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.
I've seen a few things in my time...but not this! A llama serving as a groomsman! This couple in New York hired a company that has llamas and uses them to provide a fun and comforting atmosphere at events. I think it's a great idea. Not only is it a great idea, but the pictures are hilarious! I really do think the llama looks better than I do in a tux! Maybe I need to…
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This is a picture I took of Buttercup over the weekend. He is sitting in the box that his automatic feeder came in. He usually just plays with his toys, but every now and then he'll take an interest in a box. Doesn't last too long, but for a little bit cardboard is the best thing since a catnip-infused toy mouse! I think this proves that just like kids, animals can be less interested in…
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Sunday night I was at home and looking for something to watch. I have been seeing a few shorts on my YouTube feed about the movie Deep Impact, so I decided to rent it. I never saw it when it was out in theaters - we went to see Armageddon instead. My thoughts on Deep Impact: It wasn't terrible, but I didn't think it was great either. It seemed to me the story could've been…
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Years ago, I remember seeing a story on the news about people who had skunks as pets. In watching that story, I learned that skunks can be found in different color patterns other than the classic black and white we're used to. Recently, there was the story of a woman hiking in the Metroparks in Berea who spotted an Albino raccoon! Now that was interesting to learn about and see the pictures! Now in Chesterland,…
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Thursday is the 78th birthday for Burt Ward. He played Robin on the 60's TV series Batman. What a show. I remember being young and Batman was my favorite super hero. I especially enjoyed the animated series from the early 90's, although I did watch the 60's live action show too. When you're 4 or 5 it didn't seem like too bad of a show, although once you get older you see how low budget…
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I hope you had a happy 4th and enjoyed some food and fireworks with family and/or friends. I did absolutely NOTHING all day and it was quite nice. Growing up, we would always go to see the fireworks in Hudson. Although I think we stopped going many years ago. Also, one year I was in the Stow 4th of July parade - but that was a one time deal. I no longer have a "tradition"…
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Friday night I went out to Toledo with my mom and spent the night. Then, on Saturday we went to the Toledo Zoo. It is one of my favorite zoos in the country. I have been going there with family my entire life. It's the right size too - bigger than the Akron Zoo, but smaller and more compact than the Cleveland Zoo or other major city zoos. There were several baby animals including baby…
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This Saturday (July 1st) Cherise has a ticket stop. But it's not just ANY ticket stop. It's a WQMX-TREME ticket stop!!! One lucky person will win tickets to THREE upcoming Blossom shows: Jason Aldean on July 20th Nickelback and Brantley Gilbert on August 9th JellyRoll on September 30th!!!!' All you have to do is show up at American Freight in Wadsworth from 12-1:30 and they can let you in on all the details! You can…
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One of my friends from high school texted me late last week saying that the two of us needed to meet up for dinner. Well, we both love Flan...the Mexican custard dessert, so we wanted to get Mexican for dinner of course! So we met up for dinner Wednesday evening for dinner. Honestly, I don't remember what he had lol (I'm such a great friend aren't I?! haha). I had a taco and an enchilada.…
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My cat Buttercup and I have a routine. He gets breakfast when I get home from work. Then lunch comes around noon. Yes, I get up out of bed to feed him and then go back to bed!!! Proves who runs the house right?! haha Tuesday afternoon, I had an a-ha (you dummy why didn't you think of this sooner) moment. Get him an automated timed feeder! That way it'll feed him at the same…
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When I was growing up...let's say 12 and younger, I was afraid...DREADED really, going to the dentist. Now as an adult I don't really mind. I don't think anyone is like "YAY!!!! TIME TO GO TO THE DENTIST!!!!!!!" - and that for sure isn't me. However, my appointments last about 45 minutes to an hour and I am able to just go in for my cleaning and exam and then take off. Luckily at 36…
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While many of you may have been at Blossom watching Eric Church, I was seeing a different show. I went to see "Lizzie: The Musical" at The Knight Stage in Akron. A "different" take on the life and case of Lizzie Borden. It was sad, dark, at times hilarious, and overall pretty good. It looks into the motives she may have had to kill her father and step mother. As you may remember, she was…
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Eric Church will be at Blossom Music Center Saturday night with Ashley McBryde as his opener. WQMX has one more way for you to win tickets into the show this weekend!!! Go to our Instagram page and follow the instructions to get yourself and a friend entered to win the tickets! Gotta be at least 18 and you only have until Friday morning at 9AM to get entered! Hurry up and good luck from WQMX.…
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Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:23
It's all downhill from here...until Christmas!
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Wednesday was the Summer solstice...the longest day of the year. Around here, sunset was just after 9:00 after a sunrise just before 6:00. These next couple days the sun will continue to set late like that and then start to get earlier until four days before Christmas!!! :( I always say June 21st is one of my least favorite days of the year for that reason - I LOVE late sunsets. I chose the picture…
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