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    • Dec 19, 1997
    Holly Dunn concludes a 10-month stint as co-host of the morning show on Detroit radio station WWWW-FM
    Oct 22, 1998
    Decca executive Mark Wright sends a letter to radio stations, asking them to stop playing Mark Chesnutt's current single, "Wherever You Are," and prepare for his next release, a remake of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
    Mar 15, 1999
    Garth Brooks takes a ribbing in Baseball America for attending spring training with the San Diego Padres. Writes columnist Peter Gammons: "At least one good baseball mind in that organization recommended Shania Twain over Brooks"
    Mar 17, 1999
    Owens Broadcasting, owned by Buck Owens, sells Phoenix radio stations KNIX-FM and KUSZ-FM to Jacor Communications for $142 million
    Apr 1, 1999
    April Fools! Radio station KALF, in Chico, California, tells listeners Garth Brooks has been cut by the San Diego Padres, and that he's signing with the Chico Heat. The team pulls the plug on the stunt when season-ticket requests jam the phone system
    May 2, 1999
    Naomi Judd debuts as the host of a syndicated radio show, "Heart To Heart." Her first guest: Dixie Chick Natalie Maines
    Jul 21, 1999
    Lorrie Morgan calls in to a Nashville pop station to defend herself after the morning team makes a joke about her multiple marriages. Later, one of the jocks says, "She's one of my favorite female singers. Tracy Lawrence, I love her, too"
    Oct 14, 1999
    Vince Gill is inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, along with fiddler Byron Berline, guitarist Barney Kessel and Tulsa radio station KVOO
    Jan 10, 2000
    NPR hails Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" among the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
    Jan 31, 2000
    Dolly Parton sells WSEV-AM, the station where she made her radio debut, to the East Tennessee Radio Group 10 years after she purchased it



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