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November 5, 1997
Greetings, Amy-listers!
Sorry that my update is late. Our household has been hit by the"plague" of flu. Now that we've all had it in one form or another - I'mpraying we'll be done with it for the winter!TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS NASHVILLE BULLETIN:Tickets ordered for the Nashville performances of Amy's TennesseeChristmas are being mailed this week. If you placed an advance orderand haven't received them by November 15 - please drop me an email at:[email protected].
Jeri & I will be stuffing envelopes to mail the tickets to Christmas InThe Park and Prime Time Country this week, also.
NEW NEWS:
Amy taped a segment for CBS THIS MORNING on October 29. It is to airsometime in the next two weeks. Keep your eyes peeled and your ear tothe ground for the exact day...
November 16Amy will perform at Nashville's Blue Bird Cafe. The evening is beingbroadcast on local radio station Y107 "The River" and simulcast via theinternet by CitySearch. Amy may even being doing her first internetlive chat prior to the show. Check out this web site for more details:www.citysearch.com and go to "Nashville".
The October/November FOA newsletter should be in the mail by Friday. Myprinter should have it ready by Thursday morning at the latest. At thisrate - you may actually see it before Amy does!
REMINDERS:
CHRISTIAN RADIO:
Amy will be counting down the top 20 Christmas songs of all time withJon Rivers on a special holiday edition of "20 The Countdown Magazine".Not surprisingly, "Tennessee Christmas" is number one! Check with yourlocal Christian music radio station to get your broadcast schedule.
Magazines:Amy shot a milk mustache ad with celebrity photographer, AnnieLibovitz. The ads are scheduled to appear in magazines beginning at theend of December. The ad and the release schedule are in theOctber/November FOA newsletter.
TV:
ABC's Prime Time Live - taped Aug 19 / air date November 19
Access Hollywood - taped Aug 19 / air date unknown
Inside Edition - air date unknown
November 11 - Christmas Tour rehearsals begin!
November 21 - December 21
Amy's Tennessee Christmas with The Nashville Symphony will be touringin the midwest and eastern United States. Next fall, the tour will headwest!
November 25 - Amy's 37th Birthday! Rather than send cards or gifts, we want toencourage you to make a gift to one of your favorite charities. You canmake your donation in Amy's name, if you wish to honor her in that way.If you can't think of a charity - check out our highlighted cause onthe FOA page at: www.amygrant.com
December 4
The 2nd Ever Friends of Amy Tennessee Christmas Reception. Yee Haw!
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Things are looking mighty good on the radio front for Amy's "Takes ALittle Time". Keep up the great work, gang! It actually moved up on allbut 2 out of these 11 reports and one of those stayed the same!It's so easy to participate! Just call the request line of your localTop 40 radio station and thank them for playing "Takes A Little Time"or to request it if they don't.
Until next time - I'll leave you with the radio numbers...
-Lori Mc
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Date: October 29, 1997
Re: Amy Grant Radio Numbers
"Takes A Little Time"
Billboard AC - 4* (stayed at 4*)
Billboard Adult Top 40 - 16* (up from 18*)
wwBillboard Mainstream Top 40 - 30* (up from 32*)
wR&R AC - 3*(up from 4*)
wR&R CHR - 23* (up from 24*)
wR&R HAC - 10* (up from 11*)
+Gavin Top 40 - 23* (up from 24*)
wR&R AC = 95/0 adds 2160 spins (up 37)
wR&R CHR = 98/8 adds 2232 spins (up 126)
wR&R HAC = 61/3 adds 1798 spins (up 169)
+Gavin Top 40 - 100/4 2655 spins (down 51)
wUsed to be HAC wwUsed to be CHR