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"I use that every single day, even when I’m dealing with situations where there’s some negativity."

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Radio Vision

Meghan31326.jpg No Diggedy, No Route: Riser House's Meghan Patrick with KTOM/Monterey & KHGE/Fresno’s Sam Diggedy and wife Vanessa at the Chicago stop of her Golden Child Tour.
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Visitation Writes: MCA's Vince Gill (top) and Average Joes' Bryan Martin visit Big D & Bubba. Pictured (top, l-r) Gill, Derek “Big D” Haskins and Sean “Bubba” Powell; (bottom, l-r) Martin, Haskins, the show's Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville and Powell.

Ben-Gallaher31326.jpg It’s Ben Awhile: Stone Country's Ben Gallaher with WUBE/Cincinnati's Grover Collins (top) and WWKA/Orlando’s Steve Stewart and Melissa Quinones.
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Grand 'Ol Red: Wheelhouse's Blake Shelton with his label team at Ronnie Milsap's 50th Opry anniversary. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Shelley Hargis, Gwen Stefani, the label's Peter Strickland, Shelton and the label's JoJamie Hahr and Ken Tucker.

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Walk The Liner: Mercury's Jacob Hackworth commemorates his first station visit with WSOC/Charlotte's Cameron Moore (top) and his first radio liners for WKKT/Charlotte's Ashley Wilson and Graham Bunn (bottom).

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Work Of Heart: WUSY/Chattanooga's Heart Strings For Hope benefit show raises more than $500,000 for St. Jude. Pictured (back, l-r) are Riser House/Columbia’s Mitchell Tenpenny, Sawgod/Columbia NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley, Big Loud's Lauren Alaina, Mercury's Tucker Wetmore and singer/songwriter Kelley Lovelace; (front, l-r) Triple Tiger's Blake Nixon, SMN's Jansen Morgan, the station's Melissa "Mo" Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens, Big Loud's Kelley Bradshaw, the station's Ken Hicks and Jaclyn Davis, Audacy's Katie Neal, the station's Justin Cole, Tyler Stansell and Cowboy Kyle Croft and Mercury's Trudie Daniell and Jimmy Rector. Pictured (bottom) Langley (c) celebrates No. 1 "Choosin' Texas" with Nixon, Wagner, Cole and TT's Julianna Vaughn (l-r). 

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BIG Time: Nash. Harbor's Greylan James (c) with WPGB/Pittsburgh’s Dan Quindlen, Travis Marzina, Mike Kasper and Joe Seaman (l-r) at the station's Next BIG Thing.

Scout-Speer31226.jpg Signage: Singer/songwriter Scout Speer signs with Sony Music Publishing Nashville in partnership with songwriter Dan Isbell. Pictured (l-r) are SMP's Chelsea Kent, Rusty Gaston, Tom Luteran and Cam Caldwell, Speer, Isbell, attorney Scott Safford and Interstate Music's Jeff Peterson.
Jamie-Moore31226.jpg Signage: Songwriter/producer Jamie Moore signs with Spirit Music Group. Pictured (front, l-r) are SMG's Kennedy Murphy, Moore and SMG's Mike Fiorentino and AJ Burton; (back, l-r) SMG's Jane Wahlfeldt, Ryan Johnson, Brian Bradford, Will Cooper, Jake Pieklik, Frank Rogers and Andy Hodges.
jellyroll31126.jpg Roll Call: Stoney Creek's Jelly Roll is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry (top) and celebrates three No. 1s ( “Liar,” “Heart Of Stone” and “Halfway To Hell") yesterday (3/10) in Nashville. Pictured (top, l-r) the Opry's Dan Rogers and Kelly Sutton, Lily Isaacs, Larry Gatlin, Leanne Morgan, Lainey Wilson, Mr. Roll, Craig Morgan, Ernest, Sonya Isaacs and the Opry's Jenn Tressler; (bottom, back, l-r) BMI’s Clay Bradley, Tape Room Music’s Katherine Godwin, ASCAP’s Emilia James, Back Blocks Music’s Rakiyah Marshall, Rhythm House’s Vanna Moua, Big Machine Music’s Tim Hunze, Madfun Entertainment’s Alicia Pruitt, Tape Room Music’s Caroline Hodson and Sony Music Publishing’s Kenley Flynn; (bottom, front, l-r) the label's Jon Loba, songwriters Blake Pendergrass, Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips, Mr. Roll, Zach Crowell and Ben Johnson and Studio Bank’s Ron Cox.
Chris-Young31126.jpg The Man I Want To Beasley: Black River's Chris Young (r) with Beasley's Justin Chase.
Dylan-Scott31126.jpg The Big D: Curb's Dylan Scott (c) with the label's Allyson Gelnett (Massey) and KSCS/Dallas' Mike Preston at the Texas Independence Jam.
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Knockin' Chutes: MCA's Luke Bryan plays Rodeo Houston for the 13th time. Pictured (l-r) are KILT's Nick Russo and Chris Huff, Bryan, KKBQ's Andy "Riggs" Riggle, the label's Annie Sandor and KKBQ's Travis Moon and Kaitlyn Maida Shelton.

