Country Aircheck Weekly (6/26)

June 26, 2023, Issue 864

Q&A: Behind The First AI Jock

On June 13, Alpha Top 40 KBFF/Portland, OR introduced its new midday host, AI Ashley. The first-ever “AI jock” is the synthesized voice of sister Top 40 WKHQ PD/morning host “Ashley Z” Elzinga, who’d previously been voicetracking the shift. Country Aircheck spoke with Alpha EVP/Content Phil Becker about the decision to launch an AI personality, how it works, and what the future of AI radio might hold.

CA: How long has this been in the works?

PB: We started dabbling with this when ChatGPT was opened to the public last November. We’ve been looking at what it can do, what it can’t do, what we’re comfortable and what we’re not. So it took about seven months.

How does AI Ashley work?

It’s a series of products starting with Futuri’s TopicPulse, which has an interface with ChatGPT-4 to read articles and rewrite them. We ingest that into the RadioGPT software. You can tell it, “Take this article and write it in a longform, in bullet points, as a social post, or in an overthe-air fashion.” After that data is in the software, Ashley’s synthesized voice reads stories, we get to see that in text fashion and hear it in audio fashion, then decide if we want to hit the next activator – the automation system, Futuri’s Echo. You can use an out-of-the-box AI voice, but we decided to make a synthesized version of Ashley Z, so we keep her on the team, pay her as we’ve always paid her, and use the voice that’s already trusted on the station.

Does the AI recognize that a Taylor Swift song is coming up and inject something about her?

Yes, it absolutely sees there’s a Taylor song coming up, goes back into TopicPlus, looks for the most meaningful and immediate Taylor Swift stories from around the world, generates the script and takes the synthesized voice that goes into the automation over the ramp of the Taylor song. It also has the intelligence to recognize the song has a 17 second intro, so it will alter the length of the story to post the vocal.

The AI will do as much or as little as you allow it. How many personalities take the time to say, “Let me find the 25 most relevant Taylor stories in this moment” and adjust their content accordingly?

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Long Slot Summer: Capitol’s Keith Urban

Kurt Johnson (l) and the label’s Chris Schuler residency. Country Aircheck talks country residencies and more in the upcoming summer print issue.

Tour Launch: Eric Church

Eric Church opened The Outsiders Revival Tour Thursday night (6/22) at Milwaukee, WI’s Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater. iHeartMedia WMIL/Milwaukee PD/APD/MD/afternoon personality Shanna “Quinn” Cudeck was among the radio personnel in attendance, and she tells Country Aircheck what others can expect on Church’s 35-date outing.

“The place erupted when he walked onstage,” she says of the crowd of 20,000-plus. The production is purposefully understated to complement Church’s rock band style. “It’s not a super-flashy stage, but in a good way,” she continues. “He doesn’t need it with his energy!”

Even after telling the audience that he was slightly under-the-weather, Church performed 23 songs over the course

Phil Becker

of more than two hours. This outing, his band features a three-piece horn section and three backing singers. The set list will vary at each stop, and in Milwaukee included “Homeboy,” “Smoke A Little Smoke,” “Heart Like A Wheel,” “Where I Wanna Be” and the new arrangement of “Drink In My Hand,” which he recently debuted at Nashville’s CMA Fest

Says Cudeck, “I posted a video on my TikTok and Instagram of him performing ‘Heart On Fire’ and that was my favorite memory. His intensity and love for what he does shines through every time I see him play. He never takes it for granted.“

Elle King opened, performing her new song, “Without You,” which was released Friday (6/23). “People were pleasantly surprised when they heard her hits, as she’s not super well-known to the average country listener,” says Cudeck.

Prior to the show, Church welcomed radio friends and guests to a private gathering. “It was a bar set up with his new whiskey,” she adds. “His personal playlist was playing, and a Nelly Furtado song popped on … we learned from the man himself that he loves the song ‘Give It To Me.’ Quite the plot twist!” Church closed the night with an unplanned second encore.

With Summerfest’s numerous stages and performances, fireworks and amusement rides, “It was a party!” Cudeck sums.

–Sarah Skates

My Pride Story: Al Farb

In a continuation of Country Aircheck’s Country Pride series, Cumulus KSCS/Dallas APD/MD/Afternoon host Al Farb shares his coming out story and how living authentically gave him confidence both on and off the air.

I was 25 when I fully accepted myself.

I started to very slowly tiptoe out of the closet — first to friends, then family members, with the last one being the hardest for me, my dad. He found out I was gay by a mutual family friend who mentioned, “Oh, I met Al and his boyfriend.” I woke up to a text the next morning with a message every gay man wants from his father: he supports and loves me for who I am. It was like a weight had been lifted. When you’re lying to the people you love and interact with on a normal basis, it really takes a toll on your mental health.

