“Our partnership with Tork Limited and the launch of Billboard Radio China is the next step for us as we continue the global expansion of Billboard, said John Amato, co-chair of Billboard and Hollywood journalist. “With over half a billion Internet users in the country, the station will bring high-qualityRead More →
Country Radio Programmers Debate Slow Song Surplus for Spring Inside the WXBQ bunny costume for the past 10 years has been James gilmer, whose other duties include cleaning and maintaining the station van, doing some of the updates on the bunny’s social media pages and “a bit of everything” atRead More →
At a launch event on February 18 for the Equal game CMT initiative, representatives of Coleman Prospects split numbers reflecting what country music fans think about the lack of female voices on country radio. Data commissioned by CMT from Coleman Insights reveals that 84% of 1,000 country radio listeners surveyedRead More →
By Mike Kinney Hundreds of people pass by there every day, but few can realize that a radio station is operating on 23rd Street in Richmond. Costa Avenue. The internet radio station, which has 12 personalities on the air and mainly broadcasts the top 40 hits in the Spanish language,Read More →
Until it ceased to operate as an alternative rock station in 1999, 107.9 The End was instrumental in finding new artists in Northeast Ohio. It also addressed the local music scene and presented a terrific local music program dubbed The inner sanctuary. Now the station has been relaunched as internetRead More →
This year, the Country Radio Seminar (CRS), which took place from February 19 to 21 in Nashville Omni Hotel, ended strong Friday when the country music superstar Carrie Underwood opened up about fame, family, fitness and faith during “Find Your Way,†a question-and-answer session moderated by Beverlee Brannigan and CRBRead More →
LARKING ABOUT: Radio classic The Navy Lark to play at Witham, Barnard Castle on February 29 A CHILDHOOD spent listening to old-fashioned radio comedy classics is responsible for a show that will arrive at Barnard Castle later this month. Actor and impressionist James Hurn will lead a three-person cast whenRead More →
Tim McGraw announced his return to the Big Machine in a surprise appearance at a Country Radio Seminar lunch hosted by the label group on Friday in Nashville. “Uh, Tim, I missed you! A beaming Scott Borchetta, founder, president and CEO of Big Machine, impassive, as McGraw emerged from behindRead More →
After his conversation, the country singer-songwriter performed two songs from his latest release, Generic character, including the poignant “Dark Bars” and “How Dare You Love”, her husband’s favorite song and “one of three love songs I’ve ever written”. Here are eight takeaways from Lambert’s conversation. Singing helped Lambert overcome hisRead More →
CRS Announces Country Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Country radio seminar Country music group Rascal Flatts will honor six honorable inductees who will join the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2020 during the celebration of the opening ceremonies of today’s Country Radio Seminar (CRS). 2020 Country Radio Hall ofRead More →
Los Angeles – Many of the best-selling country music artists are women, but superstars are still fighting for time on country music radio stations. Country music artist Lindsay Ell falls victim to this unspoken rule – that radio stations broadcast a limited number of songs by female artists, and certainlyRead More →
To start this story on the end of something, we have to go back to around 2005, when it was just beginning – when American radio was widely seen as a tasteless cultural wasteland, and when people actually cared about it. Electronic music had been kicked off the airwaves forRead More →
This week, Maren Morris’ “Bones” became the first single by a woman to reach No.1 on Country Airplay and enter the Top 10 on the Radio Songs charts in over a decade. The last song to do so was “You Belong With Me†by Taylor Swift in 2009. Since theRead More →
Country superstar Garth Brooks has made it a habit to make a radically different appearance each year at Country Radio Seminar, Nashville’s annual gathering of radio professionals and the country music industry. Two February ago he performed in a bar to a guest audience of under 200 at Layla’s onRead More →