Country Music Radio Industry Pics & Snapshots

veteran newsman ROBERT B. McENTIRE suits to deliver live broadcasts from the recent NALCO CHEMICAL PLANT explosion in SUGAR LAND, TX.

got a big surprise from a WGTY/YORK, PA listener when she showed off her new tattoo. Apparently the listener had met TAYLOR previously and signed her stomach, after the meeting she got the autographed tattooed to her body!!

Highway-16 MD/personality JAY THOMAS visits with one of the new stars of Country and one of the legends after recent shows in CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. JAY with BIG MACHINE artist TAYLOR SWIFT.

JAY meets Country legend, RONNIE MILSAP.

performed his latest single, "I Just Came Back (From a War)," during the AFC Championship game at the RCA DOME in INDIANAPOLIS on 1/21. Here he is with WFMS PD BOB RICHARD.

recently visited WPCV/LAKELAND, FL for an on-air visit. (L-R) MONTAGE'S MIKE WILSON, PORTER HOWELL, DEL GRAY, MONTAGE rep TED WAGNER, WPCV MD JENI TAYLOR, DWAYNE O'BRIEN, and DUANE PROPES.

and West Coast radio peeps played nice while skiing in BOISE. (L-R) KSON MD WES POE, SONYBMG's LARRY SANTIAGO, BBR's LAYNA BUNT, KQFC's RUBY CORTEZ, KDRK's RYAN DOKKE, CAPITOL's MIKE KRINIK, and MIDAS's STACY NICHOLS.

on her RIAA certified Quintuple Platinum plaque commemorating 5 million sales for her debut! Pictured here are FRONT (left to right): Ann Edelblute, 19 Management; Butch Waugh, Executive VP, Sony BMG Nashville; Iain Pirie, 19 Management; Carole Underwood (Carrie's mother); Trish Townsend, stylist; Carrie Underwood; Tom Baldrica, VP, Marketing, SBMG Nashville; Joe Galante, Chairman, SBMG Nashville; Renee Bell, Executive VP, A&R SBMG Nashville; Cindy Mabe, Sr. Director, Marketing/Artist Development, Arista Nashville; BACK (left to right): Wade Hunt, VP, Creative, SBMG Nashville; Skip Bishop, VP, National Promotion, Arista Nashville; Melissa Schleicher, hair and make-up artist; Heather McBee, Sr. Director, Digital Business/New Media, SBMG Nashville; Allen Brown, VP, Media, SBMG Nashville

paid a visit to WIVK/KNOXVILLE recently and did an on-air interview with GUNNER. (L-R) KATE, LINDSAY, GUNNER, EMILY

JASON MICHAEL CARROLL, ASHLEY MONROE, and CHRIS YOUNG recently performed for the CMA staff. (L-R) SONY BMG VP Marketing TOM BALDRICA, CMA CSO ED BENSON, CARROLL, SONY BMG Chairman JOE GALANTE, MONROE, CMA COO TAMMY GENOVESE, and YOUNG.

on WHEEL OF FORTUNE. LORRIE MORGAN is one of many stars who will be with PAT and VANNA on the famous WHEEL. (L-R) WHEEL OF FORTUNE Exec. Producer, HARRY FRIEDMAN, MORGAN and the CMA's RICK MURRAY.

spent some time with the crew of WKKO(K100)/TOLEDO recently. Front (L-R) BRIAN HAYES, JIMMY WALLACE, COLE DEGGS, SHADE DEGGS, and DAVID WALLACE Back (L-R) COLUMBIA regional promo dude CLIFF BLAKE, WKKO MD AMY DAVIS, and WKKO PD GARY SHORES.

is back in the studio to work on the follow-up to the Gold-certified Get Right with the Man. The first single is expected in MARCH and look for the CD in stores in late summer/early fall. (L-R) COLUMBIA A&R's CLAY BRADLEY, SONY BMG A&R Exec. RENEE BELL, JOHNNY VAN ZANT, DONNIE VAN ZANT and co-producer JUSTIN NIEBANK (seated)

visits the NASHVILLE local TV show, NASHVILLE MORNINGS, joining hosts CHARLIE CHASE (L), and KELLY SUTTON (R).

