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In This Issue (4/27) 

"One of the things radio doesn't always do a great job with is coming up with creative solutions that answer a client's business needs." -Anonymous

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Radio Vision

LoCash5126.jpg West Palm Beach Boys: Galaxy's LoCash play WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL's Secret Session. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Moriah Daniels, the duo's Chris Lucas, the station's Grover Collins and Tim Leary, the duo's Preston Brust and the station's Chelsea Taylor and Nick Rivers.
Madden-Metcalf5126.jpg Madden 26: MCA's Madden Metcalf visits WWWF/Nassau-Suffolk. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Kelly Ford, Madden, the label's Annie Sandor and the station's Robby Bridges.
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Big Screen: Virgin Music Group's Kip Moore with Big D & Bubba's Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville, Derek “Big D” Haskins and Sean “Bubba” Powell (l-r).

Ella-Langley43026.jpg Be Here: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Tuscaloosa, AL for Morgan Wallen's Still The Problem Tour. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Blake Nixon, WGKX/Memphis' Derrill "Argo" Jr. and Beth Argo, Langley, WLFP/Memphis' Erin Austin and Chris Michaels and WDXB/Birmingham & WDRM/Huntsville's Dino Conard.
MEGAN-MORONEY43026.jpg No Caller ID Or WiFi: Columbia's Megan Moroney discusses raw dogging an 18-hour flight, what album changed her life, why she rehearses in a weighted vest and more on Netflix's Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast.
Cody-Johnson43026.jpg Wholly Trinity: Warner/CoJo/WMN’s Cody Johnson talks Stagecoach, Banks Of The Trinity and more with Country Heat Weekly's Kelly Sutton (l) and Amber Anderson.
KUZZ42926.jpg Fox Office: KUZZ/Bakersfield's Class of 2026 plays the Fox Theater. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Ness Heraldez, Wheelhouse's Alexandra Kay, the station's Kenn McCloud, The Core/Mercury's Josh Ross, Sony Music Nashville's Zach John King, the station's Brent Michaels, Warner/WAR's Chase Matthew, B-Dub Radio's Bryan "B-Dub" Washington and the station's Mike Bell.
Dustin-Lynch42926.jpg Too Step: Broken Bow's Dustin Lynch (holding plaque) celebrates the platinum certification of “I’d Be Jealous Too" with the label's Chris Loss, Tara Master and Peter Strickland (l-r) at the Grand Ole Opry.
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Woman, A Man: MCA's Dierks Bentley with WHKO/Dayton’s Cindy Carusone and Nancy Wilson and guests Rachel Murray and Marlene Hey (l-r) at the Ohio Stadium stop of Luke Combs' My Kinda Saturday Night tour.

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Hacks: MCA's Jacob Hackworth celebrates 131 adds for his first single, "What Took You So Long," with his label team. Pictured (l-r) are Summer Harlow, Damon Moberly, Hackworth, Jimmy Rector, Joslyn Richardson, Houston Gaither, Jack Christopher and David Friedman.

JASON-ALDEAN-AND-LUKE-BRYAN42826.jpg Got That Dawg In Me: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean and MCA's Luke Bryan play UGA's Sanford Stadium. Pictured (l-r) are Maverick’s Clarence Spalding, Aldean, Live Nation's Brian O’Connell, Maverick's Chris Parr, KP Entertainment's Kerri Edwards and Bryan.
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Walk DMC: Nashville Harbor’s Greylan James (l) and Blue Highway’s Jackson Dean (r) prop up WKMK/Monmouth, NJ's Mike Ryan after he walked 106 miles in 48 hours to raise money for St. Jude.

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Backstage Coach: Pictured at Stagecoach are (back, l-r) KSON/San Diego's Jessica Chenoweth, John Flint and Tammy Lee, KKGO/Los Angeles' Adam Bookbinder, Bruce Scott and Valerie Redmond, KHAY/Oxnard, CA's Dave Daniels, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez, KHAY's Noel Frawley, and KPLM/Palm Springs' Tommy Carrera and Corey James; (front, l-r) KFRG/Riverside's Anthony Donatelli, Kelli Barajas, Dana Johnson and Heather Froglear.

Top Stories

March CDM Ratings
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Seven Year Break: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2026 (three-month rolling average, 1/8-4/1/26) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Birmingham, AL
(Market 61)

WDXB iHeartMedia
4.8 (5t) - 5.0 (5) - 5.9 (4)
Largest share since Dec. 2024.
WZZK SummitMedia 
4.8 (5t) - 4.4 (6) - 5.4 (5)

Buffalo, NY
(59)

WYRK Townsquare
7.9 (3) - 8.8 (2) - 9.3 (2)

Fort Myers, FL
(51)  
WWGR Renda
3.7 (7) - 4.5 (4t) - 4.8 (3)
Largest share since Nov. 2024.
WHEL Sun
2.6 (15) - 2.1 (17) - 2.5 (12)
WCKT
 iHeartMedia
2.2 (17) - 2.4 (14t) - 2.3 (13t)
Greenville, SC
(53)

WESC iHeartMedia Classic Country
6.0 (3) - 7.0 (3) - 8.0 (2)
Largest share since Winter 2019.
WSSL iHeartMedia
5.8 (4) - 5.2 (5t) - 5.1 (5)
WROQ Audacy
5.1 (6) - 3.7 (9) - 2.9 (10)
Flipped from Classic Rock to Country on Dec. 19 (CAT 12/19/25).

Richmond, VA
(52)
WKHK SummitMedia
6.2 (4) - 6.3 (4) - 6.0 (4)
WRXL-HD2
Audacy
1.8 (14) - 1.5 (14t) - 1.1 (15)
Rochester, NY
(60)
WBEE Audacy
5.0 (5) - 5.7 (5) - 7.1 (2)
WDVI iHeartMedia
1.7 (12) - 1.8 (11) - 2.1 (9)
Tucson, AZ
(62)
KHUD iHeartMedia
2.5 (12) - 2.1 (12) - 3.1 (10)
KIIM
 Cumulus 
Does not subscribe.
May 1, 2026 Share
March CDM Ratings
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Crescent City Crush: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2026 (three-month rolling average, 1/8-4/1/26) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Baton Rouge
(Market 78)

WYNK iHeartMedia
6.0 (1) - 4.7 (3) - 5.4 (1)
WTGE Guaranty
Does not subscribe.

Louisville
(58)

WAMZ iHeartMedia
6.1 (1) - 5.7 (2) - 6.2 (2)
WQNU SummitMedia
3.7 (12) - 4.0 (12) - 3.1 (11)
WRKA SummitMedia Cl. Country
1.1 (20) - 1.6 (16) - 1.6 (13t)
Switched from Urban AC to Classic Country on July 14 (CAT 7/14/25).

New Orleans
(50)

WNOE iHeartMedia
4.7 (5) - 5.1 (4) - 6.2 (4)
Largest share since Spring 2013.

Oklahoma City
(49)

KTST iHeartMedia
4.9 (5) - 5.0 (3) - 5.7 (2)
KXXY iHeartMedia Classic Country
3.0 (7t) - 3.0 (5) - 2.9 (4)
KJKE
 Tyler
Does not subscribe.

Apr 30, 2026 Share
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The CRS 2026 Print Special featuring: Hey-Hi, AI: Emerging Uses
Best CRS Takeaways Ever
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New Faces
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Inside This Issue: 

MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead

 

 

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