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Fire Destroys Cameron Broadcasting’s Arizona Cluster
A fire destroyed the offices of Cameron Broadcasting’s six-station cluster in Lake Havasu City/Bullhead City, Ariz., today. VP of operations Craig Powers reports, “We are all OK but five of our six stations have burned down.” It’s unclear how many of the stations are currently off the air. Read More
More Artist News: CMA Music Festival, Plus George Strait, Jimmy Wayne
• The television special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock,” has been scheduled to air Sept. 1 from 8-11 p.m.
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Today’s Artist News: Taylor Swift, CMT Music Awards, Kellie Pickler, Toby Keith, Lonestar
• Taylor Swift (pictured) will be hosting a 13-hour meet and greet at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena June 13 during the CMA Music Festival and will meet as many of her fans as possible during that time. The event, which is free and open to the public, will run from 8 a.m.
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Warner Music Nashville Taps Schultz As National Director
Record promotion veteran Chad Schultz joins Warner Music Nashville (WMN) as national director for the newly created Warner Bros., Atlantic & Reprise (WAR) promotion team, effective June 7. Schultz will report to VP of promotions Chris Palmer.
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Sony Adds McCartney To Marketing Department
Katie McCartney has joined Sony Music Nashville as manager, marketing and artist development for the Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville rosters. She arrives at the company following a two-year tenure with the Disney Music Group, most recently as marketing coordinator for Lyric Street Records.
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Miraldi To Exit Clear Channel In August
Clear Channel’s digital SVP/programming and marketing Paul Miraldi announced he’s leaving the company, effective August 2. He has been with Clear Channel for more than a decade and is best known in country circles for his stints as promotion director at country stations in Minneapolis and San Francisco. Read More
Teams Take Shape For 20th Annual Celebrity Softball Challenge
City of Hope will host its 20th annual Celebrity Softball Challenge June 7 at 7 p.m. in Nashville’s Greer Stadium.
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Today’s Artist News: Darryl Worley, Trent Tomlinson
• Darryl Worley (pictured) will host WKDF Nashville’s beach party fundraiser during next week’s CMA Music Festival. The show, set for 6 p.m.
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CMA Music Festival Unveils Lineups For Kickoff Events And Shows
The CMA Music Festival will officially kick off with a Chevy-sponsored parade June 9 in downtown Nashville at 11:30 a.m. The parade will feature members of the National Guard driving country artists in various Chevy vehicles.
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Nashville Music and Arts Community Launches Charity ReTune Nashville
Nashville photographer Sheri ONeal and members of the music and art community have launched ReTune Nashville, a non-profit organization offering relief to uninsured musicians in the industry through the sale of artwork created from flood damaged musical instruments. The ability of ReTune Nashville to actively support the music community rests on t… Read More
WNIX Greenville, Miss., Goes Classic Country
Greenville, Miss., station WNIX-AM (1330) flips from oldies to classic country (not Greenville, S.C., as erroneously reported elsewhere). Monday’s Memorial Day lineup was wall-to-wall patriotic songs, and starting Tuesday it segued to the new format, which will also include the syndicated Mike Huckabee show, “The Huckabee Report.” Radio-Info.com’s … Read More
Wilson Named LSM At Journal/Wichita
Jason Wilson has been promoted from account executive to local sales manager for Journal Broadcast Group’s six-station Wichita, Kan., cluster. The promotion was effective May 31. Read More
Gaines Takes Over Programming For Cumulus In Killeen, Texas
Scott Gaines has been named operations manager of Cumulus Media’s Killeen/Temple, Texas, stations and PD of country KUSJ (US105), where he will also co-host mornings with Brenda Price. He starts his new job June 14 and replaces Evan Chancey.
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USRN Adds Tony & Kris Morning Show To Its Country Offerings
United Stations Radio Networks (USRN), has picked up the Nashville-based, “Tony & Kris In The Morning Show,” and will handle marketing to both radio affiliates and national advertisers. The hosts, Tony Randall and Kris Rochester, previously had been self-syndicating the country show via their Tony & Kris Productions, LLC, in partnership with Cumulu…
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CMT Has Gretchen Wilson ‘Reality’ Show Under Consideration
CMT is consumer testing a pilot for a quasi-reality show, “Gretchen,” centered around Gretchen Wilson and her various family members and staff. The cast of the 30-minute show includes Wilson’s manager, Greg Oswald, along with her daughter Grace, Uncle Verne (and his dog), Aunt Vickie and brother Josh.
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Lost Trailers To Call It Quits
BNA Records act the Lost Trailers have announced plans to split after they end their touring commitments by the end of the year. The band will continue to tour this year, which includes the current Country Throwdown tour.
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Today’s Artist News: Garth Brooks, Lady A, Miranda Lambert And More
• Garth Brooks will participate in a tribute to Dick Clark and “American Bandstand” on “The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” set for June 27 from 9-11 p.m. (ET) on CBS.
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Wichita’s KFTI Flips From Classic Country To Oldies
Journal Broadcast Group’s KFTI-AM Wichita, Kan., flipped from classic country to oldies as “True Oldies 1070 AM” at 12:30 p.m. today. Read More
Salamone To Head Gap West Yakima, Wash., Cluster
Cheryl Salamone succeeds David Roederer as market manager for the Gap West cluster in Yakima, Wash. The Yakima Herald says Salamone knows her way around town – she ran the same cluster from 2000 to 2004, when it was owned by Clear Channel. Read More
McKinley Gets Associate Director Stripes At Sony
Laura McKinley has been promoted to associate director, marketing & artist development at Sony Music Nashville, working with the label group’s Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville imprints. McKinley most recently was Sony’s manager, marketing & artist development.
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