Friday, June 05, 2009

CMA Music Fest on Sirius XM's "The Highway"

Listen in on The Highway - Sirius channel 60 / XM channel 16 / DISH Network 6060 / DirecTV channel 814, as well as Jet Blue, Air Trans and Air Canada. Schedule subject to change... !!

Wednesday, June 10
3:00 PM ET The 5th Annual CMA Music Festival Kick-off Parade – Jon Anthony and Storme Warren will kick off The Highway’s live coverage with a “car-by-car” play-by-play of the stars and special guests in this year’s parade. Among those scheduled to be interviewed as they roll down Broadway in their Chevy vehicles – NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, Grand Marshall Rodney Atkins, Sammy Kershaw, Collin Raye, The Oak Ridge Boys and many, many more!

4:00 PM ET The 4th Annual CMA Music Festival Block Party – LIVE concert performances from the Chevy Stage by Rodney Atkins, Eric Church, The Lost Trailers, Emerson Drive, James Otto, Jason Michael Carroll, Trent Tomlinson, and the LoCash Cowboys.

Thursday, June 11
10:00 AM ET Phil Vassar Phan Club Party

12:00 PM ET LIVE Concerts from the Chevy Stage – Jeff Cook, Steve Holy, Caitlin & Will, Danielle Peck, John Conlee, Trailer Choir, Kentucky Headhunters, Colt Ford

9:00 PM ET Dierks Bentley “Last Call Ball”

Friday, June 12
12:00 AM ET The 3rd Annual “Late-Night Songwriters LIVE Concerts” to benefit Musicians On Call – Bob DiPiero, Sarah Buxton, Gary Burr, The Warren Brothers

8:00 AM ET Songwriters Concert replay from midnight

12:00 PM ET LIVE Concerts from the Chevy Stage – David Nail, Lee Brice, Dean Brody, Rhonda Vincent

3:00 PM ET Dierks Bentley “Last Call Ball”

4:00 PM ET LIVE Concerts from the Chevy Stage
– Kate & Kacey, Julie Roberts, Cherryholmes

8:00 PM ET Joe Nichols Fan Club Party

10:00 PM ET Luke Bryan Fan Club Party


Saturday, June 13
12:00 AM ET
The 3rd Annual “Late-Night Songwriters LIVE Concerts” to benefit Musicians On Call – Jason Matthews, Luke Laird, James Slater, Karen Rochelle, Jonathan Singleton

8:00 AM ET Songwriters Concert replay from midnight

11:00 AM ET Dierks Bentley “Last Call Ball”

12:00 PM ET LIVE Concerts from the Chevy Stage – Ty Herndon, Katie Armiger, Halfway To Hazard, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove, Holly Williams, Carter’s Chord, Justin Moore, Billy Dean

7:00 PM ET Mark Wills Fan Club Party

9:00 PM ET Phil Vassar Phan Club Party

11:00 PM ET Joe Nichols Fan Club Party


Sunday, June 14
12:00 AM ET The 3rd Annual “Late-Night Songwriters LIVE Concerts” to benefit Musicians On Call – Bobby Pinson, Rachel Proctor, Dallas Davidson, Leslie Satcher, Rhett Akins

8:00 AM ET Songwriters Concert replay from midnight

11:00 AM ET Luke Bryan Fan Club Party

12:00 PM ET LIVE Concerts from the Chevy Stage – Bo Bice, Emily West, Carter Twins, Jypsi, Grascals, Charlie Louvin, Blackberry Smoke, Bomshel, T. Graham Brown

7:00 PM ET Jo Dee Messina Fan Club Party

9:00 PM ET Mark Wills Fan Club Party

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Country Music's Biggest Party

My cases bottled water, snacks, and aspirin arrived today. My multi-tabbed, color coded spreadsheet is a thing of beauty. All of the production pieces have been tweaked, mixed, pad'd and activated. Someone else is doing the jock prep this year. We have boxes and boxes of banners, signs, and stickers. They tell me they've even ordered staff shirts with our combined company logo on them.

CMA Music Fest is almost here. I'll be able to post the broadcast schedule in the next day or two.

So... the one thing I don't know yet is -- are YOU coming? Tell me when you arrive, when you leave, and where you're staying.