September 14, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com

Well Dunn: Brooks & Dunn will receive the 2026 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award during The 60th Annual CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Nov. 18 on ABC, Disney+ and next day on Hulu.

EnSuite: Gorge Country Media KYYT/Goldendale, WA picks up SuiteRadio’s The Kadie Daye Show for middays. And SuiteRadio’s The Original Country Gold with Rowdy Yates has been added to the 11 Classic Country signals of Rufus Resources’ No Bull Network — seven FMs, two AMs and two translators that cover a stretch of South Texas. The network will carry the show Saturdays 7pm-midnight and Sundays 2-7pm.

Festive All: Riley Green, Zach Top and Garth Brooks will headline Stagecoach in Indio, CA, April 23-25. Also on the lineup are Hardy, Willie Nelson & Family, Kelly Clarkson, Brothers Osborne, Shaboozey, Dasha, Stella Lefty, Stephen Wilson Jr, Journey, Pitbull and more, and returning attractions include the late-night Mustang Stage, Diplo's HonkyTonk and Guy Fieri's Stagecoach Smokehouse. Amazon will stream the show live, and tickets go on sale Friday (9/18) here.

Benefit News: Bobby Bones and iHeartRadio teamed with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to surprise his former schools in Mountain Pine, AR, with a $50,000 donation from Dollar General’s Reading Revolution program and more than 700 free new books.

Crib Note: Beasley Media Group and Key Networks' Backstage Country host Elaina Smith and her husband, songwriter Goose Gossett, welcomed daughter Gloria Belle Gossett Sept. 8, with Smith sharing on social media, "She's here! And we're obsessed."

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Sept. 12, according to Mediabase.

LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia)
STELLA LEFTY/Boston (Sandlot/Atlantic Outpost)
KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now)
MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud)
JOHN MORGAN/Kid Myself (Night Train/Broken Bow)

Tomorrow's Birthdays (9/15): Andy Gibson, Kenny Jay, Tim Richards, Hoss Michaels, Jim Zumwalt, the late Roy Acuff.

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Miles On Mitt: RCA's Kane Brown with the label's Taylor Sowers, WKHX's Lucas Phelan and Mike Moore and the label's Mallory Michaels (top) and WUBL's Angie Ward and Michaels at the Atlanta's Braves Kane Brown Bobblehead Night.

Pretty Heartland: MCA's Parker McCollum in Omaha. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Katie Bright, McCollum, KZKX's Rob Kelley and KXKT's Hoss Michaels.

Lone (Star) Survivor: American Dogwood/Empire's Shaboozey takes his Outlaws Never Die Tour to Dallas. Pictured (l-r) are Tim Rawson and wife/KSCS' Michelle Rodriguez, Mr. Boozey and KSCS' Mike Preston.

Signage: Songwriter Justin Dukes signs with Reservoir Media. Pictured (l-r) are the company's Greg Gallo, Beth St. Jean and John Ozier, Dukes, the company's Sarah McDaniels and attorney Scott Safford.