participated in the COUNTRY WEEKLY photo shoot promoting the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S GO RED heart health awareness. The spread will run across two pages of the FEBRUARY 12 issue, due out JANUARY 29.

stopped by to see the staff at KWNR/LAS VEGAS recently to play the morning show Birthday Bash breakfast. (L-R) DONI HARRIS, KWNR PD BROOKS O'BRIEN and TIM RUSHLOW.

made the trip south to FLORIDA recently and visited WPCV/LAKELAND. Here's Ms. PICKLER (R) chumming it up with MD/midday goddess JENI TAYLOR.

paid a visit to OKLAHOMA CITY and hung with folks from KTST and KXXY. (L-R) MD BILL REED, COLE DEGGS, SHADE DEGGS, JIMMY WALLACE, DAVID WALLACE, BRIAN HAYES and PD TOM TRAVIS

and WARNER BROS stud muffin BLAKE SHELTON took part in the KPLX (99.5)/DALLAS' 12 MAN JAM recently. (L-R) MD CODY ALAN, LAMBERT and SHELTON

joins WBBS/SYRACUSE morning hosts RON and BECKY. (L-R) MONROE, OM/PD RICH LAUBER, BECKY and RON

morning guru, BILL WHYTE gets a visit from BNA star, PAT GREEN on the BILL and AMANDA morning show. (L-R) STATT MAN, AMANDA ORLANDO, PAT, BILL WHYTE, and DAN VAN.

PD, BRAD AUSTIN with BIG MACHINE artist, TAYLOR SWIFT before a recent in-store appearance in YORK, which drew over 2,000 WGTY listeners.

visits with the staff at KBEQ/KANSAS CITY recently. (L-R) BIG MACHINE's CHRIS BORCHETTA, KBEQ's ZEKE, DUSTY DRAKE, KBEQ's JILLIAN and PD, MIKE KENNEDY.

with RANDY JACKSON of AMERICAN IDOL fame, together in the studio. RANDY is co-producing with TRITT for his upcoming CATEGORY-5 project, to be released this summer.

stopped by KUPL/PORTLAND and performed an acoustic set for 10 lucky winners for a KUPL, 'Meet and Eat,' show. Here's KELLIE with APD/MD RICK 'BUBBA' TAYLOR (L) and JOHNNY 'I used to be real good at returning calls' PAUL.

midday queen NIKKI LANDRY with her puppy dog, BENTLEY, named after DIERKS.

(center), holding a guitar that was recently auctioned off for MAKE-A-WISH. Flanking her are the winning bidders of the guitar, which was also signed by KEVIN SHARP. Left is KELLY GODFREY and right is RICHARD BAKER.

performed her hit, "You'll Always Be My Baby," on GOOD MORNING AMERICA on ABC-TV on JAN. 10th. From L-R: ROBIN ROBERTS, SARA, DIAANE SAWYER, and CHRIS CUOMO.

visited the JONES RADIO NETWORKS offices to hang with LIA and DANNY WRIGHT. In honor of her debut single, "Red High Heels," the entire staff dressed in red! THE LIA SHOW's HANK AARON, PICKLER, WRIGHT

