Beasley Media Group, LLC, a leading multi-platform media company, and Key Networks, a next generation radio syndication company, announce that award-winning Country radio personality Kelly Ford debuts today as Host of Backstage Country, the fastest-growing nationally syndicated Country music program in the U.S. This week, Nashville-based Ford will host Backstage Country alongside Country superstars Lady A, the first weekly guest hosts to share the mic with Ford.
Throughout the week, Lady A will share with Ford and the show’s listeners the real stories behind their music and personal insights recalling their first days together.
During the month of March, Ford welcomes an all-star lineup of the hottest artists in Country music to join her as guest hosts of Backstage Country. Those guest hosts include:
- Week of March 4th: Carly Pearce
- Week of March 11th: Thomas Rhett
- Week of March 18th: Hardy
- Week of March 25th: Chris Young
Now heard on over 80 U.S. radio stations and in 27 of the top 50 DMA markets, Backstage Country is hosted each week by today’s hottest Country artists, sharing exclusive backstage insights and giving listeners a VIP all-access pass to today’s most exciting Country music and entertainment.
Country radio listeners across the U.S. know Ford from her time co-hosting the Nashville-based nationally syndicated Country morning show, Ty, Kelly & Chuck, for Westwood One. In addition, Ford stands as the only solo female morning show host in the history of Country music radio in New York City, as Host of Kelly Ford in the Morning on Country 94.7/WNSH-FM, a station she helped launch in 2013.
She also hosted a nationally syndicated weekend 90’s Country Show for Audacy. Ford has earned three broadcasting honors from the CMA’s, an ACM Award, three Gracie Awards, and a Marconi Award.
Ford currently hosts a podcast, “The Kelly Ford Show: Nashville Truth”, and has built an extensive collection of artist interviews, live on-stage hosting, on-camera work for Extra TV, and unique content creation for her own company, Force of Nature Creative.
Backstage Country is available in multiple dayparts on a market-exclusive basis from Key Networks. The four-hour localized Country music entertainment program offers Country stations and their listeners unmatched access to Nashville’s biggest Country music stars, rising stars, and new artists, and showcases the best of Country music in a highly entertaining and PPM-friendly format. Backstage Country is available to stations Monday-Friday via FTP delivery.
The show is customized to air anywhere in a station’s lineup between 6am-Midnight – Mornings, Middays, Afternoons or Nights. In addition, fans can get the latest news, interviews, music and more on-air and through the show’s website, https://backstagecountry.com/.
Backstage Country affiliates include Beasley Media Group stations WKLB-FM, Boston, MA; WXTU-FM in Philadelphia, PA; WQYK-FM in Tampa, FL; KCYE-FM, Las Vegas, NV; WSOC-FM, Charlotte, NC; WKXC-FM, Augusta, GA; and WKML-FM, Fayetteville, NC.
