‘The Ty Bentli Show’ Picked Up For U.K. Distribution

Ty Bentli

WESTWOOD ONE’s national Country morning program, “THE TY BENTLI SHOW,” is being made available in the UNITED KINGDOM. BAUER MEDIA is launching a territory-wide Country music station, COUNTRY HITS RADIO, and has selected the show as its only AMERICAN programming. BENTLI and co-hosts CHUCK WICKS and TRICIA “TJ” JENKINS will entertain listeners in PM drive time across the U.K.

COUNTRY HITS RADIO launches on FRIDAY, APRIL 5th in LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, LEEDS, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE, HUMBERSIDE, TYNE & WEAR, TEESSIDE, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, TAYSIDE, INVERNESS and AYR. Other presenters on the station will include JENNIE LONGDON, BAYLEN LEONARD and UNA HEALY (of THE SATURDAYS).

Said BENTLI, “Every trip I’ve taken to EUROPE, I’ve sat for hours with a notepad and an AM/FM headset listening to radio at a table or park and taking notes with a fantasy in my head that maybe someday I’d have the chance to be a presenter in the U.K. Not only will I now be living that dream, I get to do it in a way that’s never been done! BAUER is spreading Country across the U.K., and I can’t wait to take our U.K. listeners behind-the-scenes to understand what makes their favorite artists tick, while also sharing hilarious moments, real-life insecurities, and triumphs of our daily experiences as they intertwine with the MUSIC CITY, and the stars that make the Country music we play!”

JAMES BRONLOW, Content Dir. for COUNTRY HITS RADIO, said, “Since we have the responsibility of launching the U.K.’s first-ever national Country music radio brand, it was vitally important to everyone at COUNTRY HITS RADIO that we pull together a team that could represent the current Country music scene, as well as authentically engage U.K. and world audiences with original, entertaining, and market-leading content. This vision led us directly to ‘THE TY BENTLI SHOW.’ After speaking to TY and the team at WESTWOOD ONE and CUMULUS MEDIA, we knew this was the right fit. GREAT BRITAIN is going to have one brilliant Country music party each weekday on their way home!”

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