I was the morning show producer at KKBQ/Houston and Bruce [Logan] was the new PD at our competitor, KILT. Somebody said Bruce was gay, not knowing I was as well. Without even knowing or meeting him, he gave me courage. All I knew was that he’s running a Country station in Texas – or any major market Country station – and he’s accepted by his peers and the music community. It wasn’t very long after that I invited my boyfriend to a station event and the only reaction I remember getting was from my boss at the time, Johnny Chiang, who goes, “Well Al, it’s about damn time.” Apparently my poker face wasn’t as good as I thought it was. All of the scary moments I built up in my head never ever happened at all.

The longer I was on the air in Houston and eventually Dallas, the less restrictive I’ve been. I’m not not-out, but I’m not out either. Even if I were straight, my role isn’t really to talk about my personal life in that way. Things come up from time to time, but I’ll use general terms like “we do this,” “we bought a house” or “we went to see this movie.” Gage is on my arm at every event possible, including station events with listeners, and I’ve had people either ask or I’ve introduced him. I’ve gotten no pushback, no

Summer Guest: Cudeck surprises boyfriend Zach (l) with a Church meet and greet at Summerfest.

Al Farb

Kevin Fogerty, Bruce Logan and Farb (l-r)

awkward moments, negative comments or emails to the radio station.

I’m trying to be representative of our community while still understanding our audience. If I were to come out on the air today, “By the way, I’m gay and here’s Morgan Wallen.” Somebody might look at that and say, “Okay, well, I don’t listen to you because you’re gay, straight, Christian, Jewish or anything. I listen because I want an escape from my hectic workday, to listen to the music  I love and maybe win some concert tickets.” That’s where people sometimes get confused, especially in our format.

After TJ Osborne came out, I was interviewing him at the ACM Awards and, at the end, said, “By the way, thank you so much for sharing your story.” He was like, “I just knew you as Al the Country radio guy. Now I know you as Al the Country radio guy who’s very successful, who also happens to be gay.” You’ve got to really look inside and love yourself so that you can be your authentic self. Now more than ever, if radio’s going to be anything, it needs to be authentic, especially with AI knocking on our door. If you’re not being your true self then you’re not delivering the best possible version of yourself on the air either.

The culture Cumulus’ Mary Berner has created is supportive – not just of the LGBTQI+ community, but for women and minorities. I’ve always felt supported by the PDs, our GM Dan Bennett, at the corporate level with Doug Hammond and Brian Phillips, all the way up to Mary.

At its core, Country music is about real life – relatable human experiences that transcend the labels society has placed on us. That’s what it’s all about.

—Al Farb, as told to Caitlin DeForest

Chart Chat

Congratulations to Jordan Davis, Miranda McDonald, David Friedman and the MCA promotion team on taking “Next Thing You Know” to No. 1. This is Davis’ sixth chart-topper and his fastest rising single, reaching the pinnacle

10 weeks faster than any of his prior releases. Songwriters are Chase McGill, Greylan James, Josh Osborne and Davis.

Kudos to Stacy Blythe and the Big Loud crew on racking up 75 adds for Morgan Wallen ’s “Everything I Love” to lead the CA/ MB Add Board. This is the largest single add week to date for Wallen, eclipsing his previous record of 65 for the first week of “Wasted On You” in March 2022.

OFF THE RECORD

Big Loud’s Jake Owen goes Off (The Record) about his new album, Loose Cannon :

I’ve definitely got a few more grays on my chin since Greetings from … Jake, but hopefully I’ve gotten a little wiser and smarter. Hopefully I’ve become more humble, grateful, at peace with my life and thankful for the fact I still get to do this for a living. I’m still living a dream after almost 20 years of chasing it.

I’ve always been a “best song wins” kind of guy. On my early records, I wrote everything. For this one, I’ve really enjoyed the process of finding songs I’m a fan of, interpreting them in my own way and delivering them. Some of my favorite artists of all time did the same: Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Alan Jackson. All are great writers and can write great songs, but the majority of hits they had were from these incredible songwriters in Nashville. I enjoyed digging into that well. I plan to put out a record with just my songs – hopefully soon.

The title track is my favorite on the album, just from a standpoint of what it says. I am a loose cannon, so it parallels my life really well. When I sing it, it feels like me. I’m grateful for the rocks and the anchors that hold me down and bring me back to reality in those times when I’m becoming the loose cannon.

