Mask up, Chicago! City reinstates indoor mask mandate for everyone over the age of 2

After seeing a continuous rise in COVID-19 cases, Chicago is reimplementing their indoor mask policy regardless of vaccination status for ages 3 and up starting on Friday. It will apply to gyms, stores, common areas of apartment buildings and in restaurants, though people will be allowed to remove face coverings while eating and drinking. Masks are already required in schools under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statewide order.

Hospitalization rates remain much lower than they were at their peak in 2020, but with a constant increase in cases, it is crucial that we mask up now to curve the virus as we head into the holiday season.

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Relationship Court: My Ex Just Moved to Town

Sam in Jefferson Park has an ex moving to the city and he’s not sure how to handle it given that he also has a new girlfriend. He just wants to be a nice guy but he seems to be caught in between a rock and a hard place.

How should he handle this situation? The conversation lives on Facebook!

Have you done anything dumb lately?

It’s time to come clean and admit if you’ve done anything dumb recently. If you’re embarrassed about sharing what you’ve done, watch this kid and you’ll realize that whatever you did isn’t as bad as you think it is.

 

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The conversation lives on Facebook, let us know what dumb thing you’ve done recently!

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Adorable video of baby having her first DQ Blizzard

Remember when life used to be this simple? This baby chomped down on her first bit of Dairy Queen goodness and her reaction is precious.

Now let’s get this girl some Portillo’s, ASAP!

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Axe-throwing road rage incident caught on camera

One person in Washington is lucky to be alive after an axe was chucked at their head. There’s nothing else we could possibly say about this, we just need to roll the footage.

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All of the places you can vacation without having to worry about snakes

If you’re looking to squeeze in a trip before Labor Day, let us suggest a place where you don’t have to worry about the possibility of snakes. Luckily, the Internet has provided us with exactly what we were looking for: a snake vs. no snake map.

Infographic by Sara Chodosh

So as you can see, the red places have snakes. The green places, though, do not have snakes. We think the green places are the best to vacation.

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What have you found in your food?

A woman has vowed to never eat Chipotle again after she swallowed up a bug in the process. Tori Kenley was enjoying a meal at what she claimed was one of her favorite restaurants when she bit something crunchy. She tried to power through, but after experiencing a second crunch, she realized she was eating a cockroach leg.

@toritalkspodcastWent home and drank some apple cider vinegar diluted with water to kill bacteria. Any other tips? @chipotle what do you have to say about this??

♬ original sound – T O R I K I N L E Y

What have you found in your food? Sound off on Facebook…if you can stomach it.

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Hella Mega Photo Dump

Mullets!  Fireworks!  Pyro!  The Hella Mega Tour rolled through Wrigley Field last night and provided us with some much needed live music.  Here are some photos I took of the event (yes know this is lacking Fall Out Boy content, I was boozing during their set sorry.)

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Bad Neighbors

Alert: there’s a pervert in Plainfield. This man has been listening to sex on this walkie talkie for weeks but he can no longer take it. Here’s what he had to say:

$70 seems like a fair price…

They told her to quit OnlyFans or her job…so she quit her job

Allie Rae was a nurse working in labor and delivery in Massachusetts. To blow off steam, Rae began posting scandalous photos of herself on Instagram, but when her fellow nurses began complaining to management about it, she went behind the paywall and opened up an OnlyFans account. In March of this year, the nurses found that account.

Nurses told management and she was then faced with either staying a nurse or staying a sex worker, so she took the latter.

If you were an employer, how would you feel about your employee having an OnlyFans account? The conversation lives on Facebook?

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Chicago’s new speeding ticket threshold produced over 300,000 tickets in first 2 months

In the first two months of Chicago’s new “6mph over the speed limit” threshold, the city has whipped up over 300,000 tickets. Earlier in the year, the city said the regulations, bumped down from 10 miles per hour, are in response to “an alarming increase in vehicle speeding and traffic fatalities.” This amount of tickets came out to a total of $11.3 million, aka a lot of money.

The revenue is almost a 17-hold increase over the same two months in 2019 when the city was issuing tickets for 10 miles per hour and over.

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Ladies: are you turned on by cheese?

Brian, Ali, & Justin spent their weekend buried deep in one of Chicago’s libraries looking up spells and witchcraft as we are evil and wicked despite popular belief. One of the biggest things we discovered about the Dark Arts is that cheese used to be used in the bedroom.

We love fascinating women…now we just need a piece of cheese.

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Chipotle employee hurls scissors at customer after receiving complaint

“The customer is always right” does not apply to this Chipotle in Baltimore. The customer had complained that her meal was taking too long and that’s when scissors were whipped in their direction by way of the Chipotle employee. “This is going right on Facebook,” the woman said.

We would suggest finding a new location to eat at.

