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.
Starting this week, Send Me Backstage ticket stops are back for the season! This is your chance to come and hang out with some of your favorite WQMX jocks and possibly win tickets to some really cool concerts! Our first one is this Thursday with Scott Wynn from 6:00-7:30pm at Wild Eagle Saloon in Steetsboro. He will have your chance for Country Fest Tickets! Plus, something new this year...WQMX-Treme ticket stops!!! These will be your…
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After 25 years and 5.2 billion discs later, Netflix will end its DVD movie by mail service September 29th. I have mixed feelings about this. I understand why they are making this move - most of their business is streaming and there just isn't a demand for DVDs as there once was. However, my mom was a longtime subscriber to this service only cancelling her subscription in the last couple years. Her and I used…
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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani announced a wonderful addition to their family. Their cat just gave birth to kittens...six of them!!! Pictures are up on Instagram, and they are absolutely adorable! Gwen is joking that their dog is not happy at all about how outnumbered she is by felines in the house now. Looking at the pictures, most are tabby with at least one orange kitty and a jet black kitty as well. Baby animals…
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Darius Rucker has scheduled his 14th Darius & Friends benefit concert for St Jude Children's Research Hospital. The event will be held at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on June 5th, at the very start of this year's CMA Fest. The guests at this year's event have yet to be announced, but tickets are already on sale! If you want to go, act fast! Over the last 13 years he has held this show, it has…
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The Guardians/Tigers game in Detroit on Monday was rained/snowed out. The two teams will try a double header on Tuesday starting at 1:10. This can be a relatively usual occurence this time of year as the seasons are still in transition. Let's just hope that this doesn't end up being like last season! The Guardians had to cancel 8 games in just Apil and May! Mostly fo rain, but at least one due to sickness.…
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It all began Sunday afternoon. I cut the grass for the first time this season. I'll tell you...BOY DID IT NEED IT! My yard was starting to look like the Matthews family jungle!! I was trying to put it off as long as possible (as were my neighbors) but we couldn't wait any longer. Even though I have a small Cuyahoga Falls-sized yard and can cut everything in 20-30 mintes, I still don't really enjoy…
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This phrase may get overused, but in this case it's true! This Sunday, April 16th will mark the final performance for "Phantom of The Opera" on Broadway in New York! It opened January 26, 1988...that's a little over 35 years!!!! I was still in diapers when it opened! That is an amazingly long run. This is by far my favorite musical production of all time. My family went to see it in Toronto in the…
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Wednesday, 12 April 2023 23:24
We're not the only ones who enjoy the beautiful weather!
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I guess I will cover two birds with one stone here. Happy belated National Pet Day 2023, and I hope you are enjoying this weather as much as Buttercup is! I snapped this picture of him enjoying the open windows and doors on my back sunroom Wednesday evening. The tree in my front yard has opened up, I've got some flowers popping up in my yard, and Buttercup (and me honestly) can finally enjoy some…
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So yesterday I told you about being in Tennessee over the weekend and the long drive home. Well, having that drive and then coming into work certainly caught up with me! By the time it was time for me to go home on Monday, I couldn't stop yawning and could barely keep my eyes open. It wasn't a surprise considering that once I got to bed after work yesterday, I had basically been up for…
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Here at WQMX, we had this past Friday off for Easter weekend. I decided that my mom and I needed to take a trip to my vacation house in the Tennessee Smokies to get a look at a few things that had been brought to our attention. Thankfully they were pretty minor things - replacing shower heads, a little touch up painting, some cleaning in the kitchen and game room, etc. Luckily I took Monday…
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Since I have Friday off, I figured I'd write this as close as possible to the actual game. Friday is the Guards' home opener for 2023. First pitch is set for 4:10 against Seattle with Aaron Civale starting for Cleveland and Logan Gilbert getting the start for Seattle. As of NOW, the weather looks like partly to mostly cloudy and a high near 50 on Friday. So as far as weather goes we've had better…
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Attention if you have cats that go/are outside or small dogs (and small kids too)! I was on my way home from work Monday morning around 5:45 or 6:00. I was getting close to home and off to the right in the grass, I saw an animal. I took a better look...it was a Coyote!!!! Keep in mind, I live in Cuyahoga Falls. Not out near Blossom or the valley, but near Route 8! This…
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San Diego State and Connecticut are playing Monday night for the men's NCAA basketball championship of 2023. The semifinals and the championship game are being played at NRG Stadium in Houston - home of the Houston Texans. My issue with the NCAA tournament is that since 1997, they play these 3 games in an NFL stadium. In my opinion, that's just way too big of a facility. The seats are so far from the court…
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Again this Saturday night, I was looking for something to do. I was flipping through the channels on Pluto TV and remembered they have a channel dedicated to my mom's favorite show from high school...DARK SHADOWS!!! So as you can probably tell, Butercup got all settled in my lap and we watched a good 3 hours of the show. If you're familiar with the show, they were in their 1897 storyline. And as always with…
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