PETERSON’S A LOSER! KSBJ President Tim McDermott flashed the universal sign for loser upon learning that R&R Christian Editor Kevin Peterson would miss the opening session of the Summit because of a flight delay while the other presidents’ session members smiled in agreement. Seen here (l-r) are WAY-FM’s Matt Austin, EMI CMG’s Bill Hearn, Provident’s Terry Hemmings, McDermott and GMA’s John Styll.

CHR RESEARCH Paragon’s John Stevens presented the results of his company’s CHR perceptual study with a little help from Goodratings partners John Frost and Alan Mason. Seen here (l-r) are Frost, Stevens and Mason.

GEORGE CARLIN? No, it’s Troy Research VP Jonathan Little presenting the results of the AC/Inspo perceptual study that Troy conducted before the Summit.

RIGHT LANE Talent coach and morning show expert Randy Lane makes a point during his session on morning shows.

HO! HO! HO! Curb Records VP John Butler played Santa, handing out gifts during the Friday-evening “Santa Swap and Showcase.”

THE AFTERS Simple Records/INO artist The Afters performed after Saturday evening’s dinner. Seen here (l-r) are Matt Fuqua, Josh Havens and Brad Wigg.

IT’S SELECTRIC! 3.1 Productions/Selectric Records co-founder Dino Elefante talked during breakfast about the new companies that he and his brother John have put together and the partners they’ve teamed up with.

DOES HERITAGE MEAN WE’RE OLD? Country Music Television Exec. VP/GM Brian Philips, WIBT/Charlotte PD Rob Wagman and RCA Label Group’s Paul Williams, who all have experience at heritage CHR stations, led the “Building a Heritage CHR Station” session. Seen here (l-r) are Philips, Wagman and Williams.

GREAT PROMOTIONS McVay Media President Mike McVay (at the podium) led the AC/Inspo session “Great Promotions Without Breaking the 8th Commandment” with panelists (l-r) McVay Media’s Daniel Anstandig, WFHM/Cleveland PD Sue Wilson and Creative Animal’s Doug Harris.

THE RECORD HALF Representing the record community at the “Radio and Records: Group Therapy” session were (l-r) World Label Group VP Derek Jones, Curb Records VP John Butler, EMI CMG Director/National Promotion Brian Dishon and Inpop Records GM Rob Poznanski.

IT’S ALL ABOUT RESEARCH EMF Broadcasting Director/Research Alan Mason (at the podium) led the “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Research” panel with panelists (l-r) WPOZ/Orlando PD Dean O’Neal, KCMS/Seattle PD Scott Valentine, Hit Music Research founder Ken Farley and EMI CMG VP Grant Hubbard.

GET THE BROOM WPOZ/Orlando swept this year’s Christian Industry Achievement Awards, winning Station, PD, MD and Personality of the Year. WPOZ President/GM Jim Hoge gives an acceptance speech as PD Dean O’Neal looks on.

SANTA’S HELPER Plumb performed songs from her new album at Curb Records’ “Santa Swap and Showcase.”

WHICH BUILDING? Word Label Group artists Building 429 rocked the Friday lunch with a couple of hits and their upcoming single.

ARDENTLY ARTISTIC Todd Agnew talked about the meaning behind one of his new songs before he performed at Saturday’s INO/SRE dinner.

HOW DO YOU SAY ‘Y’ALL’ IN NORWEGIAN? Comedian Anita Renfroe (l) hosted the Friday-night Club R&R. Here she talks with Norwegian Christian artist Edward John after his performance.

IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK Michael English made his first appearance in front of Christian radio programmers in over five years during Curb Records’ “Santa Swap and Showcase.”

A MAN OF INTEGRITY Paul Baloche opened the R&R Christian Summit Thursday afternoon courtesy of Integrity Label Group.

RICE GOES WITH ANYTHING
His electric piano may not have been working Saturday night, but Chris Rice borrowed Todd Agnew’s guitar and didn’t miss a beat during the INO/SRE dinner.

I GIVE IT A NINE Panel members at Saturday’s “Rate a Record” session applaud one of the songs they’re rating. Seen here (l-r) are EMI CMG A&R guy Nate Yetton, Passion Group founder Rick Welke, Provident artist Joy Williams, WONU/Chicago PD Johnathan Eltrevoog, WYLV/Knoxville PD Jonathan Unthank and INO VP Dan Michaels. The moderator (standing) is R&R Christian Editor Kevin Peterson.

CLOWNING AROUND AT THE SUMMIT GSF Media’s Wayne Hagan modeled his new clown shoes — just one of the many lavish gifts handed out by Curb VP John Butler at the Curb Records “Santa Swap and Showcase.”

CATCHING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY PromoOnly
MPE sponsored the technology panel featuring
(l-r) PromoOnly’s Dean Ernst, Arbitron’s Bob
Michaels and iBiquity’s Don Kelly.

POCKET FULL OF ROCKS The new Word Label Group worship artists performed during the Friday lunch.

NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK New artist Jessie Daniels performed her new song “The Noise” during Friday night’s Club R&R.

A BOY NAMED SALLIE Curb artist Nate Sallie performed a song from his upcoming album, which is scheduled to be released in 2006.

’COMMUNITY MAKES A DIFFERENCE’ That was the message that DM Live host Dawson McAllister delivered at Sunday worship to wrap up the R&R Christian Summit.