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In This Issue (12/8) 

“As I look back, the only crime is under-dreaming.”

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Radio Vision

zachtop12825.jpg North Of Sanity: Leo33's Zach Top celebrates his inaugural Canadian certifications, “I Never Lie” (platinum 2x) and “Sounds Like The Radio” (platinum), with JR Country. Pictured (holding plaques) are Top and the label's Katie Dean; (l-r) the station's Brayden Mack, guest Savannah Jackson, the station's Russell James, Dana Thompson and Docc Andrews, guests Tyler Ewing, Lexi Giesbrecht and Brielle Gauer, and the station's Celine Trimarchi.
tim12825.jpg Grand Dad: Grand Ole Opry guest host Tim Leary with singer/songwriter Lily Rose. Watch his explanation of the significance of the purple mohawk here.
Lily12825.jpg Nashvillain: Speaking of Rose, she and her team celebrated the platinum certification of "Villain." Pictured (l-r) are Red Light's Claire Karliak and Nicolette McCann, Fusion/Red Light's Daniel Miller, Big Loud's Stacy Blythe, Back Blocks' Rakiyah Marshall-England, Daira Williamson, Rose, producer Matt Morrissey, attorneys Matt Cottingham, Austin Wells and Hunter Reynolds and LR Touring's Phil Day.
hudson12825.jpg Lone Star Of Bethlehem: River House/Warner/WAR’s Hudson Westbrook at KFRG/Riverside's Christmas Throwdown. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Vicki Pepper and niece Cora, the station's Dana Johnson, Westbrook, Heather Froglear and Anthony Donatelli and River House's Lance Houston.
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Add Omen: Nashville Harbor's Caroline Jones previews Good Omen (out Feb. 13) for iHeartMedia staffers before performing with Zac Brown Band at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Pictured (back, l-r) are Maynard, Rod Phillips, the label's Liz Santana, Ashley Morrison, Rich Davis, Jones, Shelby Mitchell, MoJoe Roberts, the label's Dexter Bensman and Christina Hunt, JoJo Turnbeaugh and the label's Jimmy Harnen; (front, l-r) the label's Andrew Thoen and Ryan Dokke, iHeart’s Michelle Buckles and the label's Bridget Herrmann and Martha Huertas.

lee12525.jpg Naughty Or Brice List: Curb's Lee Brice (c) with the label's Todd Thomas (l) and Audacy's Drew Bland at KKWF/Seattle's Hometown Holiday.
riley12525.jpg Green Room: Nash. Harbor's Riley Green with Backstage Country's Elaina Smith.
spencerhatcher12525.jpg Belt Buckles: Stone Country's Spencer Hatcher with iHeartMedia/Virginia-Carolina's Kix Layton and KZSN/Wichita & KTGX/Tulsa's Michelle Buckles.

Top Stories

CA/MB Year-End Airplay Preview
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High Lights: Big Loud's Morgan Wallen is Country Aircheck's Top Airplay Performer, Big Loud is the No. 1 airplay market share label and "High Road" by Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph is the No. 1 airplay song of 2025. In Monday's Country Aircheck Weekly (12/8), the year's top 20 songs, top 10 airplay artists and top five labels will be revealed ahead of the following week's year-end print special containing full year-end data. Information for the 2025 airplay year comes from Country Aircheck's friends and partners at Mediabase 24/7.

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The 2025 CMA
Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2025 CMA Nominees

 



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Inside This Issue: 

Exstream: What Is Mainstream Country?

You Never Forget Your First … Cousin

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