Join Team 101WKQX at the Out Of The Darkness Chicagoland Walk this Saturday!

Last year’s Out Of The Darkness Chicagoland Walk was incredible!  Over 7,000 people walked with us and together we managed to raise over $1,000,000 to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention!

The money raised is used to:

  • Fund Research for Suicide Prevention
  • Create and Distribute Education Programs
  • Advocate for Public Policy
  • Support Survivors of Suicide Loss

This year we would like to go even bigger, but cannot without your help!  It is absolutely free to join Team 101WKQX and walk with us Saturday just register HERE!

If you would like to contribute to our team fundraising goal, your 100% tax deductible donation will be happily accepted HERE.

Walk Date: 09/21/2019
Walk Location: Montrose Harbor – Chicago, IL
Check-in/Registration Time: 09/21/2019 at 9:00 am
Walk Begins: 11:00 am
Walk Ends: 1:00 pm

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or would like to chat, my email is [email protected], twitter, instagram, or you can call in during my show, the studio line is 312-591-8300.

<3 Lauren

Here are some highlights from last year’s event:

 

Relationship Court: Lights Camera Action!

Brad from Niles called into relationship court today because he’s a little camera shy.

He’s worried that this is too wild for him, he only has missionary in his arsenal. Also, Who knows where that tape will end up!

Should Brad go ahead and make the sex tape? Or does he have to get out of that relationship ASAP!

Hella Mega Tour Ticket Blitz Text Contest

WKQX-FM’s “Hella Mega Tour Ticket Blitz Text” Contest
Official Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station WKQX-FM (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies, 455 N. CityFront Plaza Chicago, IL 60611, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Hella Mega Tour Ticket Blitz Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant 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.
  2. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number and who reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 daysVoid where prohibited by law.  Employees of Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., its parent company, 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.
  3. Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 9:00 am CT on Thursday, September 19, 2019 and will run until 6:30 pm CT on Thursday, September 19, 2019 (the “Contest Period”).  The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
  4. How to Enter. To enter:
  • Text: Listen to the Station Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm and 6:00pm (all CT) during the Contest Period.  When the Station announces the keyword and plays the “cue-to-text” sounder, TEXT the keyword to the Station at 312-101. Valid text entries received during the 30 minute period after each cue-to-text sounder (as determined by the Station in its sole discretion) will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing. 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 text 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. Standard text messaging rates, as established by an individual’s wireless carrier, may apply, and Station assumes no responsibility for any fees or charges incurred for and associated with any text message sent to or from Station.  Any and all fees arising out of the transmission of a text message shall be the sole responsibility of the entrant.  Limit one (1) entry per person per phone number. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same telephone number. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different telephone phone numbers, identities, or any other methods will void that participant from further participation in the Sweepstakes.
  • Online: Send an e-mail with the title Riot Fest Ticket Blitz during the Contest Period, to [email protected] containing your Legal Name, Phone Number, Date of Birth, and Address in the body of the e-mail.  All entries must be received by 6:29 pm CT on Thursday, September 19, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address.  Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry per day by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Station is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected registrations, all of which will be disqualified.  In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.  Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Station and will not be returned.  Station reserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose email address is submitted as part of this promotion.  No mail-in entries will be accepted.
  1. Winner Selection. On Thursday, September 19, 2019, Station will randomly select ten (10) entries for the Grand Prize in a random drawing from among all valid entries received by Station during the Contest Period. The 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 will result in disqualification.
  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) in order to claim his/her 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.    
  3. Grand Prize. Up to ten (10) Grand Prizes will be awarded in this Contest.  The Grand Prize is two (2) tickets to the Hella Mega Tour at Wrigley Field on August 13, 2020. ARV: One Hundred and Seventy-Nine Dollars ($179). Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the Grand 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, at 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.

 

  1. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant 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 Inc., and its 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 participant’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. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to use by the Station and its agent of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
  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: (1) 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; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which 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: (i) 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; (ii) 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; (iii) 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 (iv) 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: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX-FM, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611.

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Here’s how you can fall asleep in 2 minutes

It’s 1 a.m, you’ve been staring at the ceiling for two and a half hours now.

You’ve done everything. Count sheep, drink warm milk, took some melatonin, but nothing can put you to sleep!

Well, what if we told you that there’s a way to knock out within two minutes!

The Navy’s sleeping technique was recently released to the public.

Basically all you have to do is close your eyes, relax your facial muscles, slump your shoulders, and clear your mind.

That’s it!

Who knew it was so easy to sleep!

You could be earning $30 an hour to be naked!

A couple in the UK is willing to pay the wait staff for their wedding $30 an hour!

