Thursday 6th March 2025
Welcome to The List,
Sad news today….Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years passed on Monday. Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18. They married two years later. Carl will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending he was 82.
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Taylor Swift is reportedly considering a major movie role. She’s been in talks with studios about potential superhero and sci-fi projects. Hollywood insiders are excited about the possibility, while fans are speculating, she could be a perfect fit for Marvel’s Dazzler.
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Chris Stapleton is one of country music’s most powerful voices, a five-time Grammy winner. Imagine a world where “Traveler” never existed. In a 2022 60 Minutes interview, Stapleton revealed that music wasn’t always the plan. Saying, “I did go to engineering school,” he admitted. “My major was biomedical engineering.” Whew! Glad for THAT detour.
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Jelly Roll tells CMT that people may start mistaking him for Post Malone if he loses more weight. Saying, ” If I get skinny enough, if they just see face tattoos they’re like, ‘Post! Post!'”
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Welcome to The List,
Sad news today….Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years passed on Monday. Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18. They married two years later. Carl will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending he was 82.
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Taylor Swift is reportedly considering a major movie role. She’s been in talks with studios about potential superhero and sci-fi projects. Hollywood insiders are excited about the possibility, while fans are speculating, she could be a perfect fit for Marvel's Dazzler.
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Chris Stapleton is one of country music’s most powerful voices, a five-time Grammy winner. Imagine a world where “Traveler” never existed. In a 2022 60 Minutes interview, Stapleton revealed that music wasn’t always the plan. Saying, “I did go to engineering school,” he admitted. “My major was biomedical engineering.” Whew! Glad for THAT detour.
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Jelly Roll tells CMT that people may start mistaking him for Post Malone if he loses more weight. Saying, " If I get skinny enough, if they just see face tattoos they're like, 'Post! Post!'"
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Our Kix Critters of the week are Joy and Blitzen! Erika explains more about them!!
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“Anora" won five Oscars last night, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison. Adrien Brody won Best Actor for "The Brutalist". Francis Ford Coppola is thrilled about winning Worst Director at the Razzies. Other "winners" this year include "Madame Web" for Worst Picture, Jerry Seinfeld for Worst Actor, and Dakota Johnson for Worst Actress.
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Morgan Wallen on being a new father…He talks about what kind of father he strives to be ... Saying before his son was born…He felt that he was just floating around and it put a whole new purpose in his mind. He adds he knows how important his dad was to him…so he wants to be there for him.
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Luke Combs is the first country artist of all time to have two songs pass the billion-stream mark on Spotify. A couple weeks ago, Luke's song "When It Rains It Pours" passed the billion-stream mark . . . and now his song "Beautiful Crazy" has eclipsed a billion as well.
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An examination of Gene Hackman's pacemaker shows he most likely died on February 17th, nine days before the bodies of him and his wife were discovered. And tests have determined they did not die of carbon monoxide poisoning.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
