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In This Issue (4/27) 

"One of the things radio doesn't always do a great job with is coming up with creative solutions that answer a client's business needs." -Anonymous

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Radio Vision

Ella-Langley43026.jpg Be Here: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Tuscaloosa, AL for Morgan Wallen's Still The Problem Tour. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Blake Nixon, WGKX/Memphis' Derrill "Argo" Jr. and Beth Argo, Langley, WLFP/Memphis' Erin Austin and Chris Michaels and WDXB/Birmingham & WDRM/Huntsville's Dino Conard.
MEGAN-MORONEY43026.jpg No Caller ID Or WiFi: Columbia's Megan Moroney discusses raw dogging an 18-hour flight, what album changed her life, why she rehearses in a weighted vest and more on Netflix's Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast.
Cody-Johnson43026.jpg Wholly Trinity: Warner/CoJo/WMN’s Cody Johnson talks Stagecoach, Banks Of The Trinity and more with Country Heat Weekly's Kelly Sutton (l) and Amber Anderson.
KUZZ42926.jpg Fox Office: KUZZ/Bakersfield's Class of 2026 plays the Fox Theater. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Ness Heraldez, Wheelhouse's Alexandra Kay, the station's Kenn McCloud, The Core/Mercury's Josh Ross, Sony Music Nashville's Zach John King, the station's Brent Michaels, Warner/WAR's Chase Matthew, B-Dub Radio's Bryan "B-Dub" Washington and the station's Mike Bell.
Dustin-Lynch42926.jpg Too Step: Broken Bow's Dustin Lynch (holding plaque) celebrates the platinum certification of “I’d Be Jealous Too" with the label's Chris Loss, Tara Master and Peter Strickland (l-r) at the Grand Ole Opry.
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Woman, A Man: MCA's Dierks Bentley with WHKO/Dayton’s Cindy Carusone and Nancy Wilson and guests Rachel Murray and Marlene Hey (l-r) at the Ohio Stadium stop of Luke Combs' My Kinda Saturday Night tour.

b1b37a4058c52b76f73a97b0_1218x786.JPG One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Cheer: The Musicians Hall of Fame inducts its ninth class in Nashville last night (4/28). Pictured (back, l-r) are the MHoF's Linda Chambers, Don Felder, the MHoF's Britt Chambers-Hawker, Keith Urban, John Boylan, Moira Hopkins, Dann Huff, Michael McDonald, Leland Sklar, Ricky Skaggs and Richie Owens; (front, l-r) George Thorogood & The Destroyers' Buddy Leach, Bill Blough, George Thorogood, Jeff Simon and Jim Suhler.
Naomi-Carman42926.jpg Signage: Singer/songwriter Naomi Carman signs with Big Machine. Pictured (back, l-r) are the label's Julian Raymond, attorney Jacqueline Sabec, Haptic Management's Brent James, the label's Ryan Dokke and Jimmy Harnen, attorney Jason Turner and the label's Allison Jones; (front) Carman and the label's Scott Borchetta.
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Hacks: MCA's Jacob Hackworth celebrates 131 adds for his first single, "What Took You So Long," with his label team. Pictured (l-r) are Summer Harlow, Damon Moberly, Hackworth, Jimmy Rector, Joslyn Richardson, Houston Gaither, Jack Christopher and David Friedman.

JASON-ALDEAN-AND-LUKE-BRYAN42826.jpg Got That Dawg In Me: Broken Bow's Jason Aldean and MCA's Luke Bryan play UGA's Sanford Stadium. Pictured (l-r) are Maverick’s Clarence Spalding, Aldean, Live Nation's Brian O’Connell, Maverick's Chris Parr, KP Entertainment's Kerri Edwards and Bryan.
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Walk DMC: Nashville Harbor’s Greylan James (l) and Blue Highway’s Jackson Dean (r) prop up WKMK/Monmouth, NJ's Mike Ryan after he walked 106 miles in 48 hours to raise money for St. Jude.

