Cumulus, WW1 To Stage Radio Row At Billboard Music Awards

Cumulus Media and WestwoodOne has announced they will provide exclusive backstage audio coverage from the WestwoodOne Backstage at the Billboard Music Awards Radio Row at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards held on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The show airs live 8pm ET/PT on ABC.

The show is part of Cumulus’ Red Carpet Radio platform and will showcase this year’s hottest and biggest music stars. WestwoodOne will create original programming that will run on 212 radio stations across multiple formats in markets as diverse as Philadelphia, Portland, Denver, and Washington, D.C.

In addition, Backstage at the Billboard Music Awards Radio Row is two days of live broadcasts with 25 radio stations from across the country representing multiple formats, hosts, presenters and performers, including Jennifer Lopez, Luke Bryan, Austin Mahone, 5 Seconds of Summer and Shakira, Lucy Hale and Jason Derulo. There will be a special performance on Friday, May 16 from Epic Records recording artist, A Great Big World, and on Saturday, May 17, Republic Record’s US The Duo will perform. In addition, digital music service Rdio and the multi-platform video and music network Music Choice will be on Radio Row.

Cumulus will produce six hours of Billboard Music Awards programming that includes a one-hour “Countdown to the Red Carpet”, featuring format specific music for Country, Rock, Urban, Top 40, and AC. In addition, Cumulus will produce two hours of programming live from the Red Carpet featuring on-site hosts Jillian Barberie and Michael Yo, with Erika Grace Powell from America’s Morning Show, Ralphie from WPLJ New York and Kelly Ford of WNSH New York reporting from the Fanzone and on the Red Carpet. Grainger is a sponsor of WestwoodOne’s Backstage at the Billboard Music Awards.