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In This Issue (9/18) 

“The distribution-backed small label feels like the future.”

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Radio Vision

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Talking Stick That in Your Country Song: EMI Nashville's Eric Church plays Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix. Pictured (l-r, rear) are the label's Jimmy Rector, wife Dena and KIIM's Buzz Jackson, KNIX's Reid Spivey, the label's Briarman Whitfield, Lewis, Church, and wife Tawney with Audacy's Drew Bland; and (front) Jeremiah McGinnis with fiancée/KNIX's Lois Lewis.

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Desperabros: Jason Aldean's Highway Desperado Tour stops in St. Louis and Indianapolis. Pictured with (top) WIL's Marty Brooks; (bottom) with WFMS' Matt Malone and Deborah Honeycutt.

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darius91923.jpg Fires Don't Chart Themselves: Capitol's Darius Rucker (c) with iHeartCountry House Party's “Wayne D” Danielson and Tay Hamilton.
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To Bill A Mockingbird: Play It Again/Columbia’s Dylan Marlowe at the Youngstown, OH stop on Hardy's Mockingbird & The Crow Tour. Pictured (l-r) are boyfriend Moses Bigler with WGAR/Cleveland's Carletta Blake, the label's Lauren Thomas, Marlowe and WQMX/Akron's Cherise Richards and Sarah Kay.

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Jesus Has Rizzen: Valory's Tiera Kennedy (c) makes a stop at WQMX/Akron in support of single “Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist." Pictured with the station's Sarah Kay and her biggest fan, Don Gosselin.

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Take My Daisies, Take My Nights: Stoney Creek's Parmalee celebrate the upcoming release of For You 2 with Pandora and SiriusXM. Pictured (l-r) are the group's Josh McSwain and Scott Thomas, SXM/Pandora's Johnny Chiang, Kathleen Shea and Ania Hammer, the group's Matt Thomas and the label's Scotty O’Brien.

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Moment Of Booth: EMI Nashville's Brothers Osborne join Amazon's Country Heat Weekly. Pictured (l-r) are Amazon Music's Sarah DeMarco, T.J. Osborne, Amazon Music's Jenni Tay, co-host Amber Anderson, John Osborne and co-host Kelly Sutton.

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I Wish Grandpas Never Tied: BMLGR's Riley Green joins WWQM/Madison staffers at the Wisconsin Badgers football game. Pictured (l-r) are Cailynn Hensen, Green, Kristi Kelly and the label's Andi Brooks.

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House Music: Spotify partnered with Dan + Shay for an exclusive content series to celebrate the release of their Bigger Houses album. Photo and video vignettes shot and being released this week include versions of the games “M.A.S.H.” and “Name That Song” using tracks from the album. The campaign also includes billboards in New York's Times Square and Nashville's Broadway. Pictured (l-r) are Spotify's Miller Guth and Jackie Augustus, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney and Spotify's Claire Heinichen.

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Maybe It's Maplelline: Records Nashville's James Barker Band wins Group of the Year and the fans' choice award during the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Pictured (l-r) are iHeart's Michael Jordan, the label's Josh Easler, iHeart's Rod Phillips, the label's Jamice Jennings, the group's Barker, Bobby Martin, Connor Stephen and Taylor Abram, and Sony/Canada's Warren Copnick.

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Crop Top: Capitol's Luke Bryan takes his Farm Tour to Allegan, MI. Pictured (l-r) are WBCT/Grand Rapids’ Dave Taft, Townsquare's Doug Montgomery, Bryan, Coyote Joe's' Joe Hellebuyck, the label's Katie Bright, guest Kendra, Kate Taft and Audacy's Tim Roberts.

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Prine Time: Editor Holly Gleason talks Prine on Prine on Steve Earle's SiriusXM Outlaw Country Hardcore Troubadour Show.

Top Stories

August CDM Ratings
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Oh High O: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for August 2023 (three-month rolling average, 5/25-8/16) compared with June and July. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Akron, OH  
(Market 95)

WQMX Rubber City
7.0 (1) - 6.9 (1) - 7.3 (1)
Largest share since July 2021.

Charleston, SC
(78)    
WCKN Saga
4.6 (5) - 5.5 (3) - 4.9 (3)
WEZL 
iHeartMedia
4.9 (4) - 4.2 (5) - 4.5 (4t)
Monterey, CA
(97) 

KTOM iHeartMedia
3.1 (8t) - 3.7 (7) - 3.6 (6)

Syracuse, NY
(100) 
WBBS iHeartMedia
10.4 (1) - 9.7 (1) - 8.6 (1)
WOLF Craig Fox
3.3 (9) - 3.7 (8) - 2.9 (9)
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Splitting The Adam: Cumulus Hot AC KLIF/Dallas morning host Adam Baum (aka Adam Bomb) joined Cox WNGC/Athens, GA yesterday (9/18) as morning co-host, paired with Haley Mason, who has been handling the shift solo since Jerry "Walker" Arnold's departure (CAT 6/14). Baum will continue voice-tracking KLIF, as well as other Cumulus shifts including nights at WDVD/Detroit, KRBE/Houston and KYIS/Oklahoma City. He also remains in-game host for the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers. Baum's priors include a 16-year stint at Top 40 WWQQ/Atlanta and nights for Westwood One's syndicated AC/Hot AC format.

Sep 19, 2023 Share
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The ACM 2023
Voter's Guide

A quick reference guide to the 2023 ACM Nominees


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Inside This Issue: 

WMN Lunch: Down With The Munsickness

Digital Music Summit: Streamscape

Roadmaps & No Maps: From AOB To Marketing


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