Cyclone Insider: Promote From Within
Friday 3rd April 2026
Welcome to The List,
We start today with some great news for Kelsea Ballerini! She’s returning for a fourth consecutive year to host the CMT Music Awards. But this time she'll be doing it SOLO. She will also be performing. The show airs live Sunday, April 7th on CBS.
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Jennifer Lopez's short film "This Is Me... Now" that came out earlier this month could've had a drastically different list of celebrity cameos. In her new documentary, "The Greatest Love Story Never Told", J-Lo revealed some names that passed on the opportunity, like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, Jason Momoa and Snoop Dog. J-Lo's short film and documentary are now streaming on Prime Video.
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Warren Zeiders has his FIRST number one song on the charts with “Pretty Little Poison” He tells Billboard magazine that it’s an unexpected honor. "I put everything I had into this song and I’ll never be able to thank the fans, my team, and country radio enough for its success. This is my first No. 1 … Lord willing, it ain’t my last."…we hope so too.
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And lastly some bad news to report today for Gary Sinise. His son Mac passed after a battle with cancer. Gary said Mac was, quote, "an incredible inspiration to those who knew and loved him, [and] he faced his battle with grace, courage, and love." Mac was 33.
You can catch The List, weekdays at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
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 latest winner is Teresa Rasmussen – Behavioral Teacher @ Edwards Elementary School, she was nominated by Bethany Hays
Teresa went above & beyond for my son, he has gone through so much trauma & she stood by him & myself every step of the way being so understanding & caring, helping me help him work though all the chaos that he went through & to control his emotions & also standing by him & being understanding when his father passed of overdose. She is so caring & gives everything she has to help all of her students & just all children & I feel like this would be the best way to show all of the appreciation & love I have for her & appreciation for everything that she does as the most AMAZING teacher I have ever met.
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Teresa
Nominate your Kix Country class at Kixweb.com.
Welcome to The List,
Keith Urban sent out a cryptic tweet early yesterday that had people guessing. At 2:45 AM Central, he posted a picture of a clock set to 2:45. It's got a caption that says, "I'm out tonight and I'm feelin' like I could call you up, maybe take a shot that you're wide awake at a quarter to three." So, best guess is they're lyrics to a new song on the way. So, a lot of fans didn't even worry about the hidden meaning. They just answered him directly with things like, "At work" and "Making coffee." (Here's the tweet.)
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Kelly Clarkson tells the Smartless podcast that American Idol producers weren't happy with her when she auditioned for the show in 2002 because she did not always wear makeup on camera. One producer in particular, very high up, wasn't a fan of me just because I didn't play that game."
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It's a sad state of affairs when country artists are deemed TOO country for country radio. But it happens. Cody Johnson says, quote, "I just got told a couple weeks ago that my song 'Dear Rodeo' was and I quote, 'too rodeo for radio. But Cody's only singing what he knows. Not only is he a former bull rider, but he and a partner just won a World Series of Team Roping qualifier event . . . which means they're headed to the World Series of Team Roping Finale.
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Taylor Swift's dad is under investigation for allegedly attacking paparazzi in Australia. FYI, Nicole Kidman once got a restraining order against that same guy.
You can catch The List, weekdays at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
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