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“Dear Hippie” — Lainey Wilson Teases New Song Inspired By Her Dog, Hippie Mae

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Lainey Wilson is so real for this. The country star announced her forthcoming album Whirlwind earlier this week, and I can hardly wait to hear all the new music. Her recent song "Country's Cool Again" will be included on the 14-song tracklist, but other than, we haven't heard much in the way of teasers or new tunes from the Louisiana native at all, though she has done a ton of features for artists on other songs. She released her Grammy-winning Bell Bottom Country album in 2022, and of course, has had a pretty inane last year or two that's kept her really busy. But another new song seems to be coming soon, as Lainey shared a teaser on Instagram earlier of a video of her writing a letter to her dog, Hippie Mae, who she hadn't seen for about a month until recently because Lainey's been touring across the pond. She shared the video with a caption that reads: "Dear Hippie..." In addition, she added the "winking" emoji, which definitely means Lainey has something up her sleeve... you can also hear a clip of the rocking new song, where I heard some heavy guitar chords, if you watch all the way to the end: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6y7JWHOuls/ And speaking of everything Lainey’s accomplished in the last year or two, the Louisiana native recently scored her seventh $1 hit at country radio with “Wildflowers and Wild Horses,” and is planning to open up a bar in downtown Nashville, Bell Bottoms Up, this summer too, along with releasing the new record. Stay tuned... "Country's Cool Again" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-GBdsu8j00 "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvfHSKojdiI

Peyton Manning Announces That Bill Belichick Will Be A Permanent Weekly Guest On ManningCast This Season

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Bill Belichick will be keeping plenty busy and staying within the orbit of the NFL despite getting passed on in the latest head coach hiring cycle. In addition to doing weekly spots on The Pat McAfee Show, the longtime New England Patriots coach is set to be permanent fixture on the ManningCast with Peyton and Eli Manning for Monday Night Football. Peyton announced the news on Friday, explaining how Belichick's singular experience and expertise on the defensive side of the ball will add an exciting new angle to the Manning Bros' real-time analysis. In classic Peyton fashion, he made the link between Belichick and his brother Eli, who beat the Patriots twice in the Super Bowl back in his heyday with the New York Giants. "It was an easy pitch to Bill. Because I said Bill, we want you to come on, and we’d love to go behind the ropes on the defensive side as to kind of what the Eagles are going to have to do to stop Patrick Mahomes. And if you ever run out of things to say, just make fun of Eli right? That's always sort of a time filler, and Bill doesn't like Eli. We all know that. Two Super Bowls. So just a match made in heaven... I can't tell you the advantage to having a defensive coach to take the quarterback behind the ropes on that defense that made me a better quarterback. So Bill's gonna do that. I think the audience is going to be fascinated by how smart he is." https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1788987200492773506 There's more to Peyton's lengthy statement, but the gist of it is, Belichick will come on probably during the first quarter or sometime early in the game to break down specifically how the defense should be attacking the quarterback. I'm among the many who believe having an offensive coach as a play-caller is easily the best path to sustainable success in the modern NFL. However, in this show's setup, getting the best defensive mind in the history of the sport to dissect things from that side of the ball should make the already successful ManningCast the ultimate football nerd's dream. It'll still be wildly entertaining, yet also be a goldmine for anyone who wants to expand their football knowledge. In helping out McAfee and Co. with NFL Draft coverage and performing very well at the Tom Brady Netflix roast, Belichick has all of a sudden gotten way more relatable and boosted his stock as a prospective 2025 head coach faster than anyone I can recall offhand. I really can't wait to see how much sh*t Eli gives Belichick for those two Super Bowls he has on him. Both of those matchups could've easily gone New England's way. One of them was for a perfect 19-0 season counting the playoffs. It took a stupendous effort by the G-Men defensive line and a miraculous helmet catch from David Tyree to extend the Giants' winning drive in that first duel. Then, Eli made one of the great throws in NFL history to Mario Manningham down the sideline to help clinch that second victory. A season away from coaching might be the best thing to happen to Belichick in years. If he lets that perpetually rumored sense of humor continue to shine, and is as affable as he's been on TV in previous brief spots, there's no reason he shouldn't be back as a head coach in 2025. Until then, we should all cherish seeing him in rare form each week on the ManningCast.

