August 19, 2011

 


» Is It Standing Right Here Singing This Song: Sugarland resumed their Incredible Machine Tour last night (8/18) in Albuquerque with an onstage prelude that included a moment of silence and an acoustic performance of their song "Love." Watch here. KRST/Albuquerque staffers passed out fliers at the show with information on donating to the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund, and PD Eddie Haskell reports fans lined up for the information. KSOP (Z104)/Salt Lake City will be collecting donations for the fund at Saturday's show (8/20). "The country music fan community has no borders," APD Jim Mickelson says. This morning (8/19), the Indianapolis Star reported that Jennifer Haskell (22) succumbed to injuries sustained in last weekend's tragedy, becoming the sixth to perish.


» Brand Newman: As reported earlier via Twitter and Facebook, former WSIX/Nashville MD/midday personality Dennis "Newman" Hughes is joining Citadel's crosstown WKDF for afternoons. Newman replaces Jack Shell, who is headed to CBS Radio's WYCD/Detroit as MD/midday host (CAT 7/28). Hughes worked at 'SIX from 2006-2009 and is a 25-year radio vet whose resume includes stops in Richmond, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Tallahassee. No official start date has been announced, but Shell's final day at 'KDF had previously been announced as Aug. 26. Congratulate Newman here.




» I Found My Thrill On Blueberry's Hill: Blueberry Broadcasting's WBFB (The Bear)/Bangor, ME will be swapping its 104.7 signal with Sports sister WAEI-FM's 97.1 on Sept. 1. Bear PD Paul DuPuis tells Country Aircheck, "This will provide us much stronger coverage and has the potential to add 53,000 listeners." The station is part of a Country trimulcast with sisters WMCM/Rockland, ME and WLKE/Bar Harbor, ME.  DuPuis programs all three and says announcements began on both 'BFB and 'AEI Monday and will continue through the swap.


» It's 1 After A Quarter: Despite what RAB President/CEO Jeff Haley calls a "static spot environment," radio's diverse revenue strategy helped broadcasters deliver the industry's sixth straight quarterly uptick in revenues, rising 1% to $4.581 billion during Q2. That performance gave radio a 2% gain for the first half of 2011 to $8.364 billion. For the quarter, digital was up 18%, off-air gained 5%, network improved 3%, but spot dollars were down 1%. For the first six months, digital advanced 19%, off-air was up 7%, network posted a 2% increase and spot revenues were flat. Growth during the first half of 2011 came from the Automotive, Television/Network/Cable Providers and Retail categories, with gains also in the Insurance, Financial and Beverages sectors. In Q2, Comcast Cable was radio's leading spot radio advertiser, followed by McDonald's, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Walmart, Safeway, Coca-Cola, Chrysler, Home Depot and Pepsi.


» Chuck Berry On BlackBerry: Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is developing a major-label music service for its subscribers through its 45-million-member Messenger instant-message system. Called BBM Music, a test offering may debut within the next few weeks, giving users access to 50 songs at one time to listen to and share with other subscribers. The price for the service has not been disclosed.


» Benefit News: The Jason Aldean-hosted 6th Annual Concert For The Cure will be held Sept. 30 in Roanoke, VA. Proceeds will benefit Susan G. Komen For The Cure. "Breast cancer is something that’s affected me, my family and just about everyone I know," Aldean says. "It's amazing what we can do and how much money we can raise when we all come together for this cause." The benefit concert is part of Aldean's My Kinda Party Tour. More here.




» It's A Blood Story: Taylor Swift's Speak Now track "Haunted" will be featured in Sunday's (8/21) True Blood episode. The show airs at 9pm ET. Additionally, the Speak Now Help Now tour rehearsal benefit won in the Do Something Awards' concert category on the VH1-televised show. More here.


» Black & White & Web All Over:
  • Keith Urban's show was "submersive and at times nearly overwhelming." –Tulsa World
  • Taylor Swift "knows how to work a room as well as Mother Monster." –Vancouver Sun
  • The Indianapolis Colts donate $1 per ticket to today's game to the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund. –footballnewsnow.com


» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the top 5 songs for Aug. 18:
  1. DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 2651 points
  2. BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 2488 points 
  3. LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Capitol) 2326 points
  4. JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 2314 points
  5. KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 2230 points


» Country Aircheck Today Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Aug. 14-18, compared with the same days last week:
  1. MIRANDA LAMBERT/Baggage Claim (Columbia) +1653 points
  2. JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) +926 points
  3. RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) +771 points
  4. BAND PERRY/All Your Life (Republic Nashville) +724 points
  5. BLAKE SHELTON/God Gave Me You (Warner Bros./WMN) +711 points

All airplay data are from Mediabase 24/7.


» Tomorrow's Birthdays (8/20): Rudy Gatlin, the late Jim Reeves; Tony Stampley; Dan McClain; Lisa Ramsey; Kristen McRary.

Sunday's Birthdays (8/21): Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers), Heather Larson, Kenny Rogers, Darcy Ferris, Jack Lameier, Johnny Rose, Melissa Torres.

Monday's Birthdays (8/22): Jennifer Day, Holly Dunn, Ricky Lynn Gregg, Mila Mason, Waddie Mitchell, Collin Raye, Mickey Ashworth, Ed Gertler, Amy Macy.


» Tube Check Tonight (8/19): Randy Travis with Josh Turner, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC); Trace Adkins, Chelsea Lately (E!).

Saturday (8/20): Keith Urban, Conversations From The Road (GAC); Margaret Durante, Crook & Chase (syndicated).

Sunday (8/21): Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton Live: It's All About Tonight (GAC).




» Good As Dunn: Arista's Ronnie Dunn (l) hangs with WUSH/Norfolk's Brandon O'Brien prior to Dunn's performance at a USO show in the market.


» Reel Tale-Spinners: WKSJ/Mobile PD Bill Black and seven of his closest Southeast record reps gather during a fishing and golfing weekend organized by Black. Pictured (l-r) are Black River's Megan Good, RCA's Liz Sledge, Republic's Stacy Blythe, Arista's Tyler Waugh, WMN's Lou Ramirez, indie promoter Jody Van-Alin, WKSJ's Steve Powers, Columbia's Jennifer Thorpe and Black. Catch of the day went to Good, who hooked a 20 lb. red snapper. Good tells Country Aircheck, "I'm kind of a big deal in the deep-sea fishing world."


» Andy To Have Around: R&J's new artist Andy Gibson takes a breather with WBEE/Rochester's Billy Kidd during a stop on his radio promo tour. Pictured (l-r) are Kidd, Gibson, and the label's Tim McFadden and David Shaw.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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