Great Moments In Syndication
• Our friends at Benztown, who continue to insist they only read Playboy for the articles, have assembled a nice audio tribute to the legendary Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy, who died Wednesday at the age of 91.
• Country superstar Kenny Chesney is co-hosting the Westwood One-syndicated Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton this weekend (9/30-10/1).
Kenny and Lon will discuss Kenny’s ”Love For Love City Fund,” which was set up to help the residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were hard hit by Hurricane Irma. On a lighter note, Kenny will also chat bout his recent shows at Gillette Stadium near Boston, his current Top 5 hit, “All The Pretty Girls” and his forthcoming album, Live In No Shoes Nation.
• Superadio Networks announced an affiliation and sales agreement with Marvin Sapp’s Praise Place, LLC to syndicate The Marvin Sapp Radio Show, a two-hour weekly program spotlighting the best in Inspirational and Gospel music, hosted by Grammy-nominated Gospel artist Marvin Sapp. All affiliate and national ad sales will be handled by Superadio and American Urban Radio Networks (AURN).
Jack Bryant, President & COO of Superadio, said of the deal, “Bishop Sapp is already one of the best-selling artists of all time and a national radio show is a natural next step for him. We could not be more pleased than to partner with a talent as accomplished as Marvin Sapp. Radio stations across the country now have a very special entertaining and uplifting show to offer their listeners!” Sapp said, “I look forward to working with Superadio to take The Marvin Sapp Radio Show to a national audience. With this platform comes the opportunity to share music that I love, inspire people and have a lot of fun. I’m excited, I’m ready, and I can’t wait to get started!” The Marvin Sapp Radio Show currently airs on WNWZ-AM (Magic 104.9)/Grand Rapids, MI. For affiliation info, call Eric Faison at 212-609-1168 or Rich O’Brien at 508-630-0344.
