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| April 8, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com |
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 Ten Speed: 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.
Albany, NY
(Market 68) |
WGNA Townsquare
6.4 (3) - 6.0 (3) - 5.7 (4)
WKLI Pamal
3.8 (9) - 2.8 (12) - 2.9 (11)
WINU Pamal Classic Country
1.0 (19t) - 1.2 (18) - 1.6 (17t) |
Allentown, PA
(75) |
WCTO Cumulus
Does not subscribe. |
Dayton, OH
(66) |
WHKO Cox
9.0 (1) - 9.1 (1) - 10.0 (1)
WZDA iHeartMedia
1.7 (12) - 0.9 (16) - 1.1 (15) |
Fresno, CA
(67) |
KHGE iHeartMedia
3.3 (6) - 3.4 (7) - 3.5 (6)
Largest share since Feb. 2024.
KSKS Cumulus
Does not subscribe. |
| Grand Rapids, MI (69) |
WBCT iHeartMedia
7.0 (2) - 8.4 (1) - 6.8 (3)
WTNR Cumulus
Does not subscribe. |
Wilkes-Barre, PA
(81) |
WGGY Audacy
5.4 (3) - 6.9 (2t) - 7.3 (3) |
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 Bailey Departs iHeart: iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington, DC and WPOC/Baltimore APD/afternoon host Ty Bailey has departed. She joined WMZQ in 2017 from the PD/morning host job at Rock sister WXTB/Tampa, where she spent eight years (CAT 11/22/17). She previously did middays for Alternative stations WWDC/Washington, WCHH/Baltimore and WZNE/Rochester. iHeart Region SVPP Jeff Kapugi is seeking her successor. Reach him here.
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 Still Life: Country Radio Hall of Famer and Bonneville KNCI/Sacramento morning co-host Pat Still is retiring April 17. His current co-hosts, Cody Robinson and Joe Maumee, will continue with the show, which will be re-branded as Cody & Joe. Still's former co-host (and fellow 2024 Hall of Fame inductee) Tom Mailey retired last year (CAT 5/16/25). “To have had the opportunity to work with a Country radio icon like Pat Still was a career milestone for me," Bonneville Group Dir./Programming Chad Rufer tells Country Aircheck. "He’s a very special man who contributed a lot to our format and industry, and we’ll certainly miss him.”
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 Contact Update: Sweet Talk Publicity's Sarah Beth Watson has launched Greener Grass Public Relations. “With 15 years of Nashville industry experience, I’ve learned the best stories are the ones that are carefully tended while also evolving to keep up with the times," she says. Prior to Sweet Talk, Watson spent time at BBRMG, Red Light and then-UMG/Nashville. Reach her here.
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 Reve-News: Beasley reported Q4 2025 net revenues of $53.1 million, down 21.2% from $67.3m the same period last year. Operating income was $2.5m, down from $14.1m last year. The company reported a net loss of $189.1m, compared to a net loss of $2.1m the previous year. Net revenue for the full year 2025 was $205.9m, down from $240.3m in 2024. Last year saw a net loss of $196.5m, compared to a loss of $5.9m in 2024. "Against a persistently challenging advertising environment
— marked by continued secular pressure on traditional audio and the ongoing contraction of agency-driven revenue channels
— we made tangible progress reshaping this company for long-term value creation," says CEO Caroline Beasley. Full release here. |
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 Signage: Big Loud Texas/Mercury's Dylan Gossett has signed with TMWRK for management, where his team includes the firm's Andrew McInnes, Paddy Scace and Sydney Clarke. “We could not be happier to be working with Dylan,” says CEO/Founder McInnes. “We have been fans go a few years now and are very excited for his very bright future.” Reach McInness here, Scace here and Clarke here.
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 Tour Support: Sam Barber has extended his The American Route Tour through the end of the year, with 18 newly confirmed shows including Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Boston and Atlanta. Tickets for the new dates (4/17) here.
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 Life Note: Industry veteran and Em.Co SVP/Radio Promotion & Marketing Jack Purcell shared on Facebook today (4/8) that he is battling end stage Polycystic Kidney Disease and is in need of a kidney transplant from a living donor. Purcell says that while his kidney function is at 15%, and he struggles with fatigue due to anemia, he is "able to go to work and carry on as normal." Find more information on how to become a donor here and here, or call 615-936-0695 and select option two. All tests and surgery would be covered by Purcell's insurance. |
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 Chronicle: Mark Vizza, who parlayed an internship at Beasley's WXTU/Philadelphia into a more than 25-year radio career (almost 18 of those spent with Beasley), died April 1 at the age of 59. He added OM duties to his Dir./Marketing role at WXTU and Rhythmic sister WRDW in 2009 (CAT 7/22/09). After Beasley, he was Dir./Marketing & Events for Greater Media in Philadelphia, then Dir./Marketing for Forever Media in Wilmington, DE. Visitation is scheduled for tomorrow (4/9) from 9-11:30am, followed by a funeral Mass at Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic Church in North Wales, PA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Jefferson Transplant Institute here. See his full obituary here. |
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| Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for April 7, according to Mediabase.
- THOMAS RHETT f/JORDAN DAVIS/Ain't A Bad Life (Blue Highway/MCA) 4318 points
- LUKE COMBS/Sleepless In A Hotel Room (Columbia) 4291 points
- DYLAN SCOTT/What He'll Never Have (Curb) 3784 points
- LUKE COMBS/Days Like These (Columbia) 3387 points
- TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) 3046 points
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| Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for April 5-7, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.
- THOMAS RHETT f/JORDAN DAVIS/Ain't A Bad Life (Blue Highway/MCA) +2117 points
- ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +1738 points
- DAN + SHAY/Say So (Warner/WRN) +1525 points
- MORGAN WALLEN/Don't We (Big Loud) +1126 points
- LUKE BRYAN/Country And She Knows It (MCA) +965 points
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| Tomorrow's Birthdays (4/9): Dave Innis (Restless Heart), Con Hunley, the late Carl Perkins, the late Hal Ketchum.
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 Two Of iHearts: Quartz Hill's Matt Cooper with iHeartMedia's Rod Phillips (l) and Gregg Swedberg. |
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 'Dour Jam: Thirty Tigers/Akando's Turnpike Troubadours at KSCS & KPLX/Dallas' Fifth Annual Texas Independence Jam. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Greg Raneiri, TT's Kyle Nix and Evan Felker, the stations' Mike Preston and TT's Hank Early.
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