May 20, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com

Moser To Depart: Fritz Moser is departing Midwest Communications, where he has served as OM for its Peoria, IL cluster and Brand Mgr. of Country WXCL for two years (CAT 5/15/24), June 19. He will be relocating to Indiana for family reasons. Prior to Midwest, he was PD/afternoon host at Reising Radio WYGB/Columbus, IN for three years until his promotion to VP/GM in 2022 (CAT 7/6/22), and previously spent more than nine years with WLHK/Indianapolis. Moser is hoping to land a new opportunity in the Hoosier State; reach him at 317-413-0185 or here.

Gig Alert: Midwest is seeking a successor with experience in News-Talk format operations and programming. Salary range is $65k-$75k. Find the job posting and apply here.

Sony's Cost Leaving: Sony Music Nashville VP/International Marketing & Artist Development Liz Cost will be departing the label group June 30. She joined SMN in 2017, was promoted from Dir. to Sr. Dir./Marketing in 2019, and to VP/Marketing in 2020 (Breaking News 12/14/20). Her prior stops include Ryman Auditorium, Bigger Picture, Digsin/Digmark and SESAC. Reach her here.

Brotherly Love: “Chuck’s experience, strategic vision, and ability to connect with both audiences and talent make him a tremendous fit for this role,” says Beasley Chief Content Officer Justin Chase, announcing that Active Rock WMMR & Classic Rock WMGK/Philadelphia PD Chuck Damico will add programming responsibilities for the cluster's Country WXTU, as reported this morning (5/20) via Breaking News. Damico takes over May 23, succeeding retiring PD/midday host Mark "Razz" Radziewicz (Breaking News 5/5). Adds Chase, "WXTU has built an extraordinary reputation under Razz’s leadership, and we look forward to continuing that momentum with Chuck helping lead the brand forward.”

Glo Up: Results Global has added Account Dir. Katherine Birschbach, Mgr./Social Media Cara Fallon and Coord./Marketing & Communications Alex Hendl to its team. Additionally, Account Coord. Aden Henke rises to Mgr., Marketing Asst. Cami Cradock to Marketing Operations Specialist, and Coord./Digital Marketing Samantha Parrish to Digital Marketing Specialist. “Results Global has always focused on building a team that brings creativity, passion, and exceptional work to our clients,” say Co-Heads John Zarling and Jackie Campbell.

Pieces Of Eight: "Each of these inductees has performed at the highest levels for a sustained period of time to make our industry that much more impactful to listeners and advertisers as a result," says Radio Hall of Fame co-Chair Kraig Kitchen, announcing the eight members of the class of 2026, as reported this morning (5/20) via Breaking News. The newly-named inductees are iHeartMedia Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman, Sun & Fun Media/Key Networks COO Dennis Green, Urban One/Reach Media's Rickey Smiley, WFAN/New York's Boomer Esiason, SiriusXM's Shotgun Tom Kelly, WLTW/New York's Helen Little, Charlie Van Dyke (who worked on-air in Dallas, L.A., San Francisco, Detroit, Boston and Chicago) and Chicago radio icon Fred Winston (WLS, WFYR, WMAQ and WJMK, among others). They'll be inducted Oct. 8 at Chicago's Fairmont Hotel; tickets here.

Contact Update: Industry veteran Angela Borchetta is seeking new marketing or promotion opportunities in the Atlanta area as her job of the last 14 months as Dir./On Tour Develpment at Marietta, GA-based marketing agency Impact Partnership is winding down. While there, she has worked on projects with Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Cheap Trick and others. Her background includes stints with BMLG, Universal South, RCA and Atlantic. Reach her at 404-938-4813 or here.

Hot Gill Summer: Vince Gill and Paul Williams will receive the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement award and NSAI's President's Keystone Award, respectively, during Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)'s Nashville Songwriter Awards Sept. 22 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Performers will be announced July 15, and tickets go on sale July 17 here.

Signage: Six One Five Collective (Nicole Witt, Michael Logen, Sarah Darling and Aaron Goodvin) is the flagship signing of the recently launched (CAT 3/16) Music City Power Company. Their new song, “No One Ever Talks (About The Nights),” will be shipped to radio tomorrow (5/21) and go for airplay June 1.

Festive All: Spotify House is returning to CMA Fest in Nashville June 4-6 at Ole Red with performances from artists including Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Shaboozey and Diplo. Full lineup here and listen to the playlist here.

Also during CMA Fest, Quartz Hill Music Group is taking over Chief's on Broadway June 4 beginning at 8pm with performances by Ben Gallaher, Matt Cooper, Lakelin Lemmings and more.

