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Hot Girl Shift: Big Loud's Ashley Cooke throws an iHeartCountry House Party. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Kelley Bradshaw, Cooke, the show's Tay Hamilton and the label's Lauren "LT" Thomas and Emily Crews.

Meowdy: WYCT/Pensacola's Spring Jam raises money for the Santa Rosa Kids House. Pictured (back, l-r) are the station's Kevin King, Brent Lane and Heidi Huerta, Blue Highway's Preston Cooper, the station's Chris Clare, LoCash's Preston Brust, the station's Taska King, LoCash's Chris Lucas, the station's Brian Prawitz, Broken Bow's John Morgan, The Cat and the station's Jordan Glass, Howard Seaton and Jeff Wayne; (front, l-r) the station's Morgan Sasser, Nadia Palag, Abigail Timmons and Ashley Denny.

Big Add Wolf: RCA's Corey Kent (c) with WWWF/Nassau-Suffolk's Andrew Blitz, Kelly Ford and Robby Bridges and the label's Dan Nelson (l-r).

Nate Dogg: RCA's Nate Smith (c) with the label's Mallory Michaels and KSCS & KPLX/Dallas' Mike Preston at Billy Bob's.

The Sipranos: MCA's Jacob Hackworth (l) with WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL's Nick Rivers.

In Good Company: Katie & Company's Katie Neal with Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney (top) and MCA's Luke Grimes.

Signage: Singer/songwriter Nicholas Jamerson signs with CAA and Why&How Management. Pictured (l-r) are CAA's Jacob Lapidus, W&H's John Smithwick, Jamerson, W&H's Halie Hampton Mosley and Eddie Kloesel and CAA's Michael Bornstein.

Highcountry: WCKN/Charleston, SC's sixth annual Cares for Kids Radiothon raises $281,904 for MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Hunter Meyer, Jessica Chandler, the hospital's Harper Brown, the station's Paul O’Malley, Miracle Child David Powell, the station's Tug Cowart, Miracle Child Matthew Chase and the station's Brian Cleary.

Here's Luking At You: MCA's Luke Grimes visits Country Nights Live with Bev Rainey.

Get To Drivin': Sony Music Nashville’s Zach John King (r) with SiriusXM's Cody Alan.

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January CDM Ratings

It's A Mad, 'MAD World: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Chattanooga, TN (Market 93)	WUSY Audacy 9.6 (1) - 11.5 (1) - 13.0 (1) Largest share since May 2020. WUUQ Bahakel Classic Country 3.6 (6t) - 3.3 (6) - 3.8 (5) Largest share since Dec. 2024. WOGT Cumulus 2.4 (9t) - N/A - N/A Does not subscribe.
Huntsville, AL (99)	WDRM iHeartMedia 6.5 (1) - 7.4 (1) - 8.3 (1) WWFF Cumulus 1.6 (11t) - N/A - N/A Does not subscribe.
Jackson, MS (125)	WUSJ New South 4.8 (5) - 4.2 (6) - 3.8 (7) WMSI iHeartMedia 2.5 (8) - 2.4 (9) - 2.8 (9) WHJT New South Classic Country 1.0 (14t) - 1.4 (12) - 2.1 (11)
Madison, WI (88)	WMAD iHeartMedia 4.6 (3) - 4.7 (4t) - 6.5 (3) Largest share in station's 20 years in the format. WWQM Mid-West Family 2.0 (9t) - 1.9 (13t) - 1.7 (13)

Mar 17, 2026 Share

January CDM Ratings

Twist-chita: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. 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 4.3 (6) - 4.0 (7) - 3.2 (8) KATC Cumulus 4.1 (7t) - N/A - N/A Does not subscribe.
Des Moines, IA (70)	KHKI Cumulus 7.4 (1) - N/A - N/A KJJY Cumulus 5.3 (5) - N/A - N/A Do not subscribe.
Mobile, AL (100)	WKSJ iHeartMedia 6.0 (3) - 5.6 (2) - 5.9 (2)
Spokane, WA (90)	KDRK Stephens 2.6 (7) - 2.6 (7t) - 2.2 (10t) KICR Blue Sky 2.2 (9t) - 2.0 (12t) - 2.0 (12) KXLY QueenB Does not subscribe.
Wichita, KS (104)	KFDI SummitMedia 5.9 (2) - 5.3 (4t) - 5.9 (2) KZSN iHeartMedia 5.7 (3) - 5.3 (4t) - 5.4 (3t) KVWF Murfin 3.2 (11t) - 2.5 (15t) - 3.7 (9t) Largest share since entering the format in June 2023. KFTI-AM SummitMedia Classic Country 0.9 (18) - 0.7 (19t) - 0.7 (19t)

Mar 16, 2026 Share

January CDM Ratings

Rate And Hook: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Columbia, SC (Market 89)	WCOS iHeartMedia 6.3 (3) - 7.5 (2) - 6.8 (2)
Little Rock, AR (94)	KSSN iHeartMedia 7.2 (4) - 7.6 (2) - 6.6 (2) KMJX iHeartMedia Cl. Country 3.1 (10) - 3.0 (5) - 2.5 (5t)
Springfield, MA (102)	WRNX iHeartMedia 4.7 (4) - 4.2 (4) - 4.3 (4)
Toledo, OH (108)	WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country 1.3 (12) - 1.3 (8) - 1.2 (7) WKKO Cumulus 8.6 (2) - N/A - N/A Does not subscribe.

Mar 13, 2026 Share

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