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Nashville Music Minute – Kenny Chesney, Wynonna Judd, and Steve Earle join “Farm Aid 40” lineup
August 29, 2025
Monday 1st September 2025
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Ready for a road trip?? CMA Fest is back after two long, Covid-canceled years. It’s going down June 9th through June 12th in downtown Nashville, with over 150 performers. The big names on the Nissan stage include Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, and Lainey Wilson. June 9 – 12th in Nashville.
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Yesterday we lost another comedian…Gilbert Gottfried passed after a long battle with recurrent ventricular tachycardia Myotonic Dystropia type II which a way of saying his heart rate was to fast. His quick wit and strange unique voice made him a favorite to many and not such a favorite to some. Best known for voicing Lago from the original ‘Aladdin’ and the Aflac duck, Gilbert Gottfried was 67.
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Elle King has her first number one song on Country radio With ”Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” and she has a message for YOU in Kix Country. “This is Elle King. I just want to say thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for giving me a shot and for helping me get to number one with my girl, Miranda Lambert. And I owe so much of that to you guys. Thank you for believing me. I hope you know I’m sticking around. So thank you.“ Drunk and I don’t want to go home has been a number one song on the Top Kix at Six as well!!
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Mark Wahlberg has a new movie in theaters “Father Stu”. . He tells Ellen on her show that even though his children are ‘mortified’ by Marky Mark….he would bring them BACK under the right circumstances “Yes, for the right circumstances, for a charity event…but would I remember all the words? No, but give a couple days to rehears and then yes I could get back into the swing of things. I just gotta hear it and feel it.” When Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch hit the road we’ll let you know…
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Luke Combs’ wife Nicole will be having their baby boy sometime this spring. Luke was recently asked for his thoughts about it, and he said, quote, “If a damn alligator can come out, it wouldn’t matter to me as long as it’s healthy. I would teach him to sing, teach him how to eat a cheeseburger.”
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According to Forbes – Blake Shelton is Country Music’s highest paid artist at a whopping $83-Million followed by Luke Bryan, Dolly Parton Chris Stapleton and FGL…and Luke Combs has announced a new album!! Taking to social media. Watch for the yet unnamed album June 24th
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “Caught Stealing”
Once a high school baseball star, Hank now slings drinks in a New York dive with a great girlfriend. But when his punk-rock neighbor dumps a cat on him, He’s suddenly got gangsters breathing down his neck!!
(WARNING, VIDEO HAS ADULT LANGUAGE!!!!)
https://youtu.be/6mIvD-GN-p4?si=QCkdntDq_F8uLCde
“Caught Stealing” is rated: R
Stars: Austin Butler, Regina King and Zoe Kravitz
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
‘At the Movies’ Thursday’s at 5:40 on Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1
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"Apparently Tom Cruise has a new mission hating Pedro Pascal. Word is, Tom’s in his 60s but still refuses to pass the Hollywood torch. He patched things up with Brad Pitt, but now Pedro bugs him because he does TV and movies. Tom’s like, real stars only pack theaters.’ Meanwhile, Pedro’s out here running the galaxy and HBO. Someone get Tom a juice box."
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"Morgan Wallen tells Men’s Journal his escape from fame is hunting with his buddies. He says being in the middle of nowhere helps him chill out and de-stress. Which is fair, because nothing says peace and quiet like blasting ducks out of the sky with your best friends. That’s country therapy…
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"A new poll says 72% of us don’t care that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. And yet over a million shares of their engagement post set an Instagram record. So yeah, we don’t care… we just care enough to make it the most talked-about thing on the planet.
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"Bill Belichick is 73 and dating a 24-year-old. And now, his girlfriend just filed to trademark the phrase ‘Gold Digger’ for jewelry and keychains. That’s a 49-year age gap, folks. At this point, their anniversary gifts are probably Metamucil and a TikTok ring light."
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