Signage: As reported via Breaking News, Miranda Lambert has signed with MCA, and will continue her role as a founder of Big Loud Texas, which launched in 2023. “Miranda is a generational artist whose influence and artistry continue to shape modern music,” says MCA Pres./CEO Mike Harris. Adds Lambert, "I am honored to join a roster and a team with such a rich history of championing artistry [and] I look forward to sharing this new music with the world under their banner." Lambert signed with Republic/Big Loud two years ago (Breaking News 4/23/2024) after 20 years with Sony Music Nashville.

Bits & Pieces: Amazon Music will once again serve as the exclusive livestream destination for Stagecoach April 24-26, with coverage available on Prime Video, Twitch and the Amazon Music app beginning at 3pm (PT) each day. Watch here.

Ella Langley provided "Ella's Fellas" hoodies to Dallas Stars team members ahead of game one of their Stanley Cup Playoff series after learning they're fans of her music. See local coverage here.

WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL morning co-hosts Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor raised $10k for the Wounded Veterans Relief Fund's annual charity 5k, “Running for Heroes," doubling their goal. Leary trained for and ran the marathon, finishing the last quarter mile arm-in-arm with more than a dozen veterans. Watch here.

Crib Note: Drew Baldridge and his wife, Katie Baldridge, welcomed their second son, Ronan Rael Baldridge, April 17 during a power outage. Drew shared on on social media, "His name couldn’t be more perfect— 'a joyful song seen by God.' We’re all home and doing well after a wild 24 hours, and our hearts are so full." Their first son, Lyric Lee Baldridge, was born in 2022.

Blue Highway Records SVP/Promotion & Digital Ashley Sidoti and her husband, Taylor Swift lead guitarist Paul Sidoti, welcomed son Rocky Anthony Sidoti April 10. He is the couple's third child. Send congratulations to the family here.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending April 18, according to Mediabase.

1. DYLAN SCOTT/What He'll Never Have (Curb) 
2. LUKE COMBS/Sleepless In A Hotel Room (Columbia) 
3. LUKE COMBS/Days Like These (Columbia)  
4. CODY JOHNSON/The Fall (CoJo/Warner/WRN) 
5. TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) 

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for April 19, compared with the same day last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. LUKE COMBS/Days Like These (Columbia) +806 points
2. KANE BROWN/Woman (RCA) +474 points
3. JOSH ROSS/Hate How You Look (Core/Mercury) +299 points
4. MORGAN WALLEN/Don't We (Big Loud) +248 points
5. ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +234 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (4/21): Jeff Stone, Steve Dorff, Justin Newell, Jeremy "Otis" Maher, the late Paul Davis.

Bank Roll: Warner/CoJo/WMN’s Cody Johnson celebrates mulitple certifications, including platinum “Til You Can't” (6x) and “The Painter" (3x), with the label's Cris Lacy at a listening party for Banks Of The Trinity.

Green Back: WNCY/Appleton-Green Bay's St. Jude Jam raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Pictured (l-r) are LoCash's Preston Brust, Leo33's Trey Pendley, the station's Natalie "Nat" Gross, Riser's House's Meghan Patrick, the station's Hannah Damas, Big Loud's Ashley Cooke, the station's Rachel Chase, LoCash's Chris Lucas and the station's Randy "Shotgun" Shannon and Shawn Joseph.

Tide Or Die: Sony Music Nashville’s Zach John King (r) with the label's Jansen Morgan and Summit's Randy Chase at the Tuscaloosa, AL stop of Morgan Wallen's Still The Problem Tour.

What My World Strikes Around: MCA's Jordan Davis (in hat) with WXTU/Philadelphia's Mark Razz, WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx and daughter Melody Gleason, the label's Annie Sandor and Razz's wife Kelly Coleman (l-r) at a Philadelphia Phillies' post-game concert.