June 5, 2017, Issue 553
Meet Boston’s David Corey
Named PD for Beasley’s WKLB/Boston last week, David Corey is going home to the city after more than a decade in Canada. He spoke with Country Aircheck about programming Country for the first time. CA: How did you get into radio? DC: When I was growing up here, my favorite station was Kiss 108 [Top 40 WXKS]. I just called them one day asking if they were looking for interns, came in for an interview, started interning and stayed. I worked my way up – on-air mix show DJ, Asst. MD, MD, APD and then PD. I called my favorite radio station and ended up working there for 22 years. I moved to Toronto in late 2006 and became PD for Hot AC CHUM-FM, then about a year later became VP/Programming for what became Bell Media. Did you oversee any Country stations? Yeah, I was overseeing programming for all 105 stations, of which nine were Country. Now David Corey there are 12. So even though I never programmed a Country station day-to-day, I worked with our Country programming team and got to know the format really well. As a matter of fact, I managed a country artist in Canada for about six years, which also brought me close to the format. Over that time I got to know the artists very well – not just the Canadian artists, but some from the U.S. I really started to love the format. It’s very different from what I was used to and I was so shocked to see the close working relationship between artists and radio. There was a mutual respect that you don’t generally see in other formats. So my love for Country started about seven or eight years ago. (continued on page 7)
Slow Play: MCA’s Sam Hunt with WLHK/ Indianapolis’ Fritz Moser during the first weekend of the 15 In A 30 Tour.
Hunt & Company Cruise
Our radio reporters in Ohio and Indiana chip in for team coverage on the launch of Sam Hunt’s 15 in a 30 Tour featuring Maren Morris, Chris Janson and Ryan Follese. The trek opened over the weekend with shows at Blossom Music Center in between Cleveland and Akron, and at Klipsch Music Center near Indianapolis. “Opening night for the tour was a sellout,” says WQMX/Akron PD Sue Wilson. “Selling out the opening night of a tour with three fairly
Sam Hunt
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