BOC31026.jpg It's Tour Love: Live Nation's Brian O’Connell receives the Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award at the Opry House. Pictured (l-r) are MCA's Keith Urban, Big Machine's Tim McGraw, Big Loud's Lauren Alaina, O'Connell, Nan Kingsley, the Opry's Dan Rogers and EMI's Tyler Hubbard.
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I Own This Barrel: Warner's Braxton Keith (c) with the label's Kristen Williams, KKBQ's Lauren "Lo" Sessions-Barker and Travis Moon and the label's Mark Niederhauser (l-r) at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Preston-Cooper3926.jpg Meat And Greet: Blue Highway's Preston Cooper (c) with KILT/Houston's Chris Huff (l) and Bruce Logan at the station's Honky Tonk at the World Championship BBQ Cookoff.
ericchurch31026.jpg Desperate Manning: EMI's Eric Church (c) with The Big 615's Monta Vaden and guest Aaron Killian in Knoxville.
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Women In FEM: BBRMG artists and staff celebrate International Women's Month at FEMco's Anzie Blue showcase in Nashville. Pictured (front, l-r) are the label's JoJamie Hahr, Alison Nichols, HunterGirl, Madeline Merlo, Lanie Gardner and Mary Kutter; (back, l-r) By Design's Josh Bailey, Alex Jude, Alison Turner, Zoe Levert, Jillian Edwards, Josh Pauley, FEMco's Leslie Fram and Chader Consulting’s Lisa Chader.

Top Stories

January CDM Ratings
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Rate And Hook: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Columbia, SC
(Market 89)

WCOS iHeartMedia
6.3 (3) - 7.5 (2) - 6.8 (2)

Little Rock, AR
(94)   
KSSN iHeartMedia
7.2 (4) - 7.6 (2) - 6.6 (2)
KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country
3.1 (10) - 3.0 (5) - 2.5 (5t)
Springfield, MA
(102)
WRNX iHeartMedia 
4.7 (4) - 4.2 (4) - 4.3 (4)
Toledo, OH
(108) 
WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country
1.3 (12) - 1.3 (8) - 1.2 (7)
WKKO Cumulus
8.6 (2) - N/A - N/A
Does not subscribe.
Mar 13, 2026 Share
SVPP RJ Meacham To Leave Curb
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Hot Air: No official word, but Curb Records SVP/Promotion RJ Meacham is stepping down at the end of the month as he pursues a new venture. He is expected to continue to consult the label, which plans to announce updates to its promotion department leadership structure next week. Meacham joined Curb for a second time in 2016, and rose from National Dir./Promotion & Chart Strategy to VP two years later and to SVP in 2021 (Breaking News 1/18/21). Prior stops include Monument/Sony, Curb/Asylum, BNA and Columbia. His first stint with Curb was from 2004-07.

Mar 13, 2026 Share
January CDM Ratings
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Share-acuse: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. 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 (3) - 5.4 (2) - 5.1 (2)

Charleston, SC
(76)   
WCKN Saga
4.3 (4t) - 3.6 (4t) - 4.0 (3)
WEZL 
iHeartMedia
4.6 (3) - 4.4 (3) - 3.5 (5t)
Monterey, CA
(98) 

KTOM iHeartMedia
2.8 (8t) - 2.2 (10) - 2.9 (8)

Syracuse, NY
(101)
WBBS iHeartMedia
7.0 (2) - 7.0 (2) - 7.5 (1t)
WOLF FoxFur
3.1 (8) - 3.4 (6) - 3.7 (6)
Largest share since Sept. 2024.
Mar 12, 2026 Share
January CDM Ratings

wrbtlogo24.jpg 1Bob Report: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Albuquerque, NM (Market 72) 

KBQI iHeartMedia
3.7 (8t) - 3.8 (6) - 3.2 (7)
KBQI-HD2 iHeartMedia Cl. Ctry.
2.2 (15) - 2.0 (13) - 1.9 (14)
KRST 
Cumulus
4.0 (6) - N/A - N/A
Does not subscribe.

El Paso, TX
(77)

KHEY iHeartMedia
5.2 (7) - 5.4 (6) - 5.7 (5t)

Harrisburg, PA
(87)
WRBT iHeartMedia
4.5 (5) - 4.7 (2) - 4.8 (2t)
Largest share since Oct. 2024.
Mar 11, 2026 Share
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