Issue 514 august 29, 2016

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August 29 2016, Issue 514

2016 Fantasy Label Draft

The script got flipped on the fourth annual Country Aircheck Fantasy Label Draft. Each year, we assemble a crosssection of Country radio pros to draft, fantasy football-style, a team of artists and label execs. And each year, to this point anyway, the early picks are devoted to the format’s biggest stars. Not this time around... First things first, the final tally from the 2015 draft is in and the winner is ... wait for it ... [Ed. Note: There is no tally. There is no scoring system. This is an arbitrary call by the author.] ... Team Bruce Logan Christi Brooks comprised of Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, A Thousand Horses, Chris Lane, Mike Dungan and Jon Loba. See all last year’s teams, including incredibly close runner-up Team Charlie Cook here. Now, let’s meet the 2016 team owners: KKBQ/Houston APD/MD Christi Brooks, KUPL/Portland MD Danny Dwyer, WUBB/ Savannah, GA morning host Tim Leary, KMLE/Phoenix VP/Programming Tim Danny Dwyer Richards, iHeartCountry man-of-many titles Gregg Swedberg and WIVK/Knoxville PD Nikki Thomas. Each is charged with drafting six team members: Female Artist, Male, Duo/Group, President, VP/Promotion and Rookie – an artist who has never had a No. 1 single. “First off, I want to thank Country Aircheck for feeding my unnatural obsession with Tim Leary fantasy sports,” Swedberg said. “I prepared tirelessly, creating charts and mock drafts attempting to cover every possible (continued on page 8)

Don’t Care Package: Valory’s Justin Moore in Atlanta for Brantley Gilbert’s Take It Outside Tour stop. Pictured are (l-r) WKHX’s Scott Lindy, the label’s Ashley Sidoti, Moore, Ryan Michel and dad WUBL’s Brian Michel and WUBL’s Angie Ward and husband Tim Satterfield.

Do Good Reps

The tools of the trade for record company promotion staffers – tickets, backstage passes, artist access – may look like superpowers to the average fan. And while those abilities are bestowed in furthering the goals of the label and its artists, occasionally, a rep sees fit to apply them to a deserving mortal. Damon Moberly Faced with conniving star chasers, those decisions can be perilous, as Mercury VP/Promotion Damon Moberly knows too well. "You get a lot of crazies," he says. "People feigning cancer to get close to artists. We just had one with a girl who was thought to have been abducted in Pennsylvania. A friend wanted to get a message to Shania, the missing girl's favorite artist. And it ended up being a hoax."

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