Blair Garner
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Blair Garner is an American
radio personality. According to his After MidNite with Blair Garner show website, he purchased his first car at age 12. He is the host of the syndicated radio programs After MidNite with Blair Garner and The Blair Garner Show. As a country music
air personality he won the Academy of Country Music
's On-Air Personality of the Year award in 2004 and 2006 and has also been nominated for the prestigious Marconi Award and for Nationally Syndicated Air Personality by Billboard Magazine. Over his career, Blair has worked at stations across the country, including Dallas, Washington, D.C., Houston, New York City
and Los Angeles
.
hits from the past 10 years, along with some idle chatter and at least one contest, usually a giveaway of a recent CD release, per hour. In addition, Blair is recognized as one of Nashville's best interviewers. Country Music's top stars, including Garth Brooks
, Toby Keith
, Tim McGraw
, Faith Hill
, and Reba McEntire
have made it a point to appear on Blair's show to promote their projects. Garner has also interviewed stars outside of Nashville, including actor Kevin Costner
, CNN
's Larry King
and WWE superstars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin
.
The Blair Garner Show and After MidNite with Blair Garner are syndicated nationally by Premiere Radio Networks
. Both programs are identical to each other in every manner except for name. After MidNite is heard on, at last count, 234 affiliates across the United States, while the Blair Garner Show was last known to be on about 40 stations. The After MidNite portion of the show is currently heard on the Nashville!
channel on Sirius XM Radio.
"From High Atop the Hills of Hollywood, it's after midnite with Blair Garner."
Eight hours of programming are produced each night, two under the name of the Blair Garner Show and six under the name of After Midnite. When After Midnite first launched in 1993 it aired six hours each night, five nights per week, and when the Blair Garner Show was added in 2006, that initially expanded to eleven hours, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (to compete with shows such as The Lia Show
, The Big Time with Whitney Allen, GAC Nights: Live from Nashville, and others). Since most stations had a local host in the 7-10 p.m. time slot, the show as a whole has since been reduced to eight hours. The Blair Garner Show airs from 10 p.m. to midnight
Eastern Time and After Midnite airs from midnight to 6 a.m. Eastern Time (each time zone has its own tape-delayed broadcast).
Garner's programs, prior to 2007, only aired five nights per week and a separate host would be brought in to host After Midnite Weekend on early Saturdays and Sundays. The host of this version of the show changed frequently; J.T. Cole, Whitney Allen and Larry Morgan were among the hosts of After Midnite Weekend. Since 2007, snippets of Garner's weeknight shows (with the contests removed) have been aired on the weekends instead, following budget cuts at Clear Channel. Morgan remains listed as a "fill in" host.
The show, traditionally, has been broadcast from Clear Channel's studios in Los Angeles, as revealed in the show's opening slogan, "Broadcasting from high atop the hills of Hollywood, this is After Midnite with Blair Garner." However, as of 2009, the show is being broadcast from Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN, making the show's flagship station
WSIX-FM
, a Clear Channel station. It is unclear whether this move is permanent or temporary, as the show would occasionally do remote broadcasts from Nashville for special events, such as Fan Fair.
magazine. Other finalists included Delilah
, Steve Harvey
, Kidd Kraddick
, The Lia Show
, and John Tesh
.
United States
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radio personality. According to his After MidNite with Blair Garner show website, he purchased his first car at age 12. He is the host of the syndicated radio programs After MidNite with Blair Garner and The Blair Garner Show. As a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
air personality he won the Academy of Country Music
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...
's On-Air Personality of the Year award in 2004 and 2006 and has also been nominated for the prestigious Marconi Award and for Nationally Syndicated Air Personality by Billboard Magazine. Over his career, Blair has worked at stations across the country, including Dallas, Washington, D.C., Houston, New York City
New York City
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and Los Angeles
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.
The radio shows
Garner's programs focus on country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
hits from the past 10 years, along with some idle chatter and at least one contest, usually a giveaway of a recent CD release, per hour. In addition, Blair is recognized as one of Nashville's best interviewers. Country Music's top stars, including Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
, Toby Keith
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
, Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
, Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
, and Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
have made it a point to appear on Blair's show to promote their projects. Garner has also interviewed stars outside of Nashville, including actor Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
's Larry King
Larry King
Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards....
and WWE superstars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Steve Austin , better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler...