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Backstage Coach: Pictured at Stagecoach are (back, l-r) KSON/San Diego's Jessica Chenoweth, John Flint and Tammy Lee, KKGO/Los Angeles' Adam Bookbinder, Bruce Scott and Valerie Redmond, KHAY/Oxnard, CA's Dave Daniels, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez, KHAY's Noel Frawley, and KPLM/Palm Springs' Tommy Carrera and Corey James; (front, l-r) KFRG/Riverside's Anthony Donatelli, Kelli Barajas, Dana Johnson and Heather Froglear.

Luke-Combs42726.jpg Fight Leaf Clover: Columbia's Luke Combs plays Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Christy Garbinski, WLHK/Indianapolis' Sean Copeland, WBYT's Deb Miles and Brittney Baily, Combs, WFMS/Indianapolis' Matt Malone, WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN's Randy Alomar and WLHK's Nick Jordan.
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Pretty Little Plaques: Warner Records/WRN's Warren Zeiders (c) celebrates multiple certifications at Stagecoach. Pictured with (l-r) Underscore Works' Jamie Ernst, the label's Isaac Green, Tom Corson, Aaron Bay-Schuck and Cris Lacy, and Underscore Works' Charly Salvatore.

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I Was Squall But 22: Nash. Harbor's Riley Green and his team before high winds forced Stagecoach to evacuate. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Sandi Spika Borchetta, Scott Borchetta and Dexter Bensman (back), Green, the label's Jimmy Harnen and guest Jenny Gilliand and the label's Andrew Thoen, Christina Hunt and Madison Larson.

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Whirlwind Delay: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson with the SiriusXM/Pandora crew at Stagecoach. Pictured (back, l-r) are Medina Skoro, Cherolyn Chiang, Isabella Ocanas, Shannon Peterson, Emma Gribbon, Ania Hammar and Dooley Watts; (front, l-r) Tommy Massad, Alina Thompson, Kathleen St. Clair, Wilson, Buzz Brainard, Nick Elliot, Victoria Alfonso, Casey Nicoletti, Johnny Chiang and Sydney Kamm.

Chase-Matthew42726.jpg Holdin' It Dune: Mr. "Double L," Jeremiah McGinnis, WRN's Kayla Burnett, KNIX/Phoenix's Lois “Double-L” Lewis and WRN's Jenna Johnson (l-r) at Chase Matthew's (not pictured) Stagecoach set.
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Stage Poach: CAA's Meredith Jones Long, Island/Republic's Wyatt Flores and CAA's Jacob Lapidus and Ella Fernandez (l-r) at the CAA 2026 Stagecoach Brunch.

Shaboozey42726.jpg ShaKUZZy: Empire/Magnolia's Shaboozey (c) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Ness Heraldez and Brent Michaels at Stagecoach.

Top Stories

March CDM Ratings
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Crescent City Crush: 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.

Baton Rouge
(Market 78)

WYNK iHeartMedia
6.0 (1) - 4.7 (3) - 5.4 (1)
WTGE Guaranty
Does not subscribe.

Louisville
(58)

WAMZ iHeartMedia
6.1 (1) - 5.7 (2) - 6.2 (2)
WQNU SummitMedia
3.7 (12) - 4.0 (12) - 3.1 (11)
WRKA SummitMedia Cl. Country
1.1 (20) - 1.6 (16) - 1.6 (13t)
Switched from Urban AC to Classic Country on July 14 (CAT 7/14/25).

New Orleans
(50)

WNOE iHeartMedia
4.7 (5) - 5.1 (4) - 6.2 (4)
Largest share since Spring 2013.

Oklahoma City
(49)

KTST iHeartMedia
4.9 (5) - 5.0 (3) - 5.7 (2)
KXXY iHeartMedia Classic Country
3.0 (7t) - 3.0 (5) - 2.9 (4)
KJKE
 Tyler
Does not subscribe.

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The CRS 2026 Print Special featuring: Hey-Hi, AI: Emerging Uses
Best CRS Takeaways Ever
Label Contacts
New Faces
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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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