11.25-26
Hollis Brown “Go For It” (Mascot)
Kitchen Dwellers Muir Maid (Independent)
Pinegrove “Phase” (Rough Trade)
Sean Della Croce “In Confidence” (Independent)

The JBE Transition Continues
With the move last Friday to the tracking site of Jack Barton Entertainment the transition from FMQB Triple A us underway! By way of reminder, the new tracking URL is triplea.jackbartonentertainment.com., and anyone trying to access Triple A charts through FMQB will be automatically redirected to JBE. You also received the first JBE Triple A Report last week, as well as the familiar FMQB Triple A Eadvance. You will continue to receive the Triple A Report going forward, with only two more weeks left on the Eadvance. And when the calendar turns from November to December, the transition will be complete, with the Triple A services you’ve come to expect from FMQB living on with Jack Barton Entertainment. The Triple A page is now live, so visit us at jackbartonentertainment.com. Also, please change all contact/address info in all your databases: JBE, PO Box 152, Gibbsboro, NJ 08026. Jack Barton–jack@jackbartonentertainment.com; Beth Kaufmann–beth@jackbartonentertainment.com; Ellie Cooper Sanders–ellie@jackbartonentertainment.com.

2019-2020 Chart Schedule.
To accommodate Jack Barton Entertainment absorbing FMQB Triple A, the chart year will end one week early in 2019, with the final chart week ending Monday and Tuesday, December 2 and 3. The 2020 chart year will begin with the first week of 2020, the chart week ending Monday and Tuesday January 6 and 7.

JBE Triple A SummitFest: Still Time To Save
There’s still time to save on the inaugural Jack Barton Entertainment Triple A SummitFest, which takes place in Boulder CO, August 4-7, 2020, by taking advantage of the Pre-Registration rate of only $239 now through December 31. SummitFest is moving to a Tuesday-Friday schedule, giving you more time to spend at “home base” The Hiltons on Canyon’s all-suites Embassy Suites and Boulder’s famed Fox Theatre, without having to give up even a second of your weekend! Pre-registration (non-refundable) can be accessed by clicking on the SummitFest link at jackbartonentertainment.com and you can reserve your room at the Hiltons at the special SummitFest rate of $224/night by going to https://secure3.hilton.com/en_US/es/reservation/book.htm?execution=e1s1.  

Pai Proposes Suicide Prevention Line
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed to begin a rulemaking to establish 988 as a new, nationwide, three-digit phone number for a suicide prevention and mental health hotline. The Commission will vote on this proposal at its December 12 public meeting.

 “The suicide rate in the United States is at its highest level since World War II, and designating 988 as the suicide prevention and mental health hotline would be a major boost for our nation’s suicide prevention efforts,” said Chairman Pai at an event today with federal agency partners and national leaders in preventing suicide and helping at-risk communities.  “When it comes to saving lives, time is of the essence, and we believe that 988 can be activated more quickly than other possible three-digit codes.  In addition, 988 has an echo of the 911 number we all know as an emergency number.  Awareness of this resource—including how memorable the number is—should make a real difference in saving lives.”

The Chairman’s proposal would designate 988 as the national 3-digit code.  It would also require that all phone companies transmit all calls to 988 to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which today provides suicide prevention assistance at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) and through online chats.  The Lifeline is a national network of 163 crisis centers that is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  Calls to the Lifeline are routed from anywhere in the United States to the closest certified crisis center.  In 2018, trained Lifeline counselors answered over 2.2 million calls and over 100,000 online chats.

The National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 directed the FCC, in consultation with the SAMHSA, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the North American Numbering Council, to study the feasibility of using a simple, easy-to-remember 3-digit number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.  In August, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics sent this report to Congress, recommending 988 as the new 3-digit dialing code and finding that such a 3-digit number “would likely make it easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially life-saving resources.”

If the proposed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is adopted by a vote of the full Commission at its December 12 Open Commission Meeting, the Commission will begin taking public comment on the proposal.  Following review of that public record, the Commission will decide whether and how to proceed with final rules to formally designate 988 as the nationwide phone number for suicide prevention and mental health support.

Harry Styles Announces Tour Dates
Harry Styles has announced a 2020 world tour, Love On Tour, in support of his upcoming album Fine Line. The extensive run of shows will begin in April in the UK and will travel across Europe and North America before concluding in Mexico in October. South American dates will be announced soon while Asia, Australia and more will be announced in 2020.
           
Joining Harry across the world are up-and-coming Pop act King Princess in Europe (April 15 – May 31), singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis in the U.S. and Canada (June 26 – September 5), and Jamaican Reggae singer Koffee in Mexico (September 29 – October 3). The full list of dates can be found at https://hstyles.co.uk/tour.
           
Last Saturday, Styles pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live. He hosted for the first time and performed new music from the album, including the television performance debut of “Lights Up.” Fine Line is out on December 13.