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Enjoy a special 3-hour EXPANDED edition of Good ‘N Country on HPR1:Traditional Classic Country as host Ken Hippler spins some of country music’s greatest duets spanning six decades! This special presentation premiers Saturday, February 24th, from 3 pm – 6 pm Central [2100 UTC]. After the premiere broadcast, it will become available for listening on-demand on the Good ‘N Country show page.

This special will also be rebroadcast on HPR1:Traditional Classic Country on the following days and times:

• Monday, February 26th, from 10 pm – 1 am Central,
• Tuesday, February 27th, from 7 pm – 10 pm Central
• Thursday, February 29th, 5 am – 8 am Central

If you are a fan of duets, you won’t want to miss this!

Here are the personalities country music said goodbye to in 2023. May they rest in peace:

January 4 – Stan Hitchcock (age 86)
(singer/songwriter & CMT co-founder)

January 9 – Dick Flood (age 90)
(singer/songwriter)

March 4 – Michael Rhodes (age 69)
(session bass guitarist)

March 26 – Ray Pillow (age 85)
(singer/Grand Ole Opry member)

April 23 – Keith Gattis (age 52)
(singer/songwriter/producer)

April 28 – Claude Gray (age 91)
(singer/songwriter)

May 1 – Gordon Lightfoot (age 84)
(singer/songwriter)

June 23 – Jesse McReynolds (age 93)
(singer/mandolinist/Grand Ole Opry member)

June 27 – Bobby Osborne (age 91)
(singer/mandolinist/Grand Ole Opry member)

July 17 – Jerry Bradley (age 83)
(producer/music executive)

August 11 – Shoji Tabuchi (age 79)
(Japanese fiddler)

September 1 – Jimmy Buffett (age 76)
(singer/songwriter)

September 10 – Charlie Robison (age 59)
(singer/songwriter)

September 18 – Bob Corbin (age 72)
(songwriter/member of Corbin/Hanner)

September 22 – Mike Henderson (age 70)
(singer/songwriter/guitarist)

October 9 – Buck Trent (age 85)
(multi-instrumentalist)

October 23 – Mervin Shiner (age 102)
(singer/songwriter)

October 28 – Bill Rice (age 84)
(singer/songwriter)

December 22 – Laura Lynch (age 65)
(singer/songwriter/founder of the Dixie Chicks)

special thanks to “Good ‘N Country” host Ken Hippler for compiling this list

Here are the personalities country music said goodbye to in 2022. May they rest in peace:

January 9 – Jerry Ray Johnston (age 65)
(drummer for Bandana)

January 11 – Jerry Crutchfield (age 87)
(record producer)

January 14 – Dallas Frazier (age 82)
(singer/songwriter)

January 15 – Ralph Emery (age 88)
(radio & television host)

January 30 – Hargus “Pig” Robbins (age 84)
(session pianist)

March 1 – Warner Mack (age 86)
(singer/songwriter)

March 4 – Jimbeau Hinson (age 70)
(songwriter)

March 4 – Jim Owens (age 84)
(producer)

March 10 – Bobbie Nelson (age 91)
(pianist, singer & sister of Willie Nelson)

March 24 – Randy Cornor (age 67)
(singer/songwriter)

March 26 – Jeff Carson (age 58)
(singer/songwriter)

April 1 – C.W. McCall (age 93)
(performer/arranger)

April 1 – Roland White (age 83)
(bluegrass artist)

April 30 – Naomi Judd (age 76)
(singer)

May 7 – Mickey Gilley (age 86)
(singer/songwriter)

May 23 – Thom Bresh (age 74)
(singer/guitarist)

May 26 – Bill Walker (age 95)
(arranger/musical director)

June 14 – Joel Whitburn (age 82)
(author and record chart historian)

June 23 – Bobby Flores (age 61)
(singer, musician, and record executive)

August 8 – Olivia Newton-John (age 73)
(country/pop singer & actress)

August 26 – Luke Bell (age 32)
(singer)

September 9 – Herschel Sizemore (age 87)
(mandolinist)

September 21 – Ray Edenton (age 95)
(session guitarist)

October 4 – Loretta Lynn (age 90)
(singer/songwriter)

October 6 – Jody Miller (age 80)
(singer)

October 6 – Anita Kerr (age 94)
(singer, songwriter, arranger, producer)

October 24 – Don Edwards (age 86)
(cowboy singer/songwriter)

October 28 – Jerry Lee Lewis (age 87)
(rockabilly & country singer)

October 30 – Jerry Whitehurst (age 84)
(pianist/band leader)

November 7 – Jeff Cook (age 73)
(singer/fiddler/guitarist & founding member of Alabama)

December 19 – Charlie Monk (age 84)
(songwriter/broadcaster/music publisher)

December 29 – Ian Tyson (age 89)
(Canadian singer/songwriter)

December 31 – Anita Pointer (age 74)
(member of the Pointer Sisters)

special thanks to Ken Hippler for compiling this list

Join Ken Hippler as he commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Country Music Legend Hank Williams on New Year’s Eve – Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 3 p.m. Central [2100 UTC] on HPR1: Traditional Classic Country.