.
The Blair Garner Show and After MidNite with Blair Garner are syndicated nationally by Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming...
. Both programs are identical to each other in every manner except for name. After MidNite is heard on, at last count, 234 affiliates across the United States, while the Blair Garner Show was last known to be on about 40 stations. The After MidNite portion of the show is currently heard on the Nashville!
Nashville!
Nashville! was a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio. It was located on XM 57 and lays a wide range of country music hits from the early 1990s through today. The channel was programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertising sales are handled by Premiere Radio Networks...
channel on Sirius XM Radio.
"From High Atop the Hills of Hollywood, it's after midnite with Blair Garner."
Eight hours of programming are produced each night, two under the name of the Blair Garner Show and six under the name of After Midnite. When After Midnite first launched in 1993 it aired six hours each night, five nights per week, and when the Blair Garner Show was added in 2006, that initially expanded to eleven hours, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (to compete with shows such as The Lia Show
The Lia Show
The Lia Show, formerly known as Neon Nights, is a nationally syndicated country music and entertainment radio program hosted by Lia Knight . The program airs nightly from 7 pm to midnight locally across the United States...
, The Big Time with Whitney Allen, GAC Nights: Live from Nashville, and others). Since most stations had a local host in the 7-10 p.m. time slot, the show as a whole has since been reduced to eight hours. The Blair Garner Show airs from 10 p.m. to midnight
Midnight
Midnight is the transition time period from one day to the next: the moment when the date changes. In the Roman time system, midnight was halfway between sunset and sunrise, varying according to the seasons....
Eastern Time and After Midnite airs from midnight to 6 a.m. Eastern Time (each time zone has its own tape-delayed broadcast).
Garner's programs, prior to 2007, only aired five nights per week and a separate host would be brought in to host After Midnite Weekend on early Saturdays and Sundays. The host of this version of the show changed frequently; J.T. Cole, Whitney Allen and Larry Morgan were among the hosts of After Midnite Weekend. Since 2007, snippets of Garner's weeknight shows (with the contests removed) have been aired on the weekends instead, following budget cuts at Clear Channel. Morgan remains listed as a "fill in" host.
The show, traditionally, has been broadcast from Clear Channel's studios in Los Angeles, as revealed in the show's opening slogan, "Broadcasting from high atop the hills of Hollywood, this is After Midnite with Blair Garner." However, as of 2009, the show is being broadcast from Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN, making the show's flagship station
Flagship station
In broadcasting, a flagship is the broadcast which originates a television network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls...
WSIX-FM
WSIX-FM
WSIX-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee on a frequency of 97.9 MHz. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications...
, a Clear Channel station. It is unclear whether this move is permanent or temporary, as the show would occasionally do remote broadcasts from Nashville for special events, such as Fan Fair.
Awards
In 2007, the show was nominated for the Syndicated Personality/Show of the Year award by Radio & RecordsRadio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
magazine. Other finalists included Delilah
Delilah Rene
Delilah Rene Luke , almost always known mononymously as Delilah, is an American radio personality, author, and songwriter, best known as the host of a nationally syndicated nightly U.S...
, Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey
Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy...
, Kidd Kraddick
Kidd Kraddick
Kidd Kraddick is an American radio host. His nationally-syndicated morning radio show, Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, is based in Las Colinas, Texas, in Irving, a suburb of Dallas, and airs throughout the United States, syndicated by Kraddick's company, Yea Network.-Early life:Kraddick was born on...
, The Lia Show
The Lia Show
The Lia Show, formerly known as Neon Nights, is a nationally syndicated country music and entertainment radio program hosted by Lia Knight . The program airs nightly from 7 pm to midnight locally across the United States...
, and John Tesh
John Tesh
John Frank Tesh is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. His 10-year-old 'Intelligence for Your Life Radio Show' reaches 14.2 Million listeners/week, and is syndicated by Teshmedia on 400 stations in US, Canada, and the UK...
.