Curb Dir./Regional Promotion Todd Thomas has been upped to Nat'l. Dir./Promotion and will join Nat'l. Dir./Promotion & Strategic Initiatives Allyson Gelnett (Massey) in co-leading the department after the March 31 departure of SVP/Promotion RJ Meacham. Thomas will direct the regional staff, with Gelnett (Massey) focused on strategic initiatives and the Northeast region. As noted in Friday's Country Aircheck Today (CAT 3/13), Meacham is stepping down to explore a new venture, but will continue to consult the label after his departure. Thomas has been with Curb since 2013, moving to rep the West Coast two years ago (CAT 1/31/2024). Gelnett joined the label in 2018 and rose to her current post a year ago (CAT 4/23/2025). Reach Thomas here and Gelnett here.

Galaxy Label Group partners LoCash (Preston Brust, Chris Lucas) and Skip Bishop, and Canadian entrepreneur Shane Harluk, have launched artist development and marketing firm Music City Power Company (MCPC) with label vet Mara Sidweber as VP/Promotion & Strategy. Concurrently, Sidweber has been named to a National Promotion role at Galaxy. MCPC will offer clients A&R, distribution and promotion, among other services, from its Nashville headquarters as well as Calgary.

Sidweber joins after a long tenure in promotion at Capitol, following stops at Bigger Picture and Southern Ground (Breaking News 4/25/2025). Galaxy Label Group was launched two years ago (CAT 2/29/2024). In her dual role, Sidweber reports directly to Bishop and can be reached here.

Rate And Hook: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for January 2026 (three-month rolling average, 10/16/25-2/4/26) compared with November and December. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Hot Air: No official word, but Curb Records SVP/Promotion RJ Meacham is stepping down at the end of the month as he pursues a new venture. He is expected to continue to consult the label, which plans to announce updates to its promotion department leadership structure next week. Meacham joined Curb for a second time in 2016, and rose from National Dir./Promotion & Chart Strategy to VP two years later and to SVP in 2021 (Breaking News 1/18/21). Prior stops include Monument/Sony, Curb/Asylum, BNA and Columbia. His first stint with Curb was from 2004-07.