Industry News Bits TUE 5/13/25
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Capitol Music Group announced today that it will bring Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG) and its country division Capitol Records Nashville, under the Capitol Music Group Nashville banner.
Candice Watkins joins the company to serve as President of Capitol Records Nashville. Additionally, Watkins will serve as Executive Vice President of Capitol Christian Music Group, bringing her years of experience to bear for the company’s deep roster of artists. Watkins is perhaps best known for her leadership role at Big Loud Records, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, overseeing the label’s Marketing, Digital, Creative, PR and Streaming departments. Prior to joining Big Loud, Watkins worked in Marketing and Artist Development at Universal Music Group Nashville, and held positions at Red Light Management, Mozes Inc., Borman Entertainment and Cross Point Church. She serves on the boards of CMA and ACM.
“This reorganization reflects our commitment to growing our Nashville operations as a core creative hub in Christian, gospel and country music,” said Capitol Music Group CEO, Tom March. “We’re looking forward to signing and developing the next generation of country artists on Capitol Records Nashville and are thrilled to have an executive of the caliber of Candice Watkins to lead our ambitious plans in country music while also bringing her expertise to our gospel and Christian music operations.”
Capitol Christian Music Group, which includes Motown Gospel and Tamla and distribution operations, will continue to be led by its longtime President Brad O’Donnell in Nashville. CCMG is home to Anne Wilson, Josiah Queen, Chris Tomlin, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and others. CCMG also publishes the song catalog of industry icon Kirk Franklin. O’Donnell will continue to report to Tom March.
“This new structure will empower our Nashville executives to better serve the incredible artists on our roster. Candice is a brilliant music marketing executive who has an amazing track record in developing career artists,” said John Janick, Chairman of Interscope Capitol. “Having her lead our country music business in Nashville and also add her extensive artist development expertise to our CCMG team is going to be great for our artists and for the entire executive team.”
Candice Watkins commented: “It’s a true honor to step into the role of President of Capitol Records Nashville and EVP of Capitol Christian. These labels have a rich legacy in partnering with some of the most brilliant artists of our industry and I look forward to contributing to its continued success and cultural impact. Excited to collaborate with John, Tom, Lillia and Brad in boldly championing creatives and visionaries.”
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WORQ/Green Bay (Q90FM) will be installing its new transmitter in a few wekks.
WORQ manager Crash Connell tells HisAir, “the new transmitter will put us back at 100% at 8kw”
Life FM/Adelaide, AUS presents the ‘Op Till You Drop’ event that aims to bring the community together, while raising funds for the station. The event is a first of it’s kind for the region and promises live music, coffee, food, a fashion show, kids activities along with the high-quality recycled fashion and goods for sale.
Life FM Operations and Fundraising Manager Lorrene McClymont explains, “Our team is deeply passionate about reaching those who may be struggling, offering
encouragement, and providing a fresh, uplifting perspective through everything we do.”
According to Joshua Project, this southern African nation of Malawi has a more than 74% Christian population (17% Muslim). But Victor Kaonga (pictured, TWR’s international director for East and Southern Africa, wishes more believers would grasp the Lordship of Christ.
“By that, I mean I wish every Christian believer understood and practiced making Christ Jesus as Lord over every aspect of their lives — actually submitting and ensuring that their work is surrendered to Christ,” he says.
TWR Malawi offers radio programs on agriculture, health, and apologetics. They look to develop into new platforms and especially reach young people in Malawi.
“It will be not doing justice to our people in our generation if we don’t attend to them through the digital platforms that are prevalent now,” Kaonga says, pointing to podcasting, WhatsApp groups, Facebook Live pages, YouTube, etc
Former Moody Radio/Nashville employee Ted Randall has passed away. He was 73.
HisAir INDUSTRY NEWS TIMELINE – May 13, 2019
Radio Training Network stations KWND/Springfield (88.3 The Wind) and sister station KWFC/Springfield have restructured their leadership team. Following the appointment of Program Director morning host Kyle Dowden to Station Manager more changes have been announced. Kyle retains his KWND PD duties.
-Station Manager Dave Taylor adds General Manager duties for the Springfield stations. He will also assume the KWFC PD role in the leadership realignment.-Brand Manager Stephanie Jenkins is promoted to the leadership team. (Dowden and Jenkins make up the morning team on KWND) -KWFC fill-in and overnight host Ethan Millburn (at left) is the new Afternoon Drive host on The Wind.
Milestone:
Jim Galipeau celebrates 35 years at WJIE/Louisville
Paul Cameron celebrates 44 years at The Family/Appleton, WI
Chad Whiteside 8 years at Awakening Events
Dr. Julie Armstrong 1 year at Moody Radio
Will Eason 4 years at The Heart Share Group
Corey Bridges 4 years at The Heart Share Group
Prayer List:
Bekah Eaker
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