March 28, 2011



» Kaufman Exits WSIX: Clear Channel's WSIX/Nashville PD Keith Kaufman has exited. CC/Nashville VP/Market Manager Tom English says, "We wish Keith well in all of his future endeavors. Our search for the next great Country programmer begins immediately." Interested parties should send materials here. Kaufman can be reached here.


» Brooke Who's Here: CBS Radio's KILT-FM/Houston has named former Top 40 WZRT/Lebanon, VT PD Brooke Meris APD/MD/night personality, effective April 6. Meris replaces Greg Frey, who left KILT-FM in October for a corporate programming position with Cumulus  (CAT 10/11/2010). Afternoon driver Rowdy Yates had been serving as interim APD/MD since Frey left, but will now concentrate on his airshift.




» Mize & Shine: Peak Broadcasting's KSKS/Fresno morning personality Jody Jo Mize has added newly created MD responsibilities. A 20-year market vet, Mize originally joined KSKS in 1993, left in 2007 and returned  last September. (CAT 9/14). Congratulate her here.


» Duly Andrews: Radio vet Mark Andrews has joined Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN as morning co-host alongside incumbent Steve Stroud. Andrews was most recently PD/MD/morning host at Clear Channel's Top 40 WQNQ/Asheville, NC. He replaces Richard Quillen, who left for WAXM/Big Stone Gap, VA last month (CAT 2/3). Prior to Clear Channel, Andrews worked for Qantum and Next Media in the Carolinas.


» We Got To Pray Just To Make It Today: As reported this morning via Twitter, Sony/Nashville publicist Taryn Pray has joined Capitol/Nashville as Dir./Media & Public Relations, reporting to Sr. Dir. Lori Genes Christian. Pray joins Capitol following the departure of Dixie Owen for UMG/Nashville (CAT 3/16), and spent just over four years at Sony. Reach her at 615-269-2087 or here. Back at Sony, a Mgr./Media position is posted on the company's careers website here.


» St. Jude Success: It was another record breaking year for Mississippi River Radio's WOOZ/Marion-Carbondale, IL and its St. Jude radiothon, which brought in $208,756 over the weekend.

Congrats also to Maverick Media's WFGF/Lima, OH, for raising $55,000 during its St. Jude event. The station got an assist from Little Big Town, which played a benefit wrap-up show. Pictured after the event are LBT's Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild, WFGF's Cami Marlowe and Big D, LBT's Kimberly Schlapman, WFGF's JP Taylor, LBT's Phillip Sweet, WFGF's Bubba and Dave Crosser and St. Jude's Kayla Luttrell and Emily Toney.


» Dear ABBYs: Big River's WXFL/Florence, AL was named Radio Station of the Year at the Alabama Broadcasters Association's fifth annual ABBY Awards event Saturday (3/26). The station took home a total of five awards, with other winning stations and personalities hailing from Clear Channel's WDXB/Birmingham, Cox's WZZK/Birmingham and Bluewater's WBAM/Montgomery. Click here for the full list.


» Let's See Where This Texas: LKCM's KFWR (The Ranch)/Ft. Worth was named Large Market Radio Station of the Year, Randy Rogers Band took two awards including Entertainer and the Josh Abbott Band earned four trophies during Friday's Texas Regional Radio Music Awards Show in Arlington, TX (3/25). Stations, personalities and artists were honored in more than 20 categories.


» Gig Alert: CRB has created and is soliciting resumes for a Dir./Brand Marketing & Sales position. Interested candidates can submit materials to Exec. Dir. Bill Mayne here. Concurrently, Dir./Sponsorship Sales Sharon Allen has departed CRB and can be reached here.




» Camp of Approval: Capitol's Darius Rucker will perform the Brett James- and Chris Young-co-written track "Music From The Heart" as part of the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards' ACM Lifting Lives charity segment. Twenty-five members from the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp will join Rucker for the performance, which will benefit the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC). Viewers will be encouraged to donate by phone at 1-888-9-LIFTING and via a $5 text-to-donate campaign ("DREAM" to 27722). Details here.