My buddy Jordan Davis sent me a song called “Somewhere South With Rum” awhile ago that I’m really, really proud of, and I hope he is too. He flattered me when he said, “We wrote this song for you and you have to record it.” I’m a beach guy, so being somewhere south with rum resonates well ... but I also know the feeling of love lost and wishing you had it back. It’s a really cool way of saying it.

“Solo, Solo” is just a good, fun drinking song. I really love that tune, and I think a lot of people out there will, too.

I don’t think there are enough songs about friendships [like “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink Alone”]. I’m lucky to have some awesome friends who’d be there for me in a heartbeat, and I would be there for them the same way.

JAKE OWEN

Jordan Davis

Y’all Means All: Brothers Osborne’s TJ (l) and John Osborne (r) with Farb and Gage Picotte.

House Of God: RCA’s Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown and team celebrate No. 1 “ Thank God,” the latter ’ s inaugural chart topper, at the Browns’ home in Nashville.

News & Notes

Michael Christenson has been appointed Entravision CEO, effective July 1.

The BMI Foundation presented the inaugural Dolly Parton Songwriters Award to Macy Dot Neal for her song “Texas, Tennessee.”

The third season of Big Kenny’s Crank It Up Garage will debut June 29 at 9:30pm CT on Circle Network

Single day tickets for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix (Aug. 4-6) are on sale now.

A Covenant Knight at the Grand Ole Opry House will take place Aug. 7 featuring Old Dominion, Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean Proceeds benefit The Covenant School Community Fund. Tickets on sale June 30 at 10am CT.

Q&A: Behind The First AI Jock

(continued from page 1)

Are we doing that much prep as an industry? If you have someone who’s voicetracking, they probably cut that break hours or even days

beforehand. This can generate the content for a break, down to 60 seconds before it airs.

What happens when a local emergency or breaking event occurs?

There is a secondary text-to-speech feature that allows the PD to write any immediately relevant text. You can write out the break, send it to the AI voice and load it into the system. However, AI doesn’t know that I-5 being shut down is more significant than a traffic light out downtown. Until that story has become part of the online conversation, it’s not going to have the ability to talk about it. That’s why we chose to experiment with this on one station in one daypart. That’s also why we made sure not to use it as a replacement for a human being. I can›t put my or my company’s initials on a larger rollout because it can’t do that.

Some might have experimented with this under the radar. Why did you start on-air?

Putting this on in a meaningful daypart on a meaningful station means getting to the answers, next steps and dos-and-don’ts faster.

This technology is moving so quickly that I didn’t want to be behind where the industry will be. You should tell the audience what you’re doing – freely disclose that it is AI. The general population doesn’t think this is new. They have smart speakers or ask Siri for information, which are the same technologies behind RadioGPT.

What has the listener reaction been?

There was a vocal group that says, “ The Simpsons predicted this, the robots are taking over,” and thinks it’s witty to be the 29th person to email the Terminator/Sarah Connor meme. We did some research about which formats are the most and least accepting of this idea; Top 40 was very accepting.

We did an ask-me-anything with Ashley, and listeners only wanted to know when the next Taylor Swift giveaway was. If we’d put this on in another market, with another format and target demo, the reaction would have been different, but in this case, they didn’t have any questions. I would not recommend AI for every station though; this is not one size fits all.

What would you say to skeptics?

This is an opportunity for radio to be in conversations about media content and revenue, where it hasn’t been of late. Spotify, Apple Music and DSPs are asking, “What can we learn from radio that we can apply to our business to grow it?” I’m asking, “What can we learn from the tech world that we can apply to our business?”

When’s the last time people had this many conversations about anything on terrestrial radio? It used to be that our job as programmers was to capture attention. We’ve had so little positive attention that we almost don’t know how to react to it. Yes, we know this is a spirited conversation, but we’re excited that there’s conversation.

There’s a famous quote by futurist Rishad Tobaccowala: “The

future will not fit in the containers of the past.” If we want to keep this industry viable, relevant, and thriving, why are we trying to put it in the box that it used to be in?

Where do you see AI by the end of the year?

You’ll see a rapid adoption in the next couple of months. People will start to say, “If I can have an AI personality instead of just segues and sweepers, that’s probably a better option.” You will see clients asking radio stations if they can clone their voice, so they don’t have to come in to cut commercials. You will see AI doing features and interviews with artists, and you’ll see an entirely AI station by the end of the year.

