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Country
Sep 5, 2020 to Sep 19, 2020
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WQDR Gets Comfy With Brett Eldredge
Curtis Media Group WQDR/Raleigh hosted a free “QDR Couch Concert" with Brett Eldredge on Monday (9/14). Listeners had to win their way onto a spot on the comfy virtual couch. Pictured, clockwise from top left, are WQDR MD/midday host Heather Davis, morning host Mike Wheless, Eldredge, and PD Mike “Mad Dawg” Biddle
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Gibson Gives To Gallatin
Rebel Engine Entertainment's Stephanie Quayle presented young guitar players from Gallatin High School in her native Montana with 24 hand-crafted, acoustic guitars donated by Gibson Gives, the charitable arm of Gibson. The guitars came from Gibson's Bozeman, MT facility, where the brand's legendary acoustic guitars are created
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Where There's A Will, There's A Ray
Warner Music Nashville/WEA's Michael Ray (r) and Warner Music Nashville EVP/A&R Cris Lacy (l) welcomed 150 industry guests to a virtual conversation held yesterday afternoon (9/15). Ray revealed he has new music on the way, beginning with "Whiskey And Rain" due out September 25th, and the event closed with Lacy presenting Ray with a plaque commemorating five RIAA Gold-certified tracks and three chart-topping singles
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New From Nashville
Newcomer Brecken Miles (r) recently visited with iHeartMedia Country WMIL (FM 106.1)/Milwaukee SVP/Programming Kerry Wolfe (l). WMIL debuted Miles' new single, "Meghan," on the station's “New From Nashville” segment yesterday (9/15)
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Now Presenting...
Sun Broadcast Group's "The Sam Alex Show" host Sam Alex (r), chatted with Country artist Cam (l) via Zoom at the ACM Awards radio remotes today (9/14). Cam will be a presenter at the "55th ACM Awards" taking place on Wednesday, September 16th
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Celebrating 55
The Grand Ole Opry celebrated the upcoming "55th Academy of Country Music Awards" on Saturday night (9/12) with its 4,941st consecutive Saturday night broadcast. It featured Opry member Mark Wills along with Ashley McBryde, Riley Green and Tenille Townes. During the show, Green and Townes were surprised with their ACM Awards trophies for New Male Artist of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year, respectively. Pictured (L-R): Grand Ole Opry VP/Exec. Producer Dan Rogers, McBryde, Townes, Green, Wills and ACM CEO Damon Whiteside
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Cheers
Black River Entertainment's Kelsea Ballerini has been spending the week popping a bottle of wine with radio staffers via Zoom. The calls are in support of her current single at Country radio, "Hole In The Bottle." Pictured, top row (L-R): Black River’s Joe Carroll, Bailey White and Mike Wilson. Middle row (L-R): Black River's Bill Macky, WMIL/Milwaukee’s Shanna Quinn and KWEN/Tulsa’s Jenny Law. Bottom row (L-R): KWEN’s Matt Bradley, WFMS/Indianapolis’ Isaac Brooks and Ballerini
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Writing Around
Country Outdoors hosted its second writers round at The Listening Room Cafe in Nashville on Tuesday night (9/8). The event featured Caylee Hammack, Ray Fulcher, Drew Parker and Honey County, and was hosted by Country Outdoors host Mary O'Neill Phillips. Pictured (L-R): Parker, O'Neill Phillips, Hammack, Fulcher and Honey County
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Good Time
RCA Nashville's Niko Moon recently hosted a "Good Time" round table via Zoom with industry staffers. The call was in support of his radio single, "Good Time." Pictured top row (L-R): promo photo, Sony Music Nashville VP/National Promotion Lauren Thomas and Envision Networks' Becca Walls. Middle row (L-R): "Rise Up's" John Ritter, Café Nashville's Jody Van-Alin and freelancer Shannon McCombs. Bottom row (L-R): Moon and "Country Top 40's" Deborah Evans Price
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There's A Hole In The Bottle ...
Black River Entertainment's Kelsea Ballerini recently shared a glass of wine with radio staffers via Zoom. The call was in support of her current single at Country radio, "Hole In The Bottle." Pictured, top row (L-R): Black River’s Theresa Ford, Ballerini and WYCT/Pensacola’s Kevin King. Middle row (L-R): Black River's Mike Wilson and Bill Macky and WLFP/Memphis’ Marty Brooks. Bottom row (L-R): WGKX/Memphis’ Kay Manley, KWBL/Denver's John E. Kage and WIVK/Knoxville's Rich Bailey
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Scotty Strikes Gold
Triple Tigers' Scotty McCreery (l) was surprised during an interview on HLN's "Morning Express" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium with a plaque commemorating his RIAA Gold-certified single, "In Between." The plaque was presented to him by Triple 8 Management's Scott Stem (r) (Photo: John Shearer)
