Issue 30 Music Edition March 19, 2007
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ISSUE 30 MUSIC EDITION MARCH 19, 2007 Country Market Shares Hit 5-Year Highs Carroll To Category 5 TSL At All-Time Lows Promo vet Joe Carroll has joined Category 5 Katz Media Group’s Fall 2006 format study shows Records as Manager/Promotion & Marketing for Country shares at their highest levels since 1999. the Southeast and northern Ohio, effective today. The move from 14.8 in Fall ’05 to 14.9 in ’06 gave Most recently with Equity Music Group and Rust Country its highest shares since 15.1 in Fall1999. The Records, Carroll takes over the Southeast as National all-time high of 18.0 came in the fall books of 1992 Promotions Manager Nathan Cruise is now covering and 1997. Country’s Average Market Format Shares the Southwest region after the departure of Rosey (total, AM and FM) have grown more than 10% in the Fitchpatrick (CAT 3/15). Carroll will be based out last five years. Country’s 14.9 leads all formats, with of Cleveland and can be reached at 216-973-9299 or Hispanic next at 8.3, Urban Contemporary third at [email protected]. 7.0, CHR next at 6.8 and AC fifth at 6.6. The bad news is Country TSL levels have fallen to Radio News their lowest levels in the 16 years Katz has produced Personalities: KSKS/Fresno MD/morning co- it study. The TSL among 25-54 Men fell from 7:59 host Jody Jo Mize has re-signed with the Peak (hours:minutes) in Fall ’05 to 7:34 in Fall ’06, while Broadcasting station, extending her run there for the TSL among 25-54 Women was off from 7:09 last year next three years. to 6:57 this year. The highest 25-54 TSL levels were CHR/Pop WJDQ/Meridian, MS morning co-host in 1990, with Men at 11:30 and Women at 10:29. Ken “The Kenman” Stokes has moved to afternoons at Most disturbingly, Fall 2006 TSL levels for all sister station Country WMSO, beginning today (3/19). age/sex demos hit their lowest levels of the last 16 Gig Alert: KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas PD John years. The Fall ’06 TSL levels among Men in various Sebastian is seeking an afternoon host. Resumes and age cells (with all-time TSL highs -- all of which were airchecks to [email protected] or 3500 achieved in the Fall 1990 Arbitron -- in parentheses): Maple Ave., 16th floor, Dallas 75219. No calls please. 25-34, 6:39 (10:31); 35-44, 7:37 (11:21) 45-54, 8:22 (11:48); and, 55-64, 11:37. (continued on page 7) Format: Radio-Fargo-Moorhead flipped recently- acquired Triple A KRVI/Fargo-Moorhead to Country ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com March 19, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 KBVB (CAT 3/13). John Austin has been named PD and is assembling an airstaff, currently seeking DATE CHECK an evening personality. Airchecks and resumes to April 24 - Leadership Music Digital Summit www.digitalsummit.org [email protected]. Syndication: The nationally syndicated Moby In May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville The Morning show has added WEYE/Johnson City- May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA to its list of affiliates. www.acmcountry.com June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. Industry News www.cmafest.com CMA Close Up Editor Peter Cronin has resigned to focus on building a design and marketing June 13-15 - 7th Annual All About Music TV & business with his wife Karen. Manager/Creative Film Retreat Services Amanda Eckard is overseeing Close Up www.myspace.com/allaboutmusictvandfilm until a new Editor is named. Cronin, whose last day was Thursday (3/15), joined CMA a year ago and • KGHL/Billings, MT: $31,741 (St. Jude), a previously served as Director/Media at SESAC. station record. Show Dog’s Toby Keith recently signed with Paradigm for representation in movies, TV and • KYGO/Denver: $6,000 (CMT Awards flyaway personal appearances. auction for Operation Blizzard) BMG Music Publishing Creative Director • WBYT/South Bend, IN: $209,658 (St. Jude), Michelle Berlin has been named Creative Director an $11,000 increase. for Cherry Lane Music Publishing and will oversee the New York-based company’s Nashville office. • WXBM/Pensacola, FL: $102,256.27 The 7th Annual All About Music TV & Film (Children’s Miracle Network), a $15,000 Retreat, which gives artists the opportunity to perform increase. for and network with TV and film music supervisors, will be held June 13-15 in Nashville. Details at • WKIS/Miami: $192,201 (Joe DiMaggio www.myspace.com/allaboutmusictvandfilm. Children’s Hospital). Radio Lends A Hand • KALF/Chico, CA: $38,154 (St. Jude). Country stations from coast to coast have been • KZSN/Wichita: $133,011.87 (CMN: Child busy with community service efforts of all types Life Center at Via Christi Hospital), the over the last several weeks. With radiothons and station’s first CMN radiothon. other fundraisers underway, here’s