Shop Local with Brothers Bar-B-Que

Leesa Boone hosts the Shop Local show on 104.9 WWKY, streaming on Facebook, featuring Brothers Barbecue and encouraging listeners to follow both WWKY and Brothers Barbecue online. After light conversation about national calendar days and Brothers’ popular sea turtle ice cream, Kim joins to share the restaurant’s multi-generation family legacy and how Kevin and Donna view the business as a “mission field” focused on serving the community, including helping a homeless man and his dog with food and support toward applying for a city job. The discussion highlights family values, including Kim’s perspective as a new grandmother, and community outreach such as Kim’s mother’s Lord’s Dinner Table program at their church (501 South Atkinson Street, Arlington) providing free groceries and a hot meal with no questions asked, plus weekly support of Arlington’s Blessing Box, and her recent city award. The show also covers Brothers Barbecue updates, including continued improvements to the training room and boardroom used for meetings and events, and announces a Love Local giveaway featuring a Brothers Barbecue steak dinner for two (with an emphasis on calling ahead to reserve steaks at 821-1222 due to fresh ordering). Leesa promotes a Love Local event at Mad City Events (12–2 on Friday) with prizes from multiple businesses, explains how to enter via a Thursday Facebook post (like, comment, share publicly), and notes an option for in-person participation. She previews upcoming Shop Local episodes with All In Resale and Mad Con at Parkway Plaza Mall, Buds RV World, and a new co-host, Duke Brewbaker of Champion Ford, reinforcing the show’s goal of building trust by introducing the people behind local businesses and reminding listeners to shop, eat, and experience local.