This special presentation will feature a combination of Hank’s studio recordings and his radio presentations such as his “Mother’s Best Flour” shows, “Health and Happiness” shows, Grand Ole Opry appearances, and an “Aunt Jemima Home Folks” show.

This Hank Williams celebration premiers during “Good ’N Country” on Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 3 p.m. Central [2100 UTC] on HPR1: Traditional Classic Country. Immediately following this premier broadcast, you can listen to this special anytime on-demand on the Good ’N Country show page.

This program will then be rebroadcast on HPR1: Traditional Classic Country on Monday, January 2, 2023, at 10 p.m. Central [0400 UTC Tuesday], Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 7 p.m. Central [0100 UTC Wednesday], and Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 5 a.m. Central [1100 UTC].

Join Ken Hippler as he pays tribute to Loretta Lynn during the first hour of this weekend’s episode of Good ‘N Country on HPR1: Traditional Classic Country. Catch the episode premiere on Saturday, October 8th at 3 p.m. Central [2000 hours UTC].

You can find rebroadcast times and listen to this episode on-demand (after it premieres) by visiting the Good ‘N Country show page.

Tune in on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at 3 pm [2000 UTC] Central for a special airing of this week’s new episode of Good ‘N Country with Ken Hippler on HPR1: Traditional Classic Country.

Due to a malfunction with our broadcast automation on Saturday afternoon, this episode did not air at its normal premier time of 3 pm Central. We are very sorry for this inconvenience.

Please note that this episode is currently available on-demand on the Good ‘N Country show page, and it will be rebroadcast this week during its normally scheduled days and times.

Heartland Public Radio’s brand new Roku channel/app is now available for download! If you had our previous channel loaded into your Roku device(s), you will most likely have to manually install this new channel/app; it probably will not automatically update.

On the surface, there seems to be very little difference between this new channel/app and our previous release. However, “under the hood” things are much different. Firstly, we were required by Roku to redesign our channel/app using newer programming elements because the company had discontinued support (or deprecated) many of their early-generation programming elements. The really good news is that during this updating process, Heartland Public Radio was able to implement the ability to dynamically adjust the links to our broadcast channels from within this new Roku channel/app. So, the bottom line is that we will now have the ability to include our seasonal channel HPR3: Heartland Christmas on the HPR Roku channel/app!

There are two different ways to easily re-add (or add for the first time) Heartland Public Radio’s Roku channel/app. You can do it right here via this web browser or via your Roku device.

Add HPR’s Roku Channel/App from Here:

1. Click this link: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/ea1755e7d7c122cd4ecc023feaadd048
2. When you land on the HPR Channel Page on the Roku website, click the “Add Channel” button
3. If you are already logged into your Roku account, then the HPR Roku Channel will be added – you’re done.
4. If you’re not logged into your Roku account, you will be prompted to do so. After you finish logging in, click the “Add Channel” button again, and you will be done.

Add HPR’s Roku Channel/App from your Roku Device:

1. Press the Home button on your Roku remote
2. Scroll and select Streaming Channels to open the Channel Store
3. Scroll and select Search Channels
4. In the search box, enter HPR
5. Select the HPR Heartland Public Radio channel/app and install it

Here is a link to a YouTube video published by Roku showing how to install a channel from your Roku device: https://youtu.be/Wj0UyR4NpU4

This update also makes Heartland Public Radio’s Roku channel/app available to listeners in the following Roku Channel Store regions and beyond: Ireland, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, France, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Germany, Canada, El Salvador, Argentina, United Kingdom, Colombia, Australia, Brazil.

UPDATE: The following post is now outdated and has been replaced by this post: http://hpr.org/hprs-new-roku-channel-now-available/

Heartland Public Radio is in the process of updating our Roku channel/app. We hope to have our new channel/app available on Wednesday, August 24th. In the meantime, our app is no longer listed in the Roku Channel Store, and it has been disabled by Roku on most (if not all) Roku players. We are sorry for this inconvenience. We will update the status of our Roku channel/app here once it becomes available.

Good ‘N Country will take a break this weekend and for the rebroadcasts that would have occurred next week. In the meantime, you can always listen to archives of the show by clicking here.

Ken Hippler returns with a brand new Good ‘N Country episode on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at 3 p.m. Central [2000 UTC].