Episodes

  • Eric on Huron: Time Change Edition

    Eric on Huron: Time Change Edition
    Nov 7 2024
    Are you struggling with falling back into standard time this week? We set the clocks back one hour last Sunday, and some people have a hard time handling the change. Producer Eric hit up Huron to talk about it.
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    2 mins
  • Brain Strain Question: Thursday, November 7

    Brain Strain Question: Thursday, November 7
    Nov 7 2024
    Here is Slats' Brain Strain Question for Wednesday, November 7. The prize this week, a pair of tickets to see comedian Sebastian Maniscalco on Thursday, November 14 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown. Question: 33% of dog owners do this with their pet? Listen to the Brain Strain Question with Slats each weekday at 7:40am. Or, download the free Audacy app and follow 98.5 WNCX.
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    4 mins
  • Cavaliers make franchise history with 9th win to start season

    Cavaliers make franchise history with 9th win to start season
    Nov 7 2024
    Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Pelicans in New Orleans 131-122 on Wednesday night to open 9-0 for the first time in their 55-year NBA history. Jarrett Allen added 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Cavs surpassed an 8-0 start by the 1976-77 squad that finished 43-39 under coach Bill Fitch. The Wine & Gold play at home Friday against the Golden State Warriors, who own the best start in NBA history at 24-0 in 2015-16.
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    2 mins
  • 'Morning Quickie': The voice of AOL has passed away

    'Morning Quickie': The voice of AOL has passed away
    Nov 7 2024
    You may not know his name, but you certainly know his voice. Elwood Edwards died Tuesday at the age of 74 following a long illness. He worked at 3News WKYC in Cleveland for many years as graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack-of-all-trades, yet it was a somewhat random opportunity in 1989 that earned him international fame. That year, Elwood received $200 from the then-unknown America Online, merely because his wife worked at a predecessor company. He was asked to simply record four voiceover lines: "Welcome" "You've Got Mail" "Files done" "Goodbye" Of course, the company better known as AOL blew up, and millions around the world would hear Elwood's voice telling them "You've Got Mail" every time they logged on to the internet. Despite his face not being visible, Elwood still achieved minor celebrity status. In 2015, he even appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" to utter the famous greeting as well as other audience-suggested phrases. Elwood passed away the day before he was set to turn 75 years old.
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    1 min
  • Dude News - Thursday, November 7, 2024

    Dude News - Thursday, November 7, 2024
    Nov 7 2024
    The Wine & Gold made history last night! The Cavaliers defeated the Pelicans in New Orleans 131-122. In doing so, Cleveland has started the season 9-0, setting a new franchise mark. Something a LeBron James led team never did. The Cavs next game is Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as the host the Golden State Warriors. A team we have a little history with. A driver drove their car over a cliff Monday in California following a police pursuit that was called off mid chase. Police first discovered the vehicle after it collided into a fence. A traffic stop was initiated but the driver refused to stop. Witnesses say once the police chase ended, the vehicle accelerated and drove off the cliff, landing on the beach below. The driver was treated by the Carlsbad Fire Department for life-threatening injuries but is expected to survive. Drugs and alcohol are not factors in the crash. Morgan Mullins, of Gill, Colorado, has a pet pig named Strawberry that she calls the love of our life.” Recently, Strawberry found a stash of beer that had been left in the garage and helped herself to it. A video on TikTok shows Mullins’ partner surveying the damage, the empty beer cans, and…most importantly…a pickled Strawberry that can barely walk in a straight line after drinking an extensive quantity of Fat Tire Ale. Since the video was posted, over two million people took the time to see what a hammered pig looks like.
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    2 mins
  • Brain Strain Question: Wednesday, November 6

    Brain Strain Question: Wednesday, November 6
    Nov 6 2024
    Here is Slats' Brain Strain Question for Wednesday, November 6. The prize this week, a pair of tickets to see comedian Sebastian Maniscalco on Thursday, November 14 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown. Question: What happened on this day in history that directly affected the cities of Cleveland & Baltimore? Listen to the Brain Strain Question with Slats each weekday at 7:40am. Or, download the free Audacy app and follow 98.5 WNCX.
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    3 mins
  • Morning Quickie: Presidential race is over

    Morning Quickie: Presidential race is over
    Nov 6 2024
    After being told for weeks to not expect to know the results of the 2024 presidential election for days after the polls closed, early this morning it became clear that former President Donald Trump had won. The moment that tipped the race was when NBC News, CBS News, AP News, and Fox News all called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for Trump. Added to his wins in North Carolina, Georgia, and other states he was always expected to win, Trump stood at 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. As of 3 am Eastern time, Trump held a 15-percentage-point lead in Alaska, which has three electoral votes. Trump spoke to the election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida around 2:30 am, at almost the same instant that AP News joined other news services in calling Pennsylvania for him. The crowd of thousands attending the watch party of Vice President Kamala Harris at her alma mater Howard University went home after being told just before 1 am Eastern time that Harris wouldn’t be addressing supporters last night.
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    1 min
  • Dude News - Wednesday, November 6, 2024

    Dude News - Wednesday, November 6, 2024
    Nov 6 2024
    An online poll found that Baker Mayfield is the NFL quarterback most sports fans would want to grab a beer with. Aaron Rodgers, Kirk Cousins, and Joe Burrow also ranked in the top four. Would you prefer to hang out with someone who's considered an "everyman" like Mayfield – or someone who's a bit whacked out and super famous like Aaron Rodgers? Season 26 of “The Voice” has added two new Mega Mentors! Sting and Jennifer Hudson are coming on, and its the first time that there will be two mega mentors on “The Voice” in a single season. Sting will be helping out coaches Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani. Hudson, meanwhile, will help out coaches Michael Bublé and Reba McEntire. Hudson previously appeared on “The Voice” back in season 13 and 15 as a coach. Both will join the show for the Knockout round starting November 11th. Commuters on a busy road in Massachusetts faced a stinky situation yesterday morning when two potable toilets fell off the back of a truck. The truck failed to clear the low-situated Massachusetts Avenue overpass on Memorial Drive in Cambridge during the morning commute, knocking two porta-potties off the truck and onto the road. The truck initially left the scene but returned about 20 minutes later to collect its smelly cargo. The incident was an example of what is known locally as "storrowing," named for Boston's Storrow Drive, which features multiple low-clearance bridges that are often struck by over-height vehicles.
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    1 min