Westwood One Seeing Stars

• Westwood One Backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off with a bang last Friday as over 90 Country stars visited Radio Row and graciously did interviews with 25 of America’s biggest Country radio stations and several national shows, including Westwood One’s NASH Nights Live, with hosts Shawn Parrand Elaina Smith.

There were also four live private performances held just for the backstage crowd, including BMLG’s Tyler Rich; the Grand Ole Opry’s newest member, Warner Nashville’s Chris Janson (pictured); Big Loud Records’ own Jake Owen; and Curb Records’ artist Rodney Atkins.

Pictured, (l-r): John Kilgo, VP of Label Relations, Cumulus Media; Mike McVay, EVP of Content & Programming, Cumulus Media and Westwood One; Chris Janson; John Shomby, Program Director of the company’s NASH brand and WKDF (NASH FM 101.3)/Nashville; and Charlie Cook, VP of Country, Cumulus Media and Operations Manager of Cumulus Nashville.