Black River Entertainment Restructures Promotion Department

Mike Wilson

Black River Entertainment has restructured its promotion department. Mike Wilson has been promoted to VP, Promotion, while Bill Macky continues on with Black River as the Sr. Director National Promotion and Strategy.

“We relentlessly pursue excellence,” stated Black River Entertainment CEO, Gordon Kerr. “In doing so, we are continually identifying the strengths of our staff and providing them opportunities to grow, both individually and as a company.”

Wilson started with Black River Entertainment last September as the Director of National Promotion & Strategy and has been actively leading the promotion staff since March of this year. Prior to joining Black River, Mike had over 20 years of music industry experience, most of that time being the VP, Promotion for RCA, which includes taking over 100 singles to No. 1 on the Country chart.

Bill Macky

Macky joined Black River in August of 2012 after spending over 30 years in the music industry, including 16 years programming country radio stations in Pittsburgh, San Jose, Sacramento and San Diego. Bill’s executive experience includes stops at MCA Nashville, Sony Nashville, Category 5 Records, 1720 Entertainment, Stroudavarious Records and Rodeowave Entertainment.

Both Wilson and Macky will continue to be based in Nashville, working out of Black River Entertainment’s Music Row offices, and may reached via e-mail at mike.wilson@blackriverent.com, macky@blackriverent.com, and by phone at 615-780-3070.