{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Circling The Drain ","title":"Shannon McCombs On Nashville Radio, Rock To Country, And Industry War Stories :: Ep 19 Circling the Drain Podcast ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3844,"description":"Legendary Nashville broadcaster Shannon McCombs joins Johnny B, Jay Harper, and Jim McCarthy for a fast-moving tour through rock and country radio history. From being yelled at by Sebastian Bach and an enraged artist at XM, to co-hosting a Buddy Holly birthday bash at the request of Paul McCartney, Shannon shares candid, funny, and sometimes cringeworthy stories from decades behind the mic.  She talks about breaking into a male‑dominated Nashville radio scene in the mid‑80s, surviving multiple format flips and firings, building country relationships through XM and Fan Fair/CMA Fest, producing Kix Brooks’ countdown, and why radio people share the same bizarre “dead air” nightmares. Along the way you’ll hear about Travis Tritt’s oversharing, Lee Greenwood’s Speedo moment, cat rescues, and why Shannon never chased the artist/songwriter dream in Music City.  Highlights  0:00:00 Skid Row backstage disaster and Sebastian Bach meltdown  0:01:30 Show open: Circling The Drain welcomes first female guest  0:03:00 Shannon’s move from Kentucky to Nashville and landing at KDF  0:07:50 Getting fired (twice) from KDF during format and staff overhauls  0:09:30 Working with Carl P. Mayfield, Slats, and returning to KDF for country  0:10:50 Transition to country, syndicated “Shannon’s Country News,” and Bill Anderson documentary  0:12:10 Shooting Bill Anderson’s writing session and interviewing Billy Bob Thornton  0:13:40 Linda Ronstadt interview goes sideways thanks to a forbidden Jerry Brown question  0:14:50 Co‑hosting Paul McCartney’s Buddy Holly birthday bash livestream in New York  0:16:15 Being briefed on how to approach “Sir Paul” and what not to ask  0:17:10 Buddy Holly’s widow and early internet-era red carpet streaming  0:18:10 Favorite country interviews: Eddie Arnold, John Conlee, and Hall of Fame drop‑ins at XM  0:20:00 Becoming XM’s unofficial engineer with a toolbox and a phone to DC  0:21:10 Breaking Nashville resistance to XM by going through publicists, not...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jbzYKmJ73FZVZuxNcZj5UcgwQO6RpVkbuouo8pAnG9E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZDgz/NDgxODNlYjBlNzky/MzU1NWY1YmZjM2Jj/NDlkNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}