Check Republic: Republic Records senior execs Monte Lipman, Avery Lipman and Gary Spangler will jointly keynote a CRS 2025 session at 10am on Feb. 21 at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Topics will include details on their forthcoming Nashville-based label (CAT 9/5/24).

Also at CRS, NuVoodoo will present "The Country Fan – Reviewing, Retaining, and Recruiting Your Listeners" Feb. 20. The new study will feature insights from a nationwide survey of 1,500 country fans, sharing their perceptions, behaviors and preferences related to the genre, including where and how they listen, the sources they use to stay informed about music and how they feel about country music and radio (CAW 1/6). The presentation will also feature new music test results on more than 400 Country titles from a sample of 700-plus fans. Find the full CRS 2025 schedule here.