a snapshot of broadcaster benevolence and listener largess: • WNGC/Athens, GA: $171,677 (St. Jude), a station record. • WUBE/Cincinnati: $251,685 (St. Jude), a station record. • WXXQ/Rockford, IL $260,837 (St. Jude), a station record ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] March 19, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4 TUBE CHECK Tuesday (3/20) – Taylor Swift, ACM and GAC Presents…; Gretchen Wilson, Loretta Lynn, Trent Tomlinson, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs, CMT Crossroads. Wednesday (3/21) – Josh Turner, GAC Master Series; Dierks Bentley, Live & Loud at the Fillmore, (CMT). Thursday (3/22) – Josh Gracin, Regis and Kelly, (ABC); Dolly Parton, Edge of Country, (GAC). Friday (3/23) – Tim McGraw, The View, (NBC); Toby Keith, Karaoke-Dokey, (CMT) ’ Saturday (3/24) – Montgomery Gentry, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Rodney Atkins, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Montgomery Gentry, CMA Music Fest: Country Music’s Biggest Party, (GAC); Carrie Underwood, Saturday Night Live, (NBC). Sunday (3/25) – Diamond Rio, The Collection, (GAC); Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Rodney Atkins, Grand Ole Opry Live encore, (GAC). Monday (3/26) – Tim McGraw, CBS Early Show; Rodney Atkins, ACM & GAC Presents…. Artist News Brad Paisley’s Bonfires and Amplifiers Tour has been extended by 30 dates from September 6 to November 17, pushing the tour total to 75. Rodney Atkins and Taylor Swift open this second leg of the tour. Hershey’s is sponsoring. Details at www.bradpaisley.com/index.php?content=tour. GAC will take viewers behind the scenes with Kenny Chesney Phases & Stages: The Flip Flop Summer Tour. The two-part series, set to air April 21 and 28 at 9pm eastern, will follow Chesney as he plans the tour, which is set to open 4/12 in Omaha. Lonestar lead singer Richie McDonald will be pursuing a solo career, while the group’s remaining members have pledged to continue touring and recording. The band recently left the BNA roster after completing their contractual commitment to the label. Dean Sams, Michael Britt and Keech Rainwater will be pursuing another lead singer and label deal. Singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson will be presented with the “Johnny Cash Visionary Award” by Rosanne Cash at the 2007 CMT Music Awards to be held April 16 in Nashville. Baccerstick’s Jason Meadows has become the latest artist to sign an endorsement deal with Wrangler Jeans. Randy Travis will headline the 19th Gstaad Festival to be held in Gstaad, Switzerland September 21 and 22. This is Travis’ first performance in Europe in 18 years. Also on the bill are Julie Roberts, Rhonda Vincent and Riders in the Sky. ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] March 19, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 Warner Bros.’ Ray Scott’s debut single “My Kind CHECK OUT of Music” is featured in the new movie The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, available in stores now. This week’s releases include: Travelin’ Inc. and Trent Willmon are teaming up Dierks Bentley Live & Loud At The Fillmore to host “Trent Willmon’s Hide-Away Beach Party” in (Capitol) DVD Bentley brings the concert experience Cancun, Mexico October 4-7. GAC’s Country Music to living rooms with this live DVD Across America is covering the event, and artists filmed during a sold out June 10, 2006 participating include Wade Hayes, Jace Everett, performance in Denver, CO. London- Jaime Fox, Shannon Mock and Ray Stephenson. based filmmaker Russell Thomas directed. Bentley was in Denver tonight (3/19) at a Benefit News special advance screening for KYGO listeners. Craig Morgan will perform a concert for military spouses and participate in the “Jack Daniels Upcoming releases: Toast to the Troops” USO Care Package “stuffing March 27 Alabama Songs of Inspiration Volume II (RCA) ’ party” in San Diego tomorrow (3/20). Jack Ingram This Is It (Big Machine) Lane Brody, Pirates of the Mississippi and Tim McGraw Let It Go (Curb) Michael Peterson are scheduled to perform at the April 3 Alison Krauss A Hundred Miles Or More: 5th Annual Lane Brody Charity Concert to benefit A Collection (Rounder) Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Martina McBride Wake Up Laughing (RCA) March 29 in Nashville. Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, George Strait Dualtone’s Chely Wright recently wrapped Live At Texas Stadium (MCA) up her fifth “Stars For Stripes” tour, where she April 17 Bucky Covington Bucky (Lyric Street) entertained troops deployed overseas in Kuwait, Clay Walker Fall (Curb/Asylum) Germany and Iraq. Wright begins work on her seventh album, which will be produced by Rodney May 1 Josh Gracin All About Y’All (Lyric Street) Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Crowell, in April.