Author Archives: Jeff Winfield

Thanks to everyone who signed up last week for tickets to the Goodguys 31st Speedway Motors Heartland Nationals at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. 105.7 KOKZ congratulates: Mike Pulkrab of C...

It's Fathers Day Weekend, it's also the first one since my dad passed away last August. I don't mention this to garner any sympathy, sadly I didn't have much of a relationship with my father. Things w...

Nina Blackwood hosts Absolutely 80's every Saturday night from 9 to midnight on 105.7 KOKZ, and today's Forgotten 45 can be heard again tomorrow night. It's from the Australian band Moving Pictures wi...

This Sunday on classic American Top 40, Casey Kasem takes us back to June 25th, 1988 and today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 can be heard again on this show. It's from Robert Plant "Tall Cool One" a song tha...

105.7 KOKZ is proud to be the home of Classic American Top 40 countdowns every weekend! This Saturday from 9 to noon Casey counts down the top songs from June 14th, 1975. Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 ...

George Alan O'Dowd is celebrating his 61st Birthday today, you know him better as Boy George, the flamboyant lead singer of Culture Club. The band burst on to the scene in 1982 with their hit "Do You ...

Happy 73rd Birthday to Dennis Locorriere. Who is Dennis Locorriere? He's the lead singer of Dr. Hook, a band that has today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, "Better Love Next Time", a song that reached #12 on ...

For those who aren't aware, Mike Waters suffered a heart attack back in December and has been undergoing cardiac rehab while still entertaining the listeners of KOKZ. Well on Monday afternoon, he had ...

Is a song truly "forgotten" if Mike "Dr. of Music Knowledge" Waters doesn't remember it? I found one he doesn't remember, but lets see if you do. We all remember Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island" a #9 h...

I've often mentioned certain songs bring up "gravel road music" memories. One of those bands is Night Ranger. Back in the carefree college days of the early to mid 80's, great times! Today's Forgotten...