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Strangers Things: Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley and Columbia's Kameron Marlowe celebrate the RIAA gold certification of “Strangers” at An Evening with Ella Langley & Friends Benefitting Pawsitive Rescue Division.
Thomas Roulette: Valory's Thomas Rhett in Las Vegas. Pictured (l-r) are KWNR's MoJoe Roberts and daughter Gabby Roberts, Rhett, Lynda Tuzil and husband/Westwood One's George King.
Port Saints Joe: EMI's Brothers Osborne at the Gretna Festival in Louisiana. Pictured (l-r) are the label's John Trapane, the duo's TJ Osborne, guest Steve Tate, WNOE/New Orleans' Casey Carter, the duo's John Osborne and the label's Katelyn Lester.
Raised On Country Radio: Black River's Chris Young with Audacy's Katie Neal and Cumulus' Travis Daily.
Smoke Show: Stoney Creek's Atlus and team celebrate the release of Secondhand Smoke. Pictured (l-r) are WarDog Management's Andrew Perlowich, the label's Camille Kenny and Shelley Hargis, Range Media's Shawn McSpadden, Atlus and the label's JoJamie Hahr, Peter Strickland and Adrian Michaels.
K-Country Club: WOGK/Gainesville-Ocala, FL hosts its 41st annual K-Country Acoustic Concert. Pictured (l-r) are Grindstone's Craig Campbell, the station's Big Red, Valory's Chris Waters and Mackenzie Carpenter, the station's Scott Chase and Mr. Bob, Big Machine's Chase McDaniel, the station's Lewis Stokes, 30A's Bradley Gaskin, Gunslinger Entertainment’s Glenn Noblit, the station's Krystle and Big Machine's Jay Cruze.
God Gave Me The Boys: Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson (c) with the label's Dave Collins, KXLY's Jay Daniels and KDRK's Jamie Patrick and Tim Cotter (l-r) in Spokane.
Tex Factor: MCA's Keith Urban in Dallas (top) and Houston. Pictured (top, l-r) are KPLX's Ryan Fox, the label's Damon Moberly, Urban, KSCS' Al Farb and KPLX/KSCS' Mike Preston; (bottom, l-r) KILT's Chris Huff, guests Kevin Fogarty and Hayden Walker, Urban, KKBQ's Lauren "Lo" Sessions-Barker, the label's Katelyn Lester, KMDL/Lafayette, LA's Jude Walker and KILT's Bruce Logan.
Country In California: Nash. Harbor's Brett Young (c) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez in Porterville, CA.
Real Housewives Of Laredo: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson with SiriusXM's Cody Alan (l) and Andy Cohen.
Group Tex: Big Loud Texas hosts its grand opening in Austin. Pictured (front, l-r) are Lizzy Rector, Kimberly Gleason, Patch Culbertson, Sara Knabe and Brianne Deslippe; (back, l-r) Hillary Lambert, Brendon Anthony, Jeff Tanner, Stacy Blythe, Craig Wiseman, Jon Randall, Seth England, Paul Logan and Corey Brewer.
Kay For Play: Wheelhouse's Alexandra Kay visits WUSY/Chattanooga (top) and WWYZ/Hartford, CT. Pictured (l-r, top) are the label's Jennifer Shaffer, WUSY's Melissa "Mo" Wagner, Kay and WUSY's Justin Cole; (bottom) Kay with WWYZ's Joey Brooks (l) and Damon Scott.
Bar One: MCA's Jordan Davis celebrates No. 1 "Bar None" in Chicago. Pictured (l-r) are Albright & O'Malley & Brenner's Kenny Jay, KEEY/Minneapolis' Pat Knight, WUSN's Marci Braun, the label's Donna Jo Passuntino, Davis, the label's Katie Bright, KWEN/Tulsa's Karla Cantrell, WUSN's Austin Huff and Kyle Milnamow, WLHK/Indianapolis' Nick Jordan, KTOM/Monterey & KHGE/Fresno's Sam Diggedy and (back) Red Light's Chuck Swaney.
Spins The Bottle: Big Machine's Chase McDaniel with Cumulus' Travis Daily (top) and WKDF/Nashville's Jesse James and Erin Merimonti.
Who Lou: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2025 (three-month rolling average, 6/26-9/17) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Baton Rouge (Market 78) |
WYNK iHeartMedia |
| Louisville (58) |
WAMZ iHeartMedia |
| New Orleans (50) |
WNOE iHeartMedia |
| Oklahoma City (48) |
KTST iHeartMedia |
Longtime iHeartMedia/Minneapolis SVP/Programming and KEEY/Minneapolis programmer Gregg Swedberg is transitioning to a strategic advisor role with the company, with Top 40 KDWB PD Rich Davis assuming those posts. Swedberg has programmed KEEY for 34 years and will now focus on iHeartCountry projects while assisting with the transition in Minneapolis. Davis has held the PD post at KDWB since 2016, and prior to that programmed for iHeart in Seattle and Nashville.
“I’m looking forward to having the unique opportunity to help lots of stations in iHeartCountry and assisting Rich with this transition,” says Swedberg. “I can’t wait for Nashville to embrace Rich, which I know they will. The iHeart Minneapolis team will just keep on winning.” Davis adds, “When I first got to KDWB in 1997, I never dreamed I'd one day get the chance to take over for the legendary Gregg Swedberg. I hope to make him proud and continue our success with these amazing teams and brands in the Twin Cities."
Inducted this past summer into the Country Radio Hall of Fame (CAT 7/22), Swedberg spent 10 years at Top 40 WLOL/Minneapolis before being named KEEY PD in 1991, later holding the titles OM, SVPP, Regional VPP (CAT 10/29/07) and National Country Format Coord. for iHeart. He was the longest-tenured active programmer for any Country station in a top 100 market. Reach him here. Reach Davis here.
The Fall Print Special
The 2025 CMA
Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2025 CMA Nominees
Inside This Issue:
Exstream: What Is Mainstream Country?
You Never Forget Your First … Cousin
Survey Says: NuVoodoo Research
