Luke Combs leads the nominations for the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, which take place Thursday, May 16, in Frisco, Texas. Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen are close behind with six, while Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Willson all have five. Here's a complete look at the contenders, with the awards being handed out live on Prime Video: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kane Brown Luke Combs Jelly Roll Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen Lainey Wilson  FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Kelsea Ballerini Ashley McBryde Megan Moroney Kacey Musgraves Lainey Wilson ..read more

   Everyone in the continental U.S. will see at least, a partial eclipse.    The total eclipse starts at 12:39 p.m. Eastern Time, a bit more than 620 miles south of the Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean, according to Astronomy. The umbra remains in contact with Earth’s surface for three hours and 16 minutes until 3:55 p.m. when it ends in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 340 miles southwest of Ireland. The longest totality will extend for four minutes and 28 seconds on a 350-mile-long swath near the centerline of the eclipse, including west of Torreón, Mexico, accordin ..read more

  With March Madness and the NCAA generating over a billion dollars in yearly revenue, WalletHub has released its report on 2024's Best Cities for College Basketball Fans. To find 2024's top spots for NCAA basketball, WalletHub crunched the numbers on more than 290 cities using nine key metrics. They range from the number of teams per city and the winning percentage of each to stadium capacity and social-media engagement. Best Cities 1. Los Angeles, CA 2. Philadelphia, PA 3. Storrs, CT 4. Durham, NC 5. Lexington, KY 6. Lawrence, KS 7. East Lansing, MI 8. Chapel Hill, NC 9. Boston, MA 10 ..read more

    Concerts remain the best prize for local radio giveaways in 2024. They are tangible and a believable prize. Last minute tickets are costly for the listeners. Gametime (www.Gametime.co), an app/site for last minute tickets, has released updated data highlighting the Top 10 Concert Tours, based on median ticket price. Leading the way is Taylor Swift, with a median ticket price of over $2,600 for her 2024 North American dates. Adele is second at $1,004 per ticket and Phish round out the top three at $634 per ticket. The full list is below: Taylor Swift ($2,603 median ticket price ..read more

  Dustin Lynch is fan of college basketball’s March Madness. “I follow a little bit of basketball not as much as I should,” Dustin tells Dan Van from A&O&B. “But I got my favorite teams I look to pull for.” Does Dustin have a scientific method of picking the NCAA Men’s Basketball bracket winner? “No, you know I’ve always heard that most uneducated girls [concerning the basketball picks] that pick cool mascots or like look at the colors of the team, usually do better than us guys that think we know something about the game so,” Dustin states with a laugh. “No, I usually try to go d ..read more

Large markets and small markets are not the same content.  A well known fact.  National compared to local is the same way.  Discussing ideas and resources can only help you engage and create unique content to your unique audience. Feel free to email me concerning ideas for your show that will engage a small market with local ties.  danvanproducer@gmail.com. Here are some links that will be quick reference concerning happenings to help engage information and content ideas.  ·       Daily Ideas Content Calendar ·     ..read more

  Kansas City Chiefs vs San Francisco 49ers  With Super Bowl LVIII February 11th, 2024, WalletHub has released its report on 2024's Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans. To determine the best places for enjoying America's favorite sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from the number of NFL and college football teams to stadium capacity to fan engagement. Best Cities for Football Fans 1. Pittsburgh, PA 2. Dallas, TX 3. Green Bay, WI 4. Los Angeles, CA 5. Boston, MA ..read more

  The 57th CMA Awards hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning held Wednesday November 8th.     Lainey Wilson was the big winner taking him (5) Trophies Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning had a moment where Payton sang some classic songs till it came to a Luke Bryan song.  Backstage Wynonna Judd told us that performing with Jelly Roll was one of her 10 10 moments ever.  Brothers Osborne on winning their 6th award for DUO told us backstage: They never expected to win, that they know there will come a time that they may not even be able to get into the building.&nbs ..read more

   Photo: DV 081223 The 2023 World Series begins October 27th on FOX-TV.  As you watch the game be listening closely, as the players walk to the plate, to hit, for a ‘HARDY’ song to be playing loud in the ballpark.   HARDY is a skillful writer and dynamic performer on stage that hyped the crowds during Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Night At A Time’ stadium tour this year.      During the 2023 season, many baseball athletes are using his songs for walk-up songs when batting or just for some adrenaline in general. Hardy admits to Dan Van from Albright & O'Malley &am ..read more

   Photo: DV081223 October has it all in sports, Baseball is in playoffs, football is several weeks in, basketball and hockey get started during the month. Morgan Wallen pontificates his love of sports whenever he can. He played baseball in his hometown of Sneedville, Tennessee growing up and today he follows many sports including baseball, football and hockey. Sports is a conflict for only brief time. Two teams play it out to see whom has bragging rights allowing for a distraction and entertainment period to help calm real life issues. The last several years have been shaded by many ..read more