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In This Issue (4/27) 

"One of the things radio doesn't always do a great job with is coming up with creative solutions that answer a client's business needs." -Anonymous

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Radio Vision

LoCash5126.jpg West Palm Beach Boys: Galaxy's LoCash play WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL's Secret Session. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Moriah Daniels, the duo's Chris Lucas, the station's Grover Collins and Tim Leary, the duo's Preston Brust and the station's Chelsea Taylor and Nick Rivers.
Madden-Metcalf5126.jpg Madden 26: MCA's Madden Metcalf visits WWWF/Nassau-Suffolk. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Kelly Ford, Madden, the label's Annie Sandor and the station's Robby Bridges.
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Big Screen: Virgin Music Group's Kip Moore with Big D & Bubba's Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville, Derek “Big D” Haskins and Sean “Bubba” Powell (l-r).

Ella-Langley43026.jpg Be Here: Col. NY/Triple Tigers' Ella Langley in Tuscaloosa, AL for Morgan Wallen's Still The Problem Tour. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Blake Nixon, WGKX/Memphis' Derrill "Argo" Jr. and Beth Argo, Langley, WLFP/Memphis' Erin Austin and Chris Michaels and WDXB/Birmingham & WDRM/Huntsville's Dino Conard.
MEGAN-MORONEY43026.jpg No Caller ID Or WiFi: Columbia's Megan Moroney discusses raw dogging an 18-hour flight, what album changed her life, why she rehearses in a weighted vest and more on Netflix's Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast.
Cody-Johnson43026.jpg Wholly Trinity: Warner/CoJo/WMN’s Cody Johnson talks Stagecoach, Banks Of The Trinity and more with Country Heat Weekly's Kelly Sutton (l) and Amber Anderson.

Top Stories

Macky To Quartz Hill As SVPP
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Former Black River SVP/Promotion Bill Macky has joined Quartz Hill Music Group (QHMG) as SVP/Promotion & Marketing, overseeing radio strategy for both the Quartz Hill Records and Stone Country Records artist rosters. "He’s worked with some of the best of the best in Nashville and has had great success at each step in his career," says QHMG President/Founder Benny Brown. "As our QHMG family continues to grow, Bill will be an important part of our efforts to help our artists achieve their dreams." Macky can be reached here. 

Macky joined Black River as VPP in 2012, and rose to helm the department for the second time two years ago (Breaking News 3/14/2024). He and others from his team departed that label last month (Breaking News 4/13). Prior stops include Epic, Sony and MCA, which followed his 16 years in radio. Last week, Quartz Hill parted ways with promotion executives Will Robinson and April Rider (CAT 4/30).

May 4, 2026 Share
March CDM Ratings
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Seven Year Break: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2026 (three-month rolling average, 1/8-4/1/26) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Birmingham, AL
(Market 61)

WDXB iHeartMedia
4.8 (5t) - 5.0 (5) - 5.9 (4)
Largest share since Dec. 2024.
WZZK SummitMedia 
4.8 (5t) - 4.4 (6) - 5.4 (5)

Buffalo, NY
(59)

WYRK Townsquare
7.9 (3) - 8.8 (2) - 9.3 (2)

Fort Myers, FL
(51)  
WWGR Renda
3.7 (7) - 4.5 (4t) - 4.8 (3)
Largest share since Nov. 2024.
WHEL Sun
2.6 (15) - 2.1 (17) - 2.5 (12)
WCKT
 iHeartMedia
2.2 (17) - 2.4 (14t) - 2.3 (13t)
Greenville, SC
(53)

WESC iHeartMedia Classic Country
6.0 (3) - 7.0 (3) - 8.0 (2)
Largest share since Winter 2019.
WSSL iHeartMedia
5.8 (4) - 5.2 (5t) - 5.1 (5)
WROQ Audacy
5.1 (6) - 3.7 (9) - 2.9 (10)
Flipped from Classic Rock to Country on Dec. 19 (CAT 12/19/25).

Richmond, VA
(52)
WKHK SummitMedia
6.2 (4) - 6.3 (4) - 6.0 (4)
WRXL-HD2
Audacy
1.8 (14) - 1.5 (14t) - 1.1 (15)
Rochester, NY
(60)
WBEE Audacy
5.0 (5) - 5.7 (5) - 7.1 (2)
WDVI iHeartMedia
1.7 (12) - 1.8 (11) - 2.1 (9)
Tucson, AZ
(62)
KHUD iHeartMedia
2.5 (12) - 2.1 (12) - 3.1 (10)
KIIM
 Cumulus 
Does not subscribe.
May 1, 2026 Share
March CDM Ratings
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Crescent City Crush: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2026 (three-month rolling average, 1/8-4/1/26) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Baton Rouge
(Market 78)

WYNK iHeartMedia
6.0 (1) - 4.7 (3) - 5.4 (1)
WTGE Guaranty
Does not subscribe.

Louisville
(58)

WAMZ iHeartMedia
6.1 (1) - 5.7 (2) - 6.2 (2)
WQNU SummitMedia
3.7 (12) - 4.0 (12) - 3.1 (11)
WRKA SummitMedia Cl. Country
1.1 (20) - 1.6 (16) - 1.6 (13t)
Switched from Urban AC to Classic Country on July 14 (CAT 7/14/25).

New Orleans
(50)

WNOE iHeartMedia
4.7 (5) - 5.1 (4) - 6.2 (4)
Largest share since Spring 2013.

Oklahoma City
(49)

KTST iHeartMedia
4.9 (5) - 5.0 (3) - 5.7 (2)
KXXY iHeartMedia Classic Country
3.0 (7t) - 3.0 (5) - 2.9 (4)
KJKE
 Tyler
Does not subscribe.

Apr 30, 2026 Share
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