» Allen's Town: Eagle's KSJQ/St. Joseph, MO PD/afternoon jock Anthony Allen has been named PD/MD/middayer for Clear Channel's KZSN/Wichita. He succeeds Cody Carlson, who is in the process of relocating to Spokane (CAT 6/9), and starts July 13. Allen's previous gigs include APD/mornings at KTST/Oklahoma City.

» Two Market To Market To Try A Phat Gig: Sony/Nashville VP/Artist Development & Marketing Jon Elliot and Dir./Strategic Marketing Christian Svendsen have left the company for a new venture. Elliot's 15-year Sony career includes four years in the company's New York offices and 11 years in Nashville. Svendsen has been with the label 14 years. He spent 12 years in promotion before moving into the marketing department two years ago. Job postings are soon expected on Sony's website here. Look for details about the company Elliot and Svendsen are forming in tonight's Country Aircheck Weekly.

» Gig Alert: Clear Channel's WKKT/Charlotte OM Bruce Logan is seeking for a morning co-host to join 30-year market vet Paul Schadt, as current co-host Sarah Waters leaves next week after more than 10 years with the station. If you are a "show prep monster, plugged into pop culture both country and non," send airchecks and resumes here.

» Senior Moment: Clear Channel/Miami OM Rod Phillips has been promoted to SVP/Programming for the company's mid-major-markets in the East region, which includes 520 stations in 98 markets, overseen by Miami-based EVP/Operations George Toulas. Phillips, who starts his new post July 13, also will work directly with SVP Dave Crowl in the South and West regions.

» Kudos: Clear Channel's WSIX/Nashville raised $1.6 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital with its 5th Annual Dream House promotion. PD Keith Kaufman notes this brings the station's five-year total to a whopping $7.1 million. Per usual, the Southern Land Company donated the house, which was raffled off this weekend.

» Tow Jam: Most of the approximately 1,400 cars stranded by flooding at last weekend's WBCT/Grand Rapids B-93 Birthday Bash (CAW 6/22) were finally removed over the weekend. Insurance adjusters on-scene pronounced many of the vehicles totaled as tow trucks pulled them to a staging area, according to the Grand Rapids Press. Read more here.

» Claire Today: Laughing Penguin Publicity owner Claire Ratliff has joined Webster PR as Senior Publicist, handling Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Ronnie Gilley Entertainment. She can be reached here.

» AM WIRL: Former Classic Country WIRL-AM/Peoria morning host Dan Dermody was awarded Air Personality Of The Year by the Illinois Country Music Association yesterday (6/28). This is Dermody's ninth time receiving the honor. Concurrently, WIRL-AM was named Station Of The Year.

» Play Something Country: The ABC-TV concert special CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock has been extended to three hours to showcase more artists. Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Sugarland and Taylor Swift are the first performers confirmed for the Aug. 31 broadcast at 8pm ET. More will be announced soon.

» Bowers Of Persuasion: BBR artist Ash Bowers has moved to sister label Stoney Creek's artist roster. His upcoming album is produced by Buddy Cannon and contains seven self-penned songs. Bowers' new single "Stuck" goes for adds August 17.

» Boot Scootin' Cowboy: A version of Reba McEntire's song "I Want A Cowboy" will be released to country dance clubs next week. The track is from her upcoming album Keep On Loving You, which hits stores Aug. 18.

» Raised On Promises: Big Machine's Taylor Swift recorded a live version of Tom Petty's "American Girl" for Rhapsody and Verizon's V-CAST. The ringtone, ringback tone and the full-song download will be available beginning tomorrow (6/30) here and here.

» On The Move: Sirius XM SVP/Advertising Sales Paul Turcotte has exited the company after an 18-month stint. Turcotte previously had been SVP/Corporate Sales & Marketing for magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi. Advertising is a relatively incremental factor in Sirius XM's business model, as CEO Mel Karmazin noted at last October's Dow Jones/Nielsen Media & Money Conference that 94-96% of Sirius XM revenue came from subscriptions.

» Life Note: Congratulations to The Lost Trailers' Stokes Nielson and wife Maria on the birth of their second child, a boy, last Monday (6/22).

» Err Check: KUPL/Portland PD John Paul's daughter Allison was misidentified in Friday's (6/26) Country Aircheck Today. In the same edition, The Road SVP/Producer Richard Kimball's title was incorrect. We sincerely regret the errors.