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Your Heat Or Mine: Capitol's Jon Pardi talks new music, sobriety and fatherhood with Country Heat Weekly's Kelly Sutton (l) and Amber Anderson.

We Built This (Songwriter) City: Promo vets surprise The Warren Brothers (Brett and Brad Warren) at their Songwriter City show at Chief’s in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are Songwriter City’s Mike Severson, Jimmy Rector, Brett Warren, Mike Wilson, Brad Warren, Tom Baldrica and Valory's Preston Cooper.

Slow Dance In The Park: MCA's Jordan Davis (l) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels at Boots In The Park.

Curls Just Wanna Have Fun: Big Machine's Chase McDaniel visits WTGE/Baton Rouge. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Jay Cruze, the station's Brittany Rose, McDaniel and the station's Jimmy Brooks.

Son Of 'HAY: Riser House's Dillon Carmichael (l) wih KHAY/Oxnard, CA's Dave Daniels at KHAYFest.

Chattalina Wine Mixer: Play It Again/Columbia’s Dylan Marlowe with the WUSY team at the Chattanooga stop of the Did We Just Become Best Friends? Tour. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Justin Cole and Melissa "Mo" Wagner, Marlowe, the station's Greg "StyckMan" Owens and the label's Ali O’Connell.

Blue Bandana: RCA's Corey Kent with iHeart’s Ashley Wilson (l) and the label's Ali O’Connell at House of Blues Cleveland.

Rebels With A Cause: Night Train/Broken Bow's John Morgan (top) and MCA's Vincent Mason (bottom) with WHKO/Dayton,OH's Nancy Wilson and Aaron "Woody" Woods at the station's Country For A Cause.

Urban Cowboy: Capitol's Keith Urban with KMLE/Phoenix & KKWF/Seattle's Gabe Mercer and Matt McAllister (top) and KMLE's Cheyenne Davis and Niko Petrou (bottom) at Country Thunder.

Bland Wagon: 19 Recordings/BBR/BMG's Chayce Beckham (c) with the label's Steve Pleshe (l) and KMLE/Phoenix's Drew Bland at Country Thunder.

Don't Get Butter Than That: Galaxy's LoCash celebrates multi-week No. 1 "Hometown Home" at KHAYFest. Pictured (back, l-r) are the station's Frank Bell, Dave Daniels and Sommer Frisk, the duo's Chris Lucas and Preston Brust, the Beach Boys' Bruce Johnson and the station's Tim Barden and Noel Frawley; (front, l-r) the station's Marissa Ferguson, Christine Downey, Steve Perez, Corey Polakov and Maddie Button.

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60th ACM Awards Radio Winners

Academy of Country Music Radio Award winners for the 60th ACM Awards are...

National Daily Personality: Derek "Big D" Haskins, Sean "Bubba" Powell; Big D & Bubba

National Weekly Personality: Lorianne Crook, Charlie Chase; Crook & Chase Countdown

Major Market Personality: Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter, Steve Grunwald; Josh, Rachael and Grunwald In The Morning, WYCD/Detroit

Large Market Personality: "Big Dave" Chandler, Jason "Stattman" Statt; The Big Dave Show, WUBE/Cincinnati

Medium Market Personality: Joey Tack, Nancy Barger; Joey & Nancy, WIVK/Knoxville

Small Market Personality: Brent Lane, Mel McCrae; The Cat Pack Morning Show, WYCT/Pensacola

Major Market Station: KYGO/Denver

Large Market Station: WQDR/Raleigh

Medium Market Station: WIVK/Knoxville

Small Market Station: WXBQ/Johnson City, TN

Winners will be celebrated during the week Texas goes country ahead of the 60th ACM Awards, airing live on Prime Video May 8 from The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.

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Koon Joins BMLG As EVP/Finance

Looking For A Man In Finance: Former Capitol Christian Music Group CFO Chris Koon has been named BMLG EVP/Finance. He succeeds Rick Myers, who transitioned to O'Neil Hagaman, and reports to BMLG Pres. Andrew Kautz and HYBE America CFO Eric Holden in the newly expanded role. “Chris’ incredible knowledge of the financial now and what’s coming is extraordinary and mission critical," says Chairman /CEO Scott Borchetta. Koon joined Capitol CMG in 1996 and rose to his most recent role in 2018 before a stint in independent consulting.

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