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In This Issue (9/15) 

“If I could bottle the magic of Country radio, I would, but several labs have refused to collaborate with me.”

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Radio Vision

byoung-BITP_091725.jpg In Case You Didn't Fresno: Nashville Harbor's Brett Young (c) with KSKS/Fresno, CA's Kiss Country Morning Show hosts Kris Daniels and Joe Castelan at Boots in the Park.
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Springsteel: EMI's Eric Church in Pittsburgh. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Jack Christopher, Marie and husband/WDSY's Mark Anderson, guest Rizzi, Church, guest David Ollio, Anne Marie and fiancée/iHeart's Gene Romano and WOGI’s Melissa Kasula and Jeremy "Danger" Mulder.

hardy-sxm_091725.jpg Wait In The Cybertruck: Big Loud's Hardy (in hat) with SiriusXM/Pandora's Jordan Hatton, Victoria Alfonso and Johnny Chiang (l-r).
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Signage: Songwriter Spencer Jordan signs with Sony Music Publishing Nashville and River House Artists. Pictured (l-r) are RHA's Kayla Adkins, Jordan, Rough Gem Music's Jessica Strassman and RHA's Lauren Lieu.

WWYZ91625.jpg Door Framed: WWYZ/Hartford's Hometown Heroes Concert raises money for Open Doors Outdoors. Pictured (l-r) are Valory's Don Gosselin and Preston Cooper, the station's Joey Brooks, Grindstone's Craig Campbell, Big Machine's Chase McDaniel, the station's Amanda Jo Parker, the station's Damon Scott, singer/songwriters Jordan Oaks and Jason Ingriselli, and Big Machine's Brooke Diaz.
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Fest Friends Forever: MCA's Sam Hunt plays the McHenry Music Festival. Pictured (top, l-r) with WCCQ & WXLC/Chicago's Drew Walker, Hannah Brummer and Jillian Dugan with husband Dennis; (bottom, l-r) with WUSN/Chicago's Marci Braun and the label's Donna Jo Passuntino.

Clay-Street-Unit91625.jpg Signage: Clay Street Unit signs with Leo33. Pictured (front, l-r) are Lucky Man Mgmt's Josh Nicotra, the label's Ana Shabeer and Meg Goggins, CSU's Sam Walker, the label's Katie Dean, CSU's Brendan Lamb and Madison House's Harry Woosley; (back, l-r) the label's Daniel Lee, Chris Fabiani and Dusty Cantrell, Lucky Man Mgmt's Andy Mertz and CSU's Scottie Bolin, Brad Larrison, Jack Cline and Jack Kotarba.
shaboozey_091525.jpg Empire State: Empire/Magnolia's Shaboozey celebrates the gold certification of  “Last Of My Kind,” “Drink Don’t Need No Mix" and “Good News” at Empire 15, the label's 15th anniversary event in San Francisco.
EricChurch_091525.jpg Church Service: EMI's Eric Church with the WHKO/Dayton team in Columbus, OH. Pictured (l-r) are guest Lindsey Woods, Aaron “Woody” Woods, Nancy Wilson, Church, Nikki Montgomery, Rachel Murray and Cindy Carusone.
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Change My Mind The Gap: Nashville Harbor's Riley Green celebrates "Change My Mind" reaching No. 1 on the Official UK Country Music Radio Airplay Chart with his international label team. Pictured (l-r) are Iren Coutiel, Alex Hannaby, Green, Jimmy Harnen, Flo Myerscough-Harris and Cary Dal Lago.

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Send Doods: Big Loud's Ashley Cooke in St. Augustine, FL. Pictured (l-r) are guest Wendy Jordan, WKHX/Atlanta's Lucas Phelan, guest Jordan Wiley, WKRO/Daytona Beach's DJ Tremble, Cooke, the label's Lauren "LT" Thomas and Sarah Headley, WGNE/Jacksonville's Brian Jordan, guest Lisa Langley, WQIK/Jacksonville's Scot “Froggy” Langley (holding Chance) and WIRK/West Palm Beach's Nick Rivers.

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Heart Like Wine: Big Loud's Miranda Lambert plays the inaugural ACM Presents Wine & Country in San Simeon, CA, which raised more than $420,000 for causes including ACM Lifting Lives, Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, the Hearst Cancer Resource Center and The Foundation at Hearst Castle. Pictured (l-r) are the ACM Board's Randy Bernard and Ebie McFarland, Lambert and the ACM's Damon Whiteside.

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Class Act: The CMA Foundation celebrates its 2025 Music Teachers of Excellence at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center Wednesday (9/10). Among those pictured are Caylee Hammack, Jon Pardi, Drake White, Charles Esten and Nicolle Galyon. 

 

Top Stories

Salisbury To Program KUPL
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Connoisseur KUPL/Portland Asst. Dir./Content Dylan Salisbury has been promoted to Dir./Content as Collective Heads' Tim Richards and Jimmy Steal step down from their Co-Dir./Content duties. Salisbury reports to OM Ross MacLeod and will continue to serve in the same role for Top 40 sister KBFF. He added his most recent KUPL role last year (CAT 1/23/24), shortly after Richards began overseeing KUPL content (CAT 1/12/24). Steal joined the team in February (CAT 2/18/25). Collective Heads will continue to work with Connoisseur SVPP Keith Dakin on "specialized strategic initiatives."

"When I interviewed to come to Portland, I shared that it was my dream to one day program both a CHR and a Country station in a market like this," Salisbury says. "We’ve got something special brewing here, and I can’t wait to take it to the next level." Reach him here.

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