Travis Kelce Reportedly Had No Idea Who Jana Kramer Was After Her Comments Comparing Him To Her Sex-Addicted Ex-Husband

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This is so embarrassing for Jana Kramer. On her podcast this week Whine Down with Jana Kramer, the hosts discussed the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce. Of course, the A-list couple has been spending the NFL offseason partying and hanging out, and were recently seen in the pit at Coachella music festival. And apparently, Jana thinks they may be partying TOO much… The pop-country singer has been open in the past about her own relationship struggles, including her three previous marriages. She’s also opened up in the past about her most recent ex-husband Mike Caussin’s sex addiction and his cheating on her with what was known to be 13 other women…leading to a very public divorce. Caussin, like Kelce, was also an NFL tight end, spending most of his time with the Buffalo Bills during his 5 seasons in the league (that were mostly spent on practice squads). And apparently Kramer sees some of the same warning signs in Travis that she saw in her ex-husband: “I’m not saying it’s fake…I just have my own – he reminds me of my ex. It just feels a little corny, cheesy, like loving the attention. It just feels like like he is just loving the attention.” Jana said that at first she loved their relationship, like watching Taylor run off stage to hug Travis, but as things have gone on she’s noticed some red flags – like Travis losing his temper on Chiefs coach Andy Reid during the Super Bowl. “Something about him reminds me of my ex that just rubs me the wrong way.” And Kramer also called out Kelce for his hard-partying ways: “To me he’s always drunk. Every time I’ve ever seen a video he’s just always drunk. And I’m like, I hope that she doesn’t go on that. I see her drinking more now because of the company you keep.” Of course, Kelce does have quite the reputation for his partying, and even slammed a beer as he crossed the stage for his college graduation ceremony (that wasn’t an actual graduation, but was set up for him and his brother as a way to honor them at the alma mater). And we’ve seen a lot of videos of the two out partying…but it would make sense that they’re drinking while they’re out having a good time. It’s not like they’re going to church together and pounding a fifth on the way – the videos that we get of them are in settings where it’s normal to be drinking. And according to TMZ, after the media frenzy that ensued following this particular podcast episode, Jana's comments somehow made their way to Kelce, and he apparently had no idea who she was... yikes. Sources told the outlet specifically that: "He's taken aback by her inflammatory comments about him on her podcast... and Travis thinks Jana is blowing hot air just to get attention for her pod." Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty spot-on assessment of the situation, and I'm sure the last thing on the planet Travis Kelce, who just signed a huge $34 million contract with the Chiefs, is worried about is what Jana Kramer thinks about him. And I guess if Jana's strategy by making these comments was to get her name out there in the press, which is definitely what I think is the case, it clearly worked... I just don't think she should every expect to be invited to a show on the Eras tour anytime soon.

Riley Strain’s Family Reportedly Hires High-Profile Law Firm As Toxicology Reported Completed In Missouri Student’s Death

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Lawyering up? It's been over a month since the body of the 22-year old University of Missouri student was pulled from the Cumberland River near downtown Nashville after a two-week search. Strain was last seen after being asked to leave Luke Bryan's lower Broadway bar, Luke's 32 Bridge, and then for some reason walked in the opposite direction of his hotel. Authorities say there was no sign of foul play, and Luke's bar released a statement during the search clarifying that he was served only one alcoholic drink and two waters at their bar before being asked to leave. The death was ruled an accident, and Nashville Metro Police have since closed their investigation, but the family says they are searching for answers amid what they say are still lingering questions that they have about their loved one’s death. The family has been on a desperate search for answers while trying to piece together what happened to Riley the night that he disappeared, and resolve questions that they still have about just what happened that led him to the Cumberland River. Family friend and spokesman Chris Dingman appeared on News Nation recently and spoke about the concerns that the family still have over the passing of their loved one: “One thing that threw the family for a loop was the coroner going on record with a news person in Nashville stating about the lack of water in his lungs. It raises more questions. I’m not a crime drama person by no means, but usually water in the lungs means they were alive when they went into the water.” And Dingman also says that Strain’s body was found without his pants or boots: “Unfortunately the only thing that was found with him as the police stated in the report was the watch and the shirt. Everything else was not with him when he was found.” Strain was reportedly wearing square-toed Justin cowboy boots when he was missing, as well as jeans. His wallet was also missing. And Strain's mother also has questions about a text that she received from Strain shortly before his disappearance about a drink that he said didn't taste right: “He had sent me a text and said that he was drinking a rum and coke and it didn’t taste good. And I said, ‘Well you probably shouldn’t drink it then.’ He goes, ‘Well it tastes like barbeque.’  And I go, ‘Well that sounds awful.’ And he says, ‘Well it sounds good but it’s not.'” Whiteid says she’s now concerned that there was something in that drink: “Maybe there was something in it that shouldn’t have been.” It's not believed that he was at Luke Bryan's bar when he sent that text, and the family has been able to piece together the bars that he visited before he went missing using Strain's bank account information, which shows that he was at Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa, Garth Brooks' Friends In Low Places, and Kid Rock's Honky Tonk before they went to Luke's 32 Bridge. Obviously the family was hoping that some of their questions would be answered by the toxicology report. And according to the Davidson County Medical Examiner, that report has finally been completed. The toxicology report, along with the autopsy report, will be released to the public at some point in the near future, though it's not yet clear when that would be made public. But in the meantime, it's been reported that Strain's family has also hired high-profile personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan to represent them in the aftermath of their loved one's death.
@justinontikt0k 5/10/24 - RILEY STRAIN TOXICOLOGY UPDATE - #RileyStrain #Nashville #deltachi #Lawsuit #Firm #Toxicology #Results #News #Update ♬ original sound - JustinOnTikT0k
Obviously any potential lawsuit has not been announced or filed yet, so it's not clear who any claims would be directed towards (if any happen at all). But it seems like we're closer to finally getting at least some of the answers about what happened to Riley that fateful night.

Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist (5/10/24)

Wade Bowen

Happy Friday, y'all. We're back with another edition of the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist. This week on the playlist, we have new music from Wade Bowen, Scotty McCreery, Post Malone with Morgan Wallen, Kelsey Waldon, Carly Pearce, Silverada, Jake Kohn, Nolan Taylor, Reba, Drake White, Rob Leines, Chase Rice, Ray Fulcher, Nicholas Jamerson, Red Shahan, Greensky Bluegrass, Arlo McKinley and more. Turn it up, tell your friends, and as always, make sure to subscribe to the official Whiskey Riff Channel for more great country music playlists. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music

Bumble Founder Suggests The Future Of Dating Could Be Users’ AI Surrogates Going On Virtual Dates To Find Best Matches

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When one of the pioneers of modern online dating is gassing up the idea of AI hookups, well, I just don't know if love stands a chance anymore. Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd changed the dating game by creating an app where women always make the first move. In an interview that discusses where online dating technology is headed amid the ongoing AI explosion, she explained how AI could help users narrow down their best matches in a somewhat creepy/dystopian way. "If you want to get really out there…there is a world where your dating concierge could go and date for you with other dating concierge. No, no truly. And then you don't have to talk to 600 people. It will scan all of San Francisco for you, and say these are the three people you really ought to meet." https://twitter.com/tsarnick/status/1788826317712245107 I feel like all of us singles between 23 and a couple decades north of that age give or take are fighting an uphill battle. Many millions of people don't even want to go out and spontaneously meet somebody anymore. Even the concept of going up to a stranger to buy them for a drink has turned into this weird dynamic. When in doubt and nervous at a bar, bury your head in your phone and act like no one is there. maybe get some swipes in on the dating apps! That's kind of the way of the world these days. What a shame. My parents' generation had to, like, call from a landline or a pay phone, coordinate plans, not follow up on them for days, and actually show up for the date and time previously agreed upon. Everyone nowadays can be so damn flaky. Even though Vince Vaughn's speech in Wedding Crashers has nothing to do with online dating, it perfectly sums up the landscape of it all and how the vast majority of men and women behave because of the unprecedented, overwhelming quantity of options at their fingertips. The dreaded "how interested do I act?" dilemma. https://youtu.be/WuJzVdIukKI?si=svRHXex9MeEmv__f&t=32 But hey, we could soon reach a point where we circumvent all that awkwardness, and have fake AI dating personalities go on dates with other fake AI dating personalities in rapid succession so that we can better figure out who's looking for a real relationship, and who's a phony just playing the field.  Nothing wrong with the latter, by the way, if that's where you're at in your life as a yo-pro single. I just feel like AI would take a lot of the suspense, surprise and spontaneity out of dating to say the least. Is using AI in this way cutting-edge? Pragmatic? Probably, eventually inevitable? I'm afraid the answer is "yes" to all three of those labels. But it's also not many steps removed from the Black Mirror episode "Striking Vipers", only it'll be machines-only risqué friskiness. Weird to think about. Just plain weird. If we let AI into our love lives, who's to say the machines won't continue to exponentially evolve, realize like in so many classic sci-fi stories that humans are destroying Earth, and sabotage us at our most vulnerable to turn dating apps into glorified open forums for hit men (or android-ish biologics) to carry out some not-so-sexy wetwork? Bumble and its ilk are about to spark a Blade Runner-esque future where we can't distinguish AI/replicant individual sting operations from innocent dating. Tough dating scene out there. About to get much tougher if Bumble gets too in bed with AI. Skynet gif