PICKLER and LIA

recently appeared on CBS' The EARLY SHOW to surprise VIRGINIA 'GINGER' HUEY, a single mother of three and a huge Country music fan, with a dream trip to next year's ACM AWARDS in LAS VEGAS. She also presented GINGER with her very own 'Red High Heels' to hit the stores with. (L-R) Kellie Pickler, Virgina "Ginger" Huey, Sazannah Huey, Shannon Huey, Sarah Harrison and Hannah Storm

was recently honored by SONY BMG NASHVILLE for the group's recent album, Alabama- Songs of Inspiration. The CD debuted at #1 on the Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart and Top Christian/Gospel Albums Chart as well as the Top Current Contemporary Christian Chart. (L-R) VP/Mktg & Artist Development JON ELLIOT, Chairman JOE GALANTE, OWEN, Exec. VP BUTCH WAUGH and VP/Mktg. TOM BALDRICA

afternooner DANGER FROG recently embarked on a TACO BELL tour. DANGER interviewed health officials about the symptoms of e.coli and what precautions that they can take. Pictured here is DANGER FROG (L) with FROGGY and a couple of TACO BELL's finest.

and R&B legend SAM MOORE recently performed their duet "Riding Thumb" on the LATE LATE SHOW. (L-R) TRITT, host CRAIG FERGUSON and MOORE

WNCY/GREEN BAY/APPLETON/OSHKOSH APD/MD STIX FRANKLIN shows off his CHRISTMAS present, brand new baby boy TANNER. Congrats STIX!

PD JAY CRUZE spends some quality time with MONTGOMERY GENTRY before their NEW YEAR'S EVE show at RUPP ARENA. (L-R) CRUZE, EDDIE MONTGOMERY, CRUZE's friend EDDIE, TROY GENTRY and COLUMBIA's STAN MARCZEWSKI

at a stop in Lancaster, SC. JULIE ROBERTS (center), receives the USC LANCASTER ROTARACT ALUMNUS AWARD, in her hometown of LANCASTER. Other GAC tour-mates from L-R: SCOTT REEVES (BLUE COUNTY), DEANA CARTER, AARON BENWARD (BLUE COUNTY), STEVE AZAR, ROBERTS and BUCKY COVINGTON.

headlined NASHVILLE'S GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER to ring in the NEW YEAR. (L-R) ARISTA VP Nat'l Promo SKIP BISHOP, KIX BROOKS, BNA labelmate KELLIE PICKLER, RONNIE DUNN, SONY BMG Exec VP BUTCH WAUGH, Chairman JOE GALANTE, and Exec VP A&R RENEE BELL.

morning stud TOMMY C of the "FROGMEN IN THE MORNING," reported great success with the local firefighters, 'SPARK OF LOVE TOY DRIVE.' The station auctioned off two packages: Package 1 featured a PLAYSTATION 3 and a TMX ELMO and Package 2 included a TMX ELMO and a CMA LES PAUL autographed guitar. In the final five minutes of the drive, local business owner LARRY STEWART stepped up, outbidding everyone with $8,000 for Package 1 and $5,500 for Package 2, a total of $13,500, going to help kids in the area have a brighter CHRISTMAS. By the way, last year Mr. STEWART was no SCROOGE either, donating over $10,000 for an X-BOX 360. (L-R) Morning Producer JB, FROGMAN SCOTT, LARRY STEWART, FROGMAN TOMMY C.

paid a surprise visit to the fans at the UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY versus EASTERN KENTUCKY basketball game on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30th. As is UK tradition, EDDIE helped the cheerleaders spell KENTUCKY in between quarters. Here he is showing off his skills with the letter "Y".

midday goddess KAREN WEST with COLUMBIA artist ASHLEY MONROE.

with the staff of KRYS/CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. From L-R: COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME's SHADE DEGGS, JIMMY WALLACE, COLE DEGGS, KRYS PD BIG FRANK EDWARDS, and the band's DAVID WALLACE and BRIAN HAYES.

