With more than 42 years combined in the hospitality industry, a pair of bar and restaurant veterans are bringing a unique drinking and dining destination to downtown Allentown.
How Rush Limbaugh Came to Be on WBCK, Battle Creek
Rush Limbaugh-EIB Network Photo
Back in 1991, I’d been at WBCK for a little over a year doing the Mid-Day show. The Program Director, a giant and jovial guy with a big voice named Smokin’ Joe Dawson, called me into his office and said, “What do think of this guy, Rush Limbaugh? I’m thinking of putting him on WBCK”. I said, “Who is Rush Limbaugh?”
At that time, WBCK was at 930 on the AM dial. Dave Eddy was the Morning Mayor, and Tom McHale was the News Director. I was on from 10 am to 3 pm. Dave Eddy hosted “Midday Magazine” from the McCamly’s Roof Restaurant inside the Stouffer Battle Creek Hotel, from noon to 1 pm. The station was also local from 3 pm to 7 pm. Talknet came on, live via satellite after that, and the station had syndicated programming until 5:30 am. In those days it was a radical idea for a local station to put on a nationally syndicated program during the day
COLUMBIA- The Roof restaurant at The Broadway Hotel is known for their deck patio that overlooks downtown Columbia.
The restaurant set COVID-19 protocols, such as mandatory masks and the spacing out of tables. However, they also set up heated igloos on their patio to allow customers to dine outside, social-distance and enjoy the view. Â
The Roof set up the heated igloos last winter, as they wanted to expand their outdoor business, as the winter months are usually their slow season, general manager Jim Evans said. This year, the second season of having them, they ve been very popular, Evans said. Â
A restaurant in downtown Columbia has a creative way to navigate outdoor dining this winter.  Steffi Roche, KOMU 8 Reporter