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Lyric Street trio Rascal Flatts'
Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney gathered at the Musician's Hall of Fame in Nashville to pay tribute to the 80 songwriters who have contributed their creative talents to the band's 6 previously released studio albums.
(L-R) Front: Marcus Hummon, Clint Lagerberg, Jeff Hanna, Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts), Steve Bogard, Danny Wells, Danny Orton, Blair Daly Back: Doug Howard (Sr VP A&R, Lyric Street Records), Rick Giles, Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts), Neil Thrasher, Arlos Smith
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B.A.R./KLM Recording Artist Lee Allen
stopped at Empire Broadcasting KRTY/San Jose, CA on his West Coast Radio Tour, setting up his new single, "Settle Down".
Pictured: L-R Tina Ferguson Sales Mgr, Lee Allen, Julie Stevens PD, Nate Deaton GM.
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Texas singer/songwriter Zane Williams
recently appeared on WSMV-TV/Nashville's "Better Nashville" show earlier this week. Williams is the writer of "Hurry Home," the hit song recorded by Arista/Nashville artist Jason Michael Carroll.
L-R: "Better Nashville" host Kacy Hagerty and Zane Williams
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RCA artist Jake Owen
and his bulldog best friend Vern stopped by the syndicated Tony & Kris show to welcome the guys to Nashville and to talk about his latest single "Eight Second Ride."
pictured (L-R): Tony, Jake Owen, Kris not pictured: Vern
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Curb artist Lee Brice
kicked off his string of dates opening for labelmate Clay Walker with a sold-out show at The Club Rodeo in San Jose, CA. The crew from Empire Broadcasting KRTY/San Jose popped backstage to say hi to Lee.
Pictured (L-R): Joe O'Donnell, Curb West Coast; Nate Deaton, KRTY General Manager; Angela Vaughn, KRTY Creative Services Manager; Lee Brice; Jamie Pauhl, KRTY Promotion Director; Adrienne Michaels, Curb National; Tina Ferguson, KRTY Sales Manager; Al Breiten, KRTY Nights
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SOLID (Society of Leaders in Development)/Nashville
welcomed Sony Music Nashville CEO/President, Joe Galante as the guest speaker at their first general assembly meeting of the year.
L-R: Joe Galante (Sony Music Nashville CEO/President), Heath Baumhor (SOLID Education Committee Chairman/APA)
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Citadel KBUL/Reno's
morning show, "The KBUL Guys," (Bob & Bender, pictured with a listener) helped collect 5,635 stuffed animals for the children of Haiti during the station's "Hugs For Haiti" toy drive recently.
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The Academy of Country Music
welcomed Republic Nashville group the Band Perry's Neil Perry, Kimberly Perry and Reid Perry, to the office when they were in Los Angeles.
L-R: Bob Doyle, Bob Doyle & Associates, Bob Romeo, Executive Director, Academy of Country Music, Jimmy Harnen, President, Republic Nashville, Neil Perry, Kimberly Perry, Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group, Reid Perry, R.A. Clark, Executive Producer, ACM Awards, Josh Pegram, Bob Doyle & Associates
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Dial Global
Sr. Dir. of Country Programming, John Paul (R) pulls Valory Music Co. artist Jewel out of the buffet line to get a photo. They were both in Memphis for St. Jude Week recently.
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MCA/Nashville's David Nail
volunteered his time and voice for fundraisers in Walnut Creek, CA and St. Louis, benefiting the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF). The organization, founded by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, provides money to build and operate a facility where dogs and cats can be taken once their time at public shelters has run out.
(L to R) Tony LaRussa, ARF Founder/Manager St. Louis Cardinals; Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals Hitting Coach and Nail
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Valory Music Co. artist Justin Moore
and Emmis Communications WHLK/Indianapolis help send off the Indianapolis Colts to Miami for the Super Bowl. Justin sang "Colts Town USA" at the rally, a play on his hit, "Small Town USA," re-written by Justin and morning co-hosts Wank & O'Brien.
Pictured from left to right - Dave O'Brien, Justin Moore, Ed Wank
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Columbia/Nashville's Miranda Lambert
after the GRAMMY awards, where she was both a GRAMMY presenter and a nominee.
Pictured (L-R): Sony Music Nashville Marketing VP Tom Baldrica; Lambert; Sony Music Entertainment CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz; and Sony Music Nashville Digital Business VP Heather McBee and Promotion VP Skip Bishop.
