October 25, 2012 On June 30th of this year, Ryan Wimbish of Richmond, was the winner of the B-98.5 Texaco Country Showdown. We all had a feeling here at the radio station that Ryan had what it took to go a long way in the showdown. Then in Sep
October 24, 2012 BIG CONCERT NEWS!! BIG CONCERT NEWS!!
Brantley Gilbert and Aaron Lewis are coming to Alfond Arena in Orono on December 11th! Tickets are on sale now! Tickets range from $20 to $40. You can get your tickets by going to the UMaine Student Entertainment Box Office.
Brantley Gilbert is a singer/songwr
October 8, 2012 If you have never been to the Damariscotta, it's a beautiful place. The ocean village really comes alive during the summer months, but for the past 6 years the Pumpkinfest and Regatta has brought this town to life!
October 4, 2012 Join B98.5 this Sunday in Damariscotta for the 1st ever Pumpkinstock concert. It's a free concert for the whole family starting at 4pm at the Round Top Farm Barn in Damariscotta. The concert will feature 3 bands, the Cahoots, The Nikki Hunt Band and Sharon Buck and Dixon Road! This will go on rain or shine!
September 14, 2012 What a great summer it has been for Maine country music fans! I know summer doesn't start until June, but the season of country concerts started in May with Dierks Bentley and the Eli Young Band rocking the Augusta Civic Center!
September 13, 2012 If you weren't there, you missed a great concert last night. Country music star and 5 time Grammy Award winning artist Mary Chapin Carpenter was in concert at the Waterville Opera House. Most of the people there saw her in concert at Sugarloaf back in the summer of 1993. At least, I think it was 1993. It's been so long I can't remember. But it's about time she came back!
September 12, 2012 Ryan Wimish of Richmond will be traveling to the Tunbridge World Fair in Tunbridge, Vermont this Saturday, September 15th to represent B98.5 in the New England State Finals of the Texaco Country Showdown. Ryan was our local winner on June 30th at our event during the 'Day At Capitol Park'
It's been an interesting few days for LeAnn Rimes. Wednesday it was announced that she would headline a show at the Oxford Fair. Thursday she admitted herself into rehab for stress management. Now, she has filed a lawsuit with the L.A. County Superior Court against Kimberly and Lexi Smiley, two woman who allegedly recorded a conversation with Rimes in an effort to create a smear campaign against the singer.
Congratulations to Julie Ketchen of Winthrop. It was Julie's lucky night. Just for stopping by our live broadcast Patriot Fireworks, Rt. 202, Monmouth she won a pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT Jason Aldean/Luke Bryan concert Sunday night at the Bangor Waterfront Pavillion
August 30, 2012 The Don Campbell Band has been making music for almost 20 years! You can see them this Friday night at the Great Windsor Fair. The Don Campbell Band were winners of the 1999 True Value Country Showdown and have been recording in Nashville ever since. They have opened for Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Keith Urban and many more of country music’s best!
