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In This Issue (11/2) 

“I think they’ve got this turned around, because [the songwriters] made my career, not the other way around.”

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Radio Vision

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Kamera Ready: Columbia's Kameron Marlowe opens for Ella Langley in Lincoln, NE. Pictured (l-r) are Red Light's Kaitlin Madewell, KFGE's Robyn Burnison, Marlowe and KFGE's Cory Edmondson.

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The Cat And Dogs: Nashville Harbor's Greylan James (c) with WKLI/Albany's Pete Kelly and the label's Bridget Herrmann at the station's Operation At Ease, connecting service dogs with veterans and first responders.

hardy11626.jpg The Hardy Boys: Big Loud's Hardy (l) with iHeartMedia's "Wayne D" Danielson.
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Campbell's Troop: Grindstone Recordings' Craig Campbell (r) talks about his Veterans Day appearance at the CreatiVets Community Day at Ascend Amphitheater Nashville with Taste of Country Nights' Evan Paul.

Cole-Goodwin11526.jpg Mr. BIG: Big Machine's Cole Goodwin (l) with WPGB/Pittsburgh's Mike Kasper at the station's Next BIG Thing.
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Make WME Wanna: Blue Highway's Thomas Rhett stops by the WME Nashville office to preview new songs, including “Be There In A Minute." Pictured (l-r) are G Major's Samantha Thornton and Taylor Venis, WME's Joey Lee, Rhett, G Major's Virginia Bunetta, WME's Sloane Logue and G Major's Madeline Lary.

KARLEIGH-SCHMIDT11526.jpg Signage: Singer/songwriter Karleigh Schmidt (c) signs with Big Loud Texas Publishing. Pictured with (l-r) BLTP's Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Lizzy Rector and Brendon Anthony.
Chris-Andreucci11526.jpg Signage: Scottish-born singer/songwriter Chris Andreucci signs with Lady Luck Songs/Losers Publishing and Cypress MGMT. Pictured (l-r) are LLS' Cliff Audretch, Cypress' Jensen Gahagan Sessums, Andreucci and LLS' Kim Penz and Bob Squance.
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Trick Or Truck Bed: Big Loud's Hardy is presented a Pandora Billionaire plaque by SiriusXM/Pandora's Victoria Alfonso before his Halloween show in Nashville. 

zachtop-katiedean-mikemoore_110426.jpg Cold Beer & New Country Music: Leo33's Zach Top (c) with the label's Katie Dean and WKHX's Mike Moore in Atlanta. 
Jacob11326.jpg Opry-tunity Knocks: MCA's Jacob Hackworth (c) is surprised with news of his Grand Ole Opry debut by Mercury's Tucker Wetmore (l) and Music Soup/Interscope/Lost Highway's Vincent Mason at Red Rocks.
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Petal To The Metal: 8 Track's Shenandoah celebrate the RIAA double platinum certification of "Two Dozen Roses" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Pictured (l-r) are 8 Track's Noah Gordon, Johnstone Entertainment's Cole Johnstone, the group's Marty Raybon and Mike McGuire and publicist Don Murry Grubbs.

carly11326.jpg Mass. Appeal: Stoney Creek's Carly Pearce makes an Honest Woman out of Cambridge, MA. Pictured (l-r) are WKLB/Boston's Ben Beaulieu, Pearce, the label's Lexi Willson, WTHT/Portland, ME’s Jadd Naamani, WKLB's Dawn Santolucito and WMLL/Manchester, NH's Michael Czarnecki (front).

Top Stories

Layoffs Hit Warner Records Nashville
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Several employees have been affected by a staff reduction at Warner Records Nashville today (11/3), including EVP/Marketing Victoria "Torie" Mason, SVP/Publicity Fount Lynch, VP/Radio Anna Cage, WAR Mgr./West Coast Jenna Johnson and WRN Mgr./West Coast Kayla Burnett.

Mason joined Warner in 2011, rising from VP to SVP/Strategic Marketing in 2021, and to her most recent role in March (CAT 3/25). Lynch joined Warner in 2022 from Red Light (CAT 6/7/22). Cage has been with the label since 2014, rising to her most recent role in 2022 (Breaking News 2/15/22). Johnson joined in 2019 from Cold River, and Burnett has been with Warner for six years. Reach Mason here, Lynch here, Cage here, Johnson here and Burnett here.

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BMG Layoffs Impact Nashville
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BMG Layoffs: Realignment from the BMG/Concord merger has impacted several in Nashville, including BMG Publishing VP/Creative Chris Oglesby, Dir./Creative Services Patricia Wittmer, Mgr./A&R Catalog Faith Beller and Mgr./Creative Layne Faltinsky. Oglesby has 23 years with the company in two stints, Wittmer has 24 years of tenure, Beller eight and Faltinsky joined in 2024. The layoffs follow last month's changes to the BMG/BBR Music Group promotion team structure (Breaking News 9/17). Reach Oglesby here, Wittmer here, Beller here and Faltinsky here.

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Lesley Named SummitMedia/Knoxville Brand Manager
Matt-“Brodie”-Lesley26.jpg Smoky Mountain Reign: Former Top 40 WNOK/Columbia, SC & WWXM/Myrtle Beach PD Matt "Brodie" Lesley has been named Brand Mgr. for the four-station SummitMedia/Knoxville cluster including WCYQ, where he will do middays. Former WCYQ Brand Mgr./midday host Matt Cooper departed last week (CAT 10/27). In addition to his former PD roles with iHeartMedia, where he worked from 2019 until earlier this year, Lesley served as the company's Music Curator for Top 40 stations in Cincinnati, Fresno and Austin. He is a veteran of more than 20 years in radio, with previous stints at KCHZ/Kansas City, WSEA & WSYN/Myrtle Beach and KQLK/Lake Charles, LA. “I’ve gone country!” he says. “I’m excited to start this new chapter with SummitMedia and WCYQ and help bring great Country radio to East Tennessee." Reach him here.
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September CDM Ratings
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High Way 101:  Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2026 (three-month rolling average, 6/25-9/16) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Chattanooga, TN
(Market 93)
WUSY Audacy
7.9 (1) - 8.8 (1) - 10.3 (1)
Largest share since February.
WUUQ Bahakel Classic Country
4.1 (5) - 3.1 (7) - 3.6 (6)
WOGT Cumulus 
Does not subscribe.
Huntsville, AL
(99)          
WDRM iHeartMedia
10.2 (1) - 9.7 (1) - 9.8 (1)
Jackson, MS
(125)
WMSI iHeartMedia
4.2 (4) - 5.5 (4) - 5.4 (4)
WUSJ New South
3.2 (7) - 2.6 (7t) - 2.6 (8)
WHJT New South Classic Country
1.7 (9) - 1.9 (9) - 2.1 (9t)
Madison, WI
(88)   
WMAD iHeartMedia
5.0 (5) - 4.4 (5) - 3.8 (5)
WWQM Mid-West Family
2.9 (9t) - 2.1 (12) - 2.3 (10)
WJVL
Big Radio
N/A - N/A - 1.4 (12)
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The Fall 2026 Print Special featuring: 

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Inside This Issue: 

MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead

 

 

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