Country Countdown Usa

The station produces a weekly 3-hour syndicated show for commercial & community radio stations. It’s presented by the station manager Chris Stevens and distributed via his company Devaweb. It plays the very best in current and classic country music, the same as that of the 24/7 radio station. Occasionally, there are special star guests from the country music scene that appear on the program and sometimes even perform acoustic live sessions.CountryLine Radio is currently available in several areas of the UK. The station’s first carriage agreements were on three of Ofcom’s trial of small-scale DAB multiplexes – Manchester, Portsmouth and Cambridge. On 11 March 2016 the station launched on the London 2 DAB multiplex. A month later the station launched on the North East Wales DAB multiplex Today the station can now also be heard on eight multiplexes.Much of the station’s output is automated although recently the station introduced more presenter-led shows. Chris Stevens, the station founder, hosts the breakfast show and John Collins presents drivetime. Other presenters include Miles Myers-Cough Harris. The station also broadcasts country countdown programmes from America, including Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40, and other syndicated shows Nashville Access and Tim Rogers Classic Country. CountryLine Radio also broadcasts hourly news summaries from Radio News Hub.

CountryLine Radio is a UK-based radio station playing country music. Founded by Chris Stevens, it launched as Chris Country on 27 April 2013. The station is now owned by CountryLine, having purchased the station from Chris Stevens and Nation Broadcasting in March 2020 and its owners rebranded the station on 7 March 2022 to CountryLine Radio.The last two weeks of December feature CCUSA’s annual year-end countdown. A “Top 70 program” split in two parts (songs 36–70 in Week 1, the top 35 in the following show), Helton features interview highlights from the past year, plus a “live” interview with the artist having the No. 1 song of the year. Stations can play each three-hour program separately, while many often will play both parts—as a six-hour program—during at least one of the two weekends.

At the time, the leader was American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley (now hosted by Kix Brooks). It was a traditional countdown show modeled after Casey Kasem’s American Top 40. Other shows on the air at the time included Unistar’s Weekly Country Music Countdown with Chris Charles (no longer on the air) and TNN’s Crook & Chase Top 40 (still on the air). The latter two included pre-recorded interview clips with artists, while ACC was strictly a scripted show (although interviews would later be added).One popular new element in recent years has been taking tape clips of previous co-hosts talking about artists in the chart, and playing them for those artists. This allowed listeners to get unique insights into their favorite stars.

The show switched from TM Studios to RadioScape in 2013, and switched the show back to its original Country Countdown USA branding. Country Countdown USA continues to use RadioScape to this very day.Landis then looked for a producer to oversee the program. Mutual Broadcasting System Senior Producer George Achaves quickly jumped at the chance. George had worked with Lon on a short-lived weekly country show called Listen In. He also did Mutual’s holiday country specials with WHN DJ Lee Arnold. Lon’s office manager, Jo Pincek, was tapped to handle artist relations. The show became the first Westwood One show to be delivered exclusively on compact disc.

The show premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System in April 1992. The program began as the brainchild of Westwood One Chairman Norman J. Pattiz who assigned the project to his Programming VP, Gary Landis. Although Westwood One had several country programs mainly broadcast on its co-owned Mutual network, the company didn’t have a weekly country countdown show.When Country Countdown USA began on April 4, 1992, the show had about 75 affiliates, including WYNY-FM New York and KLAC Los Angeles. The first co-host was Steve Wariner, who was enjoying his first hit on the Arista Records label, “The Tips of My Fingers.” The song ultimately went to #1. Other co-hosts during the shows first year included Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, and Brooks & Dunn. The show’s unique live sound and funny conversation quickly made it a favorite with the “hot new country” stations that were becoming popular. It wasn’t long before the show became one of the biggest country shows in the US, and one of the most popular syndicated shows in Westwood One’s line-up.

When Country Countdown USA debuted, the show used a custom jingle package from Jam Creative Productions in Dallas, which included chart number jingles that segued between songs on the show. 2 chart number jingles were used each hour.In 2002 the show was renamed CMT’s Country Countdown USA, as part of the newly launched collaboration with CMT. When Radio & Records was merged into Billboard in 2006, CMT’s Country Countdown USA continued using the Mediabase 24/7 chart, which is also used by Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40. Concurrently, in August 2006 Lon exited Radio & Records to launch his own Country trade publication, Country Aircheck.

Landis’ concept was simple: A DJ and a country star co-host would count down the week’s top 30 and talk about the songs and artists in the chart. Gary first began looking for talent. Numerous DJs were considered, before they decided on Radio & Records’ Country Editor, Lon Helton. Gary called Lon directly and offered him the job. The country star was a more difficult decision. No single country star was willing to commit to a 52-week schedule. So the decision was made to have a different country star act as co-host every week. It would be a three-hour show, playing the week’s Top 30. Unlike other syndicated shows at the time, the show featured only three commercial breaks per hour, and a music sweep at the top of the hour, based on the formats of most country radio stations.Over the years, Lon Helton hosted numerous country specials for Westwood One. Country Takes Manhattan was a week-long live concert series broadcast live from venues in New York. The Country Freedom Concert was a live simulcast of the CMT concert special which raised funds for victims of 9–11.

