Simply put she’s the cream of the crop and we’re very proud to pass on this WGOG press release involving our legendary songwriting friend and Asheville Music Publishing writer, Sandy Knight. Her impressive list of hits includes “Mighty Deep Well,” “You Keep Praying,” “The Next Cloud,” “I’ll Not Turn My Back On Him Now,” “In the Twinkle of an Eye,” “One More Miracle” and “Hit the Ground Running.”

96.3 WGOG AWARDS FIRST EAGLE AWARD TO SONGWRITER
The first Eagle Award to be given  annually by 96.3 WGOG for the Southern gospel music Artist of the Year was presented Saturday at the station’s 50th Anniversary Gospel Music Concert held at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium.

Sandy Stephens Knight, a Walhalla native who has garnered international and national awards for her twenty-five years of songwriting and singing in the family group The Roy Knight Singers based in Six Mile, was named recipient of the Eagle.

A near-capacity audience was on hand as the award was presented by Wayne Morton, 96.3 WGOG’s operations manager and host of The Golden Corner Gospel program heard Sunday mornings. Auditorium director Ray Burroughs and former announcer and on-air program host for WSNW in Seneca – our sister station – Freeman Martin assisted in the presentation.

As the station’s 50th anniversary observance continues, 96.3 WGOG will welcome the internationally-known bluegrass group Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver to the Walhalla Civic Auditorium August 21, 2009.

At Walhalla Civic Auditorium in the “golden corner” of up-state South Carolina pictured L-R are: Wayne Morton of 96.3 WGOG, Roy Knight, Sandy Knight, Freeman Martin, and Ray Burroughs of the Walhalla Civic Auditorium.
(Photo by Rickey Herring)