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In This Issue (12/15) 

“I really hope we’ve laid groundwork and given young artists and fans a reason to connect.”

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Radio Vision

Carly-Pearce121525.jpg Happy SXMas: Big Machine's Carly Pearce with SiriusXM The Highway's Cody Alan.
KNIX121525.jpg Merry Cactus: Mercury's Tucker Wetmore (c) with KNIX/Phoenix's Reid Spivey and Lois Lewis at the station's Hometown Holiday.
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Jingle Again: Core/Mercury's Josh Ross, Valory's Preston Cooper and Quartz Hill's Matt Cooper help raise more than $6,200 for Ele's Place during WITL/Lansing, MI's Country Christmas Party. Pictured (l-r) are Valory's Chris Palmer, Preston Cooper, Ross, the station's Jonathan “JR” Ruppel, Matt Cooper, Mercury's Jack Christopher and Quartz Hill's Suzanne Durham.

highroad121225.jpg High Note: Big Machine Music songwriter Laura Veltz receives a plaque for having co-written the Country Aircheck/Mediabase No. 1 airplay song of 2025 "High Road." Pictured (l-r) are BMLG's Scott Borchetta, Veltz, Country Aircheck's Chuck Aly, and BMM's Mike Molinar and Alex Heddle.
JULIA-COLE121225.jpg 1 Jingle White Female: Broke/Lyric Ridge's Julia Cole with Lyric Ridge's Louie Newman (l) and WWKA/Orlando's Steve Stewart at the station's Jingle Jam.
Janson121225.jpg Me & A Holiday Cheer: Warner/Harpeth 60's Chris Janson (in hat) with Music Choice's Jim Murphy and wife Angie and Harpeth 60's Ray Vaughn (l-r) backstage at Christmas At The Opry.
Kameron-Marlowe121225.jpg Jameron Marlowe: Columbia's Kameron Marlowe with iHeart/Kentucky's Rachel Elliot (c) and the label's Anna Widmer at WAMZ/Louisville's Acoustic Jam.

Top Stories

November CDM Ratings
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A WYNK Of His Eye: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for November 2025 (three-month rolling average, 8/21-11/12) compared with September and October. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Baton Rouge
(Market 78)

WYNK iHeartMedia
4.2 (5) - 4.7 (4t) - 6.0 (3)
Largest share since Apr. 2024.
WTGE Guaranty
Does not subscribe.

Louisville
(58)

WAMZ iHeartMedia
6.2 (2) - 6.1 (2) - 5.9 (3)
WQNU SummitMedia
3.3 (11) - 3.1 (10) - 3.4 (10)
Largest share since Sept. 2024.
WRKA SummitMedia Cl. Country
1.5 (17) - 1.3 (16) - 1.1 (17)
Switched from Urban AC to Classic Country on July 14 (CAT 7/14).

New Orleans
(50)

WNOE iHeartMedia
5.3 (4) - 5.3 (5) - 5.6 (5)

Oklahoma City
(49)

KTST iHeartMedia
6.1 (4) - 5.7 (4t) - 5.7 (5)
KJKE Tyler
3.5 (9) - 4.1 (7) - 4.4 (6)
Largest share since June 2024.
KXXY iHeartMedia Classic Country
3.9 (7) - 3.7 (8t) - 3.7 (9)

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The 2026 Grammy
Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2026 Grammy Nominees

 



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The Fall Print Special



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Inside This Issue: 

Exstream: What Is Mainstream Country?

You Never Forget Your First … Cousin

Survey Says: NuVoodoo Research



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