Wednesday 24th December 2025

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Nashville Music Minute: Does having a roller-dog make you a bad person?

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Corey Kent at the Iowa State Fair

Corey Kent opens for Jason Aldean at the Iowa State Fair. You might remember him from a You Tube video were a young Corey Kent was able to get on stage with Willie Nelson or you may have seen him on The Voice with Blake as his coach. We talked about all of it. Blake's best advice he gave Corey. I find out why his new song is called "Something's Gonna Kill Me"  why motorcycles are such a large part of his life and why his wife is ok with that.

 
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Nashville Music Minute: New Girlfriend

 
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At the Movies for Thursday, August 17th 2023

Welcome to  ‘At The Movies” brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames…

In Theaters this weekend: From DC Comics “Blue Beetle”

An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyesto to be it’s symbiotic host, giving him a suit of armor that’s capable of super powers.. 

https://youtu.be/4wxyy8Rcz4k

 “Blue Beetle” is rated PG-13

Stars: Xolo Mariduena, Susan Sarandon

THEN - Friday morning after the Movie Mom's review @ 8:30 the MKS will give you a chance to win a family four pack of tickets to the movies at North Grand Cinema...

 AT THE MOVIES...Thursdays at 5:40 during the Drive At Five, with Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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The List for Thursday, August 17th 2023

Welcome to The List,

Quinton Aaron played Michael Oher in "The Blind Side", and he wants people to lay off Sandra Bullock.  He says, quote, "I heard some pretty disturbing things people were saying about her, and I'm not behind that. Adding I'm six-foot-eight, 400-plus pounds, and you don't want those problems."  Quentin says the Tuohys were very involved during the making of the movie, but Oher was not.  In fact, he only met Oher for the first time four years AFTER the movie came out.

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"Barbie" has now made $537.4 million in the U.S., making it Warner Brothers' biggest hit in North America.  Meanwhile, "The Sound of Freedom" has now made more than the new "Indiana Jones" and "Mission: Impossible" movies. The budget for “Barbie” was $145 Million and the budget for “The Sound of Freedom” was $14.5 million.

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Jelly Roll is breaking records and winning awards, but he still has a goal of performing at Madison Square Garden…

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The nominees and categories have been announced for the first ever "People's Choice Country Awards".  It's a fan-voted awards show, so they're counting on you to choose the winners. You can vote daily from now through August 25th at pcca.votenow.nbc.com.  Little Big Town will host the show, which is being held at the Grand Ole Opry on September 28th.  It'll air live on NBC and Peacock.

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Codelist says Dolly Parton is releasing a cover of The Beatles song ''Let It Be'' this Friday. She tweeted;   “My new single from ‘Rockstar’, “Let It Be”, will be on sale this summer! This song is really special to me because I’m accompanied by Paul McCartney, who wrote it, as well as Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood.”

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Geo TV says Ben Affleck allegedly wants to go on a double date with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner and her boyfriend, John Miller…a little weird for me…but ok…

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Get Your Peanuts!

 
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The List for Wednesday, August 16th 2023

Welcome to The List,

Yesterday we reported that the focus of the movie “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw where Michael Oher is suing the Tuohy family,  For what he’s now claiming that the Tuohy family deceived and used him. The Internet are calling for Sandra Bullock to return the Oscar she won.

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Somebody should have thought of this a long time ago:  A collection of Reality TV's biggest jerks will face off on the new show "House of Villains", which will premiere on E! on October 6th. The contestants will try to out-manipulate each other to win $200,000 and the title of America's Ultimate Supervillain.  Joel McHale will host. Contestants include Jonny Fairplay from "Survivor", Tiffany "New York" Pollard from "Flavor of Love", and Omarosa.

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Musician Oliver Anthony’s song "Rich Men North of Richmond" is all over the internet and he shared a video about what he'd like us to learn from it.  He hopes we'll stop focusing on the hate and start connecting with people who are different than us. He recorded the video in his car on the way home from his recent show in Virginia.

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Chris Young was pretty slim back when he won "Nashville Star" 17 years ago.  He was also in his early 20's, so . . . that helps.  But he's suddenly looking pretty svelte again at 38. He posted a shirtless selfie yesterday and said he's dropped 60 POUNDS this year.  He said he's dedicated to working on himself, including his music AND in the gym.  He added, "Still not done, but down 60 pounds."

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How romantic is Justin Moore  for his 14th wedding anniversary…well, he tells People magazine…”not very” saying  “they had cheese dip for dinner after a trip to Walmart. There was a moment where we looked at each other and were like, 'Wow, what a romantic wedding anniversary!' But I don't think either of us would want it any different."

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Cinema Blend says the "Barbie" movie has been banned in Algeria for "damaging morals." The film had been showing for several weeks before the ban. An insider says the ban was due to the movie not complying with Algeria's religious beliefs. The film has previously been banned in Lebanon, Kuwait, and Vietnam….

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Shirtless Selfies

 
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The List for Tuesday, August 15th 2023

Welcome to The List,

Remember the 2009 movie “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw? Great movie about a family adopting a young man who goes on to be an NFL player? Well Michael Ohrt the subject of that movie is now suing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, claiming they used him and made millions off his name, while he got nothing. And now, Sandra Bullock can honestly say that "Speed 2" is NOT the most embarrassing movie she's ever made.

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Luke Combs has released a live version of "Fast Car".  It's kind of a full circle thing because he's been covering the Tracy Chapman classic in concert for years, and fans kept asking him to record his own version.  (Here's the video.)

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The Barbie movie was not only good at the box office, but it was good to Margot Robbie as well!!  So-called "sources" say that with salary and box office bonuses, Margot is going to bank around $50 million off the movie.  She didn't just star in it . . . she was also one of the producers…meanwhile Ryan Gosling is just Ken…

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Every once in a while, Kane Brown reminds us that he's a great dad.  He shared a video of himself doing some kind of "dad dance" as his two young daughters look on.  It ends as it should when he sits on the floor and they come in for a hug. Somebody in the comments said it best.  Quote, "I love that when you sat down, your babies instantly went to your arms, unprompted.  You and the Mrs. are truly beautiful parents."

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Paris Hilton continued vacationing in Maui over the weekend, just 30 miles from the town of Lahaina, which was destroyed by that massive wildfire.  People are calling her tone deaf and insensitive. It’s Paris Hilton…so…yeah…

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Who is Oliver Anthony??  Well he's written and performed a song called "Rich Men North of Richmond" has already reached #1 on iTunes.  And Oliver was surprised by Jamey Johnson who came to his show on Sunday.  They ended up performing Jamey's song "In Color"

You can catch The List, at 2:20 and 4:20 weekdays on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Ryder 8/15/23

OUR KIX CRITTER OF THE WEEK, RYDER

Ryder is a 3 year old German Shepherd that came to ARL as a stray. Ryder

is very active and loves to run outside. Ryder is a sloppy kisser and is very treat motivated.

He is dog friendly and a meet and greet would be required if you have other dogs in the home.

Ryder's adoption fee (which for this month is only $75.00) covers his neuter, vaccines, microchip, heartworm test and various other treatments. If you are interested in Ryder, please stop by the front

desk or call 641-753-9046.

Reminder that all cats and kittens and dogs adoption fee is half price!!! Cats $15 and dogs $75, find your study buddy!!

 
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