First look at Saturday

Bucky Covington in a promo image taken on the set of his new music video, now available for online viewing at CMT.com and Yahoo Music. You can pre-order Bucky's debut CD at Amazon, Best Buy and Target, hear the full version of his single "A Different World" at CMT, or enjoy samples of four songs from the CD at Bucky's official MySpace.

Just a few odds and ends to get the weekend going:

"A Different World" is movin' on up at a steady pace on the Radio & Records/BDS charts--Bucky's listed as a "breaker" at #34 with a bullet, up one from last week. (Mediabase is looking like a mirror image of the R&R charts, with the single holding steady at #33 in the Top 500 and #34 on the weighted chart as of the Friday p.m. rankings.)

In online news, there's a gorgeous makeover in progress at Buck Wild--if you haven't been there lately, your eyes and ears are in for a major treat! And Kathy at Team Covington has some great news from Oklahoma City, where Bucky's single is getting some sweet new spins at KKNG. (OKC locals, you've got a gem in James Ayres...)

And on TV...well, that's up to us, isn't it? Be sure to vote once daily for Bucky's video at GAC Top 20 Country Countdown and CMT's digital channel Pure Country's Pure 12 Pack Countdown, Bucky is also the challenger on this week's CMT Top 20 Countdown "Pick or Flick" poll; this is text-message only voting and the Pick or Flick video with the most votes will go on to be featured on next week's countdown as Champion. (From the site: " To vote, text the word PICK to 72430. You'll receive a ballot with this week's choices. Check this page and watch Top 20 Countdown for the final results! Standard rates apply. 99 cents per vote.") Head here for more details , and have fun!

A very early programming note for all you lucky GAC subscribers; it looks like the channel will be rebroadcasting its coverage of January's Sound and Speed Event on April 3rd through 5th.

More later this morning!