Week of 12/11
ALT Happy Birthday Wishes to Audacy/Kansas City OM Jim Fox (12/15), Alternative Soundcheck’s John O’Connell (12/16), WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus Md Tom Butler (12/18), Capitol’s Dan Connelly (12/22), INgrooves Label Manager Jon Manley (12/23), The Artist Cooperative Exec. Partner Bob Divney (12/25), Columbia SVP/Rock Formats Lisa Sonkin (12/25), Mom & Pop West Coast GM & VP/Radio Promotion David Jacobs (12/26), 91X/San Diego's Zach Van Lue (12/27), U.N.C.L.E.’S Marc Kordelos (12/29), KROQ/Los Angeles Brand Manager Miles Anzaldo (12/31).
The Monday Alternative Music Meeting
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! MGMT “Mother Nature” lands the last Mediabase Alternative chart debut of the year. Congrats to Mom+Pop’s David Jacobs & team! We flip the switch this week on New Music Discovery Picks to Year End Picks - The Best Albums of 2023. KDKB/Phoenix hosts ALT AZ Ugly Sweater Holiday Alternative Party #1 on Wednesday, December 13th and ALT AZ Ugly Sweater Holiday Party #2 on Thursday, December 14th. WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH has its 31st Annual Andyman-A-Thon beginning this coming Friday, December 15th thru Sunday, December 17th. Green Day will debut their new song
boygenius And Foo Fighters Top The List Of 2023 Alternative Year End Picks
My annual tradition is to solicit Year End Picks from alternative radio and music execs. This year, there were 76 total submissions of Top 5 lists for the Alternative Year End Picks - The Best Albums Of The Year. boygenius and Foo Fighters were the runaway winners of Most Picked Albums of 2023. Here’s the Most Picked Albums: boygenius - the record (Interscope) Foo Fighters - But Here We Are (RCA) blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... (Columbia) Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) (Republic) Gorillaz - Cracker Island (Warner) Other big favorites include: Lana Del Rey
Green Day And Thirty Seconds To Mars On Lineup For ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024’
ABC and Dick Clark Productions has announced its lineup for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024” will feature Aqua, Doechii, Ellie Goulding, Green Day, Janelle Monáe, Loud Luxury x Two Friends With Bebe Rexha, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Paul Russell, Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones and Thirty Seconds To Mars. In its 52nd year, the show will air Sunday, December 31st, live on ABC-TV beginning at 8p (ET). Green Day will unveil the live debut of their new song “Dilemma” from their forthcoming new album “Saviors” set to drop January 19, 2024, in advance of
WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH’s 31st Annual Andyman-A-Thon Is December 15-17
WWCD LTD. Alternative WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH will host its 31st Annual Andyman-A-Thon on Friday, December 15th through Sunday, December 17th live from the CD 92.9 studios. Andy “Andyman” Davis was PD/afternoon drive at the station from from 1998 to 2010. Starting in 1992, Andyman instilled a tradition of giving that was put into action every December with the Andyman-a-Thon. During this time, listeners were encouraged to call the studio to offer donations in return for song requests while also having the opportunity to bid on band and artist auction items. Ever since Andy’s untimely passing in 2010, the on-air
The Offspring Closed Out Audacy’s KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
Audacy Alternative KROQ/Los Angeles' 32nd Annual "KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas" at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA, on Saturday, December 9th. The sold-out event returned for the first time since 2019 with performances by The Offspring, 311, Garbage, Portugal. The Man, Bleachers, Cannons, Lovejoy, Bakar and The Beaches. "KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas once again put an exclamation mark on the end of the year for the Alternative music community,” said Jeff Federman, Regional President, Audacy Southern California. “We’re also very proud to have teamed up with Para Los Niños and the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center to support the education
Alternative New Music Friday
Happy Friday! This week’s New Music Friday spotlight is on The Killers. beabadoobee has dropped a Live In LA album. KROQ/Los Angeles has its Almost Acoustic Christmas tomorrow (12/9) at the Kia Forum with 311 replacing Red Hot Chili Peppers, who had to back out due to undisclosed band injury. KMYZ (Z104.5 THE EDGE)/Tulsa celebrates The Edge Christmas Concert on Sunday (12/10). Congrats to The Last Dinner Party on winning the 2024 BRITs Rising Star Award. The latest Radio And Records Exposure on the Photos page includes The Black Keys at 97X/Tampa and Jelly Roll at Audacy’s Riptide Music Festival.
