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| September 22, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com |
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 Gator Gains: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for August 2026 (three-month rolling average, 5/28-8/19) compared with June and July. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
Birmingham, AL
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WZZK SummitMedia
5.2 (5) - 4.3 (6) - 4.4 (4)
WDXB iHeartMedia
5.4 (4) - 5.0 (4) - 4.3 (5)
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Buffalo, NY
(59) |
WYRK Townsquare
9.4 (1) - 8.6 (2) - 8.0 (2)
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Fort Myers, FL
(51) |
WWGR Renda
3.7 (6t) - 4.5 (4) - 5.4 (1t)
Largest share since Oct. 2024.
WCKT iHeartMedia
2.8 (11) - 2.8 (15) - 2.0 (16)
WHEL Sun
2.4 (13) - 2.0 (18) - 1.9 (17t) |
Greenville, SC
(53) |
WESC iHeartMedia Classic Country
6.4 (3) - 7.3 (1) - 7.7 (2)
WSSL iHeartMedia
5.6 (5) - 6.3 (4) - 7.4 (3)
Largest share since April 2025.
WROQ Audacy
2.7 (10t) - 3.0 (10) - 3.5 (9)
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Richmond, VA
(52) |
WKHK SummitMedia
6.4 (3) - 5.6 (3) - 6.2 (3) |
Rochester, NY
(60) |
WBEE Audacy
7.6 (2) - 6.8 (3) - 7.1 (2)
WDVI iHeartMedia
3.0 (7) - 2.7 (7) - 1.7 (9) |
Tucson, AZ
(62) |
KHUD iHeartMedia
3.5 (8) - 2.4 (13) - 3.4 (8t)
KIIM Cumulus
Does not subscribe. |
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 Coop Scootin' Boogie: Early Bird Registration for CRS 2027 is open today (9/22) and tomorrow (9/23) for $699 here. The rate increases to $799 Thursday (9/24). CRS 2027 takes place March 17-19 at the Omni Nashville Hotel.
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 Brooks, TuneIn Dissolve Partnership: Garth Brooks and TuneIn have terminated their partnership in The Sevens Network, as reported last night (9/21) via Breaking News. Sevens provided live, free radio stations The BIG 615, Tailgate Radio and The Garth Channel. The latter two sign off today (9/22). The BIG 615 will continue through the end of the year on the TuneIn platform, but will no longer be affiliated with Brooks or Sevens. Brooks and TuneIn launched Sevens in 2023 (CAT 5/9/23), and their split follows TuneIn’s 2025 acquisition by the Stingray Group (CAT 11/12/25). No word yet on how the partnership dissolution will affect staff, which includes PD Bob Richards, MD Monta Vaden, air personality Storme Warren and producer Joe Wills, among others. A press release says more information regarding Brooks' "multimedia and radio broadcast initiatives will be announced within the coming months."
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 Liberty Belle: Liberty DeWig has joined Princeton Broadcasting WRAY/Princeton, IN for mornings. She previously was Brand Mgr./morning host for Townsquare Top 40 WDKS/Evansville, IN and Brand Mgr./morning co-host for its AC sister, WJLT. More recently, she served as Exec. Dir. for the Gibson County Visitors & Tourism Bureau. |
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  Unchained Melody: Nashville-based independent label Melody Place has added former Crowd Surf Dir./Digital Marketing & Management Kacey Flory as Head/Digital Marketing, and former The Core Entertainment intern Kayla Smith as Coord./Digital Marketing. After leaving Crowd Surf in 2025 after seven years, Flory operated her own digital marketing firm, Forever By K. |
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 First Noel: Dan + Shay, Lady A, Jordan Davis, Russell Dickerson and Trisha Yearwood are among the performers for this year's CMA Country Christmas special, taping Oct. 14 at 7pm at Belmont University's Fisher Center in Nashville. BeBe Winans, Debbie Winans, Grace Bowers and Lindsey Stirling will also perform. Tickets go on sale first to CMA members tomorrow (9/23). |
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 Tour Support: Due to "bot interference" during today’s (9/22) Salt Lake City on-sale, Garth Brooks shut down the sale of tickets 30 minutes into it. Tickets sold will be honored, and a fourth date (10/8) has been added at the Delta Center. Tickets to the new show go on sale tomorrow (9/23) here.
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 Festive All: Lee Brice, Carly Pearce, Chase Rice, Flatland Cavalry, Matt Stell and Charlie Worsham are among the artists performing during Backstage Access Presents: Music City Nov. 15-18 in Nashville. Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.
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  Radio & Rhymes: Eastlan CEO Mike Gould talks sample sizes, DTS AutoStage and radio advertising’s strengths, while Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Shawn Camp shares the stories behind songs including “Two Piña Coladas” and “Would You Go With Me.” Read more in last night's (9/21) Country Aircheck Weekly. |
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 ICYMI: Garth Brooks will join Walmart Live tonight (9/22) at 7pm ET to perform and talk about the vinyl release of his 1998 Double Live album. Watch here. |
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| Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Sept. 21, according to Mediabase.
- KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now) 4585 points
- MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) 3772 points
- STELLA LEFTY/Boston (Sandlot/Atlantic Outpost) 3683 points
- JOHN MORGAN/Kid Myself (Night Train/Broken Bow) 3661 points
- LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) 3481 points
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| Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Sept. 20-21, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.
- KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now) +1758 points
- ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +565 points
- JOHN MORGAN/Kid Myself (Night Train/Broken Bow) +447 points
- LUKE BRYAN f/LUKE COMBS/Finders Keepers (MCA) +437 points
- COREY KENT/Empty Words (Combustion/RCA) +420 points
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| Tomorrow's Birthdays (9/23): Don Herron (BR549), Rodney Clawson, Pat Alger, Martha Moore, Carl Anderson, Jake Byron, Denise Stiff, the late Larry Grogan, the late Ray Charles.
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 God Gave Me A Gill: Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson throws a pool party in Tampa. Pictured (l-r) are iHeart's Nikki Clark and Frank Harris, Lisa Langley, Dickerson, Jordan Wiley, WQIK/Jacksonville's Scot "Froggy" Langley, WFUS/Tampa & WUBL/Atlanta's Ashley Layfield, TJ Layfield, WKRO/Daytona Beach's DJ Tremble and the label's Blake Nixon.
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 Highway To Shell: WQMX/Akron's Sarah Kay with Mercury's Jack Christopher, Tucker Wetmore and Jacob Hackworth (l-r) at the Dusty Armadillo.
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 Worst WA: Nashville Harbor's Riley Green in Ridgefield, WA. Pictured (l-r) are Kimmy Dwyer, KWJJ/Portland, OR's Danny Dwyer, Green, KUPL/Portland's Ross MacLeod and the label's Stella Prado.
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