October 4, 2010

» Macon Montgomery Market Madness: Cumulus/Macon, GA Market Manager John Rodriguez has taken the same role at Cumulus/Montgomery, AL's seven-station cluster, which includes Country WLWI, with today's exit of MM & Country Format Dir. Bill Jones. No word from Cumulus on the status of the format role, which Jones assumed in June 2005. In Macon, GSM Art Giles rises to MM for the eight-station cluster, which includes Country WDEN. Congratulate Rodriguez here and Giles here. As for Jones, he spent 13 years with the company and his prior stops included programming WGKX/Memphis, where he was also VP/Programming for Kix Broadcasting, and corporate PD for South Central Communications.


» All For The Paul: Westwood One producer Dylan Paul has been named Creative Imaging Producer for Clear Channel/St. Louis' six-station cluster, which includes Country KSD. He starts Oct. 4.




» Feed & Seed: Veteran artist manager Nancy Russell has re-launched her company as the co-op with initial clients Alan Jackson and Loretta Lynn. Russell previously managed Jackson from 2000 to 2007, renewing the association last month (Breaking News 9/14). Joining Russell at the co-op are industry vets Judy McDonough, Renée Aly and Jaimie Ellis. The company is located at 1510 16th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212. Phone is 615-320-0800.


» Heinrichs Maneuver: Capitol Nashville Marketing Coordinator Amanda Heinrichs has been promoted to Marketing Manager. Heinrichs joined the company in 2007 and can be congratulated here.


» Jurisprudence: Country Crossing developer and BamaJam Records founder Ronnie Gilley and 10 others have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Alabama following an investigation into alleged vote buying. Gilley, casino owner Milton McGregor, four Alabama state senators and several lobbyists are accused of illegally conspiring to pass legislation that would legalize electronic bingo in the state. Read more here.


» Home On The Range: When Google TV's devices begin rolling out this month, Country music will gain a prominent seat in the living room, as "Cookin' Country" becomes one of the eight featured channels on VEVO's new platform for the service, providing a customized catalog of music video programming available on-demand or via autoplay. Google TV also offers content from Pandora and Napster, and the brief but cool online video demo here features a Napster search for Taylor Swift.


» Throwing Christian To The Lines: Citadel's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH got more than it bargained for when Columbia's Christian Kane tweeted he would be stopping by for a visit. Fans began showing up as early as 8am, and eventually the station parking lot was overrun with Kane-iacs. "We have a good relationship with the local police department, so I called and spoke with a shift supervisor, who was amused that we were being overrun with women, one of whom insisted she drove two hours," says OM Mark Ericson. "In all, 16 people were asked to leave the property. We also received telephone calls from Portland, OR and e-mail inquiries from Texas and the Philippines. We only lost a half-day's work in the process!"


» Put Me In Your Song: Capitol's Keith Urban and Guitar Center have teamed to offer unsigned artists the chance to record a three-song EP with a guest appearance by Urban. The Guitar Center's Your Next Record With Keith Urban contest also offers the winner a $10,000 Guitar Center credit, $10,000 in new gear and endorsement deals, an opening slot on an Urban show and an iTunes feature highlighting their single. Learn more and enter through Nov. 30 here.




» Here For The Money: Redneck/CO5's Gretchen Wilson and Dollar General have partnered to offer a chance to win $1 million through the store's Country Million Sweepstakes. Entrants must be at least 21 years old and reside in one of the chain's 35-state markets. Details here.


» Chronicle: Our condolences are extended to family and friends of veteran record promoter Debbie Gibson Palmer, who passed away late Friday in Los Angeles. She was 58. A Nashville native (née Demonbreun), she was descended from the city's founder and is survived by daughter Gaylene Gibson Aparicio and grandaughter Cassidy Aparicio. A Nashville memorial service is planned for December. In lieu of flowers, contributions to assist with medical bills and other expenses can be sent to Gaylene at 5349 Newcastle Ave., #55, Encino, CA 91316. Gaylene can be contacted at 818-438-6387 or here.


» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Oct. 2. Look for the full chart in tonight's Country Aircheck Weekly.
  1. KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA)
  2. JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA)
  3. EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury)
  4. DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol)
  5. SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury)

All airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.


» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for Oct. 1:
  1. THE DIRT DRIFTERS/Something Better (Warner Bros./WMN)
  2. KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol)
  3. LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Radio Edit) (Capitol)
  4. CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left On That Bone (BNA)
  5. GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA)


» Tomorrow's Birthdays (10/5): the late Johnny Duncan; Britta Coleman; J.J. Gerard.


» Tube Check Tonight (10/4): Trace Adkins, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Larry Gatlin, America's Nightly Scoreboard (FOX Business Network).

Tube Check Tomorrow (10/5): Trace Adkins, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC); Rascal Flatts, Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated).




» Bathroom Stall: Big Machine's Rascal Flatts find the perfect spot for a photo with the gang from WQYK-FM during a Nothing Like This Tour stop in Tampa. Pictured (l-r) are Jay DeMarcus, WQYK's Cledus T. Judd, Gary LeVox, the station's Dave McKay, Live Nation's Brian O'Connell, the station's Mike Culotta and Joe Don Rooney.


» Sugar Shock: Mercury's Sugarland do the trade pic thing before headlining the recent WMZQ/Washington, DC Fall Fest. Pictured (l-r) are Mercury's Katie Dean, Kristian Bush, WMZQ's Meg Stevens, Jennifer Nettles and Mercury's Damon Moberly.
 


» First Responders: BNA's Kenny Chesney (l) inducts his manager Dale Morris (c) into the IEBA's inaugural Hall of Fame class. They're pictured with Morris Artist Management colleague Clint Higham. Lee Ann Womack inducted her manager Erv Woolsey, while Martina McBride surprised former CAA senior agent Ron Baird to make his induction. Find a complete list of inductees here.


» They Know Jack: After performing at the 2010 Marconi Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, Big Machine's Jack Ingram grabs some face time with a few of the guys who call the shots. Pictured (l-r) are CBS Radio's Dan Mason, Commonwealth Broadcasting's Steve Newberry, Ingram, NAB's John David, Marconi Awards host Ron Chapman and BMI's Dan Spears.
 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 



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