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June 9, 2026 News@CountryAircheck.com

Rocky Mountain Grow: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for April 2026 (three-month rolling average, 2/5-4/29) compared with February and March. 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 5.2 (2) - 5.6 (1) - 5.9 (1) Largest share since Oct. 2023. KATC Cumulus Does not subscribe.
Madison, WI (88)	WMAD iHeartMedia 5.9 (3) - 5.9 (2t) - 4.9 (4) WWQM Mid-West Family 2.5 (11) - 3.1 (8) - 2.9 (7) WJVL Big Radio N/A - 1.4 (12t) - 2.0 (10t)
Mobile, AL (100)	WKSJ iHeartMedia 5.9 (2) - 5.6 (3) - 6.9 (1)
Toledo, OH (108)	WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country 0.9 (7) - 0.9 (7) - 1.1 (7) WKKO Cumulus Does not subscribe.
Wichita, KS (104)	KFDI SummitMedia 7.3 (1) - 7.3 (1) - 5.5 (2t) KZSN iHeartMedia 5.1 (5t) - 5.1 (4t) - 5.0 (6) KVWF Murfin 2.9 (13t) - 2.7 (14) - 2.4 (14)

Sk8er Boi: Triple 8 Management San Francisco-based VP/Marketing Allison Bostrom has been upped to SVP. “Allison is thorough, creative, diligent, helpful and always in excellent spirits,” says Partner/Founder George Couri. Adds Bostrom, “I am so appreciative to be able to wake up every day and work somewhere like Triple 8." Bostrom has been with the company for 10 years and rose to her most recent position in 2021 (CAT 2/8/21); reach her here.

Hot Girlilla Summer: Girlilla Marketing Acct. Dirs. Lindsey Feinstein and Conley Sweeney have been elevated to Sr. Acct. Dirs., and Coord./Creative Gigi Morrison to Dir. Succeeding Morrison is Belmont graduate Esther Kuperus. “Lindsey and Conley have become not only driving forces for marketing outside the building, but the backbone of who we are inside the building as humans," says Founder/CEO Jennie Smythe. "We are thrilled to continue expanding our creative department under Gigi’s leadership after five years of incredible creative contribution.”

Berry Best: Artist management, publishing and record comany 1916 Enterprises has opened an office and studio in Nashville's Berry Hill at 648 West Iris Drive. The company also recently expanded its publishing roster with the joint signing (with Anomoly Music) of Nashville-based producer David Kerchkoff, and added Nashville-based producers Nick Bailey and Kevin Bard to its management roster in partnership with Ozone Entertainment.

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Festive All: Due to unprecedented rainfall across Alabama this past week, the City of Decatur and organizers of Rock the South have postponed the festival from June 11-13 to Oct. 1-4. All three headliners remain on the lineup: Zach Top (10/1), Jason Aldean (10/2) and Riley Green (10/4). The festival will also expand to four days with previously announced perfomer Jessie Murph headlining Oct. 3 at no additional ticketholder cost. Most of the other scheduled artists will still perform on the revised dates, with festival organizers planning to announce the updated lineup in the coming weeks. Tickets here.

Special Delivery: MCA is offering a 60-minute radio special in support of Keith Urban's Flow State album, releasing June 12. The fully-produced special, hosted by consultant Kenny Jay, is available in WAV and MP3 formats and includes vignettes from Urban about his yacht rock album project. An unhosted version is also available. To carry the special and obtain supporting assets, contact MCA's Houston Gaither here.

Add Blood: From CMA Fest stages to artist-driven philanthropy with Music Community Foundation's Rondal Richardson, plus Graham Barham Off The Record and a Taylor Swift and Lainey Wilson-led Add Board, it’s all in last night's (6/8) Country Aircheck Weekly.

Bits & Pieces: KUZZ/Bakersfield afternoon host Kenn McCloud has published a book, “365 Dad Jokes," featuring the jokes he's told daily on his show over the last eight years. Proceeds will benefit the Kern County Cancer Foundation’s Pediatric Mobile Angel Unit, which provides rides and gas cards for families of children undergoing treatment and appointments outside of Bakersfield. Find the book here.

A life-sized Dierks Bentley hologram is now greeting visitors at Nashville International Airport. Promoting Bentley's Row 94 whiskey, the hologram will be operational in the airport's A/B rotunda through July 31. It's the second airport location for the hologram, which debuted last September at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, where Row 94 is made.

Life Note: Justin Moore is "stepping away from touring for a short period" and cancelling some upcoming shows in order to focus on his health. He shared in a social media post, "This is the right decision for me and my family, and I appreciate everyone's understanding and support. I look forward to getting back out there later this summer."

Wedding Belle: Bespoke Music's Brad Helton married Megan Froschheiser in Detroit Friday (6/5). Congratulate the couple here.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for June 8, according to Mediabase.

ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 4809 points
JOSH ROSS/Hate How You Look (Core/Mercury) 3945 points
JASON ALDEAN/Don't Tell On Me (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 3793 points
RILEY GREEN/Change My Mind (Nash. Harbor) 3452 points
MORGAN WALLEN/Don't We (Big Loud) 3296 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for June 7-8, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.

TAYLOR SWIFT/I Knew It, I Knew You (Disney/Republic/MCA) +2804 points
LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER/Phone, Keys, Wallet (Broken Bow) +1453 points
ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) +957 points
RILEY GREEN/Think As You Drunk (Nash. Harbor) +672 points
KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now) +582 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (6/10): Lee Brice, Kaci Jones, Daniel Baker, R. W. Smith, Ashley Southland, Dave Wright, Thom Schuyler, the late Melba Foster.

Tube Check Tomorrow (6/10): Midland, The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Festmaxxing: Warner's Chase Matthew (top) and Braxton Keith at CMA Fest. Pictured (top, l-r) the label's Torie Mason, Mike Dupree and Cris Lacy, Matthew, Ignition's Ken Madson, the label's Patrick Sabatini and Rohan Kohli and Ignition's Loyd Potts; (bottom, l-r) are the label's Sabatini and Stephanie Davenport, Keith, the label's Lacy, Dupree and Brooke Hardesty and Vincent Torrez's Alex Torrez and Emily Vincent.

Country (Music Association)'s Cool Again: The BBRMG team supports Lainey Wilson (top) and Blake Shelton at their CMA Fest performances. Pictured (top, l-r) are Peter Strickland, JoJamie Hahr, Wilson, Jon Loba and Katie Kerkhover; (bottom, l-r) Strickland, CMA's Sarah Trahern, Kerkhover, Shelton, Hahr, Loba and Joe Gillen.

Signage: Songwriter/producer Christian Stalnecker signs with Curb | Word Music Publishing. Pictured (back, l-r) are Curb’s Trevor Mathiesen, Jonathan Mason, Joseph Prielozny and Bryan Stewart, AIMWIDE’s Damien Wong-Ken and Curb’s Benson Curb; (front, l-r) attorney Maggie Mabury, Stalnecker and Curb’s John Nemoy.

Signage: Florida Georgia Line signs with CAA. Pictured (l-r) are CAA's Howie Nuchow and Jeff Krones, The Core's Chief Zaruk, the duo's Brian Kelley, CAA's Rick Roskin, The Core's Simon Tikhman, the duo's Tyler Hubbard and The Core's Tracy Martin.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Luke Stevens signs with Warner Chappell Music and Cornman Music. Pictured (l-r) are attorney Scott Safford, WCM's Austen Adams, Cornman's Nate Lowery, Stevens, Cornman's Chris Owen and Christina Wiltshire.

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