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MONDAYS & FRIDAYS, 12p-1p

When the last semester of my senior year started Spring 1996, I realized my schedule was fairly light. So, I asked if I could host radio shows during the week. At 1st, the station manager (rightly so!) gave others a chance, since I already broadcast 3 hours, Saturday evenings. But, several afternoon timeslots remained open, & I grabbed 2. While I was able to play records & tapes in the studio, since the weekday shows were 1 hour long, I opted to only bring CDs to play; thus, the name of the show, which continues today for my radio show history.

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BEGINNING REMARKS:
From studios high atop the Communications Building on the Manchester College campus, welcome to “CD Showcase”. I’m your host, Cort Stevens. For the next hour, I’ll be showcasing some of the best country music offers.
The request line is 982-5272.
I’m here every Monday & Friday from 12 to 1 & on the “Saturday Evening Mostly Country Music Show” 7-10.
& now, kicking off the hour is….

ENDING REMARKS:
Thanks for listening to “CD Showcase” to start your afternoon. Take care & we’ll talk to you over the airwaves again soon….

02/05/1996 PLAYLIST

ALABAMA … song of the south
MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER … hard way
GEORGE JONES … white lightning
LORRIE MORGAN … out of your shoes
JOHN ANDERSON … she just started liking cheating songs
WYNONNA … i saw the light
JOHNNY LEE … picking up strangers
JUICE NEWTON … it’s a heartache
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … angel in disguise
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … don’t make it easy for me
ROBERT ELLIS ORRAL … boom it was over
REBA MCENTIRE … why do we want what we know we can’t have
REBA MCENTIRE … is there life out there
RONNIE MCDOWELL … wandering eyes (requested by Keith A)
JANIE FRICKE … if the fall don’t get you
CARLENE CARTER … come on back

02/09/1996 PLAYLIST

JOHNNY PAYCHECK … take this job & shove it
MICKEY GILLEY … don’t the girls all get prettier at closing time
BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK … rub it in
SYLVIA … nobody
JANIE FRICKE … she’s single again
MARIE OSMOND … somebody else’s moon
SOUTHERN PACIFIC … honey i dare you
DOLLY PARTON … here you come again
DOLLY PARTON … potential new boyfriend
DOTTIE WEST … you pick me up
HANK WILLIAMS JR … all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
HANK WILLIAMS JR … country state of mind
STEVE WARINER … where did i go wrong
KT OSLIN … hold me
CONWAY TWITTY … who’s gonna know
TG SHEPPARD … i’ll be coming back for more

02/12/1996 PLAYLIST

OAK RIDGE BOYS … lovesong
FORESTER SISTERS … just in case
BELLAMY BROTHERS … rebels without a clue
JOHN CONLEE … she can’t say that anymore
GLEN CAMPBELL … still within the sound of my voice
BAILEE & THE BOYS … long shot
KATHY MATTEA … 18 wheels & a dozen roses
RONNIE MILSAP … daydreams about night things
RONNIE MILSAP … i wouldn’t have missed it for the world
GARTH BROOKS … the thunder rolls (for Keith A & Heather R)
JOHNNY CASH … ring of fire
TOBY KEITH … he ain’t worth missing
HOLLY DUNN … only when i love
MICHAEL JOHNSON … give me wings
BARBARA MANDRELL … love is thin ice
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY … still taking chances

02/16/1996 PLAYLIST

WAYLON JENNINGS … are you sure hank done it this way
BELLAMY BROTHERS … if i said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me
GEORGE STRAIT … the fireman
DOUG STONE … come in out of the pain
TANYA TUCKER … would you lay with me
VERN GOSDIN … chiseled in stone
SHENANDOAH … 2 dozen roses
TRISHA YEARWOOD … walkway joe
TRISHA YEARWOOD … a song remembers when
KEITH WHITLEY … 10 feet away
OAK RIDGE BOYS … i’ll be true to you
ROSANNE CASH … i don’t know why you don’t want me
COLLIN RAYE … little rock (for Jill R & Heather R)
SAWYER BROWN … the race is on
DAN SEALS … big wheels in the moonlight

