Flatley, My Dear: C15 Studio VP/Ad Sales Chris Flatley has joined Connoisseur/Long Island, which includes Country WWWF, as Dir./Sales. He succeeds Darren DiPrima, who was promoted to Station Mgr. earlier this year (CAT 3/6). "Chris understands that this business is still about relationships, accountability and results," says SVP/Regional Mgr. Kristin Okesson. Prior to C15, Flatley led advertising at fuboTV.

Phil The Bill: Saying he's excited to "build on [CMG Radio's] success, deepen audience connections across platforms and create remarkable content that matters," former Alpha Media EVP/Content Phil Becker joins Cox Media Group in the newly-created role of VP/Audience & Content Growth, effective July 20, as reported earlier today (7/14) via Breaking News. His job encompasses broadcast, streaming, podcasting, social media and emerging platforms. Cox's Country stations include WWKA/Orlando, WHKO/Dayton, and KCYY and Classic Country KKYX/San Antonio. Becker departed Alpha after more than a decade last year following its merger with Connoisseur (CAT 9/3/25).

Plays In Peoria: Former Cumulus/Des Moines OM Chad Taylor joins Midwest Communications as OM for its Peoria, IL cluster and PD of Country WXCL and AC WSWT. He succeeds Fritz Moser, who departed June 19 to relocate to Indiana (CAT 5/20). Since leaving Cumulus last year (CAT 2/4/25), Taylor has been OM at KZIA, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, IA. Prior positions include OM for Townsquare/St. Cloud, MN, and roles with Community First/Spirit Lake, IA and Saga/Des Moines. He tells Country Aircheck that he's "so excited to connect with all my country friends." Reach him here.

(The) House Again: River House Artists has officially launched a management division, The House Management, with clients including Hudson Westbrook, Austin Snell and Kenny Whitmire. The House's Zebb Luster-led team includes Mgrs. Ally Ramirez and Zac Brooks. “We launched this company out of our passion for artists and our belief that great management requires more than strategy,” says Luster.

Be So Bold: Bold Gold Media WDNB & WHNB/Monticello, NY adds the Paul Ciliberto-hosted Ciliberto & Friends for afternoons (4-7pm), a daypart that had previously utilized syndicated programming. Ciliberto also hosts mornings on News-Talk sister WVOS, and serves as Sr. Advisor for Bold Gold. A 50-year radio veteran, he previously spent 18 years with the Country station. GM Dawn Ciorciari says, "Bringing him back to Thunder 102 in the afternoons feels like a homecoming. It gives our listeners another opportunity each day to stay informed, connected and engaged with what's happening across our region while reinforcing our commitment to truly local radio."

Tour Support: Hudson Westbrook's 24-date Hits Me Tour kicks off Sept. 18-19 in Fort Worth with two nights at Billy Bob's Texas. The tour goes on to stops in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York and Boston. Openers are Kenny Whitmire and Ethan Burdick. Tickets (7/17) here.

Clay Walker's holiday tour, A Clay Walker Family Christmas, begins Nov. 27 in Warren, OH. He'll be joined onstage by his wife and five youngest children. Tickets (7/17) for the first nine announced dates here.

In Pod We Trust: Two Phoenix Country broadcasters recently launched podcasts. Former KNIX MD/midday personality Lois "Double-L" Lewis and her husband, Jeremiah McGinnis, debuted Married To Radio, with the first episode featuring Big Loud SVP/Radio Promotion Lauren "LT" Thomas. The couple says the podcast will "bring you behind the scenes of our marriage, radio, faith, family and dogs. Laughing way too hard at ourselves. And whatever else happens when two people who love to talk decide to hit 'record.'" Listen here.

Meanwhile, former KMLE morning co-host Cheyenne Davis launched the weekly Cheyenne: Nothing To Prove, which she says will have "real conversations about faith, healing, purpose and what it actually looks like to follow God when life doesn't go according to plan." The first episode is titled "I Lost Radio, Not My Purpose." Listen here.

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

• Cumulus Regional VP John Lewis added Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola, FL. (7/13)
• Scotty Kay took over KSON/San Diego afternoons. (7/13)
• Emily Harlan's She's Country was picked up for syndication by Compass. (7/13)

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for July 13, according to Mediabase.

1. JASON ALDEAN/Don't Tell On Me (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 4956 points
2. MORGAN WALLEN/Don't We (Big Loud) 4258 points
3. ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN/I Can't Love You Anymore (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers/Big Loud) 4060 points
4. LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) 3630 points
5. BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Chevy Silverado (Atlantic/Warner/WRN) 3451 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for July 12-13, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. JASON ALDEAN/Don't Tell On Me (Macon Music/Broken Bow) +1548 points
2. STELLA LEFTY/Boston (Sandlot/Atlantic Outpost) +920 points
3. ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +805 points
4. BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Chevy Silverado (Atlantic/Warner/WRN) +786 points
5. ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN/I Can't Love You Anyomore (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers/Big Loud) +652 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (7/15): Zach Beeken (Restless Road), Linda Ronstadt, Mac McAnally, Ken Buckner, Debbie Brazier, Andrew Cohen, Traci Samczyk, Jeff Winfield, the late Cowboy Copas.

When The Sphere Goes Down: Hey Now's Kenny Chesney wraps his Sphere residency in Las Vegas. Pictured (l-r) are Music Choice's Jim Murphy, KYGO/Denver's Shawn Patrick and Brian Michel, WKKT/Charlotte's Ashley Wilson, KPLM/Palm Springs' Kory James, KBAY/San Jose's J. Love, KWNR's MoJoe Roberts, WKHX/Atlanta's Mike Moore, KATM/Modesto, CA's Andy Winford, Chesney, WWWF/Nassau-Suffolk's Kelly Ford, WQMX/Akron's Sarah Kay, KZKX/Lincoln's Rob Kelly, KSOP/Salt Lake City's Deb Turpin and WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx.