Atlanta's Star 94 and 790 The Zone Get Falcons Football

The NFL Atlanta Falcons have signed a four-year deal with Lincoln Financial Media to make “Sports Radio 790 The Zone” WQXI and hot AC “Star 94” WSTR its new radio flagship stations.  The games had been heard on CBS Radio’s adult alternative “92.9 Dave FM” WZGC.  Play-by-play announcer Wes Durham and color analyst and former Iowa State Cyclone Dave Archer will make the move as well.

As part of the agreement, both stations will simulcast all Falcons regular and pre-season games starting the fall 2011.   While it may be unusual for a pop music station to air football play by play, program director Scott Lindy sees it as a good fit.   “Falcons families are Star 94 families,” Lindy says.  “Our 100,000 watt reach, combined with the Falcons’ huge popularity, makes this a great move for both brands."

The agreement marks a homecoming of sorts for the Falcons. The franchise's first season in 1966 was broadcast on WQXI and WKXI-FM – which is today WSTR.   The relationship continued into the mid-1970s.

While CBS Radio lost the rights, its sister WGCL-TV remains the television home for the Falcons in Atlanta.   “Lincoln Financial Media and CBS Atlanta are solid media companies who are committed to providing Falcons fans with the most innovative, complete, and comprehensive coverage both from a radio and television prospective,” team president Rich McKay says.

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Wild Sight

A thriller this week as the free pick.

Haunted by visions of Druid priests and Celtic warriors, Donovan O’Shea left home in Northern Ireland and immigrated to America. With his father ill, he returns to help sell the family property and pub, and now, to his dismay, the “sight” has returned. He inherited the talent from his long-lost mother, who told him to keep it a secret, and he has. He is soon involved in the archaeological excavation on his family’s land and meets American Rylie Powell. Her father walked out on the family when she was a toddler, and she now believes that Donovan’s father is also hers. Donovan knows in his heart this cannot be true as the attraction between them is palpable. In between checking out DNA tests and family histories. the two become involved with murders past and present stemming from the Troubles, a quest that requires Donovan’s gift. Northern Ireland’s violent past combined with supernatural elements add an intriguing twist to this modern love story.

A must get for free.

Kilauea Volcano Erupting in Hawaii

A volcano is erupting in Hawaii.

The Kilauea volcano, one of five volcancoes that form the Big Island of Hawaii, has erupted putting on a spectacular display of flowing molten rock.

Officials have closed large parts of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is visited by millions of tourists every year, until further notice.

Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and has been continuously erupting since 1983, making it the longest rift-zone eruption of the last 200 years.

In January it destroyed several houses in the Kalapana area.

RickLimpert.info Picture of the Week: A Lot of Titles

To say that these three guys have hoisted up a bunch of trophies over the years is an understatement.

Roger Federer with 16 Grand Slam titles, Pete Sampras with 14 Slam titles, and Laker's Coach Phil Jackson with 11 NBA Championships.  Not too shabby.

Federer was in L.A. early this week preparing for the BNP Paribas Open being held in Indian Wells.

Fed an Sampras practiced together before heading tothe Laker's game.

The Amazing Race Preview for "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently"

The teams leave Australia and head to Japan.

Challenges this week include a roadblock that has one team member in costume riding a revolving wooden horse trying to shoot an arrow at a wooden diamond target. The Detours in this leg of the race will involve participating in a traditional Shinto cleansing ceremony to purge evil spirits from their bodies or hunting for frog good luck symbols in a mud bowl.

Drama builds for one team as there is a car accident.

On Friday, Feb 25 Phil Keoghan flew to Christchurch, New Zealand to survey the damage from the earthquake that occurred on Feb 22 to the town that is just 14 miles from where Phil grew up. While there, Phil will make some public service announcements that encourage viewers to help those affected by the earthquake and to plead for vacationers planning to visit the island to still come. New Zealand's economy is largely based on tourism and a fall in visitors could cause the economy to collapse. I predict that there will be at least one of these PSAs shown immediately before Sunday's episode in which the TAR teams travel from nearby Australia to Japan.

Tune in to CBS Sunday night at 8:00 PM ET to The Amazing Race to see who's affected by the car accident will be and to see which team will be the last to arrive at the Pit Stop and face elimination.