02/19/1996 PLAYLIST

LITTLE TEXAS … what were you thinking
ALAN JACKSON … don’t rock the jukebox
JUICE NEWTON … shot full of love
ALABAMA … forever’s as far as i’ll go (requested by Steve, off-campus)
REBA MCENTIRE … greatest man i never knew
SKIP EWING … it’s you again
GARY MORRIS … headed for a heartache
GARY MORRIS … 2nd hand heart
MARTINA MCBRIDE … independence day
BILLY DEAN … only here for a little while
JUDDS … turn it loose
T GRAHAM BROWN … i wish i could hurt that way again
LACY J DALTON … black coffee
BROOKS & DUNN … my next broken heart
SUZY BOGGUSS … outbound plane

(bonus: hosted part of Jeff & Cary’s 1p show in their absence)
PAULA ABDUL … opposites attract
MICHAEL BOLTON … how can we be lovers if we can’t be friends
CHICAGO … look away
AMY GRANT … hope set high
JOURNEY … open arms
MELISSA MANCHESTER … you should hear how she talks about you
RICHARD MARX … hazard
ROXETTE … the look
REO SPEEDWAGON … time for me to fly

02/23/1996 PLAYLIST

CHARLIE DANIELS … simple man
DOTTIE WEST & KENNY ROGERS … what are we doing in love
SYLVIA … cry just a little
DAVID ALLEN COE … the ride
DOLLY PARTON … think about love
TG SHEPPARD & KAREN BROOKS … faking love
SOUTHERN PACIFIC … new shade of blue (requested by Heather R)
CONWAY TWITTY … happy birthday darling
CONWAY TWITTY … goodbye time
BARBARA MANDRELL … sleeping single in a double bed
MARIE OSMOND … without a trace
GEORGE STRAIT … ace in the hole (requested by Heather R)
EXILE … crazy for your love
HANK WILLIAMS JR … attitude adjustment
BJ THOMAS … another somebody done somebody wrong song
KT OSLIN … come next monday

02/26/1996 PLAYLIST

OAK RIDGE BOYS … lucky moon
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY … what’s forever for
LORRIE MORGAN … train wreck of emotion
RONNIE MILSAP … there’s no getting over me
MEL MCDANIEL … let it roll
WYNONNA … i saw the light
JOHNNY LEE … prisoner of hope
JOHN ANDERSON … 1959
JOHN ANDERSON … straight tequila night
TOBY KEITH … wish i didn’t know now
FORESTER SISTERS … lonely alone
BELLAMY BROTHERS … when i’m away from you
MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER … i feel lucky
JOHN CONLEE … busted
BAILEE & THE BOYS … she deserves you
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … your love’s on the line

03/01/1996 PLAYLIST

DOLLY PARTON … 9 to 5
CHARLIE PRIDE … night games
ALABAMA … love in the 1st degree
BILLY SWAN … i can help
DAVID FRIZZELL & SHELLY WEST … you’re the reason god made oklahoma
CW MCCALL … convoy
ROSANNE CASH … 7 year ache
WAYLON JENNINGS … ain’t living long like this
WAYLON JENNINGS … dukes of hazzard (on TNN 4p & 7p US eastern)
DAVID FRIZZELL … gonna hire a wino (requested by MC Professor Kelly Burns!)
TANYA TUCKER … san antonio stroll
RAZZY BAILEY … she left love all over me
WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD … pancho & lefty
GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE … 2 story house
FREDDY FENDER … wasted days & wasted nights
HANK WILLIAMS JR … a country boy can survive

03/04/1996 PLAYLIST

SUZY BOGGUSS … aces
GARY MORRIS … love she found in me
HOLLY DUNN … you really had me going
RONNIE MCDOWELL … you’re gonna ruin my bad reputation
JANIE FRICKE … your heart’s not in it
LITTLE TEXAS … you & forever & me
SKIP EWING … burring a hole in my heart
BARBARA MANDRELL … midnight angel
BARBARA MANDRELL … if loving you is wrong i don’t want to be right
BILLY DEAN … billy the kid
PATTY LOVELACE … blame it on your heart
BROOKS & DUNN … brand new man
REBA MCENTIRE … the night the lights went out in georgia
T GRAHAM BROWN … she doesn’t love me anymore
GARTH BROOKS … friends in low places
JUICE NEWTON … queen of hearts