… The only catch is, you have to do it completely naked.

The two love birds are naturalists and plan to hold a completely nude wedding at their home.

They’re planning on having around 30 guests, again completely in the buff, and want their food staff to match the decor.

When the bride to be was asked, why a naked staff was a must? She responded,  “We had previously considered having clothed staff but we do not feel comfortable in the presence of clothed people, so why would we want to feel uncomfortable on the most special day of our lives?”

So here’s your chance to serve mini wieners with your mini wiener out!

Would you do it? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook.

Today is the only day for the next one hundred years where this will happen 

 

09/19/19 is a very special day for multiple reasons.

 

For instance, twice today, it will be 09/19/19 at 9:19.

But then go down one layer deeper, add 19 seconds to that.

Now we’re at 09/19/19 at 9:19:19

But wait… there’s more!

A kid born today back in the year 2000 will turn 19 on 09/19/19 at 9:19:19!

Now, what does this mean? Are these numbers predicting the end of the world?

Probably not, but numbers sure are weird eh!

The technique that gets you to fall asleep in 2 min or less

The technique that gets you to fall asleep in 2 min or less

During WWII, When the military realized many of its pilots were making deadly errors due to sleep deprivation, a sports coach who specialized in stress management was brought in. He developed a 2-step method that was deceivingly simple, but very effective: Physical relaxation, followed by mental relaxation.

Physical
Focus on relaxing specific individual parts of your body (i.e. neck, shoulders, hands) until you feel like a jellyfish.

Mental
Next is to halt your mind. You can do this by imagining you\’re in a calm scene, like laying in a peaceful meadow, being in a \”big, black, velvet hammock and everywhere you look is black,\” or just repeating \”don\’t think\” over and over in your head.

Since you\’re already in a state of physical relaxation, if you focus on that one thought for ten seconds, you will fall asleep.

The coach tested the technique: \”The cadets at the pre-flight school had been broken into two groups: one which took the relaxation course, and the other a control group. The former outperformed the latter in every mentally-taxing class, discipline-requiring drill, and physically-intensive test. And after six weeks of practice, 96% of the aviators were able to fall asleep in 2 minutes or less — anywhere and anytime.\”

As a terrible sleeper, I\’m definitely giving the technique a shot tonight.

Read the full article on Art Of Manliness.

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Pilsen is one of the coolest neighborhoods in the WORLD

Pilsen is rated #10 by TimeOut Magazine in the 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world:

10. Pilsen, Chicago

“Named for the Czech town where beer-brewing has its roots, Pilsen has become known for its approachable cool.
As CNN Travel noted in 2017, Pilsen has become a major art hub in the city, with a thriving street art community as well as an up-and-coming gallery scene.
The local Mexican-American community presence also means you’ll eat well, with tasty huaraches and tortas on seemingly every corner.”
P.S. stop by the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Day of the Dead exhibit Día de Muertos • A Matter of Life opening reception is this Friday!

Relationship Court: Where did you get those bruises?

Lucia from Shorewood has an issue.

Her boyfriend has been coming home with weird marks and bruises. He claimed they were coming from his jiu-jitsu class. 

She ran into someone from his jiu-jitsu class and asked about her boyfriend’s progress in the dojo. As it turned out, her boyfriend hadn’t been coming to class for quite some time. 

Turns out he’s been seeing a dominatrix. 

How should Lucia confront him? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook!

The fate of America rest in these kid’s hands

Concert pianist Oscar Levant once said, “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.” 

These kids have followed in his footsteps. 

Nothing so simple has ever given kids so much joy. It’s a beautiful thing to see. 

We just ask that you don’t try to copy these actions. 

Or do and send us a video of it to our Twitter or Facebook.

 

Tom Delonge finds actual proof that aliens exist

Tom Delonge was already an American hero. Without his sick lyrics and sweet hooks, we wouldn’t have been able to get past our teen years.

Now, the Angels and Airwaves frontman has found aliens. Or at least what the government confirms to be “unidentified” objects.

Up until now, any saucer-like objects that have flown into our stratosphere have been labeled weather balloons or drones. 

That is until now, thanks to our fearless Angels and Airwaves frontman. 

Get tickets to see Angels and Airwaves and Cage the Elephant at the Aragon Ballroom on 12/11/19 here. 

We want whatever KFC and Pizza Hut are smoking

Chicken sandwiched between two piping hot donuts. Cheez-It infused pizza squares. This is the world we’re living in now. 

We applaud the innovation behind these well-crafted food combinations. We just can’t stomach the idea of tasting these creations…unless we get some of whatever they were smoking when they came up with these ideas.