnati and you're like, what is happening?
00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:21.279
And I think that's when you see cars just stop.
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:24.079
Yeah, they stop on the bridges, they stop, they pull over.
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:27.680
Because once you see something that could go off, you're not you're not driving through.
00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.680
You probably have kids in your car that are like, let's go.
00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.640
This is amazing.
00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.359
That's for real.
00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.880
I mean it's pull over all the time.
00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.480
All over the place, and and why not?
00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:37.839
And nobody can get mad at that because I'm sure everybody wants to, you know.
00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:42.880
I think I stayed home one year when we lived in Anderson, and I was like, We're we're not going down.
00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.799
And I'm like, never again.
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.319
Because you try to watch it on TV.
00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.920
You're like, this is just terrible.
00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:50.480
I mean, it's not terrible, it's wonderful if that's what you can do.
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.680
But right, once you've seen it and you try to watch it over, you're like, no, I've got to be right there.
00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.039
I've got to be in the thick of it.
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.640
Okay, let's talk about this t-shirt.
00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.039
Oh, yeah.
00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:00.079
I am like, this is the these are, I mean, the gold.
00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:03.200
So tell us the story on this the EBN t-shirt for this year.
00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.680
And you can get these at Kroger or online, right?
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:11.440
Online at WEBN.com, also at uh Kroger around, I'd say Kroger's because we're from here.
00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:14.480
Yeah, Kroger's Tony had that in around the year.
00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.240
And they're also gonna be sold on sites on the Kentucky side and the Ohio side.
00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.720
Okay.
00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:36.640
And so basically, um, we were trying to come up with ideas of the art, and then all of a sudden, with it being a the 50th, it was suggested, let's just go down into the archives of EBN and see what's down there.
00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:39.440
And so that's a treasure crew.
00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.759
I can't even imagine.
00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.039
I would love it.
00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:53.680
So remember when you were in um school and you were in art class and you had those big old like folders where you kept all of your artwork in with your name on it?
00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:55.200
We found one of those down there.
00:30:55.279 --> 00:31:05.599
There's actually more than one, and um opened it up, and there were all of these different hand-drawn uh on the big thick paper, too.
00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.559
It's kind of like yellowy.
00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:10.480
So we brought them all up and looked at everything and decided on this.
00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.440
It's simple.
00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.079
I love it, it's throwback, it's retro.
00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.359
It might be my favorite.
00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.039
It was hand-drawn.
00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.319
This was hand drawn.
00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:23.279
Like when we pulled out the paper, it was like pointalism almost with.
00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.319
I think they call that a kind of art.
00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:27.359
I have one, and it's like taking a pen or a marker to do it.
00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.640
It is so cool.
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.680
It's do you have the same?
00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:31.519
Do you know who the artist who did it?
00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.160
I do not know.
00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.559
I don't I mean, did you get different people to design every year, or is that a contest, or what happens with it?
00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.640
That would be kind of fun to do a contest.
00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.119
Yeah.
00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:45.359
There's been an artist um who's uh have done it over the years, and then they retire and get a new one.
00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:51.759
And then most recently has been Erin uh Strauss has been doing it, and she's amazing.
00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:55.119
And um, yeah, it's always, always an artist.
00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.880
And at this point, this was an artist.
00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:02.720
I mean, it's a really, you know, and so we asked our printer, can you digitize this, please?
00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.079
And they were able to do it in some.
00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.279
I mean, it is super cute.
00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.880
You still have the frog on the back.
00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.400
Yeah, the frog in the western southern list.
00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.039
I mean, it is, I mean, run out and get that with your milk and eggs.
00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.240
Going quick, I'm not lying.
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.039
I might have to go back to the floor.
00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.039
We've already had to do more shipments to courier.
00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.319
They're they're going quick.
00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.160
I'm gonna have to go after this.
00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.960
Yeah.
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.960
That is so fun.
00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.160
Um, okay.
00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.599
Do you have a favorite viewing spot?
00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.640
Do you always do the never like Kentucky side, don't you?
00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:33.440
I am my ground zero is over at um Serpentine Wall.
00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.559
Okay, you're on that side.
00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.279
So I'm on that side.
00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.599
But growing up my entire life, I was always on Kentucky side.
00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.240
Well, it's great because you get the Cincinnati skyline with it.
00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.599
It's just such a great view.
00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:51.519
But I I think this year I think you can't go wrong and it's almost going to be spread out because I feel like you can be with those three new barges, you can be all the way down kind of a nowhere land where you never would have stayed.
00:32:51.759 --> 00:33:09.680
And I was gonna say this too, that um for some people looking for other options of where to go, the logger house, uh, is having a build-up to the boom party, and they have drinks and food and whatever, and because the barge is gonna be like you could be able to see like from there.
00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.319
That's awesome.
00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:14.240
So they're having a lawn party, and um, the headliners are gonna be the menus.
00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.359
So you talk about throwing.
