I am originally from Los Angeles, but grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. In between I spent two years of my childhood in Montana. One in Great Falls and the other in Havre. My mom married a Canadian when I was 9, and we moved to Canada. Because the winters in Edmonton were too damn cold, I moved back to California once I was 21. My radio career has taken me to Casa Grande, Ariz., and to Palm Springs, Fresno and San Luis Obispo, Calif., and back to Edmonton, and Yakima. I play poker, basketball and flag football in my free time. My claim to fame is that my wife Monica is sisters with the former Miss El Salvador 1996, who came in sixth in that year's Miss Universe competition. Of course I think my wife is prettier than her sister! I also have a 12-year-old daughter named Noel who is in junior high and was the fifth-grade champion high jumper.
Andy Winford
Proof That Fantasy Football Is Even Bigger Than The NBA, MLB Or NHL… COMBINED!
According to Forbes Magazine the annual revenue generated from Fantasy Football has reached $70 Billion. Yes, that's billion with a b. Fantasy Football has existed for a few decades but it really took off with the proliferation of the internet...
Guess What Angel These Lips Belong To And You Could Pick Up A Pair Of Hinder Tickets
We know. It's hard to be faithful -- especially when the lips of an angel are involved.
But pucker up, buttercup. If you can give us a true answer here, you just might pick up a pair of tickets to Hinder's Sept. 28 show at the Central Washington State Fair.
“Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy”
My weekend hobby is trolling estate sales looking for mid-century furniture. Along the way I see items like the "Kwik Way" electric iron in the photo above. You see, IT'S ELECTRIC! Isn't that amazing??!! Well it was in 1932. Prior to that people had real irons made of iron and had to heat them up on their wood fired stoves...
Guess What Angel These Lips Belong To And You Could Pick Up A Pair Of Hinder Tickets
We know. It's hard to be faithful -- especially when the lips of an angel are involved.
But pucker up, buttercup. If you can give us a true answer here, you just might pick up a pair of tickets to Hinder's Sept. 28 show at the Central Washington State Fair.
The Bidding Is Open For This Year’s Fall Auction!
It's ON!
The bidding is now open in our twice-yearly Seize the Deal auction, featuring a wider-than-ever range of goods and services.
It's a pretty simple system: The whole sale is online, so all you need to do is scroll through the sale items, enter your bid and watch for your deal to come through...
Should Washington Change Its Motto From ‘The Evergreen State’ To ‘The Apple State’?
Most people who aren't from Washington imagine our entire state as awash in evergreen trees with pine smell in the air and cool, overcast weather. Obviously that's only true for the west side ... an area only occupying the area from the Cascades west, about 40 percent of Washington state. The rest of the state is typically sunny and dry.
My Memories of 9/11
On September 11th, 2001 my wife and I had just woken up to start getting ready for work right around 6am. The first plane had already crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center when my mother-in-law called to tell my wife to turn on the television...
This Is What It Looks Like When You Kill A Man With Your Bare Hands
OK, so I was picking blackberries on the outskirts of Selah when I took this photo, but why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Blackberries are tasty, but they stain your hands... with blackberry juice mixed with your own blood due to the extreme thorniness of the bushes...
Celebrity Auction For Charity Coming Soon
Every year we here at KATS and Townsquare Media work with Bill Harris Used Cars to put on "10 Deeds In 10 Days" to benefit various charities in the Yakima Valley. This year we'll be hosting a new "deed" at KATSfm.com... It'll be the Rock N Roll Celebrity Auction tentatively scheduled for October 3rd through the 7th...
36,000 Feet In The Air Is The Best Place To Shoot Photos!
You can't get photos like this eating chips on your couch. Yesterday, during my flight from San Jose to Seattle I was able to capture this amazing image from the left side of the plane. Judging by the fact we were about an hour and 40 minutes into the flight, I'm assuming the city below was Olympia, but that's just me taking a wild guess...
Unnecessary Warning Signs Make Us Roll Our Eyes
Some signs make sense, especially where the observer might be enticed to an area or activity that might prove harmful. Signs like "no skateboarding" posted on a parking lot on a slope (the businesses owners could be liable if someone gets hurt), "warning: guard dog" would be useful to a would-be thief or "speed limit enforced by aircraft" might be all someone needs to
Rolling Porta-Potties Inspire Parody Of Alabama’s ‘Roll On 18-Wheeler’
I hung out in California over the weekend and on my way to the San Jose airport to catch a flight home to the YKM, I saw this on the freeway, which inspired this parody of a classic Alabama song. I apologize in advance if you can never hear it the same way again...