You Had Me At Yellow: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean (c) with WPGB/Pittsburgh’s Mike Kasper and wife Krissy at Star Lake.
One More Place I've Been: Valory's Preston Cooper visits Country Aircheck. Pictured (l-r) are CA's Chuck Aly, Fusion Music’s Chris Ferren, the label's Ashley Sidoti, CA's Lon Helton, Cooper, CA's Phyllis Stark, Caitlin DeForest and April Johnson, and the label's George Briner.
Singer Spaniel: Leo33's Zach Top (in cowboy hat) with WXBQ/Johnson City, TN's Steve Stroud and Nikki Thomas, the label's Tracy Gibson and Otis (l-r) at the Appalachian Fair.
I Was On A Float That Day: Galaxy's LoCash play KSD/St. Louis' Bull Float Trip. Pictured (l-r) are the duo's Chris Lucas, the label's John Lessard, the station's Dusty Panhorst, the duo's Preston Brust and the label's Kerry Wolfe.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Emily Ann Roberts signs with Records/Sony Music Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are SMN's Ken Robold, Records' Joe Fisher, SMN’s Lexi Stringer, Records' Andrew Saltman and Barry Weiss, Roberts, Starstruck Entertainment’s Narvel Blackstock and Berkley Kriz, SMN’s Jason McColl, Starstruck’s Jamie Wendt and SMN’s Taylor Lindsey.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Aniston Pate signs with Sony Music Publishing. Pictured (l-r) are SMP's Rusty Gaston and Emily Carignan, Pate and SMP's Tom Luteran.
Good Day To Have A Great Night: Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson joins Country Nights Live with Bev Rainey to talk Famous Back Home.
Dawg Days Of Summer: EMI Nashville's Tyler Hubbard (c) with WJVC/Nassau's Phathead (l) and Murph "Murph Dawg" Digga.
Sand In My Booth: Sony Music Nashville's Zach John King has breakfast with radio partners before his opening set at Morgan Wallen's Gillette Stadium show. Pictured (l) King and the label's Dan Nelson; (r) WKLI/Albany's Pete Kelly, WWYZ/WBWL's Amanda Jo Parker and WKLB/Boston's Dawn Santolucitio.
'QDRowns The Whiskey: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean with the WQDR team in Raleigh. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Lee Adams, WQDR's Mike Biddle, Tia Cardena, Aldean, Andi Cooper and Gray Barnhill.
Rock The Float: Red Street's Chris Lane and Sally Allgeier with KSD/St. Louis' Dusty Panhorst (l-r) at the station's Bull Float Trip.
"Surrounded" Sound: Columbia/Records Nashville's Koe Wetzel (l) with WITL/Lansing, MI’s Jonathan “JR” Ruppel at the Grand Rapids stop of Hardy's Jim Bob Tour.
Wolf Named ACMLL Exec. Dir.
ACM Lifting Lives Sr. Mgr. Taylor Wolf has been promoted to Exec. Dir. She succeeds Lyndsay Cruz, who departed after six years in January (CAT 1/9). "Taylor has proven herself time and again to be an innovative, compassionate and tireless advocate for using music as a force for good,” says ACMLL Board Chair Fletcher Foster. Adds Wolf, "ACM Lifting Lives is built on the belief that music has the power to heal, unite and transform lives ... Together, we will continue to grow our impact and ensure that country music’s spirit of generosity touches as many lives as possible.” Wolf joined in 2019 (CAT 3/27/19) and rose to her most recent position in 2023 (7/13/23); reach her here.
The Orchard VP/Nashville Katie Studley has joined Spotify as Head/Editorial, Nashville. Studley's addition follows the departure of Rachel Whitney (
Country Aircheck Sr. Radio Analyst Chris Huff has been named Asst. Brand Manager for Audacy/Houston's Country KILT, Hot AC KHMX and Adult Hits KKHH. The move reunites Huff with VP/Programming Bruce Logan and returns him to the cluster where the pair previously worked together from 2014-18. Huff joined Country Aircheck in 2020 (
