Warner Music Nashville Co-Chair/Co-President Cris Lacy has been named sole Chair/President as her counterpart Gregg Nadel shifts to a new, unspecified role within Warner Records Group. Concurrently, Warner Music Nashville has been rebranded as Warner Records Nashville.

"This rebrand marks an exciting new era for our flagship Nashville label — one that builds on everything that already makes it so special, guided by Cris’ extraordinary leadership," say CEO/Co-Chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck and COO/Co-Chairman Tom Corson. Adds Lacy, "[Nashville's] growing influence is permeating other genres, and is increasingly found front and center on the world's stage."

Lacy rose to Co-President with Ben Kline at the 2022 departure of Chair/CEO John Esposito (Breaking News 6/2/2022) after rising through the ranks to become the label's EVP/A&R. Replacing Kline, Nadel joined the Nashville division last year (Breaking News 9/24/2024) from Elektra.

October 2025 PPM Ratings: Day four of Nielsen Audio's October 2025 (9/18-10/15) PPM ratings are below. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. All graphs indicate Average Share Mon-Sun 6am-Midnight Persons 6+.

Austin (Market 27)
KASE iHeartMedia
4.2 (7t) to 5.3 (4)
Cume: +200 to 205,600

KVET iHeartMedia 
4.3 (5t) to 4.1 (5) 
Cume: +6,800 to 265,900

KKMJ-HD3 Audacy Classic Country 
0.9 (23) to 0.9 (22) 
Cume: +900 to 35,000

Raleigh (34)
WQDR Curtis
8.1 (3) to 7.1 (3t)
Cume: +6,500 to 224,300

WNCB iHeartMedia
2.1 (15) to 2.2 (15)
Cume: -500 to 125,400

Indianapolis (38)
WLHK Radio One
6.5 (5) to 6.6 (5)
Cume: +48,300 to 255,600
Largest cume since Oct. 2022.

WFMS Cumulus
5.4 (6) to 5.3 (7t)
Cume: +13,000 to 218,800

Nashville (40)
WSIX iHeartMedia
5.0 (8t) to 4.7 (9)
Cume: -3,500 to 154,600

WSM-FM Cumulus
3.5 (12t) to 3.2 (14)
Cume: -11,000 to 148,000
On June, 4 Big D & Bubba moved from mornings on WKDF to WSM-FM as part of an overhaul of programming on both stations (CAT 6/3).

WKDF Cumulus
3.5 (12t) to 3.0 (15)
Cume: -16,200 to 132,800

WNFN Midwest Classic Country
1.9 (17t) to 1.8 (17)
Cume: -15,600 to 76,900

Jacksonville (43)
WQIK iHeartMedia
6.3 (4t) to 5.8 (6) 
Cume: -16,500 to 176,900

WGNE Renda
3.4 (11) to 4.0 (10)
Cume: +5,600 to 171,800

Milwaukee (44)
WMIL iHeartMedia
5.8 (4) to 6.2 (3)
Cume: -11,200 to 244,400

Providence (45)
WCTK Hall
10.4 (1) to 10.0 (1) Largest share in the format this month.
Cume: -18,200 to 291,800

Norfolk (46)
WUSH Sinclair
4.2 (10) to 5.3 (4)
Cume: +4,500 to 132,800

WGH Max
3.3 (12) to 3.0 (12)
Cume: +3,800 to 131,000

West Palm Beach (47) 
WIRK Hubbard
4.6 (6) to 4.6 (7)
Cume: +2,100 to 102,800

Greensboro (48)
WPAW Audacy
5.5 (7) to 6.0 (6)
Largest share since Nov. 2023.
Cume: +17,200 to 170,700

WTQR iHeartMedia
5.6 (6) to 5.5 (7)
Cume: +17,800 to 172,300

Memphis (55)
WLFP Audacy
4.3 (6) to 5.0 (5)
Largest share since March 2024.
Cume: -10,000 to 114,800

WGKX Cumulus
Does not subscribe.

Hartford (57)
WWYZ iHeartMedia
9.5 (2) to 8.6 (3)
Cume: -17,700 to 164,400

CMT's Alan Leaving: CMT Hot 20 Countdown host Cody Alan will sign off at the end of the year after a 17-year run with the network. Alan continues to host SiriusXM's Highway Mornings.

Hot Air: No official word, but as the last remaining original music programming following last year's pause on production of CMT Crossroads and the CMT Music Awards, the end of H20C could be the end of CMT as a country music network. Parent company Paramount has been restructuring and laying off employees since its August acquisition by Skydance, but CMT has been in a years-long drawdown of staff and investment, punctuated most recently by the news that SVP Margaret Comeaux is also departing at year-end (CAT 10/30).

The Ties Have It: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2025 (three-month rolling average, 6/26-9/17) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.