 All major radio station groups, both country music trade organizations (the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music), music licensing organizations BMI, ASCAP and SESAC, and independent industry professionals are sponsors or attendees.The Country Radio Seminar (CRS) was founded in 1970 by Tom McEntee, editor of the "Country Music Survey", as the Country Music Survey Radio Seminar.Each spring this convention and trade show brings together nearly 1,000 delegates from country radio with 1,000 music industry professionals for three days in Nashville.