Dixieland Delight: The stars came out in Jacksonville, AL, Wednesday (5/27) for the grand opening of the $37 million Randy Owen Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Owen’s alma mater, Jacksonville State University. Pictured (l-r) are The Oak Ridge Boys' Duane Allen and Ben James, Mark Wills, The Isaacs' Becky Isaac and Lily Isaac, Riley Green, Jason Aldean, Sonya Isaac, Ben Isaac, The ORB's Aaron McCune, host Lon Helton, Pam Tillis and Drake White. Performers not pictured include Luke Bryan, Jamey Johnson, Owens’ wife Kelly, ORB Richard Sterban and Alabama band’s Teddy Gentry, Gordon Mote, Megan Owen and Tommy Harden.
Mile Hi: Warner's Gavin Adcock at the Denver stop of Morgan Wallen's Still The Problem Tour. Pictured (l-r) are KFGE/Lincoln's Cory Edmondson, KYGO's Big Mic, the label's Paige Elliott, KYGO's Shawn Patrick, Adcock, KNIX/Phoenix's Lois Lewis, iHeart/Rockies' JoJo Turnbeaugh, KUBL/Salt Lake City's John E Kage and KZPK/St. Cloud, MN's Kris Valentine.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Carson Peters signs with Sony Music Publishing Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are SMPN's Rusty Gaston, Peters and SMPN's Emily Carignan and Aubrey Landon.
'COL For The Summer: Triple Tigers' Shane Profitt (c) with WCOL/Columbus, OH's Dan E. Zuko and Kayla Hanley..
Keys To The 93Q Country: Warner/Harpeth 60's Chris Janson (in hat) with KKBQ/Houston's Travis Moon and Lauren "Lo" Sessions-Barker, and Harpeth 60's Ray Vaughn (l-r).
BRE's Watson Rises To VP
Black River Entertainment Sr. Dir./Streaming & Revenue Grace Watson has been promoted to VP/Commercial Partnerships & Digital. Watson joined BRE from Capitol Christian Music Group three years ago (CAT 6/14/2023). "[Grace] is a great leader who has the best relationships with our revenue partners, artist managers and The Orchard," says EVP Rick Froio. Adds Watson, "I'm grateful for the opportunity from [CEO] Gordon [Kerr] and Rick to step into this role and continue building impactful relationships and sales initiatives for our artists and label across the commercial and digital space." Reach her here.
