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Oct 19, 2011 Pictured at the Library of American Broadcasting’s Giants of Broadcasting 2011 are BMI’s Alison Smith, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and Susan Davenport Austin, Chairman of the BMI Board of Directors and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation and President of the Sheridan Gospel Network. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 Publisher Ivan Mogull, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, celebrate Preston's inclusion in the 2011 Giants of Broadcasting at a reception hosted by current BMI President & CEO Del Bryant at the company's New York City headquarters. View Photo

Oct 19, 2011 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant congratulates Frances Preston, former BMI President & CEO, on her being named to the Library of American Broadcasting’s Giants of Broadcasting. View Photo

Oct 18, 2011 At the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, the Hall of Fame’s sister organization, also honored the writers of the peer-voted top ten “Songs I Wish I’d Written.” All of the songs on the list were either written or co-written by BMI writers. Pictured are (back row) BMI’s Phil Graham; NSAI’s Steve Bogard; BMI’s… View Photo

Oct 18, 2011 Pictured at the 2011 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony are BMI’s Jody Williams, honorees Thom Schuyler and David Conrad, Rondor Music’s Lance Freed, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. Schuyler was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, while Conrad received the Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award, named after BMI’s legendary former CEO. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Phil Hummer & the White Falcons perform at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Kenny Vaughan performs at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 During the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference, BMI gave roots music lovers an irresistible reason to rise and shine: Kenny Vaughan and Phil Hummer & the White Falcons roared through sets on Thursday morning, the second day of the festival. One of Nashville’s premier guitarists, Vaughan is a longtime member of Marty Stuart’s band, the Fabulous Superlatives. Sugar Hill… View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Phil Hummer & the White Falcons are pictured at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 13, 2011 BMI teamed up with Cherry Creek Radio to present the first annual Montana Songwriters Festival from October 5 to October 9. The fest, which made stops in Great Falls, Helena, Butte and Missoula, featured performances by BMI award-winning songwriters Kendall Marvell, Tim James, and Bill LaBounty. Pictured after the performance at the Myrna Loy Theater in Helena are Cherry Creek… View Photo