Welcome to route56.com
Welcome to my anchor point on the web. For over 20 years, I have shared various subjects regarding highway, railways, local radio, and more.
I chose the name “route56” in honor of the green and white variant of the US Highway shield that the Kansas Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency used specifically to mark US 56 from the designation of US 56 in 1956 until KDOT elected to adopt the standard black-and-white design in the mid-1980s
Click on the links above to access the pages devoted to the history of local radio and Kansas Highways, along with other creative outlets.
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Latest Blog Posts
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Three songs playing over and over…
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in GeneralI’m sure you’ve heard the joke about stations with tight playlists being derided as “playing the same three songs over and over.” Right now, KQTP (“US 103”), licenced to St. Marys but serving the Topeka market, is doing just that, specifically “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry, “Kiss This” by Aaron Tippin, and “Gone Country” by Alan…
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Dang, It’s Cold
While refilling my supposedly empty washer fluid basin, I found that it wasn’t quite as empty. I had the bug-cleaning formula of Prestone, and the recent cold snap caused the mixture to freeze solid!!! Meanwhile, I’m stupid enough to go train watching after over half a foot of snow fell on Wendsday. I did wait…
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Huskers in Kansas
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in GeneralWhile out and about last night, I saw two seperate vehicles (a Lexus SUV and a minivan) both carrying Kansas vanity tags reading “HUSKERS” In addition to the fact that we clearly have Nebraska fans in northeast Kansas along side the K-Staters, It also demonstrated the fact that vanity plates are issued by county, and…
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct
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in GeneralAt the end of the KU-Nevada game, KU made a last-second attempt to tie the score with Nevada. There was some physicality in the lane as time expired, but no foul call. Coach Self was very animated toward one of the officials. The Crowd also had their say with an very audible call of “bull$hit.”…
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The future of elections….
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Over at the fairgrounds this afternoon, the county brought in vendors to demonstrate their voting systems. One Vendor used a exclusive touch screen system, the others featured touch screen and optical ballot options. One even had the ability to transfer from a touch screen to a optical ballot. Being in the IT realm, I know…
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10 years
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in PersonalWith the repost of the “Allison and the train” photo and subsequent posting to the front page, I’m officially marking off the 10th Anniversary of my web presence. Allison Carson (or Allison Foster, as she was know before getting married) has always been in my corner, as well as a great friend. Her entire family…
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Parked…
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in GeneralMore from the “Sports related people getting into trouble” department… Kurt Busch, driver of the #97 car for Roush Racing, was taken in for reckless driving this weekend in Phoenix, sit of today’s race. In response, car owner Jack Roush “suspended” him for the two remaing races he would have been in for Roush. He…
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Followup on cheerleading story
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in GeneralAccording to The Smoking Gun and WKMG-TV, the two Cheerleaders involve in a Bar Fight early Sunday were cut from the squad for “Actions Detramental”. The teammate that was “impersonated” has been suspended pending an investigation into how her DL got into the possession of the other girls. WKMG is also reporting that Penthouse is…
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Actions Detrimental…
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in GeneralAccording to this article at SI.com, two cheerleaders for the Carolina Panthers were arrested early Sunday morning in Tampa after getting in a barroom brawl. Patrons were complaining about the two taking too long in the little girl’s room, and accused them of engaging in extracurricular activity. One of the girls threw a punch at…