Performance to honor Brooks & Dunn

(Nashville, TN – Feb. 16, 2010) Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. has announced Dierks Bentley will perform at the 2010 Country Music DJ and Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Nashville Convention Center.

Bentley will perform an acoustic tribute to Brooks & Dunn, who will receive CRB’s Career Achievement Award at the ceremony and dinner held inside the Convention Center Ballroom (Rooms 204-206).  The legendary duo plan to retire after their “Last Rodeo” tour ends in August 2010.

A longtime fan of Brooks & Dunn, Bentley traveled Down Under to tour with the pair in May 2009 on their Australian tour.  On the closing night of their tour in Sydney, both Brooks & Dunn and Bentley were awarded the CMA’s International Artist Achievement Award for their contributions to Country music outside the United States.

“Kix and Ronnie are the original modern day honkytonkers.  A lot of acts playing down on Lower Broadway try to emulate those guys,” said Bentley. “When we toured together, I watched their show every night from side-stage in total awe of the number of hits they’ve had and what they’ve built over the last few decades.  They’ve done it all.  I still can’t believe they’re about to retire.  In true B&D fashion, I have no doubt they’ll go out in a BIG way and leave us wanting more.  I’m honored the CRB asked me to help recognize them and their huge contribution to our format.”

Adds R.J. Curtis, Chairman of the Country Music DJ and Radio Hall of Fame, “Dierks Bentley is one of Country’s brightest young stars, and an artist that certainly appreciates the legacy that Brooks & Dunn has left for others to follow.  We expect Dierks to give an entertaining and fitting performance as we honor Brooks & Dunn with our Career Achievement Award.”

Bill Bailey, Laurie DeYoung and Rudy Fernandez are this year’s 2010 Country Music DJ inductees, while Cy Blumenthal, Dan Halyburton and Michael Hammond will be inducted into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame.  Charlie Cook will receive the CRB President’s Award.

Ticket prices for the Hall of Fame ceremony are $90 for CRS registrants.  Non-registrant advance tickets are $100, and the on-site rate is $125.  Tickets are on sale now at www.CRB.org.

The Country Music DJ Hall of Fame (founded in 1974) is dedicated to the recognition of those individuals who have made significant contributions to the Country radio industry over a 20-year period.  Induction into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame (founded in 2000) follows the same 20-year criteria.

Tickets are available for invited guests of inductees, sponsors and Country Radio Seminar registrants.  Contact the CRB office at 615-327-4487 for updated ticket information and availability.

About CRB:
The Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 1969 to bring radio broadcasters from around the world together with the Country Music Industry to ensure vitality and promote growth in the Country Radio format.  More information may be obtained at: www.crb.org or at the CRB office at 615-327-4487.

Battle in Seattle on dvd (Nashville, TN – July 8, 2009) Nashville-based dance club promotion company, Marco Club Connection, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, highlighted by recent campaigns with Reba McEntire, Dierks Bentley, Jack Ingram and Blake Shelton.

A division of secondary radio promotion company, Marco Promotions, Club Connection has developed successful marketing campaigns for such high-profile artists as Toby Keith, The Zac Brown Band, Trace Adkins, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich and Joey + Rory, among others. A new, exclusive dance mix of Reba McEntire’s “I Want a Cowboy” will be released through Club Connection on Tuesday. Dierks Bentley’s hit single “Sideways” is currently topping the charts at No. 1, and in April the company released three different dance remixes for Gloriana’s breakthrough single “Wild at Heart.”

“Dance venues are an important, but often overlooked, element to an artist’s success,” says Club Connection Venue Marketing Specialist Bobbe Morhiser. “We have an upper hand when it comes to breaking new music, even before it gets radio airplay, because club DJs want and need the hottest new music before anyone else. It helps establish a more immediate connection with Country music consumers, and that’s something every artist wants.”

Club Connection’s annual Top Ten Country Dance Club Hits tracks and reports the most played and most requested songs in venues and by instructors across the country. Chart-toppers from the last three years include Alan Jackson’s “Good Time” (2008), Josh Turner’s “Firecracker” (2007) and Steve Holy’s “Brand New Girlfriend” (2006). The company currently promotes dance remixes and singles to more than 220 clubs and dance instructors across the country.

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“We knew that was a single that might not work at radio, but one fans would love and respond to given the chance to hear it,” says Shelia Shipley Biddy, President of Stringtown Records. “Club Connection developed a dance contest in the clubs that resulted in immediate downloads on the song. It continues to be the No. 2 most downloaded track from John Michael’s Time Flies CD, which I can directly attribute to that promotion. Club Connection provided us with a way to reach his fans directly, and the fans responded.”

Club Connection also held its first-ever dance club tour in 2008. Every weekend for nearly two months, Morhiser visited venues along the East coast and throughout the South, hosting meet and greets with club patrons and introducing artists to venue DJs.

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About Marco Club Connection:
Marco Club Connection specializes in dance club promotion in nightclubs and dance venues across the country, maintaining a national database of more than 220 venues and world-renowned dance instructor contacts. Club Connection reaches more than 200,000 club patrons each weekend, and extensive 12-week marketing blitzes directly market music to more than 2 million club goers. Ranging from product distribution to full marketing and promotion initiatives, Club Connection provides full-service dance club promotion campaigns in a powerful niche market. For more information, visit: www.MarcoClubConnection.com.

(Nashville, TN – March 24, 2009)  Legendary Nashville radio station 650AM WSM will continue its “Intimate Evening” series on Monday, April 6 with the star of “Always… Patsy Cline,” Mandy Barnett.

Hosted by night-time personality Eddie Stubbs, the show will feature one-on-one interviews with both singer Barnett and Cline’s widower, special guest Charlie Dick.

“Our ‘Intimate Evening’ series with Eddie Stubbs is a rare opportunity for WSM listeners to get up close and personal with the legends and superstars that we play on the air,” says WSM Program Director Joe Limardi.  “You can’t buy tickets to this series, so the only way to see the show is to win passes over the air or online through our website.”

The April 6 show with Mandy Barnett will broadcast live from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. CST at the Ford Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn.  It will also be available for online streaming at the WSM website, www.WSMonline.com.

WSM’s “Intimate Evening” series is a monthly program that first began broadcasting in November 2005.  Previous artists that have appeared on the series include Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Porter Wagoner and more.

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About WSM:

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650 AM WSM’s first official broadcast day was October 5, 1925.  The Nashville-based station is the radio home for the Grand Ole Opry, which has been broadcast live over the airwaves on WSM since its inception.  The 50,000-watt, low frequency station can be picked up in 38 states on 650 AM and heard worldwide at www.WSMonline.com.