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Big Machine Records artist Taylor Swift
celebrates her four GRAMMY wins.
Pictured (LtoR): Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Records; David Nathan, Universal Republic; Toby Russell, Universal Republic; Mike Nazzaro, Universal Republic; Taylor Swift; Joel Klaiman, Universal Republic; Gary Spangler, Universal Republic; Howie Pivar, Universal Republic
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Emblem/Warner Bros. group Gloriana
recently played the Annual Chili Cookoff for Beasley's WKIS/Miami
L-R: Tom Carroll, UTurn Laverne of the morning show, Mike Carroll, Matt Walker, Kenny Walker, Rachael, Cheyenne and PD Ken Boesen
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Lyric Street's Tyler Dickerson
made a stop at Delmarva Broadcasting WXCY/Wilmington, DE during his radio tour recently.
Pictured left to right: Lyric Street President Randy Goodman, WXCY PD Dave Hovel, Tyler Dickerson, Lyric Street's Renee Leymon, and WXCY GM Bob Bloom
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Alpha Broadcasting's KUPL
recently held their 8th Annual "Bowling with Bubba," promotion, raising over $5,000 for the Portland Shriner's Children Hospital. The event is of course named for APD/MD Rick "Bubba" Taylor. Helping out in the event were Columbia artist Josh Thompson and ARista's Jason Michael Carrol.
Pictured are the am show and the entire staff along with Jason Michael Carroll and Josh Thompson.
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Lofton Creek's Gwen Sebastian
In support of her debut single release, "Hard Rain," Lofton Creek's singer/songwriter Gwen Sebastian stopped by Prospect Communications WLLX/Lawrenceburg, TN to visit with Program Director Dan Hollander.
Pictured L-R: Lofton Creek's Brad Taylor, Gwen Sebastian and WLLX PD Dan Hollander.
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Lyric Street newcomer Tyler Dickerson
visits with Mediabase's Robin Rhodes at Clear Channel WSIX/Nashville.
L-R: Lyric Street's Kevin Herring, Tyler Dickerson, Robin Rhodes and Lyric Street's Chris Palmer
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Lyric Street trio Love and Theft
hanging out with Clear Channel WSSL/Greenville, SC staffers before opening at sold out Jason Aldean show in Greenville, SC on January 22nd.
Pictured left to right: Lyric Street's Theresa Ford, Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles, WSSL MD Kix Layton, Love and Theft's Brian Bandas, WSSL PD Steve Geofferies, Love and Theft's Eric Gunderson.
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Warner Bros artist James Otto
"pops in" and suprises Syndicated morning show hosts Tony & Kris.
(L-R) Tony, James Otto and Kris
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19/RCA artist Danny Gokey
recently filmed the video for his debut single, "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me," in Nashville.
Pictured (l-r): RuckusFilm President Clarke Gallivan; video producer Ryan Zacarais; RLM/Mission Management's Tracy McGlocklin; Sony Music Nashville Sr. Dir. Creative Services Scott McDaniel; Gokey; RLM/Mission Management's Rendy Lovelady; and video director Wes Edwards.
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Texas Country artist Josh Abbott
Abbott passed through his hometown of Lubbock, TX to visit Wilks Broadcasting's KLLL.
L-R: Josh Abbott, KLLL MD/afternooner Ken Buckner
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Brad Paisley
Clear Channel KEEY/Minneapolis MD J.D. Greene and his wife Kate recently enjoyed a little hang time with Brad Paisley at a Saturday night show on Brad's American Saturday Night Tour.
Pictured (l-r): J.D., Brad, Kate
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RCA artist Martina McBride
welcomed some smiling faces from Nashville, including our very own All Access Country Editor, Jim Asker, backstage after her performance in Little Rock, AR.
L-R: Sony Music Nashville Chairman Joe Galante and Sr. Director, Marketing & Artist Development Ray Uhlir; McBride; AllAccess.com Country Editor Jim Asker; Sony Music Nashville Promotion VP Skip Bishop, Sr. VP Sales & Operations Paul Barnabee, and Marketing VP Tom Baldrica; and RCA Nashville VP Natl. Promotion Keith Gale.