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:24.000
They were so fun, back wretched, everything, a huge party there too, okay, which is a first time, like throwing a big, massive build-up to the boom party.
00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:28.079
And um that's Cincinnati Lagerhouse, which is aka Moor Line House as we know it.
00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:31.119
So they're doing two, so yeah, like you were just saying, all along.
00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:33.599
Yeah, and they have that balcony up there too.
00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.480
You have to get up there and mark your spot pretty early, I would assume.
00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:51.839
So there's stuff all over, and like I said, from you know, from the six different barges in two different locations, and the rooftop in Kentucky, and the rooftop in Ohio, and all the bridges, and the tops of the bridges, the bottom of the bridges, and everything on the wall.
00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.839
I mean, it is literally just everything somewhere you look, it's just crazy.
00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.200
Preset snow globe.
00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:02.079
Like Davu Park would be good, all the parks, you know, the west side um park over there.
00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.279
We'd be that's awesome.
00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.400
Okay, so we're kicking off.
00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.759
Okay, tell us the dates, and it's kicking off Thursday with Third Eye Blind.
00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:10.159
Kicking off third, uh September 3rd.
00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.039
September 3rd.
00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:17.360
And then um Riverfest is actually the fireworks is Sunday, September 6th.
00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:22.559
The side on can on Ohio opens inside the fence line at three o'clock.
00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:28.639
Okay, and then drones are gonna go off at nine, and then following that is going to be the fireworks.
00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:32.320
So you have to take a nap during the day, be all ready to go.
00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:35.360
Um, we talked about so many things, all the things we've never seen.
00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.840
What else do we have?
00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:40.960
Uh with the Cincinnati Warbirds doing their flyovers.
00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.440
Oh, what?
00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.559
From Logan.
00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:45.599
And then also St.
00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:47.599
Elizabeth is doing St.
00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:51.119
Elizabeth Elizabeth Healthcare is doing the flag jumpers.
00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:54.480
So you know what the jump out with the American flag for the 250?
00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:54.960
Yes.
00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:59.280
And they're gonna fly over and then land over there at Bellevue Bets Field, which is also a St.
00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.719
Elizabeth Healthcare field.
00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:04.159
Okay, so the flyover will be before everything expires or what?
00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:11.920
Or like all day from Blanc Green, and then when there's a little bit of break, then the jumpers towards the end of the day are gonna come out with the flag.
00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.719
Oh my gosh.
00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:22.239
And then we have the hourly salutes where we uh at every hour we Joe Rossi blows off the firework, and that's coming off of the AMC theater on top of that as well this year.
00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.639
Okay.
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.159
So there's just a lot.
00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.360
There's a lot going on.
00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.159
A lot going on.
00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:35.920
Oh, and I also have on the Ohio side inside the Riverfest um footprint, um Chris Rusk from um CR carving.
00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:45.679
He's gonna be down on the wall and he's bringing like a tree trunk and he carves it, and he's like an artist and carves it, and it's gonna be some kind of something, something that has to do with obviously what's going on.
00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:49.119
Fireworks, yes, and and frog and no idea.
00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.840
So that's something fun.
00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:52.159
And then we have What happens with that when he's finished, Gina?
00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.639
Do what?
00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.920
What happens with that when he's finished?
00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.280
It's gonna go on a splay.
00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.480
Okay, it's gonna get on a slay.
00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.880
Okay, good.
00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:00.639
And then we also have the um Northern Wrestling Foundation.
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:05.280
They're gonna come in and uh do a couple wrestling matches and fun stuff for the families.
00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:08.400
Oh my gosh, that's and they're the ones that go out to the y'all's every Wednesday.
00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.519
Yes, yes, exactly.
00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.159
They're awesome.
00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.119
I know exactly what I'm saying.
00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:13.280
And then we have an entertainment stage down there.
00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:30.159
I mean, there's there's just something going on and all the food and the benders and the live broadcast, and it's just a huge the biggest celebration in the history with the biggest fireworks show and the biggest drone show and the biggest soundtrack, and it's all us.
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.880
I love it.
00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:36.400
I love it, and that is way more than we used to just sit down there trying to find a boyfriend to kiss with a cake.
00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:38.239
I don't think there was a cake.
00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:40.480
Because I don't think there was any live, I don't even think we did live music.
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:42.320
We had literally hit our boom boxes, yeah.
00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:48.800
Boom box double D batteries for those bad boys for the whole to make it through the night.
00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.360
I remember.
00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.880
I mean, that is literally what we did.
00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:54.800
Um all I'm picturing is guys with no shirt and jeans and a belt.
00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:58.159
Like that's the look that I remember of those times, which is so funny.
00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.679
It's it's true, with big hair.
00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.199
With big hair, big curly hair.
00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.559
And those guys are probably, you know, now bigger with no hair.
00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.039
Yeah.
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.320
Because we're talking 50 years.
00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.480
True.
