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Posted on 11/3/2007 1:00:14 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Radio
SIRIUS Satellite Radio will celebrate the release of Garth Brooks' The Ultimate Hits by turning over the reins of its Prime Country channel to him for two weeks beginning Nov. 5.
Garth Brooks Radio will air on SIRIUS channel 61 and will feature Garth's music with his own personal introductions. He will also play some of his favorite country acts and discuss what each means to him.
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Posted on 9/25/2007 11:00:07 AM
Categorized in Music, Radio
Talk show host Sean Hannity will deliver the keynote address at the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville on March 5. Hannity co-hosts Hannity and Colmes on the Fox News Channel and hosts The Sean Hannity Show on ABC Radio Networks. Although this is his first appearance at CRS, he often includes country artists on his TV and radio shows and his Freedom Concert series.
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Posted on 9/24/2007 10:45:18 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Radio
Marty Stuart will begin hosting an hour-long weekly show on XM Satellite Radio on Oct. 5. Airing on Fridays, Marty Stuart's American Odyssey will offer a range of American music, such as traditional country, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and rock.
"American Odyssey will be an amazing adventure inside the musical walls of our cities," Stuart said. "It's theater, and radio has alw...
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Posted on 9/17/2007 10:16:51 AM
Categorized in Music, Collaborations, Radio
Elvis Presley will be honored by a number of pop and country singers on Sept. 18 during the ABC news special, "Elvis, Viva Las Vegas." The special includes performances of Presley's hits by Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert and Willie Nelson, as well as Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Beyonce, Brandi Carlile, Daught...
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Posted on 9/6/2007 1:22:26 PM
Categorized in Music, CD and DVD Releases, Radio
Garth Brooks made country music history this week when his new single "More Than a Memory," debuted at No. 1 on the R&R Country chart on Wednesday (Sept. 5). It became the first country single to ever do so. The prior highest debut had come the
previous week, with Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" entering the chart at No. 16.
At R&R, Brooks' single tallied 36.3 million radio impressions, ...
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Posted on 9/1/2007 12:33:00 PM
Categorized in Radio
Dolly Parton debuted her new single, "Better Get to Livin', " exclusively on iTunes yesterday.
"My tune's on iTunes," Dolly says. "Come give me a play. Digital Dolly? Yep, that's me." The song, which she wrote, will officially be sent to radio in late September. Her upcoming all-country album, dubbed Backwoods Barbie, is set for release next year on Dolly's own Dolly Records.
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