The success of Country Countdown USA and the continued boom in country music led to the creation of several other regular country shows at Westwood One. At the time, the company did a new release show for pop radio hosted by Joel Denver called Future Hits. So Norm Pattiz asked his staff to create a Country Future Hits. The show, also produced by CCUSA producer George Achaves, was named Country’s Cutting Edge, and it debuted in 1993. The first host was Brad Chambers, program director of the influential Dallas station KPLX. That same year, Lon Helton suggested to Norm that some highlights from CCUSA could be turned into a daily 90-second show. That show was named Country’s Inside Trak, and was launched as a companion to the weekly show.

CCUSA host Lon Helton was named the National Air Personality of the Year by the Country Music Association in 2002 and 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021. He won the same award from the Academy of Country Music in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. In 2006, Lon was inducted into the Country DJ Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.

Regular features in the show include The Week’s Hottest Song, which was originally based on a feature in Radio & Records. The newspaper eliminated the feature in the late 90s, but it was kept in the radio show, basing it on the song in the Top 5 with the most increased points. During the early years, the show also featured disc jockeys from the show’s affiliates talking about upcoming concert attractions in their area before introducing a hot-breaking song at their station (always a song that had yet to reach the top 30).

After the relaunch as CMT’s Country Countdown USA in 2002, the show switched from Jam to TM Studios. The chart number jingles were officially removed in 2001.

Lon Helton counts down the week’s Top 30 songs every Sunday morning from 7am-10am on Lonestar 92.3! Lon is joined every week by a different Country Star Co-Host or Hostess that not only helps him count down the week’s hottest hits, but who also shares stories and talks about their friends too. See how YOUR favorite songs stack up on the weekly charts with Country Countdown USA!Top 40 Country: December 2022 | November 2022 | October 2022 | September 2022 | August 2022 | July 2022 | June 2022 | May 2022 | April 2022 | March 2022 |

This 2022, we continue to serve you with the freshest news on what’s in, hot, and viral in Country with our top 100 country songs chart. From songs from the up and rising country artists to the classic tunes that always find their way home back in the charts to country music’s favorites, we make sure that we cover it all for you.When CMT needed to update their Imaging for their Countdown Show, they came to Radioscape. This package reflects today’s Country music with great voice-over beds and driving Promos and was exclusively written for CMT and their affiliates.

Country Countdown USA is hosted by nationally recognized, award winning personality Lon Helton on Sundays 9am-noon. A country star joins Lon for the entire show every week, sharing funny and topical stories about artists and songs in the Top 30. The format is family-friendly, fast-paced, and funny, giving you a personal insight into your favorite stars. Occasionally, the co-host will perform live in the studio. Lon has won National Personality of the Year six times from the Country Music Association and three times from the Academy of Country Music and is a member of the Country DJ Hall of Fame.Broadcasting from Dallas, Texas, the show is available online as well as on over 1,100 radio stations worldwide! It’s spreading the gospel around the world through music thanks to generous donations from listeners. Some of the places you’ll find the show in addition to the U.S.A. include the U.K., Canada, Kenya, and Australia, just to name a few!

William was born and raised in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and currently lives in Roanoke, TX with his wife, Christy, and their teenage twins, Bailey and Morgan. In addition to hosting 20 The Countdown Magazine, he also owns a large wedding and events production/entertainment company called It’s Your Night Entertainment.

20 The Countdown Magazine is a 2-hour magazine-style syndicated radio show that counts down the top 20 Christian songs each week. Hosted by William Ryan, III, it’s the longest-running Christian music countdown show in the World! It features behind-the-scenes Christian music news, artist interviews, the Top 20 biggest songs of the week, and features such as the ‘Future Fan Favorite’ where you get to vote for your favorite song!Users can also watch live video streaming of our flagship events. Discover Global Player today on your mobile, smart speaker or online at globalplayer.com Global Player opens up a world of audio at your fingertips, allowing listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, expertly-curated playlists, all in one place, wherever you go. All for free. Just sign in and enjoy! You’ll find these stations and more on either DAB or DAB+ digital radio, or on Global Player on your mobile, smart speaker or online at globalplayer.com.If you want to stay tuned to all our stations, make sure the radio you’re buying has a certified Digital Radio Tick Mark which guarantees you’ll have access to DAB+ stations.We’re home to some of the UK’s biggest and best-loved radio stations such as Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold.Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton will co-host this week’s ACM Awards on Amazon Prime. Garth co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton this past weekend. He didn’t say much about what he’s doing, but he talked a lot about Dolly! Listen to the unedited conversation below. Garth explained to Lon why this is the first […]Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, and it goes back to the Civil War. The idea was to take a day and place flowers or a flag on the graves of soldiers. There are a lot of country songs that have a patriotic theme to them. Our Top 10 list focuses on recent country songs that […]