1, 2 Many Wins: Among this year's CMA Broadcast Award winners, WQDR/Raleigh picked up its fifth Station of the Year honor, followed by KXKT/Omaha with its third and KSCS/Dallas with its second. WKML/Fayetteville, NC claimed its first. On the personality side, WXTU/Philadelphia's Andie Summers earned her third CMA, while WUBE/Cincinnati's Jesse Tack collected his third and Anna Marie her second. WBUL/Lexington's Officer Don Evans and DeAnn Stephens picked up their third, while KXKT's Steve Lundy and Gina Melton earned their second. Nationally, SiriusXM's Buzz Brainard received his first CMA , while Silverfish Media's Big D & Bubba scored their second. Winners will be honored Nov. 18 at the 60th CMA Awards.

Gold School: Seven songs make the jump from recurrent to gold on the Fall 2026 Power Gold Top 100, led by Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph. Lyle Lovett reflects on 40+ years of songwriting ahead of his Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction. And Sasha Alex Sloan shares the stories behind songs she's penned for artists including Zach John King, Tucker Wetmore and Max McNown in last night's (10/12) Country Aircheck Weekly.

Benefit News: Luke Bryan's Farm Tour has granted 97 college scholarships to students from farming families attending local colleges or universities near tour stops since 2009, and has provided more than 11 million meals through the presenting sponsor Bayer’s #HerestotheFarmer.

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

• Nominations are being accepted for the Country Radio Hall of Fame through Oct. 30 here. 
• Dana Johnson will co-host mornings at WCOL/Columbus, OH. (10/12)
• Gerardo Sproet joined KTTX/Brenham-Bryan, TX in afternoons. (10/12)

ICYMI: Brothers Osborne talked about their upcoming album, Watertown, family history and dynamics and more on The Jennifer Hudson Show.  

Rocketship, an AI platform designed to help identify the potential audience of a song before it's released (CAT 5/19), is now open to the public after beta testing; more here.

Chronicle: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Rory Bourke has died at the age of 84. After jobs at Mercury and Smash Records, Bourke shifted to full time songwriting, penning Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl," George Strait's "You Look So Good In Love," Jo Dee Messina's "Bye Bye," Collin Raye's "Little Red Rodeo" and several Anne Murray songs, among many others. He was inducted into NaSHoF in 1989, and named ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year in 1975, 1979 and 1983. See his Hall of Fame bio here, and his full obituary here. Service details will be available soon. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Diabetes Association or Nashville Songwriters Association International.

Country Aircheck Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Oct. 12, according to Mediabase.

1. LAUREN ALAINA f/CHASE MATTHEW/All My Exes (Big Loud) 4619 points
2. ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 4143 points
3. MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) 4129 points
4. JOHN MORGAN/Kid Myself (Night Train/Broken Bow) 3453 points
5. ZACH JOHN KING/Get To Drinkin' (SMN) 3414 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Oct. 11-12, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. LAUREN ALAINA f/CHASE MATTHEW/All My Exes (Big Loud) +2256 points
2. COREY KENT/Empty Words (Combustion/RCA) +583 points
3. LUKE COMBS/Rethink Some Things (Columbia) +492 points
4. CHRIS YOUNG/I Didn't Come Here To Leave (Black River/Akando) +406 points
5. MEGAN MORONEY/Medicine (Col. NY/Columbia) +400 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (10/14): Natalie Maines (The Chicks), Melba Montgomery, Renee Behrman, Melissa Matthews, Kerri Edwards, Woody Pelt, Evelyn Shriver, Sean Stemaly and the late Spencer Burke.