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Kix Brooks to Step Down as Host of ‘American Country Countdown,’ Ryan Fox Taking Over Duties


Kix Brooks steps down from his nearly two-decade role as host of the national country music radio show American Country Countdown.

“I never dreamed I would be asked to host a legendary international radio show like American Country Countdown,” Brooks said in a statement. It’s time to turn my primary focus back to writing, recording and touring with Brooks & Dunn. Fox said in a statement, “To be given the opportunity to take the reins on one of the longest running, most successful, Country countdown shows in the world and sit in the same chair as Hall of Famers like the legendary Kix Brooks and the late, great Bob Kingsley, is a tremendous honor.

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