October 16, 2024 News@CountryAircheck.com

Fresh Share: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2024 (three-month rolling average, 6/20-9/11) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Albuquerque, NM (Market 71)	KRST Cumulus 4.3 (4t) - 4.2 (7) - 4.2 (6) KBQI iHeartMedia 4.3 (4t) - 3.4 (10) - 3.1 (10) KBQI-HD2 iHeartMedia Cl. Ctry. 2.4 (14t) - 2.2 (17) - 3.0 (11t) Largest share since last November.
El Paso, TX (76)	KHEY iHeartMedia 5.7 (5) - 5.9 (5) - 5.8 (5)
Harrisburg, PA (85)	WRBT iHeartMedia 4.0 (6) - 3.4 (7t) - 5.0 (4)

Hurricane Helpers: Cox Media Group radio and TV stations have raised nearly $1 million, collected food and supplies and provided other aid to victims of the recent hurricanes. Among the efforts, WWKA/Orlando and its sister stations provided mobile charging stations across several Florida counties to help hundreds of people without power recharge their devices.

Red Street artist Ryan Larkins has released an acoustic version of the classic hymn "Blessed Assurance," with plans to donate all proceeds to Mountain Ways, a non-profit helping East Tennesseans and Western Carolinians recover from Hurricane Helene. Listen here.

The Florida Association of Broadcasters has donated $25,000 to the Broadcasters Foundation of America's Hurricanes Helene and Milton Fund.

Digital Watch: The CRS 2025 edition of the Digital Music Summit (DMS) will be spread across the seminar's three days for the first time. Sessions include "Streaming 101: Everything You Want To Know," "Teamwork Makes The Dream Work: Capitalizing on the Country Moment in Streaming," "Why Can’t We Be Friends? The Label, Radio, and Streaming Relationship" and "Sustaining Momentum: How To Turn Moments Into a Career." DMS will also bring back the "Cycle of A Song” series, which highlights tracks from three different artists. CRS 2025 is set for Feb. 19-21 at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Register here.

Bits & Pieces: Girlilla Marketing founder/CEO and CMA Board Pres. Jennie Smythe has landed a publishing deal with Forefront Books for her memoir, Becoming Girlilla, due in 2025. "I've made epic bad decisions as both an employee and a boss," she says. "But, where there was pain and struggle, there’s always been growth and opportunity ... I hope I can save you some hassle. I hope that I can make you think, laugh and see your own story in mine."

An upcoming Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit explores the more than four decade-long career of Rosanne Cash. Opening Dec. 5 and running through March of 2026, Rosanne Cash: Time Is a Mirror is included with museum admission.

Tenn Roof: The Crew's 14th annual CMA Awards Viewing Party benefiting Musicians On Call will take place Nov. 20 at Tin Roof Nashville Downtown beginning at 6pm CT.

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

Brad Austin, J.R. Schumann and Kris Rochester talk their transition to management, and the Grand Ole Opry plans its centennial in Country Aircheck Weekly.
iHeartMedia Midwest/Southeast Div. Pres. Tom McConnell is retiring, and Eddie Martiny and John Karpinski were named Div. Presidents.
Delta Media/Lafayette, LA OM Clint Domingue is leaving.

ICYMI: Zach Bryan and Bruce Springsteen are featured on the cover of Rolling Stone's sixth annual Musicians on Musicians issue. “I don’t want to be a country musician," says Bryan. "Everyone calls me it. I want to be a songwriter, and you’re quintessentially a songwriter. No one calls Bruce Springsteen — hate to use your name in front of you — but no one calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking rock musician, which you are one, but you’re also an indie musician, you’re also a country musician. You’re all these things encapsulated in one man. And that’s what songwriting is.” Read here and watch here.

Eric Church and Jamey Johnson are among the artists appearing in the Martin Scorsese-directed Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson concert, which is being filmed for future release.

Crib Note: Hardy and wife Caleigh are expecting their first child in February. They first shared the news during the No. 1 party for Kenny Chesney's Hardy-penned "Take Her Home," then later on social media, saying, "You have been our favorite little secret to keep."

Chronicle: Cumulus KBCY/Abilene, TX morning co-host Dwayne "Doc" Alexander passed away yesterday (10/15). He was 61. Alexander was born in the Texas panhandle and grew up in Abilene. He started at crosstown KEAN in 1984 and was later paired with Jay Kelly in mornings. The duo moved to KBCY in 1999 and marked their 25th anniversary with the station last month. No word on services.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for October 15, according to Mediabase 24/7.

JELLY ROLL/I Am Not Okay (BMG/Republic/Stoney Creek) 4733 points
JUSTIN MOORE/This Is My Dirt (Valory) 4623 points
KANE BROWN & MARSHMELLO/Miles On It (RCA) 4582 points
POST MALONE f/BLAKE SHELTON/Pour Me A Drink (Mercury/Republic/Big Loud) 4343 points
MORGAN WALLEN/Lies Lies Lies (Big Loud) 3919 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for October 13-15 compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase 24/7.

JUSTIN MOORE/This Is My Dirt (Valory) +2853 points
KOE WETZEL & JESSIE MURPH/High Road (Columbia/Records Nashville) +771 points
MORGAN WALLEN/Lies Lies Lies (Big Loud) +768 points
TUCKER WETMORE/Wind Up Missin' You (EMI Nashville) +711 points
JELLY ROLL/I Am Not Okay (BMG/Republic/Stoney Creek) +672 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (10/17): Alan Jackson, Jameson Rodgers, Zona Jones, Matt Gary, Mark Medina, Victor Sansone, Anthony Van Dollen, the late Earl Thomas Conley, the late Joe Patrick.

Tube Check Tomorrow (10/17): Wyatt Flores, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS).

Think Pink Pony Club: Mercury's Priscilla Block and Records Nashville's Erin Kinsey at KSCS/Dallas' Think Pink Country Close Up. Pictured (l-r) are Mercury's Jill Brunett, the station's Mike Preston, Block, Kinsey, the station's Al Farb and Records Nashville's David Berry.

This Bar Exam: Big Loud's Ernest (c) with WWQM's Cailynn Hensen and the label's John D’Amico at the Madison stop of the Legalize Country Music Roadshow.

The Mammogram I Want To Be: Red Street's Chris Lane (l) and RCA's Chris Young with WQMX/Akron's Sarah Kay at the station's Bosom Buddies benefit show. To date, the event has raised more than $1.3 million and provided 55,500+ free mammograms.

Cut To The Chayce: 19 Recordings/Wheelhouse's Chayce Beckham (c) with KSOP/Salt Lake City’s Deb Turpin and the label's Steve Pleshe at RedWest festival.

Rocky Mountain High Road: Columbia/Records Nashville's Koe Wetzel celebrates the platinum certification of "High Road” and gold certification of “Sweet Dreams” and “Creeps" at Red Rocks. Pictured (l-r) are Columbia Records’ Alexa Zeliger, Floating Leaf Entertainment’s Jeb Hurt, Columbia Records’ Drew Schieffelin and Peter Gray, Wetzel, Columbia Records’ Ben Maddahi, Floating Leaf Entertainment’s Cody Maldonado and Columbia Records’ Sarah Pfeiffer and Karissa Keller.