September 3 2019, Issue 669
Pick Six: Label Draft 2019
Seven years ago, Country Aircheck’s Fantasy Label Draft began as an entertaining forum for radio pros to chat about artists and make bold predictions for the year to come. For the first six seasons, VP/GM Chuck Aly served as commissioner and declared winners based upon a method that is just questionable enough to have come from the New England Patriots’ camp, “Chuck’s Eyeball Test.” But this is 2019, and all bets are off. No participation trophies here! What good is a game without a winner? And how do you declare a winner without a score? As a new commissioner takes the field, a painstaking analysis was done to determine a fairyet-competitive points system, which has been ratified by this year’s ownership group – KUPL/Portland’s MoJoe Roberts; KFRG/ Riverside, CA’s Heather Froglear; KRYS/Corpus Kay Manley MoJoe Roberts Christi, TX’s “Big Frank” Edwards; WGKX/Memphis’ Kay Manley; WMZQ/ Washington, DC’s Corey Calhoun; and KWEN/Tulsa’s Jenny Law. But more on that during post-game. For his final call as the Heather Corey reigning Michael Chiklis Froglear Calhoun (Am I the only one who remembers The Commish?), Aly declared Scott Ward the 2018 victor with a lineup that included Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Rich, Scott Borchetta and Royce Risser. “ “Big Frank” No surprise a good Cowboys Jenny Law Edwards
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Kind Of A Pig Deal: Premiere’s Bobby Bones, coach Chad Morris, Valory’s Justin Moore and singer/songwriter Joe Nichols (l-r) at the Arkansas Razorbacks game Saturday (8/31).
NSHoF 2019: Larry Gatlin
Spotlighting individual inductees leading up to the Oct. 14 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala continues with songwriter/artist Larry Gatlin. Performing together as The Gatlin Brothers for more than six decades, Larry, Steve and Rudy are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their ACM Single of the Year “All The Gold In California.” The majority of Larry’s mammoth catalog is solo-written, including signature songs “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)” and “Broken Lady” — which took home the Grammy for Best Country Song in 1976 — and cuts for artists including Dottie West, Larry Gatlin Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell and Roy Orbison. I was in Las Vegas auditioning for The Imperials, who needed me to work with Jimmy Dean the night after they closed
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