Mass. Appeal: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2026 (three-month rolling average, 1/8-4/1/26) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

House That Built Me: Former Audacy Digital Content Producer Monica Rivera has joined the company for a third time as Cood./Promotions for the San Diego cluster that includes KSON. After getting her start as Asst. Dir./Promotions for then Entercom/San Diego, she relocated to Nashville, where she was All Access/Nashville Assoc. Editor before re-joining Entercom as Lead/Country Music Digital Content in 2021 (CAT 3/26/21). She left Audacy last year in a round of downsizing and returned to San Diego (CAT 3/10/25). Congratulate her here.

A Big Dill: Big Machine Music's Jessie Jo Dillon was surprised with news of her third consecutive ACM Songwriter of the Year win by Megan Moroney via FaceTime. Watch here. Dillon is the first songwriter to win the category three times.

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

• Stories from both sides of the search for kidney donors are in Country Aircheck Weekly.
• KKWF/Seattle's new morning show is hosted by Ellen Tailor and Aaron Crawford. (5/7)
• WXTU/Philadelphia PD/midday host Mark "Razz" Radziewicz is retiring. (5/5)
• Max Media/Norfolk OM Jay West departed, and WGH's Jerry Hoyt added APD duties. (5/5)
• Cumulus/Reno OM and KBUL PD/morning host Bob Richards is leaving. (5/4)
• Bill Macky joined Quartz Hill Music Group as SVP/Promotion & Marketing. (5/4)
• Chronicle: Richard "Dick" Gary.

Bits & Pieces: Appalachian State University presented an honorary music degree to Luke Combs during its May 7 commencement ceremonies. The honor recognizes Combs for "his historic achievements in the music industry and his commitment to using his platform as a catalyst for service and community impact."

Kane Brown’s On Broadway will open in Nashville May 22 with surprise appearances from Brown throughout the weekend, as well as a charitable partnership with Folds of Honor. The multi-story bar, restaurant and live music venue is located in the 11,400 sq. ft. building that previously housed The Valentine (CAT 2/19).

Staffers at Ascension St. John in Tulsa decorated the hospital to look like Griffin Classic Country KVOO. After hearing about it, the station's air staff stopped by this morning (5/8) to have a look and hand out shirts and Starbucks gift cards to the hospital team. Watch here.

ICYMI: Chris Stapleton performed Willie Nelson’s “Living In The Promiseland” alongside Nelson’s longtime bandmate and harmonica player Mickey Raphael on CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for May 7, according to Mediabase.

1. LUKE COMBS/Sleepless In A Hotel Room (Columbia) 4789 points
2. TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) 3849 points
3. CODY JOHNSON/The Fall (CoJo/Warner/WRN) 3725 points
4. ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 3493 points
5. RILEY GREEN/Change My Mind (Nash. Harbor) 3461 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for May 3-7, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN/I Can't Love You Anymore (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers/Big Loud) +2550 points
2. JOSH ROSS/Hate How You Look (Core/Mercury) +1612 points
3. LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) +1520 points
4. ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +1325 points
5. JORDAN DAVIS/Turn This Truck Around (MCA) +1287 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (5/9): Shaboozey, Cliff Audretch, Jr., Charlie Dean, Tyne Parrish, the late Hank Snow.

Sunday's Birthdays (5/10): Carson Chamberlain, Randy Goodman, Wes Halliwell, Barry Dean, Jai Kershner, Anthony Donatelli, the late Mother Maybelle Carter, the late Kevin O’Neal.

Monday's Birthdays (5/11): Royce Risser, Dawn Buehler, Jennifer Falco, Mark Herndon, Kevin Fowler, Karen Dalessandro, Gina Keltner, Eric Dale.

Tube Check Tonight (5/8): Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, NBC Nightly News.

Tube Check Monday (5/11): Paisley, American Idol (ABC).

Johnnie And June: Nashville Harbor’s Greylan James (left) helps WXTU/Philadelphia's Mark Razz celebrate his recently announced retirement with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and (right) visits WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx with the label's Bridget Herrmann, who also ran the Blue Cross Broad Street Run (inset). Herrmann is also running the Chicago Marathon for St. Jude later in October, and currently taking donations. 

MySpace: Deluge Records Nashville/East Music Row Records' Belles visits WYCD/Detroit's Sound Space. Pictured (l-r) are EMRR's Johnny Gates and Joe Schuld, the station's Holly Hutton, Belles and the station's Rob Stone and Tim Roberts.

Friends Of The Earth: Col. NY/Records Nashville's Ty Myers (top) and Curb's Harper Grace visit Big D & Bubba. Pictured (top, l-r) are Derek “Big D” Haskins, Myers, Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville, and Sean “Bubba” Powell; (bottom, l-r) Grace, Haskins, Humphreville and Powell.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Tori Rose signs with Saddle Up Records as their first artist and with Johnstone Entertainment for management. Pictured (front, l-r) are manager Cole Johnstone, Rose, producer Mickey Jack Cones and ADA’s Robert Turner; (back, l-r) the label's Louie Newman, Chele Fassig, Matt Galvin and RG Jones.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Kenny Whitmire signs with MCA. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Damon Moberly, Stephanie Wright, Rob Femia and Mike Harris, Whitmire, River House's Zac Brooks and Zebb Luster and the label's Katie McCartney.