Country Aircheck
 July 7, 2008

» Share Jordan: Former Columbia SW regional Jordan Pettit, who left the Sony BMG imprint June 6, has been hired by Universal Republic to handle promotion for the Eli Young Band, whose music is also being promoted by Universal South. Though not officially joining Universal South at this time, Pettit will also cover the Northeast & Midwest regional duties previously handled by Chuck Swaney, who has resigned the post he took in February, 2006. "It is time for a change," says Swaney, who happens to be recovering from knee surgery and expects to take a few weeks to focus on rehab before making his next move. He can be reached at 248-486-6122 or here.

Pettit, who starts next Monday (7/14), can be reached at 615-259-5383 or here. Also starting at Universal South Monday will be former Curb rep Karen McGuire (CAT 5/22), giving VP/Promotion Teddi Bonadies a full complement of regionals for the first time in several weeks.

» Galvin & Jobs: RCA Mgr./West Coast Regional Promotion Matt Galvin will be moving to Nashville to assume the Midwest region previously handled by Mike Sirls. Sirls announced he was leaving the label last month (CAT 6/23). Galvin has been with the label group since interning in 1995 and joined the RCA promo team in 2004. An announcement about the open West Coast Nipper posting is pending.

» Young & The Restless: Look for more in the coming weeks on the expansion of label operations at Graham Entertainment, where Big Machine SE regional Bobby Young has been named Senior VP/Promotion (Breaking News 7/7). Young will oversee promotion efforts at two labels -- the ongoing work of Country Thunder, where Jim Dorman is VP/Promotion, and new label Permian, which is expected to staff up.

» Life Note: Congrats to Keith Urban and wife Nicole Kidman on the birth of their daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban this morning in Nashville. Sunday weighed in at 6 lbs and 7 1/2 oz. and all are well. Urban dedicated his song "My Better Half" to "my very, very, very, very pregnant wife" during Saturday night's Poets & Pirates Tour performance in Nashville.

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending July 5. Look for the full chart in the Country Aircheck Music Edition.

  1. BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.)
  2. MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia)
  3. ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista)
  4. KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA)
  5. BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista)

All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for July 6:

  1. KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5)
  2. BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury)
  3. TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog)
  4. GRETCHEN WILSON/Don't Do Me No Good (Columbia)
  5. LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb)

» Tube Check Tomorrow (7/8): Phil Vassar, GAC Nights.

» Tomorrow's Birthdays (7/8): Toby Keith, Fred Young (Kentucky HeadHunters), Terry Choate, Pam Green, Mike Kraski, Lee Logan, Matt Williams, Joe Relyea.

Chain Of Jewel's: Valory's Jewel (c) visited with KFRG/Riverside PD Lee Douglas and wife Barbara before the Irvine, CA stop of the Paisley Party Tour.

Pyromania: Cold River/Nine North's Katie Armiger (r) and KIXQ/Joplin, MO PD Cody Carlson showed their patriotism by setting off fireworks. We're sure the neighbors loved it.

Red Head: Mt. Wilson's KKGO/Los Angeles afternoon jock Paul Freeman (r) enjoyed Rissi Palmer's performance for the station at Knotts Berry Farm.















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