NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (December 22, 2009)—Fervent Records’ rock trio BarlowGirl and the Air 1 radio network partnered together for Air 1’s Home for Christmas with BarlowGirl contest. Air 1 recently announced the winner of the promotion that gave listeners the chance to win a trip for 4 to Chicago to site see and go Christmas shopping on the famous Michigan Avenue with BarlowGirl. The winner and family’s trip also included some highlight experiences including visiting the Water Tower Place, seeing the city’s beautiful evening lights from the John Hancock Observatory, enjoying Chicago-style pizza, and sitting front row at BarlowGirl’s Apple Store performance.
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (December 21, 2009)– Big Daddy Weave and Contemporary Christian radio network KLOVE recently wrapped up the “Be Brave This Christmas” campaign, an initiative to honor and provide for military families across the nation this Christmas season. By the tenth day of the “Be Brave This Christmas” campaign, 100 families were sponsored by listeners, bringing the grand total of donated items to $25,960.17. The selected recipients were listed in an Amazon.com online gift registry with Word Entertainment coordinating the efforts to fulfill the registries.
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( NASHVILLE , TENNESSEE ) December 3, 2009—Singer-songwriter Francesca Battistelli earned her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance for her hit single “Free To Be Me” from her debut record, My Paper Heart. “Free To Be Me” shattered records when it became the most added song by a female artist in Christian radio history, holding the number one slot for ten consecutive weeks and becoming the first number one song from a female at AC radio since 2005. Additionally, the song was the #4 most downloaded Christian Digital track for 2009.
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