Rocky Top: Zach Top visits with WIVK/Knoxville staff at his recent show in the city. Pictured (l-r) are Nancy Barger, Top, Heather Harrington and Rich Bailey.
We Had To Be There: Columbia's Megan Moroney with The Big Time's Whitney Allen, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and the label's Larry Santiago (l-r) at a recent tour stop.
Jump Jump: Lauren Watkins stops by Big D & Bubba. Pictured (l-r) are Watkins, Derek "Big D" Haskins, Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville and Sean "Bubba" Powell.
Way 2 Long: Darius Rucker marks his first performance (10/5) at London's O2 Arena, commemorated with the venue's First Time Award. Pictured (l-r) are Maverick's Chris Parr, O2's Alfie Jeffries, Rucker, CAA's Nigel Hassler and Maverick's Clarence Spalding.
Believe In Believe: Speaking of the O2, supporting Rucker's show was Jake Owen, pictured here (l) with Ted Lasso actor Kola Bokinni (Isaac McAdoo). Season four of the Apple TV show is taping now, and a group came out to see the concert.
First And Last Date: KSNI/Santa Maria, CA's Jay Turner (l) catches his first Thomas Rhett show on the closing night of the Better In Boots Tour.
Friday Night Hartbreaker: MCA's Jon Pardi plays the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheatre in Bridgeport, CT. Pictured (l-r) are Live Nation's Jim Bozzi, Pardi, the label's Annie Sandor and Connoisseur's Keith Dakin and Kristin Okesson.
Hole Lotta Love: Mitchell Tenpenny's 10Penny Fund donates $117,471.50 to ACM Lifting Lives’ Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund following his annual cornhole tournament. Pictured (l-r) are ACM's Haley Montgomery, Tenpenny and ACMLL's Taylor Wolf and Brooke Boyd.
September 2025 PPM Ratings: Day four of Nielsen Audio's September 2025 (8/21-9/17) PPM ratings are below. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. All graphs indicate Average Share Mon-Sun 6am-Midnight Persons 6+.
Austin (Market 27)
KVET iHeartMedia
4.6 (4) to 4.3 (5t)
Cume: -22,900 to 259,100
KASE iHeartMedia
3.9 (7t) to 4.2 (7t)
Cume: -25,100 to 205,400
KKMJ-HD3 Audacy Classic Country
1.7 (19) to 0.9 (23)
Cume: -600 to 34,100
Raleigh (35)
WQDR Curtis
7.5 (4) to 8.1 (3)
Cume: -23,000 to 217,800
WNCB iHeartMedia
1.9 (15) to 2.1 (15)
Cume: +800 to 125,900
Indianapolis (38)
WLHK Radio One
6.7 (5) to 6.5 (5)
Cume: +5,700 to 207,300
WFMS Cumulus
5.1 (8t) to 5.4 (6)
Cume: -14,700 to 205,800
Nashville (39)
WSIX iHeartMedia
5.2 (7t) to 5.0 (8t)
Cume: -25,300 to 158,100
WKDF Cumulus
3.2 (14) to 3.5 (12t)
Cume: +7,700 to 149,000
WSM-FM Cumulus
3.4 (12t) to 3.5 (12t)
Cume: +34,800 to 159,000
Largest cume since June 2024.
On June, 4 Big D & Bubba moved from mornings on WKDF to WSM-FM as part of an overhaul of programming on both stations (CAT 6/3).
WNFN Midwest Classic Country
2.5 (16t) to 1.9 (17t)
Cume: +12,100 to 92,500
Largest cume since last September.
Jacksonville (43)
WQIK iHeartMedia
5.6 (6) to 6.3 (4t)
Cume: +13,300 to 193,400
WGNE Renda
4.1 (10) to 3.4 (11)
Cume: -8,200 to 166,200
Milwaukee (44)
WMIL iHeartMedia
6.8 (3) to 5.8 (4)
Cume: -23,800 to 255,600
Providence (45)
WCTK Hall
11.4 (1) to 10.4 (1) Largest share in the format this month.
Cume: +11,400 to 310,000
Largest cume since Sept. 2020.
Norfolk (46)
WUSH Sinclair
5.1 (6) to 4.2 (10)
Cume: +8,500 to 128,300
WGH Max
4.5 (9) to 3.3 (12)
Cume: -4,800 to 127,200
Greensboro (47)
WTQR iHeartMedia
5.3 (6) to 5.6 (6)
Cume: -13,100 to 154,500
WPAW Audacy
4.6 (7) to 5.5 (7)
Cume: -30,500 to 153,500
West Palm Beach (49)
WIRK Hubbard
4.0 (6) to 4.6 (6)
Cume: +15,500 to 100,700
Memphis (55)
WLFP Audacy
4.6 (6) to 4.3 (6)
Cume: -13,300 to 124,800
WGKX Cumulus
Does not subscribe.
Hartford (56)
WWYZ iHeartMedia
10.0 (2) to 9.5 (2)
Cume: -8,800 to 182,100