00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.119
No, I'm just kidding.
00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:12.960
Okay, let's do a little uh lightning round.
00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.519
Oh no.
00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.079
This is fun.
00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.559
You can do this.
00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.679
Oh gosh, I'll go.
00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.199
Your favorite Cincinnati restaurant.
00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.559
Or northern, like whatever.
00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.000
Northern Kentucky can be edited too.
00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.119
Naughty Pine on the Bayou.
00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.800
Oh, I haven't been there in a minute.
00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.440
That reminds me.
00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.079
I need to go back.
00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.719
That that's good.
00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.599
Easy, easy.
00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.079
Okay.
00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:28.159
Well, one was best concert you've ever seen.
00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.960
But what I mean, what what would you say your best concert was?
00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.920
That's it.
00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.880
I think that's a hard one, too.
00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.920
That's a hard one.
00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.320
I know.
00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:42.000
Because I want to like I will say recently, recently, the best concert I've seen was Youngblood.
00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:47.280
Oh, I really shoot.
00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.360
Um okay, what is always in your purse on fireworks day?
00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.800
It's always in my purse.
00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.679
My charger.
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100%.
00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.159
And my phone.
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And Apple's trying to tell me now I need a new phone because it's dying in like an hour and a half.
00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:02.480
Um I I I see what you're doing to me here.
00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.800
Um coffee or cocktails?
00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.159
Cocktails.
00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.719
Okay.
00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:09.440
One word to describe Cincinnati.
00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.280
I this is a hard one, Joe.
00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.079
Community.
00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:14.159
Oh, I like that one.
00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:16.000
I like that one.
00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.760
Um okay.
00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:20.320
Well, I mean, this is so, so fun.
00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:24.000
And let's wrap it up with just one more thing.
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I think if I'll shout out to Abby Branscombe.
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Oh, yeah.
00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.039
Shout out.
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Here, you have a lot of notes.
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Is there anybody on there on your on your acceptance speech for you award that you would like to do that?
00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:35.119
Oh, we are getting forgotten about one more thing.
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But no, yes, tell us all the secrets huge.
00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.000
I love it.
00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.639
Oh my gosh.
00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:40.480
Oh, first of all, thank you to Local 12.
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They're our TV partner.
00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.039
Oh, so that's where you can tune in if you can't get out.
00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:53.360
They're running a special that starts at eight o'clock as a one-hour special on um EBN in the 50 years, and then it's gonna go straight into the live broadcast at nine.
00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.760
Okay.
00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:55.039
So that's channel 12.
00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.760
Thank you for that.
00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:58.800
And also, um, oh my gosh, how'd I forget this?
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New this year, and once one time only, right next to the live broadcast stage, we're having the Lunatic Legacy Lounge.
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So the OG DJs are gonna be able to come back and do autographs and photos, and Wildman's gonna be signing his books and oh, the lunatic fringe of American ethics.
00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.920
Yeah, the lunatic.
00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.440
I wanted to be on the radio.
00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.239
I have a voice for that.
00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.559
I know.
00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.239
And let's see what other shout outs.
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Western, southern, miles, Scott Reinhardt, Chad Schaefer, Stefan Schellhouse, everybody.
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So many people, all my PS amazing night, you know, that we all get to.
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And now all we do is everybody praise don't, don't, good weather.
00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.599
You just gotta pray.
00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.480
Nope, nope, nope.
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It's all things.
00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.159
It's gonna be good weather.
00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:43.519
It's gonna be fantastic.
00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.960
It's gonna be great, right?
00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.599
Everyone?
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It is.
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It's gonna be great.
00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:49.760
Um okay.
00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.079
Like I think we covered, we covered a lot of stuff.
00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.639
We did.
00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.559
Where to watch, da-da-da.
00:39:54.960 --> 00:40:00.480
Okay, so where can people find any updates or anything they need to keep up with what to do or what's going on?
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:02.800
Road closures, all the things, because all that stuff happens.
00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.480
Well on WEBN.com.
00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:04.880
Okay.
00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.760
So there is actually a fireworks exclusive section.
00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.639
Oh, nice.
00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:12.400
So you can go there and um get everything that you need to know.
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I love it.
00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.719
Okay, everybody.
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Uh, get your t-shirt, get your plan.
00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:21.440
I think this is when you're gonna want to really be there to see it if you can.
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Um, and and thank you to you guys for doing it because honestly, it is your way to tell Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky how much you love them because it is an epic situation.
00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.920
And we're so lucky to have it.
00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.480
I love it.
00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:34.800
Yeah.
00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:40.239
And uh cheers to you guys and cheers to you for doing all you do for us to make this happen.
00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:42.559
Because I know it's a shit ton of work.
00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.039
Yes, with a with very few people.
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.599
Yes.
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.159
All right.
00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:48.079
And I don't want to take too much of your time either.
00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:49.840
So thank you so much, everybody.
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Cheers.