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• Carrie Underwood & Mike Fisher Will Sit Down With Oprah For In-depth Interview Oprah Winfrey travels to Nashville to talk with country sensation Carrie Underwood and her NHL husband Mike Fisher, for their first television interview together. Carrie and Mike invite Oprah inside their cabin retreat for the episode of Oprah's...
• Happy Birthday King George! George Strait has racked up more #1 singles than any other artist in history.   We celebrate George Strait today (May 18th) as he turns 60, and take a look back in photos at some great moments with the King of Country!
• Martina McBride Finds Her New Focus On Songwriting 'Really Liberating' [Interview] For the last several years (and her past three albums), vocal superstar Martina McBride has been working more on writing the songs she sings. It's a process that didn't come easily at first, but one she now finds "really liberating," as she tells...
• Donna Summer 'Queen Of Disco' Remembered By Country Artists As reported earlier today, Donna Summer, aptly referred to as  the "Queen of Disco" passed away this morning at the young age of 63. Her influence on music spread the gamet of all genres. Best known for her hits “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff,”...
• Lady A Raises Over $250,000 For Henryville It started as just a simple idea Lady Antebellum had while in the studio one day: let's play a high school prom! But in the end, the idea helped raise $258,000 to help rebuild the small town of Henryville, Indiana. Last night (May 16), Henryville...
• Donna Summer, 'Queen Of Disco' Dies At 63 The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, has passed away at 63. The singer lost her battle to cancer according to TMZ.com. Sources close to Summer told TMZ that she was trying to keep the extent of her illness under wraps. They spoke with someone who...
• Taylor Swift Gives Back To Country Music Hall Of Fame It's no secret that Taylor Swift has money. After all, she landed at #11 on Forbes' Most Powerful Celebrity list for her earnings of $57 million last year. What do you do when you have that kind of cash laying around? You give back to the community...
• Willie Nelson Talks New Album 'Heroes' And Performs With Son On 'Jimmy Fallon' The legendary Willie Nelson stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night (May 14) for a chat and to play some music. During the conversation, the 79-year-old country music legend discussed his new album Heroes, his recent collaboration...
• Win Cedar Point Passes All Weekend Long! Summer is just around the corner and what better way to kick it off  than a trip to Cedar Point? 99.5 WYCD has your chance to win a pair of tickets all weekend long! Cool off on the brand new Dragster H2O at Cedar Point's Soak City! Thrill...
• Inaugural 'Boots and Hearts' Festival Includes Major Headliners! Boots and Hearts is the largest country music festival of its kind ever to be hosted in Canada.  This year's 3 day inaugural event takes place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario (1 hour east of Toronto) on August 10th through 12th. The...
• GLEE Covers Taylor Swift's 'Mean' In Episode Dealing With Bullying And Abuse The ever popular TV show, Glee, nearing the end of it's 3rd Season, presented a moving cover last night of Taylor Swift's "Mean" by Puckerman aka "Puck" (played by Mark Salling) and Coach Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones).  Glee has a reputation for dealing...
• Kenny Chesney, Lady A, Carrie Underwood Among 2012 CMT Awards Performers Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley, and the Zac Brown Band are among the artists who will perform next month at the 2012 CMT Music Awards. The award show will be held June 6 in Nashville, and air live...