Today, we're celebrating the invention that has connected us even before social media: the lovely radio.

Perhaps, video did kill the radio star. But, we'll never see it that way. We want to thank you for being a part of our 96.3 KKLZ family.

Radio is what brings us together. And it's hard to imagine a world where we don't have instant access to music or conversations.

From having Walkman radios, huge boomboxes to now having everything available in the palm of your hands; we've certainly come along way since many of us at KKLZ started our radio careers!

The history of radio isn't clear cut. In fact, there's slight controversy when it comes to the question of "who even invented the radio?"

According to RadioFidelity.com, most people agree that Nikolai Tesla or Guglielmo Marconi are the two key people who've been credited for the invention of radio.

Nikolai Tesla discovered he could transmit and receive radio signals when they were tuned at the same frequency. By 1895, Tesla was ready to transmit a signal from West Point, New York. However, a young Italian experimenter named Guglielmo Marconi had been simultaneously working on a device for wireless telegraphy, according to the Public Broadcast Station.

"The young Marconi had taken out the first wireless telegraphy patent in England in 1896. His device had only a two-circuit system, which some said could not transmit 'across a pond.'"

Marconi's had an earlier awarded patent for his wireless telegraphy machine, so he's often given the title of the "father of radio."

There are also other people who are given credit with inventing the burgeoning technology of radio such as James Clerk Maxwell and Mahlon Loomis.

Although the history of radio is confusing, the love we have for radio isn't. Check out our videos below that honor our KKLZ crew and their love for radio. Share some laughs, learn something new and have some fun!

Bon Jovi has been active for over four decades, and they aren't showing signs of slowing down.

Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career has netted them over 130 million albums sold worldwide and legions of fans spanning generations.

Narrowing down their catalog to a select number of songs and ranking them is a daunting task, but here are Bon Jovi's 35 best songs, ranked.

A new docuseries about Bon Jovi is set to premiere on Hulu on April 26. The docuseries is titled Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.

The docuseries also has the cooperation of all Bon Jovi members, both past and present. A teaser trailer of the docuseries offers a supercut of the band's wild career, including the exit of guitarist Richie Sambora.

Additionally, the teaser trailer shows Jon Bon Jovi in a hospital bed. He's holding a dry-erase board that simply says, "I'm good." Meanwhile, an unidentified voiceover says, "Jon's going through his challenges." It then cuts to JBJ saying, "It almost killed us."

The "challenges" appear to be about Bon Jovi's recent vocal issues, which he discussed during the Pollstar Live! conference in February 2024.

Per Ultimate Classic Rock, Bon Jovi said, "It's become public knowledge now, but I've had major reconstructive surgery in my vocal cords, and I never had anything like this, ever. So it's been a difficult road, but I found a doctor in Philadelphia who did something called a medialization, because one of my cords was literally atrophied."

A description of Thank You, Goodnight from Hulu also promises it will delve into the band's "most public moments of friction." Of course, this is likely a reference to the 2013 exit of Sambora, who has often talked about the potential of rejoining the band.