Dee Snider Joins KGGO This Saturday Night For Exclusive Special [VIDEOS]

Dee Snider will join 95 KGGO this Saturday (9/22) at 7:00 PM to talk about his new critically acclaimed solo album ‘For The Love Of Metal‘ on Napalm Records. Dee takes us track by track through the new album as we play it in its entirety. Don’t miss this exclusive special featuring one of metal’s most celebrated lead singers. Download a copy of the new album HERE and follow Dee’s adventures on Twitter HERE.

Iowa Represented in Nationwide Next 2 Rock Finale in Los Angles

With more than 1,600 entries received from across the U.S., CUMULUS MEDIA announced the five (5) Rock artists selected as finalists for its annual neXt2rock competition — a national and local grassroots search for the nation’s newest rock star. The winner of this four-month-long competition will receive a record deal with Big Machine/John Varvatos Records, as well as substantial exposure, commensurate with a major label release, on Cumulus Radio stations nationwide.

The finale event will take place on October 4, 8 – 11 pm PT, at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. Music personality and longtime radio and TV host Matt Pinfield will host the evening’s festivities, while Los Angeles rock band and fan favorite, Dorothy, will headline the event.

The five national finalists, selected by a panel of Rock radio professionals, are:

*Friday Pilots Club representing Chicago, IL (WKQX)

*The Zealots representing Des Moines, IA (KGGO)

*Black Rock Revival representing Memphis, TN (WXMX)

*No Resolve representing Saginaw, MI (WILZ & WKQZ)

*Late Night Savior representing Salt Lake City, UT (KBER & KHTB)

These five emerging artists will be judged in the finale by Rock music luminaries and industry professionals, including: Big Machine Label Group President & CEO Scott Borchetta; fashion designer and record label head John Varvatos; musician, songwriter and producer Desmond Child; Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, and Fozzy frontman, actor and wrestler Chris Jericho.

Mike McVay, Executive Vice President, Content & Programming for CUMULUS MEDIA, said: “This competition is all about the talent who will deliver the future sound of Rock. Every artist who entered this year’s neXt2rock competition is incredibly gifted and we, as a company, are extremely excited to see who will be named the next Rock superstar.”

Show your support for our Iowa boys “The Zealots” by following them on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Let them know the entire state is behind them 150%!

 

Shop Local, Buy Local

Cumulus Media Des Moines encourages you to “Shop Local, Buy Local” during this holiday season. Our local businesses are the life blood of our communities and a major driving force for our local economy. Local businesses are an important contributor to our local tax base which in turn supports our schools and helps to keep our infrastructure updated.  Money you spend locally supports all of us here and is very important to maintaining our way of life. We encourage you to “shop local” this holiday season.

Shop local is brought to you by these fine local businesses:

          

      

   

 

Gregg Allman has died

On behalf of this station and the entire Cumulus family, we extend our greatest respect to Gregg Allman and our deepest sympathies to his family.MORE

KC CHIEFS back on KGGO!

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Kansas City Chiefs Football on 95 KGGO!

The Chiefs play the Pittsburgh Steelers, at Arrowhead Stadium this Sunday, in an AFC Divisional, 1st Round game!

Pre-game coverage starts at 11am, with kick-off at Noon!

Kansas City is coming off a 1st Round bye. Andy Reid is 16 & 2, all-time, in games played after a bye week.  The Chiefs are out to avenge a 43-14 beat down by the Steelers in Week 4.

That loss was the only time all season that the Chiefs gave up 30 or more points!

Kansas City Chiefs Football, this Sunday, on 95 KGGO