October 31, 2020
Promotions (11)
KVOE Virtual Working Women 2020
Erren Harter
October 09, 2020
Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to everyone for participating.
| Thomas Felts Photography | Susan Boyce |
| Melissa's Chop Shop | Margit Berry |
| Dusty Trail Gifts | Sylvia Lechien |
| Flinthills Mall | Glenda Estes |
| Jacks Lawn and Pool | Liesa Wecker |
| Emporia State Federal Credit Union | Gail Chamberlain |
| Renee Freund (pronounced Friend) with Mary Kay Cosmetics | Natalie Duncan |
| The Sweet Granada | Terry Miller |
| Karis Diamonds and Bridal | Teri McAvoy |
| Boogie Beans Boutique | Morgan-Rae Paige |
| NexTech Wireless | Jacinda Schrivner |
| Prairie & Pearls Western Boutique | Lori Heavener |
| Trox Gallery & Gifts | Cindy Groh |
| Carol Rousch with Tupperware | Kenna Havens |
| Melissa Stewart with Pampered Chef | Barbara Christiani |
| Clark Carpet & Tile | Shirley Finke |
| ESU Marketing | Deanna Duncan |
| $100 of Groceries from CountryMart | Susie LeGault |
| $100 of Groceries from Good's Cash Saver | Christine Simons |
| A Complete Makeover from Melissa's Chop Shop | Jodi Wilson |
| A Diamond and Tanzanite Ring Set from Kari's Diamonds & Bridal | Sheila Price |
The pandemic kept us from our annual Working Women After Hours event at White Auditorium this year, but you can join KVOE (Country 101.7/Mix 104.9) for a “Virtual” Working Women.
Participating businesses have produced one-minute videos highlighting their goods and services and they are posted below.
Simply watch the video in its entirety and then enter the codeword from each business video on the Google Form below. You can enter them one at a time and submit or enter multiple codewords at one time and submit.
One entry per business codeword per person, please. Your entry of each business codeword will enter you for a chance to win a gift certificate to that business.
Each of your code word entries will enter you for a chance to win one of our Grand Prizes. For example, if you watch and submit the codeword for only 1 business, then you will only have one entry for a Grand Prize. If you watch and submit the codewords for all 18 participating business, then you will have 18 entries for one of our Grand Prizes.
Grand Prizes include groceries from CountryMart and Good’s Cash Saver, a complete makeover from Melissa’s Chop Shop, and a Diamond and Tanzanite ring set in sterling silver from Kari’s Diamonds and Bridal.
We hope you enjoy this safe way to learn more about our business community and shop local.
The “Virtual” Working Women, brought to you by KVOE 1400/96.9 FM, Country 101.7, and Mix 104.9 and these participating sponsors: Pampered Chef Representative Melisa Stewart, Claire & Gracie Boutique, Flinthills Mall, The Sweet Granada, Renee Freund with Mary Kay Cosmetics. Thomas Felts Photography, NexTech Wireless, Trox Gallery & Gifts. Boogie Beans Boutique. Jacks Lawn and Pool, Emporia State Federal Credit Union. Tupperware Representative Carol Roush. Clark Carpet and Tile. Emporia State University. The Dusty Trail Gift Shop. Prairie & Pearls Western Boutique. Karis Diamonds and Bridal, Melissa’s Chop Shop, Country Mart, and Good’s Cash Saver.
Videos:
BoogieBean Handmade - Shop Now
Emporia State Federal Credit Union - Visit Us!
Kari's Diamonds & Bridal - Shop Now
Prairie & Pearls Western Boutique - Shop Now
Renee Freund with Mary Kay Cosmetics - Shop Now
Thomas Felts Photography - Shop Now
Carol Rousch with Tupperware - Shop Now
Melisa Stewart with Pampered Chef - Shop Now
The Dusty Trail Gift Shoppe - Shop Now
Clark Carpet & Tile - Shop Now
Melissa's Chop Shop - Book Now
Emporia State University - Visit Us!
Trox Gallery & Gifts - Shop Now
Code Word Form:
Rules:
- Must be a female and18 years or older
- One entry per person per business codeword
- One prize per person not including Grand Prize
- Code Word Submission Deadline is Sunday, October 25th at 11:59 pm.
- All decisions are made by KVOE and are final
- Employees of KVOE AM 1400, Country 101.7 FM, & Mix 104.9 and their immediate families are not eligible for this contest.
Prizes
- $50 Gift Certificate to each sponsor location
- $100 of Groceries from CountryMart
- $100 of Groceries from Good's Cash Saver
- A Complete Makeover from Melissa's Chop Shop
- A Diamond and Tanzanite Ring Set from Kari's Diamonds & Bridal
Drive for Food 2020
Erren Harter
September 15, 2020
KVOE’s 19th Annual “DRIVE FOR FOOD”
The Salvation Army’s Food Pantry is in Critical Condition and is in need of our help. KVOE’s 19th annual “Drive For Food” is coming Thursday, October 8th and we want to make it easy for you to participate. All you need to do to make a big difference is give us your Emporia address, then leave your food donation on your front porch or driveway on the morning of October 8th. KVOE will then pick up all donations and deliver them to the Salvation Army.
