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November 16, 2017
Happy "New Year’s Day!""The problem with quotes on the internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity." Those astute words, courtesy of perhaps the wisest sage in American history – and our 16th President – Abraham Lincoln. I saw THAT online, so it must be true! See the hitch ...
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November 9, 2017
CMAs Get It Done "Softly And Tenderly"Carrie Underwood for the win. If there were a CMA Award for "Best CMA Awards Show Moment," Underwood's six-minute vocal clinic on "Softly And Tenderly" would be the hands-down winner. The performance memorialized not only members of the Country music community who ...
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November 3, 2017
Here In The (Un)Real WorldUPDATE: As of 11:53a (CT) on Friday, (11/3), the CMA issued the following statement: "CMA apologizes for the recently distributed restrictions in the CMA Awards media guidelines, which have since been lifted. The sentiment was not to infringe and was created with the best ...
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October 31, 2017
"Murder," She WroteIt's been a rough few months or so down here on planet Earth. Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico devastated by hurricanes, wild fires out West, and, not to be outdone, Mexico chimed in with an 8.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by huge aftershocks and a possible tsunami. I ...
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October 17, 2017
Feel Good StoryI looked up the definition of curmudgeon in the dictionary, and here's what I found: "An ill-tempered person, especially one who is habitually stubborn or grouchy." Somehow, Morris Management Group's Scot Michaels' picture did not accompany the above ...
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October 6, 2017
God Bless The FansFifty-eight people. You'd never have known a thing about them if Sunday's (10/1) horrific shooting in Las Vegas had never happened. The Route 91 Harvest Festival would have come and gone, and all 58 would have gone back home to their day-to-day routine, anonymous and ...
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October 5, 2017
“Too Soon?” Not For This"That sound you heard was me breathing a huge sigh of relief … Damn. I feel really blessed right now." That was an email from CBS Radio Country KFRG/Riverside PD/morning personality Scott Ward. He'd just received word from a listener who won tickets to the Route 91 ...
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September 28, 2017
"Donald Trump Is On Line Two"Call me crazy, but I say Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey of the syndicated "Rick & Bubba" program just earned a fast-pass into the National Radio Hall Of Fame, Country Radio Hall Of Fame, NAB Broadcasting Hall Of Fame, the Alabama Radio Hall Of Fame, and even the ...
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September 22, 2017
The Strong, Silent TypeEarly in my radio career, I learned an important Programming 101 lesson: When your transmitter goes off the air, it's never good. Not even a teensy-weensy bit. My first-ever on-air/programming gig was at KDUO-F and KFXM-A/San Bernardino, and the owner was a man named ...
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September 1, 2017
What Now?You're an experienced Program Director with years under your belt in various market sizes, so when it comes to the so-called unexpected, you've been there, done that – right? Except for that time Hurricane Harvey came along. There's no blueprint, no playbook; not even ...