WLHA Back on BBC Radio 5 Live
Radio 5 invited Casey and Deke back for a look back at 2020 and also a look ahead to what Deke and WLHA have in store for the new year. When it comes to American radio there is no question that the BBC counts on WLHA to “be there” when they call. Listen to the […]
WLHA Welcomes Tom Bolger
WLHA is proud to welcome to our air staff Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Famer Tom Bolger. Tom is a broadcast leader whose career with Wisconsin based Forward Communications Corporation, parent of six television and ten radio stations, spanned 30 years. He was President and General Manager of WMTV, Madison, 1963-1980, Forward’s Chief Operating Officer, 1980-84 […]
Being There! at the BBC
Casey the K writes: Dan Breenan is the host of the afternoon show on BBC 5 radio. Dan had us on his show a few months ago as one of the first BBC interviews focused on Deke Duncan joining WLHA. This was a couple of days ahead of the BBC Breakfast TV show. I sent him […]
Send a Request Through Alexa!
WLHA has one of the most advanced Alexa Skills of any radio station on earth. In addition to asking which song is playing you can now ask WLHA to play your request just by saying the following to your Alexa device: “Alexa ask WLHA to play (name of song). An instant notification will be sent […]
Deke Duncan on Access Hollywood
Deke was profiled by Access Hollywood just before we landed him here at WLHA so we’re not mentioned but this is a great report anyway!
Never Miss Deke Duncan
You can set a reminder on Alexa to listen to the Deke Duncan show every Sunday on the Big 64 WLHA. Watch the video below to see how it’s done! Only one problem. Alexa has never heard of anyone named Deke. But the reminder will still work.
Ask What Song is Playing
One of the drawbacks of Alexa is that even on display enabled devices like the Show or the Spot Alexa will not display “now playing” metadata. But the new WLHA Alexa Skill has a neat work around. You can ask Alexa which song is playing. Phrasing is somewhat important here. You need to “ask WLHA”. […]
New WLHA Alexa Skill
We’ve updated the WLHA Alexa Skill to make it better (and make it work!)
To enable WLHA on your Echo devices or other Alexa enabled devices like the Voiz AIR Radio just say “Alexa enable WLHA”. That’s it. After that you can just say “Alexa play WLHA”. Send an email to alexa@wlharadio.com if you run into any difficulties.
Manchester’s TheManc Picks Up on Deke and WLHA
Manchester news site picks up themanc.com picks up the story of local boy made good Deke Duncan and his arrival at WLHA. Read the story here.
Deke and Casey the K on the BBC Breakfast Show
To cap off all the BBC coverage of Deke Duncan’s arrival at WLHA, Deke and Casey were on the national BBC Breakfast Show on Sunday, October 11th. This required Casey to be up at 1am to meet the air time but as you see he looks bright and chipper. For reasons known only to the […]