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Oct 1, 2026
Rocktober 2026
Rocktober 2026! Your chance to win a limited edition Rocktober 2026 T-shirt and the Grand Prize of a 7 Day All Inclusive Trip to the Caribbean with Chris Purple Hayes and Bobby.
Sep 30, 2025
Rocktober 2025
It’s gonna be Metal and Mayhem in Jolly ‘ol England! This Rocktober Big Dog 97.9 wants to send You to see Metallica in London! Listen at 8, 9, 11, 1, 3 & 5 for Double Shots of the Featured Artist of the Day. Remember, You pick the Second Song of every Double Shot via bigdog979.com …
Apr 11, 2025
Free Ticket Tuesday
Listen every week for your chance to win with Free Ticket Tuesday – brought to you by Mid American Dental and Hearing Center! Listen to win tickets to Rocklahoma on Free Ticket Tuesday throughout the month of May!
Feb 25, 2025
Rocklahoma 2025 Lineup Announced
Check it out here!
Feb 5, 2024
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 02-05-24
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST BRUCE DICKINSON! FEATURED ARTIST: BRUCE DICKINSON Photo by John McMurtrie MONDAY: As Super Bowl week kicks off, the excitement on HardDrive XL is reaching …
Jan 29, 2024
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 01-29-24
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST Shinedown! FEATURED ARTIST: SHINEDOWN Photo by Sanjay Parikh Media Monday night Jack Underkofler of Dead Poet Society will also be here to discuss trying to …
Jan 22, 2024
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 01-22-24
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST Bad Wolves! FEATURED ARTIST: BAD WOLVES Monday night discover the influence of Freddie Mercury and Queen on Gavin Rossdale of Bush as he shares …
Jan 16, 2024
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 01-15-24
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST Disturbed! FEATURED ARTIST: DISTURBED Photo courtesy of: Lou Brutus Monday night Chad Kroeger of Nickelback will also be in to talk to Lou Brutus …
Nov 20, 2023
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 11-20-23
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST Beartooth! FEATURED ARTIST: BEARTOOTH Photo by: Lou Brutus Monday night Luke Spiller of The Struts is also here to talk about the recording process …
Nov 6, 2023
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 11-6-23
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST Mike Shinoda! FEATURED ARTIST: MIKE SHINODA Photo by: Mike Miller Monday night Wes Horton of Flat Black will be here to fill Lou in on …
Oct 4, 2023
Rocktober
Rocktober 2023 Listen at: 8am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm Grand Prize: $1000 Winner will be announced Wednesday Nov 1 st at 8:10am Qualifying Prize: Limited Edition Rocktober T-shirt ***You may qualify once per day but can only get one T-shirt*** Listen for the Rocktober Double Shots from that days featured artist at 8am, 9am, …
Jul 2, 2023
This week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL 7-3-23
Coming up this week on HARDDRIVE and HDXL: Your Source for the loudest rock is HardDrive with Lou Brutus! All this week we will be joined by our FEATURE GUEST ANDY BIERSACK of BLACK VEIL BRIDES! Monday night Lou will also be joined by MATTY MULLINS of MEMPHIS MAY FIRE to talk about “Misery.” Tuesday …
