Archive for May, 2010
Channel 4 Air Flood Relief Telethon: Vince Gill and Friends
WSMV-TV Channel 4 will broadcast Working 4 You: Flood Relief with Vince Gill & Friends on Thursday, May 6 in prime time from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Nashville and the surrounding Middle Tennessee communities have been devastated by flood waters after the area received 15 inches of rain within a 48 hour time period. […]
Category: Featured, Flood2010, Sales/Marketing
Newsweek Thrown Into Shopping Cart
Newsweek has been put in play according to Chairman Donald E. Graham who said the venerable news entity “might be a better fit elsewhere.” Newsweek’s parent, The Washington Post Co. has retained Allen & Co. to explore the publication’s sale. Pricing and potential suitors are still to be determined. Business Week sold recently for under […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Black River Signs Osborne, Sebastian Consults For ole
Black River Music Group Publishing has signed Kentucky native Josh Osborne to a publishing agreement. “I’m very happy to be working with Josh and I believe he will prove to be an important writer and a name we will all recognize inthe not to distant future,” says Celia Froehlig, Black River Music Group’s Vice President, […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
DISClaimer Reviews (5/5/09)
Such A-listers as Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban all have sparkling new singles. The first two are boasting new sonic splendor, courtesy of Michael Knox, who produced both. David Lee Murphy’s work with Kevin Fowler also deserves a shout-out.
Montgomery Gentry Build a Playground
Lexington, Kentucky is getting a new playground. 2010 ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award winners Montgomery Gentry, recently asked country music fans and consumers to help select the city where a new KaBOOM! playground will be built in their honor by The Home Depot. From April 12–30, 2010, fans voted for one of six pre-selected cities (Atlanta, […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Gretchen Wilson Joins Dollar General in Literacy Fight
Dollar General Corporation is partnering with British home and health care products company Reckitt Benckiser and country music star Gretchen Wilson to launch Literacy Rocks. The sweepstakes, which launched May 3 in Dollar General stores, offers customers the opportunity to win an exclusive concert experience with Gretchen Wilson or autographed CDs. To kick-off Literacy Rocks, […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
CMA Offers Chance To Win CMA Fest Lifetime Tickets
In celebration of CMA Music Festival’s 39-year legacy, fans will be given the chance to be a part of all the great moments yet to come with the first-ever CMA Music Festival Lifetime Ticket Giveaway sweepstakes. The promotion will yield one lucky winner two seats per year to future CMA Music Festival events for as […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
Loveless and Frist – Flood-Related Freebies
Nashville’s Loveless Cafe was fortunate enough to keep above water during the weekend’s devastating flood, and tonight (5/5) the venerable eatery will give a little back to those suffering through this disaster. Tonight’s presentation of the popular Music City Roots series at the Loveless Barn, with artists donating their time, will be free to the […]
Category: Featured, Flood2010, Organizations
Cracker Barrel Offers “Wynonna Weekend”
National collective contesting company Free Promo Network (FPN) has joined forces with Cracker Barrel for their upcoming A Weekend with Wynonna in Music City promotion. Participating radio stations will be allowed take part in this national contest on a trade-for-mention basis, allowing their listeners the chance to win a trip for two to Nashville to […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
CMA Broadcast Awards Submission Schedule
Beginning Friday, May 21, the Country Music Association will accept online submissions for the 2010 CMA Broadcast Awards for Broadcast Personality, Station, and National Broadcast Personality of the Year at Broadcast.CMAawards.com. The site will continue to accept submissions through 5:00 PM/CT, Thursday, July 1. Categories for submission include Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Radio
Chelsea Field
“Things I Should Have Said” Moxy/Edgehill “She definitely has the vocal firepower to pull off this searing, sizzling rocker. Go, baby. You are coming in loud and clear.” —Robert K. Oermann, MusicRow “Things I Should Have Said” is the debut single from Moxy Records artist Chelsea Field. At 19 the singer left her home in […]
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