NOMINATE YOUR CHILD’S FAVORITE EDUCATOR TO BE THE WARM 98.5 TEACHER OF THE WEEK, AND THEY COULD WIN A SURPRISE VISIT IN THEIR CLASSROOM, TAKE HOME PRIZES FROM ONCE UPON A CHILD AND MORTENSON FAMILY DENTAL, AND BE A FINALIST TO JOIN GREATER CINCINNATI’S BEST TEACHERS NEXT SUMMER FOR A VACATION TO SUNSEEKER RESORT CHARLOTTE…… More
Attention High School Cheer Squads! Warm 98.5 has your chance to win $1,000 with “Football Friday!” sponsored by Wendy’s and The Little Clinic. Friday mornings during football season, the best cheer squads in the Tri-State will compete for the chance to win $1,000, plus the traveling “Football Friday Cheer Champion Trophy!” Nominate your favorite HS varsity cheer squad below. Cheers…… More
Nominate your office for the, “Warm 98.5 Workday Perk-Up”, thanks to Biggby Coffee!… More
Will Jennings, a distinguished Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter and lyricist, has died at the age of 80. No cause of death was publicly announced, although Jennings had apparently been ill for quite some time. Jennings will be remembered for co-writing two emotional Academy Award-winning anthems, “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic that was recorded…… More
On Friday (September 6), Jennifer Hudson revealed the details of her first-ever holiday album, The Gift of Love, which will be released on October 18. The 42-year-old EGOT winner made the announcement with a holiday-themed Instagram video that features Hudson singing a soulful rendition of the Christmas classic, “Jingle Bells,” while placing presents under the…… More
Travis Scott‘s team is publicly disputing the overall chart placement of the rapper’s mixtape Days Before Rodeo, which came in at No. 2 behind Sabrina Carpenter‘s No. 1 album Short ‘n Sweet on last week’s Billboard 200. Scott’s team says that Billboard and Luminate’s sales measurement is “unreliable and incomplete,” while alleging that nearly 1,300…… More
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet remains on top of the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Short n’ Sweet had a big second week, with the album earning 159,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Only three other albums have topped Carpenter’s second week sales total…… More
Following his guest appearance during Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl halftime performance in Los Angeles in 2022, Kendrick Lamar will now headline his own halftime show during Super Bowl LIX at the Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025. The announcement was made by the NFL, Roc Nation, and Apple Music only hours before the…… More
The 2025 Stagecoach Festival is set to take place from April 25-27 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, with headliners Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, and Zach Bryan. This will be the first time that Bryan and Jelly Roll will headline the main stage, while Combs will headline for the first time since 2022.…… More
