Eric Matthews
Born and raised in the Akron area, Eric knew from an early age he wanted to work in radio. After high school he went on to The University of Toledo and graduated with a degree in Broadcast Communications.
After graduating from The Ohio Center for Broadcasting, Eric joined Rubber City Radio Group in 2013 as a Sports Producer for 1590 WAKR. He added on-air duties at WQMX in December 2018 and became the weekday overnight personality in December 2019. Currently, you can hear Eric weekday evenings from 7pm - Midnight!
Eric also taught Drivers Education to high school students across Northeast Ohio for 4 years. In his spare time he loves to travel and spend time with family and friends. He is also a huge Guardians, Cavs, and college football fan. A huge animal lover, Eric has 1 cat named Buttercup.
During the month of December, I am spotlighting Christmas music made by your favorite WQMX artists in the New @ 9. Jon Pardi just released his latest Christmas album "Merry Christmas from Jon Pardi" in October, so there will be several songs from his new album. That isn't it though! I also have songs to highlight from Maddie & Tae, Dan+Shay, Chase Matthew, Morgan Evans, Mitchell Tenpenny and more! It's just a fun way to…
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Tuesday, 05 December 2023 18:06
Big season of giving in the Bryan Household
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The month of December is a BIG month of gift giving for the family of Luke Bryan. They have plenty of reasons to celebrate and give those they love a special something this time of year! First of all, of course there is Christmas! Who could forget that?! Gifts galore there! lol. But not only that, Luke and Caroline are about to celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary this Friday (December 8th)! So more gifts and…
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Monday, 04 December 2023 18:13
I found a really cool documentary Saturday night
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I stayed up quite late Saturday night (3am) watching a miniseries documentary I found streaming about the start of the Chicago Mob. I think it was a total of six episodes at 1 hour each. This was extremely interesting to me as someone who finds historical events interesting to learn about. The show started all the way back into the early 1900's and followed the upward movement of Al Capone and how he came to…
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You may or may not know (I have blogged about it before), that my family owns a vacation house in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. When we ae not staying there it gets rented out to guests. Since we are at that time just after Thanksgiving and headed to Christmas, I had to make a weekend trip down to decorate the house for Christmas so guests this upcoming month can enjoy the season with…
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Wednesday, 22 November 2023 14:11
A kind reminder regarding Thanksgiving TV traditions
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Don't turn on your favorite local channel expecting to watch the Peanut's "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". Apple acquired the rights to those holiday specials in 2020 putting an end to them airing on your local affiliates. You will need to check it out on Apple TV+ and have a subscription. As a heads up... "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will be the same way. Not to mention "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" too. So don't…
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Most people eat A LOT of food and then settle in to watch football. This is all after many people also watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade from New York that morning. I will say I have never been a person into parades. I find them boring to watch - especially on TV! When it comes to food, I try to keep myself in check so I don't over eat and feel like crap the rest…
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and a hockey game broke out! LOL! That old dad joke isn't so true anymore. Over the weekend, I had a great time at Saturday night's Monsters game against the Rochester Americans. It has been a few years since I have been to a hockey game. The game has changed a bit. It took until almost the very end of the 1st period for either team to get the first penalty! I don't think the…
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There are not many things cuter than baby animals! The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is celebrating the births of more right now! First, they recently had a baby Koala born. Now, it is the Tiger's turn! Yes! The Tigers had a pair of cubs recently and are going to be staying inside with mom for about 2-3 months according to the zoo. We should be able to see all of the cuteness early in 2024! YAY!
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Since Thanksgiving is next Thursday, I figured this would be a wonderful time to bring this up. My mom was trying to plan out dinner for next week and asked if I wanted Turkey or something else. I am not the biggest fan of Turkey. I don't hate it, but I rarely eat it - usually this time of year. She gave me the choices of Turkey, Pork Chops, Ham, or something else - even…
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Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen were both recently named Songwriter of the Year at the BMI Country Awards held last week. They were both very happy to share the award with each other, and then while on stage together, Luke decided to break into his own version of Morgan's song "Thought You Should Know". Check out the moments and Luke Combs' very cool version of the song here.
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Now that we are about one week out from Thanksgiving, it's basically time to get in the spirit of Christmas...I know!!! A great way to do that is to head out to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds to drive through their light display! It's 2 miles of wintery Christmas fun with millions of different lights and many displays to wow the whole family! I have been through the displays they've had in the past and it…
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Morgan Wallen may not have won any awards last week at the CMA's, but he DID put on a great performance with tonight's Keep it or Kick it song..."Man Made A Bar" featuring Eric Church! As always, give the song a listen and then let me know what you think. EITHER WAY! DON'T HOLD BACK! We REALLY want to know if you'd like for WQMX to keep the song or get rid of it ASAP!…
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Country music artists are known for helping the communities they come from, and Jelly Roll is no different. He is teaming up with area Wal-Mart stores around Nashville to sponsor a toy drive for kids in need this holiday season. The toy drive is going on through the middle of December. The drive started with a donation of $25,000 worth of toys! Since, Toy maker Hasbro and Coca-Cola have pledged another $25,000! Way to go…
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Thursday, 09 November 2023 18:12
Congratulations to all the winners last night!
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It was a HUGE night for Lainey Wilson at the CMA's last night! She won 5/9 awards she was up for! She won Music Video & Musical Event of the Year with Hardy fo "Wait in the Truck", Album of the Year for "Bell Bottom Country", Female Vocalist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year!!! WOW! Others who took home big awards include: Chris Stapleton - Male Vocalist of the Year Brothers Osborne -…
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