Brian Gilberts

Manager of Communications and huge Packers, Brewers and Badgers fan.

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@ChuckFreimund If you have YouTube TV, it is on there today too.

[Wisconsin Basketball @BadgerMBB]

Ready to make more March memories

[News 8 Now @news8news]

The Aquinas Blugolds are WIAA Team State Wrestling champions for the first time ever. They defeated Cedar Grove-Belgium 38-32 to claim the Division 3 title earlier this afternoon

[Travis Wilson @TravisBOUND]

#HireGard

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@ColtonWilson23 Here is the link for Dells vs Aquinas.

https://t.co/7jMcUPkaqR

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@Brian_Butch @MattLepay @1310WIBA @1015WIBAFM @newstalk1130 Now you have to wear matching shirts for every game!

[Wisconsin Family @Wisconsin_fam]

If you weren’t old enough to remember this Super Bowl, I’m truly sorry.

[Packers History @HistoricPackers]

Today in 1997:

"This is what it's all about: Winning a championship.

The greatest moment of your life. You'll never forget it. They can never take it away."

-- John Madden

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"Someone kept calling the radio station requesting the same song. For 114 days straight.
I'm a DJ at K-Rock 98.3. Overnight shift. Midnight to 6 a.m. Mostly lonely truckers and insomniacs listening.
Around 1:15 a.m. every single night, same number calls. Same request, "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses. Eight-minute guitar solo version.

First week, I played it. Thought maybe someone really loved that song.
Second week, I started screening the calls. "We just played that yesterday, how about something else?"
"November Rain, please."
"We have a no-repeat policy"
Click. They'd hang up.

But they'd call back the next night. 1:15 a.m. exactly. "November Rain."
This went on for months. My coworkers thought it was hilarious. Started a betting pool on when the caller would give up.
They never did.

Day 47, "Look, buddy, what's the deal with this song?"
Long silence. Then, "Just play it. Please."
The voice sounded older. Male. Tired.
I played it.

Day 82, My manager told me to block the number. "It's harassment."
I didn't block it.

Day 91, I answered. Before they could speak, I said, "It's queued up. Playing at 1:30."
"Thank you," they whispered.

Day 114, The call came. But different voice. Younger. Female.
"This is about the November Rain requests," she said. "My grandfather passed away this morning. He won't be calling anymore."
My stomach dropped.
"He had dementia," she continued. "Couldn't remember much. But he remembered that song. Said it was playing when he proposed to my grandmother in 1992. At some restaurant. She died five years ago. The song was the only piece of her he could still hold onto."
She was crying. "He'd get confused at night. Agitated. The only thing that calmed him was that song. So I'd call you. Every night. He'd sit next to me, listening on the radio, and for eight minutes he'd remember her. He'd smile. Then forget again. But for those eight minutes....."
I couldn't speak.
"Thank you for playing it," she said. "Even when you were annoyed. Even when your manager wanted you to stop. Those eight minutes were everything to him."
She hung up.

I sat in that booth. Played "November Rain" at 1:15 a.m. Nobody requested it. I just played it.
Did it again the next night.
And every night since.

Some listeners complained. "Why do you keep playing the same song?"
I never explained. Just said, "Station policy."

But truckers started calling in. Said they pulled over during that 1:15 a.m. slot. Listened to the whole eight minutes. Some knew why. Most didn't.

One guy said, "I don't even like that song. But something about hearing it at 1:15 every night..... feels like church. Like we're all stopping together. For something."
They were right.

It's been six months. I still play it. Every single night. 1:15 a.m.
Some things aren't about what you like. They're about what someone needed. Once. When nothing else worked.

That song's not mine anymore. It belongs to an old man who forgot everything except how to love his wife.
And now it belongs to everyone driving lonely highways at 1:15 a.m., looking for a reason to keep going.
Eight minutes. Every night.
That's my church now."

Let this story reach more hearts....
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By Mary Nelson

[Norbert Durst @NorbertDurst]

D3 No. 5 Aquinas defeats previously unbeaten D2 No. 8 La Crosse Central 50-45, extending its Mississippi Valley Conference winning streak to 120 games. #wisgb

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@MattLepay What a win!!

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@WiscoGrant Peacock is now airing many of their Big Ten and NBA games on NBC Sports Network too - including this game.

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@JLevering4 @lanegrindle this photo reminds me of the spring training game a couple years ago when you’re talking about home grown players and Kent tries to be creative and play a Zac Brown Band song coming back from break but it wasn’t “Homegrown.” You guys laughed forever!

[Kwik Trip @KwikTrip]

See ya next time, @Cubs

[Bob Uecker @BobUeckerSays]

The Milwaukee #Brewers advance to the National League Championship Series!

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

The Coulee Conference is on the line tonight at UWL. Aquinas vs West Salem. #wisfb https://t.co/xyjdG8nHko

[MLB @MLB]

THE @BREWERS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AT HOME AND LEAD THE #NLDS 2-0!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

[Brewers Magic Number @BrewersMagicNum]

🏆 BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK 🏆

NL CENTRAL CHAMPIONS!

This one’s for Ueck!

Brewers Magic Numbers:
NL Central: ✅ 🥞🤝
NL & MLB 1-Seed: 4
Postseason: ✅
Postseason Bye: ✅

#ThisIsMyCrew
#ForUeck

[Brian Gilberts @BCGilbs]

@ColtonWilson23 No one should have to pay to watch a high school event online. If you can’t fund it through sponsors and donations then don’t stream it. Another topic would be why does the WIAA charge a radio station or school to stream pre-State playoff events?