CRS Unveils More Agenda Details for CRS 2024

(Nashville, Tenn. – January 16, 2024) As CRS 2024 approaches, organizers are excited to reveal an agenda at a glance for the upcoming 3-day event. While more specific details for Day One's (2/28) "Digital Music Summit" will be disclosed later, here's a glimpse of what attendees can expect at CRS 2024:

Wednesday, February 28th – Digital Music Summit

  •  8:00 - 8:50 AM: Y'All Means All: Diversity Breakfast

  • 9:00 - 11:50 AM: Digital Music Summit Programming – More Info To Be Announced 

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Pre-Lunch Sponsor Performance featuring Joey Green, Sponsored by Texas Music Takeover

  • 12:00 - 1:50 PM: Lunch and Performance Sponsored by Warner Music Nashville

  • 2:00 - 4:00 PM: Digital Music Summit Programming – More Info To Be Announced 

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Programming Networking Happy Hour 

  •  6:00 - 8:30 PM: Amazon Music Presents Country Heat

  •  8:30 PM-???: Paddle Royale Ping Pong Extravaganza

Thursday, February 29th

  • 8:30 - 9:20 AM: AI Town Hall with Zena Burns, Buzz Knight, and Mike McVay

  • 9:30 - 10:30 AM: CRS Research Presentation, ...But They Have a Great Personality: On Air Talent And Their Role On All Platforms, Presented by Smith Geiger

  • 10:30 - 11:30 AM: The Artist Interview: A Conversation Between Trisha Yearwood and Lainey Wilson, Sponsored by ASCAP

  • 11:30 AM - 1:50 PM: ‘Team UMG at the Ryman’ Luncheon

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM: Here I Grow Again on My Own: Step Out of Your Comfort  Zone

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM: Personal Branding: It's Not Ego, It's Branding! 

  • 3:05 - 3:55 PM: CRS Honors

  • 4:00 - 4:50 PM: Passing the Torch: Why Mentors Matter 

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM: Bob Kingsley's Acoustic Alley Sponsored by  Country Top 40 with Fitz, Skyview Networks, and First Horizon Bank, with bar sponsored by ASCAP

  • 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM: The BBRMG THROWBACK THROWDOWN: Hits of the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s & Beyond

  • 10:00 PM-???: CRS After Hours


Friday, March 1st

  • 7:30 - 8:45 AM: Women's Networking Breakfast, Sponsored by Nuvoodoo Media

  • 8:00 - 8:45 AM: Your Remote Sucks: Let's Fix It!

  • 8:50 - 9:40 AM: Grand Theft Promo: The Best Bits to Steal 

  • 8:50 - 9:40 AM: On Air Personalities: The OG Influencers 

  • 8:50 - 9:40 AM: Diversi"tea": Spilling the Data on Inclusive Programming 

  • 10:00 - 11:00 AM: Mental Health Session 

  • 11:10 - 11:40 AM: AIWork Smarter, Not Harder 

  • 11:10 - 11:40 AM: One Man Band:Tools for Today’s Programmer  

  • 11:10 - 11:40 AM: Howdy Partners: The Potential of Great Partnerships

  •  11:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Pre-Lunch Performance by Billie Jo Jones, Sponsored by Get Joe Records

  • 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM: Lunch and Performance Sponsored by BMLG

  • 2:00 - 2:50 PM: Unapologetically Unemployed 

  • 2:00 - 2:50 PM: AI Chat GBT: The Good, The Bad, The Truth 

  • 2:00 - 2:50 PM Cycle of a Song: Megan Moroney and “Tennessee Orange” 

  • 3:00 - 3:50 PM: Leadership, Strategy, and Optimizing Country's Surge in 2024 Sponsored by CMA

  • 5:15 - 6:45 PM: New Faces Cocktail Reception, Co-Sponsored by Futuri Media 

  • 6:30 - 10:00 PM: New Faces of Country Music Dinner and Performance, Sponsored by ACM and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

  • 10:00 PM-???: CRS After Hours

Additional details regarding the various lineups will be released in the coming days, along with the launch of the official CRS 2024 event app. Agenda details are subject to modification. 

Registration for CRS 2024 is open and is $699 per person. Registration is available through www.CountryRadioSeminar.com. Single-day passes are also being made available for purchase. Single-day passes (limited to two-day passes per person) are $329. They include access to panels, speakers, luncheons, and networking destinations on the day of pass purchase, except Friday's New Faces of Country Music show. Day passes are now available on the CRS 2024 registration page (here) and will also be available for purchase on-site. 

For more information, please visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

Darcie Van Etten