Brandy Clark’s “Your Life Is a Record” was released in March 2020, as the world was engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. Clark was scheduled to play in Boston shortly after his release, but of course that date was canceled. Eighteen months later, she is on tour which brings her toRead More →
Cumulus Media launched WNSH in New York in 2013, ending a decade of country radio programming there after WYNY-FM switched to contemporary Spanish in 2002. Audacy (formerly Entercom) took over WNSH in 2019. In September, WNSH ranked 21st in New York City marketing, capturing a 1.9% share of the localRead More →
The Cleveland Browns opened their 2021 road campaign on Sunday against defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs, which ended in a brutal 33-29 loss. The Browns took the lead early, taking the opening kickoff from the field, which resulted in a 4-yard touchdown by Nick Chubb and a 2-point conversionRead More →
Over the years, various country superstars have recorded songs by David Lee Murphy, including Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Thomas Rhett and many more. This yielded massive successes and led to over a dozen songwriting awards for Murphy. But did you know that fame and recognition don’tRead More →
Morgan Wallen’s music was taken off country radio earlier this year after it was seen on video using a racial slur. But, his song “Sand in My Boots” has been played on radio stations across the country lately, by Billboard. So it looks like Wallen’s ban on country radio hasRead More →
“Sand in My Boots” marks the first country radio release for Wallen since his music was temporarily banned from country radio stations, after TMZ released a video on February 2 of Wallen uttering a racial slur outside his home in Nashville . Country radio station conglomerates including iHeartMedia, Cumulus, CoxRead More →
Lorette Lynn, Lorene Allen, Don McHan and TD Bayless had writing a little country song called ‘The Pill’ in 1972, but the song would not be released until 1975. When released, it would cause quite a stir in the conservative country music scene and be banned from broadcasting on radioRead More →
How would you describe your station’s relationship with the labels? Labels still crave radio stations – and now they have DSPs [digital service providers] to help them – to help break new artists. You want us to take risks on those, we will. But you can’t turn it around andRead More →
Black Country Radio has launched Black Country Xtra – an online radio service that seeks to advocate for local creation, arts, culture, music and more. Black Country Xtra will present a range of shows including mass sports, musical memorabilia for dementia and health related shows including mental health support. YourRead More →
Morgan Wallen’s music began returning to country radio stations in the United States after a four-month ban, it has been learned. The musician was barred from being broadcast by major radio networks after a video of him was posted online using a racial slur. Today, nearly four months after theRead More →