–Chris Huff

AVAILABLE JOBS

MIDWEST

Ingstad/Thief River Falls, MN VP/ Broadcasting Jake Weber is looking for a GM to oversee the cluster that includes Country KKDQ & Classic Country KKAQ-AM. Send résumés and cover letters to Weber here

Federated WBYT/South Bend, IN PD Jesse Garcia is on the hunt for a morning host to succeed Zach Miller. Send résumés and airchecks to Garcia here

Linder Radio KRUE/Waseca, MN is seeking a PD/afternoon host to succeed Ben Merritt. Send résumés and airchecks here

Townsquare KWYY/Casper, WY Brand Mgr./morning host Drew Kirby is seeking a cohost to join him. See the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks here

Midwest/Wausau, WI OM Jon Reilly is seeking a Brand Mgr./afternoon host for Country WDEZ. See the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Reilly here

Mountain Dog Media WFON/Fon Du Lac, WI Brand Mgr. Aaron Carreno is seeking a morning co-host to join Trace “Moose” Moustakas. Interested parties can send résumés and airchecks to Carreno here

MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/ PD Jason Addams is searching for candidates for a future, full-time on-air role. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Midwest/Fargo, ND OM Corey

“Zero” Schaffer is searching for a Brand Mgr./on-air talent to join Country KVOX. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/ PD Jason Addams is looking for an afternoon drive host. “This is not a voice -tracking opportunity,” Addams tells Country Aircheck. “Come live in beautiful Mid-Michigan! If you can shine while making the music and listeners the star, we want to hear from you.” Send résumés and airchecks to him here

NORTHEAST

Audacy/Rochester, NY VP/GM Sue Munn is looking for a Brand Mgr. for the fivestation cluster that includes Country WBEE

Complete job description and application here

Townsquare/Augusta, ME OM

Cooper Fox is searching for a morning host/ content creator to join Country WEBB. See the complete job posting and apply here

Pamal Corp. Dir./Operations & Programming Kevin Callahan is seeking a fulltime PD for Country WKLI/Albany, NY. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

Audacy Regional Brand Mgr. Chris Michaels is looking for two new on-air hosts to join WBEE/Rochester in mornings. See the complete job posting here; reach Michaels here

Pamal WKLI/Albany, NY Corp. Dir./ Operations & Programming Kevin Callahan is seeking a midday personality. Send résumés,

social media links and airchecks to him here

Community Broadcasters WLFK/ Gouverneur, NY Owner/Pres. Jim Leven is searching for a PD/morning host. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

SOUTHEAST

Forever EVP/Programming, Digital & Sales Development Jared Mims is on the hunt for a GM for the Bowling Green, KY and Glasgow, KY markets. Oversight includes Country WBVR/ Bowling Green and Classic Country WLYE/ Glasgow. See the complete job description here; send résumés here.

Mississippi Broadcaster WOKK/ Meridian, MS PD Todd Berry is searching for a live-and-local morning co-host. See the complete job posting here; send résumés, cover letters and airchecks to Berry here.

Listen Up Y’all Media/Natchez, MS Group PD Kidd Conley is looking for a fivestation APD for the cluster that includes WQNZ Send résumés, cover letters, production demos and airchecks here.

Saga Classic Country WSIG/ Harrisonburg, VA OM Brandy Lindsey is seeking a morning host to join incumbent Ivy Lee. Send résumés and airchecks to Lindsey here.

Saga WVVR/Clarksville, TN PD Mike Sanders is searching for a morning co-host. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Beasley WKML/Fayetteville, NC PD Sarah Weaver is seeking an APD/ afternoon personality. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.

Curtis WQDR/Raleigh PD Mike Biddle is searching for an APD/MD/midday personality to succeed Heather Davis. Complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Biddle here.

Cumulus/Memphis VP/MM Morgan Bohannon is searching for a PD for WGKX following the departure of Chad Heritage. According to the post, “Energy, enthusiasm and experience within the genre is a must.” See full description here

Midlands Media WUDE/Columbia, SC is searching for on-air talent with production and light engineering skills. VP/COO Marie Stover adds, “Tired of corporate radio? If you love the south, country music and serving local clients and community, let’s talk.” Send résumés and airchecks to Pres./CEO Keith Stover here.

WNGC/Athens, GA is searching for a morning host to join Haley Bartoletta. See the job posting here.

