December 16, 2024 News@CountryAircheck.com

You'll Shoot Your Iowa Out, Kid: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for November 2024 (three-month rolling average, 8/15-11/6) compared with September and October. This month's ranks were not available at press time. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Columbia, SC (Market 89)	WCOS iHeartMedia 5.1 (3) - 5.6 (4) - 5.8
Des Moines, IA (70)	KHKI Cumulus 6.8 (1) - 6.2 (1) - 7.6 KJJY Cumulus 4.5 (7) - 4.5 (7) - 4.5
Little Rock, AR (94)	KSSN iHeartMedia 8.3 (3) - 7.3 (3) - 6.6 KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country 4.4 (7) - 4.4 (6t) - 4.4
Monterey, CA (98)	KTOM iHeartMedia 4.6 (3) - 3.9 (4) - 3.7
Spokane, WA (91)	KXLY QueenB 5.9 (2) - 5.1 (4) - 6.9 KICR Blue Sky 5.0 (4) - 3.5 (8t) - 3.0 KDRK Stephens 4.0 (7) - 3.3 (10) - 2.8 KISC-HD2 iHeartMedia 0.8 (21t) - 1.2 (20t) - 1.2
Springfield, MA (104)	WRNX iHeartMedia 4.0 (4) - 3.1 (5) - 3.6

Metal Detector: Sixty-five artists earned their first gold and platinum certifications from the RIAA in 2024. They include: Shaboozey (gold album for Where I’ve Been Isn’t Where I’m Going and multi-platinum single for “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Also platinum are Dasha's “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)," Dylan Gossett's “Coal,” Sam Barber's “Straight And Narrow,” Tucker Wetmore's “Wind Up Missin’ You,” and Zach Bryan f/The War And Treaty's “Hey Driver." First-time gold singles were Alana Springsteen f/Mitchell Tenpenny's “Goodbye Looks Good On You," Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott's "Boys Back Home,” Gavin Adcock's “A Cigarette,” Josh Ross' “Trouble,” Ole 60's “Smoke & A Light,” Redferrin's “Jack and Diet Coke,” Wetmore's “Wine Into Whiskey” and Tyler Braden's “Devil You Know."

Mic Tyson: The Charley Foundation's 21st Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids boxing gala card includes:

Kane Brown's tour manager Daryl Dixon vs. Romeo Entertainment Group's R.J. Romeo
SmackSongs' Marissa Turk vs. Vaden Group|Elliott Davis' Shelby Weimer
AEG Presents' Anna Dietz vs. Wiles & Taylor's Ava Angeli
GLÜ/Numbers Don't Lie/The 13th's Josh Windt vs. UTA's Alexander Shelley

Tickets and tables to Rumble on the Row — taking place March 7 at The Factory’s Liberty Hall in Franklin, TN — are available here.

Fine Print: Big Loud promotion team members share their most memorable stories from their 2024 Label of the Year journey, while songwriter Ashley Gorley and outgoing Sony Music Nashville Chairman/CEO Randy Goodman open up in comprehensive interviews in Country Aircheck's year-end print issue, out today (12/16). Plus, take a look at Country radio's finest hour and other top stories from 2024, revisit an event-filled CMA Awards night through the eyes of this year's Broadcast Award winners, and recap all the year-end charts here.

Bits & Pieces: Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley's free, referral-based Nashville grocery store, The Store, hosted its second annual Toy Store over the weekend. With more than 4,000 donated toys, the event allowed families to shop for holiday gifts for more than 800 children.

Chayce Beckham partnered with Gibson Gives and Free Guitars 4 Kids to surprise 30 children with free guitars in his hometown of Apple Valley, CA during a Dec. 12 visit to the afterschool program at Singh Center for the Arts.

PMB Broadcasting WKCN/Columbus, GA morning host Wade "Bear O'Brian" Collier will be honored by the Columbus Collective Museums with "Bear O'Brian Day" and a celebration on Dec. 18 at the Georgia Radio Museum & Hall of Fame. The festivities will recognize Collier's near 48-year career and involvement in the community. Local coverage here.

Tour Support: Lily Rose's Runnin' Outta Time Tour has been extended into 2025 with 14 stops featuring Payton Smith. Tickets go on sale Friday (12/20) here.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending Dec. 14, according to Mediabase 24/7.

GEORGE BIRGE/Cowboy Songs (Records Nashville)
KOE WETZEL & JESSIE MURPH/High Road (Columbia/Records Nashville)
MORGAN WALLEN/Love Somebody (Big Loud)
DYLAN MARLOWE & DYLAN SCOTT/Boys Back Home (Columbia/Curb) 2934
TUCKER WETMORE/Wind Up Missin' You (EMI Nashville)

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

KOE WETZEL & JESSIE MURPH/High Road (Columbia/Records Nashville) +523 points
JELLY ROLL/Liar (BMG/Republic/Stoney Creek) +313 points
MORGAN WALLEN/Love Somebody (Big Loud) +247 points
DREW BALDRIDGE/Tough People (Lyric Ridge/Stoney Creek) +237 points
RUNAWAY JUNE/He Ain't My Problem (Quartz Hill) +225 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (12/17): Chad Michael Jervis (King Calaway), Mark Wystrach (Midland), Tracy Byrd, Sharon White Skaggs (The Whites), Duane Propes (Little Texas), Tim Chewning (Ricochet), Ben Vaughn, Michael Steele, Brooke Nixon, Stephanie Hagerty, Katie Gillon, Christine Smith, J.B. Cloud.

Tube Check Tonight (12/16): Little Big Town's Christmas At The Opry (NBC).

Let 'Em Cook: KPLX & KSCS/Dallas raises $1,327,708 during their 11th Annual Cook Children’s Radiothon. Pictured (back, l-r) are Ryan Fox, Jason Pullman, Al Farb, Tara Ward, and Mike Preston; (front, l-r) Escarly Pineda, Smokey Rivers, Mark "Hawkeye" Louis, Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica MacKenzie-Williams.

Bull Shirt: KUBL/Salt Lake City's John E Kage, Bonnie Foulger, Jesse James, Matt Ramone and Jodee Woods (l-r) help raise more than $200,000 for St. Jude.

Fleas Navidad: Audacy/Buffalo, which includes Country WLKK, raises $120,000 for the SPCA Serving Erie County during their annual radiothon. More totals and photos in tonight's (12/16) Country Aircheck Weekly.

KIX-Pack: WGKX/Memphis' St. Jude radiothon raises a station record of $509,219. Pictured (l-r) are Tyrone Ballinger, ALSAC/St. Jude's Crystal Neal, Rachel Mueller, Morgan Bohannon, Kay Manley, Courtney Carter, Argo, ALSAC/St. Jude's Maria Grear and Andrew "Latty" Latimer.