The food pantry is in dire need of non-perishable food items. ANY DONATION, LARGE OR SMALL, WILL HELP. Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at 342-1400 and give us your address by Wednesday, October 7th. Then on the morning of October 8th put out your food donation and KVOE will be by to pick it up and make the delivery to the Salvation Army. KVOE will also make pick-ups at schools and businesses.
DROP OFF LOCATIONS
Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply - 2611 W. Hwy 50
LCAT - 402 Commercial
Newman Regional Health (Outside Entrance C or Entrance F)
CountryMart - 1020 Merchant
Good's Cash Saver - 2703 W. Hwy 50
ESB Financial - 8th & Merchant
ESB Financial - 12th & Industrial
Designs by Sharon - 703 Commercial
ValuNet - 2914 W. Highway 50
Do-B's - 704 E. 12th Ave.
Items needed include:
BREAKFAST: Cereal, Pancake mix & Syrup, Oatmeal, Cereal bars, Powdered Milk (small box/individual pkgs)
SNACK ITEMS: Jelly, crackers, pudding, jello, fruit cup, nuts, snack bars, Box of Crackers, Package of Cookies
CONDIMENTS: Salt & Pepper or other spice, Bar-B-Q Sauce or other Sauce, Mayo, mustard, ketchup, Gravy (pkgs)
BAKING ITEMS: Powdered Milk, flour, sugar, baking powder, Pie Filling, Pumpkin, Cake Mix, Frosting
SOUP: Soup/Stew - a combination of both
FRUIT: Fruit (Including Pie Filling, Pumpkin, & Applesauce)
TOMATO ITEMS: Canned Tomatoes (Whole, Diced, Sauce, Etc.), Spaghetti sauce
CARBS: Packages dry Pasta, Rice, Stuffing Mix, Ramen Noodles, Mac. & Cheese or Pasta Mix
Rice Mix or Box Potato Mix (Rice A Roni, Etc.), Canned Pasta Meals (Ravioli, Spaghetti O’s, etc.), Box Meal (Tuna Helper, Hamburger Helper, Etc.)
PROTEINS: Peanut Butter, Beans (canned and dry), Canned Meats (Tuna, Chicken, Spam, Salmon, Etc.)
VEGETABLES: All variety of canned vegetables
DRINKS: Coffee, Tea, Koolaide, Juice
PERSONAL ITEMS: Razors, shaving cream, shampoo, conditioner, soap, Toothbrush/toothpaste, comb, hairbrush, lotion
BABY ITEMS: Formula, infant cereal, puff snacks, Diapers-All Sizes, powder, lotion
HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS: Dish soap (small bottles)
LAUNDRY: Laundry soap (small bottles)
Let’s “PACK THE PANTRY.” Thanks in advance for your help with KVOE’s 18th annual “Drive for Food.”
Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund
Erren Harter
April 07, 2020
The Emporia Community Foundation, Emporia Main Street, KVOE, and United Way of the Flint Hills are pleased to announce the creation of the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund. The four agencies joined forces to broaden the reach of the existing Lyon County Disaster Relief Fund in order to support the needs of businesses, nonprofits, and individuals in Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee, and Woodson counties surrounding COVID-19 relief.
Organizations and businesses needing assistance and interested in applying to the fund can apply through the United Way or Emporia Main Street websites. Businesses should apply through Main Street, while nonprofits should apply through the United Way. Through grants from the fund, resources will be moved as quickly as possible to community-based organizations that are directly supporting those who are most affected.
Ways to Make a Charitable Gift
A fund has been established at the Emporia Community Foundation to accept and direct funds to the Lyon County Disaster Relief Fund. To make a gift by check, please make payable to the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund and mail to Emporia Main Street at 727 Commercial Street, Emporia KS, 66801. To make a gift electronically, click the Donate button below:
For gifts of securities, personal property, real property, trust, insurance, bequests, or other charitable gifts, please contact the Emporia Community Foundation for more information at 217-827-0309 or email Becky Nurnberg, ECF Executive Director, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Application For Businesses
Please click HERE for the Business Application for the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund.
Nonprofits should apply through the United Way application found: HERE
Support Our Local Businesses
Erren Harter
March 23, 2020
To view local businesses information, CLICK HERE
To view local restaurants information, CLICK HERE
KVOE AM 1400, Country 101.7, Mix 104.9 & IM Design Group encourage you to support our local businesses and restaurants. This site is a resource for citizens to find local businesses to shop with, order from and support. If you can support a local business or restaurant in this difficult time, it will help our entire community. These businesses are the backbone of our local economy. If your business is not listed or you have changes, please click the update listings link at the top right of the page.