03/08/1996 PLAYLIST

ALABAMA … the closer you get
EXILE … kiss you all over
TAMMY WYNETTE … sometimes when we touch (with Mark Gray)
KEITH WHITLEY … homecoming 63
TOM T HALL … i love
SHENANDOAH … she doesn’t cry anymore
DONNA FARGO … funny face
ROSANNE CASH … my baby thinks he’s a train
ROSANNE CASH … blue moon with a heartache
TANYA TUCKER … what’s your mama’s name
WILLIE NELSON … if you’ve got the money i’ve got the time
ALAN JACKSON … here in the real world
EMMYLOU HARRIS … 2 more bottles of wine
COLLIN RAYE … little rock
DON WILLIAMS … i believe in you
SAWYER BROWN … betty’s bein’ bad

03/11/1996 PLAYLIST

BILLY RAY CYRUS … could’ve been me
GEORGE JONES … tennessee whiskey
ALAN JACKSON … love’s got a hold on you [debuted July 1992, 2 weeks at #1]
REBA MCENTIRE … for my broken heart [debuted October 1991, 2 weeks at #1]
RONNIE MCDOWELL … watching girls go by
COLLIN RAYE … that’s my story
BILLY DEAN … only the wind {played cart for STUDENT 1 ACTS}
ALABAMA … there’s no way
ALABAMA … southern star
MARTINA MCBRIDE … independence day [05/19/1996 is Graduation Day]
GLEN CAMPBELL … i have you
MICHAEL JOHNSON … the moon is still over her shoulder
JOHNNY CASH … a boy named sue [debuted July 1969, 5 weeks at #1]
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND … heard it in a love song
CARLENE CARTER … come on back

03/25/1996 PLAYLIST

GARTH BROOKS … the thunder rolls
BARBARA MANDRELL … happy birthday dear heartache
JOHN CONLEE … i don’t remember loving you
JOHNNY LEE … 1 in a million [debuted 10/25/1980, 2 weeks at #1]
BELLAMY BROTHERS … i need more of you
FORESTER SISTERS … i fell in love again last night
GARY MORRIS … why lady why
OAK RIDGE BOYS … elvira [debuted April 1981, #1 country charts, #5 Billboard Hot 100]
OAK RIDGE BOYS … american made
JUDDS … born to be blue
RONNIE MILSAP … she keeps the home fires burning
JANIE FRICKE … it ain’t easy bein’ easy [debuted September 1982; S Whitley IN native]
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … somewhere between right & wrong
JUICE NEWTON … break it to me gently [debuted August 1982, 2 weeks at #2 country; #11 Billboard Hot 100]
T GRAHAM BROWN … don’t go to strangers

03/29/1996 PLAYLIST

TG SHEPPARD … party time
KT OSLIN … this woman
CONWAY TWITTY … that’s my job
MARIE OSMOND … 99% of the time
SOUTHERN PACIFIC … trail of tears
GEORGE STRAIT … does ft worth ever cross your mind [September 1984 debut]
GEORGE STRAIT … baby’s gotten good at goodbye [January 1989 debut]
SYLVIA … fallen’ in love
DOTTIE WEST … lesson in leaving
GARY STEWART … she’s actin’ single
WAYLON JENNINGS … luckenbach texas
DOLLY PARTON … i will always love you
DON WILLIAMS … good ole boys like me
HANK WILLIAMS JR … all my rowdy friends [debuted October 1984; now used for ABC’s “Monday Night Football”]

04/01/1996 PLAYLIST

{played “kick-starting your weekend” cart as April Fool’s joke}

MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER … he thinks he’ll keep her
JOHNNY CASH … ring of fire [7 weeks at #1, 1963]
CARLENE CARTER … i fell in love
RONNIE MCDOWELL … you made a wanted man of me
HOLLY DUNN … love someone like me [2 week at #1, 1987]
TOBY KEITH … a little less talk & a lot more action
SKIP EWING … the gospel according to luke
LITTLE TEXAS … some guys have all the love
LITTLE TEXAS … stop on a dime
SUZY BOGGUSS … someday soon
GLEN CAMPBELL … still within the sound of my voice [debuted October 1987, 23 weeks on the country charts, #5]
KATHY MATTEA … where’ve you been [debuted November 1989, 26 weeks on the country charts, #10]
STEVE GOODMAN … go cubs go [in honor of Opening Day: San Diego @ Cubs, 2:20p US eastern]
ALABAMA … tennessee river
MARTINA MCBRIDE … independence day (requested by MC Professor Kelly Burns, who spent the hour grading Controversy & Criticism midterms)
BARBARA MANDRELL … in times like these

