Cameras rolled as Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings coaxed country legend, Tanya Tucker, back into the studio. They didn't know if the footage would ever become a film. They didn't even know if they'd wind up with an album. This program, The Return of Tanya Tucker, details the inside stories behind both...While I'm Livin', 2020 Grammy winner for Best Country Album and Best Country Song ("Bring My Flowers Now"), and the documentary feature, The Return of Tanya Tucker.
Radio Special Details
- Artist: Tanya Tucker
- Title: The Return of Tanya Tucker Radio Special
- Producer: True Tone Media Group
- Host: Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville)
- Premiere Date: 10/23/2022
- Broadcast Window: Fall/Winter 2022
- Interviews: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings, film director Kathlyn Horan
- Music: Songs from Tanya Tucker - The Return of Tanya Tucker, (Sony Pictures Classics - October 21, 2022) . Includes the new song from the film (Ready As I'll Never Be), tracks from the Grammy-winning "While I'm Livin'" album (Bring My Flowers Now, Hard Luck, Mustang Ridge), classics from "Live from the Troubadour" (Delta Dawn, Texas When I Die) and excerpts from Brandi Carlile's original film score unavailable anywhere else.
- Media: One hour radio special in three formats: 59:00, 54:00 and 52:00 for commercial country radio
- Signup: Click "Airdates Submission Form" below to request this program for your station, including any specific or approximate airdates
- Distribution: Click download links for PRX, Airplay Direct, and Dropbox
- Broadcast Terms: Free program available to air as-is in any terrestrial or digital linear broadcast. No spots, no barter, no costs, no problem.
- Podcast: Content will be edited as a four part podcast series on all podcast platforms, to share on any websites, blogs or social media. Music excerpts approved by the copyright holders will be included in place of the full album tracks heard in the radio special.
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Cuesheets and Song Lists
The Return of Tanya Tucker
Radio Special Cue Sheet / Song List
Please refer to these sample cue sheets with average segment lengths while the show in production. Exact details will be updated here as they are confirmed.
Two 1:00 music beds (**) are included for use as needed: as-is, live-read music beds, or to be replaced by your own pre-produced content.
59:00 Version
3 segments, 2 breaks, up to 3:00 of local spots, primarily for non-commercial radio broadcasts.
- Segment 1 (19:00)
- In: interview excerpt
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville) and you’re listening to The Return of Tanya Tucker.”
- Song: Hard Luck, Strong Enough to Bend*, Delta Dawn
- Break 1 (1:00) **
- Song: Film score excerpts
- Segment 2 (19:00)
- In: “Welcome back to The Return of Tanya Tucker, I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville)”
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville) and you’re listening to The Return of Tanya Tucker.”
- Songs: The Day My Heart Goes Still*, Mustang Ridge, The House that Built Me
- Break 2 (1:00) **
- Song: Film score excerpts
- Segment 3 (19:00)
- In: “Welcome back to The Return of Tanya Tucker, I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville).”
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville), and thanks for listening.”
- Songs: Bring My Flowers Now, Texas When I Die (Country version only), Ready as I'll Never Be
54:00 / 52:00 Version
4 segments, 3 breaks, up to 8:00 for local spots / promos / news. Top of the hour news can easily be inserted in the “news-hole” between the Billboard / Intro and Segment 1.
- Billboard / Intro (1:00)
- In: interview excerpt
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville) and you’re listening to The Return of Tanya Tucker.”
- Song: Film score excerpts
- Segment 1 (16:00)
- In: “Welcome back to The Return of Tanya Tucker, I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville)”
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville) and you’re listening to The Return of Tanya Tucker.”
- Song: Hard Luck, Strong Enough to Bend*, Delta Dawn
- Break 1 (1:00) **
- Song: Film score excerpts
- Segment 2 (17:00)
- In: “Welcome back to The Return of Tanya Tucker, I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville)”
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville) and you’re listening to The Return of Tanya Tucker.”
- Songs: The Day My Heart Goes Still*, Mustang Ridge, The House that Built Me
- Break 2 (1:00) **
- Song: Film score excerpts
- Segment 3 (18:00)
- In: “Welcome back to The Return of Tanya Tucker, I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville).”
- Out: “I’m Jessie Scott (WMOT Nashville), and thanks for listening.”
- Songs: Bring My Flowers Now, Texas When I Die (Country version only), Ready as I'll Never Be
