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“Our board has spoken up year after year to make sure we’re giving them the respect they’re owed.”

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Aldean2426.jpg Try That In Allentown: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean (in hat) with WGTY/York’s Scott Donato, the label's Lexi Willson and WVPO & W247AE/Stroudsburg, PA's Jeff Hunt (l-r) in Allentown, PA.
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We All Row Up: Warner/WAR's Chase Matthew (c) at SiriusXM The Highway's Music Row Happy Hour. Pictured with (l-r) are the label's James Marsh and SXM's Buzz Brainard, Nick Elliot and Christina Mooney.

Kevin-Powers2426.jpg Powers Trip: American Dogwood/Empire's Kevin Powers visits KYGO/Denver. Pictured (l-r) are Range Management's Abas Pauti, Magnolia's Heather Propper, the station's Brian Michel, Powers and the station's Shawn Patrick and Michael "Big Mic" Buhrman.
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Good To CC You Smile: Big Loud's Lauren Alaina at the label's Audacy Summit gathering in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Stacy Blythe, KILT/Houston's Bruce Logan, the label's Lauren "LT" Thomas and Kelley Bradshaw, Alaina, KFRG/Riverside's Heather Froglear, WUSN/Chicago's Marci Braun and KKWF/Seattle & KMLE/Phoenix's Drew Bland.

Adrien2326.jpg Yo Adrien: Warner's Adrien Nunez with SiriusXM The Highway's Ania Hammer and the label's James Marsh.
Flatts2326.jpg Me And My Gang: Rascal Flatts' Life Is A Highway Tour stops in Newark. Pictured (l-r) are Big Machine's Rachel Burleson, the trio's Jay DeMarcus, Big Machine's Brooke Diaz, the trio's Gary LeVox, Audacy's John Foxx, the trio's JoeDon Rooney, Music Choice's Lauren DeSantis, Joe DeSantis, SiriusXM's Nick Coulson and consultant Joel Raab.
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Hot Topic: River House/Warner/WAR’s Hudson Westbrook and Santa Anna/Akando's Tyler Nance play night four of five of KWJJ/Portland, OR's Hot Country Nights. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Danny Dwyer, River House's Lance Houston, Akando's Greg Raneiri, Nance, Westbrook and the station's Nick Steele and Kristen Flowers.

blake2226.jpg Nobody Et Tu: Wheelhouse's Blake Shelton wraps the first round of his Las Vegas residency shows at Caesars Palace. Pictured (l-r) are Music Choice's Jim Murphy, Shelton, Angie Murphy and the label's Ken Tucker.
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Suffolks: Galaxy's LoCash with the WWWF/Nassau-Suffolk team. Pictured (standing, l-r) are the station's Andrew Blitz, the duo's Chris Lucas, the station's Kelly Ford and Kristin Okesson, the duo's Preston Brust and the station's Robby Bridges and Marissa Stravino; (front, l-r) the station's Patrick Shea and the label's Mitch Mills.

luke2226.jpg What Tastemakes You Country: MCA's Luke Bryan welcomes "industry tastemaker" Kelly Sutton to American Idol. Sutton's episode, where she will send a contestant through to the next round, airs in March.

Top Stories

Fall Diary Ratings
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Redding, Willing And Able: Here are select Nielsen Audio Fall 2025 (9/18-12/10) two-book per year diary ratings for subscribing stations compared with their last books (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025). Ranks (in parentheses) are also among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Cumulus is no longer a subscriber in diary markets.

Amarillo, TX
(165)

KGNC Connoisseur
6.3 (3t) - 6.7 (3t) - 6.9 (3)
KATP
Townsquare
6.3 (3t) - 5.5 (6) - 4.0 (7)

Bryan, TX
(180)
KAGG iHeartMedia
4.2 (3t) - 3.9 (6t) - 4.0 (4t)
KORA Brazos Valley
2.8 (7t) - 3.9 (6t) - 4.0 (4t)
KTTX
Whitehead
N/A - 0.7 (11) - 1.7 (9t)
Columbus, GA
(189)   
WKCN PMB
4.6 (7t) - 5.6 (6t) - 5.4 (5)
WSTH
iHeartMedia
5.0 (4) - 3.1 (11) - 2.0 (14t)
Frederick, MD
(167)    
WFRE Local Daily Media
9.5 (1) - 9.5 (1) - 8.0 (2)
Lubbock, TX
(160)    
KLLL Connoisseur
8.7 (1) - 9.7 (1) - 7.4 (1)
KQBR Townsquare
2.9 (11t) - 1.9 (12t) - 3.1 (12)
KRBL Ramar
1.2 (15t) - 1.6 (15t) - 2.7 (13t)
KRBL-HD2 Ramar Classic Country
1.2 (15t) - 1.6 (15t) - 1.9 (15t)
Odessa-Midland, TX
(156)
KHKX Brazos
4.9 (4t) - 6.6 (2) - 5.4 (2t)
KNFM
Townsquare
4.9 (4t) - 4.7 (5t) - 3.9 (8)
KMRK ICA Communications
2.2 (13t) - 2.9 (11t) - 3.5 (9t)
Redding, CA
(216)   
KNCQ Results Radio
14.5 (1) - 16.8 (1) - 19.3 (1)
34th consecutive No. 1, largest share since Spring 1993.
Sheboygan, WI
(234)        
WBFM Midwest
8.3 (1t) - 11.6 (1) - 9.4 (1)
Terre Haute, IN
(209)    
WTHI Midwest
17.0 (1) - 16.6 (1) - 14.4 (1)
Traverse City, MI (176) WMKC Black Diamond
7.2 (2) - 6.6 (2t) - 6.7 (2)
WTCM Midwestern
6.4 (3) - 6.6 (2t) - 5.4 (4t)
WSRT MacDonald
2.1 (11t) - 1.3 (12t) - 1.3 (12)
Waco, TX
(187)  
WACO iHeartMedia
10.1 (1) - 10.3 (1) - 9.1 (1)
21st consecutive No. 1.
KBHT-AM M&M Cl. Country
1.5 (8t) - 2.1 (7t) - 1.6 (9t)
KRMX M&M
3.0 (6t) - 1.5 (9t) - 1.6 (9t)
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The Year End Print Special

featuring: 
The Year In Music:
Morgan, Ella & More

CMA Radio Winners
Recap The Week

Label Of The Year
Big Loud Turns 10

BMG's Jon Loba:
The Interview



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



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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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