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Country artist and Country Cares for St. Jude Kids co-founder Randy Owen
Owen (R), Chris Kearney CEO of SPX Corporation (L) and 8-year-old St. Jude patient Audra (c) pose in front of the Ford Mustang FR500S Challenge Race car donated by SPX at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona on Friday, January 22nd.
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Houston County
hangs with Midwest Family Broadcasting WWQM/Madison PD John Sebastian during their Midwest radio tour.
Pictured (L-R) Houston County's John Milldrum, John Sebastian, Houston County's Adam Hooper & Zack Hooper
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The Valory Music Co. and Starstruck Entertainment
celebrated Reba's career-setting four weeks at #1 with "Consider Me Gone" with writers Steve Diamond (ASCAP) and Marv Green (BMI), publishers Teri Diamond and Warner Chappell, and co-producer Mark Bright.
Pictured L-R: BMI's Jody Williams, Marv Green, Steve Diamond, Reba, The Valory Music Co's Scott Borchetta and ASCAP's Herky Williams.
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Alpha Broadcasting KUPL/Portland
APD/MD/midday air personality Rick "Bubba" Taylor turned 50 on Saturday and he was serenaded by a Dolly impersonator at work, provided by his wife Kristine.
L-R: Steve Pleshe RCA Records Nashville , Dolly, Rick Taylor KUPL Mid-day host/APD, Scott Mahalick Director of Programming for Alpha Broadcasting/ KUPL PD
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SOLID (Society Of Leaders In Development)/Nashville
hosted their annual new member retreat, welcoming 57 new members in 2010.
L-R: SOLID Board of Directors Katie Pope (SESAC) - President, Ian Wolcyzk (Rack N Roll Audio) - Vice President, Amber Leslie (CMT) - Treasurer, Katie Nelson (CMA) - Secretary
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Columbia Records artist Josh Thompson
celebrated his birthday in style this past Saturday with a special Pabst Blue Ribbon cake courtesy of Clear Channel's WMIL/Milwaukee. The native Wisconsinite was in town to perform his Top 20 debut single, "Beer on the Table," as well as other songs at the station's "Class of 2010" concert.
Pictured L-R: Thompson and WMIL OM/PD Kerry Wolfe
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National Guardsman and Country singer Darby Ledbetter
gathers with fellow artists at his media event at BMI in Nashville on January 22nd.
Pictured (L-R): L to R: Lee Roy of the Roys, Country artist Lane Brody, Ledbetter, Elaine Roy of the Roys, Country artist Aaron Tippin, Black River Music Group/Cherry Heart artist Ty Williams.
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Columbia Records artist Miranda Lambert
celebrates her first #1 single "White Liar" with friends from Journal Communications KFDI/Wichita.
Pictured L-R - Front Row: MD Carol Hughes, Lambert, staffer James Woods. Back Row: PD Beverlee Brannigan and her husband Scott
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Cold River's Katie Armiger
stops by for a visit with MD Chuck Collier at Clear Channel WGAR/Cleveland and gave him a sneak peak of her new single.
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Arista artist Carrie Underwood
visited St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, where she got the chance to meet with six-year-old Zowie, one of the many children in St. Jude's care.
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Noalmark Broadcasting KIXB/Little Rock
PD J.R. Schumann got up close and personal with Show Dog-Universal Music artist Trace Adkins backstage at a recent show.
L-R: Show Dog-Universal Music's Greg Sax, Trace Adkins, J.R. Schumann
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Redneck Records artist Gretchen Wilson
made a stop at Clear Channel WTQR/Greensboro, NC recently to promote her "Work Hard, Play Harder" single from her upcoming album, "I Got Your Country Right Here."
Pictured (L-R) - Gretchen Wilson and WTQR PD John Roberts.
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Capitol/Nashville group Lady Antebellum
stopped by CMT studios recently to guest host an episode of Top 20 Countdown recently.
Photo attached (l-r): Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley
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Atlantic/Homegrown/Bigger Picture Entertainment's Zac Brown Band
teamed up with Jimmy Buffett for the latest installment of "CMT Crossroads," premiering on the network in March.
L-R: Tom Forrest, President & EP, Taillight; Margaret Comeaux, Sr. Director Music & Event Production, CMT; Coy Bowles, ZBB; Jimmy De Martini, ZBB; Clay Cook, ZBB; John Driskell Hopkins, ZBB; Jimmy Buffett; Zac Brown, ZBB; Chris Fryar, ZBB; John Hamlin, SVP Production & Development, CMT; Bill Flanagan
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Show Dog-Universal Music artist Trace Adkins
(R) hangs with fellow GRAMMY nominee Colbie Caillat (L) at the GRAMMY Nominee Party in Nashville.
