Share Necessities: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2026 (three-month rolling average, 6/25-9/16) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Gale Force: Former Good Company Entertainment Managing Partner Keith Gale has launched Gale Brothers Entertainment, an artist management and consulting company. The management roster includes Texas artists Hayden Haddock and Wynn Williams, and consulting clients include Colt Graves. "Our goal is to create a powerful system for all of our clients to navigate in an ever-changing and complex entertainment landscape," says Gale, who opened GCE alongside Jake Owen in 2011 (CAT 1/7/17). The new office is located at 611 Commerce Street Suite 2611-E69, Nashville, TN 37203. Contact Gale here.

Brotherly Love: Audacy launched its 24th Country station today (10/19) when it flipped WTDY/Philadelphia from Hot AC to Country as "US 96.5," as reported via Breaking News. New call letters WCUS have been applied for. Philly Dir./Music Programming Tim "Romeo" Herbster will continue to oversee the station, with Country Format VP Tim Roberts handling music. Running commercial-free through Oct. 24, US 96.5's lineup of national talent includes Katie and Company in middays, Sean "Coop" Tabler in afternoons, Rob and Holly in evenings and Mo and Styckman in overnights. A morning show is forthcoming. Listen here.

Gig Alert: Montana Radio Co. Classic Country KBLL/Helena, MT is seeking a morning team with strong social skills; news experience is a plus. "We need a lifer," the request reads. "We're a heritage station with legendary call letters and are about to do some very cool things." Current morning host Kurt Kittelson will stay with the company in a different capacity. He is also the station's PD, and does morning news on News-Talk sister KCAP. Materials here.

Tour Support: Zach John King has added Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Gainesville, Peoria and Chattanooga to his Get To Drinkin’ Tour. Tickets for the new dates go on sale Friday (10/23) here.

Louie TheSinger embarks on the 14-date first leg of his Texican Tour Oct. 24 in San Antonio, with stops including Denver, San Francisco and Seattle. Tickets here.

Turnpike Troubadours have added two dates at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre May 13-14, 2027, with openers Amble and Wade Forster. Tickets (10/23) here.

ICYMI: Megan Moroney performed at the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last night (10/18). 

Belles celebrated the release of Midwestern with a performance of "Jolene" on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Chronicle: Longtime Country radio PD Jim Tice died Oct. 15 at the age of 80. Tice served as PD of WZZK/Birmingham, AL from 1984-1999 and was named cluster OM in 1987. He later programmed WKHK/Richmond, VA, then WDRM/Hunstville, AL before rejoining WZZK for weekends/swing in 2013 (CAT 6/20/13). Two years ago, he launched online radio station AGC Radio, an acronyn for Alabama's Greatest Country (CAT 11/26/24). Funeral services were held today (10/19) in Pelham, AL.

Service Update: Services for veteran TV and radio entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter have been set following his Oct. 13 death at the age of 73 (Chronicle 10/14). Visitation will be held Nov. 5 from 9-11am followed by a funeral service at 11 at St. Henry Catholic Church (6401 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205).

Country Aircheck Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Oct. 17, according to Mediabase.

1. LAUREN ALAINA f/CHASE MATTHEW/All My Exes (Big Loud) 
2. ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 
3. MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) 
4. ZACH JOHN KING/Get To Drinkin' (SMN) 
5. LUKE BRYAN/Country And She Knows It (MCA)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Oct. 18, compared with the same day last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. KOE WETZEL f/ELLA LANGLEY/Jaded (Col. NY/Records Nashville) +474 points
2. ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +410 points
3. CHRIS JANSON f/DAVID LEE MURPHY/Fun (Harpeth 60/WMN) +408 points
4. MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) +380 points
5. CHASE MATTHEW/Holdin' It Down (Warner/WAR) +311 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (10/20): Jimi Westbrook (Little Big Town), Wanda Jackson, Heather Bohn, Katie Dean, Andrew Thoen, Scott Stem, the late Maude Gilman-Chapman, the late Grandpa Jones.

Meet & Greek: Columbia's Kameron Marlowe at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Pictured (l-r) are  B-Dub Radio's Bryan "B-Dub" Washington, KKGO's Adam Bookbinder, Marlowe, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Ness Heraldez and Brent Michaels and the label's Larry Santiago.

From The Gulf Up: Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney (front, l-r) with  WGNE/Jacksonville's Brian Jordan, WQYK's J.R. Jaus,  WQIK/Jacksonville's Scot "Froggy" Langley, the label's Lou Ramirez,  WWKA/Orlando's Melissa Quinones and WQYK's Launa Stringfield (back, l-r) in Tampa.