Ty Bentli
On the Country front, Cumulus Media builds on its star-studded NASH Network with a “bold new Country programming” line-up. Ty Bentli will be the new co-host of America’s Morning Show with Kelly Ford and Chuck Wicks starting on September 6, 2016. Bentli replaces Blair Garner who will host the new overnight show The Blair Garner Show. Garner, a Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee, will debut his new show later this fall. The show marks a return to overnight programming for Garner, who achieved success as host of the long-running nationally syndicated overnight show, After Midnite, which aired from 1993-2013. Concurrently, three-time CMA National Broadcast Personality of the Year Kix Brooks, who this year celebrates ten years as Host of American Country Countdown on the NASH Network, will exit the overnight show, Kickin’ It With Kix, to focus fully on American Country Countdown, syndicated by Westwood One nationally. Brooks recently inked an extended multi-year partnership agreement with Cumulus. In addition to being a celebrity judge for Cumulus’ NASH Next 2016 competition, Brooks is a regular contributor to NASHCountryDaily.com.
