TRRR/Billboard Relationship creates a great moment for Texas Music

PRESS RELEASE - Dallas-Ft.Worth, TX & Nashville, TN,

Billboard Country Update will include a shorter digest of the weekly chart taken from the TRRR "Texas" Top 100 chart, compiled from reports received weekly from the TRRR reporting panel of radio stations. Billboard Country Update is e-mailed to readers every Monday evening, and includes the Billboard country radio charts, all facets of country music news, industry information and starting next month, the TRRR chart. Billboard will embed a link straight to the www.TexasRegionalRadio.com home page each week.

"We are extremely pleased with this relationship with Texas Regional Radio Report, says Wade Jessen, Senior Chart Manager/Nashville and The Billboard Country Update.

"We're thrilled to have this unprecedented exposure for our Texas music scene", says TRRR editor and publisher, Dave Smith. "With the TRRR chart feature being published in the music industry's leading and most respected publication, Texas music artists, their talents and works as well as the TRRR Radio Reporting panel have just expanded their potential audience to the entire music industry as well as worldwide." The first TRRR chart capsule will be printed in the January 18, 2010 - Billboard Country Update.

The Billboard Country Update is read by virtually every entity, every facet in the country music industry today, from record labels, publishers, writers, artists, management, legal, talent agencies, booking agencies, venues, video, film and TV, etc., to major and independent companies and music fans. It's also available to anyone in the Texas music scene at no charge. All you do is request the Update by going to www.billboard.biz/newsletters and sign up.

"Billboard has long been interested in the vibrant Texas Regional/Red Dirt music scene, and we've followed the impressive development of the Texas Regional Radio Report for more than five years. "We're excited and pleased to connect our Billboard Country Update readers with the definitive TRRR music scorecard," Jessen says.

For further information, contact:

... At Texas Regional Radio Report:

Dave Smith, Editor/Publisher, Texas Regional Radio Report

817-283-7984

dave@texasregionalradio.com

... At Billboard:

Wade Jessen, Senior Chart Manager/ Nashville, Billborad

615-641-6080

wjessen@billboard.com

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The Texas Regional Radio Report Charts are published weekly and is the first and only online reporting system for Texas music. The charts are compiled from accumulated total airplay spins or rotations received weekly from the TRRR Reporting Panel. The panel is comprised from radio stations, special and syndicated programs, internet stations and/or satellite radio. The TRRR prides itself on being the most effective chart due to its online reporting system that was designed to compile credible and accurate chart results as an effort to help maintain an active and fresh reflection of what is being played in Texas...

and again, help increase and build NEW and developing Texas/RedDirt Artists.

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