About Phyllis

Veteran entertainment journalist Phyllis Stark is Executive Editor of Country Music at Radio-Info.com and author of the company's twice-weekly Stark Country newsletter. She is also a freelance writer whose work appears regularly on MSN and numerous other publications and sites. She authors MSN's music blog, One Country.

Phyllis has been reporting extensively on the radio and music industries for more than two decades. She spent 17 years at Billboard Information Group, where she served in various capacities including senior radio editor, managing editor, and Nashville bureau chief for the weekly magazines Billboard and Billboard Radio Monitor, and their Web sites. More recently, Phyllis spent two years (2007-2009) as VP of A&R at independent record label Robbins Nashville, and ran the New York-based company’s Nashville operations.

She served for three years on the Country Music Assn. board of directors and has been a member of the music industry advisory board for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis for more than a decade. She is a graduate of Leadership Music and a member of the CMA, ACM and the Recording Academy.

Recent Articles

• Dale Turner’s Excellent Adventure (Back In Radio) February 9, 2012
• Eric Church Reflects On A Whirlwind Year, And What's Next February 7, 2012
• Some Stations Catch Super Bowl Fever, While Others Will Sit Out The Big Game February 2, 2012
• More “Backseat Songwriters” Weigh In February 2, 2012
• Backseat Songwriters Have Their Say January 31, 2012

Recent Newsletters

Some Stations Catch Super Bowl Fever, While Others Will Sit Out The Big Game February 2, 2012
Backseat Songwriters Have Their Say January 31, 2012
KFKF Kansas City’s All-Christmas Format Experiment Pays Off In A Big Way January 26, 2012
Anatomy Of A Hit: Eric Church’s First No. 1 January 24, 2012
After A Surprising Layoff, Becky Brenner Now Controls Her Own Destiny January 19, 2012