Singer and writer, Ashley Nemeh, recently went on a field trip to Toronto

Singer and writer, Ashley Nemeh, recently went on a field trip to Toronto in order to meet with Grammy Winning Singer/Songwriter Dan Hill. Here Ms. Nemeh poses with Saint Toron ... the patron saint of Toronto. (It's not really the Saint ... but it's a great story!)

Singer/Songwriter Ashley Nemeh and Mike McVay pose during a recent dinner in Toronto.

Ashley poses with the fine china line ASHLEY in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto.

No star should travel without an Entrouge. This is Ashley's Mom-trouge!

A moment of silence during their field trip to Toronto and both Mike McVay and Ashley Nemeh jumped on their Blackberry's. Were they texting each other? Hmmm. How can you sight see if you're looking at your hands?

Vacation shots

Vacation shots from WGCQ/Columbus, GA Program Director Dave Arwood.


Dave writes "This was the beautiful view I had for the second half of my vacation. It was in Oak Island, NC on the Inter-coastal waterway, 4 blocks from the beach.

WGCQ PD Dave Arwood sent along this vacation shot of Myrtle Beach. If you have any vacation photo's that you'd like to share ... send them to mike@mcvaymedia.com.

Conclave 2009

Mike McVay, Joel Denver and air personality Erica Kay at the 2009 Conclave.

Canadian Music Week

Posing for their new album, Kevin Carter, Daniel Anstandig, Keith Berman, and Scotty Meyers at Canadian Music Week 2009.

Dance-A-Thon

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown practice their dance steps during a recent station Dance-A-Thon. Walter, the Operation Manager for Clear Channel - Biloxi, is also the male half of the Walter and Kelli morning show.

It's summer and that means baseball!

Holland Cooke at Boston's famous Fenway Park . Our news/talk specialist poses with the backdrop of the scoreboard at Fenway.

Holland Cooke poses with WTAM/Cleveland PD Ray Davis at the Indians game in Cleveland.

Eric Weiss and Heather Cohen, of the Weiss Agency, get in the spirit of Baseball by wearing an Indians hat. Miss Cohen received the hat when she lost a bet between her and Mike McVay over a Yankees-Indians game. The Yanks lost.

WLTW/NYC PD Chris Conley and Mike McVay at the Indians game.

Elle Jaimes Lanigan, the official McVay Media mascot, and the Cleveland Indians mascot "Slider" during a recent ball game. Our mascot squeezed their mascot's nose! Our mascot wins!!!

Valerie Smaldone

Famous voice talent, actress, writer and former WLTW/New York midday superstar Valerie Smaldone recently visited the new offices of McVay Media. Pictured with Valerie is our own superstar, Mike McVay.

Congratulations to our client and friend Joe Chille.

Joe and Corinna Chille tied the knot on Friday June 19th. Joe is the Operations Manager for Regent Communications in Buffalo. The couple was married on the NY side of nearby Niagara Falls.

Australian Country Star Jayne Denham

Australian Country Star Jayne Denham poses with our Aussie Associate Consultant from Sydney, David Rogerson. The star recently visited Rogerson's client The Hot Country Radio Network.

Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson took time out from a recent concert in Central Delaware to meet with WNCL morning talent Mike Butts and his beautiful wife Beth.

AND WE KNEW HIM "WHEN!"

Ten years ago, he was at KFGO/Fargo. Today, 30 Rock. McVay Media's Holland Cooke caught up with longtime amigo and long-ago client Ed Schultz, now nationally syndicated radio host and host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” at Talkers magazine’s New Media Seminar in New York.

Postcards and pictures from vacation!

Singer Whitney Wolanin and her sister, songwriter Victoria, at the Portland Headlight National Landmark Lighthouse, in Maine.

2nd Grade Brian Bieler

2nd Grade Brian Bieler Grandson, Cameron Bieler on drums at the House of Blues, Hollywood, CA Put a smile on your face, go to www.brianbieler.com and check out the No Blah Blahs Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael Ira Fmura graduated from Miamisburg High School recently.

Congratulations to Michael, nephew of Mike & Doris McVay, and the son of Ira "Ike" and Elizabeth Fmura.

Tracy Lawrence Bus Tour

I love hitting the road for a radio tour but it is amazing to walk in the door of a station with a future Country Music Hall of Famer – that’s where I believe Tracy Lawrence will end up years from now. We were all over the SE last week and I want to thank everyone for being so welcoming to us as the Tracy Bus cruised into town.Here are some pics from our week out:

Here’s Cadillac and Dallas from the Kicks Atlanta morning team with Tracy in the middle…

From left to right, it’s US-101’s MD Dex & afternoon traffic reporter Melissa, Tracy, & PD Jay Cruse

Finally, it’s a glamour shot of Tracy’s bulldog Tank – I developed a man crush on him on the road – don’t tell Blue

WFSY/Panama City

WFSY/Panama City had an interesting event happen recently. The station changed it's positioning statement from "Today's Best Hits" to "Today's Best Music." The balloon manufacturers message came back just a bit different than what the station expected.

ABC (Citadel Radio Networks)

ABC (Citadel Radio Networks) Nationally Syndicated Country Show morning host Charlie Derek poses with Mike McVay during a recent radio reunion in Tulsa. McVay and Derek worked together in both Tulsa and Panama City, Florida. Charlie's now based in Dallas for the network.

The McVay Media "Family" and "Team" enjoyed Mothers Day at The Cleveland Indians game.

Pictured (L-R) The McVay Media Mascot Elle Jaimes Lanigan with "Cool Pa" Mike McVay.

It's Mother's Day, but "Cool Pa" poses with granddaughter and company mascot Elle Jaimes Lanigan.

