The deadline to purchase the $499 regular rate for the 2015 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is Monday January 12. The registration fee will increase to $599 starting Tuesday, Jan. 13.

CRS 2015 will be held Feb. 25-27, 2015 and includes more than 20 educational panels and presentations by industry-leading speakers, including entrepreneur Todd Wagner, leadership and team development coach, Lori Addicks, and Shazam CEO, Rich Riley. In addition, several of the format’s biggest acts will appear as featured speakers, including Keith Urban and the 2015 Artist Humanitarian Award recipient, Lady Antebellum.

As previously announced, Friday’s New Faces of Country Music Show will feature performances by Frankie Ballard (Warner Bros./WAR), Sam Hunt (MCA), Maddie & Tae (Dot), Eric Paslay (EMI) and Cole Swindell (Warner Bros./WAR).

For more information and too register, visit countryradioseminar.com.

For over a decade, The MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart has crowned No. 1 songs in the Country radio marketplace, celebrating 48 chart-topping songs in 2014. MusicRow congratulates each artist, songwriter and label for its accomplishments this year.
Luke Bryan made the most visits to the top of the chart with four. He made it three times by himself and once as a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line with “This Is How We Roll.” The boys of FGL spent 3 weeks at No. 1, once with “This Is How We Roll” and one of only two multi-week No. 1 songs this year, “Dirt.” The other multi-week No. 1 was Eric Church’s “Give Me Back My Hometown.” He also hit No. 1 with “Talladega,” also giving him three weeks at the top spot.
The 13th Annual MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Awards, based on radio airplay reported by stations on MusicRow’s radio panel, will be held during CRS in February.
MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart No. 1 Songs of 2014
1/9/14- Cole Swindell/Chillin’ It/Warner Bros.
1/16/14- Luke Bryan/Drink A Beer/Capitol
1/23/14- Lady Antebellum/Compass/Capitol
1/30/14- Dierks Bentley/I Hold On/Capitol
2/6/14- Jason Aldean/When She Says Baby/Broken Bow
2/13/14- Scotty McCreery/See You Tonight/Mercury Nashville
2/20/14- Danielle Bradbery/Heart Of Dixie/Big Machine
2/27/14- Blake Shelton/Doin’ What She Likes/Warner Bros.
3/6/14- Jerrod Niemann/Drink To That All Night/Sea Gayle-Arista Nashville
3/13/14- Eric Church/Give Me Back My Hometown/EMI Nashville
3/20/14- Eric Church/Give Me Back My Hometown/EMI Nashville
3/27/14- Justin Moore/Lettin’ The Night Roll/Valory Music Co.
4/3/14- Rascal Flatts/Rewind/Big Machine
4/10/14- Brantley Gilbert/Bottoms Up/Valory Music Co.
4/17/14- Keith Urban/Cop Car/Capitol Nashville
4/24/14- Sara Evans/Slow Me Down/RCA Nashville
5/1/14- Miranda Lambert/Automatic/RCA Nashville
5/8/14- Florida Georgia Line/This Is How We Roll/Republic Nashville
5/15/14- Luke Bryan/Play It Again/Capitol Nashville
5/22/14- The Band Perry/Chainsaw/Republic Nashville
5/29/14- Tyler Farr/Whiskey In My Water/Columbia Nashville
6/5/14- Chris Young/Who I Am With You/RCA Nashville
6/12/14- Jake Owen/Beachin’/RCA Nashville
6/19/14- Brad Paisley/River Bank/Arista Nashville
6/26/14- Blake Shelton/My Eyes/Warner Bros.
7/3/14- Eli Young Band/Dust/Republic Nashville
7/10/14- Eric Paslay/Song About A Girl/EMI Nashville
7/17/14- Tim McGraw/Meanwhile Back At Mama’s/Big Machine
7/24/14- Dierks Bentley/Drunk On A Plane/Capitol
7/31/14- Lee Brice/I Don’t Dance/Curb
8/7/14- Lady Antebellum/Bartender/Capitol Nashville
8/14/14- Kenny Chesney/American Kids/Columbia
8/21/14- Swon Brothers/Later On/Arista Nashville
8/28/14- Florida Georgia Line/Dirt/Republic
9/4/14-  Florida Georgia Line/Dirt/Republic
9/11/14- Luke Bryan/Roller Coaster/Capitol
9/18/14- Brantley Gilbert/Small Town Throwdown/Valory Music Co.
9/25/14- Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood/Somethin’ Bad/RCA-Arista
10/2/14- Little Big Town/Day Drinking/Capitol Nashville
10/9/14- Sam Hunt/Leave The Night On/MCA Nashville
10/16/14- Chase Rice/Ready Set Roll/Columbia Nashville
10/23/14- Keith Urban/Somewhere In My Car/Capitol Nashville
10/30/14- Blake Shelton/Neon Light/Warner Bros.
11/6/14- Maddie & Tae/Girl In A Country Song/DOT Records
11/13/14- Brad Paisley/Perfect Storm/Arista Nashville
11/20/14- Tim McGraw/Shotgun Rider/Big Machine
11/26/14-Carrie Underwood/Something In The Water/Arista Nashville
12/4/14-Kenny Chesney/Til It’s Gone/Columbia Nashville
12/11/14- Eric Church/Talladega/EMI Nashville
12/18-14- Darius Rucker/Homegrown Honey/Capitol Nashville

