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Halfway To Hall: Performers Lukas Nelson, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson (l-r) at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall in Los Angeles last night (9/17).
Sandy Again: Mercury/The Core's Tyler Hubbard and Josh Ross at the Jones Beach stop of Dan + Shay's The Young Tour. Pictured (l-r) are Anthony Lurillo and fiancée/WWWF/Nassau's "Sabrina From Queens" Sergio, Hubbard, Ross, WJVC/Nassau's Murphdawg, Phathead and Bruce Shepard with wife Rosemarie and Mercury's Summer Harlow.
Reid Carpet: Big Machine's Cole Goodwin (r) with KNIX/Phoenix's Reid Spivey at the Celebrity Theatre.
All My Exes Chart: The Tape Room Music team (Caroline Hodson, Jenna Wilson, Alicia Pruitt and Blain Rhodes, l-r) celebrates 12 singles in the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 40.
A Song To Stream: Mercury's Miranda Lambert with SiriusXM/Pandora's Johnny Chiang (l) and the label's David Friedman.
You Don't Know Ham Like I Do: Wheelhouse's Brantley Gilbert (l) with WCCQ & WXLC/Chicago's Drew Walker at the stations' Sandwich Fair.
Dandy Line: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Newark. Pictured (back, l-r) are WNEW/NYC's Rob Miller, WKMK/Monmouth-Ocean, NJ's Zach Rayment and Mike Ryan, Connoisseur's Keith Dakin, Columbia's Christopher Sottile and Matt Stevens, WJVC/Nassau's Phathead and Connoisseur's Kevin Begley; (front, l-r) WXCY/Wilmington, DE's Charlie Maxx, Langley, the label's Diane Lockner WWWF/Nassau's "Sabrina From Queens" Sergio, the label's Chris Palmer and WWWF's Robby Bridges.
Going For Dads: WUSN/Chicago's Scotty Kay with Kane Brown and daughter Kingsley (l) and Columbia's Kameron Marlowe at McHenry Music Festival.
Signage: Singer/songwriter/producer Jeremy Lister signs with Jody Williams Songs and Warner Chappell Music. Pictured (back, l-r) are JWS' Tenasie Courtright and Nina Fisher, WCM's Sophie Hopkins and Williams; (front, l-r) Lister and JWS' Jonah Gordon.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Ava Liv Mabry commemorates her Blue Highway signing with the label's Jake Basden.
Panhorst Power: Warner/Harpeth 60's Chris Janson (l) with KSD/St. Louis' Dusty Panhorst at the NASCAR Enjoy Illinois 300.
Chicagood Things: Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers (l) and Shay Mooney with WUSN's Marci Braun at the Chicago stop of The Young Tour.
Three-quila: Quartz Hill's Joe Nichols (c) celebrates the triple platinum certification of “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” with manager Mike Nash and BSB Management’s Kendra Whitehead at Billy Bob’s Texas.
Signage: Songwriter Jared Scott signs with Back Row Publishing. Pictured (l-r) are the company's Taylor Antle and Lindsay Will, Scott and the company's Michael Kozelj.
Crescent Cred: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for August 2026 (three-month rolling average, 5/28-8/19) compared with June and July. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Baton Rouge (Market 78) |
WYNK iHeartMedia |
| Louisville (58) |
WAMZ iHeartMedia |
| New Orleans (50) |
WNOE iHeartMedia |
| Oklahoma City (49) |
KTST iHeartMedia |
The Summer 2026 Print Special featuring:
Country Radio Hall
of Famers
Eric Church's Sinners @ 20
ACM Radio Winners & Carter Faith
Troy Tomlinson:
The Interview
2026 ACM Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2026 ACM Nominees
Inside This Issue:
MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead