Easy As 1, 2, 3: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for August 2024 (three-month rolling average, 5/23-8/14) compared with June and July. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

XM-plery Moves: SiriusXM's The Highway morning co-host Macie Banks has moved to middays. She succeeds Ashley Till, who shifts to afternoons on Y2Kountry, where in turn Danielle Peck moves from afternoons to evenings, which had been music intensive. Cody Alan remains solo in mornings on The Highway, but will be joined Sept. 30 by former Apple Music Radio Sr. Content Producer Lauryn Snapp as show producer. The move reunites Alan and Snapp who worked together on CMT After MidNite With Cody Alan and CMT Radio Live With Cody Alan from 2018 to 2022 (CAT 1/18/22).

Banks joined The Highway in mornings (CAT 10/5/21) after time at Cumulus/Atlanta and WNGC/Athens, GA. She also handled middays from April through September last year (CAT 4/4/23) until Alan's arrival, when she focused on mornings and Till took over the shift. In addtion to her time with Apple Music Radio, Snapp continues to host Townsquare's syndicated Hot AC PopCrush Nights.

Air Canada: CFCW-AM/Edmonton was named Large Market Station of the Year and the station's Jackie Rae Greening won Country Personality during the Sept. 14 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards in the station's hometown. The Medium/Small Market Station winner was CKGY/Red Deer, AB. Big Loud was named Record Label of the Year, while its publishing arm was the top Music Publishing Company. BBR Music Group's Lindsay Hyslop was named Industry Person of the Year. In the artist categories, John Ross was a top winner, taking home trophies in the Entertainer, Male Artist, Single ("Trouble'), and Top Selling Canadian Album (Complicated) categories. See the full list of winners here.

Tour Support: Thomas Rhett's Better In Boots Tour, featuring Tucker Wetmore on all shows and The Castellows and Dasha on select dates, kicks off June 5 in Rogers, AR; tickets here Friday (9/20). 

Zach Top will play cities including Nashville, Denver and Atlanta as part of his Cold Beer & Country Music Tour 2025. Tickets go on sale Friday (9/20) here.

Scotty McCreery returns to the UK for five shows beginning May 23 in Belfast; tickets here Friday (9/20).

Happens In Vegas: Former KCYE/Las Vegas MD/afternoon personality Ransom Garcia, former KBUL/Reno and KWNR/Las Vegas PD Tom Jordan (now with KQBL/Boise) and KCYE PD Shawn Stevens were among those inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association & Foundation's Hall of Fame during its 28th annual gala Sept. 7. See the full list of 2024 inductees here.

Nationally syndicated personality Sam Alex threw out the first pitch at a recent Chicago White Sox game.

Chronicle: Singer/songwriter Tommy Cash passed away Sept. 13. He was 84. Like his older brother Johnny, Tommy served in the military and worked as a DJ before embarking on his music career. He released his first single in 1968, and scored three top 10s in the early '70s. While he continued to tour into the 2010s, he also worked in real estate. No word on services.

Video producer/filmmaker James "Jim" May passed Sept. 9. He was 78. May worked in advertising producing TV commercials and directed the videos for Alan Jackson's "Here In The Real World" and Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses" and "Where've You Been." In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Oz Arts Nashville here. A celebration of life will be planned soon. Full obituary here.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for  the week ending Sept. 14, according to Mediabase 24/7.

1. DUSTIN LYNCH f/JELLY ROLL/Chevrolet (Broken Bow) 
2. LUKE COMBS/Ain't No Love In Oklahoma (7Ridges/Atlantic/Columbia) 
3. POST MALONE f/BLAKE SHELTON/Pour Me A Drink (Mercury/Republic/Big Loud) 
4. LUKE BRYAN/Love You, Miss You, Mean It (Capitol) 
5. KANE BROWN & MARSHMELLO/Miles On It (RCA) 

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Sep. 15 compared with the same day last week, according to Mediabase 24/7.

1. LUKE COMBS/Ain't No Love In Oklahoma (7Ridges/Atlantic/Columbia) +668 points
2. POST MALONE f/BLAKE SHELTON/Pour Me A Drink (Mercury/Republic/Big Loud) +280 points
3. KENNY CHESNEY/Just To Say We Did (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) +278 points
4. DYLAN SCOTT/This Town's Been Too Good To Us (Curb) +259 points
5. TUCKER WETMORE/Wind Up Missin' You (Back Blocks/EMI Nashville) +226 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (9/17): Stephen Cochran, Tom Cheney, Robynn Jaymes, Tom Oakes, Sean McNally, Bobby Cudd, the late Hank Williams, the late Steve Sanders, the late Karl Shannon.

Snow Biz: Stoney Creek's Jelly Roll plays San Antonio's Frost Bank Center. Pictured (l-r) are KCYY's Christi Brooks, KAJA's Alek Halverson, Mr. Roll, the label's Lexi Willson, KXXM's Zann Fredlund and KCYY's Brody Simmons.

Bigger Mobile Houses: Warner/WAR’s Dan + Shay play Ridgefield, WA's RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater. Pictured (l-r) are KUPL/Portland, OR's Tim Richards, the duo's Dan Smyers, KUPL's Dylan Salisbury, the label's Michael Chase, the duo's Shay Mooney and KUPL's Danny Dwyer.