Brooks leaves American Country Countdown
Brooks' final broadcast will air the weekend of Dec. 28-29.
KPLX/Dallas morning host Ryan Fox will take over in 2025, according to Country Aircheck. The show is broadcast on about 300 radio stations.
The duo recently released "Reboot II" and won the Best Duo Award at last week's Country Music Association awards show.
Brooks took over the show in January 2006, guiding listeners through the week's top hits .
"I never dreamed I would be asked to host a legendary international radio show like American Country Countdown," said Brooks. "The fact that I have been supported by hundreds of affiliates and an amazing team of radio professionals for 18 years has made this one of the greatest experiences of my professional life. It's time to turn my primary focus back to writing, recording and touring with Brooks & Dunn. It's been an honor, to say the least, that I was trusted with a microphone that had such an iconic history. Special thanks to all the fans who listened and participated, to ensure that I was being the best that I could be. Keep counting 'em down."
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- 01/23/23: Brooks & Dunn REBOOTS for '23
- 02/28/22: Brooks & Dunn reboots
- 06/14/21: B&D relaunch Reboot tour
- 03/23/20: Brooks & Dunn push back Reboot Tour
CD reviews
Brooks and Dunn return with the duo's first studio album in a dozen years. Sort of. That's because they revisit a dozen of their hits (leaving a bunch behind) with contemporary country singers. "Reboot" is a cross between a tribute album and a redo, and overwhelmingly, the idea works. The general idea is that the guest artist will trade lines with Brooks or Dunn.
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With no disrespect to Kix Brooks, but back when he was half of the super successful Brooks & Dunn, this diminutive one sometimes seemed to be Andrew Ridgeley to George Michaels; he was Oates to Hall. Hopefully, though, the wonderful new "New to This Town" will put that stereotype to rest. Brooks was also the humorous, gregarious side of Brooks & Dunn, which starkly contrasted Ronnie's many times uptight, shy stage presence.
There's little that's overly ...
Brooks & Dunn are the most popular duo in country history racking up lots of hits and awards, but they amicably called it a career with plans to go their separate ways after a farewell 2010 tour. This two-CD set contains 30 songs, but aside from 2 new songs, there's not much reason to buy this set. The quality certainly is there as 20 of the songs reached the top of the chart.
The new songs - both were released as singles - were Honky Tonk Stomp, featuring ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, and Indian Summer. ...
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