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Strouadvarious artist Darryl Worley
visits with patients at St. Jude Children's Research hospital during the "Country Cares For St. Jude Kids" seminar in Memphis
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Hall Communications WCTK (Cat Country)/Providence
recently held a toy drive for children in the area, raising enough toys to fill 4 trucks!
L-R: Morning Host Tim Leary, Morning Producer Amanda Leonardo
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Republic Nashville's The Band Perry
siblings Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry - teamed up with award-winning video director Trey Fanjoy (Taylor Swift, Keith Urban) for their first video, "Hip To My Heart," shot recently in Nashville.
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Thompson Square
signs with Stoney Creek Records and Magic Mustang Music.
Pictured (L-R): Stoney Creek Records CEO/President Benny Brown, Thompson Square's Shawna Thompson, Keifer Thompson and Magic Mustang's Juli Newton Griffith
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BBR/Nashville artist Jason Aldean
celebrated selling over one million copies of his "Wide Open" album, which includes his hits "She's Country," "Big Green Tractor" and "The Truth," at a party at Nashville's Sambuca on Jan. 19.
Pictured here: Aldean and CMA Board President Steve Moore.
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All Entertainment artist Buddy Jewell
lent his voice, along with the Music City Community Chorus and the Excelsior Chamber Orchestra, to Handel's "The Messiah" to help raise money for the American Red Cross at a benefit in Nashville.
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Valory Music Co. artist Jimmy Wayne and Country artist Aaron Tippin
met with Chuck Long while taping "The Country Vibe with Chuck and Becca" in Nashville.
Pictured (L-R): Chuck Long, Jimmy Wanye, Aaron Tippin
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Songwriter Carly Pearce
recently stopped by the office to join ASCAP. Carly is working on her project with the support of Universal Music Publishing and songwriter/producer Jeremy Spillman.
Seated L to R: President/GM - UMPG - Pat Higdon; Carly Pearce; UMPG writer/producer Jeremy Spillman Standing: L to R: ASCAP's Connie Bradley, Kent Earls - UMPG; ASCAP's Pat Rolfe, Peaches, Mike Sistad & Jesse Willoughby
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MCA artist David Nail
stopped by the CMA offices in Nashville to perform songs from his current album, I'm About to Come Alive.
L-R: Tom Lord, Vice President of Marketing, Universal Music Group Nashville; Hank Adam Locklin, CMA Senior Manager of Membership & Industry Relations; Dan Bowen, CMA Vice President of Strategic Marketing & Communications; Nail; St eve Moore, Chairman, CMA Board of Directors; Clint Higham, Executive Vice President, Morris Management Group and CMA Board member; and Brian Wolf, Morris Management Group.
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Redneck Records/CO5 artist Gretchen Wilson
performed the National Anthem and did the Halftime Show - teaming up with Emmis' WLHK (Hank FM)/Indianapolis. Here, Gretchen is backstage hanging out with Bob Richards and some of her CO5 Staff before the game.
Pictured: Lindsay Walleman (Midwest Regional/CO5), Gretchen, Bob Richards (PD - Hank FM), & Denise Roberts (VP Promotion/CO5)
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Capitol group Lady Antebellum
stop by the Tony & Kris studios to guest on the syndicated morning show.
L-R: Charles (Lady A), Tony, Hillary (Lady A), Kris and Dave (Lady A)
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Clear Channel's WPOC/Baltimore
raised over $5,000 with their concert for St. Jude Research featuring Bucky Covington, Chris Young and Easton Corbin.
Pictured here (L-R) Easton Corbin, Meg Stevens PD, Bucky Covington, Marie Lofton Senior Event Marketing Rep St. Jude, Justin Cole APD/MD and Chris Young.
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Clear Channel WMZQ/Washington, DC
PD Meg Stevens (L) hangs backstage with RCA artist Chris Young (R) during the station's Country Cares For St. Jude concert. The show raised $12,000 for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Mountain Records/Nine North newcomers Hello Dave
made their Nashville debut at The Rutledge for a special showcase.
From left to right: Back/top - Peter Bauschke - drums, Second row - Marty Williamson - guitar, Mike Himebaugh - lead vocals/guitar, Al Wetzel, bass, Anne Harris, fiddle, Front row - Mike "Magoo" McGohan, guitar
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19/RCA/Nashville artist Danny Gokey
(L) and NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (R) were among the celebs participating in last weekend's Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust event in Nashville, where Gokey made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
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ASCAP
recently celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville.
Pictured (L-R): Alex Merchan-Marketing Director - Eastern Region, Hard Rock International, Lyric Street/Nashville artist Bucky Covington, Country artist Cowboy Troy and ASCAP's Herky Williams.
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Columbia/Nashville's Josh Thompson
sunk knee-deep into his native Wisconsin roots before playing a casino show in Bowler recently.
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Cherry Heart Records artist Ty Williams
and fellow Cherry Heart songwriters, Ray Scott and Sara Beck, performed at the 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade Ball at Fort Campbell, KY. Colonel William K. Gayler, who presented the performers with commemorative plaques for their participation in the 2010 Combat Aviation Brigade Ball, reported that the event sold out once the three singer songwriters from Nashville were announced as the musical guests just two weeks ago.
L-R: Rondal Richardson (Cherry Heart Entertainment), Tonya Derry, Sgt. Clint Hooker, Sara Beck, Major Andy Beyer, Cassandra Tormes (Cherry Heart Entertainment), Ty Williams, Ray Scott, Shannon Scott, James "Bubba" Hudson (Williams' Producer)
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Valory Music Co artist Jewel
meets a St. Jude patient during the annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® seminar in Memphis.
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BBR artist Randy Owen
founder of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids, signs autographs for St. Jude patients during the annual Country Cares seminar in Memphis. Owen became involved with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital after the hospital's founder, the late Danny Thomas, asked Owen to play a part in helping to cure childhood cancer.
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ASCAP
celebrated the success of Capitol/Nashville's group Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," 5 with ASCAP co-writer Josh Kear, ASCAP publisher Big Yellow Dog's Carla Wallace and Kerry O'Neil, producer Paul Worley and other industry VIPs at Cabana on January 11th.
Pictured (L-R): Capitol Records Nashville President Mike Dungan, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood, ASCAP #1 writer Josh Kear, producer Paul Worley, Big Yellow Dog Publishing's Carla Wallace and Kerry O'Neil and ASCAP's Sr. VP Connie Bradley.
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Columbia/Nashville artist Josh Thompson
(R) recently spent the afternoon with Hazel Smith (L) taping an episode of CMT's "Southern Fried Flicks."
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The Academy of Country Music
welcomed Capitol/Nashville artist Luke Bryan to the office for a visit when he was in Los Angeles this week to tape CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
(Photo L-R: Bob Romeo, ACM Executive Director, Luke Bryan)
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Premiere Radio Networks host Blair Garner
welcomed Lady Antebellum to Blackbird Studio in Nashville recently.
Pictured left to right: Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Blair Garner and Dave Haywood
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Republic Nashville's The Band Perry
are currently in the studio with producer Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), finishing the trio's debut country album. Paul Worley (Lady Antebellum, Dixie Chicks) also produced tracks for TBP's album, scheduled for release in early summer.
Photo (left to right): Neil, Kimberly and Reid Perry, Nathan Chapman
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ASCAP
recently hosted a show with Lyric Street artist Bucky Covington at the Grand Opening of the Reverb Room at Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville. L-R: Back row - Ron Harris (O-Seven Artist Management), Don Harris (O-Seven Artist Management) and Jim McGonagle (GM, Hard Rock Cafe Nashville) Front row - Alex Merchan (Marketing Director - Eastern Region, Hard Rock International), Bucky Covington, Herky Williams (Assistant Vice President, ASCAP) and Ken Skonicki (Director of Operations - Mid Atlantic, Hard Rock International
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BNA/Nashville's Kellie Pickler
reacts to Spc. Zacari Pytleski, who felt very comfortable joining her on stage during her hit song "Red High Heels." Pickler, along with Mercury artist Jamey Johnson and Show Dog-Universal Music's Randy Houser kicked off 2010 with a USO Tour to the Persian Gulf, performing for the troops.
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Midwest Family Broadcasting WWQM/Madison
recently welcomed 19/RCA Nashville newcomer Danny Gokey for an exclusive listener show and meet & greet.
Left to Right: Morning Show Co-Host Jason Stephens, Afternooner Sara Freeman, MD/middayer Kenny Jay, Danny Gokey, Morning Show Co-Host Nicole Andrews, PD John Sebastian
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GAC-TV host Suzanne Alexander
interviews the actors/artists from the new movie 'Crazy From The Heart,' featuring an original soundtrack produced by T. Bone Burnett.
L-R: Suzanne, Jeff Bridges, Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
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Lyric Street Records artist Tyler Dickerson
kicked off his national radio tour and his first stop was at Citadel Media's Dallas office. Dickerson performed several songs for the company's employees including his soon to be released, Tell Your Sister I'm Single. He also gave a stirring rendition of the classic, You Are Always on my Mind. Left to Right - Kris Wilson, Music Director - Today's Best Country; Gary Reynolds, Program Director -Today's Best Country; Tyler Dickerson; and Carl Anderson, Senior Vice President, Programming and Distribution -Citadel Media.
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Warner Bros. artist Jessica Harp
stopped by the Tony & Kris studios recently to talk about her new single "A Woman Needs," on the syndicated morning show.
Pictured L-R; Tony, Jessica and Kris
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Chris DeCarlo
Former morning star at CBS WDSY/Pittsburgh Chris DeCarlo celebrates the first sight of the sun in Pittsburgh with an icicle that was hanging from her house!
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Valory Music Co Justin Moore
opening Act of the Brad Paisley tour ,visits Cox Broadcasting's KCYY/San Antonio.
L-R: Jon Loba (Valory Music), Randy "Shotgun" Shannon (KCYY Mornings & MD), Justin, Jesse James (KCYY Mornings) Scott Borchetta (Big Machine/Valory Music), George Briner (Valory Music)
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Tyler Media KKNG/Oklahoma City
staffers catch up with Arista/Nashville star Brad Paisley on his American Saturday Night tour stop in Oklahoma City on January 8th.
Pictured (L-R): KKNG Morning Show Jocks Lynn Waggoner & KC Sheperd, Brad Paisley, KKNG PD Kevin Christopher
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The Sprint Sound & Speed
Nashville's Ryman Auditorium was home on January 8th to the Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust at the Opry, which included guest appearances by NASCAR drivers as well as performances by Arista/Nashville's Jason Michael Carroll, RCA/Nashville artist Chris Young, and 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville artist Danny Gokey, who made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
Pictured (l-r): Sound & Speed Director Kara Bullock; Gaylord Entertainment Sr. VP Media/Entertainment Steve Buchanan; Sony Music Nashville Sr. Director, Creative Services, Scott McDaniel; Danny Gokey; Chris Young; Jason Michael Carroll; Sony Music Nashville Promo VP Skip Bishop, Chairman Joe Galante, Sr. VP Sales & Operations Paul Barnabee, and VP Digital Business Heather McBee; and Grand Ole Opry VP/GM Pete Fisher.
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Average Joe's Entertainment artist Colt Ford
hangs with the fine folks from Clear Channel WUBL/Atlanta prior to a show at Wild Bill's in Atlanta.
L to R: WUBL PD Scott Lindy; WUBL MD Lance Houston; Colt Ford; and WUBL morning co-host Jason Pullman.
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Lyric Street/Nashville's Love and Theft
stopped by Clear Channel WSIX/Nashville for a visit last week.
Pictured left to right: Lyric Street Sr. Director of National Promotion Chris Palmer, Love and Theft's Eric Gunderson and Brian Bandas, WSIX's Gerry House, Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles, Lyric Street Sr. Director of National Promotion Renee Leymon, and WSIX's PD Keith Kaufman.
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Entercom KBWF/San Francisco
PD Mike Krinik got a visit from the folks at Republic Nashville, and it looks like they got into a little trouble at Alcatraz!
L-R: West Coast Rep Lois Lewis, Republic Nashville President Jimmy Harnen, Mike Krinik
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19 Recordings/RCA Nashville artist Danny Gokey
recently visited Dix Communications WOGK/Ocala, FL as part of his radio tour in support of his debut single, "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me."
Pictured (l-r): WOGK MD Big Red; Gokey; RCA Nashville's Liz Sledge; and WOGK PD Mr. Bob.
