Surprise Pardi: MCA's Jon Pardi (c) with Audacy's Drew Bland and the label's Donna Jo Passuntino at KKWF/Seattle's Secret Show.
Belle Of The Ball: East Music Row Records' Belles makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. Pictured (l-r) are Red Light's Christina Dunkley, East Music Row's Stephanie Greene, David Robkin and Johnny Gates, Belles and New Revolution’s Jeff Solima and Jon Carroll.
Signage: Bottomland (Cannon Brand and Justin Gates) sign with Sony Music Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are Conveyor Management's Ivan Lightfoot, the label's Margaret Tomlin and Taylor Lindsey, Brand, Gates, the label's Ken Robold, Conveyor's Kyle Hutton and the label's Jason McColl.
Tilt-A-Whirlwind: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson with KSNI/Santa Maria, CA's Jay Turner (r) and son Michael at the California Mid State Fair.
If I Ride Young: The Band Perry's Kimberly Perry and Johnny Costello (top) and Nashville Harbor's Greylan James with WGTY's Scott Donato and the label's Bridget Herrmann at the York State Fair.
Shake 'N Lake: Quartz Hill's Lakelin Lemmings visits Country Aircheck. Pictured (l-r) are CA's Chuck Aly and Lon Helton, the label's Natalie Kilgore, BSB Mgmt.'s Tina Hill, Lemmings, CA's April Johnson and Phyllis Stark and the label's Bill Macky.
InterStella: Atlantic Outpost's Stella Lefty with the label's Stephanie Hagerty and WGTY/York PD Scott Donato (top) and Big D & Bubba's Derek "Big D" Haskins, Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville and Sean "Bubba" Powell.
A Foot In The Door: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson with Switchfoot at the band's Grand Ole Opry debut. Pictured (l-r) are Rise Records' Sean Heydorn, By Design's Josh Thompson, Switchfoot’s Chad Butler, Tim Foreman and Jon Foreman, Wilson, Switchfoot's Jerome Fontamillas, the label's Peter Strickland, JoJamie Hahr and Jon Loba and Switchfoot's Boaz Roberts.
Tenpenny Lane: Riser House's Mitchell Tenpenny (c) with WKHK/Richmond, VA's Carletta Blake and the label's Jeff Davis at the Lynchburg Amphitheater.
June CDM Ratings
Kissin' Up: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for June 2026 (three-month rolling average, 4/2-6/24) compared with April and May. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Columbia, SC (Market 89) |
WCOS iHeartMedia |
| Des Moines, IA (70) |
KHKI Cumulus KJJY Cumulus Classic Country Do not subscribe. |
| Little Rock, AR (94) |
KSSN iHeartMedia 4.7 (3) - 5.0 (3) - 5.4 (2) KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country 5.8 (2) - 5.7 (2) - 4.5 (4) |
| Monterey, CA (98) |
KTOM iHeartMedia 2.4 (7) - 3.3 (4) - 3.4 (4) |
| Spokane, WA (90) |
KICR Blue Sky 3.1 (9) - 2.7 (6) - 2.8 (8t) KISC-HD2 iHeartMedia 1.3 (14t) - 1.3 (9t) - 1.1 (12) KDRK Stephens KXLY QueenB Do not subscribe. |
| Springfield, MA (102) |
WRNX iHeartMedia 4.6 (5t) - 4.6 (5) - 4.5 (4t) |
