WCOC Radio Podcast

Meet Featured Guest Meet Rep. Houston Gaines Georgia House of Representatives 117th District  ALONG WITH... Hometown Hero: Tommy Valentine      Community Connection: Paige Powell - Outreach Coordinator-Athens Community Council on Aging Local Business Spotlight: Jared Reeves - Certified Clean Care

Certified Clean Care offers a variety of cleaning services to keep your home and business clean, healthy, and happy. Our services include carpet cleaning, rug cleaning, upholstery cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, and much more. We have what it takes to assist you all year long with our friendly service, all natural cleaning products, and quick dry time. We provide our customers with the most thorough cleaning ever, guaranteed! We proudly serve Athens, Watkinsville, Greensboro, and most of Northeast Georgia.

The Bone Dry Roofing Company was founded in 2003 by Chad Collins and Travis Webb. Headquartered in Athens, Georgia, Bone Dry was founded based on a desire to build an industry-leading professional roofing company that put customer relationships and excellence of craft above all else. Bone Dry Roofing commits ourselves to excellence in every project we undertake, and believe that good business is about creating lasting relationships with our community and the people we serve.

Meet our Special Guests: Featured Guest: Lee Epting - Epting Events Hometown Hero: Chloe Beck - 1st Grand Slam championship Community Connection: Cary Rivers - Downtown Ministries Local Business Spotlight: Sam Perry - Bone Dry Roofing

SPECIAL GUEST PAUL CRAMER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE CLASSIC CENTER  

Meet Angela Buckland Owner, Di'lishi Frozen Yogurt Bar  About di’lishi frozen yogurt bar is a fully-interactive experience where customers make their own tasty creations from 10 flavors and 50+ toppings!   At di’lishi frozen yogurt bar, our mission is to provide the city of Athens and the surrounding area with a cutting edge, fully-interactive frozen yogurt bar where customers will assemble their own tasty creations from an array of options we provide - including 10 different frozen yogurts daily and an abundantly stocked toppings bar ranging from pristine fresh fruits to decadent candies and chocolates. di’lishi will furnish the community with a full 4-season product that supports a healthy lifestyle while satisfying the palate with something completely “di’lishi”. Yogurt - Coffee - Smoothies

Meet our Special Guests: Featured Guest: Chuck Tony-Chairman of Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Hometown Hero: Jay & Teresa Abbott--Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer Community Connection: Athens Area Homeless Shelter--Shea Post--Executive Director Local Business Spotlight: Angela Buckland--Owner of Dilishi Frozen Yogurt

Meet the WCOC Radio Local Business Spotlight, John Carden, Partner, Connected Technologies

Featured Guest Meet Drew Brantley First Capital Partners & Founder, RFI, Resilient Family Institute Hometown Hero Lil Ice Cream Dude, 15 year old entrepreneur, Beau Shell Community Connection ESP (Extra Special People) Either Katarina Christmann or Laura Graben   Local Business Spotlight John Carden, Connected Technologies    

Meet Featured Guest Paul Kramer, Executive Director, Classic Center ALONG WITH... Hometown Hero: Lloyd White Executive Director of Athens United Soccer Association Community Connection: Sanders Hickey, GA Radio Hall of Fame Nominee Local Business spotlight: Robert Jahn, Cardinal Real Estate Advisors

Learn about the landscape of the Commercial Real Estate in the Athens and Oconee County Georgia from local expert Robert Jahn, Owner of Cardinal Real Estate Advisors I started the first part of my career in hospitality. So I worked in hotels and restaurants and catering companies. But the foundation of my business experience really came from starting to work at my parent's flower shop Blooms of Holland right on Prince Avenue in Athens, Ga.  I actually named my real estate company after my dad because he always said he'd come back as a cardinal so I created Cardinal Real Estate Advisors. I've been licensed since 2007 and I worked full time in commercial real estate since 2011 and then I've been back in Athens for two years now. What do you think the landscape for the real estate market is in Athens?  Well is it's good. Obviously the economy is good. The market in Athens and Oconee County is good. It's definitely a seller's market depending on your location and your lease rates are pretty high as well. If you

Meet Sanders Hickey, Georgia Association Hall of Fame Nominee  “It’s the greatest honor that I’ve ever had come my way,” Hickey said. “For somebody who got started in radio in his teen years and to have been as involved as I’ve been for all these years, just doing it every day. All of a sudden, this comes along. It is beyond special.”  Sanders has seen friends, colleagues and mentors all take their place in the hall, but he never imagined himself joining them. Then, in late April, his phone rang. Hickey is nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame via the Career Achievement Award. Hickey’s career began in the early 1970s in Columbus, where he grew up. After spending time working in the press room at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper, he went to a local country music radio station and asked for a job.  He got the job as a DJ, but it would be a while before he got on the air. He had to have his thick Southern accent coached out of him, spending time in an off-air studio reading news copy and the alphab

WCOC Radio host, Danny Daniel interviews Local Athens, GA business owner Charlie Upchurch, owner of Charlie Upchurch Realty. 

Meet Featured Guest Courtney Bernardi! President, Oconee Chamber of Commerce ALONG WITH... Hometown Hero: Clara Miller, Fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Athens Academy student Community Connection: YMCA, Abby Bramlett Local Business spotlight: Dan Moore, American Pride Bank