Everything's Jake: Morning show producer/personality Josh Connett has been named MD at Tyler KJKE/Oklahoma City. He takes over the role from Owen Pickard, who continues as co-host of the station's Wake With Jake morning show, and will focus additional time on his television program, The Spotlight. Connett started his radio career with Tyler as a part-time producer in 2021, rising to full time in 2023. Pickard picked up MD duties when he returned to KJKE for mornings in 2023 after a three-year absence to focus on his real estate career (CAT 8/25/23). Reach Connett at 405-503-5659 or here; reach Pickard here.

Sounding Board: CAA's Jeff Krones has been named Chair, WME's Becky Gardenhire Pres., Sony Publishing's Rusty Gaston VP, FBMM's Carmen Romano Treasurer, WME's Gayle Holcomb Sergeant-At-Arms, FBMM's Duane Clark Parlimentarian and ACM's Haley Montgomery Secretary of the 2026-2027 ACM Board of Directors. Newly elected to the board are: Live Nation's Aaron Spalding, AEG Presents' Adam Weiser, Evergreen Artist Group's Andrew McWilliams, Curb/Word's Benson Curb, Capitol Nashville's Candice Watkins, The Team's Chappel McCollister, UMPG's Cyndi Forman, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp's Deana Ivey, Triple 8's George Couri, Results Global's Jackie Campbell, FlyteVu's Jeremy Holley, Perfect Game Creative's Jessi Vaughn Stevenson, The GreenRoom PR's Kristie Sloan, songwriter Lee Thomas Miller, WME's Nate Towne, Apple Music's Sally Seitz, Moo TV's Scott Scovill, Spotify's Tim Foisset and Audacy's Tim Roberts.

Newly appointed directors-at-large are: Pinnacle Financial's Andy Moats, Warner Chappell's BJ Hill, CLLD's Chris Lisle, UTA's Curt Motley, Joe's Live's Ed Warm, Durango Artist Management's Howie Edelman, Atlantic Outpost's Ian Cripps, CAA's Meredith Jones, Lost Highway's Robert Knotts, iHeartCountry's Rod Phillips, Range Media Partners' Shawn McSpadden and radio/TV personality Storme Warren. Full board here.

Fall O'Clock Somewhere: CRS registration will be 10% off the current three-day price of $799 for a one-day-only Fall sale tomorrow (10/29). No promo code is required. Register here. 

CRS 2027, taking place at the Omni Nashville March 17-19, will feature sessions and panels including:

• Fundamentals of Finding Music
• The New Radio Scoreboard: Measuring Success With or Without Ratings
• Life After Layoff
• Certified Human
• Beyond Vanity Metrics
• Cycle of a Song
• Cycle of a Song: Women Making an Impact
• Anatomy of an Artist
• Songwriters Round

The daily luncheon showcases (Warner Records Nashville, MCA and Big Machine), as well as Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley, are also returning. More here.

MCA's Carter And Quenan Exit: MCA VP/Creative Joanna Carter and Coord./Creative Anna Quenan exited the label group during its recent restructuring (CAT 10/15). Carter joined then-Capitol Records Nashville as Dir./Creative more than 33 years ago; reach her here. Quenan has been with MCA since 2024; reach her here.

Front And Center: Back Row Music has launched its artist management and record label divisions with Adam Skuse and Michael Kozelj at the helm as CEO and President, respectively. Also joining the team are Pres./Artist Services Chris Koegen and VP/Artist Development & Marketing Alexa Fasulo, who previously worked together at Why&How. "There’s an incredible amount of experience, creativity and relationships around this table, and I’m fired up about what we’re building together and the opportunities we can create for our artists," says Kozelj.

Resultans Of Swing: Results Global has added Coord./Digital Marketing Raegan Meguiar, Graphic Designer & Content Specialist Sean Worth and New York-based Dir./Social Media Austin Spero to its team. Meguiar's previous stops include the Louisville Orchestra, Fourth Street Live!, Live Nation and Rewired Talent Management, and Worth was most recently Mgr./Visual Content at Crowd Surf. Spero, who joins in a social media role supporting Dolly: A True Original Musical, has worked on productions including Oh, Mary!, Liberation, John Proctor Is the Villain and The Rocky Horror Show.

Tour Support: Garth Brooks’ Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour will stop in Hamilton, Ontario Dec. 4-5 at the city’s TD Coliseum. Tickets go on sale Nov. 6 via Ticketmaster.

Alexandra Kay will embark on her 20-date One Woman Show tour Jan. 22 in Columbus, OH. Stops include Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Dallas, Houston and Boston. Tiickets (10/30) here.

Drew Baldridge will play nine shows in Europe and the U.K. between Feb. 23 and March 7, including two C2C Festival appearances in The Netherlands and Germany. He kicks the overseas run off in Dublin. Dates and tickets here. It will be a return to Europe for Baldridge, who is scehduled to sing the national anthem Nov. 15 at the NFL matchup between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions in Munich.

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. 
• Country Cares For St. Jude Kids Seminar is recapped in Country Aircheck Weekly.
• WCYQ/Knoxville PD/midday host Matt Cooper departed. (8/27)
• Matt Weitzel joined WFRE/Frederick, MD as APD/afternoon host. (10/27)
• WUSW/Buffalo, NY flipped to "US Country" with PD Ken Johnson. (10/26)

ICYMI: Alan Jackson: The Last Show, featuring performances and appearances from artists including Jackson, George Strait, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs and more, will air on NBC Dec. 8 from 8-10pm ET/PT and stream the next day on Peacock.

Country Aircheck Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for Oct. 27, according to Mediabase.

1. MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) 4704 points
2. ELLA LANGLEY/Loving Life Again (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 4420 points
3. LUKE BRYAN/Country And She Knows It (MCA) 4362 points
4. ZACH JOHN KING/Get To Drinkin' (SMN) 3633 points
5. KOE WETZEL f/ELLA LANGLEY/Jaded (Col. NY/Records Nashville) +3333 points

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for Oct. 25-27, compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. LUKE BRYAN/Country And She Knows It (MCA) +2464 points
2. ZACH TOP/South Of Sanity (Leo33) +860 points
3. JELLY ROLL/Hands Up (Stoney Creek) +484 points
4. HUDSON WESTBROOK/Painted You Pretty (River House/Warner/WAR) +383 points
5. MORGAN WALLEN/Been By Now (Big Loud) +328 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (10/29): Jordan Walker, Jules Wortman, Erin Creedon, John Foxx, Maddye Trew, the late Charlie Monk, the late Sonny Osborne (Osborne Brothers).