» Traffic Jam: SiriusXM will broadcast live an invitation-only Tim McGraw concert at New York City's Beacon Theatre April 27. The show will feature Emotional Traffic Tour openers Luke Bryan and the Band Perry, and will simulcast on the Highway, Prime Country and Tim McGraw Radio channels, the latter of which will be available April 20-27. Details here.


» Viral Votes: Columbia's Miranda Lambert and Arista's Brad Paisley are offering free downloads and chances to win swag for those who participate in their online vote campaigns for ACM Entertainer of the Year. Lambert is offering a free live version of "Dead Flowers," which was recorded at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, and a chance to win a commemorative platinum plaque. Paisley is offering "Letter To Me" and a chance to win a Paisley music-loaded iPod Touch. Details on Lambert's campaign here and Paisley's here.


» Bennett Rings, Country Sings: Faith Hill, Willie Nelson and Carrie Underwood are among the celebrity duet partners for Tony Bennett's Sept. 20 Duets II. Recording sessions are scheduled this spring in New York, Nashville and Italy. Previous tracking occurred during Grammy week at Los Angeles' Capitol Studios. Mariah Carey, Natalie Cole, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse are among the other guests. Full details here.


» Time Is On Her Side: Time magazine has listed Taylor Swift's @taylorswift13 among its "140 Best Twitter Feeds." Time's Allen Townsend writes of Swift, "If her success story has played out in a string of Grammys and magazine covers, consider the songbird's 140-character updates as the CliffsNotes." View the full list and poll ranking here.


» In Case You Missed It: Capitol's Keith Urban performed "Without You" during Monday's Ellen DeGeneres show (3/28). Follow the link for the footage.


» Life Notes: Best wishes to Capitol/Nashville VP/A&R Autumn House and television personality Shane Tallant on their marriage. The two were wed Saturday (3/26) in Nashville.

Likewise, all our best to Warner Music/Nashville's Jensen Sussman and musician Kevin Arrowsmith, who tied the knot in a private ceremony at the Four Seasons in Wailea, Maui March 20.

Finally, congrats to Better Angels' Ashley White and Taylor Swift guitarist Paul Sidoti, who  became engaged while in Dublin recently for the Speak Now World Tour.


» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending March 26. Look for the full chart in tonight's Country Aircheck Weekly.
  1. THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 
  2. JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (Broken Bow)
  3. BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury)
  4. ZAC BROWN BAND/Colder Weather (Southern Ground/Atlantic/BPG)
  5. DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol)

All airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.

 


» Country Aircheck Today Greatest Gainers: Here are the greatest point gainers for March 27:
  1. TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) +430 points
  2. BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) +349 points
  3. LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol) +206 points
  4. BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) +205 points
  5. TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) +199 points

All airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.


» Tomorrow's Birthdays (3/29): Brady Seals, Lindsey Roznovsky, EJ Butler.


» Tube Check Tonight (3/28): Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Reba, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, All Together Now – A Celebration of Service (NBC).

Tube Check Tomorrow (3/29): Little Big Town, Conan (TBS) and The Talk (CBS); Dierks Bentley, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC); Blake Shelton, Chelsea Lately (E!).




» Minneapolis, BC: Nothing prehistoric here, just three dudes hangin' in Minneapolis during Kenny Chesney's Goin' Coastal tour, of which Billy Currington (c) is a big part of. Pictured with BC are the guys from KEEY, Gregg Swedberg (l) and JD Greene.


» Ft. Wayne Is A Good Thing: The Miranda Lambert tour offered plenty of variety at its Ft. Wayne, IN stop, as this picture demonstrates. Pictured (l-r) are MCA's Donna Passuntino and Josh Kelley, Valory's Justin Moore, WQHK's Rob Kelly and Dave Michaels, and Valory's George Briner.


» Sirius Trouble: Bigger Picture's Brother Trouble recorded the "New Faces Showcase" for Sirius XM and cameras were ready to capture the moment. Pictured (l-r) are BT's Jason Sutton, BPG/Blaster's Allen Mitchell, Sirius XM's John Marks and Storme Warren, BT's Mark Sutton, Gold Mountain Entertainment's Burt Stein and BPG/Blaster's Jay McCarthy.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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