February 18, 2010


» From One House To The Next: Maverick Media's WAXX/Eau Claire, WI morning co-host Katie Bright will join WSIX/Nashville's The House Foundation April 1. She adds some estrogen to the show currently voiced by Gerry House and Mike Bohan, with producer Richard Falklen. Longtime newsman Al Voecks and sports guy Duncan Stewart exited at the end of 2009 (CAT 12/15). As we told you last week (CAT 2/8), WAXX PD/morning co-host George House is seeking Bright's Nashville-based replacement; send airchecks and resumes here.
 

» Attorney At Large: After four years with American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, industry vet Denise Nichols has exited. "Due to continuing budget cuts at Citadel, my position was eliminated," Nichols says. "I'm sitting for the bar exam next week (so unfortunately I won't get to sit at the bar with many of my friends during CRS)." In the meantime, she can be reached at 615-478-0391 or here.
 



» Fest Give Us For The Rest Of Us: The first batch of 2010 CMA Music Festival performers include Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Reba, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band. They join Carrie Underwood, who was announced as a performer last week, for the June 10-13 event in Nashville. CMA has also launched Music Fest MySpace and Facebook pages and will accept concertgoer stories and photos on CMAfest.com.
 

» Carroll Leaves Arista: A label spokesperon confirms that Arista/Nashville and Jason Michael Carroll have parted ways. Carroll tweeted today (2/18), "Unfortunately, Arista and I have decided to go our separate ways ... I'm glad to have had the opportunity to be there for the last four years." Carroll continues, "There are plans to go back into the studio and record new music the second week of March. Nothing is over; just planning the next move."
 

» Gig Alert: Dial Global Sr. Dir./Programming John Paul is looking for Los Angeles- or Denver-based part-timers for the company's Hot Country format. Applicants with three to five years' experience may send airchecks and resumes here.
 

» Pink Slip Shuffle: Magic Motivation's Eric Samuels and RadioTime's Dan Halyburton will moderate CRS 2010's "The Art of Transition" with panelists Arista's R.J. Curtis, Borman's John Grady and Hi-Fi Fusion's Todd Cassetty. The panel will focus on the "life-changing transformation we must all prepare ourselves for in today's evolving business environment" Friday (2/26) at 11am. Additionally, Curb's Rodney Atkins will end Wednesday's (2/24) 3pm "Label Partnerships" panel with an acoustic performance, and one station in attendance will win a free show from the singer.
 

» KASE O' Cash: Kudos to KASE/Austin OM/PD Mac Daniels and staff for raising more than $292,000 during its 20th Annual KASE 101 Make-A-Wish Radiothon last weekend. The funds raised will help grant the wishes of more than 59 central Texas children.
 

» Radiothon Roundup: Here's a look at recent St. Jude Radiothon results turned in by Country radio:
  • KRKT/Albany, OR, $77,218
  • KGNC/Amarillo, TX, $71,680
  • KYKR/Beaumont, TX, $62,230
  • WSTH/Columbus, GA, $45,040
  • WCOL/Columbus, OH, $202,498
  • WQRB/Eau Claire, WI, $81,455
  • WTQR/Greensboro, $226,029
  • KTPI/Lancaster, CA, $32,297
  • KSSN /Little Rock, $166,674
  • KTEX/McAllen, $251,501
  • WCTQ/Sarasota, $71,535
     
 



» Sugar Hill Gang: The 2010 Grammys On The Hill Awards will honor Garth Brooks, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for their work to improve the environment for music creators. The ceremony will be held April 14 at the U.S. Capitol.
 

» Outside My Reality: Lyric Street's Sarah Buxton and CMT have partnered to offer the channel's first online "augmented reality" experience. When her self-titled album hits stores next Tuesday (2/23), fans can access Buxton's "Outside My Window" in 3-D by printing a symbol on CMT.com, logging on to sarahbuxton.com/ar and holding the printout in front of their computer's webcam. For those without a webcam, CMT.com has posted the 3-D video. Details here.
 

» Decade Bling: The RIAA has listed the Eagles, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and Taylor Swift among the artists who have received the most gold and platinum certifications over the last decade. The Eagles had 48 certs followed by Strait, who received the most male album certifications with 29. Swift had the most female digital song certifications with 25, and "Love Story" tied with Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" for the highest-certified song (4x platinum). Twain's Up! was the highest-certified album by a female artist (11x platinum). And Brooks was recognized for being the best-selling solo artist in history with 128 million units to date. Also of note, the first platinum record of the last decade was LeAnn Rimes' self-titled debut. Complete list here.
 

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Feb. 17:
  1. JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 2220 points
  2. BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 2160 points
  3. DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 2111 points
  4. BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 1976 points
  5. JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 1970 points

All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.

 

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for Feb. 17:
  1. MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia)
  2. GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA)
  3. GARY ALLAN/I Think I've Had Enough (MCA)
  4. GARY ALLAN/That Ain't Gonna Fly (MCA)
  5. GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA)
 

» Tomorrow's Birthdays (2/19): Lorianne Crook, Joe Redmond.
 

» Tube Check Tomorrow (2/19): Jo Dee Messina, Darryl Worley, Naomi Judd, CMT Cribs (re-air); Lady Antebellum, Oprah (syndicated).
 



» What's The Point? Carolwood/Lyric Street's Love And Theft pose with WRNS/Greenville, NC APD/MD Tommy Garrett and middayer Carletta Blake before a show last week. Pictured (l-r) are LNT's Eric Gunderson and Brian Bandas, Garrett, LNT's Stephen Barker Liles and Blake.
 

» Product Placement: Treehouse's Blaine Larsen and label rep Jay Thomas (r) loiter in front of the WXTU/Philadelphia logo wall with PD Shelly Easton and MD Mark Razz (l).
 

» No Hurry: Mason/Grassroots' Travis Rush (l) takes his single "You'll Find Your Way" to WWYN/Jackson, TN OM Shane Connor.
 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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