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Friday, July 25, 2008
 
8:00am-5:00pm
REGISTRATION OPEN
  8:30-10:00am


Dave Burchett

OPENING KEYNOTE/BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Integrity Label Group
Performances by Paul Baloche
and Kathryn Scott

Emmy Award-winning television sports director, author and Christian speaker Dave Burchett will open the Summit with his unique blend of humor, compassion, insight and honesty. He is the author of "When Bad Christians Happen to Good People" and "Bring’em Back Alive – A Healing Plan For Those Wounded by the Church." He and his wife, Joni, were also staff members of Campus Crusade's Athletes In Action. To learn more about Burchett, go to www.daveburchett.com.

Paul Baloche

Kathryn Scott
 
10:15-11:30am
GENERAL SESSION
Facing The Facts About New Media
Internet radio, satellite radio, podcasts, social networking sites and other forms of new media that compete for listeners' attention surround terrestrial radio. This panel will cover not only how to compete with new media, but how to use new media to promote your radio station and engage the new-media-savvy listeners of today.

Moderator: Mark Adkison, EMI CMG VP of digital strategy & development
Panelists: Alan Mason, Goodratings Strategic Services partner; Scott Lindy, Sirius director of country programming; Joe Galante, Sony BMG chairman

Mark Adkison
 

11:45am-1:30pm

LUNCH
Sponsored by Word Entertainment
Performances by Mark Schultz,
Stellar Kart

 

Mark Schultz

Stellar Kart
 
1:45-2:45pm
GENERAL SESSION
One Step Closer To The Truth: Arbitron's PPM
Arbitron will host this session to bring you up to speed on the latest PPM information, including the most recent numbers from PPM markets, and some of them may surprise you. PPM is definitely changing the way programmers think. We'll find out why, what they're doing differently and how it's working.
 

3:00-5:00pm

GENERAL SESSION
Radio And Records Group Therapy
Co-sponsored by Heights Music Group and
ONdO Entertainment
Performance by Justin Unger

This panel is back for the third year in a row by popular demand. Panelists from the Christian radio community and from the Christian record community will discuss what's most important to their community right now. With interaction from audience members, we'll all discuss how we can continue the growth of the Christian music industry, radio and records, and continue to lead people to Christ.

Moderator: John Styll, Gospel Music Association president
Panelists: Mike Novak, EMF Broadcasting; Grant Hubbard, EMI CMG; Dave Senes, WAY-FM; Derek Jones, Word Records; Jim Kirkland, Blue Ridge Broadcasting; John Butler, Curb Records; Brian Dishon, Provident Label Group; Scott Valentine, KCMS/Seattle

John Styll

Justin Unger
 
5:30-700pm
DINNER
Sponsored by EMI-CMG
Performances by Mandisa, Matthew West, Britt Nicole, Robbie Seay, Daniel Doss, and Josh Wilson.

Mandisa

Matthew West

Britt Nicole

Robbie Seay
 
7:15pm
CLUB R&R (offsite)
Sponsored by Curb
Performance by Natalie Grant
   
Natalie Grant
   
 
8:00am-2:00pm
REGISTRATION OPEN
 
8:30-10:00am
GENERAL SESSION/BREAKFAST
Sponsored by INO Records
Performances by 33Miles, Addison Road, and Laura Story

Author, speaker and minister David Nasser will deliver the Friday morning keynote with his amazing story of his family's escape from Iran when he was just 9 years old. They moved to the United States, where he struggled as a young man, then found Christ in college and began sharing his story with others. Today he speaks to over 500,000 people a year. Nasser also authored "Glory Revealed," which was released along with the "Glory Revealed" CD, and joined Third Day's Mac Powell and other artists on the "Glory Revealed" tour.

David Nasser
 

33Miles

Addison Road

Laura Story
 
10:15-11:30am
GENERAL SESSION
The Slacker And The Spoiled: Engaging Gen X & Y
Sponsored by INO Records

Performance by Fee

Find out how you can attract and keep younger listeners tuned in to your station. We'll discuss what these two very different generations want and share how Christian radio stations and record labels can meet those needs in a way that will resonate and have a lasting impact.

Fee
 

11:45am-1:30pm

LUNCH
Sponsored by Provident Label Group
Performances by Michael W. Smith, Leeland, Brandon Heath, Kelly Pease, and Matt
Maher

Michael W. Smith

Leeland

Brandon Heath
   

Kelly Pease

Matt Maher
 
1:45-2:45pm
GENERAL SESSION
Brand Development: Making The Big Idea Happen
Sheri Warnke is a senior media and marketing executive with more than 25 years of national experience in magazine publishing, national advertising, entertainment and music marketing, experiential marketing and event promotion. If you've had big ideas but have never been able to pull them off, Sheri will let you know how strategic partnerships with national corporations or companies in your own community can help make them happen.

Sheri Warnke
 
3:00-4:00pm
GENERAL SESSION
Creating Powerful Radio
Geller Media International president and "Creating Powerful Radio" author Valerie Geller will show you how to get, keep and grow your audience by creating powerful radio. Most importantly, she'll talk about how to never lose a listener!

Valerie Geller
 
4:15-5:30pm
GENERAL SESSION
Christian Rate-A-Record*
Another popular panel returns for the third straight year as panelists from radio and labels, as well as audience members, get to listen to brand-new music, then rate each song using Broadcast Architecture's Mix-Master digital dials.

Panelists: Dan Michaels, INO Records; David Pierce, K-LOVE/Air 1;
Andrea Kleid, EMI CMG; Scott Smith, WPOZ/Orlando; Jim Epperlein, XM Satellite Radio
 
5:30-7:30pm
R&R CHRISTIAN INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER
Sponsored by INO Records
Performances by MercyMe, Caedmon's Call, The Afters, and Skillet

R&R Christian Industry Achievement Awards
Once again this year, awards will be presented for stations of the year in all market sizes, plus PD, MD and personalities of the year. We'll also crown labels and record promoters of the year as nominated and voted on by you.

MercyMe

Caedmon's Call

The Afters

Skillet
 
*AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE
* Rate-A-Record is a service mark of dick clark productions