Deer Throws Hooves With Coyote To Protect The Herd In Wild Trail Camera Footage

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So much for deer being non-confrontational. Deer tend to stray away from conflict, unless they deem it absolutely necessary. That must have been the case in this trail camera video out of Maine, which showed a young white-tailed deer standing up against a coyote that was apparently threatening the deer and its herd. The footage first shows a serene, snowy field that would soon be the sight of the standoff. There was without a doubt some action off of the trail camera's frame beforehand, but in 2024, we're apparently still limited to still-shot trail cameras. There's a million dollar idea out there if someone can create a trail camera that can spin around the trunk of a tree (if it doesn't exist already). Once the coyote was in the shot of camera, it didn't take long for the early-morning-action to begin. The wild canine tossed up powdery snow as it came to a full stop to prepare for the incoming deer. Normally, the attack would be the other way around, as coyotes commonly attack deer and are one of their main predators (especially for younger fawns). The deer definitely had a size advantage on the coyote, though the wild canines are often better equipped to handle clashes. But this deer came out swinging (literally), throwing hooves before it even came to a full stop. It didn't take long for the coyote to realize that it was outmatched in this battle, and if the description for the video is true, the coyote probably knew that back up from the herd would be on its way if it fought back. So the canine tucked its tail and ran away after the deer got in a couple of nasty hooks. However, it did end up coming to a stop not too far away to assess the situation once more. That ended up being a bad decision, because the deer went into full-on-attack-mode to further chase it away from the area. Considering how deer versus coyote videos usually go, this is a nice change of pace, and a huge win for the deer population. This white-tail made its species proud, and its brave efforts successfully protected the herd that was standing nearby. Check it out: https://youtu.be/E4Kk135tHs8?si=sJrvW-At4vGmcFPy

The Major Beef Between Shaquille O’Neal & Shannon Sharpe Has Climaxed With A Shaq Diss Track

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It isn't quite Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake, but the ongoing public spat between two sporting legends in Shaquille O'Neal and Shannon Sharpe has really taken off over the past 48 hours or so. The beef started when Sharpe was critical for telling reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic to his face that Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deserved the award instead. https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1788358591537180864 Shaq took umbrage with how Sharpe characterized his career as a lazy underachiever. I think it's a fair point that Shaq is extra hard on modern big men, because he's maybe a tad insecure about his standing in the pantheon of all-time greats. https://twitter.com/NightcapShow_/status/1788645111192068448 Welp. Once that happened, all bets were off. Shaq embarked on an epic tirade via Instagram about how much more big-time he is than Sharpe. He also went through the trouble of chopping up the Sharpe clip that triggered him, and set it as the intro/backdrop for a diss track. https://www.instagram.com/shaq/reel/C6xq7dWMPwn/?hl=en https://twitter.com/playmaker/status/1788974311908265990 Sharpe mostly took the high road thereafter, yet he still went back to how Shaq could've gotten much more out of his time as a player if he had a better work ethic. "I’ve never professed that I was as great as Shaq, but I will say, I got what I got because I worked my a** off. God gave me the ability to do what I could do, but He gave me discipline. He gave me dedication. I never half-a**ed it. My question is, do you believe that you gave everything you possibly could in basketball? Did you train the way you should have? Did you eat the way you should have? He's the most dominant big man in the history of the game, and he got one MVP. Yeah, you’ve got more money. Yeah, you're more famous than me. Yeah, you're more well-known. You're going to have way more money than I ever have. But nobody will ever say that I was lazy. Or I cheated myself. https://twitter.com/NightcapShow_/status/1788962201908523498 Considering there are far more than five positions in football as opposed to basketball, and that Sharpe is clearly among the best all-around tight ends to ever do it, his achievements on the gridiron can't be short-changed. To be as big of a success as Sharpe is, and to have a legacy that still endures despite playing a rather obscure position, speaks to his star power and, yes, the work ethic he keeps coming back to. In Shaq's defense, even if you argue that he didn't get everything he could out of his prime, there's no question he loves the game. Why else would he still be such a prominent fixture in the NBA nowadays as one of the analysts for Inside the NBA on TNT? His unique personality is a factor, sure. Money talks. But like, Shaq is the man. He won four NBA championships. Was a three-time Finals MVP. A 15-time All-Star. His number is retired by the Magic, Lakers and Heat. Who else has their jersey retired — not in the honorary sense, but as an actual team member — by three different franchises? I'm sure I don't know. So if Shaq is an underachiever, that's a hell of a resume. Once the end of his career approached, Shaq even rejected $1.5 million he was owed by the Celtics because he felt like he didn't hold up his end of the bargain. That doesn't strike me as a guy who doesn't care a lot about the game. I'm a pretty big fan of both Shaq and Sharpe. At the end of the day, I hope they can find some common ground and knock this off. Until then, I'll just sit back with my popcorn and enjoy the entertainment.