March 2, 2010



» Going To Vegas? Sleep Now: Capitol's Lady Antebellum lead with seven nominations for the 45th Annual ACM Awards, which air live from Las Vegas April 18 on CBS-TV. Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood tied with six, Taylor Swift received five, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley each had four nods, as did the Zac Brown Band. Brown himself received two additional nominations for producing entries in the Album and Song categories. See a full list of nominees here.

Beyond the show, hosted by Reba, events for "The Week Vegas Goes Country" include ACM Concerts at the Fremont Street Experience headlined by Lady A (4/16) and Lambert (4/17). ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award honorees Montgomery Gentry host the ACM Chairman's (motorcycle) Ride (4/17); they and Randy Houser will perform a USO Concert in Partnership with ACM Lifting Lives at Nellis Air Force Base (4/17); the ACM All-Star Jam will follow the awards (4/18); and the ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn – The Last Rodeo taping closes out the week (4/19).

Finally, nominations for Musician/Bandleader/Instrumentalist categories and Industry Awards including Venue, Nightclub, Casino and Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year can be downloaded (pdf) here.





» String Theory: Gaylord's WSM-AM/Nashville is launching a series of weekly artist-hosted programs beginning March 15. Dierks Bentley's The Thread (Mondays 2-3pm CT), Pam Tillis' Lettin' My Roots Show (Tuesdays 2-3pm) and Jim Lauderdale's The Jim Lauderdale Show (Wednesdays 2-3pm) will also air on wsmonline.com and will be available via iTunes. On Thursdays, different guest artists will host, beginning with Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor (March 18) and Diamond Rio's Dana Williams (March 25). The programs are live or pre-taped depending on the artists' schedules. Shannon McCombs and Robin Roberts will co-produce. "Putting this radio show together is the most fun I've had in a long time," Bentley says. "I named it 'The Thread' because it's my chance to go back to all the music that influenced me ... it's artists and songs that tie us all together as a genre."


» Gone Country: After nearly four years in Active Rock, Pamal's WZMR (The Edge)/Albany, NY has flipped to Country to compete with Regent's market-leading WGNA. 'ZMR's 104.9 frequency has been Country before, for three books between Spring and Fall of 2005, earning modest ratings. Now as "The Cat," WZMR is debuting with 10,000 songs in a row commercial-free. No staff have been appointed yet under GM Chuck Benfer. WZMR, which earned a 1.5 in the Fall '09 Arbitron (tied for No. 17), has a Class A signal of 530 watts, compared to WGNA's Class B 12.5 kw. The flip follows Pamal's recent format shifts of its local News/Talk WROW and AC WKLI.

 



» Flipping Out: After just a year as Country, Doud Media's KGXL (The Wolf)/Abilene switched to News/Talk as KFNA (Fox News Abilene). No personnel have been lost in the transition, as staffers have shifted over to or remained with sister CHR KORQ. Meanwhile, Gap Broadcasting has swapped formats on its two AM frequencies: Classic Country KYYW yesterday moved from 5-kw 1470 kHz to 500-watt 1280 kHz. That enabled Talk KSLI, which had been on 1280, to take the stronger 1470 signal.

 



» 19 Entertainment: Somewhere out there a lucky label rep is holding a No. 19 "West Coast Mike Pack" laminate handed to them during CRS by either Mike Moore (KWJJ/Portland), Mike Krinik (KBWF/San Francisco) or Mike Preston (KKWF/Seattle). Country Aircheck held a drawing yesterday, with the winner receiving an add on all three Entercom Wolf stations. To that winner, who still hasn't claimed their prize, we say: Think how happy your veep will be when you pull that rabbit from your hat or, how disappointed when they realize you left it in the cab on your way to the airport. If we don't hear from No. 19 by noon CT Wednesday (3/3) – email here – we'll draw another number.


» We Build This City: StarCity Recording Company has partnered with Debbie Gibson Palmer's Spinville, which joins Marco Promotions and Duncan Promotions in working Brady Seals' "Been There, Drunk That" and Nathan Lee Jackson's upcoming "Inside." 




» Radiothon Roundup: Here's a look at recent St. Jude Radiothon results turned in by Country radio:

  • KXXK/Aberdeen, WA, $6,342
  • KAGG/Bryan, TX, $10,005
  • KPOD/Crescent City, CA, $13,331
  • KRED/Eureka, CA, $75,241
  • WPCV/Lakeland, $143,761
  • WDEN/Macon, GA, $55,124
  • KRWQ/Medford, OR, $74,065
  • KTTS/Springfield, MO, $58,052
  • KKYR/Texarkana, AR-TX, $38,730


» Country Aircheck Today Top 5:  Here are the Top 5 songs for March 1:    

 

  1. JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 2326 points 
  2. BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 2182 points
  3. BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 2140 points
  4. CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 1931 points
  5. EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 1862 points 

All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.



» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for March 1:

  1. BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How) (Lyric Street)
  2. LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol)
  3. MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 
  4. GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture)
  5. TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has His Day (Show Dog-Universal)


» Tube Check Tomorrow (3/3): Lady Antebellum, Today (NBC); Blake Shelton, Hannity's America (FOX News); Tim McGraw, Good Morning America (ABC).


» Tomorrow's Birthdays (3/3): Doc Watson, Royal Wade Kimes, Brett Warren.




» Men Of A Certain Age: WHKX/Bluefield, WV PD Joe Jarvis and jock Brock Mathews visit with Capitol/Nashville artists during CRS. Pictured (l-r) are Eric Church, Mathews, Luke Bryan, Jarvis, Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker.


» TK Broilers: 19/RCA's Danny Gokey hopes he won't be thrown any beach balls during a visit to the Tony & Kris show. Pictured (l-r) are Tony Randall, Gokey and Kris Rochester.


» Stepping Up:  WFMB/Springfield, IL, sister WDZQ/Decatur, IL and Top 40 sister WXAJ/Springfield, IL combined to raise $209,586 for St. Jude. Pictured (l-r) are WXAJ's Jason Bond and daughter Malory; WFMB's Tony Boston, Michele Mitchell and daughter Kate, John Spalding (top) and Dave Marsh; WXAJ's Adam Stark and Nic Johnson (in cap); St. Jude's Amy Svendson and Theresa Denton and WXAJ's Brandy Booker.


» Tuna Guitar: The Eli Young Band and some sushi-loving friends pose for a photo after a CRS meal excursion. Pictured (l-r) are EYB's Jon Jones, WKLB/Boston's Ginny Rogers, WBCT/Grand Rapid's Dave Taft, WAMZ/Louisville's Coyote Calhoun, EYB's James Young and Mike Eli, WMIL/Milwaukee's Kerry Wolfe and EYB's Chris Thompson.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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