Kix Brooks Celebrates 1st Anniversary Hosting American Country Countdown

Kix Brooks Celebrates 1st Anniversary Hosting American Country Countdown

- Country Music's Longest Running Syndicated Countdown and Superstar Brooks Take Listeners Behind the Scenes in Nashville -

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Kix Brooks has been making radio history again, but this time it's not for topping the Country charts as Brooks & Dunn with partner Ronnie Dunn. One year ago, Kix became the first Country Music Superstar to host a national radio show -- and of course, he chose the most famous program of all -- ABC Radio's American Country Countdown.

American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks is heard on over 250 stations nationwide and the show proudly airs on the American Forces Radio Network to U.S. troops and their families wherever they are stationed.

"Hosting ACC is completely different than what I'm used to doing, but I'd like to think that it's something I know a little bit about -- the music and the artists anyway," notes Brooks. "For the last twenty five years I've lived and died by this chart, first as a songwriter and now with Brooks & Dunn, and I know how these artists feel from week to week. I'm honestly interested in what they're up to and it's fun to share it with the fans, and amazingly, most of them are actually still talking to me," he adds with a grin. "There's also a lot of great music being made right now, and it's fun to be in the middle of it -- I'm having the time of my life!"

Stations were quick to embrace Kix's down-to-earth story telling and inside connections. "We have been with Kix since day one! ACC is one of the highest rated time slots on our station," said Mike O'Brian, KUSS San Diego. "He has such a natural ability! I don't think I have ever heard anyone tell a story like Kix. You feel like you're sitting around a campfire with him and a few of your friends. And the guests ... are you kidding?! Every week he has another superstar on the show and the big difference between ACC and other shows ... Kix is actually buddies with these guys ... and you know what? it shows!"

Kix attracts the best of Country artists to the show with guests such as George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Faith Hill to name a few. "He brings an incredible gift to Country fans in terms of familiarity with the Nashville scene but also his close personal relationships with the stars, and the music," said John McConnell, Sr. Vice President, ABC Radio Networks.

Kix Brooks, half of superstar duo Brooks & Dunn, together with partner Ronnie Dunn hosted the 2005 and 2006 CMA Awards. This year they brought home four more trophies, making them the winners of more CMA and ACM awards than any other duo in history.

About ABC Radio Networks

ABC Radio Networks has over 4,400 affiliate radio stations reaching nearly 105 million people age 12 and over each week. Programs and services include ABC News Radio, Paul Harvey News and Comment, The Sean Hannity Show, Satellite Sisters, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Doug Banks Morning Show, MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker, The Mark Levin Show, The Mark Davis Show, The Larry Elder Show, American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Mike and Mike in the Morning, The Michael Baisden Show, Dick Bartley's Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits, Renan Almendarez Coello-El Cucuy de la Manana and El Vacilon de la Manana with Enrique Santos and Joe Ferrero, Daddy Yankee On Fuego Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio. Other ABC broadcast services include ABC Sports Radio, Radio Disney, syndicated music and talk programs including Flashback, format-specific ePREP and production libraries, ABC's Jack FM(TM) and nine other 24-Hour Formats, including Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel and ESPN Radio, which is the exclusive network radio home of Major League Baseball, the NBA and the Bowl Championship Series.

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