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Show Dog-Universal Music artist Jonathan Singleton
along with a couple of members of his band, The Grove, stopped by Lincoln Financial's KSON /San Diego to perform for the station and listeners.
Pictured L to R: Andy Dixon, The Grove; Dustin Nunley, The Grove; John Marks PD/KSON; Singleton; and Chris Turner Promo Dtr/KSON
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17 Music Entertainment artist Matt Gary
at the Charlie Daniels Celebrity Golf & Concert, which was held in Tampa, FL.
Pictured from (L-R): CBS Radio WQYK/Tampa Personality Dave McKey, Matt Gary, Matt's father Mike Gary, and CBS Radio WQYK/Tampa Personality Randy Price
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Black River Music Group artist Emma Jacob
loads up a car with toys after CBS Radio KNCI/Sacramento's "Acoustic Christmas" concert to benefit the Sacramento Sheriff's Department Toy Project.
L-R: Officer Dave from the Sacramento Sheriff's Department, Emma Jacob and KNCI PD Mark Evans.
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Entercom KBWF (The Wolf)/San Francisco
held a concert to benefit Toys For Tots and help plenty of needy kids in the Bay Area this holiday season. Performing at the "sold out" show were Darryl Worley, Sara Evans, and Mallary Hope.
L-R: The Ken & Corey Morning Show's Eddie King, Wolf midday host Micki Gamez, PT/Swing Ali Wilder, GySgt Timothy Anthamatten of Toys For Tots, The Ken & Corey Morning Show's Corey Foley, and two (2) members of the United States Marine Corp. hold up a few of the 600+ toys donated to Toys For Tots.
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Gross Communication KSJJ/Bend, OR
OM Ed Lambert hung out with CMT's Gone Country contender Micky Dolenz and friends at the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, OR.
Pictured (L-R): Mark Lindsay from Paul Revere and the Raiders, Micky Dolenz star of CMT's Gone Country (and also lead singer for the Monkee's), Ed's wife April, Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits, KSJJ OM "Mister Ed" Lambert
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Curb/Nashville artist Jo Dee Messina
with the Harvest Hands Board of Directors, concert organizers and some Harvest Hans Kids prior to the December 5th benefit concert in Nashville.
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Clear Channel's WPOC/Baltimore
recently raised $5,000 for the Maryland Food Bank with a concert featuring David Nail, The Band Perry, and Matt Kennon.
L-R: The Band Perry, WPOC APD,Justin Cole, WPOC personalities, Mark Williams, Laurie DeYoung, Maryland Food Bank representative, Rebecca Pon, David Nail, WPOC PD, Meg Stevens, Matt Kennon and morning show producer, Jeffery St. Pierre
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Writer's Den Music Group singer-songwriter Trent Jeffcoat
performs for the staff at the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI).
(L-R): Kneeling - Songwriter Mark Stephen Jones, NSAI Sponsorship Director Susan Myers, songwriter Paul Sikes, NSAI National Membership Director Sheree Spoltore; Standing - Guitarist Mark Lonsway, percussionist Matthew Burgess, Writer's Den Music Group's Internet Marketing Adam Moore, Catalog Manager Laura Wright, Jeffcoat, NSAI Receptionist (and Jeffcoat's wife) Whitnei Jeffcoat, Workshop Coordinator/Legislative Debi Cochran and Associate Executive Director Mark Ford.
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Arista star Carrie Underwood
played a very special show on Thursday evening, December 3, at Chicago's Joe's Bar, sponsored by CBS Radio WUSN/Chicago.
Pictured (l-r): WUSN Project Manager Amanda Ofiara; Arista Nashville Director of National Promotion Lesly Tyson and Regional Promotion Manager R.J. Curtis; WUSN MD Marci Braun; WUSN PD Bill Gamble; Underwood; Santa Claus; and WUSN Business Development Manager Jackie Campbell.
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Show Dog-Universal Music artist Phil Vassar
couldn't wait to welcome Tony & Kris of the syndicated "Tony & Kris Show," to town so he popped into their studio and spoke with the guys recently.
L-R: Tony, Phil, Kris
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SOLID (Society of Leaders in Development)/Nashville
presented a check to representatives of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital from the money raised at their 24th Annual Music Row Turkey Bowl. Other donations were also made from the event to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Pictured (L-R): St. Jude Nashville Supervisor/Radio & Entertainment Marketing Jackie Proffit; SOLID Social Chair/NSAI Communications Director Erin Burr; St. Jude Senior Director (Radio & Entertainment Marekting) Teri Watson; SOLID President/The Recording Academy Project Manager Alicia Warwick and SOLID Treasurer/CMT Department Assistant & Encoding Coordinator Amber Leslie.
