Latest news with #Vinylthon
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Newly found ‘ghost sign' tells historians about Sioux City's past
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – History is everywhere in downtown Sioux City, and sometimes all you have to do is look up. Sioux City was founded in the 1850s, and as the city has grown, many buildings of the past have been maintained throughout the years. 74th annual Morningside Days approaching 'The earliest portions of Sioux City are what are today a part of downtown, so all of our downtown area is, to a degree, historic,' said Tom Munson with the Sioux City Public Museum. 'Yes, there has been redevelopment from that from the 70s and 80s and 90s up until today, and yes, a lot of things are gone, but there are some really nice clusters of historic buildings.' Each building has a story to tell, and so-called 'ghost signs' help historians find out a bit more about that building's past. 'They tell us other stories about what may have gone on in that building,' Munson said. 'They may reflect the original owners, they might reflect products made by that particular company, or they may reflect later generations. I know there are several buildings in downtown that have multiple layers of ghost signs.' Recently, an old Hamm's Beer advertisement was found just behind some siding at the Red Room Lounge on West 7th Street. 'It was built sometime between 1888 and 1890, and they opened a grocery store on that corner up until the 1920s when a plumbing business moved in,' Munson said. 'By the 1940s all the way up to the early 1960s, it was an ice cream parlor. First time it becomes a bar is in 1962.' Each year, Historic Preservation Week is held to bring awareness to Sioux City's vast history, and Sioux City Public Museum officials say there's always two types of people that come out each year. Morningside University Campus Radio Station participates in Vinylthon ''I remember this place from when I was younger and I want to learn more about it,' or the person is 'I've never seen this before and I want to learn more about it,'' Munson said. 'So you have the person who lived through an experience with that particular neighborhood or with that particular structure, and then you have the person who is just wanting to know all they can, especially newcomers to Sioux City.' Historic Preservation Week will be celebrated from May 5 through May 10. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
74th annual Morningside Days approaching
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The 74th annual Morningside Days is quickly approaching. The annual event will kick off on May 15 with the Morningside Days Parade on Morninside Avenue. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Morningside University Campus Radio Station participates in Vinylthon Following the parade all the way through May 19, there will be a carnival located in the Mornignside Library's parking lot. Anyone who would like to participate in the parade can register at Drilling Pharmacy. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Morningside University Campus Radio Station participates in Vinylthon
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — It's a big weekend at Morningside University's campus radio station KMSC as they participate in Vinylthon. It's a 24-hour celebration of vinyls. It started at noon on Saturday and the plan is to go to noon on Sunday playing nothing but vinyl albums. 'Vinylthon is a nationwide event that college radio stations can participate in. You register at the beginning of the year and you play vinyl records for 24-hours straight on air. Which is a little bit different from what we've been doing. Usually, I have a computer that auto-plays music, auto plays PSA's. I can set it and forget it,' said Ahndreya Roberts, the Student Radio Director, at Morningside Campus Media. The station is all automated and plays digital music, so there weren't many vinyl albums around. Luckily the Morningside staff and kicked in with their record collections. 'A lot of our collection this year was donated by Doctor Greg Guelcher here at Morningside. He has come to vinylthon and been a guest DJ every year for the last couple of years, including last year and he'll be here today from 2:00-4:00,' added Roberts. 'He saw the state of our collection last year and was like oh. And decided to give us some donations.' The students at Morningside are used to getting their music from streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music, so there was a learning curve on how to play vinyl albums. 'I was shown how to do it last year do I could kind of run the event and it was a little rocky at the beginning. Just not really understanding how to use the equipment. I didn't really understand how to handle the records. I figured you shouldn't touch them with your greasy hands, but I didn't really know,' added Roberts. There will be around 11 students and 3 Morningside staff members that will be on the air for the 24-hour vinylthon. If they reach 24-hours of continuous music, they will receive the 'Golden Slipmat Award.' An award they last won in 2022. Winning the award would be a big boost to the campus media department. 'It's really important for us to do it this year. Morningside just restructured their communications program,' said Jaden Carney, Community Engagement and Public Relations for Morningside Campus Media. 'Campus media is student led now. It was really important for us to get ourselves back out there, start making some awards. Really get that footing again.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
