April 3, 2017, Issue 544
52nd ACMs: Radio Reacts
Country radio pros offer thoughts on last night’s (4/2) 52nd ACM Awards. WSM-FM/Nashville morning host Marty McFly: After seeing Lady A’s performance I will never use the term “band geek” again. That was great! I’m pretty sure Faith sounded amazing, but she looked so beautiful it was hard to bring me out of my “Faith haze.” They need an “I’m really damn good at everything” award for Keith Urban. WQHK/Fort Wayne PD Dave Michaels: The last few ACMs, I’ve been in the audience, and I can truthfully say that watching from home was much more comfortable. This was one of the Marty McFly better ACM Awards I’ve seen recently as far as performances went. Miranda’s performance of “Tin Man” was a highlight, as was Lady A’s “You Look Good.” My wife really liked the Backstreet Boys at the end. I really like the artists that thanked Country radio. KKBQ/Houston Dir./Operations Johnny Chiang: I thought the show was very well produced and executed. The pacing was terrific – never felt like three hours to me. My favorite parts were the Lady A incorporation of the UNLV marching band and of course Dave Michaels the FGL collaboration with the Backstreet Boys. WRBT/Harrisburg MD/mornings Nancy Ryan: Lady Antebellum literally blew me away! Amazing energy to start and then the surprise addition of Johnny Chiang another set of horns was a jaw-drop. We spoke to Brett Eldredge on Saturday and he promised Vegas style “different” and he delivered. Loved every second of it. The sheer joy of the Brothers Osborne jumping up onstage to accept their award ... Tim Nancy Ryan and Faith’s duet, the passionate kiss at the end ... (continued on page 7)
Weight Of These Wins: ACM Female Vocalist and Album honoree Miranda Lambert and team cheer her record-setting eighth consecutive Female win. Pictured (l-r) are ShopKeeper Management’s Crystal Dishmon, Sony/Nashville’s Ken Robold and Randy Goodman, Lambert, ShopKeeper Management’s Marion Kraft and Sony’s John Zarling and Steve Hodges.
ACM Quotebook
• “Whenever any of us are up for these awards, we all want to win. Everybody can come up here and blow smoke up your ass, ‘It’s just nice to be nominated.’ Whatever. I can promise you every one of them wanted to win. But we’re also friends and root for each other.” –Jason Aldean on competing for Entertainer. • “It’s basically like my diary won Album of the Year. And my dad actually had the title ‘Weight
Jason Aldean
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