INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER MARCH 2000
EDITOR : BOBBIE J. PATTERSON  WRITER: KATHY SUE LOUDERMILK  PUBLISHER: SCARLETT GREMARD
ON THE INTERNET AT: www.radiocountry.org E-Mail: intlcma@aol.com Telephone: +615-870-1565 FAX: +615-612-7613

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     The internet is a new frontier and new frontiers are frequently  full of bad guys. It's important to know who you are doing business with, and that is very hard to do with only an electronic connection. I am very proud to announce our web site has been granted the Better Business Bureau Seal Of Approval. You will find the seal proudly displayed, in the top left corner of our home page.


TWO NEW RADIO PROGRAMS NEED YOUR MUSIC

     We are pleased to announce two new radio programs, for non-major label artists.  Rein Wortelboer is without a doubt the best known of all the Dutch disc jockeys. He has won awards from country music organizations in Nashville, Texas, Ohio, and Nebraska. He's interviewed Grand Ole Opry stars and been interviewed by American publications, radio, and television. He has country, bluegrass, and gospel programs broadcasted in Dutch, by Dutch radio. These programs have been on the air for many years. He has agreed to do a program in English which will be available, only at our web site. The first program is already recorded and is being formatted for the internet. On March 15th., it will be posted at www.radiocountry.org. A new program will be posted on the 1st. And 15th. of each month. The music you send him will be considered for all of his radio programs. Send your CDs to, Rein Wortelboer, Akelei  10, 5803 CA Venray, The Netherlands. For additional information, his e-mail address is peelgrass@xs4all.nl
     Smiley Roberts  will be the host of  "Around The World, In Country Music". This program will be posted at our web site www.radiocountry.org  He will strongly feature songs that have been in our International Top 300 charts. If you have had a song in our charts, and Smiley  does  not have a copy, he can't play it.  You may mail him your CDs to, Radio Show, P. O. B. 271238, Nashville, TN 37227.


COMPLETE  INTERNATIONAL  TOP  300  CHART  AVAILABLE AT OUR WEB SITE

     As many of you know, we recently appointed a lot of new people to our Advisory Board and the Executive Committee. One of the first changes to result  is the posting of our complete International Top 300 Chart, on the internet. We had posted only the Top 100 and reserved the rest of the chart, for members only. The purpose was to offer a special benefit which a person had to be a member to receive. However; our web site is the most important benefit we can offer our members. Traffic to www.radiocountry.org grows each day. We are approaching 2,000 visits per day and still growing. I predict that over the next 12 months more than 1, 000. 000 visits will be logged. Posting the complete International Top 300 Chart will increase the total number of visits and that will make a page there an even more valuable asset, for our members.  The International Top 300 Chart is compiled each month, through the use of a custom designed program. Information such as  radio playlists, charts, and certain other sources are  gathered from many nations in Europe, Australia, Africa, and North America. These data are carefully weighed for validity and importance, before being tabulated into what I believe is the most important chart available, anywhere. With our complete chart being e-mailed to over 3, 000 subscribers and forwarded to about 12,000 of their friends plus being posted on the most heavily advertised non-major label country music web site, it will be one of the widely seen charts on the planet. In order to do well in this chart, you will need to distribute your music to all of the disc jockeys who are part of our network. We will sell you a complete set of labels, for only $100.I caution you in advance there are over 500 radio programmers, on this list. It is not cheap to mail!  However; we will  refund your postage for any bad address returns, up to the full $100 you paid for the list. There are only two requirements, (A) You must send us the returned envelope, so we can update our files. (B) It must be postmarked within 30 days of the date of purchase. After all, if you wait forever to mail any list there will be a lot of  address changes.  We will  include set by step instructions, on how best to send packages overseas.

ATTENTION COUNTRY, BLUEGRASS, & GOSPEL RADIO PROGRAMMERS, DISC JOCKEYS, AND PRESENTERS

     If you would like your address included in the above list, send us your program name, station address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers, your mailing address, and type of music needed. After we have verified your information, we will be glad to make your address available to record companies and  artists around the world.

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