BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC RECEIVES MULTIPLE HONORS

The Birthplace of Country Music (BCM), parent organization of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, and Radio Bristol, took home top honors at the Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association's (NETTA) 19th annual Pinnacle Awards, including "Best of Show" for BCM's interactive remote exhibit at the Bristol, Virginia Welcome Center. BCM received two Pinnacle Awards for its public relations and advertising campaigns surrounding the CD release of "Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited", an award was given for the organization's website, and one for the economic impact of Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, which is estimated to add more than $16 million in tax revenue for Bristol and the surrounding region.

“AirPlay Direct is proud to acknowledge the accomplishments of our partners at Birthplace of Country Music. We are especially proud of the awards they received surrounding the ‘Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited’ CD.”   Lynda Weingartz, CEO - AirPlay Direct

In 2015 Birthplace of Country Music released “Orthophonic Joy: the 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited”; produced by 3 time Grammy winner, Carl Jackson. AirPlay Direct created and executed the exclusive year-long global radio strategy for “Orthophonic Joy”. This very successful collaboration has now led AirPlay Direct, Birthplace of Country Music and Collective Evolution to consummating a unique new strategic partnership deal for 2016.

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"Everyone at the Birthplace of Country Music is inspired and passionate about our mission”, said Leah Ross, BCM Executive Director. “This partnership with AirPlay Direct has proven to be very exciting, because it has allowed BCM to work with industry experts at AirPlay Direct to build an innovative strategy to help establish and sustain ‘Orthophonic Joy’ and Radio Bristol. Any achievement by our organization is a direct reflection of the hard work of our staff, volunteers and business partners. We are very grateful our work has been recognized."

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About the Birthplace of Country Music:
The Birthplace of Country Music is the parent nonprofit of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, and Radio Bristol. BCM showcases Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee's role in the birth and development of country music through these entities and also through a multitude of community and educational outreach programs. For more information about the organization, visit www.BirthplaceofCountryMusic.org.

About AirPlay Direct:                                                                                                                            AirPlay Direct is an e-based artist marketing, promotion and education platform that allows artists, record labels and music publishers to securely deliver broadcast-quality music and Digital Press Kits / DPKs to music industry professionals worldwide. Our system allows, radio programmers and film / TV music supervisors globally to connect to new music, create music calls, browse top downloaded artists and immediately download music and related artist information.

AirPlay Direct also provides our artist / label members our genre-based APD Global Radio Indicator Charts which track the download activity that our members' music receives from our worldwide radio panel. We have a national and international reach of 10,000+ radio stations and programmers in 90+ countries.
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About Collective Evolution:
Collective Evolution is a boutique, high-end entertainment and media consulting firm. Our clients include recording artists, record labels, record producers, management companies and radio promotion / PR firms. We deliver creative consultative services and customized business solutions to our clients based upon their specific needs and goals.

Contact: Lynda Weingartz - lynda@AirPlayDirect.com

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