Free! LoveOly Halloween!
Your little goblins will have a hauntingly good time at Downtown Olympia’s free LoveOly Halloween trick-or-treat event! Thursday, October 31 4-7pm, downtown will be alive with magic as kids and families embark on an adventure filled with free treats and Halloween spirit! Presented by the Olympia Downtown Alliance, Harbor Wholesale, and KXXO Mixx 96.1, the event includes a street party on Washington Street with entertainers and a prize drawing for those who redeem “passports” from the scavenger hunt going on now! See LoveOlyDowntown.com for participating locations.
Win TriBond! Rainier Beer Documentary!
The Rainier: A Beer Odyssey documentary screening November 7 at Regal Martin Village in Lacey has been sold out for weeks, but thanks to O Bee Credit Union you can win a pair of tickets! Also hand-crafted, whole-bean Cutters Point Coffee. Play TriBond with your “Good Morning Mixx” at 7:40am October 28-November 1 on KXXO Mixx 96.1. The contest line is (360) 943-9696.
Win! Hip Hop Nutcracker + Nobuntu!
Win tickets to the Hip Hop Nutcracker featuring MC Kurtis Blow November 12 at the Washington Center. We also have tickets to Nobuntu, the award-winning female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe, at Tacoma’s Theater On The Square November 3 courtesy of Tacoma Arts Live. Play That’s Not Right with Anna Winter at 3:20pm October 28-November 1 on KXXO Mixx 96.1. Contest number is 360-943-9696.
Fall Fun Guide! Harvests and Hauntings!
Check out our Fall Fun Guide, KXXO’s guide to South Sound pumpkin patches, corn mazes, harvest festivals, haunted houses, and Halloween parties and events. Know of others? Post them now at www.kxxo.com/psa
Fall Fun! Hands On Boo Bash!
Celebrate fall with a bounty of family-friendly thrills and spooky treats at Hands On Children’s Museum’s Boo Bash October 25-31 10am-4pm. Enjoy Halloween-inspired delights without the fright! Activities vary depending on the day of the week. See their online event calendar for dates and times. Save $1 per ticket when you buy tickets online!
Fall Fun! Boo-Coda Spook-Tacular!
As part of its month-long celebration of Halloween, the town of Bucoda will hold its award-winning Boo-Coda Spook-Tacular Haunted House at the old gym at 403 N. Nenant Street Tuesday-Thursday October 29-31 from 7-10pm.
Adult Fun! Hands On After Hours!
Throw it back to the raddest decade ever – the ’90s! “Seas the Night,” an HOCM After Hours 21+ bash at the Hands On Children’s Museum Friday, November 15 7-10pm, is going to be off the hook, so grab your scrunchies and flannels and get ready to party like it’s 1999! They’ve got the freshest ’90s jams, drinks that are totally tubular, and activities that will take you on a deep-sea adventure. Don’t miss out on making seashell crowns and busting moves to your favorite throwback tunes!
Your Community! Pust Program/Podcast!
Olympia grew up listening to Dick Pust chatting with candidates for local office and representatives from every community group one could imagine. On his Your Community program (on-air Saturdays at 7am) and podcast (on demand), Dick talks with, as he says, “people … making our lives better.” Sponsored in part by Americool Heating and Air Conditioning. If you would be interested in sponsoring “Your Community” or purchasing “Your Community” on-air and digital advertising, contact Brian Butler at 360-943-9937.
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KXXO Loyal Listener Club members get more chances to win – often an exclusive new contest in Wednesday’s email newsletter! Click here to join (it’s FREE and your info will not be shared or sold). Loyal Listeners are the first to find out what we’re doing – and they’re also our advisory panel, letting us know what we can do to improve KXXO Mixx 96.1. Join now and help us build a better KXXO Mixx 96.1!
Our Top 15! See our Songs!
Watch the videos for our Top 15 new songs! While we mix(x) songs from the ’80s to now, often hits you no longer hear on the radio, these are just the strongest of today’s hit songs. Need to know the name of a song? Email John at jsf@KXXO.com with date/time played, sung by male or female, and any distinctive lyrics.
Listen On Your Smart Speaker
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After you’ve done that one time, you should be able to say “Alexa, play KXXO” and be able to hear us successfully. NOTE: You will only get the correct Mixx 96.1 if you say “Play KXXO.”
Traffic Woe Foes
Follow traffic in the South Sound with KXXO Mixx 96.1 Freeway Hero traffic updates on air at 96.1 FM and the cameras and info at https://www.kxxo.com/traffic.
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