I hope you’ll bet at CRS 2011 in Nashville March 2-4. It’s a great agenda so come prepared to learn and share. And if you’re in Nashville Tuesday, March 1 (hopefully to attend the Country Radio Hall of Fame Dinner –yes it WILL be a special one), I hope you’ll join us earlier in the

The Zac Brown Band made the front page of USA Today’s Life section this week but it could have just as easily been the business section. The piece offered a look at some of the band’s goals and visions which read like a “how-to” on how to please the fans you have and grow by

Thank you, Gerry House. For 3 decades you’ve showed us how to craft shows that compel listeners to be willing, habitual consumers. Content “foundations” of the House Foundation included a balance of humor and heart-tuggers, country and mass appeal content, authoritative and self-deprecating content, and stories that were both personal and universal. Shows were peppered with memorable stories and (sometimes) improbable characters that rang

If you only look at the AQH Persons composition, you could write country off as an older-appeal format. Yes, the largest AQH cell is clearly 45-54 and yes, the 18+ AQH composition ranges from a low of 9.7% 18-24 to a high of 21.6% 45-54. But the data released this week by the Research Director,

CRS, the Country Radio Seminar, is one of the great learning conventions. The 2011 agenda has relevant sessions no matter where you are on the “experience continuum.” Have a conversation about CRS and it won’t be long before the discussion turns to a specific panel, keynote or take-away that had a positive impact on the attendees job performance or perhaps even

Was that a great CMA Awards Show or what? Unfortunately, just like Thanksgiving dinner, there’s so much hype/anticipation/excitement/work that leads up to it that it’s over all too quickly. Just like any good holiday meal, there ought to be a few ‘left-overs.’ So in that spirit, here are my left-overs: the “Post-Show Awards.” Feel free to add your