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Authenticity and AI Entered the Chat at This Year’s Country Radio Seminar


At this year's Country Radio Seminar, panelists and attendees talked authenticity and AI.

As the three-day Country Radio Seminar( CRS) rolled through its first two days, Feb. 28 and 29, the two A’s — authenticity and AI — were key touch points for broadcasters and for the music makers themselves as the symbiotic entities grappled with an ever-changing business landscape. WCJW Rochester, N.Y., PD/morning co-host Jimi Jamm told attendees in an AI Town Hall how he had used the Arvin app to generate a royalty-free image of Toby Keith ascending into heaven following the singer’s Feb. 5 death, earning a high rate of shares after it appeared on station-related social media. Three Universal Music Group Nashville acts — Luke Bryan, Brothers Osborne and Keith Urban — performed new singles live for the first time during the label’s Feb. 29 lunch showcase at the Ryman Auditorium.

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