KIX-KLASH RE-HASH
May 4, 2026
Monday 4th May 2026
Good Morning!
What a great event we have with Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our October winner was very grateful to be nominated and even shed a tear or two. Below you can listen to my phone call with Alden Elementary School – 6th Grade Teacher Ms. Blake Peck. She was nominated by Amy Klaffke, a parent of a student in Ms. Peck’s class. Here is the letter:
I would like to nominate at Alden Elementary School – 6th Grade Teacher Ms. Blake Peck.This year her class she got her class all their supplies so that the parents didn’t have to go back to school shopping. I know that as the year goes along they will run out of supplies and I don’t want her to have to purchase anymore for the students.
I would love to see her win “Pack the Backpack” to help her with costs of getting more supplies for the WHOLE school year. She is an amazing teacher to do that for 15 students and she deserves it!
Thanks (Parent of Student)
Amy Klaffke
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
Bird In A Cage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEtuO1U4hG8&list=RDQEtuO1U4hG8&start_radio=1
The song has a lot of truth to it so I had to ask Caryn what does he think of the song?
Accidental Cowgirl is her brand new song.
Welcome to The List,
Spotify is cracking down on robot rock stars, and it’s about time. They’re rolling out a “Verified by Spotify” badge for actual human artists. Light green checkmark means real person, not a laptop having feelings. After deleting 75 million spam tracks, yeah… we needed this. Congrats, humanity, you’re officially fact-checked by Spotify.
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David Allan Coe fans just got a surprise from beyond the vault, and it’s not a ghost story. His longtime manager says a shelved 2017 album is finally coming out. Target date is September 6th, what would’ve been his 87th birthday. Unreleased songs, new material, and maybe some outlaw magic. Proof that country legends don’t retire… they just delay their drops.
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George Birge almost didn’t make the team, and now he’s out here making charts. He had to win a walk-on golf tournament just for a shot. Then played in front of the coach like his future depended on it. Spoiler alert… it did, and he nailed it under pressure. Moral of the story, clutch swings build country singers.
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Big weekend alert, cancel your plans or pretend you had some. The Kentucky Derby is off and running with hats getting bigger than egos. NBA Playoffs round one is wrapping up, brackets already busted. Wuthering Heights hits streaming if you’re feeling dramatic and windswept. And the iHeartCountry Festival 2026 brings the country party without the cover charge.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
