Sunny Sweeney

Robin Meade‘s a busy woman. Her new album, “Count On Me” hit stores today, tomorrow night she’ll be feted at a release party in New York City, this weekend she’ll be co-hosting the daytime Emmys, and soon she’ll be providing news updates for a morning show on NASH-FM, a new country music radio station in New York. A source tells TVNewser, Meade will be providing news updates on “America’s Morning Show” during the commercial breaks of her own HLN show “Morning Express.” Even though it serves a New York audience, the radio show will originate live in front of a studio audience in Nashville and will be hosted by Blair Garner, Terri Clark, Sunny Sweeney, Chuck Wicks and Lee Ann Womack. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Cumulus Media Names Blair Garner Lead Host of WNSH, New York’s Morning Show.  Dubbed, “America’s Morning Show,” the program on “Nash FM 94.7” will also feature Terri Clark, Sunny Sweeney, Chuck Wicks, and Lee Ann Womack.  Blair Garner has been rumored to be headed for this gig for some time and now it’s official.  Cumulus says the program “will feature a mix of country hits, in-studio interviews with country music’s biggest stars and news about the country lifestyle – with New York City area traffic, weather and information updated throughout the show. “America’s Morning Show” will originate live from Nashville before a studio audience, with frequent broadcasts from ‘Nash FM 94.7’ studios in New York City.”  Cumulus EVP and COO John Dickey says, “The collection of talent assembled for ‘America’s Morning Show’ is without equal.  This show will bring the superstars of country to listeners in an authentic, entertaining way not done before.”  In a statement, Garner says, “I am thrilled to begin waking up the New York area’s country listeners on ‘Nash FM 94.7’ with an uplifting country start to the day.  New Yorkers are embracing Nash FM in an amazing way and I look forward to bringing the country music lifestyle to the Big Apple straight from Nashville.” Beasley Announces Ruben Perez New Promotions and Non-Traditional Revenue Director for Fort Myers Cluster.  Ruben Perez moves from Beasley Broadcasting’s hip hop WPOW, Miami “Power 96” to the company’s five station Fort Myers cluster that includes AC WJPT “Sunny 106,” CHR WXKB “B103.9,” talk WRXK “96 K-Rock,” rock WJBX “99X,” and sports talk WWCN.  The company says Perez will be “responsible for the coordination and execution of all promotions for the stations in the Fort Myers-Naples market.  Additionally, he is charged with creating and implementing large-scale community events such as festivals and concerts that bring awareness to – and non-traditional revenue for – Beasley’s SW Florida cluster.”   Vice president and market manager Brad Beasley states, “Ruben brings a wealth of radio knowledge and experience to our Southwest Florida team.  We believe his abilities to generate large-scale events and brands will greatly benefit both our listeners and advertisers.” Ashley Dingess Appointed Social Media Manager for Emmis’ KPWR, Los Angeles.  Ashley Dingess comes to Emmis’ rhythmic CHR KPWR, Los Angeles “Power 106” from Clear Channel’s crosstown alternative KYSR and hot AC KBIG where she was content producer.  Vice president of programming and Emmis digital PD Jimmy Steal says, “We met with a lot of qualified candidates for this important position and Ashley clearly led the pack with her strategic and creative solutions.  We are thrilled to have her join our team, her energy and enthusiasm is contagious.”  Dingess begins her new post on June 17 and she comments, “I’m happy to be joining ‘Power 106’ as their social media manager.  I am excited to use my experience and knowledge to help make ‘Power 106’ shine on every social media platform.” Kwame Dankwa Returns to WZRT, Rutland, Vermont.  Kwame Dankwa recently left his nights and imaging position at Clear Channel’s CHR KWNW, Memphis “Radio Now 101.9” to return to New England to be near a sick relative.  Now, he returns to Pamal’s CHR WZRT, Rutland “Z97.1” to the program director position.  He says, “Thank you to my good friends at Pamal Broadcasting for being supportive and welcoming me back with open arms.  This has been very stressful time for my family and I am grateful to have a (radio) home to come back too.”  The station’s operations manager Terry J adds, “When Kwame left us we knew we would have the pleasure of working together sometime in the future.  We just didn’t know it would be this soon. Wherever he is, he makes that market better and right now we are glad to have him home.” The post Tuesday, June 11, 2013 appeared first on RadioInfo.

  Cumulus announces “America’s Morning Show” will debut on “America’s Country Station” NASH FM 94.7, New York City’s only Country format radio station, beginning later this month live from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays.   The New York market radio program will feature a mix of Country hits, in-studio interviews with Country music’s biggest stars and [...]

