Christina Wolford- The Drive Home. 3pm-7pm weekdays on WKKJ. Request line- (740) 773-3000 or 1-800-686-9555. Email-cwolford@wkkj.com follow me on Twitter @christinaw943.
Christina was born and raised in Ross County. She graduated from Unioto High school and attended Ohio University-Chillicothe. She has worked for WKKJ since September of 1989, where she started out working overnights and weekends. She finally weaseled her way into the News Department where she stayed for 18 years before falling into the morning show position in July of 2011. Christina and her husband, Dan live in Union Township with their four daughters.
Pop Rocks 35th Birthday-in Studio Pop Rocks test
WKKJ news anchor Vanessa Doyle has received some comments lately from listeners saying she is mispronouncing her own name on the air.
No, not the Doyle part, the Vanessa part.
Vanessa wants to not offend the listeners, so how should she pronounce "Vanessa"?
Listen and vote below...
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Blake Shelton and Shakira sing Lady A's "Need You Now" on The Voice Tuesday night.
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Tim McGraw debuted his new video “The Highway Don’t Care” Monday during a 30-minute Google Hangout chat. Tim stars as doctor in the cinematic piece, which showcases the dangers of texting and driving. Collaborators Taylor Swift and Keith Urban are also in the clip.
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Alan Jackson paid tribute to his friend George Jones with this performance during his show this past weekend.
Luke Bryan and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning belted out "Folsom Prison Blues" at Peyton's children's hospital benefit over the weekend.
REMEMBERING GEORGE JONES
George Jones, affectionately known as “The Possum,” died today (Friday) in Nashville. He was 81. An early member of the Grand Ole Opry, George was a country favorite for nearly five decades with such hits as “Why Baby Why” and “The Race Is On.”
Born George Glenn Jones on September 12th, 1931 in Vidor, Texas, he was introduced to country music at age seven, when his family bought a radio. Two years later, he received a guitar as a gift and began performing on the streets of Beaumont, Texas. During a stint in the Marines, George honed his skills playing bars and clubs around his base in California. Upon his discharge he recorded his first single, which went nowhere, but his second single, “Why Baby Why,” which he co-wrote, also became his first Top 5 hit in 1955. In 1956 he joined the Grand Ole Opry after a series of Top 10 singles and got his first number-one with “White Lightning” in 1959. Throughout the ‘60s, George changed labels several times but managed to remain at or near the top of the charts with such classics as “The Race Is On” and “Love Bug.”
As his success grew, so did his alcohol abuse and, consequently, his inclination to miss concerts -- earning him the moniker “No Show Jones.” After moving to Nashville, George met and married Tammy Wynette in 1969. But they couldn’t record together until 1971 because they were under contracts to different record labels. Even after their divorce in 1973, they continued to record and tour together throughout the '70s. Jones was also married twice before Tammy -- once in his teens to Dorothy Bonvillion, which resulted in the birth of his daughter Susan, and then to Shirley Ann Corley,with whom he had sons Jeffrey and Brian.
During his marriage to Shirley, the legendary riding mower story evolved. After several days on a bender, his wife confiscated the keys to every vehicle in the house and left George alone with no way to obtain his liquor fix. Disgruntled and desperate, he spied their riding lawnmower with keys in the ignition -- and drove it to the liquor store. Vince Gilllater parodied the event in the video for “One More Last Chance.”
In March 1983 George married Nancy Sepulveda, who helped him get sober. She also became his business partner, not only in his music, but in ventures including the Possum Holler restaurant in Enterprise, Alabama.
George is survived by four children -- Susan, Jeffrey, Brian and country singer Georgette, his daughter with Tammy Wynette. His wife, Nancy also survives.
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Country stars and fans are flooding Twitter with their thoughts on George Jones.
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Here's a look at the finale from last night's (Tuesday) We're All for the Hall benefit concert from the perspective of Keith Urban... on stage.
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Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban heat up the ACM award show April 7th, with "highway Don't Care"
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Baseball's Back..
It's so great to have baseball back. And it's so great to have this ultimate baseball fail compilation featuring the best line-drives to the head and errant bat swings to the crotch.
Brantley Gilbert "leaked" a song that he might include on his upcoming album on YouTube.He says he was inspired to write "One Hell of an Amen" after returning from a USO tour. The song references two deaths -- a soldier who died in Iraq and a friend from his hometown who lost his life to cancer. Brantley is gearing up to go out on Tim McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom tour, which kicks off May 2nd in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Check out this clucking version of The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Recognize the tall guy on the far left? It's Blake Shelton!