Jake Owen, Eli Young Band and The Oak Ridge Boys will headline the Field & Stage Music Fest July 17-19 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL as part of World Deer Expo. Tickets here.

Stories Of The Week: Search for news and people in the archives at countryaircheck.com.

Radio reacts to the ACM Awards in Country Aircheck Weekly.
Beasley/Tampa's Rick Thomas is stepping down. (5/19)
“Natalie Cash” Lefler is returning to KWEN/Tulsa in mornings. (5/19)
Cody Johnson was named EOTY, and Ella Langley set the record for most ACM wins by a single artist. (5/18)

Bits & Pieces: Blake Shelton stars in the new "Out Of Warrantyville" ad campaign for vehicle service contract supplier CarShield, as seen during the May 17 ACM Awards on Prime Video. Watch here.

Carter Faith stars in a new ad campaign for Cotton Incorporated and fashion and beauty brand LoveShackFancy. The ad's score is Faith's song, "Betty." LoveShackFancy will host appearances at stops along Faith's tour with Post Malone and Jelly Roll, which will also incorporate a custom-wrapped tour vehicle.

ICYMI: In-vehicle consumption data is the subject of Country Radio Broadcasters' latest CRS360 series, “DTS Autostage: The End Of The Measurement Guessing Game,” now available to stream here. The session features Xperi's Juan Galdamez and is moderated by Pamal Exec. Dir./Operations & Programming Kevin Callahan. It's a follow-up to the session on the same topic originally presented during CRS 2026 in March.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for May 19, according to Mediabase.

TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) 4288 points
RILEY GREEN/Change My Mind (Nash. Harbor) 3879 points
ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 3866 points
JOSH ROSS/Hate How You Look (Core/Mercury) 3576 points
JORDAN DAVIS/Turn This Truck Around (MCA) 3506 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for May 17-19, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.

TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) +1607 points
JASON ALDEAN/Don't Tell On Me (Macon Music/Broken Bow) +1184 points
JOSH ROSS/Hate How You Look (Core/Mercury) +945 points
ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +756 points
KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now) +706 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (5/21): Cody Johnson, Ryan McKiddy, Kelly Rich, Melissa Beckham, Tee Gentry, Newman, Buzz Brainard, Dave Heath, Steven Dale Jones, Steve Albertsen, the late Peter Cooper.

Beer Cheese Never Broke My Heart: Columbia's Luke Combs plays two nights at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field. Pictured (back, l-r) are KSD/St. Louis' Dusty Panhorst, WNCY's Randy “Shotgun” Shannon, KMNB/Minneapolis' Paul “PT” Thomas, Albright & O'Malley & Brenner's Kenny Jay, the label's Anna Widmer, Combs, WWQM/Madison's Cailynn Hensen, KEEY/Minneapolis' Rich Davis and the label's Mallory Michaels and Dennis Reese; (front, l-r) WMIL/Milwaukee and WMAD/Madison, WI's Shanna Cudeck, WNCY's Hannah Dumas, KZSN/Wichita & KTGX/Tulsa's Michelle Buckles, radio vet Rachel Elliott, the label's Christy Garbinski and WUSN/Chicago's Marci Braun.

Straight For The Queens Of Hearts: Wheelhouse's Alexandra Kay with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels at the ACM radio remotes in Las Vegas.

Heavy Petal: Ella Langley's Dandelion Tour stops in Savannah, GA. Pictured (l-r) are Triple Tigers' Mackenzie Cooper, WUBB's Nathan James, WGNE/Jacksonville's Brian Jordan, Langley, Triple Tigers' Blake Nixon and WCKN/Charleston's Hunter Meyer.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Davis Cook signs with Warner Chappell Music Nashville and Twelve6 Entertainment. Pictured (back, l-r) are Rich Mgmt.'s Brendan Rich and WCM's Austen Adams and Bryce Sherlow Gravitt; (front, l-r) Twelve6's Brooke Pauley, Cook and Twelve6's Travis Myatt.

Signages: Singer/songwriters Cassidy Daniels (top) and Channing Wilson sign with 101 Music's Country Road Records. Pictured (top, l-r) are Liz Rose Music's Dave Pacula, Laguna Madre's Gracie Glass, Liz Rose, Daniels, 101's Jon Borris and Laguna Madre's Kate Shirley and Scott Ponce; (bottom, l-r) Black Letter's Griff Morris, Wilson and Borris.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Faith Schueler signs with 3686 Records. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Levi Hummon, manager John Shomby, Schueler and 3686's Eric Arjes.