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In This Issue (12/1) 

"We have great managers in this format and a couple of times specifically where someone said, 'Let's stand down this year.'"

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Radio Vision

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Sleeping Jingle In A Double Bed: WPOC/Baltimore's Jingle Y'all raises money for St. Jude. Pictured (l-r) are Big Loud's Lauren Alaina, the station's Bob Delmont and Michael J, LoCash's Preston Brust, the station's Jeff Kapugi, LoCash's Chris Lucas, Columbia's Kameron Marlowe and Stoney Creek's Atlus.

vince12425.jpg Go Guest High On That Mountain: MCA's Vince Gill with Opry guest hosts Katie Neal (l) and Erin Austin.
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Good Fellas: ACM Lifting Lives raises $13,000 at The Listening Room in Nashville as a part of the venue’s Sound Good, Do Good initiative. Pictured (l-r) are ACMLL's Taylor Wolf, songwriter Kyle Sturrock, Back Blocks/Big Loud's Ashley Cooke, MCA's Vincent Mason, Sony Music Nashville's McCoy Moore and ACMLL's Brooke Boyd.

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Cowboys And Angel Trees: The 10th annual Dustin Lynch and Friends Benefit Concert in Tullahoma, TN raises more than $32,000 for Coffee County: Bel Aire PTO Inclusive Playground and Isaiah 117 House. Pictured with Lynch (l-r) are the Tullahoma Fire Dept.'s Joseph Hale, Rylee Rackley and Gage Morrison.

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Season's Meatings: MCA's Vincent Mason and Triple Tigers' Shane Profitt play WQMX/Akron's Tree of Lights Charity Concert benefitting NEOPAT. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Cherise Richards, Mason, MCA's Annie Sandor, the station's Sarah Kay, Profitt and Triple Tigers' Diane Lockner.

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Vs., Chorus, Bridge: MCA's Dierks Bentley, Big Loud's Miranda Lambert and Hardy, Stoney Creek's Lanie Gardner and Sony Music Nashville's McCoy Moore (l-r) at the American Cancer Society's Country vs. Cancer Concert last night (12/2).

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You Spin Me Write Round: Studio Bank and BMI celebrate songwriters with an in-the-round event in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are BMI's Mason Hunter, songwriters Brad Warren and Brett Warren, Studio Bank's Aaron Dorn, songwriters Liz Rose and Phil Barton, Studio Bank's Ron Cox and BMI's Clay Bradley.

Josh-Ross12225.jpg Single Bells: Core/Mercury's Josh Ross celebrates his inaugural No. 1, "Single Again." Pictured (back, l-r) are BMI’s Jackson Kiger, SESAC’s Lydia Cahill, MCA’s Damon Moberly, Warner Chappell’s Bryce Sherlow, Liz Rose Music’s Kate Shirley and Studio Bank’s Kari Barnhart; (front, l-r) songwriters Joe Fox, Ross and Brad Rempel, and producer Matt Geroux.
mc12225.jpg Sandy Claus: Valory's MacKenzie Carpenter (c) with KNIX/Phoenix's Reid Spivey and Lois Lewis at the station's Hometown Holiday.
Alissa-and-Cris12225.jpg Girls Just Wanna Raise Funds: iHeartMedia's Alissa Pollack (l) and Warner Records Nashville's Cris Lacy at the One Night in Nashville with Randy Travis event benefiting City of Hope and Tom Corson’s Spirit of Life Campaign.
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Rae Bells Ring, Are You Listening? Valory's RaeLynn visits Big D & Bubba. Pictured (back, l-r) are the show's Derek “Big D” Haskins and guitar player Andre; (front, l-r) RaeLynn and the show's Jessica “Carsen” Humphreville and Sean “Bubba” Powell.

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Lone Star Party: Core/Mercury's Josh Ross plays KAJA/San Antonio's Star Party. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Jason McCollim, Ross and the label's Joslyn Richardson and John Trapane.

dl12125.jpg On The DL: Broken Bow's Dustin Lynch (c) with WUSN/Chicago's Austin Huff and ​​​Melissa McGurren ​​​​at Sharla McCoy's Music Row Live remotes last week.

Top Stories

ACMs Return To Vegas, Sunday In '26
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The Academy of Country Music Awards return to Las Vegas – and to Sunday night – on May 17, 2026 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. After three years at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX, the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch from their former longtime home. Awards week will kick off on Friday, May 15; tickets go on sale early next year.

Dec 1, 2025 Share
Oct CDM Ratings
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Jackson Seen: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for October 2025 (three-month rolling average, 7/24-10/15) compared with August and September. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Jackson, MS
(Market 125)
WUSJ New South
3.1 (9) - 3.4 (6t) - 3.9 (5)
WMSI 
iHeartMedia
3.4 (8) - 3.4 (6t) - 3.4 (7)
WHJT New South Classic Country
2.2 (10t) - 2.2 (10t) - 2.2 (9)
Dec 1, 2025 Share
October CDM Ratings
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Turkey And Ratings: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for October 2025 (three-month rolling average, 7/24-10/15) compared with August and September. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Chattanooga, TN
(Market 93)

WUSY Audacy
9.2 (3) - 9.8 (2) - 8.0 (3)
WUUQ Bahakel Classic Country
2.3 (8t) - 2.8 (7t) - 2.9 (7t)
WOGT Cumulus 
0.9 (14) - 1.7 (13) - 2.5 (10t)
Largest share since April 2022.

Huntsville, AL
(99)          

WDRM iHeartMedia
8.7 (1) - 7.5 (1) - 6.7 (1)
WWFF Cumulus
1.2 (13t) - 1.4 (11) - 1.8 (11)

Nov 26, 2025 Share
October CDM Ratings
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Rate Just A Minute: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for October 2025 (three-month rolling average, 7/24-10/15) compared with August and September. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Colorado Springs, CO
(Market 91)

KCCY iHeartMedia
4.4 (6t) - 3.6 (9) - 4.7 (6)
KATC Cumulus
3.3 (10) - 3.1 (10t) - 3.1 (10)

Madison, WI
(88)       

WMAD iHeartMedia
3.8 (6t) - 3.9 (5t) - 3.1 (7)
WWQM Mid-West Family
3.8 (6t) - 3.9 (5t) - 2.6 (8t)

Mobile, AL
(100) 
WKSJ iHeartMedia
7.8 (3) - 8.1 (3) - 7.2 (3)
Toledo, OH
(108) 
WKKO Cumulus
9.6 (1) - 10.5 (1) - 9.8 (2)
WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country
1.3 (11t) - 1.1 (12) - 1.2 (12)
WMIM Cumulus
0.9 (13) - 0.9 (13) - 0.8 (13)
Wichita, KS
(104)
  
KZSN iHeartMedia
5.5 (5t) - 5.2 (4t) - 6.5 (2)
KFDI 
SummitMedia
5.5 (5t) - 5.2 (4t) - 5.8 (3)
KVWF Murfin
2.5 (14) - 3.2 (12) - 2.6 (13)
KFTI-AM SummitMedia Classic Country
0.5 (18t) - 0.5 (18t) - 0.7 (18)
Nov 25, 2025 Share
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The 2025 CMA
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A quick reference guide to the 2025 CMA Nominees

 



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