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Oct 24, 2011 BMI invited Kansas native Jenn Schott to entertain attendees at the Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association (KRHA) Evening of Hospitality, held recently in Wichita. Each year, the KRHA event helps support the organization’s Educational Foundation and celebrates the industry’s rising stars. Schott delivered a captivating performance, full of songs from her catalog recorded by artists such as LeAnn Rimes, Billy… View Photo

Oct 24, 2011 For the very first time, the legendary Grand Ole Opry stage hosted a no. 1 party on Tuesday, October 18. BMI joined other members of the creative community at the Nashville landmark to toast the team behind Brad Paisley’s two-week chart-topper “Old Alabama,” written by Randy Owen, Chris DuBois, Dave Turnbull, and Paisley. Featuring guest vocals from Country Music Hall… View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 Former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and legendary broadcast journalist Don West, President & CEO of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, celebrate Preston’s inclusion in the Library of American Broadcasting’s Giants of Broadcasting 2011. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 Pictured at the Giants of Broadcasting 2011 luncheon are Robbin Ahrold, BMI’s Michael Steinberg and Ed Oshanani, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and BMI’s Fred Cannon, Mike O’Neill, Alison Smith, Phil Graham, and Richard Conlon. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 Pictured at the Library of American Broadcasting’s Giants of Broadcasting 2011 are BMI’s Alison Smith, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and Susan Davenport Austin, Chairman of the BMI Board of Directors and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation and President of the Sheridan Gospel Network. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 Publisher Ivan Mogull, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, celebrate Preston's inclusion in the 2011 Giants of Broadcasting at a reception hosted by current BMI President & CEO Del Bryant at the company's New York City headquarters. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant congratulates Frances Preston, former BMI President & CEO, on her being named to the Library of American Broadcasting’s Giants of Broadcasting. View Photo

Oct 18, 2011 At the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, the Hall of Fame’s sister organization, also honored the writers of the peer-voted top ten “Songs I Wish I’d Written.” All of the songs on the list were either written or co-written by BMI writers. Pictured are (back row) BMI’s Phil Graham; NSAI’s Steve Bogard; BMI’s… View Photo

Oct 18, 2011 Pictured at the 2011 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony are BMI’s Jody Williams, honorees Thom Schuyler and David Conrad, Rondor Music’s Lance Freed, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. Schuyler was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, while Conrad received the Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award, named after BMI’s legendary former CEO. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Phil Hummer & the White Falcons perform at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo