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Hallam Services & Trust: Our heartfelt condolences are extended to family and friends of veteran programmer and Moby In The Morning PD Dene Hallam, who passed away Friday night (11/20) after a short illness. Hallam, 55, leaves three daughters and an almost iconic legacy in this industry. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church, 11330 Woodstock Rd., Roswell, GA 30075. In lieu of flowers, Moby and his wife Mary Beth have established The Hallam Daughters Educational Trust at the Fidelity Bank in Roswell. This fund's charter explicitly states it is for the "...tuition, matriculation fees and books for each of the daughters of Dene Hallam to attend the college, technical or trade school of their choice." Moby, Mary Beth and CPA Gary Waddell are trustees. Contact branch manager Michele Owenby at 404-553-2175 to wire funds. To mail a check, make it out in the name of the above trust and send it to Moby Enterprises, 1160-D Grimes Bridge Road, Roswell, GA 30075.
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AMAs: The Glory Details: Sure, Taylor Swift was the big winner at Sunday night's American Music Awards in Los Angeles, but the biggest surprise was courtesy of Gloriana. "Can we get a show of hands of everybody who just said, 'Who the heck is Gloriana?'" the band's Tom Gossin said as the group accepted the text-voted all-genre Breakthrough Artist honor, beating out heavy favorite Lady GaGa. Swift surprised many by taking the night's top honor, Favorite Artist, over the late Michael Jackson. "I just want to say that music has never been ultimately about competition, and to even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson, who we will miss and love forever is an unimaginable honor," Swift said via satellite from London. She also earned Pop/Rock Female, Country Female, AC Artist and Country Album for Fearless. Keith Urban was named Country Male and Rascal Flatts took Country Band, Duo or Group. Watch Urban rock "Kiss A Girl" and Carrie Underwood perform "Cowboy Casanova."
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Lance Leaves CMT: CMT's Top 20 Countdown host Lance Smith has parted ways with the network after nearly 10 years. "I'll continue to pursue a place in front of a mic or camera, but it will be under a different set of lights," says Smith. "Once upon a time, before my decade-long stint as a host, I was an actor, and it's time to wear that hat once again." He is currently working on an independent movie being filmed in Nashville. Smith can be reached through his manager, Full Scope's Ken Madson, at 615-329-4762 or here.
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Brand New Man: Gibson Guitar VP/Brand Licensing Ray Uhlir has joined Sony Music/Nashville as Sr. Dir./Marketing & Artist Development for the Arista and RCA imprints. Uhlir's resume includes work in brand licensing, marketing and business development for IBM, Motorola, General Electric, Nissan and Whirlpool. He assumes the duties handled by former VP/Artist Development & Marketing Jon Elliot, who exited this summer (CAT 6/29). Uhlir can be reached at 615-301-4351 or here.
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Gig Alert: Wilks' KWOF/Denver PD Randy "Shotgun" Shannon is looking for a new middayer, following Tracy Taylor's exit Friday (11/20). Send airchecks and resumes to him here.
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Marty Party: McVay Media VP Marty Schwartz has relocated to Nashville and joined Gold Mountain Entertainment. The move reunites him with GME Pres. Burt Stein, with whom Schwartz worked at Elektra. Schwartz continues his consulting duties at McVay.
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Touchdown McGraw: The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw scored big at the box office this past weekend. The true-to-life story of football star Michael Oher landed at No. 2 for the weekend with $34.5 million in receipts, behind vampire juggernaut New Moon, according to the Associated Press.
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Public Display Of Effection: WFRE/Frederick, MD MD/middayer Will Robinson has launched imaging service RadioEffects.com. He's currently offering sweeper packages including Country Christmas and Country-Licious. Contact him for more info here.
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Kudos: Ted Austin, Jr.'s KCHQ/Rexburg, ID raised the monetary equivalent of 177 turkeys ($4400) for the Teton Valley Subs for Santa program last Friday (11/20). The Q102 Wakin Crew's Aubri and Denis "Catfish" Miller broadcast live in 18-degree weather to help the TVSS reach their Thanksgiving dinner goal.
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Life Note: Our thoughts and prayers are with Andy Griggs and his family, who lost their home to fire Saturday (11/21). There were no injuries, but the home is being reported as a complete loss.
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» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Nov. 21. Look for the full chart in tonight's Country Aircheck Weekly.
- LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol)
- LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol)
- CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista)
- REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory)
- CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA)
All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.
» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for Nov. 20:
- BRYAN WHITE/Gotta Have My Java (Legacy)
- MCCLYMONTS/My Life Again (Executive Music/CO5)
- PATTY LOVELESS/Diamond In My Crown (Saguaro Road)
- ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture)
- KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol)
You're In: Big Machine's Jack Ingram directs WRNS/Greenville, NC APD/MD Tommy Garrett to the men's room backstage at a recent concert.
Paw-ty: RCA's Danny Gokey hit the airwaves with KBWF/San Francisco's Ken & Corey Morning Show to promote a secret concert for the station's Wolfpack members. Pictured (l-r) are Corey Foley, Gokey, Eddie King and Ken Anderson.
Play Fletch: WXFL/Florence, AL PD/PM driver Fletcher "Fletch" Brown (l) welcomes Matt Stillwell, who was promoting his new single "Dirt Road Dancing."
U Win: The U team (Universal South and Universal Publishing) took home the coveted SOLID Turkey Bowl title Saturday (11/20). The win ends UMG/Nashville's six-year winning streak. Also, Uni South's Jordan Pettit is requesting the transfer of the event's five-foot-tall trophy from the previous winners, "as it seemed to be conveniently 'forgotten.'" Standing (l-r) are Chris Parker, Freeman Wizer, Natalie Moore, Carie Long, Aaron Long, Jordan Pettit, Whitney McWilliams and Bradley Banning. Kneeling (l-r) are Greg Burroughs, Jay Bradley, Jameson Clark and Arturo Buenahora.
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