Issue 412 CMA Remakes Remotes Calling Something “Unprecedented” Is, in Rare Instances, Actually Not Hyperbole
September 2, 2014, Issue 412 CMA Remakes Remotes Calling something “unprecedented” is, in rare instances, actually not hyperbole. And so it is with the new, all-inclusive model being adopted for the annual CMA Radio Remotes, long part of an exclusive audio rights deal held by Clear Channel-owned Premiere Radio Networks and now being brought in-house by CMA. The upshot? “It’s going to create probably the biggest coalition of companies, stations and reach ever assembled – all focused on driving tune-in to a live event on network television,” says Cumulus Co-COO/EVP John Dickey, a member of CMA’s Radio Committee. “It’s going to be huge.” Guardians Of The Galaxy: Reinventing the remotes started roughly a year ago. “We wanted to try to get greater representation from all the radio groups involved,” says Entercom Bryan’s Den: Industry folks gather in Chicago Sunday (8/31) VP/Country Mike Moore, who chairs the committee. “Premiere for Luke Bryan’s That’s My Kind Of Night Tour stop. Pictured (l-r) are Capitol’s Ashley Laws, UMGN’s Shane Allen, WUSN/ has done a wonderful job over the years, but that agreement was Chicago’s Liz Geerling, UMGN’s Katie Dean, WUSN’s Marci coming to an end, so it seemed logical to revisit how we do things Braun, Bryan, WUSN’s Jeff Kapugi and wife Laurie, Capitol’s and discuss how we should proceed going forward. Steve Hodges, WMIL/Milwaukee’s Kerry Wolfe, Capitol’s “You’ve got to deal with the fact that you’ve got some large Brent Jones, UMGN’s Royce Risser and Country Aircheck’s participants now,” Moore continues.
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