Lori Addicks (leadership and team development coach) and Rich Riley (Shazam CEO) have been announced as featured speakers for Country Radio Seminar 2015.
Addicks’ presentation, Increasing Your Resilience & Performance with EQ (Emotional Intelligence), will take place Thursday, Feb. 26 followed by Riley’s address Friday, Feb. 27, about the use of Shazam for programming and promotions.
As President of Larkspur Group, Addicks is a consultant, facilitator and executive coach specializing in leadership, organizational and team development, as well as multi-generational diversity. She has more than 25 years of experience in over 60 countries working with multiple industries including Coke, Cox, Apple, Aetna, AT&T, Atlanta Housing Authority, Walton Communities, McKesson Health Care, Recall, Brambles, Dean Foods and PC Tools.
Riley’s app has more than 100 million monthly active users and recently introduced its Hall of Fame. In 1999, he led the team that developed and patented what would become the Yahoo Toolbar (Log-Me-On.com). He spent 13 years in diverse leadership roles at the internet company including EVP, Americas and SVP, EMEA and led Corporate and Business Development. In 2011, Riley was a 40 Under 40: Ones To Watch by Fortune. Shazam is the No. 1 sales referral app for iTunes.
CRS 2015 will be held Feb. 25-27 in Nashville, Tenn.

iHeartMedia, Inc., (previously known as Clear Channel), announced today the sale of a select portfolio of its tower assets to Vertical Bridge for up to $400 million. The transaction is subject to due diligence and other customary closing conditions.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 and the company will subsequently enter into a lease with respect to the sold tower assets so its broadcast operations will continue without interruption.
“This is a great example of how we continue to optimize our balance sheet and maximize liquidity — and how we continually review our entire portfolio of assets to ensure we operate them in the most efficient way possible and invest our resources in the highest return opportunities,” said Richard J. Bressler, President and Chief Financial Officer of iHeartMedia, Inc.
The buyer, Vertical Bridge Holdings, is a privately-owned real estate investment trust focused on the ownership of wireless communication towers in the U.S.

Country Radio Seminar has announced this year’s Rusty Walker Scholarship winners, who will receive an all expense-paid trip and registration to CRS 2015, held Feb. 25-27 at the Nashville Convention Center.
Andrea Bogdonas (Morning Show Co-Host, Promotions Director and Social Media Producer/Designer – WFMB/Springfield, IL), Colton Bradford (Night Host and Morning Stunt Guy – WKSJ/Mobile, AL) and Annie Brooks (Marketing and Promotions Director – KWJJ/Portland, OR) are the three recipients of this year’s scholarship.
The Rusty Walker Scholarship program was created in 2012 by the Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. to honor Country Radio Hall of Fame member, Rusty Walker, who passed away in May 2012. Scholars will be recognized at the CRS 2015 opening ceremonies and will have the opportunity to meet CRS board members during the three-day seminar.
CRS 2015 will be held Feb. 25-27, 2015 at the Nashville Convention Center. To register for CRS at the regular rate of $499 visit www.countryradioseminar.com.