Biography

This is the download site for the Americana Top 20 Show produced by On-Air Village Productions. Burr Beard is host and producer. Show 113 is outdated and intended only for audition. The show is currently on hiatus and under review for improvements.

The Americana Top 20 Show is 90-minute showcase of the artists and their music that reach the top 20 on the Americana Music Association’s weekly chart.

The show is offered to any radio station, broadcast, satellite or Internet. Please inform the producer of your intent to carry.

A 30-year professional broadcaster, Beard managed stations since 1988, including WNCW-FM (which he founded) and currently WXLV-FM a full service Americana station in market #68. Beard was part of the beginning of Triple-A and Americana in the late 80's.

As station manager and program director for WXLV, Beard currently is on-air five days a week as drive time Americana music host and producer on Roots 90.3 XLV.