Thursday 26th December 2024
Pack the Backpack Holiday Edition, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman, generous employees at Lenox in Marshalltwon and Kix 101.1! Each Wednesday in December, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies this holiday season. You can listen to each new winner on Wednesday at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our last Pack the Backpack Holiday Edition winner is Shawn Helle, 2nd Grade Teacher at West Elementary in Knoxville. Take a listen to our surprise phone call to Shawn below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
Welcome to The List,
Who is YOUR favorite Christmas movie villain? "People" magazine's list is topped by Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life". He's followed by Oogie Boogie from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and bully Scut Farkus in "A Christmas Story".
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The new “Superman” trailer has been released…it show many more superhero’s than just him too. It’s got Superman’s dog Krypto…and much much more. James Gunn’s version staring David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Louis Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor is set to hit theaters July of next year…see it HERE
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Here are the annual Christmas traditions for some of your favorite country music stars: Keith Urban loves going to the beach, because it's summertime in Australia . . . and Parker McCollum's Christmas always includes a game of football in Grandma's front yard.
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The highest grossing country music tours in 2024 are: Zach Bryan's Quittin' Time Tour, which made over $321 million . . . Luke Combs' Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour, which made over $173 million . . . and Kenny Chesney's Sun Goes Down Tour, which made over $159 million.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
