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Win a New Year’s Eve Fireworks Package from 99.5 The Bear & TNT Fireworks [CONTEST]
99.5 The Bear and TNT Fireworks want you to celebrate this New Year’s Eve with a bang. 99.5 The Bear listeners can enter to win a 500 Gram Aerial Finale from TNT Fireworks to light up the South Plains’ night skies with one of the biggest and baddest fireworks display.
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The CBR Will Bring Bull Riding Legend Tuff Hedeman to Lubbock [VIDEO]
The CBR will be celebrating their 10th anniversary in Lubbock on February 4th at the City Bank Coliseum. This year’s CBR event will be their 5th annual in Lubbock and they’ll be celebrating by bringing a bull riding legend along for the show.
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Joanna Smith Voted 99.5 The Bear’s Breakthrough Artist of 2011
One of our favorite ladies on the country music scene right now can do a little bragging this morning as Joanna Smith was voted by her fans as 99.5 The Bear's Breakthrough Artist of 2011. Joanna took over 40% of the vote and beat out such fresh new voices as Sunny Sweeny, James Wesley, Edens Edge and more.
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Tickets are on Sale for Championship Bull Riding in Lubbock
Tickets are on sale now to the Championship Bull Riding event in Lubbock on February 4th at the City Bank Coliseum.99.5 the Bear is proud to present Championship Bull Riding in Lubbock.
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99.5 The Bear’s 2011 Breakthrough Artist of the Year – Vote Now
2011 was a huge year for country music. Rather is be mainstream, Texas, Red Dirt or anything in between. There were a lot of fresh new musicians to hit the scene this year. Some found instant success and some are right on the verge of being the next big thing. We've played more than a few this year on the station but we decided that we'd leave it up to you, the fans and listeners, to sound off on your favorites. Here are our finalists for breakthrough artist of the year. Vote Now!
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Casey Donahew Band’s “Breaks My Heart” Voted TX/Red Dirt Song of the Year
We asked our listeners and fans to vote on what they thought was the best TX/Red Dirt song of the year and vote they did. For a week straight voters sounded off and made it a close race between the Casey Donahew Band and the Randy Rogers Band. The votes were tallied and 99.5 The Bear is proud to announce that the Casey Donahew Band's "Breaks My Heart" was voted song of the year.
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Championship Bull Riding In Lubbock – Presale Code
99.5 the Bear is proud to present Championship Bull Riding in Lubbock on February 4th at the City Bank Coliseum. This year marks the tenth year of Championship Bull Riding.
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Top 10 Stories from 99.5 The Bear in 2011
2011 was a great year in Country music and a big year for 99.5 The Bear. From everything to new music to Jalapenos and more, it was a busy busy year. Check out our top stories from 2011.
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Best Texas Country/Red Dirt Song of 2011 – Vote Now
2011 has been a huge year for the Texas Country and Red Dirt music scene. There were so many good songs that we couldn't really pick just one. That's why we've decided to let you pick the Best Texas Country/Red Dirt song of the year. From Eli Young's monster hit in "Crazy Girl," to Kevin Fowler's "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer" and many more. It was a great year on the scene and now it's your time to voice your opinion. Sound on and vote now on our finalists.
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99.5 The Bear Playlist – December 2011 Top Songs
Have you ever wondered what songs we like playing the most here on 99.5 The Bear. Well, wonder no more. Some may come as a surprise, but we are betting that you'll be able to guess who the top artist is without even looking at the list. Che
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Advance Tickets No Longer Available for Brantley Gilbert Concert
Advance Tickets are now gone for our big 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Tour with Brantley Gilbert on Thursday, December 1 at Wild West. Tickets will still be available at the door though.
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Brantley Gilbert Took Lufkin by Storm, Are You Ready Lubbock? [PICS]
Brantley Gilbert will headline our big 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Show this Thursday, December 1, at Wild West. This should be the biggest country show of the holiday season and our good friends at Kicks 105 in Lufkin would agree.