SOUTHWEST

LKCM Classic Country KTFW/Fort Worth OM Mark Phillips is seeking a midday host who can handle a “personality intensive daypart with a lot of phones, contests and appearances.” Reach him here

WEST COAST

Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Brand Mgr. Matt Sparx is hunting for a morning host. See the complete job description and apply here

Momentum KJUG/Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil is looking for an APD/midday personality. Complete job posting here; send résumés, social media profiles, mobile content, examples of past success and airchecks to McNeil here

Cumulus KSKS/Fresno, CA PD Andy Winford is seeking a morning host to join incumbent Jody Jo Mize. See the complete job posting and apply here

Buck Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA PD/ on-air talent Brent Michaels is searching for an on-air morning talent or team. See the complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Michaels here

RWPC Pres. Scott Huskey is searching for a morning host to join McKenzie River KKNU/ Eugene, OR. Send résumés and airchecks to Huskey here

Cumulus KATC/Colorado Springs, CO OM Bobby Irwin is searching for a PD/morning co-host to succeed Bo Jaxon Complete job description and application here

Audacy RVP/West Coast Programming

Scott Roddy is seeking a personality to join The Wake Up Call morning co-host Kelli Green. The complete job description and application is forthcoming.

McKenzie River KKNU/Eugene, OR

PD Jim Davis is looking for a replacement for retired morning host Tim Fox. Reach Davis here

OTHER

River House Artists Dir./Digital Strategy

Kristin Watson Byrne is looking for a Coord./Digital. Send résumés to her here

Albright & O’Malley & Brenner VP

Kenny Jay is searching for “a talent looking for their big break, or someone tired of corporate radio life who would like to settle down in California … [someone who] can have fun and entertain live and local at night.” The opportunity may include APD/MD duties as well. Send demos and resumes to Jay here

Albright & O’Malley & Brenner VP Kenny Jay is searching for a Brand Manager/prime time personality. “You must be a persuasive leader, a self-starter, have a strong desire to get things done, and have fun ... in one of the most livable cities in the US,“ he says. Three years of full-time management and on-air experience are required. Send demos and resumes to Jay here

SEEKING JOBS

•Greg Cole

Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD GCole27000@gmail.com 916-502-4734

•Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus) Former on-air talent ZimaGuy@gmail.com 401-467-6737

•”Big” John Horton

Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com

•AJ McCloud

Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoons AJ.McCloud@charter.net 256-503-2301

•Bill Hickok

Former KBMR/Bismark, ND morning host BillHickok1950@gmail.com

•Scott Davidson

Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/on-air host Davidson1023@gmail.com

•David Dean

Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons DaviDean5@gmail.com

•Brian “Wookie” Kostek Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons BKostek24@gmail.com

•Kim Brixton

Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays KimBrixton@gmail.com

•Mark McKay

Former Riser House Dir./ Southeast Promotion MMcKay973@gmail.com

•Tami Rumfelt

Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons TamiRumfelt@gmail.com

•Mike McKay

Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI Brand Mgr./mornings McKProd@charter.net

•Jimmy Elliott

Former WOVK/Wheeling, WV WPP/ PD/MD/mornings JimmyElliottSchlosser@gmail.com

•Jim Pearson

Former KDBL/Yakima, WA PD/mornings JimsCoolEmail@gmail.com 831-261-1822

•Aaron “Gator” Glass

Former WQNU/Louisville mornings GatorGlass.53@gmail.com

•Carly Quinn

Former WGH/Norfolk morning co-host NewEnglandClamChowder2021@ yahoo.com 863-388-9606

•Chuck Akers

Former KTHT/Houston morning co-host chuckakers@comcast.net

•Scott Gaines

Former Summit/Knoxville OM & WCYQ PD GainesRadio@gmail.com

•T.J. “J.T.” Michaels Former WCPV/Burlington, VT PD/afternoons

TJMichaelsRadio@gmail.com 802-249-3570

•Caitlin “CJ” Johnson

Former KKBQ/Houston afternoons Caitlin.M.Johnson25@gmail.com

•Jonathan Wier

Former WKLB/Boston morning co-host JonWierWLCA@gmail.com

•Bryan “Ryder” Konold

Former KDBL/Yakima, WA Brand Mgr./mornings BryantRyderKonold@gmail.com

•Lexi Papadopoulos

Former KUBL/Salt Lake City mornings LexiOnTheRadio@gmail.com

•Jared “Banks” Danielson Former KUBL/Salt Lake City mornings JaredDanielson1@gmail.com

•Megan Youngblood Former Capitol Dir./West Coast Promotion MegaYoungBlood@gmail.com

•Kevin “Crash” Davis Former WEBL/Memphis OM/PD/mornings KevinDavisRadio@gmail.com

•Blake Nixon

Former Show Dog Dir./ Southeast Promotion Blake.Nixon@comcast.net

•Rosie Fitchpatrick

Formerly worked in event and artist management, and radio promotion rosiefitch99@gmail.com

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