Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » Wham-O http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Sat, 18 May 2013 17:22:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Remember The Hula Hoop? http://wyrk.com/remember-the-hula-hoop/ http://wyrk.com/remember-the-hula-hoop/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:00:47 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=66315 It was one of the biggest crazes of the late 50’s and early 60’s.  During the era of capri pants, the Twist and
Duncan yo-yo’s - one item came along that not only had everyone in the country doing it, but was the subject of hours of entertainment and exercise

]]> http://wyrk.com/remember-the-hula-hoop/feed/ 0 (Getty Images) What Do You Know About the Frisbee? http://wyrk.com/what-do-you-know-about-the-frisbee/ http://wyrk.com/what-do-you-know-about-the-frisbee/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:00:31 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=54233 At least 60 companies produce what many of us just call the Frisbee but only one company – Mattel Toys has the right to use the name.  They bought the rights from Wham-O in 1994. 

The Frisbee story goes all the way back to the 1800’s when college students in the area of Bridgeport, Connecticut used pie tins made by the Frisbie Pie Company to throw at each other, yelling "Frisbie!" as they let go.

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