For Keep It or Kick It tonight, I have a new song from Lee Brice with Hailey Whitters & Nate Smith called "Drinking Buddies". We have been playing it for you all day, but tonight on the New @ 9 I need your votes to tell me if WQMX should keep the song or kick it out into the garbage.

You will have until 9:45 to vote after you hear the song in its entirety, and I will then share the results at about 9:50 tonight.

You can text me on the Toth Buick GMC Text line or give me a call at 330-370-2000 in order to vote. This is another great way to make your voice heard on the station that is LIVE & LOCAL for you!

It's Friday which means there are new releases for you to listen to!

Here are the new singles available today:

Lee Brice + Nate Smith + Hailey Whitters "Drinkin' Buddies"
Josh Turner "Heatin' Things Up"
Tiera Kennedy "I Ain't A Cowgirl"
Elle King "Baby Daddy's Weekend"
Darius Rucker, Jennifer Nettles "Never Been Over"
Annie Bosko "Neon Baby [Last Call] (Make Out Mix)"

Coming soon:

4/29: Chayce Beckham "Everything I Need"
5/3: Miranda Lambert "Wranglers"
5/6: Kassi Ashton "Called Crazy"

MacKenzie Porter's album "Nobody's Born With A Broken Heart" was released today and there are a lot of albums coming soon that perhaps you'll want to pre-order!

5/10:
Brian Kelley: "Tennessee Truth"
Scotty McCreery "Rise & Fall" 
Lily Rose "Runnin' Outta of Time" EP

5/24:
Travis Denning "Roads That Go Nowhere"

5/31:
Willie Nelson "The Border" 
Kameron Marlowe "Keepin' The Lights On"
Terri Clark "Take Two"

6/7:
Carly Pearce "hummingbird"
Tracy Lawrence "Out Here In It" EP

8/16: 
Morgan Wade "Obsessed"

Happy listening! - Cherise, WQMX Music Director

I'm digging a lot of this new music here in 2024. Some hit home with me, and others not as much.

So, in no particular order, I thought it would be cool to drop here some of my favorites we're now spinning on WQMX. 

Yesterday was Carly Pearce's birthday. In thanking fans for all of the birthday wishes, she had an announcement to make.

Carly let fans know that the release of her latest album "Hummingbird" has been moved up! The album that includes her duet "We Don't Fight Anymore" with Chris Stapleton will now be released on June 7th!

You will be able to find it wherever you buy your music - ENJOY!

It's Thursday and that means it's time for another Top Ten list! I've made so many of these thus far, I'm starting to forget all the topics I've covered. I must double check that I haven't hit a topic yet before writing on it, unless it's a little bit off-the-wall. 

That's what I've got for you here this time around; we're branching out. It's easy for me to write about foods or music or whatever, but sometimes I like to learn a little as I write these, too. Light research on all the options available has taught me a lot about these miscellaneous top ten topics, whether that's the name of a pretty flower I enjoy or maybe a tidbit on video game history, for example. I don't need to research that I like tacos better than hotdogs, or anything like that. 

Whether you learn a little bit from these weekly ranking blogs, take a moment to do some self-reflection, enjoy comparing my picks to your own favorites, or even just get a kick out of judging my choices; thank you for giving a read. I'm real excited to get into this list, so here it is. It's my top ten patterns! 

10. Chevron

9. Toile

8. Striped

7. Polka Dot

6. Plaid

5. Gingham

4. Paisley

3. Tie-Dye

2. Houndstooth

1. Checkered

Along with all of the other graduates at the upcoming graduation, Toby Keith will posthumously receive an honorary degree from the University of Oklahoma. He was always a big fan and supporter of the Sooners.

Congratulations, Toby and to all graduates this graduation season!

No, I did not take a test ride, but there is one on Cedar Point's YouTube channel. Of course I was curious what the test ride looks like so I watched the video and wow. My stomach flip flopped just watching it! I have a feeling, those of you who loved the Top Thrill Dragster are going to really love this one! 

Click here to read the Top Thrill 2 Rider Guidelines so you are prepared when Cedar Point opens on May 4th!

I know these 2 aren't the same and I have a lot of whacked out ideas. 

Everytime I hear Randy Houser's - Country Back... 

I start thinkin' of Waylon...  I think it is this one...  What do you think?

I think it is mostly 1:09 in this one....

 Either way just reminds me... soundwise.

So, I woke up before my shift here at the station to a massive headache. It hurt to open my eyes even. With as little light as I could manage I got ready, ate a few ibuprofen, and hit the road. 

Now, I'm normally sensitive to bright headlights, but you can only imagine how badly I wanted to avoid seeing them. When it comes to my review mirror, at least, that's no issue; it fell off a while back. Ha!  

I made that funny realization and figured it would be fun to share with you. Maybe there's an underlying message here: clouds can have a silver lining as such and just because something seems unfortunate doesn't mean it's all bad. Things happen and my best advice would be not to fight the current, generally. 

No matter what, there's no looking back in my old 4x4! Let's turn the music up and put the pedal down- till next time, thanks for choosing Your Country! 94.9 WQMX. 

It is a great time to be a Cleveland sports fan at the moment.

I mentioned it last night: The Guardians have the best record in all of Baseball, and the Cavs are in the playoffs!

We will see how deep in the playoffs the Cavs are able to go, and don't expect the Guards to maintain that best record for all that long (just being realistic).

No matter what, just take a little time to enjoy it while we can!