The Mayne Event: A smooth leadership transition is expected over the next 13 months as Country Radio Broadcasters Exec. Dir. Bill Mayne prepares to step down and a search is conducted for his replacement. Mayne and the organization's new addition will both be on hand at CRS 2019 (Feb. 13-15), with Mayne handing over the reigns after nine years next May (Breaking News). Anyone interested in the position can send a confidential email here. "Excited to work with the CRB Board to bring on our next leader," Mayne says. "But right now, I am pumped that we are in the thick of planning CRS 50!" Reach Mayne here.