SiriusXM Outlaw Country Celebrates Waylon This Weekend
February 3rd, 2012
The music and legacy of Waylon Jennings will be celebrated with a satellite radio special set to air this Saturday, Feb. 4 on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country Channel 60.
The hour-long special will honor Jennings, featuring stories about the artist and tribute performances from Hank Williams Jr., Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Josh Thompson and Reggie Young. The program was recorded inside the Bridgestone Arena at the SiriusXM Music City Theatre in Nashville, and will be hosted by Outlaw Country’s Hillbilly Jim.
Clear Channel Announces iHeartRadio Music Festival : MusicRow
July 11th, 2011
Did somebody say we need another music festival? Behold, radio chain Clear Channel obliges. It’s an all-star, multi-genre event.
Clear Channel is going all in for the iHeartRadio Music Festival set for September 23-24 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two day, multi-format event claims to be “the biggest live music event in radio history.”
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Country Radio Helping in WVa Mining Disaster
April 15th, 2010
Leave it to Country Radio to get in the trenches with the people and help out where there’s need. Just like many stations have run recent fund raisers for St Jude hospital for kids with cancer, now they’re responding to the West Virginia mine disaster. As the Website All About Country puts it:
“COUNTRY Radio stations across West Virginia are stepping up to the plate in support of the families of the miners killed in the Montcoal Mine Tragedy, many working through the West Virgina Council of Churches and the Circle Of Hope….”
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