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| February 5, 2024 News@CountryAircheck.com |
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 On A Bus To St. Cloud: Townsquare WWJO/St. Cloud, MN Brand Mgr./on-air host Brooks O'Brian will be departing in two weeks for an as-yet-undisclosed new opportunity. She joined WWJO last June from the KSON/San Diego APD/MD/midday personality position (CAT 4/25/23). O'Brian had been with KSON since 2007, following time with KWNR/Las Vegas; KBUL/Reno, NV; and WYNY/New York. Reach her here. Townsquare/St. Cloud Dir./Content Paul Shea is seeking her successor, telling Country Aircheck it's "a strong heritage brand with lots of success." Find the job posting and apply here. |
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 Started From The (Bell) Bottom, Now We're Here: "Blood, sweat, tears and years have led to this moment," Lainey Wilson told the press room following her Best Country Album win for Bell Bottom Country at last night's (2/4) 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Additional winners included Chris Stapleton's "White Horse" (Country Song and Solo Performance) and Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves' "I Remember Everything" (Country Duo/Group Performance). Other highlights were Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman's performance of "Fast Car" and Jelly Roll dancing to Miley Cyrus. Watch acceptance speeches and performances here.
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 KTCO's Fideldy Departs: Midwest KTCO/Duluth morning co-host and Dir./Promotions Taylor Fideldy has exited for a position outside the industry. She joined the cluster in 2021 as Marketing Consultant and added morning duties in 2022 (CAT 4/6/22). OM Rich Cannata is looking for "a social media savvy candidate who can relate with our listening audience" to join incumbent host Chris "Zooch" Zuech. Send résumé, cover letter, aircheck, and "anything you feel is relevant to winning this position" to Cannata here. |
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 Wave On: iHeartMedia Top 40 WLDI/West Palm Beach morning co-host Maegan Lahti has added 10am to noon duties for sister WAVW/Ft. Pierce. Billy Greenwood continues to voicetrack noon to 3pm. |
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 Gram Slam: Last night's (2/4) 66th Annual Grammy Awards averaged 14.26 million viewers on CBS-TV, according to TVRatingsGuide, a 48.9% increase from last year's 9.58m viewers, and the largest audience for the show since 2020. In 18-49, the show pulled a 3.31 rating and 32 share, compared to last year's 2.24 rating and 18 share. |
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 Talk Of the Town: CRS 2024 will feature an AI Interactive Town Hall session Feb. 29. McVay Media Consulting's Mike McVay moderates as Moxie Coalition's Zena Burns, Buzz Knight Media's Buzz Knight and Jacobs Media's Fred Jacobs "offer a deep dive into the achievements and practical applications of AI technologies." McVay says, "This session will focus on the fact and fiction of AI, how important it is to understand the platform, and using it for good versus evil." Walk-up registration will be available Feb. 28-March 1 at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Details here. |
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 MMBA Sets Leadership: Outback Presents' Aura Guadagno has been elected Pres. of the Nashville-based Women’s Music Business Association's (WMBA) board of officers. Rhonda & Company's Mackenzie Adkins fills the role of VP; KBLM's Taylor Baird is Treasurer; and The Kinkead Entertainment Agency's Michelle Barnett Wichern is Secretary. Above Board Consulting's Amery Fridenstine continues as Chairwoman for the board of directors.
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 Festival All: Lauren Jenkins, Eric Paslay, Kristian Bush, James Otto and Tim Nichols are among the performers at the fifth annual Songwriters in Paradise Napa festival, happening April 18-21 across several wineries in Napa, CA. Tickets and full lineup here. |
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 Carry On: Pat Green will be honored with the "T3R Humanitarian Award" during the 14th annual Texas Music & Radio Awards, happening March 25 at Texas Live! in Arlington. KOKE/Austin OM Eric Raines will host. Details and tickets here. |
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 Wedding Belle: Big Loud's Lauren Alaina wed Cam Arnold yesterday (2/4) at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center. She walked down the aisle to an instrumental version of the self-penned "Breaking Up With Single.”
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 Chronicle: Veteran record promoter Tom Moran, 70, died last week while on a fly fishing trip on North Michigan's Pere Marquette River. Retired for the last several years, Moran most recently was VP/Promotion for I.R.S. Nashville and host of the Inside Nashville podcast. His career also included stints as SVP/Promotion and Marketing at Nine North and VP/Promotion at Show Dog and Epic/Nashville, as well as prior jobs at Polydor/Nashville, Warner Bros./Nashville, Columbia/Nashville, Equity, Arista and Geffen. He also served as a consultant to Crush Management. A private memorial is planned; details for a Nashville celebration of life will be forthcoming.
 Former WUSN/Chicago programmer Buddy Scott (Buddy Kincer) passed Sunday (2/4). "During his many successful years in radio he made hundreds of friends and helped so many achieve success," his family shared on social media. In addition to running consulting firm Buddy Scott Strategies, his career included stints as SVP/Programming for Clear Channel, VP/Programming for SFX Broadcasting, and PD of stations in Pittsburgh, Houston and Nashville. No word on services.
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| Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Feb. 3, according to Mediabase 24/7.
- CHRIS JANSON/All I Need Is You (BMLGR)
- NATE SMITH/World On Fire (RCA)
- WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA)
- RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)
- CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (CoJo/Warner/WMN)
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| Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Feb 4. compared with the same day last week, according to Mediabase 24/7.
- RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR) +792 points
- SAM HUNT/Outskirts (MCA) +413 points
- MORGAN WALLEN f/ERIC CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville) +347 points
- TYLER HUBBARD/Back Then Right Now (EMI Nashville) +295 points
- PARKER MCCOLLUM/Burn It Down (MCA) +277 points
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 Joint Effort: RCA's Nate Smith (c) with WUSN/Chicago's Austin Huff (l) and Kyle Milnamow at Joe's on Weed St. |
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 Chill "Pill" Wheelhouse's Elvie Shane (r) with WQNU/Louisville's Cagle at the kickoff of his Damascus Acoustic Stories Tour. |
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 Paint It Plaque: Warner/CoJo/WMN’s Cody Johnson is presented plaques commemorating 46 RIAA certifications totaling more than 17 million in sales and streams, as well as gold certification for "The Painter" prior to his headlining show at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Cris Lacy, Johnson and the label's Ben Kline and Kristen Williams. Check out a recap of the show in tonight's (2/5) Country Aircheck Weekly.
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 Square Root: Townsquare/Lafayette, LA – including Country KMDL – raises $211,228 for St. Jude.
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 Signage: Singer/songwriter Phil Vassar signs with Action Entertainment Collaborative's Nick Meinema (l) and Travis James. |
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