August 11, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com

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Whiz-consin: Here are select Nielsen Audio Spring 2026 (4/2-6/24) two-book per year diary ratings for subscribing stations compared with their last books (Spring 2025 and Fall 2025). Ranks (in parentheses) are also among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Amarillo, TX (165)	KGNC Connoisseur 6.7 (3t) - 6.9 (3) - 6.5 (3) KATP Townsquare 5.5 (6) - 4.0 (7) - 4.1 (6t)
Bryan, TX (180)	KAGG iHeartMedia 3.9 (6t) - 4.0 (4t) - 5.3 (3) Largest share since Fall 2015. KORA Brazos Valley 3.9 (6t) - 4.0 (4t) - 4.1 (4t)
Columbus, GA (189)	WKCN PMB 5.6 (6t) - 5.4 (5) - 5.3 (5) WSTH iHeartMedia 3.1 (11) - 2.0 (14t) - 2.4 (12)
Frederick, MD (167)	WFRE Local Daily Media 9.5 (1) - 8.0 (2) - 11.0 (1) Largest share since Spring 2023.
Lubbock, TX (160)	KLLL Connoisseur 9.7 (1) - 7.4 (1) - 10.1 (1) Largest share since Fall 2011. KQBR Townsquare 1.9 (12t) - 3.1 (12) - 2.0 (13) KRBL Ramar 1.6 (15t) - 2.7 (13t) - 1.2 (15t) KRBL-HD2 Ramar Classic Country 1.6 (15t) - 1.9 (15t) - 0.8 (17t)
Odessa-Midland, TX (156)	KNFM Townsquare 4.7 (5t) - 3.9 (8) - 5.3 (5) KHKX Brazos 6.6 (2) - 5.4 (2t) - 3.8 (9t) KMRK ICA Communications 2.9 (11t) - 3.5 (9t) - 3.1 (12)
Sheboygan, WI (234)	WBFM Midwest 11.6 (1) - 9.4 (1) - 12.6 (1) Largest share since Fall 2005.
Terre Haute, IN (209)	WTHI Midwest 16.6 (1) - 14.4 (1) - 17.2 (1) Largest share since Spring 2023.
Traverse City, MI (176)	WMKC Black Diamond 6.6 (2t) - 6.7 (2) - 8.1 (2) Largest share since Fall 2021. WTCM Midwestern 6.6 (2t) - 5.4 (4t) - 6.8 (3) WSRT MacDonald 1.3 (12t) - 1.3 (12) - 1.8 (14)
Waco, TX (187)	WACO iHeartMedia 10.3 (1) - 9.1 (1) - 6.7 (2) Snaps a 21 book No. 1 streak.

Hall Too Well: Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Channel, Shawn Camp and Lee Thomas Miller will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at a gala later this year. Camp and Miller were elected in the contemporary songwriter category, Swift in the contemporary songwriter/artist category, Channel as the veteran songwriter and Lovett as the veteran songwriter/artist.

Farber Along: Former Warner Records VP/Streaming & Revenue for Rock/Alternative & Country Ben Farber has joined independent label and management company Version III full time. Farber co-founded the Los Angeles-based Version III in 2021. Clients previously included Dasha and Dalton Davis, and currently include country newcomer Antwane Tyler. Farber had been with Warner for eight years and worked on campaigns for Zach Bryan, Billy Strings and others.

Song Of The Bandit: Following some on-air stunting, Dot Com Plus Classic Country W223BX & WZEW-HD3/Mobile, AL has signed on as "92.5 The Bandit." Listen live here. Reach OM/PD Matt McCoy here.

Your Love Is Like Money In The Rank: Following the open nomination period, voting is underway for Country Aircheck's Power 31. Industry leaders with the greatest influence in developing Artists & Music can be ranked here; those influencing Airplay & Exposure here. Valid industry email address is required for votes to count. The final ranking will be featured in Country Aircheck's 20th anniversary September print issue.

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Tour Support: Sugarland will mark the 20th anniversary of their Enjoy The Ride album with the 26-city Ride Or Die Tour, kicking off Oct. 1 in St. Augustine, FL and wrapping Nov. 21 in Grand Prairie, TX. Tickets here.

I Can’t Play You Anymore: With Q3 underway, the race for 2026’s Top Airplay Artist is getting tight as Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley battle for the lead. Also in last night's (8/10) Country Aircheck Weekly, the Country Radio Hall of Fame welcomes its 2026 class, with honorees reflecting on the careers, people and relationships that made Country radio feel like family.

Bits & Pieces: Skyview Networks' nationally-syndicated Bryan "B-Dub" Washington raised more than $51,000 for military family nonprofit Fisher House Foundation during his fourth annual B-Dub’s Longest Ride, a motorcycle journey of more than 6,000 miles through parts of the U.S. and Canada July 26-Aug. 9.

Black River VP/Philanthropy & Social Impact Dawn Delvo's recently published book, My Greatest Solo: Accompanied By Grace (CAT 5/27), is available today (8/11) as an audiobook on all platforms. Delvo provides the narration while her daughter, Evelyn, reads the foreword she wrote. Find it here.

Miranda Lambert's MuttNation Foundation has once again teamed up with Tractor Supply Company to donate $255,000 to animal welfare organizations across the country via its Mutts Across America program.

ICYMI: Brantley Gilbert’s new 90-minute documentary about the challenges threatening the future of farming, Dirty Money, is available on Fox Nation; trailer here.

After premieiring on Alabama Public Television earlier this month (CAT 8/3), the hourlong documentary, My Home's in Alabama: The Randy Owen Story is now available to stream on YouTube here.

Err Check: The songwriters for "I Can't Love You Anymore" – Ella Langley, Austin Goodloe and Joybeth Taylor – were misidentified in yesterday's Country Aircheck Weekly. We regret the error.

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Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for August 10, according to Mediabase.

ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN/I Can't Love You Anymore (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers/Big Loud) 4665 points
LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) 4220 points
BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Chevy Silverado (Atlantic/Warner/WRN) 3887 points
STELLA LEFTY/Boston (Sandlot/Atlantic Outpost) 3349 points
KANE BROWN/Woman (RCA) 3321 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for August 9-10, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.

MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) +1093 points
KOE WETZEL f/ELLA LANGLEY/Jaded (Col. NY/Records Nashville) +894 points
LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) +513 points
JASON ALDEAN/Anytime Soon (Macon Music/Broken Bow) +405 points
KANE BROWN/Woman (RCA) +354 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (8/12): Danny Shirley, Gary Greenberg, Jen Morgan, Laura LiPuma-Nash, Brooke Sommer, Marty Fitzpatrick, the late Paul Craft, the late Buck Owens, the late Porter Wagoner.

Crypto Current: Columbia's Megan Moroney plays two nights at Los Angeles' Crypto .com Arena. Pictured (l-r) are KFRG/Riverside's Anthony Donatelli, the label's Larry Santiago, KKGO's Adam Bookbinder, Moroney, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and KHAY/Oxnard, CA's Dave Daniels.

Upstate Of Mind: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Canandaigua, NY. Pictured (l-r) are WBEE/Rochester's Billy Kidd, WKPQ/Hornell, NY's Lee Richey, Langley, the label's Diane Lockner, WGNA/Albany’s Matty Jeff and WCBF/Elmira, NY's Wendy Lynn.

Let Your Boise Country: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean (c) with KIZN's Chris Mathews, radio vet Rich Summers, KAWO's Don Jarrett and the label's Layna Bunt (l-r) in Boise.