February 6, 2023, Issue 844
Win Her: Meet The CRS Scholars
When CRS 2023 kicks off five weeks from today (whut?), five notable rookies will join familiar faced friends and colleague at Nashville’s Omni Hotel. Here are your Rusty Walker Scholarship and Lisa McKay Scholarship winners: Cumulus/ Boise Dir./Marketing Tori Dunn; KFGE/ Lincoln, NE afternoon host Brooke Summers; KWEN/Tulsa morning co-host Caitlin Fisher; KIKV/Alexandria, MN morning co-host Tori Dunn Chelsea Lee; and KCLR/ Columbia, MO morning co-host Liz DelGrosso. “It’s an honor to be chosen for any award or Chelsea Lee scholarship, but to get the opportunity to attend CRS as a Lisa McKay Scholarship winner is Brooke Summers truly special,” says Lee. “Her legacy of supporting women in our industry is well-known to me, and I strive to work as hard Liz DelGrosso as she did to raise others up.” Fellow Lisa McKay Scholarship winner DelGrosso agrees, adding, “I never thought I would have this Caitlin Fisher opportunity, because being in a small market doing mornings and not programming typically means fewer opportunities. I couldn’t be more grateful.” DelGrosso and Lee are looking forward to many of the same panels – show prepping, content creation and artist interview tips – and share small market roots, but they have one very stark difference: Lee is a self-proclaimed extrovert, while DelGrosso sheepishly admits to being an introvert. (continued on page 6)
Before He Meets: Capitol‘s Carrie Underwood plays Audacy‘s Totally Private show during the company‘s Nashville meetings. Pictured (top, standing, l-r) are Audacy‘s Michael Martin, Chad Fitzsimmons and Katie Neal, Underwood, Audacy‘s Tim Roberts and Tim Clarke and the label‘s Chris Schuler; (kneeling, l-r) the label‘s Nick Kaper and Royce Risser.
Q4 CDM Drivetime Leaders
Following last month’s analysis of the format’s drive-time leaders in PPM markets, Country Aircheck has also compiled Country’s top performers from Nielsen’s 45 Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) markets (see full top 10 page 11). While WIVK/Knoxville was the leader in total week share, it did not claim the top spot in either drivetime. In mornings, WZZK/Birmingham’s Rick & Bubba took the top spot; their 12.8 put them a full share above second place WRNS/Greenville and its airing of The Bobby Bones Show. Just a tenth of a share behind WRNS is WIVK’s Joey Tack and Nancy Barger. WHKO/Dayton’s Nancy Wilson and Woody slip from second to fourth, while Dingo and Blair from WDRM/Huntsville round out the top five.
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