The newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame are: in the Modern Era Artist category, Toby Keith; in the Veterans Era Artist category, John Anderson; and in the Recording and/or Touring Musician category, James Burton. Details regarding induction at the annual Medallion Ceremony in October will be forthcoming.
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Bee Haw: WBYT/South Bend, IN's 28th annual St Jude radiothon raises a station record-setting $350,675. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Keith Moody, Deb Miles, Jesse Garcia and Brittney Baily.
The Kind Of Love We Cake: WHKO/Dayton's Nancy Wilson and Aaron “Woody” Woods celebrate the station's 35th birthday.
Onesie Bad Habit: Speaking of OOTDs, Big Machine's Jay Cruze gifts WFUS' Sarah Jacobs a onesie following her pregnancy announcement. Jacobs and Ashley Morrison covered McGraw's Tampa show for tonight's (3/18) Country Aircheck Weekly.
Frost Sight: KRRV/Alexandria, LA's Melissa Frost and KZMZ's Pat Cloud help raise more than $86,000 for St. Jude during the cluster's radiothon.
Colt Of Personality: The Riser House promo team outfits Indiana's newest resident, WFMS' Brooks O'Brian, with her own Colts jersey. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Nathan Cruise and Roger Fregoso, O'Brian and the label's Jeff Davis.
Signage: Records Nashville's George Birge signs a co-publishing deal with Big Machine Music. Pictured (l-r) are BMM's Randy Patton, Lizzy Rector, Tim Hunze and Mike Molinar, Birge, BMM’s Michelle Attardi, Rich MGMT’s Brendan Rich and Sarah Paravia and BMM’s Katherine Godwin and Greyson Stephens.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Alison Nichols signs with BBRMG. Pictured (back, l-r) are Go Long Entertainment's Jeff Davis, the label's Quinn Bauducco, producer Will Rambeaux and the label's Peter Strickland; (front, l-r) the label's Katie Kerkhover and Jon Loba, Nichols, manager Sherrié Austin and the label's JoJamie Hahr.
Street Festival: Red Street's Chris Lane (c) with KAJA/San Antonio's Alek Halverson (l) and KASE's Jason McCollim at a SXSW kick-off party in Austin.
Brice Spice: Curb's Lee Brice (r) with radio vet Isaac “Brooks” Wenzel in Shipshewana, IN.
Pleasant Ville: Valory's Justin Moore (c) with WCEN/Saginaw's Joby Phillips and wife Amber in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
To Be A Fan: Records Nashville's Dax makes his Opry debut. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Jamice Jennings, Apple Music's Bree Wagner, Dax and the label's Josh Easler.
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Country Hall Adds Three
Country Hall Adds Three
The newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame are: in the Modern Era Artist category, Toby Keith; in the Veterans Era Artist category, John Anderson; and in the Recording and/or Touring Musician category, James Burton. Details regarding induction at the annual Medallion Ceremony in October will be forthcoming.
Mar 17, 2024
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iHeart Restructuring Continues
iHeart Restructuring Continues: Following multiple Friday departures (CAT 3/15), Country Aircheck has confirmed several more cuts within iHeartMedia.
SVPP/Oklahoma Don Cristi, whose oversight included KTST & KXXY/Oklahoma City & KTGX/Tulsa, has exited after 20 years with the company, first in Tulsa and then adding regional duties in 2020. Reach him here.
WMAD/Madison PD/midday host Chelsey Steinhauer has exited after nearly a decade with the station. She started as an intern, rising to MD and then PD in 2021 (CAT 1/5/21). Reach her here.
WYNK/Baton Rouge APD/MD/afternoon host Austin James has exited after more than 35 years with the station. Reach him at 225-205-4007 or here.
KRYS/Corpus Christi afternoon host "Uncle Sam" Eulenfield is out after six years with the station. He was also Dir./Production for the Corpus Christi and McAllen clusters, and PD for sister News-Talk KKTX-AM. Reach him here.
WBCT/Grand Rapids morning co-host Matt "Gilly" Gilcheck departs after 11 years with the cluster. He moved to mornings in 2014 (CAT 6/30/14). His previous stops include WKKT/Charlotte and WKIS/Miami.
In the wake of Friday's news, many of the departures seemed to have occured with little warning. When monitored this morning, WACO/Waco, TX was running jockless after the exit of PD/morning host Zack Owen.
At WGAR/Cleveland, PD/morning co-host Carletta Blake is now handling the daypart solo since the exit of Steve Wazz, who can be reached here.
Mar 18, 2024
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Smith, West Exit iHeart
No official word, but rumored iHeartMedia restructuring may be behind at least two departures. SVPP/Columbia, SC LJ Smith, whose oversight included Country WCOS, and iHeartMedia/Huntsville SVPP and WDRM PD Erich West have exited. Those departures follow yesterday's exit of WGAR/Cleveland APD/mornings Steve Wazz (CAT 3/14).
Prior to joining then-Clear Channel in 2002, Smith spent six years as a consultant with Broadcast Programming. West joined his cluster from iHeartMedia/Macon in 2006 and took over WDRM programming in 2017 (CAT 11/27/17). Reach him at 256-656-3086 and here. No word on plans for either position.
Mar 15, 2024
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iHeart Restructing Continues
iHeart Restructing Continues: iHeartMedia SVPP/Waco, Temple & Killeen (TX) Zack Owen has exited. He joined WACO/Waco in 1992 as PD/morning host and remained in those roles for his entire tenure, with the station ranking No. 1 in 56 of the 59 surveys in that time. Owen assumed regional oversight, which included Country KAGG/Bryan-College Station, in 2011 (CAT 10/13/11). Reach him here.
Owen's departure is the latest in an apparent restructing within iHeartMedia. As reported earlier via Breaking News, SVPP/Columbia, SC LJ Smith, whose oversight included Country WCOS, and SVPP/Huntsville, AL Erich West, who also served as PD for Country WDRM have both exited. Their departures follow yesterday's exit of WGAR/Cleveland APD/mornings Steve Wazz (CAT 3/14).
Prior to joining then-Clear Channel in 2002, Smith spent six years as a consultant with Broadcast Programming. Reach him at 803-920-5232 and here. West joined his cluster from iHeartMedia/Macon in 2006 and took over WDRM programming in 2017 (CAT 11/27/17). Reach him at 256-656-3086 and here.
Mar 15, 2024
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