McVay New Media and McVay Media's Jessica McVay celebrated "the Big 2-5" recently. Seen here the mascot for the Cleveland Indians baseball team, Slider.

"LIVE, FROM...RHODE ISLAND!"

At the recent R.I. Radio Hall of Fame induction, McVay Media's star struck Holland Cooke met living legend Don Pardo, one of eight 2009 honorees. Pardo began his announcing career in 1938 at WJAR/Providence. Two years later, he began a "60 year and 6 month" stint at NBC/New York. Before his retirement 4 years ago, Pardo held one of only two of NBC's "lifetime contracts" (Bob Hope had the other). Since then, 91-year-old Pardo has commuted to New York 20 times a year to deliver his signature intro for "SATURDAY NIGHT LIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!"

Mike McVay made a recent visit to Las Vegas where he met with Donny & Marie Osmond

Mike McVay made a recent visit to Las Vegas where he met with Donny & Marie Osmond following their show at The Flamingo. (Left to Right) Donny Osmond and Mike McVay. We captioned this picture so that you wouldn't be confused as to who is who.

Mike McVay with the always beautiful Marie Osmond. She gave Mike several tips on dancing, given her recent experiences on the hit TV show "Dancing with the Stars." The most important thing that Marie said to Mike was "Don't dance."

Mike McVay backstage at the Flamingo following a recent Donny & Marie Osmond performance, showing them his famous "Monkey Mike Face." Those readers who've never met Mike are probably unaware that he can mimic an entire zoo of animals. The giraffe is one of his best imitations, but he does a good job of making a Monkey face ... as seen here.

Donny Osmond, Mike and Marie Osmond ... three people in their 50's ... of which ONLY ONE looks over 50! Hey Mike .... You need to move to Utah. The fountain of youth must be hidden there.



Mike McVay with Donny and Marie Osmond. THIS ONE is the REAL shot for the trade publications.

The WRAL-FM (Mix 101.5) morning team and Mike McVay recently spent some time together in Raleigh.

Bill Jordan, Lynda Loveland, Vanna Fox and Wayne Michaels make-up the Mix 101.5 Morning Show of "Bill & Lynda." PD Barry Fox and Mike were busy "monitoring" .... and shopping at Crabtree Valley Mall. Macy's had some great sales.


Bill Jordan and Mike McVay at Mix 101.5 Raleigh

Vanna and Bill - Mix 101.5 WRAL FM Mornings

Lynda, Wayne, and Barry - The WRAL-FM Morning Show

Daniel Anstandig visiting The Joy FM

Daniel Anstandig visiting The Joy FM in Sarasota Florida ... Snuggled into programming. The picture was shot by PD Carmen Brown who gladly shared this photo.

Mike McVay Tours Delmarva-land

Mike McVay's tour through Delmarva-land took him to Delmarva Broadcastings stations in Central Delaware. Pictured (L-R) is the Delmarva team. OM/PD Steve Monz, APD Gary John, General Manager Mike Kazala and our fearless leader.



















Mike McVay, Joe Edwards at the 97.5 Cat Country/Salisbury, MD morning team went to the Delmarva Shorebirds minor league baseball game during Mike's recent visit to the station. This picture is out of focus because Brian (of Dixie and Brian) had consumed so much alcohol that these two looked "in focus" to him.

The Shorebirds have a baseball player whose name is Hoes. It's pronounced in a fashion that made this picture seem funny when we snapped it.

Rick Dees and Miley Cyrus

Rick Dees and Miley Cyrus as the Superstar Radio personality interviews the Superstar Singer for his Weekly Top-40 syndicated radio show.

Mike McVay's recent trip to Anchorage, Alaska

Mike McVay's recent trip to Anchorage, Alaska produced some great meetings, radio and pictures. This shot is from the Mix 103.1/KMXS air-staff meeting.(L-R) Amber O'Neil, Mike McVay, Devan Mitchell and Alice Weller.

"The Home That Marconi Built" .... also known as The Martin Estate.

Jim Martin, owner of River City Broadcasting, Mike McVay, Lee McCard (PD WJBO), Brian Thomas (PD of WKCN), Dave Arwood (PD of WGCQ) and Al Haynes (PD of 95-3/The Ride) pose in front of "The Home That Marconi Built" .... also known as The Martin Estate. The lovely Debbie Martin and her husband Jim & son Christopher welcomed Mike and the PD's into their home for some amazing souther cuisine.

The wide-camera view of The Martin Estate. The home, owned by Jim and Debbie Martin, was originally built in 1880 and was in downtown Columbus. It was disassembled in 1943 and rebuilt several miles outside of Columbus, GA. The home now sits on a hillside overlooking a beautiful lake and several hundred acres.

The Martin Family raises peacocks. The agressive male (named Romeo) lives in the wild and outside of the peacock coop. Living inside the pen, with the two hens, is the less agressive male ... and obviously the luckier bird. Jim Martin named the heretofor unnamed bird "Mike" after our fearless leader. We're not sure if the comparision is because Mike McVay is always preening like a peacock or if it's because he was the one who chided Jimbo for not having named the second male. Pictured is "Mike the Peacock."

Josh and the Empty Pockets

Tony Florentino of Mix and Sunny in Columbus, Ohio poses with Josh and the Empty Pockets during a recent stop-over in Ohio.

"We drove all-the-way-across the state to see Holland Cooke's PowerPoint lounge act???"

WPTF/Raleigh morning host Scott Fitzgerald (L) welcomes brother-station counterparts Brian Freeman (center) and J.R. Snider (R), morning duo at WSJS/Winston-Salem, at a pre-Spring book conference for more than 60 on-air and programming people at the Curtis Media’s Raleigh headquarters.