Industry Pics: KPLX’s Mac Daniels, Levon, Ricky Skaggs, Cole Swindell

KPLX/Dallas Wins Country Station of the Year

Pictured: KPLX/KSCS PD Mac Daniels with country group Levon.

The 2017 National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards, which honor radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting, were announced Thursday night (Sept. 7) at the 28th annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show in Austin, Texas. The Country Station of the Year recipient was KPLX/Dallas, and PD Mac Daniels was on hand to accept the award.

Ricky Skaggs Wows Sold-Out Crowd At Nashville Palace

Photo: Courtesy of Carson Photoworks

Country music legend Ricky Skaggs wowed a sold-out honky tonk crowd in Nashville last Saturday night (Sept. 2). For the first time in 20 years, Skaggs plugged-in his electric guitar and joined his band onstage at the Nashville Palace for a two-hour live concert featuring the hit country songs that made him famous including ”Heartbroke,” “Highway 40 Blues,” “Uncle Pen,” “Country Boy,” “Honey (Open That Door),” “I Don’t Care,” and “Lovin’ Only Me,” among many others.  Skaggs also performed “Somebody’s Praying” and dedicated it to Houston and the other areas in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey.

“I wanna thank everyone who came out to the Nashville Palace last week,” says Skaggs. “I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. It was so great to sing those old country hits. Let’s do it again real soon!”

Cole Swindell Makes Radio Rounds In Denver

Pictured: Cole Swindell (center) with KWOF/Denver’s Bo Jaxon (right) and his son John (left).

Pictured (L-R): Cole Swindell, NBC News/Denver’s Kathy Sabine, and KYGO/Denver’s PD John E. Kage.