Last week, we ran a “Nominate A Guest” contest. Listeners were invited to nominate a person, place, or topic in Kankakee County for our 1 Year Anniversary livestream on Tuesday, May 10th. We took all of your nominations, shuffled them up, and randomly selected one. The nomination who was chosen was Jessica Bessette, better known as Bess Jess on WFAV 95.1 FM and River Country 101.7 FM, 103.7 FM, and 96.1 FM! This ended up being kind of a reunion episode. Bess Jess & I hosted the Wake N’ Jake Morning Show together on WFAV from 2017 to 2021.  

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and to Bess Jess for agreeing to be our mystery guest. 

Don’t forget about our 1 year anniversary picnic coming up this Sunday, May 15th: https://fb.me/e/1gjEe8sno

Wake N’ Jake Merch. Coupon code wakenjake for 50% off: https://www.kankakeepodcast.com/shop/

Also, a special thank you to our sponsors, patrons, and partners in this first year of Kankakee Podcast: 

Gorak’s Pest Control, Martial Arts Academy, Noble Dairy Queen Stores, Digital World Design, Kankakee City News, KCC Foundation, All Automotive, True Heights Treatment, Allison Ascher of Coldwell Banker Realty, ECDA, Brenda Whittler My Thirty-One Consultant, Edward Jones Financial Advisor Adam Elroy, Kankakee County Museum, Brookmont Bowling Center, Hero City Adventure Park, Chicago Dough Company, Little Me Studio, Classic Cinemas, Lizzie Yolich, Denny Case, Seth & Mary Burkey, Franklin & Ann Weber, Dawn & Jim LaMore, Jeff & Rosa Carroll, Sandee & Steve Twait, Erik Olson, Jake Lee, Dan Debord, Jake Vaughn, Lake Iverson, Rose Luckey, Jesse Arseneau, Dave Baron, Darrell Damper, Samantha Rocknowski, Anthony Vieceli, Luke, JoAnne Barrie, Bill Yohnka, Travis Garcia, Jane Bostwick, Dawn Harrison, Simon Topliss, Scott Wright, Kerry O’Connell, Jamie Race, and Teage Drinnon. 

Here’s to our second year being better than the first! 

Much Love,

Jake LaMore