Country Aircheck
 December 8, 2009

» Shannon & James Exit KWOF: Wilks' KWOF/Denver PD/MD/morning co-host Randy "Shotgun" Shannon and co-host Jesse James have exited after four years helming AM drive. Shannon was upped to PD in February (CAT 2/3) following the departure of then OM/PD Bill Gamble (currently WUSN/Chicago PD). Reach Shannon at 303-877-4386 or here and James at 303-549-2343 or here.

» Hughes Departs Machine: Big Machine West Coast rep Larry Hughes has exited the label after three years. His resume includes stops at MCA/Nashville and Mercury/Nashville. Located in Salt Lake City, Hughes can be reached at 615-400-7673 or here.


» West Leaves KATC: Citadel's KATC/Colorado Springs PD/PM driver Jim West has left the station he joined almost two years ago (CAT 1/11/08). His resume includes on-air stops in Dallas, Salt Lake City and at ABC Radio Networks as well as six years in promotion at Atlantic. He can be reached at 520-820-3282 or here. APD Alisha Scott will be handling programming for the time being and night jock Buzz Corona is filling in for afternoons. OM Bobby Irwin tells Country Aircheck he will likely post the job after the first of the year.

» Have Your Self A Carrie Little Christmas: Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special won the 8pm hour last night (12/7) with a 5.5/9 ratings/share and 8.9 million viewers, according to Zap2it.com. The special was second in the 9pm hour with 5.0/8 and 8.2 million viewers, and helped secure the No. 2 spot for FOX behind CBS-TV.

» Roster Moves: UMG/Nashville will have Gary Allan, Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Vince Gill, Mallary Hope, Julianne Hough, Jamey Johnson, David Nail, Randy Rogers Band, Sugarland, Josh Turner and Lee Ann Womack perform at its CRS 2010 luncheon Wednesday, Feb. 24. The event will be held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, a first for a CRS-sanctioned event, with lunch served outside on the plaza. The deadline to register for CRS 2010's Advance Rate of $549 is Dec. 18. More info here.

» Santa Sounds A Lot Like Daddy: CO5/Nashville's Denise Roberts checks in to tells us about an edit of The Song Trust's "Bring Him Home Santa" by Clear Channel/San Diego's Malcolm Ryker with added greetings from local military personnel stationed abroad. Listen here and get your own greetings by state here. The song is off the Merry Kidsmas album, with a portion of the proceeds going to the USO.

» Wise Choice: BBR's Blake Wise has signed an exclusive booking agreement with Williams Morris Endeavor Entertainment. His responsible agent will be Mark Roeder.

» Shave The Date: Big Machine's Taylor Swift sold out her first headlining NFL stadium show in 20 minutes Saturday (12/5). Swift will perform Foxboro, MA's Gillette Stadium June 5, and she is the first female solo artist to headline the venue. Kellie Pickler, Gloriana and pop artist Justin Bieber will open.

» No Amps Required: Universal South's Phil Vassar is offering a free five-track holiday download titled An Acoustic Christmas. "Silent Night," "What Child Is This" and "Away In A Manger," featuring his daughter Haley, are included. Download here.



» Sugar Land: Capitol's Lady Antebellum will perform the National Anthem Sunday (12/13) when the Tennessee Titans play the St. Louis Rams and again on New Year's Day at the New Orleans Sugar Bowl matchup between the University of Cincinnati and the University of Florida. The trio will also headline the free Allstate Fan Fest concert New Year's Eve in the French Quarter's JAX Brewery parking lot (600 Decatur St., New Orleans, LA 70130-7035).

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Dec. 7:

  1. LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 2443 points
  2. LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 2269 points
  3. REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 2238 points
  4. CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 1963 points
  5. DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your... (Capitol) 1932 points

All daily airplay data is from Mediabase 24/7.

» Country Aircheck Today Top 5 Downloads: Here are Play MPE's Top 5 for Dec. 7:

  1. TRACE ADKINS/Ala-Freakin-Bama (Capitol)
  2. CLEDUS T. JUDD/Tiger By The Tail (The Tale Of Tiger Woods) (E1 Music)
  3. ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista)
  4. STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride)
  5. CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista)

» Tube Check Tonight (12/8): Dierks Bentley, Patty Griffin, Lopez Tonight (TBS).

Tube Check Tomorrow (12/9): Sugarland, Jason Aldean, GAC Nights.

» Tomorrow's Birthdays (12/9): Sylvia Hutton, David Kersh.


Bugs In A Rug: KMLE/Phoenix morning teamers Tim & Willy present Little Big Town with "Tim & Willy Snuggies" at the 18th Christmas Breakfast Show at Night. Pictured (l-r) are Tim Hattrick, LBT's Phillip Sweet, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook and Willy D. Loon.

Share Crow: WPOC/Baltimore raised $5,180 for the Maryland Food Bank with the help of Matt Kennon, The Band Perry and David Nail at its Feed The Hungry Concert. Pictured (l-r) are TBP's Reid, Neil and Kimberly Perry, APD/MD Justin Cole, traffic reporter Mark Williams, AM driver Laurie DeYoung, Maryland Food Bank's Rebecca Pon, middayer Bob Delmont, weekender Carol Mason, Nail, PD Meg Stevens, Kennon and news/producer St. Pierre.

Toy Story: Black River's Emma Jacob helps a Sacramento Sheriff (l) and KNCI PD Mark Evans load the toys donated at the station's Acoustic Christmas concert.














































 



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