BREAKING NEWS:  Avalon members Greg and Janna Long have accepted positions as Worship Leaders with Woodlands Church, located outside of Houston, TX. Avalon has been through a lot of changes in recent years (ie: the departure of Melissa Greene, Jody McBrayer, Michael Passons, Cherie Adams, and Nikki Hassman), but fans will be happy to know that Greg and Janna will continue with the group.

Clear Channel, the nation's largest broadcasting company, is featuring Skillet on their iheartradio website.  Check them out as the "Featured Rock Artist" here.

The Winter Jam concert tour, conceived by Newsong around 1995, will hitting the road in about two months, bring with them Third Day, Newsboys, Fireflight, Tenth Avenue North, Newsong, Sidewalk Prophets, Robert Pierre, and Revive.  Tony Nolan will handle the speaking aspects of the show. 1/8/2010 in CHATTANOOGA, TN at McKenzie Arena 1/9/2010 in FAYETTEVILLE, NC at Crown Arena 1/10/2010 in CHARLOTTE, NC at Time Warner Cable Arena 1/15/2010

As previously reported on CMDish.com, Jennifer Knapp is back and ready to drop a new record early 2010. If you're located near Nashville, be sure to mark down November 18th on your calendar.  She's set to perform at the Belcourt Theatre and you have to check her out.  Find more details on the show here.

Joy Electric is back with a new studio album due out tomorrow (11/3/09) that will feature a cover of "Viva La Vida," made famous by Coldplay. Check out the song now on JE's MySpace page.

Angie Smith, wife of Selah singer Todd Smith is preggers!  If you're not familiar with their story, set aside 20 to 45 minutes, grab a tissue, and take a look at this blog entry ... no, take a look at her entire blog.  After reading the first entry, you're not going to want to stop! While you're there, you've got to take a look at this

CMDish.com Exclusive Report The comings and goings of Christian radio isn't something that we typically report on, as there are already a number of blogs and websites out there dedicated to that sector of the Christian music industry. However, CMDish.com thought this piece of news was too important to pass up. To the dismay of some listeners, The River 102.3 (KPEZ-FM), an Austin TX based Christian AC

A CMDish.com Exclusive Jadyn Maria. Does the name ring a bell? Maria jumped into the CCM scene when she performed guest vocals with Jody McBrayer on the song "Never Alone (iTunes)" The single, which was featured on a duet album entitled "It Takes 2," received a fair amount of radio airplay on Christian AC and Christian Top 40 radio stations. According to a long forgotten artist bio that

We thought it would be fun to help bust up this mundane Tuesday with a list of our favorite tweets from over the past week. 10.  @mattmahermusic Bono moves like an irish boxer - i guess fightin himself, apathy n poverty; or Maybe just shadow boxin while Love takes the real swings. 9.  @NatalieGrant Unbelievable to see my 2 yr old girls could survive if they fell

We're sure that this is the first of many to come, but CMDish.com has learned that STAR 93.3 in Cincinnati has flipped to an all-Christmas format.  Normally thoughout the year, Star airs a Contemporary Christian Music format. Click here to listen live.