October 12, 2009 Issue 162 John Tesh Goes Country If She Builds It: As the recipient of Carrying John Tesh’s Intelligence For this year’s ACM The Home Depot Humanitarian Award, LeAnn Rimes Your Life show on a Country station, let alone headed to Murfreesboro, TN last in mornings, might not seem like the best week to construct a playground at fit. But don’t tell that to the folks at Locally the Spring Valley Apartments. She Owned Radio’s KYUN (The Canyon)/Twin was joined by volunteers from the John Tesh Falls, ID, which is enjoying great success sponsoring The Home Depot, the with this outside-the-box approach. ACM, KaBOOM! and the United Way In a sense, Tesh is a holdover from the station’s of Rutherford and Cannon counties. previous format, AC. “When we transitioned to Country years ago, the show’s Scott Myers “All For The Hall” To Be Streamed Live said they were really trying to get on at Country Tomorrow night’s (10/13) We’re All stations,” says OM/PD Jerre Fender. “The info Jerre Fender For the Hall benefit concert featuring is universal and female-oriented, and Country is host Keith Urban and his very a female-oriented audience, so we picked up a voice-tracked version special friends will be streamed live at and had it on in evenings. And it continued to get good response. keithurban.net, vcastlive.com and at “So a couple years ago we decided to move it to middays,” countrymusichalloffame.com at 7:30pm Fender says. “It went over huge. The surprising part was the CT. Among the artists scheduled to join numbers for men. We had a lot of men, even young men, Urban are Vince Gill, Jason Aldean, listening. In our first book for middays, Fall 2007, Tesh was No. Lady Antebellum, Faith Hill, Little Big 1 adults 18-34, No. 1 men 18-49 and 25-54, No. 2 adults 18-49 Town, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift. and No. 3 adults 25-54.” (Twin Falls is a 24-station market.) Earlier this year, the show was moved to mornings. “Why not Morning Magic From Sow’s Ears try it?” Fender recalls thinking. “With a little extra localization, it What do you do when illness strikes at the very heart of your could really work. And when the spring book came in and we were morning show? Here are a couple of potential solutions to make tied with the heritage Country station for No. 1 adults 25-54.” the most of bad situations. (continued on page 6) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 Skid The Producer of WWKA/ Orlando’s Doc & Grace In The Morning MY TUNES : MUSIC THA T SHAPED MY LIFE created a contest for pre-season Orlando KITX/Hugo, OK GM/PD/morning co-host Magic tickets when he had to take his Will Payne discusses his most important one-year-old daughter Matilda to work songs, artists or concerts: after his babysitter called in sick. “Uncle” 1. Chris LeDoux, Muskogee, OK: The first Doc and “Aunt” Grace had listeners guess show I ever emceed. I was totally blown away what the toddler was saying, with Doc by Chris and the Western Underground. serving as translator. You can hear how it Skid The Producer It was a rock show! For the next 10 years we & Matilda went here. went to every concert within 200 miles. God Sickness also struck WLHK/Indianapolis’ Wank & O’Brien Will Payne bless my hero, Chris LeDoux. Morning Show co-host Dave O’Brien, who was diagnosed 2. The Great Divide/Never Could: This incredible band, formed with H1N1 and is broadcasting from quarantine for the rest in Stillwater, emulated everything I love about music. Forget law of the week. “Dave took one for the team and got Swine school. This band is the reason I stayed in radio. Flu so we could give our listeners up to the minute details 3. Charlie Daniels Band/Drinking My Baby Goodbye: My first about the pandemic,” says co-host Ed Wank, who also notes solo on-air gig in Tulsa was early on Sunday mornings. I was the they’ve enlisted the help of a local doctor to answer listener only one in the building and jammed out until the CD skipped, concerns about the virus which has hit the Indianapolis area then the volume went to eight. hard this fall. O’Brien is also hoping an All-Star lineup will 4. Jimmy Buffet: His albums, songs, concerts, etc. Buffet is a lot perform a Swine Flu Benefit for him. “I’m thinking Faith Hill, like radio: one crazy lifestyle. Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler ...” dreamed the feverishly 5. Glen Campbell/Rhinestone Cowboy: My first favorite country delusional morning co-host. song, bar none. