Jo Dee Messina has always looked up to country heroes such as Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and the Judds, and the singer says she virtually modeled her entire career after one of her biggest influences, the Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn. Jo Dee admits she always made radio a priority throughout her career like Loretta, a situation that has only recently has changed for her.

"When I had my first single out, I went from radio station to radio station to radio station," Jo Dee tells the Hellenic News.

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