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8.15.2021 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • The Go-Go’s – We Got The Beat
  • Beck – Where It’s At
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
  • Electronic – Getting Away With It
  • The Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
  • The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
  • Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
  • Pearl Jam – Daughter
  • O.M.D. – So In Love
  • Cake – The Distance
  • Hot Hot Heat – Bandages
  • No Doubt – Don’t Speak

Hour 2

  • Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
  • Kings of Leon – The Bucket
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Knock Me Down
  • Love And Rockets – So Alive
  • Beastie Boys – Girls
  • The Church – Metropolis
  • Foo Fighters – Everlong
  • The Donnas – Take It Off
  • Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • Live – All Over You
  • Peter, Bjorn and John – Young Folks
  • Sublime – Doin’ Time


Hour 3

  • The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
  • Goldfinger – Here In Your Bedroom
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Wicked Garden
  • The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
  • The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done
  • The Jesus And Mary Chain – Sometimes Always
  • The Cure – Close To Me
  • Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
  • Green Day – Geek Stink Breath
  • Split Enz – I Got You
  • The Replacements – I’ll Be You
  • Blink 182 – I Miss You

Hour 4

  • Garbage – Vow
  • Velvet Revolver – Fall To Pieces
  • Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
  • The Lightning Seeds – Pure
  • Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
  • Hole – Malibu
  • Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
  • Spacehog – In The Meantime
  • Social Distortion – Story Of My Life
  • Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
  • Nirvana – You Know You’re Right
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get

WKQX-FM Riot Fest Ride Along – Official Contest Rules

WKQX’s “Riot Fest Ride Along” Contest
Official Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained by contacting radio station WKQX (“Station”), 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60611, during available business hours Monday through Friday, on the Station website www.101wkqx.com, or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the WKQX’s “Riot Fest Ride Along” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each entrant agrees as follows:

 

  1. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chance of winning.   Void where prohibited.  All federal, state, and local regulations apply.

Eligibility.  This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents of the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, excluding Florida and New York residents, age twenty-one (21) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last thirty (30) days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last sixty (60) days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last thirty (30) days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the sixty (60) days Void where prohibited by law.  Employees of Station, Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC, and each of their parent companies, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s DMA, and the immediate family members and household members of all such employees are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren.  The term “household members” refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Station’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

  1. Contest Period. The Contest entry period will begin at 6:00am CT on Monday, August 16, 2021__ through 6:00pm ­CT on Friday, August 27, 2021 (the “Contest Period”).  The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
  2. How to Enter and Win. Listen to the Station during the Contest Period. At or around 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am, 2:00pm and 5:00pm each weekday (each a “Selection Day”, when the Station plays sounder (each, the “Sounder”), listeners must call the Station at 312-591-8300. Caller ten (10) to the Station, as determined by the Station in its sole discretion, will be the winner of that Selection Day after providing the Station the winning listener’s name, phone number, e-mail address, home address and date of birth, subject to verification and compliance with these Contest Rules. All entries may be played on the air. Time Delay Between Over-the-Air Analog Signal and Internet Broadcast: Due to the time delay that exists between the Station’s analog over-the-air signal and the Station’s online webcast, listeners who listen to the Station online may hear the cue to call later than listeners listening to the Station’s analog over-the-air signal. As a result, the odds of an online listener entering this Contest on-air may be diminished. Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to verify winner’s eligibility may result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded.

 

  1. Winner Selection. Each winning entrant will be contacted using the email address and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules). Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within three (3) days of notification or failure to claim the prize within three (3) days of verification as a winner will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.
  2. Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner may be notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) to claim the prize, if applicable.  A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will be deemed to have accepted the contest prize and thereafter will not be permitted to rescind their acceptance of the prize and/or return the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded.    
  3. Fifty Prizes (50) prize(s) will be awarded in this Contest. Each winner will receive: Brunch for two (2); two (2) Single Day VIP Tickets to Riot Fest on Friday, September 17, 2021 at Douglass Park, 2999 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608 and round trip ground transportation for two (2) to/from Riot Fest.

The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each prize is FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($400.00).

TOTAL ARV OF ALL CONTEST PRIZES IS: TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000).

Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use.  Odds of winning a prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time.

There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash.  The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards.  Other restrictions may apply.

 

If any prize or a portion of any prize is postponed, cancelled, or otherwise unavailable due to disease, epidemic, pandemic, quarantine, any acts of government and/or any reason that is beyond the control of Station or any Sponsor, then no substitution shall be provided. Station and any Sponsors make no representation or warranty about the safety of any prize. By accepting and using a prize, each winner acknowledges and assumes all risks of accepting and using the prize, and any other the risks associated with the prize.

 

 

  1. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc., and each of their subsidiaries, related and affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a entrant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the prize.
  2. Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s consent to use by the Station and its agent of entrant’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, entry, and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
  3. All State, Local, Federal and/or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
  4. General Conditions. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
  5. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Station, entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (d) technical or human error that may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other error causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
  6. Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Station’s listening area; (c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (d) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Station in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Station is located.
  7. Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained therein, shall become the sole property of Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion. Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Station’s website.
  8. Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station identified below.

 

 

CONTEST SPONSOR:  Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC, WKQX, 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60611.

PRIZE SPONSOR: Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC, WKQX, 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60611; Riot Fest, P.O. Box 220350, Chicago, IL 60622.

 

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Apple pie hot dog taste test

What an incredible game last night in Dyersville, IA!

In other big news, the apple pie hot dog made it’s debut at the Field of Dreams game last night.  I have been on the fence between abomination and would smash if I had the munchies… here’s what it looks like…

And my girlfriend Andrea Bejarano of ESPN Chicago with the live taste test…

It’s decided.  I must have one.  <3 Lauren

Woman needs five surgeries to fix jaw after trying to eat ‘KFC Stacker’

We all have to take L’s every once in awhile, though? A woman has been under the knife five times after trying to chomp down on KFC’s mega-sandwich, the Stacker. For clarification, the sandwich is described as “the limited edition Triple Stacker burger is made from three chicken breast fillets coated in Zinger flavoring, three slices of tasty cheese, three slices of crispy bacon and topped with Supercharged and Chilli Relish sauce.”

Hurting yourself while eating is as humiliating as it gets.

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