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Show Dog-Universal Music artist Joe Nichols
(L) spends some quality time with Warner Bros./Nashville comedian Larry The Cable Guy (R).
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Average Joe's Entertainment artist Colt Ford
(R) stopped by Entercom KKWF/Seattle on Friday, December 4, 2009. Colt spent over two hours on-air with MD/middayer Lola (L).
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Black River Music Group recently signed songwriter Tanya Leah
to a publishing deal.
L-R: Jimmy Nichols, president BRMG, Tanya Leah, Celia Froehlig, vice president, BRMG Publishing
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Capitol/Nashville's Lady Antebellum
rang in the New Year in New Orleans by singing the National Anthem at the All State Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1.
Pictured from Left to Right: Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Allstate Spokesman/Star of the hit show "24" Dennis Haysbert.
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Carols by Candlelight
Kids' entertainer Buck Howdy (L) hosted his 20th Annual "Carols by Candlelight" this weekend in San Diego. Curb artist LeAnn Rimes (R) was on hand to perform at the event, which raised money for Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego.
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Legendary songwriter Bill Anderson
was honored as part of the ongoing Poets and Prophets series at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Throughout the 90-minute program, which incorporated vintage recordings, photos and film clips from the Museum's collection, Anderson discussed his illustrious songwriting career and performed a handful of original compositions.
L-R: Songwriters Roger Murrah, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon, Hank Cochran, Bill Anderson, Curly Putman and program host Michael Gray
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Bonneville WIL/St. Louis
held their 7th Annual "Jinglefest" concert on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. Here is WIL APD/MD/middayer Danny Montana (in red, kneeling) with Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Love & Theft and Trailer Choir at the show.
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Traceway Records Mark Wayne Glasmire
discussed his musical career with Buckley Broadcasting News Talk WOR-AM/New York, NY host Joey Reynolds, Booking Producer/On-Air Personality Myra Chanin and best-selling author Ian Halperin (Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson) during an in-studio appearance in New York City on December 4th.
Pictured (L - R): Mark Wayne Glasmire, Ian Halperin, Myra Chanin and Joey Reynolds.
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Sony Music Nashville said goodbye to friend and EVP/GM Butch Waugh
on his last week in the office. As a longtime employee of 27 years, Waugh accumulated a series of "Butchisms," some of which were printed on the tee-shirts worn by the entire staff during his farewell toast.
Pictured (L-R): VP Marketing Tom Baldrica, VP RCA Nashville National Promotion Keith Gale, Chairman Joe Galante, VP BNA Records National Promotion Bryan Frasher, Waugh, VP Promotion Skip Bishop, Dir. of Arista Nashville National Promotion Lesly Tyson, Senior VP Sales & Operations Paul Barnabee.
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Show Dog-Universal Music artist Joe Nichols
stopped by CBS Radio KFRG/San Bernardino for their Holiday Hoedown.
Pictured (L-R): Joe Nichols, KFRG/OM Lee Douglas
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Cox WWKA/Orlando, FL
morning personality DOC (L) of the Doc & Grace morning show, meets former NFL star, Doug Flutie (R), while watching the Capital One Citrus Bowl on New Year's Day.
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Emblem/Warner Bros. group Gloriana
visits with the folks at CBS KMPS/Seattle after a sold out show at the Snoqualmie Casino, on Saturday January 2nd.
Back Row: Anna (KMPS Promotions) , Gloriana's Mike , Marissa (KMPS Promotions) , Gloriana's Tom , Tricia (KMPS Promotions) Becky Brenner (KMPS Program Director) Front Row: Alex (KMPS Promo Coordinator), Gloriana's Cheyenne, Gloriana's Rachel
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Deer Creek Broadcasting's KHSL/Chico, CA
PD Scott Michaels meets Curb artist Rodney Atkins at a recent stop in Northern Califronia
L-R: Scott Michaels, Rodney Atkins, Scott's wife Marsha
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Blue Steel Records duo Burns and Poe
with young fans at the 27th Annual Christmas4Kids Tour Bus Show on December 15th in Hendersonville, TN.
