Country music artists are known for helping the communities they come from, and Jelly Roll is no different. He is teaming up with area Wal-Mart stores around Nashville to sponsor a toy drive for kids in need this holiday season.

The toy drive is going on through the middle of December. The drive started with a donation of $25,000 worth of toys! Since, Toy maker Hasbro and Coca-Cola have pledged another $25,000! Way to go Jelly Roll!!! You can always count on Country musicians to come through for people that really need it.

It was a HUGE night for Lainey Wilson at the CMA's last night! She won 5/9 awards she was up for! She won Music Video & Musical Event of the Year with Hardy fo "Wait in the Truck", Album of the Year for "Bell Bottom Country", Female Vocalist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year!!! WOW!

Others who took home big awards include:

Chris Stapleton - Male Vocalist of the Year

Brothers Osborne - Vocal Duo of the Year

Jelly Roll - New Artist of the Year

Luke Combs - Single of the Year...for "Fast Car"

Tracy Chapman - Song of the Year...for "Fast Car"

Congrats to everyone!

Tonight at 8:00 on ABC, it is time for the 2023 CMA Awards! Many artists in Country Music up for some very big awards tonight in Nashville. I will do my best to keep you posted as the night goes on as to who has won what award. 

If you are going to watch the awards, keep WQMX on nearby because I still have your chance to win tickets for Jodee Messina February 16th at Temple Live! at Cleveland Masonic. Good luck and enjoy the CMA's.

If you are planning a wedding and still need entertainment...I may have an idea for you - as long as you have a nice sized bank account!

Darius Rucker says he would play your wedding and you can even choose 5 songs for the band to learn! The main thing that might be prohibitive fo most people is his fee - $1 million.

I am going to guess that after the rest of the planning for the wedding, you probably won't have another $1 million to spend on ANYONE for entertainment! haha. Either way, I'm going to go notify both our Promotions Director Justina and overnight guy Joe (who are both planning weddings) in case they have any interest ;)

First and foremost: I stayed home. I did not go out of town this time. That was a nice change of pace. Last Saturday, I went with my Mom down to The Wilds outside of Zanesville to get a tour of the grounds in before they closed up for the season. It had been several years since we had been, so it was nice to get a tour in...even though it was a little cool and rainy on the open-air bus! lol. If you have never been down there-go!!! It's a great place to get a safari ride in where you do kinda feel like you're out on the Savannah. Plus, it's only a 2 hour drive away!

On Sunday, we went to see Dracula:The Bloody Truth at the Hanna Theater. What a fun show! It was crazy, very very funny, and an all around good time with Great Lakes Theater. On Tuesday we took the afternoon to stop by the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. Again, a place I had not been to for some time - mainly because of my schedule. Luckily, they were doing a shark feeding while we were there! So that was cool to see...even though not all of them were hungry.

The rest of the week was a little boring. Both Buttercup and I went to the doctor for our checkups, and then I had friends over to my house for pizza on Saturday night. That's about it. Here we are back at Monday and back at work. Talk to you on the radio. :)

I'm a little odd (like you needed me to tell you that ;)). I have a sweet tooth, but I'm not huge into candy. That doesn't mean that I don't have my favorites! My go to would be something chocolate with nuts in it. I love peanut or especially almond M&Ms, Mr. Goodbar, Hershey's with nuts, Snickers, Milky Way, or I have always loved Crunch bars with the rice too!

I still have to buy my Halloween candy...even though it's Friday night and Trick or Treat is 24 hours away! I hope the stores still have a decent selection when I go tomorrow! Wish me luck and Happy Halloween!!!

Keep It or Kick It is back tonight during the New At 9:00. Shortly after the hour begins, listen for new music from Annie Bosko "Neon Baby". I will ask you to listen to the song all the way through, and then decide if WQMX should play it more, or toss it aside.

Don't be shy with your opinions! You can call me or text me on the Cricket Wireless Text Line at 330-370-2000. I'm excited to see if you want to Keep It or Kick It tonight!

Tonight is the beginning of the 2023-24 season fo the Cavs! They start on the road in Brooklyn against the Nets. The home opener is this Friday hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let's hop they do just as good as last year, and then some! The Cavs made it to the playoffs only to be eliminated in the first round by New York. This year, let's shoot for at least the conference semifinals!!! (I'd of course love to them go farther than that...but I'm thinking realistically)

Plus, as we are ready to get the season started...news that Myles Garrett of the Browns has purchased a minority stake in the Cavs as well! That is so cool! Happy NBA season and GO CAVS!!!!

We are getting into the time of year when kids are going to be chowing down on an overload of candy! Between Trick or Treat and the stockings at Christmas, there will be A LOT of candy consumed over the next three months.

Trick or Treat at my house is this Saturday. I still have to go buy my candy to pass out for this year. I would LOVE to be the house that gives out the full-size bars...but I work in radio - can't afford that! lol. So I get a couple mixed bags of the fun sizes filled with candy that I like of course - that way if I don't get many kids coming by my house, I'll eat some of it and maybe bring some into wok as well.

Either way, this is the best time to be a dentist! A lot of appointments made to fix the damage of all that candy! haha

Since this is the last full week before Halloween, this will be the final week of my scary movie trivia. I have had a blast trying out your knowledge of the movies that go bump in the night! I hope you've had as much fun with it as I have. 

This final week I have your chance to win a pair of tickets to Forest of Screams Haunted Hayride in Medina! So I have five more questions regarding those movies that make it hard to sleep at night - hope you are my correct caller with the correct answer to have a great time getting spooked on a hayride!

Listen this week around 7:15 for your chance to win with W BOO MX!