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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Country Aircheck Today (7-1)
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Veteran programmer Buddy Scott has been named PD of CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago. He starts July 6 and succeeds Bill Gamble who left the post in March (
Within a two-day span, country fans in the New York metropolitan area will be able to enjoy two localized Country radio streams programmed by terrestrial stations. Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters' KKGO (Go Country 105)/Los Angeles announced today it will debut a 
Skyline Music Publishing founders Paul Worley, Wally Wilson and Glen Morgan have officially launched Skyville Records. "This label is a natural extension of the artist development that we have always done," Worley says. "It makes more sense now than ever as the music industry must create new ways of doing business." Producers Worley (Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum) and Wilson (Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill) and attorney Morgan formed Skyline six years ago. Skyville staff includes Head/Ops-Administration Katie Voorhis, Mgr./Tour Ops Tristan Lora, Mgr./New Media-Marketing Padget Crossman, A&R-Administraion Paige Conners, Exec. Assist./Financial Peggy Fernandez and Mgr./Studio Ops Jeremy Witt. Nine North Pres. Larry Pareigis and his team will coordinate all national radio promotion for the imprint. Stealing Angels' "He Better Be Dead" is the first single, with a July 12 add date. Skyville is located at 2603 Westwood Dr., Nashville, TN and can be reached at 615-320-7052 or by email at firstname@skynash.com. 
Arbitron National PPM Account Mgr. Jeff Davidson will join Citadel Broadcasting as Dir./Media Strategy July 6 based in Pittsburgh, reporting to VP/Programming Scott Shannon. In the newly created post, he will supervise research projects across the company's terrestrial radio, network and digital platforms while overseeing critical sales and programming objectives. Davidson spent five years at Arbitron, where he specialized in Citadel properties. He began his radio career on-air at WKYE-FM/Johnstown, PA in 2000 and has held sales, programming and management posts with Forever Broadcasting and CBS Radio. Reach Davidson 
Guaranty's WYPY/Baton Rouge OM Dave Dunaway tells Country Aircheck morning co-host Michelle Crawford has exited the station due to budget cuts. Morning co-host Scott Robb is now helming mornings solo. Crawford's four years at 'YPY included stints in middays and as webmaster. She's looking for her next opportunity and can be reached at 225-369-1115 or 
Citadel's WKHX/Atlanta morning teamers Cadillac Jack, Dallas McCade and Tug Cowart received a 2010 Southeast Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in the Special Event Coverage category. The trio co-hosted two segments featuring Rodney Atkins on the ABC affiliate WSB-TV/Atlanta's 2009 Salute 2 America Celebration. This is Cadillac Jack's second Emmy; he received his first in 2008 for co-hosting WSB's special Backstage At The CMA Music Festival. The morning trio will also appear on this year's 2010 Salute 2 America Celebration with Craig Morgan, airing July 4. 
BNA's Craig Morgan will co-host After MidNite with Blair Garner's three-hour, commercial-free Fourth of July radio special. Garner will chat with Morgan regarding the artist's life, music and patriotism as well as airing country hits and holiday-relevent songs. More info on this market-exclusive broadcast can be found 
Jim Sexton's Talk WKVL-AM/Knoxville has flipped to Classic Country, according to the Blount Today. “The 850 kHz is the old original WIVK frequency and permits 50,000 watts to be used on a daytime-only basis,” Sexton told the paper. “This makes for the most powerful daytime AM station in East Tennessee.” The station's on-air lineup consists of radio vets Bob Lewellyn, Eddie Beacon and Tee Blackman as well as newcomer Tim Byrd. Read more 
Arista's Brooks & Dunn restart their Last Rodeo Tour July 16, following a three-week hiatus forced by Ronnie Dunn's doctor-prescribed vocal rest. The duo has added stops in Oklahoma City (8/20), Little Rock (8/21) and Holmdel, NJ (8/28). Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert will appear on select shows. Get a complete list of dates 
Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn will perform Saturday (7/3) at the Loretta Lynn Ranch as part of the attraction's re-opening after area flooding shuttered the property for the first time in May. Details and view flood pictures 
The RIAA has issued gold certification for Blake Shelton f/Trace Adkins' single "Hillbilly Bone." 
Our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of singer/songwriter Joshua Ragsdale, who succumbed to CML leukemia this morning (7/1). He was 32. Ragsdale summed up his life in his Sony/ATV Publishing bio: "I was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi. Son to a Pentecostal preacher and a great cookin' Mama. I'm a Vanderbilt-appointed spiritual advisor on Death Row. Had my back broken by a horse, my neck broken by a Dodge. Been bitten by 3 snakes including a copperhead and cottonmouth. I've played polo with the Atlanta Polo Club, trained with a SWAT team, caddied for Davis Love III, sang on the Grand Ole Opry, hugged Andy Griffith, worn a bite suit for Police K-9 training, was baptized in the Mississippi River, kissed Wynonna Judd and helped Little Jimmy Dickens take down his Christmas lights." Information on services is incomplete at this time. 
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