Tuesday 17th February 2026

The List for Thursday, November 17th 2022

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Move over Hallmark channel there’s a new player in town…and it’s called QVC. They’re not just a home shopping network anymore . . . they’ve gotten into the very lucrative business of making cheesy, contrived holiday romantic comedies. Their first Christmas movie, “Holly & the Hot Chocolate”, will premiere on it on Thanksgiving Day And it looks bad.  Like, REALLY bad.  It’s about a food critic with car trouble and a cranky tow truck driver who, of course, find love . . . in a town where a guy sells really good hot chocolate.

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There’s an intentional Easter egg in “Top Gun: Maverick”, and if you caught it, Tom Cruise would be quite impressed.  A guy’s yell from the volleyball scene in the first “Top Gun” was sampled and used in the football scene in the new movie. A fan on Twitter pointed it out and Eddie Hamilton, an editor on the movie, noticed the Tweet and said, quote, “I am stoked you noticed this.  Very deliberate little nod . . . No one else has spotted this as far as I’m aware.  Enjoy your time in the smug zone.”

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Elle King’s debut country album, “Come Get Your Wife”, will be out in January. Obviously, she’s very excited about it. Quote, “I’ve poured my heart and a lot of tequila into this record.  I hope people like it because I’m proud of it and I can’t wait to sing all these songs live and I hope you guys want to sing them with me.”  She says this new album is packed full of emotion and excitement and a lot of gratitude toward the country music fans…

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After the 2022 we’ve had, this is one of the best things I could have heard:  Woody and Buzz from “Toy Story” are best buddies in real life.  Tim Allen says he and Tom Hanks are super-close and have been having lunch together since the first “Toy Story”.  And even though they disagree on a lot of things, he says, quote, “I adore that man’s heart and mind.”

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CMA’s Country Christmas date and performers have been announced. Dan + Shay, Carly Pearce, Scotty McCreery, Maren Morris, Old Dominion, and Steven Curtis Chapman are some of the performers on this year with Carly as the host. The show now in it’s Thirteenth year will air from Nashville on ABC December 12th.

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And finally, Jimmie Allen and Elle King are going to host Nashville’s New Year’s Eve celebration. The celebration will feature Brooks & Dunn, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band and more.

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

 

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The List for Monday, February 16th 2026

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Luke Combs just committed the ultimate sports betrayal…he wore a Jacksonville Jaguars hat. Panthers fans immediately grabbed their pitchforks and pumpkin spice lattes and accused him of treason. One fan called him fake. Luke fired back saying, yeah, maybe he should have worn Panthers gear while playing in the Jaguars stadium…his bad. This man gave us “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” not “I Pledge Allegiance to Your Fantasy Football Team.”

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Miranda Lambert kicked off the Daytona 500 in front of more than 100,000 screaming NASCAR fans. She admitted the massive crowd made her nervous, which is relatable, because the only thing scarier than that many people is that many people who drove there aggressively. She said it already felt like a concert thanks to the tailgating.

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Hollywood officially ran out of ideas sometime around 2007, and now Charlie’s Angels is getting rebooted…again. Sony is already working on it, with the Crazy Rich Asians writer attached, and Drew Barrymore possibly involved behind the scenes. So yes, prepare for dramatic slow-motion walking, explosions that defy physics, and a plot nobody remembers. That’s Hollywood innovation….rebooting a reboot of a reboot of a reboot.

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If you were waiting for The Simpsons to end, I have terrible news…you’ll be waiting forever. The showrunner says it will never have a real finale because the characters live in permanent cartoon Groundhog Day. They already did a fake ending just to mess with us. At this point, three things will survive the apocalypse: cockroaches, Twinkies, and Homer Simpson.

Get details on these stories at 4:20 this afternoon on The List, with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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The List for Friday, February 13th 2026

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Brantley Gilbert sang “Dirt Road Anthem” at the Turning Point USA halftime show, and Zach Bryan took it personally. So Zach dropped a parody called “Chili on a Hot Dog,” basically roasting the lyrics and celebrating double-fisted chili dogs like it’s a county fair championship. Brantley fired back by grabbing two foot-long chili dogs on stage and acting it out. Jason Aldean chimed in with, “Best song I’ve heard from that guy.” Nothing says country unity like processed meat.

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Thomas Rhett admitted on a podcast he’s losing hearing in one ear at 35 and had to get hearing aids. Years of loud concerts… plus four kids and a fifth on the way. He wore them for a week and asked his wife, “Is this what you hear all day?” She basically said, welcome to marriage. Turns out the loudest tour of his life is at home.

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There’s a new indie horror movie called ‘The House Was Not Hungry Then’, told entirely from the haunted house’s perspective. No close-ups. No dramatic reaction shots. Just the house silently watching a woman search for her missing father. It hits video on demand February 13th. So now even the drywall is judging you.

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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he’s working on Top Gun 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 6. He told Screen Rant it’s basically a horse race. Right now Top Gun is barely ahead, waiting on a script. So Maverick might fly again… or Jack Sparrow might stumble back in. Hollywood is saying…. originality is overrated.

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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