We are all in this together. Let's keep Emporia Strong.
Support Our Local Restaurants
Erren Harter
March 18, 2020
To view local restaurants information, CLICK HERE
To view local businesses information, CLICK HERE
KVOE AM 1400, Country 101.7, Mix 104.9 & IM Design Group encourage you to support our local businesses and restaurants. This site is a resource for citizens to find local businesses to shop with, order from and support. If you can support a local business or restaurant in this difficult time, it will help our entire community. These businesses are the backbone of our local economy. If your business is not listed or you have changes, please click the update listings link at the top right of the page.
We are all in this together. Let's keep Emporia Strong.
Central Care Cancer Center Spotlight
Erren Harter
November 22, 2019
It's likely someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer.
Learn more about specific cancers, the risks, signs, symptoms and treatment options the second Monday of each month with Central Care Cancer Center on the Talk of Emporia.
Join Radiation Oncologist and President of Central Care Cancer Center Dr. Perez-Tamayo each month at 11:05 on KVOE AM 1400 and 96.9 FM Live and Local.
To learn more about all that Central Care Cancer Center has to offer, please visit their website at https://cccancer.com/
To Ask a Doctor a question or concern, you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in advance of the program or call us during the program at 620-342-5863.
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We now have Alexa Skill's, so you can listen anywhere you have an Alexa enabled device.
It's simple to get started.
Step One: Enable our Skill
Step Two: Listen to our stations.
See below for our word for word instructions on how to enable our station's skills on your Alexa device.
To enable each skill, just say the following into your Alexa device or via your Alexa app:
Alexa, enable K V O E skill
Alexa, enable Mix One Oh Four Point Nine skill
Alexa, enable Country One Oh One Point Seven skill
After you enable the skills you can simply tell Alexa to play any of the following stations:
Alexa, play K V O E
Alexa, play Mix One Oh Four Point Nine
Alexa, play Country One Oh One Point Seven
After enabling the skills, if you want Alexa to go straight to our live stream you can simply say:
Alexa, ask K V O E to play live
Alexa, ask mix one oh four point nine to play live
Alexa, ask country one oh one point seven to play live
If you have difficulty or any questions please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Earl & Stelouise Sauder Youth Assistance Fund
Erren Harter
March 29, 2018
To submit an application online, click here.
To view the guidelines of the fund, click http://bit.ly/2DFxz6u
Anniversaries
Erren Harter
March 27, 2018
The KVOE Anniversary Club is heard every Monday through Friday at 11:50 am.
We let you know couples celebrating their Wedding Anniversary and then on Friday we'll draw the name of one lucky couple and that couple will win a portrait session from Emporia's Photographer, S.C.Dixon. (valued at $100.00)
If your wedding anniversary is coming up soon, let us know by sending us an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
You can also send us a card addressed to the KVOE Anniversary Club, PO Box 968, Emporia, KS 66801
To be eligible for the Portrait Drawing, we need your names, address, anniversary date, AND anniversary year.
Artistic Portraits by Sc Dixon create lasting images of memorable events, AND THEY ARE A SPECIALISTs IN PHOTO RESTORATION. emporia’s photographer, SC DIXON, 724 commercial, call 342-3071 FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
Birthdays
Erren Harter
March 27, 2018
Riverside Garden, KVOE 1400 AM, 96.9 FM, Country 101.7 and Mix 104.9 want to wish you Happy Birthday.
Birthday's are read LIVE on-air every weekday morning at 7:58 am on KVOE 1400 and Country 101.7.
To get a friend, loved one, or your birthday on the list, all you have to do is send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
You can also mail your birthday/birthdays to KVOE Birthdays, PO Box 968, Emporia, KS 66801.
Please include the name, address, phone number and birthday date.
Each weekday we pick 1 Birthday winner. That winner receives a Birthday Bouquet or Gift from Riverside Garden.
http://www.emporiaksflorist.com/
Saturday birthdays are read on Friday and Sunday birthdays are read on Monday.
Riverside Garden will deliver the Birthday Bouquet inside the Emporia City Limits. Any winner outside the Emporia City Limits, will need to stop by Riverside Garden and pick up their bouquet.
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At Work Network
Erren Harter
March 27, 2018
Every Friday at 11:10 am, Mix 104.9 draws and announces the At Work Network Winner.
That winner has 2 minutes to call Mix 104.9 at 620.342.5863 and claim their pizza.
Papa John's will deliver 5 large one topping pizza's to the At Work Network Winner the following Monday.
To enter your office/business in the At Work Network, simply fax your business letterhead to 620.342.0804.
Please include your name, your business name/department, and a phone number.
If you submit your business for the At Work Network, you are eligible each and every week until you win.
