April 9, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com

Tulsa Toppers: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for February 2026 (three-month rolling average, 12/10/25-3/4/26) compared with December and January. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Bakersfield, CA (Market 83)	KUZZ Owens 8.5 (1) - 10.3 (1) - 9.9 (1) KRJK Owens 1.5 (17t) - 0.9 (23) - 1.2 (18t) KCWR Owens Classic Country 1.8 (13t) - 1.5 (16t) - 1.1 (21t)
Knoxville, TN (71)	WCYQ SummitMedia 2.5 (7) - 3.1 (7t) - 3.2 (7) WDKW Midwest Classic Country 2.3 (8t) - 3.1 (7t) - 2.9 (8) WIVK Cumulus Does not subscribe.
Omaha, NE (74)	KXKT iHeartMedia 9.5 (1) - 9.8 (1) - 10.3 (1) KFFF iHeartMedia Classic Country 2.8 (10t) - 2.6 (13t) - 2.3 (15t)
Tulsa, OK (63)	KVOO Griffin Classic Country 4.9 (4) - 5.7 (3) - 6.2 (3) Largest share since July 2020. KXBL Griffin 5.5 (3) - 5.5 (4) - 5.9 (4) Largest share since Winter 2015. KVOO and KXBL switched call letters on Jan. 5 (CAT 12/18/25), but programming and branding remained otherwise unchanged. Trending follows frequencies rather than call letters. KTGX iHeartMedia 1.8 (12) - 1.8 (11t) - 1.8 (11) KWEN Zoellner Does not subscribe.

iHeart Departures: iHeartMedia/Denver Region Pres. Brenda Egger has exited after more than six years with the company. Egger's oversight included Country KWBL/Denver & KCCY/Colorado Springs. She joined iHeart from the SVP/MM post at KSE/Denver (CAT 12/23/19) and was MM for then-Citadel/Colorado Springs prior to that.

Hot Air: No official word, but Egger's departure is thought to be part of a companywide restructuring of sales and market management roles and, while unrelated, echoes recent similar changes at Audacy (CAT 4/2).

I Guess I'm The President: Big Loud Publishing VP/A&R Michael Giangreco has been upped to Pres. “When I interned over 10 years ago, I was inspired to learn how a strong independent publishing company operated," says Giangreco. "We've grown and evolved since then, but the songwriters remain the heart of this, and I am proud to represent and support them every day.” Giangreco rose through the ranks with titles including Mgr./Catalog, Dir./Creative and Coord./A&R; reach him here.

Propeller Hat: Former Paramount Sr. Producer/Marketing & Creative Production Mark Thomas has joined Propeller in Nashville as Dir./Talent & Industry Partnerships. The company works with artists, celebrities and festivals to run fan-powered campaigns for social causes. Prior to joining Paramount in 2019, Thomas was Sr. Product Mgr. at Avvay and Producer/Integrated Marketing at Calvin Klein. Reach him here.

9 Nominations Later: As announced via Breaking News, Megan Moroney leads the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards nominations with nine, including her first Entertainer of the Year nod. Following Moroney are Miranda Lambert (eight), Ella Langley (seven), Lainey Wilson (seven), Chris Stapleton (six), Zach Top (five) and Cody Johnson (four). The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Prime Video May 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets are available here,

Tour Support: Zach Top has extended his Cold Beer & Country Music Tour through the summer, with new stops in Pittsburgh, Boise and Orange Beach, AL, among others. Openers include the Marcus King Band, Lukas Nelson, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Jake Worthington, Cole Goodwin and Wyatt McCubbin. Tickets for the additional dates (4/17) here.

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

Tanner Chambers returns to Seattle, and Scott Scovill reflects on tours and tenacity in Country Aircheck Weekly.
WMZQ/WPOC APD/afternoon host Ty Bailey departed. (4/8)
KNCI/Sacramento's Pat Still is retiring. (4/8)
WUSJ/Jackson, MS' Traci Lee is returning to mornings. (4/7)

ICYMI: Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson will host Amazon Music's livestream of Stagecoach on Prime Video, Twitch and the Amazon Music app beginning at 3pm PT April 24-26.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for April 8, according to Mediabase.

THOMAS RHETT f/JORDAN DAVIS/Ain't A Bad Life (Blue Highway/MCA) 4363 points
LUKE COMBS/Sleepless In A Hotel Room (Columbia) 4291 points
DYLAN SCOTT/What He'll Never Have (Curb) 3783 points
LUKE COMBS/Days Like These (Columbia) 3362 points
RILEY GREEN/Change My Mind (Nash. Harbor) 3124 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for April 5-8, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.

THOMAS RHETT f/JORDAN DAVIS/Ain't A Bad Life (Blue Highway/MCA) +2750 points
ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +2065 points
DAN + SHAY/Say So (Warner/WRN) +2058 points
MORGAN WALLEN/Don't We (Big Loud) +1425 points
LUKE BRYAN/Country And She Knows It (MCA) +1119 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (4/10): Maren Morris, Laura Bell Bundy, Bill Hutchens, the late Sheb Wooley.

Tube Check Tomorrow (4/10): Hudson Westbrook, The Kelly Clarkson Show (syndicated).

Wuthering Hearts: Big Machine's Caroline Jones with the label's Jimmy Harnen, iHeart's John Sykes and producer Ric Wake (l-r) at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Ring Of Bonfire: Atlantic/Magnolia's Sam Barber celebrates the release of Broken View with a bonfire. Pictured (l-r) are Outlaw Foundry's Jerrin Uecker, WSIX/Nashville's Gator Harrison, Atlantic's Michael Hirschhorn, the Opry's Jenn Tressler, Country Aircheck's Chuck Aly, Barber, Outlaw Foundry's Colton Kramer, CRB's RJ Curtis, Atlantic's Stephanie Hagerty and Spotify's Meagan Bennington.

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