Winner For Two: CMA Major Market Personality of the Year Chris Carr (l) and Major Market Station of the Year KKBQ/Houston's Travis Moon.
Seein' Red: WUSN/Chicago's Melissa McGurren and Austin Huff hit their first red carpet at the CMA Awards.
Diemond: The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry celebrates the RIAA diamond certification of “If I Die Young" at the CMA Awards. Pictured (l-r) are RIAA’s Mitch Glazier, BMLG's Scott Borchetta, Perry, BMLG's Jimmy Harnen and RIAA’s Erin Burr.
Flex Appeal: KYGO/Denver's Tracy Dixon with Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson (l) and Big Loud's Stephen Wilson Jr. at the CMA radio remotes.
Shaken, Not Sirred: MCA's George Strait, Universal's Sir Lucian Grainge and MCA's Vince Gill (l-r) at the label's CMA afterparty.
Voice Male: Warner Records Group's Aaron Bay-Schuck, Cody Johnson, Cris Lacy and Tom Corson (l-r) celebrate Johnson's CMA Male Vocalist of the Year win.
What You CMA Is What You Get: Sony Music Nashville's Taylor Lindsey, Luke Combs and Ken Robold (l-r) at Category 10 post-CMA Awards.
Dub Step And Repeat: B-Dub Radio's Bryan "B Dub" Washington with Big Loud's Hardy (l) and BBRMG's Brantley Gilbert ahead of the CMA Awards.
Play Per View: Island/Republic's Wyatt Flores (l) and Big Loud's Kashus Culpepper (r) with CAA's Jacob Lapidus at the 2025 CAA CMA Awards Viewing Party.
Sounds Like The Radio Remote: WYCD/Detroit's Steve Grunwald (l) and Tim Roberts (r) with CMA New Artist of the Year Zach Top.
Tomor-row: Kickin' Kountry 101's Shannon Steele with Black River's Chris Young and Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley at Sharla McCoy's Music Row Live remotes.
Jock And A Hard Place: WQDR/Raleigh's Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry with Elektra/Warner/WEA’s Bailey Zimmerman and Big Loud's Lauren Alaina at the CMA remotes.
Play It Forward: Artists Grayson Russell and Brei Carter and the Opry's Dan Rogers (l-r) at the CMA's Country Forward event.
Remote Work: Broken Bow/Night Train's John Morgan (c) with Audacy's Holly Hutton and Rob Stone at Sharla McCoy's Music Row Live remotes during CMA week.
Buy Shirt: Team MCA shows off St. Jude's new "Music Gives" shirt.
'JUG Life: KJUG/Visalia staffers and friends gather for dinner ahead of this week's CMA Awards remotes. Pictured (l-r) are KJUG's Gnarley Charley, guest Reese Marshall, KJUG's Hector “The Kid” Saldaña, Riser House's Roger Fregoso, Country Aircheck's Phyllis Stark and KJUG's Rik McNeil.
October CDM Ratings
Omaha Stakes: 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.
| Akron, OH (Market 96) |
WQMX Rubber City |
| Bakersfield, CA (83) |
KUZZ Owens 6.4 (2) - 6.6 (2) - 6.7 (2) KCWR Owens Classic Country 0.8 (21t) - 1.3 (17t) - 1.5 (15) KRJK Owens 1.6 (16t) - 1.4 (16) - 1.2 (17t) |
| Charleston, SC (76) |
WEZL iHeartMedia |
| Harrisburg, PA (87) |
WRBT iHeartMedia 4.3 (5t) - 4.5 (3) - 4.4 (3) |
| Omaha, NE (74) |
KXKT iHeartMedia 9.2 (1) - 8.5 (1) - 7.8 (1) KFFF iHeartMedia Classic Country 2.4 (15t) - 2.4 (15) - 2.4 (15t) |
