February 23, 2010


» Calm Before The Storm: Lyric Street's Tyler Dickerson opened today's (2/23) Albright & O'Malley Pre-CRS Seminar with a short performance at the Nashville Public Library. The event featured keynoter Eric Samuels, a perceptual study from A&O's Mike O'Malley and a qualitative analysis of Country's audience from A&O's Jaye Albright and Phillip Beswick. Look for more in tomorrow's CRS Daily Buzz Sheet. Pictured (l-r) are VP/Promotion Kevin Herring, Albright, Dickerson, O'Malley, Pres. Randy Goodman and VP/Radio Marketing Dale Turner.
 

» Senioritis: Clear Channel's KZSN/Wichita, KS PM driver "Rockin'" Rick Regan is in the middle of a weeklong hunger strike to raise awareness of proposed Kansas state budget cuts that would truncate 220,000 meals annually to seniors. Regan is limiting himself to one meal from a different senior food provider a day while collecting signatures for his petition opposing the move. "Our state alone sent more than a million meals to Haiti, which was a beautiful thing," Regan told Country Aircheck. "But, little old ladies should not be going hungry in Kansas." Regan will deliver the petitions to the legislature prior to their vote Thursday (2/25).
 



» Moxy Rusic: Moxy Music Group has formed Nashville-based Moxy Records with the signing of Chelsea Fields. Mixed Up Productions' Edison Bahamon has been named Dir./Radio Marketing; reach Bahamon at 615-512-4535 or here.
 

» Scene And Heard: The CSI episode starring Rascal Flatts will premiere next Thursday (3/4) at 9pm ET on CBS-TV, and the network has produced an "Unstoppable" music video with footage from the show. In the video, Jay DeMarcus is seen recovering from a suspicious stage injury. Watch here.
 

» Sammy Gave Us Lunar: Spielberg Consulting's Neal Spielberg is handling physical and digital distribution for Sammy Kershaw via Rocket Science Records/Sony/RED Distribution. Reach him at 615-293-4974 or here.
 

» In Case You Missed It: As we told you in this morning's Breaking News and via Twitter, Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, Billy Sherrill and Don Williams will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
 



» Signage: Reba actress Melissa Peterman has signed with Big Machine and will release her debut comedy album this spring.
 

» Got Luck? Hollywood, CA-based Luck Media & Marketing has expanded to offer artist development, management and marketing consultation. Included in the new sevices is the "Virtual Major Label" in which teams of industry executives will assemble on behalf of a particular artist or project. The company's new website will launch this week here.
 

» Life Note: Congrats to WDAF/Kansas City MD Wes Poe on his engagement to Kristi Adamson. If you see him around CRS 2010, make sure to buy him a drink, or just email him here.
 

» Crib Note: Congratulations to newly expectant parents James Otto and wife Amy. Due in August, this will be the couple's first child.
 

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Feb. 22:

  1. JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 2330 points
  2. BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 2163 points
  3. BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 1980 points
  4. DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 1971 points
  5. BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 1929 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. 22:

  1. LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol)
  2. TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal)
  3. JONALEE WHITE/Naked As Fools (Lick/Edgehill)
  4. GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/Warner Bros./BPP)
  5. MISS WILLIE BROWN/Bonafied (Storefront)
 

» Tomorrow's Birthdays (2/24): Sammy Kershaw, Jay Barron, Marty Craighead, Susan Turner, Larry Willoughby, Don Murray Grubbs.
 

» Tube Check Tomorrow (2/24): Dolly Parton, Master Series (re-air) (GAC).
 



» Big Timers: The Big Time Saturday Night host Whitney Allen broadcasts live from Brad Paisley's meet-and-greet on the American Saturday Night tour. Pictured (l-r) are Exec. Producer Justin Michael, Allen, Paisley and producer Jackie Stevens.
 

» Under My Umbrella: Capitol's Emily West brings a "Blue Sky" to KMPS/Seattle staffers. Pictured (l-r) are MD Tony Thomas, label rep Paige Elliott, PD Becky Brenner, West, Marketing Dir. Erica Hall and VP/Promotion Shane Allen.
 

» Missing A Label Rep? BNA's Chris Janson got the full tour of WCKT/Ft. Myers from MD/middayer Super Dave Logan, which included a look at the alligator-filled swamp next to the station.
 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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