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"I'm 19 years in and live my life normally."

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Johnnie And June: Nashville Harbor’s Greylan James (left) helps WXTU/Philadelphia's Mark Razz celebrate his recently announced retirement with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and (right) visits WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx with the label's Bridget Herrmann, who also ran the Blue Cross Broad Street Run (inset). Herrmann is also running the Chicago Marathon for St. Jude later in October, and currently taking donations. 

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MySpace: Deluge Records Nashville/East Music Row Records' Belles visits WYCD/Detroit's Sound Space. Pictured (l-r) are EMRR's Johnny Gates and Joe Schuld, the station's Holly Hutton, Belles and the station's Rob Stone and Tim Roberts.

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Friends Of The Earth: Col. NY/Records Nashville's Ty Myers (top) and Curb's Harper Grace visit Big D & Bubba. Pictured (top, l-r) are Derek “Big D” Haskins, Myers, Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville, and Sean “Bubba” Powell; (bottom, l-r) Grace, Haskins, Humphreville and Powell.

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Signage: Singer/songwriter Tori Rose signs with Saddle Up Records as their first artist and with Johnstone Entertainment for management. Pictured (front, l-r) are manager Cole Johnstone, Rose, producer Mickey Jack Cones and ADA’s Robert Turner; (back, l-r) the label's Louie Newman, Chele Fassig, Matt Galvin and RG Jones.

Hudson-Westbrook5726.jpg Starter House: River House/Warner/WAR’s Hudson Westbrook celebrates his inaugural No. 1, “House Again,” at BMI’s Nashville office yesterday (5/6). Pictured (back, l-r) are Sony Music Publishing’s Rusty Gaston, WRN's Cris Lacy, River House's Zebb Luster, BMI’s Mitch Ballard, ASCAP’s Emilia James and River House's Lynn Oliver-Cline; (front, l-r) producer Ryan Youmans, songwriter Neil Medley, Westbrook, songwriter Dan Alley, producer Lukas Scott and Studio Bank’s Ron Cox.
Angie-Ward5726.jpg Bullmaxxing: Wheelhouse's Alexandra Kay (r) with WUBL/Atlanta's Angie Ward at New Bulls On The Block.
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The Coledon State: Big Machine's Cole Goodwin visits KFRG/Riverside (top) and KSON/San Diego. Pictured (top, l-r) are the station's Kelli Green, the label's Stella Prado, Goodwin, the station's Heather Froglear and the label's Jay Cruze; (bottom, l-r) the station's Scott Roddy, Prado, Goodwin and the station's Jessica Chenoweth.

Jackson-Dean5626.jpg Airway To Heaven: Blue Highway's Jackson Dean celebrates his second No. 1, “Heavens To Betsy," at BMI. Pictured (back, l-r) are Big Machine Music’s Mike Molinar, River House's Lynn Oliver-Cline, Studio Bank’s Kari Barnhart, BMI’s MaryAnn Keen, Sony Music Publishing’s Tom Luteran, Jody Williams Songs’ Jody Williams and Little Louder’s Arturo Buenahora; (front, l-r) songwriter Benjy Davis, producer Luke Dick, Dean and songwriter Driver Williams.
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Live Laugh Liquor: Stoney Creek's Atlus opens for Russell Dickerson in Orlando. Pictured (back, l-r) are WIRK/West Palm Beach's Nick Rivers, WKRO/Daytona Beach's DJ Tremble and WWKA's Michael “Slater” Wheaton, Melissa Quinones and Sarah Sweat; (front, l-r) WWKA's Chloe Nelson, the label's Diane Monk, WKML/Fayetteville, NC's Sarah Weaver, Jordan Tremble, Atlus, guest Stephanie and the label's Lexi Willson.

coreykent5626.jpg I'm Up To Fresno Good Again: RCA's Corey Kent (c) with KSKS/Fresno, CA's Kiss Country Morning Show hosts Joe Castelan and Kris Daniels.

Top Stories

March CDM Ratings
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Mass. Appeal: 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.

Columbia, SC
(Market 89)

WCOS iHeartMedia
6.8 (2) - 5.9 (2) - 6.7 (2)

Little Rock, AR
(94)   
KSSN iHeartMedia
6.6 (2) - 6.6 (2) - 5.9 (2)
KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country
2.5 (5t) - 3.2 (4) - 5.2 (3)
Largest share since last August.
Springfield, MA
(102)
WRNX iHeartMedia 
4.3 (4) - 4.7 (5) - 5.0 (4t)
Largest share since last March.
Toledo, OH
(108) 
WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country
1.2 (7) - 0.9 (7) - 0.9 (7)
WKKO Cumulus
Does not subscribe.
May 8, 2026 Share
March CDM Ratings
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WQM-Extra: 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.

Akron, OH  
(Market 96) 

WQMX Rubber City 
5.1 (2) - 4.7 (3t) - 6.0 (1)
Largest share since Jan. 2025; First No. 1 since Dec. 2024.

Charleston, SC
(76)   
WEZL iHeartMedia
3.5 (5t) - 4.4 (3) - 4.9 (2)
WCKN
 Saga
4.0 (3) - 3.7 (5) - 4.4 (4)
Monterey, CA
(98) 

KTOM iHeartMedia
2.9 (8) - 2.7 (9) - 2.9 (7)

Syracuse, NY
(101)
WBBS iHeartMedia
7.5 (1t) - 8.3 (1) - 9.1 (1)
WOLF FoxFur
3.7 (6) - 4.0 (5) - 3.0 (6)
May 7, 2026 Share
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2026 ACM Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2026 ACM Nominees



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The CRS 2026 Print Special featuring: Hey-Hi, AI: Emerging Uses
Best CRS Takeaways Ever
Label Contacts
New Faces
Travis Daily: The Interview



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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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