Whitney Wolanin with Charlie Daniels

TopNotch® Records Singer- Songwriter Whitney Wolanin with Charlie Daniels after Charlie's induction at the post show party at the Musicians Hall of Fame, Nashville.

Road Trip to Nashville

We have lots of pictures from our recent road trip to Nashville. A charity art event hosted by Mix 93/Nashville featured the art of nationally syndicated host Delilah and brought out the stars, including Robin Meade of Headline News (CNN), Wynona Judd, Dan Hill, Jim Brickman, Ronnie Milsap, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jordan Hill and Jamie O' Neal. The packed room included actors from the movie Twilight, music luminaries Tim McFadden, Rick Monroe, Mike Musick, Callann Lane, Ashley Nemeh, Sarah Marince, Ashley Wilson and Miss Tennessee. The gathering also included McVay Media's Mike McVay, Daniel Anstandig and Jessica McVay. These pictures say it all as the red carpet event was the talk of Nashville on a cold rainy night.





Daniel, Jessica, Wynona and Mike

Jordan Hill, Delilah, Sarah Marince, Jessica McVay and friend.

Ashley Nemeh walks the Red Carpet

Daniel, Jessica and Headline News anchor Robin Meade.

Jessica McVay with Cam Gigandet from the Twilight movie series.

Dan Hill being interviewed on TV just before he walks the red carpet.

The Stars Come Out in Nashville!

A recent VIP event in Nashville brought out the stars ... including the McVay Media team! Pictured Left-to-Right are Daniel Anstandig (President, McVay New Media), Jessica McVay (Program Coordinator McVay Media & McVay New Media), Wynonna Judd and Mike McVay.

Zak Tyler and Daughter Ashley pose for the McVay Media camera.

Zak is the PD of WYOY/Jackson, MS.

During a recent visit to Jackson, MS ... Mike McVay and Charlie Cook met up as they both consult stations for The Radio People.

Cook, consultant for WUSJ, poses with General Manager Gwen Rakestraw.

Mike McVay and Gwen pose outside of the WJKK/Mix 98.7 studio's in Jackson, Mississippi.

ROCK & ROLL SACRED GROUND:

Sure, he's McVay Media's News/Talk consultant, but longtime, long-ago Top 40 DJ Holland Cooke still slammed-on-the-brakes as he scurried down Broadway in New York recently, when he spotted this iconic address.

NAB

The McVay New Media team poses in Philadelphia at the NAB 2009.

(L-R) McVay New Media President Daniel Anstandig, and team member Faith Megna, are joined by Rockie Thomas, Lee Cornell, and Bob Dunphy of Greater Media atop the roof of The Phoenix Building.

Neil Diamond during his video shoot at Warner Brothers.

Stella Prado, the PD of KOST/Los Angeles, recently posed with Neil Diamond during his video shoot at Warner Brothers. (OK! You got us! She wasn't able to make the shoot ... so we superimposed her face on KIIS PD John Ivey's body.) Hey ... Neil looks good!!! (Just teasing and having some fun.)

Skatgit Valley

Delilah's Producer Janey was in Skatgit Valley this weekend. Janey is riding 150 miles on her bike for MS.
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Delilah's Seattle affiliate (the market where the race took place) KRWM, covered Janey's participation on the air, and was a sponsor of the event to battle Multiple Sclerosis.

Producer Janey (The Delilah Show), with Dr. Lilly Jung during a recent Ride for the Cure event near Seattle. Dr. Jung (Swedish Medical Center-Seattle), recently consulted the treatment of Delilah's son, Manny, who was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors.

WMJC

WMJC/Long Island PD Jon Daniels celebrates the stations second best EVER rating month since PPM began. Daniels and the staff at the Barnstable station know how to celebrate. Notice "Lucky" the Long Island Duck on his computer. The duck is the long lost cousin of Lucy, Ducky, Donna and Drake. Ducks come from BIG families.

Mike McVay ... the original Puppet Master ... puts words in the mouth of many air talent. Pictured in the role of "the dummy" is Phathead from WMJC/Long Island morning show. He' was a good sport, but we now know HOW Mike sprained his ankle.

The World Famous midday marvel Malibu Sue posed with Mike McVay during his recent visit to Long Island. Sue is generally the most listened to Hot AC talent on Long Island. Sue and Mike pose on the "first day of school" for Sue's twins. She celebrated not having to worry about latch-key-kids by playing "Today's Best Mix" all day.

Shakira recently visited WLTW/New York City.

Shakira recently visited WLTW/New York City and posed with PD Chris Conley. Who says that AC has to be boring?

WMJC/Long Island

Cobra Starship poses with Phathead from the morning show on Long Island's WMJC Radio. The band was "reading the bumps" on Phathead's head. The art of Phrenology is practiced by the band.

Michael Franti and Cherine Anderson pose with Phathead, the WMJC Morning Maven, during a recent visit.

Cobra Starship flashes the official "sign" of WMJC/Long Island. PD Jon Daniels (middle) poses with the band.

Jon Daniels imitated the pose with his own show of he with the "Island Sound" performers.

