Fest Friends Forever: Stoney Creek's Lanie Gardner (r) with the label's Lexi Willson and WQMX/Akron's Sarah Kay and Cherise Richards (l-r) at Country Fest.
In My Wildest Streams: Hey Now's Kenny Chesney received the Pandora Billionaire plaque for more than eight billion streams at SiriusXM's Music Row Happy Hour in Las Vegas. Pictured (l-r) are SXM's Tommy Massad, Kizzi Barazetti and Buzz Brainard, Chesney and SXM's Johnny Chiang.
Nate Night: RCA's Nate Smith (l) with Music Choice's Jim Murphy at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Show Bidness: The Society of Leaders in Development (SOLID) raises more than $27,000 at its annual Backstage Auction for the CMA Foundation. Pictured (l-r) are SOLID's Alannah Schwartz, Nina Teapot Owens, Eunice Hernandez, Brendan McManus and Brian Day and the CMA's Victoria Rutledge, Sarah McKenzie, Lindsey Morrison and Michelle Kirk.
Write Of Passage: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Rhett Akins is surprised with an invitation to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Pictured (l-r) are the Opry's Parker Smith, Brooke Stuart, Ragan Harrington, Jenn Tressler, Nikki Powell and Nicole Judd, Brody Akins, Akins and the Opry's Gina Keltner, Dan Rogers, Stacey Cato, Kelly Sutton and Cailee Nace.
Kountry Boy's Dream Girl: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley and Play It Again/Columbia’s Dylan Marlowe with Kickin' Kountry 101's Mel B. and Shannon Steele in Wilmington, NC.
Did Yinz Mean To Double Tap: Columbia's Megan Moroney with the label's Dan Nelson, WDSY's Josh Wolff and WPGB's Mike Kasper (l-r) in Pittsburgh.
Damn Country Radio: Nashville Harbor's Riley Green in Indianapolis (top) and Saratoga Springs, NY. Pictured (top, l-r) are WLHK's Nick Jordan, WFMS' Matt Malone, Green and the label's Ryan Dokke and Bridget Herrmann; (bottom, l-r) WKLI/Albany's Justin Hart and Pete Kelly, Green, guests Scarlett and Stacy, Herrmann and WGNA/Albany’s Matty Jeff.
May CDM Ratings
May To Order: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for May 2026 (three-month rolling average, 3/5-5/27) compared with March and April. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Dayton, OH (Market 66) |
WHKO Cox 11.1 (1) - 10.8 (1) - 9.3 (1) WZDA iHeartMedia 1.3 (11t) - 1.6 (11) - 1.5 (12) |
| Fort Myers, FL (51) |
WWGR Renda 4.8 (3) - 5.0 (3) - 4.3 (4t) WHEL Sun 2.5 (12) - 2.8 (11) - 2.9 (11) WCKT iHeartMedia 2.3 (13t) - 2.3 (14) - 2.4 (13t) |
| Grand Rapids, MI (69) | WBCT iHeartMedia 8.6 (1) - 7.5 (2) - 7.3 (2) WTNR Cumulus Does not subscribe. |
| Tucson, AZ (62) |
KHUD iHeartMedia 3.1 (10) - 4.3 (6t) - 4.2 (6) KIIM Cumulus Does not subscribe. |
| Tulsa, OK (63) |
KVOO Griffin Classic Country 6.3 (1) - 5.3 (3) - 5.1 (3) KXBL Griffin 4.7 (5) - 5.2 (4) - 3.9 (5t) KTGX iHeartMedia 1.7 (10) - 1.8 (11t) - 2.1 (10) KWEN Zoellner Does not subscribe. |
