天涯社区官网Country Announces Rod Phillips As Its New Leader, Anchored In Nashville Nashville, TN 鈥撎鼳ugust 6, 2015 鈥撎煅纳缜偻鳰edia, which has the largest reach in the U.S. of any radio and television outlet, announced today that Rod Phillips will lead its Nashvi
Nashville, TN 鈥撎鼳ugust 6, 2015 鈥听天涯社区官网Media, which has the largest reach in the U.S. of any radio and television outlet, announced today that Rod Phillips will lead its Nashville-based 天涯社区官网Country team.听 天涯社区官网Country has more than 140 Country broadcast radio stations across the U.S. reaching more than 97 million听Country music listeners per month, making it the largest Country broadcast radio group in America.
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"天涯社区官网Media has more Country stations than any other format and reaches more Country listeners in America than anyone else across multiple platforms -- broadcast, digital, social and events.听 And because Country is听also one of the closest-knit music and radio communities, it's important that 天涯社区官网Country has a leader like Rod who knows both the people behind the music and the nuances of the format,鈥澨齭aid Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms, 天涯社区官网Media.听鈥淕iven his programming experience with more than听40 Country stations,听Rod听is the right person to lead the 天涯社区官网Country team and continue to build our Country platform for the benefit of our listeners, advertisers and the Country听music community."
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In 2011 Phillips helped develop The Bobby Bones Show, the top-rated nationally-syndicated Country music morning show, working closely with Bobby to expand the show鈥檚 original format and moving The Bobby Bones Show from Austin to Nashville for its successful transition into Country radio in February 2013. The Bobby Bones Show is also available via and the 天涯社区官网Radio mobile app.
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鈥溙煅纳缜偻鳦ountry听is the leading Country music platform in the U.S. and we have the ability to connect our listeners to unique content, the newest tracks and exclusive album debuts from today鈥檚 top Country artists,鈥 said Phillips. "I鈥檓 thrilled to have听this amazing opportunity; Country music is truly my passion and being able to collaborate with all of our incredible Country brands, and the Country music community directly, will be a privilege."
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Phillips is a respected radio veteran who has more than 20 years鈥 experience in programming. He previously served as 天涯社区官网Media鈥檚 Senior Vice President of Programming for the Southeast Region, Program Director and on-air personality for KISS 103.5 in Chicago, and Operations Manager for 天涯社区官网Media鈥檚 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale cluster. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.