04/12/1996 PLAYLIST

SOUTHERN PACIFIC … reno bound
DON WILLIAMS … you’re my best friend
TAMMY WYNETTE … ’til i can make it on my own [debuted 02/14/1976, spent 15 weeks on the country charts, #1]
COLLIN RAYE … man of my word
ELVIS PRESLEY … moody blue [#1 in 1976]
DOLLY PARTON … tie our love in a double knot
ANNE MURRAY … could i have this dance [#1 in 1980; featured in movie ‘Urban Cowboy’]
EXILE … crazy for your love
EXILE … nobody’s talking
TG SHEPPARD … only 1 you
TERRI GIBBS … somebody’s knockin’
TRISHA YEARWOOD … walkaway joe
WILLIE NELSON … always on my mind [1982 CMA Single Of The Year; 2 weeks at #1, 21 weeks on the country charts; #5 Billboard Hot 100]
DAVID ALLEN COE … the ride
KT OSLIN … i’ll always come back [debuted 01/30/1988, spent 21 weeks on the country charts, #1]

04/15/1996 PLAYLIST

OAK RIDGE BOYS … everyday [debuted July 1984, 21 weeks on the country charts, #1]
SUZY BOGGUSS … aces
LACY J DALTON … black coffee {perfect for Rainy Monday & Tax Day}
LITTLE TEXAS … what were you thinking
FORESTER SISTERS … i’d choose you again [debuted June 1987, 24 weeks on the country charts, #1]
BILLY DEAN … billy the kid
JUDDS … young love [debuted February 1989, spent 21 weeks on the country charts, #1]
RONNIE MILSAP … smokey mountain rain [debuted October 1980, spent 14 weeks on the country charts, #1]
RONNIE MILSAP … stranger in my house
PATTY LOVELACE … you will
JOHN CONLEE … she can’t say that anymore
BARBARA MANDRELL … i was country when country wasn’t cool (with George Jones)
JOHN ANDERSON … straight tequila night (requested by Heather R)
REBA MCENTIRE … why do we want what we know we can’t have
ALABAMA … i’m in a hurry {tax day}
BAILEE & THE BOYS … oh heart

04/19/1996 PLAYLIST

EARL THOMAS CONLEY … finally friday
CHARLIE RICH … a very special love song [debuted February 1974, spent 14 weeks on the country charts, 3 at #1]
ROSANNE CASH … i don’t know why you don’t want me
KEITH WHITLEY … i get the picture
MICKEY GILLEY … don’t the girls all get prettier at closing time
STEVE WARINER … where did i go wrong [debuted March 1989, spent 22 weeks on the country charts, #1]
SOUTHERN PACIFIC … all is lost
TRISHA YEARWOOD … you say you will
TRISHA YEARWOOD … devil in disguise [‘Honeymoon in Vegas’ movie]
CONWAY TWITTY … i wish i was still in your dreams
OAK RIDGE BOYS … bobbie sue
MERLE HAGGARD … are the good times really over
KT OSLIN … hey bobby
GEORGE STRAIT … amarillo by morning
MARIE OSMOND … i’m in love & he’s in dallas
JEANNE PRUETT … satin sheets [debuted March 1973, spent 18 weeks on the country charts, 3 at #1]

04/22/1996 PLAYLIST

DAN SEALS … bop [1986 CMA Single Of The Year]
MARIE OSMOND … more than dancing
EXILE … hang onto your heart
LEE GREENWOOD … somebody’s gonna love you
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND … american dream
EDDIE RABBITT … suspicions
EDDY RAVEN … i got mexico
JUDDS … rocking’ with the rhythm of the rain (this morning’s early storms)
JUDDS … had a dream
KENNY ROGERS … i don’t call him daddy
STATLER BROTHERS … whatever happened to randolph scott
FORESTER SISTERS … don’t you
BROOKS & DUNN … lost & found
GARY MORRIS … between 2 fires
JOHN CONLEE … rose colored glasses

04/26/1996 PLAYLIST

(my sister’s birthday)

GARY MORRIS … wind beneath my wings
MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER … i feel lucky
JOHN CONLEE … blue highway
EXILE … i don’t want to be a memory
VINCE GILL … it doesn’t matter anymore
LEE GREENWOOD … i don’t mind the thorns
CRYSTAL GAYLE … heart mender
DAN SEALS … 1 friend [debuted October 1987, 26 weeks on the country charts, #1]
DAN SEALS … factory town
JUDDS … change of heart
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND … oh what a love
EDDY RAVEN … joe sure knows how to live
KENNY ROGERS … crazy
STATLER BROTHERS … i’ll go to my grave
SUZY BOGGUSS … outbound plane
COLLIN RAYE … my kind of girl

