February 28, 2013, 11:29 am By Eileen Sisk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. The Grand Ole Opry suffered the biggest loss of talent in its 87-year history when a small plane carrying Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, along with Cline’s manager Randy Hughes, crashed on the evening of March 5, 1963, [...] Read More
February 26, 2013, 7:45 am Known mostly to country music fans as one-third of the all girl outlaw troupe Pistol Annies, Ashley Monroe heads solo this time around with her new project, Like A Rose. Produced by Vince Gill and Justin Niebank (LeAnn Rimes, Vince’s Guitar Slinger), Like A Rose laces stirring traditional country with vivid storytelling and Ashley’s unforgettable [...] Read More
October 8, 2012, 10:59 am Iconic Nashville-based radio station 650 AM WSM will celebrate 87 years of broadcasting with a celebration lasting more than a month. The station first went on air October 5, 1925. Events planned include special on-air content, live shows and giveaways. The celebration will culminate with a community open house at the station’s famous Blaw-Knox tower [...] Read More
October 8, 2012, 10:59 am Iconic Nashville-based radio station 650 AM WSM will celebrate 87 years of broadcasting with a celebration lasting more than a month. The station first went on air October 5, 1925. Events planned include special on-air content, live shows and giveaways. The celebration will culminate with a community open house at the station’s famous Blaw-Knox tower [...] Read More
September 12, 2011, 1:25 pm George Jones Photo Courtesy of Bandit Records. George Jones turns 80 today and country music’s most widely recognized radio station, Nashville’s 650 AM WSM, is throwing an all-day radio birthday party to celebrate. The station will play a George jones classic every hour from 12 midnight through 7PM as well as [...] Read More
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