Category: Radio
Charlie Cook On Air
August is the month of state and county fairs. Headlining: bad food. Iowa has a new dish this year of Fried Butter. Really? Plain butter isn’t enough to drive up health care costs in the state?
Industry Ink Thursday (9/1/11)
Ground(ctrl) expands • ROPE Awards • Scott Borchetta • Jay Frank • Rachel Holder • Crook & Chase • Concerts, benefits, and more
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Radio, Sales/Marketing
The Doc Is In At Nine North
Nine North Nashville’s promo team has a new regional rep.
Bobby Karl Works The Room
MusicRow’s famed party columnist Bobby Karl had a busy week, visiting celebrations for Jason Aldean and Chris Young, and Connie Smith’s Hall of Fame residency.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Organizations, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Sony Restructures Rosters, Promo Teams
Sony Nashville notified radio programmers today (8/31) of changes to the label group’s imprints Arista Nashville, Columbia/BNA Records, and RCA Records.
CRS 2012 Agenda Delves Into Social Media, Radio Research
Among the highlights is a new Digital University series, and educational opportunities for all levels of technology skills.
Category: Featured, Organizations, Radio
Charlie Cook On Air
You can go to another page on this site and see that Taylor Swift has over 7 million twitter followers. I have answered a few of her tweets but alas, have not heard directly back from her. That is the downside of Twitter—it is most often a one way communication.
Weekly Chart Report (8/26/11)
Toby Keith earns a second week at No. 1, and CountryBreakout Reporters discuss the hot topic of rural/redneck themes in country music.
CMA Honors International Broadcaster of the Year
RTE broadcaster Sandy Harsch recently received good and bad news when Brad Paisley revealed to her that she had been named CMA International Broadcaster of the Year.
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Radio
Quarterback Promotes Gholson to East Coast Region
Quarterback Records has announced the promotion of Traci Gholson to East Coast Manager of Promotion. Gholson moves up from the Promotion Coordinator position, which she started in March 2011.
Charlie Cook On Air
I was listening to an AC station in the West Virginia radio chain that I work for and heard “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry. Of course, they also play “Need You Now,” selected Taylor Swift songs, Keith Urban, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw and even a recent Kenny Chesney. I was thinking how lucky they are to be able to play only the cream of the format.