OM/PD MIKE CULOTTA and MD JAY ROBERTS hang with superstar ALAN JACKSON during the final stop of his 2006 tour. (L-R) CULOTTA, JACKSON and ROBERTS

COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME call on the folks at DIAL GLOBAL'S VALENCIA, CA studios. (L-R) COLUMBIA West Coast Regional LARRY SANTIAGO, SHADE DEGGS, DAVID WALLACE, BIG TIME SATURDAY NIGHT host WHITNEY ALLEN, JIMMY WALLACE, COLE DEGGS, BRIAN HAYES and DIAL GLOBAL 24/7 Hot Country PD DAVID FELKER

at CMT. (L-R) CHRIS GIGABEE, ABBY ABBONDANZA, CMT's JOE ZANGER and DAVE CRAMER.

morning stars KELLY & MUDFLAP recently received a visit from BNA Records artist KELLIE PICKLER. The former AMERICAN IDOL contestant received a phone call from the one and only SIMON COWELL while on-air. Here's a couple of shots from the festivities. KELLY, KELLIE & MUDFLAP

KELLY, KELLIE & MUDFLAP

fronts BNA group LONESTAR during a 12/6 benefit in CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. LONESTAR lead singer RICHIE McDONALD was unable to make the show due to complications from a recent back surgery and GRACIN stepped up to fill in.

recently held their annual 10 MAN JAM acoustic show recently and such great acts as CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED, GARY ALLAN, RANDY ROGERS BAND, DREW WOMACK and LEE ANN WOMACK. (L-R) DREW WOMACK, ALLAN, INGRAM, LEE ANN WOMACK and ROGERS

celebrated his RIAA Gold certification of his debut album, "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" recently in NASHVILLE. (L-R) ARISTA'S BRYAN FRASHER, producer JEFFREY STEELE, ARISTA's SKIP BISHOP and CINDY MABE, FITZERALD HARTLEY'S TERRY ELAM, ANDERSON, SONY BMG'S JOE GALANTE, RENEE BELL, BUTCH WAUGH, and EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING'S GARY OVERTON

hosted a private listener party and acoustic concert with GRETCHEN WILSON recently. Fifty lucky listeners enoyed the show and got a sneak preview of her new album at the SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL. (L-R) Special events manager for the HARD ROCK MICHELLE SCHUMACHER, WQYK afternoon guy DAVE McKAY, WILSON, FOX affiliate WTVT CHARLEY BELCHER, WQYK OM MIKE CULOTTA, and COLUMBIA/NASHVILLE VP/Promotions LARRY PAREIGIS

just celebrated his album, "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll," going Gold. Pictured here looking very dapper from L-R are: CITADEL NASHVILLE WKDF Market Manager DAVE KELLY, KEITH and the very handsome VP/Promotions SKIP BISHOP.

brought his FAMILY CHRISTMAS TOUR to IDAHO FALLS CIVIC CENTER in IDAHO FALLS, ID recently. During the show RAYE enlisted the help of 12 local children, dressed as their favorite dog brres, to join him in "The 12 Dogs of CHRISTMAS." Here is COLLIN surrounded by his new friends!

hooked up with ALAN JACKSON recently while at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new condo development. JACKSON is set to become a part time PANAMA CITY resident since he has purchased one of the condos. WPAP morning co-host TOM LEWIS, JACKSON and co-host DR. SHANE COLLINS

WPAP Promo Dir. BEN BENNETT, JACKSON and promo goddess LIZ GOSHERT

enjoyed a moment with HALL COMMUNICATIONS Country WPCV/LAKELAND-WINTER HAVEN, FL MD JENI TAYLOR and her husband BOBBY at his TAMPA show recently.

with CITADEL Country WKDF afternoon stud STUNT BOY JUSTIN at a recent concert for TOYS FOR TOTS in MUSIC CITY. The sold-out show raised over $10,000 for the organization. (L-R) NASHVILLE PREDATORS mascot GNASH, KEITH ANDERSON and STUNT BOY.

JIMMY WAYNE, DANIELLE PECK and TAYLOR SWIFT gave their time recently to help the U.S. MARINE CORP. RESERVE TOYS FOR TOTS program. All three performed a set at the CHUMASH CASINO and RESORT in SANTA YNEZ, CA during a show presented by KRAZ, KSNI and KKJG. Over $26,000 was raised! (L-R) WAYNE, PECK, BIG MACHINE CEO SCOTT BORCHETTA and SWIFT