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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, how to watch today’s Mars rover landing  

You can watch the Mars Perseverance rover landing live this afternoon on NASA’s public TV channel, website app, YouTube Twitter, Facebook or other platforms. The rover will explore Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake that existed 3.9 billion years ago and search for microfossils. Live coverage starts at 2:15pm ET and NASA’s most sophisticated rover to date is expected to land on the surface of Mars at around 3:55pm ET. Tune in to see what a 2.7 billion-dollar remote controlled car looks like.  (Additional out) So, I'll just tune in for the last five minutes when something’s actually happening. 

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, Texas officials point fingers  

The power debacle has led Texas officials to blame the power operator, wind turbines and the green new deal despite the fact that it hasn’t been passed yet. Governor Abbott and others continue to downplay or ignore Texas’ decision to isolate it’s power grid from the rest of the country. Hundreds of thousands of residents are still without power, millions are under water shortages or boil water notices and parts of the state are facing fuel shortages. Basically it’s like the winter of 1820 down there. (Additional out) Turns out there’s a downside to letting power companies regulate themselves.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, radio loses a legend  

Conservative media icon Rush Limbaugh lost his battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 70. Limbaugh was a talk radio legend and a trailblazer who paved the way for Fox News and alternative media. In December of 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh’s show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most listened to radio show in the US. Whether you agree with him politically or not, it’s hard to argue the massive impact Rush Limbaugh had on broadcasting.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, how a cat saved his family  

An Oregon family’s cat saved them from a potentially deadly gas leak. Recently Sandi Martin noticed her cat Lilly they adopted during the pandemic sniffing a valve by the fireplace. Martin then sniffed it herself and noticed a mild gas smell. Her husband confirmed it and they notified the gas company who told them to open the windows and shut off the gas. When they arrived the gas company confirmed the ‘dangerous gas leak’. Marking one of the first times in history a cat did something for someone other than themselves. (Additional out) Making up for every time the cat had woken them up randomly at 4am or walked to the middle of the new rug to vomit.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: The horrible winter weather continues. From the South to the East Coast 100 million Americans are in the path of a new winter storm and 2.1 million are still without power across 8 states. After all of this is over, what’s the first thing you’re going to buy for the next time a winter storm like this hits?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, what do scientists now say might have caused this major extinction? The correct answer wins ________.  

[Contest setup] Harvard researchers just released a new study that suggests an asteroid may not have eliminated the dinosaurs as previously believed. So, what do they think actually killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago?  

A: A comet  

B: A super volcano  

C: A pandemic  

Answer: A, the Harvard researchers believe it was actually a comet that did the dinosaurs in. What’s the difference between a comet and an asteroid? I don’t know I’m not a scientist, they all just look like space rocks to me.  

[DIY Feature] Throwback Thursday Name That Year: I’ll describe the events of a year and the first person to call in and correctly identify it wins ___________. If no one gets it I’ll move on to more clues.  

1st break clues: Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion, North Korea becomes the world’s 9th Nuclear Power, and this movie hit theaters (Superman Clip)  

2nd break clues: Nintendo released the Wii in the US, Barry Bonds breaks Babe Ruth’s record and this show debuted on NBC (30 Rock Clip)  

Answer: 2006  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) You can watch the Mars Perseverance rover landing live this afternoon on NASA’s public TV channel, website app, YouTube Twitter, Facebook or other platforms. The rover will explore Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake that existed 3.9 billion years ago and search for microfossils. Live coverage starts at 2:15pm ET and NASA’s most sophisticated rover to date is expected to land on the surface of Mars at around 3:55pm ET. Tune in to see what a 2.7 billion-dollar remote controlled car looks like.  

2) The power debacle has led Texas officials to blame the power operator, wind turbines and the green new deal despite the fact that it hasn’t been passed yet. Governor Abbott and others continue to downplay or ignore Texas’ decision to isolate it’s power grid from the rest of the country. Hundreds of thousands of residents are still without power, millions are under water shortages or boil water notices and parts of the state are facing fuel shortages. Basically, it’s like the winter of 1820 down there.  

3) Conservative media icon Rush Limbaugh lost his battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 70. Limbaugh was a talk radio legend and a trailblazer who paved the way for Fox News and alternative media. In December of 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh’s show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most listened to radio show in the US. Whether you agree with him politically or not, it’s hard to argue the massive impact Rush Limbaugh had on broadcasting.  

4) An Oregon family’s cat saved them from a potentially deadly gas leak. Recently Sandi Martin noticed her cat Lilly they adopted during the pandemic sniffing a valve by the fireplace. Martin then sniffed it herself and noticed a mild gas smell. Her husband confirmed it and they notified the gas company who told them to open the windows and shut off the gas. When they arrived the gas company confirmed the ‘dangerous gas leak’. Marking one of the first times in history a cat did something for someone other than themselves.  

5) Harvard researchers just released a new study that suggests an asteroid may not have eliminated the dinosaurs as previously believed. Now the Harvard scientists believe it was actually a comet that did the dinosaurs in. What’s the difference between a comet and an asteroid? I don’t know I’m not a scientist, they all just look like space rocks to me.  

What’s The First Thing You’ll Buy for the Next Major Winter Storm?  

The horrible winter weather continues. From the South to the East Coast 100 million Americans are in the path of a new winter storm and 2.1 million are still without power across 8 states. After all of this is over, what’s the first thing you’re going to buy for the next time a winter storm like this hits? We posed that question to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

What’s the first thing you’re going to buy for the next time a winter storm like this hits?  

A generator/battery backup  

Thermal clothes, socks/underwear  

Thicker coat  

More blankets  

Mummy sleeping bag  

Battery powered radio  

Camping stove  

Snow shovel  

(Other suggestions from on-air)