Garth Brooks radio station, Randy Travis album & Thanksgiving Halftime show

Hey, welcome back on this Wednesday morning. It is 838. Well, Garth Brooks has taken over the airwaves in a new way. Fans want a Thanksgiving surprise, and we've got a new music alert for you. It's time to find out what's good with the Wolf. Good morning to Tara Ward and Ryan Fox from 99.5. Hey, guys. Happy Wednesday, Brandon. Happy Wednesday, indeed. So I hear Garth Brooks is wanting to be Ryan Fox. Is that right? That's exactly what it is, Brandon. No, this was kind of surprising. It came down yesterday that Garth Brooks, believe it or not, is buying his own radio station. And it's going to be in Nashville. It's called FM 100. Yeah. It's something where he says he wants to focus on female talent, female artists, which is always a good thing. And he wants to just play all the favorites. He also wants it to be. For people that visit Nashville, a place where you get all the tourist info and all the what's happenings going on around Nashville. So it's FM 100. It started as a mix-up a few years ago. They had posted something during the pandemic about Save Our Station. And I guess he just saw that recently and thought, yeah, I'll save your station. And it turned into this thing where he's buying his own station. Look, Garth can do anything he wants. He can. And he's doing it right now, Brandon. You think he'll play his own music there? Station. You have to, don't you? Why would you not, right? You have this platform now. Oh, anyway. Miranda Lambert, apparently just in North Texas to celebrate the expansion of the National Cowgirl Museum. She'll be back later this month to headline the Cowboys Thanksgiving Day halftime show. What's this talk about a surprise special guest? Well, we're hearing, and Ryan is in the know of all these things, he's a huge Ellis fella, that we're hearing that there's a possibility Ella might pop out of the red kettle at some point during that performance and join her. They wrote Shoes and Texans together, and so Ryan definitely hopes that that is going to happen, like he's on the edge of his seat waiting. So, I mean, you know what? They're really good friends. Shoes and Texan has been huge, so why not? Ellis tour's over. We're in for it. Can you imagine, Brandon? Wow. We're calling it Ella Watch. It's just, we're all ready. Yes, and I'm watching, Brandon, I'm watching all of it. Country music icon, Randy Travis, releasing a new album. I like this idea, it apparently comes 13 years after he suffered a stroke, 18 years after the release of his last album, and I was reading, this is not AI. No, no, no. This is songs that he recorded way back in the day. He's gone with his longtime producer. I'm totally here for this. We are huge Randy Travis fans. He lives here in town. We get to see him all the time. And I, I don't know about you, I can't wait to hear some Randy Travis stuff. There's some songs about parenting on this album. There's songs about his love of the blues. It is going to be great this spring and I cannot wait. Well, he lives right here, so good morning, Randy. Yeah, good morning, Randy. He is one of my favorites, one of my all-time favorites, so I'm looking forward to it. It's a legend, man. Yeah. All right, listen to Tara Ward with Ryan Fox on the Wake Up With The Wolf show, 5 to 10 a.m. on 99.5 The Wolf.