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All My Exes Chart: The Tape Room Music team (Caroline Hodson, Jenna Wilson, Alicia Pruitt and Blain Rhodes, l-r) celebrates 12 singles in the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 40.

A Song To Stream: Mercury's Miranda Lambert with SiriusXM/Pandora's Johnny Chiang (l) and the label's David Friedman.

You Don't Know Ham Like I Do: Wheelhouse's Brantley Gilbert (l) with WCCQ & WXLC/Chicago's Drew Walker at the stations' Sandwich Fair.

Dandy Line: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Newark. Pictured (back, l-r) are WNEW/NYC's Rob Miller, WKMK/Monmouth-Ocean, NJ's Zach Rayment and Mike Ryan, Connoisseur's Keith Dakin, Columbia's Christopher Sottile and Matt Stevens, WJVC/Nassau's Phathead and Connoisseur's Kevin Begley; (front, l-r) WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx, Langley, the label's Diane Lockner WWWF/Nassau's "Sabrina From Queens" Sergio, the label's Chris Palmer and WWWF's Robby Bridges.

Going For Dads: WUSN/Chicago's Scotty Kay with Kane Brown and daughter Kingsley (l) and Columbia's Kameron Marlowe at McHenry Music Festival.

Signage: Singer/songwriter/producer Jeremy Lister signs with Jody Williams Songs and Warner Chappell Music. Pictured (back, l-r) are JWS' Tenasie Courtright and Nina Fisher, WCM's Sophie Hopkins and Williams; (front, l-r) Lister and JWS' Jonah Gordon.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Ava Liv Mabry commemorates her Blue Highway signing with the label's Jake Basden.

Panhorst Power: Warner/Harpeth 60's Chris Janson (l) with KSD/St. Louis' Dusty Panhorst at the NASCAR Enjoy Illinois 300.

Chicagood Things: Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers (l) and Shay Mooney with WUSN's Marci Braun at the Chicago stop of The Young Tour.

Three-quila: Quartz Hill's Joe Nichols (c) celebrates the triple platinum certification of “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” with manager Mike Nash and BSB Management’s Kendra Whitehead at Billy Bob’s Texas.

Signage: Songwriter Jared Scott signs with Back Row Publishing. Pictured (l-r) are the company's Taylor Antle and Lindsay Will, Scott and the company's Michael Kozelj.

Miles On Mitt: RCA's Kane Brown with the label's Taylor Sowers, WKHX's Lucas Phelan and Mike Moore and the label's Mallory Michaels (top) and WUBL's Angie Ward and Michaels at the Atlanta's Braves Kane Brown Bobblehead Night.

Pretty Heartland: MCA's Parker McCollum in Omaha. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Katie Bright, McCollum, KZKX's Rob Kelley and KXKT's Hoss Michaels.

Lone (Star) Survivor: American Dogwood/Empire's Shaboozey takes his Outlaws Never Die Tour to Dallas. Pictured (l-r) are Tim Rawson and wife/KSCS' Michelle Rodriguez, Mr. Boozey and KSCS' Mike Preston.

Look What The Colonel Gave Her: Blue Highway's Thomas Rhett at Louisville's KFC Yum! Center. Pictured (l-r) are guests Carolina and Joy Fow, the label's Sally Green, WAMZ's Christopher "Boomer" Layfield and Buddy Peterson, Rhett and WQNU's Eric Fow and Cagle.

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July CDM Ratings

Chatt's All, Folks: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for July 2026 (three-month rolling average, 4/30-7/22) compared with May and June. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Chattanooga, TN (Market 93)	WUSY Audacy 7.6 (1) - 7.4 (1) - 7.9 (1) WUUQ Bahakel Classic Country 4.6 (3) - 4.3 (5) - 4.1 (5) WOGT Cumulus Does not subscribe.
Huntsville, AL (99)	WDRM iHeartMedia 12.1 (1) - 11.7 (1) - 10.2 (1)
Jackson, MS (125)	WMSI iHeartMedia 3.5 (8) - 3.3 (7t) - 4.2 (4) WUSJ New South 3.7 (6t) - 3.5 (5t) - 3.2 (7) WHJT New South Classic Country 2.0 (9) - 1.8 (9) - 1.7 (9)
Madison, WI (88)	WMAD iHeartMedia 4.1 (4) - 4.9 (5) - 5.0 (5) WWQM Mid-West Family 3.0 (7) - 2.6 (10t) - 2.9 (9t)

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July CDM Ratings

Rate Against The Machine: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for July 2026 (three-month rolling average, 4/30-7/22) compared with May and June. 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 (4) - 3.6 (5) - 3.1 (6) KATC Cumulus Does not subscribe.
Des Moines, IA (70)	KHKI Cumulus KJJY Cumulus Classic Country Do not subscribe.
Mobile, AL (100)	WKSJ iHeartMedia 7.3 (1) - 7.7 (1) - 5.6 (1t)
Spokane, WA (90)	KICR Blue Sky 2.7 (6) - 2.8 (8t) - 2.4 (8) KISC-HD2 iHeartMedia 1.3 (9t) - 1.1 (12) - 0.4 (15) KDRK Stephens KXLY QueenB Do not subscribe.
Wichita, KS (104)	KZSN iHeartMedia 5.7 (1) - 5.4 (4) - 5.5 (3) KFDI SummitMedia 4.5 (8t) - 4.7 (6t) - 4.3 (7) KVWF Murfin 1.7 (15) - 1.7 (15) - 1.9 (15)

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July CDM Ratings

Kissin' Half Dozen: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for July 2026 (three-month rolling average, 4/30-7/22) compared with May and June. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Columbia, SC (Market 89)	WCOS iHeartMedia 5.9 (2) - 4.7 (3) - 4.1 (3)
Little Rock, AR (94)	KSSN iHeartMedia 5.0 (3) - 5.4 (2) - 6.0 (2) KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country 5.7 (2) - 4.5 (4) - 3.9 (4)
Springfield, MA (102)	WRNX iHeartMedia 4.6 (5) - 4.5 (4t) - 4.4 (6)
Toledo, OH (108)	WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country 1.2 (7) - 1.0 (7) - 0.7 (8) WKKO Cumulus Does not subscribe.

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