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: ARB PPM News Jimmy Wakely’s “Slippin’ Around.” One of the hardest-working During today’s Arbitron PPM client conference call, the ratings cowboys in history. firm confirmed that the installation base is between 98% and • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Rockin’ 110% in the eight metros becoming currency in December: Sidney’s “My Toot Toot.” Enough said. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Portland, • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Bad Sacramento, Salt Lake City and San Antonio. PPM is now in Company’s 10 from 6. 25 markets, which represent 52.5% of all ad revenue generated • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to in Arbitron-measured markets. PPM’s daily in-tab is now up right now: Junkyard’s “Simple Man.” to about 34,000 people. VP Bill Rose affirmed company plans to increase total PPM sample for persons 12+ by 10% by mid- 2011, a 15% increase in in-tab cell-phone-only households by year’s end, and a 20% bump by the end of 2010. Arbitron also Radio News & Notes Early Bird Registration announced it has issued new meters with 60 hours of battery CRS 41 ends Oct. 30. Visit www.crb.org to life (double the previous model), which is expected to improve secure your spot for $499. CRS 41 18-34 in-tab rates. Reminders and incentives are in place to is Feb. 24-26, 2010 at the Nashville strengthen response rates for the upcoming holiday season. Convention Center. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 WKNN/Biloxi, MS raised $52,000 in its St. Jude “Country Cares” radiothon. BIR T HDAYS The Big Time with Whitney Allen can now be heard on Tuesday (10/13) - Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton, Marie Osmond, Julie KRST-FM/Albuquerque Monday-Saturdays from 7p-midnight, Piat, Wayland Stubblefield, Jennifer Switzer (jennifer@brickagency. replacing GAC Nights. com), Joe Zanger Sandy Weaver has joined the Moby In The Morning Radio Wednesday (10/14) - Natalie Maines, Melba Montgomery, Renee Network for middays. Weaver’s previous stops include WKHX, Behrman, Melissa Miggo, Kerri Pauley, the late Danny Petraitis; Evelyn WYAY and WPCH & WLTM/Atlanta and WMZQ/Washington, Shriver DC. For more info contact Jay Noble at 972-900-9837 or here. Thursday (10/15) - Dean Miller, Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town), Karyn Bishop Macky ([email protected]) Gig Alerts KMLE/Phoenix OM/PD Kris Abrams is seeking a new Friday (10/16) - Jim Ed Norman, Adrian Michaels ([email protected]) afternoon host. “If you love audience interaction (phones and social media) and have ripped up a liner card or two in your Saturday (10/17) - Earl Thomas Conley, Alan Jackson, Joe Patrick time, this is your gig,” Abrams says. Apply online here or via ([email protected]), Anthony Van Dollen snail mail to Abrams at 840 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004. Sunday (10/18) - Josh Gracin, Darlene Evans, Gwen Foster (gwen. Golden Music VP/Promotion & Marketing Brad Howell is [email protected]) seeking an Assoc. Dir./Promotion; contact him here. Monday (10/19) - Jeannie C. Riley, Bill Bennett, Mike Brophey Chart Chat ([email protected]) Congrats to RCA/Nashville VP/Promotion Keith Gale, Nat’l Director Norbert Nix and in Palo Alto, CA and can be reached at [email protected]. their entire crew on scoring Chris Young’s Concurrently, former echomusic Mgr./Artist Services Mark first No. 1 with “Gettin’ You Home (The Confroy has joined the Nashville branch as Mgr./Client Services. Black Dress Song).” He replaces Brian Westerman, who will be deployed to Iraq in Also, a shout-out to Carolwood VP/ late November. Reach Mark at [email protected]. Promotion Kevin Herring, Sr. Directors Chris Chris Young Laura Wright has joined Writer’s Den Music Group as Palmer and John Ettinger and the entire Catalog Manager. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because mouse house on securing the imprint’s first Top 10 withLove Wright is the daughter of Universal South Pres. Mark Wright. And Theft’s “Runaway.” She can be reached at 615-690-6475 or here. And, while we’re handin’ out the love, how about the Capitol UMPG/Nashville has signed songwriter Phillip White (“I’m gang, which has seven songs in the Top 21 and three of the Top Movin’ On”). 10? Huzzahs for SVP Steve Hodges, VP Shane Allen and the Lonesome Day Records has signed vocalist and songwriter label’s merry promo band.