September 2, 2025 News@CountryAircheck.com

Jul-Iowa: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for July 2025 (three-month rolling average, 5/1-7/23) compared with May and June. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Colorado Springs, CO (Market 91)	KCCY iHeartMedia 3.8 (9t) - 4.9 (4t) - 4.7 (5) KATC Cumulus 4.3 (6t) - 4.7 (6t) - 4.0 (7t)
Des Moines, IA (71)	KHKI Cumulus 7.2 (2) - 7.5 (2) - 8.1 (2) Largest share since last July. KJJY Cumulus 5.1 (5) - 4.9 (6t) - 4.3 (9)
Mobile, AL (100)	WKSJ iHeartMedia 6.3 (3) - 6.3 (3) - 7.0 (3) Largest share since last August.
Spokane, WA (90)	KDRK Stephens 4.6 (5t) - 4.4 (4t) - 4.0 (4t) KICR Blue Sky 2.9 (9) - 3.1 (9t) - 2.5 (12t) KXLY QueenB Does not subscribe.
Wichita, KS (104)	KFDI SummitMedia 7.5 (1) - 7.2 (1) - 5.8 (3t) KZSN iHeartMedia 6.6 (2) - 6.1 (3t) - 5.6 (6) KVWF Murfin 1.9 (15) - 2.0 (14t) - 2.2 (15) KFTI-AM SummitMedia Classic Country 0.9 (18t) - 0.7 (19t) - 0.7 (19t)

Chip Off The Block: iHeartMedia Region SVP/Sales Drew Salamon has been promoted to Area Pres./Carolinas. Salamon has been with the company since 1998 and is a second generation broadcaster and the son of Country Radio Hall of Famer Ed Salamon. He succeeds Dave Carwile, who was promoted last month to Division Pres. overseeing the company's Midwest and Southeast areas.

Tres To Impress: Adams Radio Group WHTF & WQTL/Tallahassee, FL PD Tres "Twiggins" Wiggins has been promoted to OM of the four-station cluster, which includes Country WWOF, where he had been filling in as PD since the departure of former OM/PD Jason Taylor in July (CAT 7/15). Twiggins joined Adams as WHTF PD/afternoon co-host in 2021, and added PD duties at WQTL last year. “After an extensive search, it was clear that the best candidate to lead our group of stations and talented staffers was within our own ranks,” says Adams Pres./CEO Charlie Fritz. “Twiggins’ dedication to excellence brings a high level of energy and enthusiasm to everything he does.” Reach him here.

Laroi Rogers: First-time nominees Bailey Zimmerman (with The Kid Laroi) and Megan Moroney will perform on the MTV VMAs' Extended Play Stage during the awards, airing live Sept. 7 on MTV and CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Tour Support: Russell Dickerson has added six 2026 dates to his RussellMania Tour, beginning April 23, including Raleigh, Orlando and Cleveland. Dasha and Niko Moon join on select dates.Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday (9/5) here.

Festive All: With organizers citing "circumstances beyond our control," the Field & Stream Music Fest, set for Oct. 3-5 at Carolina Adventure World in Winnsboro, SC, has been cancelled. Among the more than 40 artists scheduled to perform were Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Riley Green and Bailey Zimmerman (CAT 1/8). Refunds are being issued. Church and Morgan Wallen partnered to buy the legacy outdoor brand last year (CAT 1/25/24).

Clay Walker headlines the Troubadour Festival, set for Nov. 15 in Celina, TX. The lineup also features Randall King, Braxton Keith, Cody Canada & The Departed and others. Tickets (9/5) here.

ICYMI: Jason Aldean discussed his real life vs. performance persona, playing bars while still in high school, touring with family and dealing with PTSD and survivor's guilt with hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on this week’s Armchair Expert Podcast.

Chronicle: Longtime promotion vet Rick Rockhill has died. Nicknamed "Rocket," his career included stops at MCA, Curb, Capricorn, DreamWorks, Edgehill Music & Media, Tandem Promotions, Godwin Distributing and Bang Records. A celebration of life is being planned for Nashville in late September or early October. Find tributes from industry friends on his Facebook page here.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Aug. 30, according to Mediabase 24/7.

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN f/LUKE COMBS/Backup Plan (Atlantic/Warner/WEA/Columbia)
SHABOOZEY/Good News (Empire/Magnolia)
RUSSELL DICKERSON/Happen To Me (Triple Tigers)
THOMAS RHETT/After All The Bars Are Closed (Valory)
SCOTTY MCCREERY f/HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH/Bottle Rockets (Triple Tigers)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Aug. 31-Sept. 1, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase 24/7.

SHABOOZEY/Good News (Empire/Magnolia) +910 points
LAINEY WILSON/Somewhere Over Laredo (Broken Bow) +488 points
JORDAN DAVIS/Bar None (MCA) +406 points
RILEY GREEN f/ELLA LANGLEY/Don't Mind If I Do (Nash. Harbor) +373 points
PARMALEE/Cowgirl (Stoney Creek) +331 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (9/3): Aaron Henningsen (The Henningsens), Beth Middleworth, Jessie Noble, the late Tompall Glaser, the late Rob Ellis, the late Hank Thompson.

Life Is A Broadway: Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus, BMLG’s Scott Borchetta, Carly Pearce and Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney (l-r) at Big Machine 20 on Nashville's lower Broadway.

But I Got A Beer IN My Hand: MCA's Luke Bryan in Indianapolis. Pictured (l-r) are WLHK's Nick Jordan, the label's Donna Jo Passuntino, Bryan, WLHK's Sean Copeland and WFMS' Brooks O’Brian, Matt Malone and Deborah Honeycutt.

East Does It: Curb's Dylan Scott (l) with KWFI/Idaho Falls, ID's Don Jarrett on opening night of the Eastern Idaho State Fair.

Signage: DeVille Records' Chandler Walters signs with The Neal Agency. Pictured (l-r) are TNA's Ryan Beuschel and Haley Teske, Walters, TNA's Adi Sharma and Greenhouse Mgmt.'s Kiley Donohoe.

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