Bluebird Dayton: MCA's Jordan Davis (top) and Vincent Mason with WHKO/Dayton's Nancy Wilson and the label's Donna Jo Passuntino.
Country Is Cole Again: Broke/Lyric Ridge's Julia Cole (second from right) with Lyric Ridge’s Chele Fassig and Music Choice’s Jim Murphy and wife Angela Murphy (l-r) in Nashville.
I Was Jack (You Were D): Good Company's Jake Owen talks about his "new era" of music and sobriety with Big D & Bubba's Derek “Big D” Haskins, Jessica “Carsen” Humphreville and Sean “Bubba” Powell (l-r).
Wave On WAVW: Grindstone Recordings' Craig Campbell (c) with WAVW/Ft. Pierce's Heath West (l) and Mark McCauley.
Strangers Things: Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley and Columbia's Kameron Marlowe celebrate the RIAA gold certification of “Strangers” at An Evening with Ella Langley & Friends Benefitting Pawsitive Rescue Division.
Thomas Roulette: Valory's Thomas Rhett in Las Vegas. Pictured (l-r) are KWNR's MoJoe Roberts and daughter Gabby Roberts, Rhett, Lynda Tuzil and husband/Westwood One's George King.
Port Saints Joe: EMI's Brothers Osborne at the Gretna Festival in Louisiana. Pictured (l-r) are the label's John Trapane, the duo's TJ Osborne, guest Steve Tate, WNOE/New Orleans' Casey Carter, the duo's John Osborne and the label's Katelyn Lester.
Raised On Country Radio: Black River's Chris Young with Audacy's Katie Neal and Cumulus' Travis Daily.
Smoke Show: Stoney Creek's Atlus and team celebrate the release of Secondhand Smoke. Pictured (l-r) are WarDog Management's Andrew Perlowich, the label's Camille Kenny and Shelley Hargis, Range Media's Shawn McSpadden, Atlus and the label's JoJamie Hahr, Peter Strickland and Adrian Michaels.
God Gave Me The Boys: Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson (c) with the label's Dave Collins, KXLY's Jay Daniels and KDRK's Jamie Patrick and Tim Cotter (l-r) in Spokane.
Country In California: Nash. Harbor's Brett Young (c) with KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels and Ness Heraldez in Porterville, CA.
Real Housewives Of Laredo: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson with SiriusXM's Cody Alan (l) and Andy Cohen.
Group Tex: Big Loud Texas hosts its grand opening in Austin. Pictured (front, l-r) are Lizzy Rector, Kimberly Gleason, Patch Culbertson, Sara Knabe and Brianne Deslippe; (back, l-r) Hillary Lambert, Brendon Anthony, Jeff Tanner, Stacy Blythe, Craig Wiseman, Jon Randall, Seth England, Paul Logan and Corey Brewer.
September CDM Ratings
September The Time: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for September 2025 (three-month rolling average, 6/26-9/17) compared with July and August. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Birmingham, AL (Market 61) |
WZZK SummitMedia |
| Buffalo, NY (59) |
WYRK Townsquare |
| Fort Myers, FL (52) |
WWGR Renda 3.4 (9) - 3.4 (8) - 3.9 (6) WHEL Sun 3.1 (12) - 2.4 (15) - 2.5 (15) WCKT iHeartMedia 2.0 (17) - 2.0 (16) - 1.7 (17) |
| Greenville, SC (54) |
WESC iHeartMedia Classic Country |
| Richmond, VA (51) |
WKHK SummitMedia 8.2 (3) - 7.6 (3) - 7.0 (3) |
| Rochester, NY (60) |
WBEE Audacy 7.9 (2) - 8.3 (1) - 8.5 (2) WDVI iHeartMedia 2.7 (8) - 2.5 (8) - 2.0 (10t) |
| Tucson, AZ (62) |
KIIM Cumulus 6.7 (2) - 6.7 (1) - 6.9 (1) KHUD iHeartMedia 2.7 (14t) - 2.9 (14) - 3.2 (12) |
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