Get To Thinkin': Sony Music Nashville's Zach John King (in hat) with WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH's Garret Doll, WJEN/Rutland, VT's Erin Bourne and WKLB/Boston's Dawn Santolucito (l-r) in Cambridge, MA.
Heavens To Besties: Blue Highway's Jackson Dean (in hat) with KSCS/Dallas' Al Farb and Mike Preston and the label's Amy Staley (l-r) at KSCS' Country Close Up.
Even Better: KNEI/Waukon, IA's Josh Blake (r) with songwriter Even Stevens at Lacy J. Dalton's Not Dead Yet 80th birthday celebration.
Boulder Weather: Zac Brown Band's Zac Brown (c) with iHeart's Rod Phillips (l) and management's David Plyler at Red Rocks.
Good Times & Hat Lines: Leo33's Zach Top (l) and WITL/Lansing, MI’s Jonathan “JR” Ruppel.
The Ex Factor: Big Loud's Lauren Alaina (c) celebrates No. 1 "All My Exes" with KSSN's Jess Jennings and the label's John D'Amico in Little Rock.
Chronicle: John Anderson
Country Music Hall of Famer John Anderson died in his sleep today (10/21) at the age of 71 following a nearly five decade career, according to a social media post from his family. The Apopka, FL native signed his first record deal with Warner Bros, in 1976 and, later, BNA, scoring hits including "Swingin'," "Straight Tequila Night." "Money In The Bank" and "Seminole Wind." In 1983, he won both the CMA Horizon Award and Single of the Year honor for “Swingin’.” In 1993, Anderson was honored with the ACM Career Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Country Music Hall of Fame a decade later. Read his full Hall of Fame bio here. No word on services.
Cage Match: Radio vet Cliff Cage has joined Bicoastal KFLY/Eugene, OR and Top 40 sister KDUK as PD. He also does middays at KFLY and afternoons at KDUK. Cage succeeds Gerry "G-Man" Snyder, who departed in April for a job outside the radio industry (
