Carol of Lights & Christmas on the Creek

After a stellar day of interviewing business owners and
chatting with locals, Lampasas Radio set up station to MC the
Lighting ceremony and Parade.
Kicking off the ceremony, speeches were
given by Mayor Pearce and County Judge Hoyer, thanking the people who worked to make the Carol of Lights event happen. After the speeches ended, Ronnie Witcher gave the countdown — 3...2...1! — and the whole square lit up with festive lights and cheers.
Some intermission with caroling and a performance by the LHS Flames took place while awaiting the parade. You know the parade is on its way when flashing police lights inch down the road reeeeal slow. Well,
the parade was a sight for sore eyes just like we predicted! Of course, the
Spring Ho ladies were shining atop their float,
probably shivering off the cold. An appearance of a Toy Story float was
spraying the crowd with snow! And after all was said and done,
Mr. and Mrs. Claus waved farewell to the onlookers while riding
on a fire truck. This year’s parade was a spectacle, and one to remember. See y’all next year and Merry Christmas!

The Christmas on the Creek celebration went off without a hitch! Cars lined the streets and the park was packed as people conversed with one another and drank some hot coco. Boy Scout troops 400 and 200 sold popcorn, candy, and cotton candy, while the Girl Scouts handed out s’more supplies to roast over their array of lit fires. The line to Mr. and Mrs. Claus was a gazillion miles long and plum full of kids jumping in anticipation to meet Ol’ Saint Nick. Not too far from the Clauses was the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who! The Grinch wished Lampasas a, “Merry Grinchmas!”
Special Thanks to Vision Lampasas for making Christmas on the Creek possible!

2025 Lometa Diamondback Jubilee & Rodeo

The Lometa Diamondback Jubilee went off without a hitch. Many folks from far and wide set up their booths of bobbles for the Jubilee goers of the weekend. Food trucks left the scents of fried everything for miles around. One food truck had some phenomenal birria tacos. Yum!
As Nevaeh and Dakota walked around, they met a ton of interesting people. One man, whose name was briefly mentioned, was down by the rattlesnakes selling — you’ll never guess — taxidermy rattlesnakes! There were big snakes and small snakes, rattle earrings and rattle key chains, snake walking canes and snake belts, and the man himself wore a cowboy hat decorated in rattlesnake heads — a rattler tail even fell from the back!
During the festivities, the 13th annual Diamondback Rodeo was in full affect. Horses and their Cowboys rode through the arena to team rope calves. They did an amazing job! The Fort Cavazos Calvary Band played loud and proud at the beginning of the afternoon. Two men shredded down on the guitars. Bystanders and music lovers dropped their jaws at their musical talent.
When the day was over, Dakota left with a cherry red nose, and Nevaeh fell asleep in the truck ride back to the Radio Station.

Radiogram 30 Year Anniversary!

Some 30 years ago, as I went about my chores as the local radio station licensee, I searched for an idea. "What we need," I figured. "is something to remind people that we are the local heralder of the day, with all about the town that would do telling, etc."
I couldn't afford a billboard sign like the Austin stations, but it finally came to me that many years before, a former owner tried, but gave up on the idea of a small news sheet. So-o, I took a sheet of yellow paper and mimicked the shape of a local Western Union Telegram, and the Radiogram was born. -RW

2024 Squared Silly

Lampasas Radio set up their antenna at Squared Silly and announced the winners of the costume contest! Dakota and Nevaeh, dressed as Gargamel and Papa Smurf, handed out candy to young kiddos who played their red cup game.
Squared Silly was a rockin' good time!

2024 Spring Ho Festival

2024 Spring Ho's Street Dance was HUGE, for more people than expected showed up. Rough estimates of the crowd, according to Mandy Johnson of the Spring Ho Committee, would be (probably) 6000 or so. Once the fire marshal's maximum capacity for the roped'n part of the square was reached, they had to remove barriers so that the crowed could expand along the streets. Treaty Oak Revival sure has a lot of fans!
The parade was longer than in has been since the Covid pandemic. There were 150 parade entries and the route was almost 2 miles long.
Spring Ho was a grand 'ol time! The community gathered together to share experiences and have a blast. That's something everybody loves!