04/29/1996 PLAYLIST

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY … still taking chances
EDDY RAVEN … shine shine shine
RONNIE MCDOWELL … i dream of women like you
CARLENE CARTER … i fell in love
TOBY KEITH … he ain’t worth missing
ALAN JACKSON … don’t rock the jukebox [debuted May 1991, spent 20 weeks on the country charts, 3 at #1]
LORRIE MORGAN … dear me
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … honor bound
EARL THOMAS CONLEY … don’t make it easy for me
JUICE NEWTON … love’s been a little hard on me
SKIP EWING … burning a hole in my heart
BILLY DEAN … somewhere in my broken heart (requested by Heather R; mentioned Senioritis article in 04/26/1996 “Oak Leaves” newspaper)
MARTINA MCBRIDE … independence day (in honor of reception for Kelly Burns, leaving MC for Indianapolis)
T GRAHAM BROWN … she couldn’t love me anymore
LIONEL CARTWRIGHT … give me his last chance
GLEN CAMPBELL … rhinestone cowboy (debuted June 1975, spent 21 weeks on the country charts, 3 at #1; 2 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100]

05/03/1996 PLAYLIST

CHARLEY PRIDE … night games
TANYA TUCKER … what’s your mama’s name
SAWYER BROWN … used to blue
SHENANDOAH … see if i care
DOTTIE WEST … lesson in leaving
TG SHEPPARD … finally
DOUG STONE … come in out of the pain
DOLLY PARTON … tennessee homesick blues
DOLLY PARTON … 9 to 5
JOHNNY PAYCHECK … take this job & shove it
RICKY VAN SHELTON … wear my ring around your neck (from the movie ‘Honeymoon In Vegas’)
SYLVIA … snapshot
EXILE … nobody’s talking
GEORGE JONES … he stopped loving her today (1980 CMA Single Of The Year)
ROSANNE CASH … 7 year ache
WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD … pancho & lefty

05/06/1996 PLAYLIST

JEANNIE C RILEY … harper valley pta [debuted August 1968, spent 14 weeks on the country charts, 3 at #1; #1 Billboard Hot 100] (for Mom, Dad & Sister on their way home … were here for the Honors Convocation)
JOHN ANDERSON … straight tequila night
BELLAMY BROTHERS … forget about me
SUZY BOGGUSS … letting go
BILLY DEAN … billy the kid
MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER … i feel lucky
JOHNNY LEE … prisoner of hope
REBA MCENTIRE … why do we want what we know we can’t have
REBA MCENTIRE … for my broken heart [debuted October 1991, spent 20 weeks on the charts, 2 at #1]
TOBY KEITH … should’ve been a cowboy [debuted March 1993, spent 20 weeks on the charts, 2 at #1]
LYNN ANDERSON … rose garden
RONNIE MCDOWELL … i dream of women like you
JANIE FRICKE … somebody else’s fire [S Whitley IN native]
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY … what’s forever for
OAK RIDGE BOYS … elvira
CARLENE CARTER … come on back (hope you listeners come back for Friday & Saturday shows!)

05/10/1996 PLAYLIST

JOHN CONLEE … friday night blues
DAVID ALLEN COE … the ride
BARBARA FAIRCHILD … teddy bear song [2 weeks at #1 in 1973]
COLLIN RAYE … little rock (requested by Heather R)
FORESTER SISTERS … lonely alone
SAWYER BROWN … heart don’t fall now
JUICE NEWTON … queen of hearts [debuted 1981, #14 country charts, 2 weeks at #2 on Billboard Hot 100]
HANK WILLIAMS JR … major moves
HANK WILLIAMS JR … born to boogie
THE KENDALLS … heaven’s just a sin away [4 weeks at #1 in 1977]
TG SHEPPARD … somewhere down the line
KT OSLIN … 80s ladies [her 1st Top 10 in 1987]
SOUTHERN PACIFIC … new shade of blue [2 weeks at #2 in 1988]
DOLLY PARTON … think about love
MARIE OSMOND … raining tears
CONWAY TWITTY … goodbye time