The Pheet of Phathead (WMJC/Long Island) with Michael Franti and Cherine Anderson.

Neil Diamond is soon to launch a brand new Holiday CD.

Among the classics is a fun original that incorporates the titles of many of Neil's hits. The new Christmas Classic is titled "A Cherry Cherry Christmas."


Pictured are (L-R) Azoff Music's Steve Zap, KIIS/Los Angeles PD John Ivey, Neil Diamond, Star and MY 104-3/Los Angeles PD Andrew Jeffries, and McVay Media's Mike McVay.

"Relaxing on Labor Day! Our founder."

Happy Sailing!

Mike McVay and WTAM/Cleveland PD Ray Davis aboard Ray's boat during the Cleveland Air Show. The ride took place on the Sunday before Labor Day.

The programming team of PMB in Columbus, Georgia and Mike McVay during a recent programming strategy dinner.

Jimbo Martin and his team recently enjoyed an unprecedented increase in all four (4) of their properties. McVay Media began consulting the PMB owned Columbus, Georgia stations just before the start of the Spring 2009 Arbitron. The owner and his team of PD's were treated to a marvelous dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Martin's home. Seen spoon feeding Mike McVay is Jimbo Martin.

The team members included the various PD's. Congratulations to the teams at WGCQ, The Truth, The Ride and Kissin' in Columbus, Georgia!!!!

How I spent my Summer Vacation.

Eric Weiss of The Weiss Agency offered his Cabo San Lucas condo to several of the McVay Team. The huts on the beach house massage tables and the waves provided the "white noise" for total relaxation. The view from the 1st story balcony is spectacular. The condo is for rent. We highly recommend visiting http://www.vrbo.com/204010. As they say in Cabo .... "Another margarita please."

Mix 103-1 Anchorage

Amber O' Neill and Lucy McGuire- The women of Mix 103-1 Anchorage

Devan, Amber, Lucy and Mike McVay during a recent trip to KMXS in Anchorage, Alaska

Must have blue eyes to work at Mix 103-1 Anchorage. This is Amber, Devan Mitchell (PD and Morning Man) and Lucy McGuire

Kitty and Kindra. KMXS Siamese Twin Receptionists

You don't hear of this often. One consultant in the total 25 years of the stations life!

Mike McVay recently visited Fort Wayne and celebrated 25 years as consultant to Sarkes-Tarzian radio, owner of WAJI - WLDE, with General Manager Lee Tobin. When McVay first joined the station, Sarkes Tarzian President/Radio Geoff Vargo was the General Manager and Tobin joined as PD shortly after McVay started at the station. McVay's hair was darker, there was no pot belly and the dark circles under his eyes in those days were from working late hours. Today the circles are .... well .... "just because."

Dan Collins, Operations Manager of Qantum Communications of Ft. Walton Beach’s Hot AC Mix 103-1

“Dan Collins, Operations Manager of Qantum Communications of Ft. Walton Beach’s Hot AC Mix 103-1 (on right) tells our Jerry King about the care and feeding of the station vehicles in the hot Florida Panhandle sun. King was more than a little puzzled by Dan’s tip about silicone and seafood, but still said, “sure…why not?”

Ashley Nemeh

Ashley Nemeh, the singer/songwriter, recently visited Kiss/Pittsburgh PD Alex Tear. Alex, the Operations Manager for Clear Channel/Pittsburgh, is heading to Miami for the same position at the legendary Y100 (WHYI) and will also oversee the Clear Channel Cluster. Ashley sends him off in style with this pose.

Bob Neumann, the Operations Manager and PD of WRMF/West Palm Beach, takes time out from his busy broadcast schedule to pose with singer/songwriter Ashley Nemeh. Ms. Nemeh was in South Florida exploring the opportunity to have a hurricane named after her. Hurricane Ashley flew through radio stations and posed for a ton of pictures inside of 6 days. Batten down the hatches.

Nemeh is everywhere .... here she is in South Florida. Ashley Nemeh poses with Those Two Girls In The Morning from WFLC/Miami. Julie Guy and Tamara G are seen here with the singer/songwriter.

Uncle Kracker and Mike McVay

Uncle Kracker and Mike McVay posed for a picture during a recent visit that the two made to WAJI/WLDE in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Kracker cracked that McVay is taller in-person than he looks in the trades.

Whitney Wolanin

Whitney Wolanin, TopNotch® Records. Singer, songwriter, pianist performing at Citi Field, NY for the Mets. Photo credit: Victoria Julia Wolanin

FINALLY, he walks-the-talk!

McVay Media News/Talk Specialist Holland Cooke (L) has been coaching radio talk hosts for decades...but never himself hosted a talk show...until recently, when he sat-in for Westwood One's Jim Bohannon. HC's first guest was FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell...or, as he was known in the 1985 WTOP/Washington newsroom Holland managed, "Rob the intern." Click-to-listen-to HC's hosting debut at http://hollandcookemedia.wordpress.com/4jimbo/

And yes, Washington bigshots THIS big DO carry a badge.

INXS

David Rogerson, our associate consultant in Australia, sent along this picture.

Rob Thomas Joins INXS in the Studio