Cumulus Media Names Blair Garner Lead Host of WNSH, New York’s Morning Show.  Dubbed, “America’s Morning Show,” the program on “Nash FM 94.7” will also feature Terri Clark, Sunny Sweeney, Chuck Wicks, and Lee Ann Womack.  Blair Garner has been rumored to be headed for this gig for some time and now it’s official.  Cumulus says the program “will feature a mix of country hits, in-studio interviews with country music’s biggest stars and news about the country lifestyle – with New York City area traffic, weather and information updated throughout the show. “America’s Morning Show” will originate live from Nashville before a studio audience, with frequent broadcasts from ‘Nash FM 94.7’ studios in New York City.”  Cumulus EVP and COO John Dickey says, “The collection of talent assembled for ‘America’s Morning Show’ is without equal.  This show will bring the superstars of country to listeners in an authentic, entertaining way not done before.”  In a statement, Garner says, “I am thrilled to begin waking up the New York area’s country listeners on ‘Nash FM 94.7’ with an uplifting country start to the day.  New Yorkers are embracing Nash FM in an amazing way and I look forward to bringing the country music lifestyle to the Big Apple straight from Nashville.” Update:  Apple Unveils iTunes Radio.  Okay, so the press guessed a bit wrong at the name – most (including RadioInfo) had been calling in iRadio.  Nonetheless, Apple announced the music streaming service iTunes Radio that will integrate with iTunes and be available in the fall at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this morning.  The service appears to be pretty much as the industry had expected it to.  It will be free but feature audio and text ads unless the user is an iTunes Match subscriber – then it becomes commercial free.  The app will examine the user’s library and create playlists that take the tastes of the person into account.  It will recommend artists or songs and will feature a buy button to allow the song to be purchased from iTunes.  So far, it appears not to be radically different from any of the other music streaming services and it will remain to be seen if the Apple loyalty factor brings users who already use Pandora, Slacker, Spotify or Google All Access to the service in great numbers. Saga’s CHR WNRG, Milwaukee Names Cousin Ed Brand Manager.  He’s been afternoon drive personality at Saga Communications’ WNRG, Milwaukee “Energy 106.9” since January of 2012, now Jeremy Schulz, a.k.a. Cousin Ed, is promoted to brand manager for the station, taking over for Brandon Rowe who exited that role last month.  Schulz’s arrival at WNRG was a return to his native state after working in other locations, most recently at Cox Media Group’s CHR WPOI, Tampa “Hot 101.5” and Clear Channel’s CHR WHQC, Charlotte “Channel 96.1.”  Saga EVP Steve Goldstein states, “Jeremy stepped in as acting brand manager and impressed all of us with drive, dedication and ‘Energy.’  He will be a great asset in his new expanded role.” KYSR, Los Angeles Announces ‘98.7’s Alternative Sunday Nights’; New Personalities.  Clear Channel’s alternative KYSR, Los Angeles announces new programming for its “98.7’s Alternative Sunday Nights” that looks like this: “98.7’s New Music Show” from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm; “Close to Home” from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm; “Diplo & Friends” from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm; and “Complete Control Radio” from 11:00 pm to 12:00 midnight.  At the same time, joining the station for weekend duties are former KNDD, Seattle “107.7 The End” personality Jordin Silver and Dylan Riggs who also serves as producer at sister hot AC KBIG “104.3 MyFM.” John Gallagher to Cumulus Toledo for Market Manager Post.  Most recently serving as vice president of sales for Cumulus Media’s Kansas City operations, John Gallagher heads East to Toledo where he assumes the vice president and market manager position for the company’s Toledo stations that includes: country WKKO, hot AC WMMM, classic

Earlier this year, Longview, Texas native Sunny Sweeney was nominated for the Academy of Country Music’s New Female Vocalist of the Year Award. Previously signed to both Big Machine Records and its sister label Republic Nashville, Sweeney released two critically acclaimed albums: Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame and Concrete. The latter album featured the Top 10 hit “From a Table Away,” which was the highest charting Billboard debut single from a female country artist in four years. The singer has now found a new label home with Thirty Tigers. “I have long been a fan of Thirty Tigers and the amazing roster of talent they have worked with through the years, and am thrilled to become part of their family,” said Sweeney. “I can’t wait to share my new music with my fans!” “Most of the time, it’s the managers or attorneys that initiate discussions about artist relationships. In this case, I reached out, hat in hand, expressing how much we’d love to work with Sunny,” said David Macias, President and Co-Found

Country music singer/songwriter Sunny Sweeney has signed with Thirty Tigers and will begin working on her next album. Earlier this year, the Longview, Texas native was nominated for the Academy of Country Music’s New Female Vocalist of the Year Award. Previously signed to both Big Machine Records and its sister label Republic Nashville, Sweeney released [...]

Sunny Sweeney, who had two full length albums on the Big Machine stable, signed with Thirty Tigers, she said on her web site Friday. Sweeney will begin working on her next album. She had released an album in 2006 as an indie artist in Texas that veered towards honky tonk. Her Big Machine disc was more mainstream sounding, including her hit, From a Table Away. ...

Photo Credit: Jon-Paul Photography   Sunny Sweeney has signed with Thirty Tigers and will begin working on her next album.   Earlier this year, the Longview, Texas native was nominated for the Academy of Country Music’s New Female Vocalist of the Year Award. Previously signed to both Big Machine Records and its sister label Republic [...]

Sara Evans photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. Nearly 50 artists have been confirmed for the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage during CMA Music Festival June 6-9 in downtown Nashville. Sara Evans will kick off the performances on June 6 at 10 a.m. This marks the first time she has opened the festival. “Sara is the perfect choice to launch the daily concerts on the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage because of her great repertoire of hit music and undeniable connection to our fans,” Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer said. Artists performing on the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage include Keith Anderson, Greg Bates, Blackberry Smoke, Craig Campbell, Mark Chesnutt, Brett Eldredge, Rachel Farley, Tyler Farr, Colt Ford, Gloriana, The Grascals, Steve Holy, Casey James, Kristen Kelly, Aaron Lewis, Lonestar, Love and Theft, Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina, Ronnie Milsap, Craig Morgan, David Nail, Joe Nichols, Jerrod Niemann, Eric Paslay, Maggie Rose, Corey Smith, Tate Stevens, Sunny Sweeney, Phil Vassar, Chuck Wicks, Gretchen Wil