Former Warner Music Nashville Co-Chair/Co-President Ben Kline has joined Red Light Management in a newly created role, reporting to founder Coran Capshaw. Kline will help oversee the company's Nashville operations while seeking new business opportunities for the company and its roster. He previously spent 10 years at WMN (Breaking News 9/24) and his prior stops include Ingrooves, Rostrum Records and UMG/Nashville. Reach him here.
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Krisp Kringle: KYGO/Denver's two-day radiothon and benefit show raises more than $700,000 for St. Jude. Pictured (l-r) at St. Jude Jam are the station's Shawn Patrick, singer/songwriter Bayker Blankenship, Columbia's Kameron Marlowe, the station's Michael "Big Mic" Buhrman and Tracy Dixon and Brothers Osborne's TJ and John.
Somewhere In My Cards: Capitol's Keith Urban at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. Pictured (l-r) are WOLF/Syracuse, NY's Sam Furco, Urban, the label's Annie Sandor and WOLF's Skip Clark.
Megan Sparkle: Columbia's Megan Moroney at KSON/San Diego's Country Christmas (top) and KKBQ/Houston's Star Party. Pictured (top, l-r) are the label's Lisa Owen, Moroney and the station's Scott Roddy and Greg Ranieri; (bottom) Moroney and the station's Travis Moon.
I'll Be Hometown For Christmas: Leo33's Zach Top (c) with Audacy's Drew Bland and the label's Tracy Gibson at KKWF/Seattle's Hometown Holiday.
Greenback: WTQR/Greensboro's 26th annual St. Jude radiothon raises $177,890. Pictured (l-r) are ALSAC/St. Jude's Jennifer Phillips, the station's Betsy Harris and Hannah Tyler, Kevin Powell Motorsports' Kevin Powell and the station's Kellie Holeman, Kyle Presley, JT Bosch and Zac Davis.
Always Money In Philadelphia: Team WXTU/Philadelphia raises $321,394 during their two-day St. Jude radiothon.
Check The Halls: KUPL/Portland, OR's St. Jude radiothon raises a station record of more than $307,000. Pictured (l-r) are ALSAC/St. Jude's DeeAnna Janku, and the station's Jake Byron, Danny Dwyer and Bryan "B-Dub" Washington.
Star Bucks: KKBQ/Houston's 93Q Star Party raises money for St. Jude. Pictured (back, l-r) are Warner's Dasha, the station's Gerardo, EMI Nashville's Tucker Wetmore, Leo33's Zach Top, the station's Erica Rico, Columbia's Megan Moroney, the station's Jake Stewart, Big Loud's Ernest, and Parmalee's Matt Thomas, Scott Thomas, Barry Knox and Joshua McSwain; (front, l-r) the station's Andy Riggs, Lauren "Lo" Sessions, Pam McKay, Katelyn Maida, Travis Moon, Mason Pradt and Linda V.
Good Day To Have A Great B-Day: Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson (top) and Galaxy's LoCash at WPGB/Pittsburgh’s Birthday Bash. Pictured (top, l-r) are the station's Travis Marzina, the label's Diane Lockner, Dickerson and the station's Mike Kasper; (bottom, back, l-r) Marzina, the duo's Preston Brust, Kasper and the duo's Chris Lucas; (front, l-r) the label's John Lessard and Cheryl Broz.
Signage: Sam Stoane signs with Wasserman Music. Pictured (back, l-r) are the company's Matt Runner and Lenore Kinder; (front, l-r) Stoane and manager Jensen G. Sessums.
Sleigh: Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" hits one billion streams on Spotify (top) and is certified platinum (7x). Pictured (top, l-r) are Spotify’s Gemma McInturff, the label's Cindy Mabe and Tatiana Angulo, Lee, the label's Vipin Reddy, Spotify's Tim Foisset, the label's Derek Anderson and Spotify's Rachel Whitney; (bottom, l-r) RIAA’s Jackie Jones, Lee and Mabe.
Tape It Easy: KFKF/Kansas City's Tony Stevens celebrates his upcoming retirement after 40 years with the station (CAT 4/4). Pictured (l-r) are the station's Mary McKenna, Stevens, WDAF's Zeke Montana and Morris Higham's Scot Michaels.
Sunday, Sunburn, Sunset: Shenandoah's "Sunday In The South" featuring Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan tops iTunes' all-genre and country charts. Pictured (l-r) are the group’s manager, Cole Johnstone; Aldean; the group’s Mike McGuire and Marty Raybon; Bryan’s manager, Kerri Edwards; and Bryan.
Signage: Singer/songwriter Matt Gorman signs a joint venture with Wide Open Music and Jaron Boyer’s Open Door Apostolic Publishing, BMI. Pictured (l-r) are Boyer, WOM's Paul Compton and Haley Vassar, Gorman and WOM's Ash Bowers.
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CRS 2025 New Faces
Back Blocks/Big Loud's Ashley Cooke, Warner's Dasha and Warren Zeiders, Lyric Ridge/BMG/Stoney Creek's Drew Baldridge and Leo33's Zach Top are the CRS 2025 New Faces Of Country Music. They will perform during the the New Faces of Country Music Show Feb. 21 at the Omni Nashville Hotel; ticket and CRS registration info here.
Relatedly, nominations for the 2025 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards are now open. Submit nominees in 22 categories including Station, OM/PD, Personality, VP/Promotion, Regional and more here. Two rounds of voting will take place in January, with winners recognized during the New Faces show.
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Nov CDM Ratings
Better Rate Than Never: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for November 2024 (three-month rolling average, 8/15-11/6) compared with September and October. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
Dayton, OH (64) |
WHKO Cox |
Fort Myers, FL (52) |
WWGR Renda 4.9 (4) - 5.6 (3t) - 4.8 (5) WCKT iHeartMedia 2.3 (13t) - 2.2 (13) - 3.1 (9) Largest share since Sept. 2023. |
Grand Rapids, MI (69) |
WBCT iHeartMedia |
Tucson, AZ (62) |
KIIM Cumulus 7.5 (2) - 7.3 (1) - 7.0 (1) KHUD iHeartMedia 2.1 (14) - 2.6 (15) - 3.1 (13) |
Tulsa, OK (63) |
KWEN Cox |
Dec 11, 2024
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Nov. CDM: Albany, Syracuse
Something In The Orangemen: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for November 2024 (three-month rolling average, 8/15-11/6) compared with September and October. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
Albany, NY (Market 67) |
WGNA Townsquare |
Syracuse, NY (102) |
WBBS iHeartMedia 9.1 (1) - 8.2 (1) - 8.8 (1) WOLF FoxFur 4.2 (6) - 3.5 (7) - 2.9 (8) |
Dec 10, 2024
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Nov CDM Ratings
Buff Said: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for November 2024 (three-month rolling average, 8/15-11/6) compared with September and October. 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 |
Greenville, SC (54) |
WESC iHeartMedia Classic Country |
Richmond, VA (51) |
WKHK SummitMedia 4.8 (4t) - 4.7 (4) - 4.5 (5) |
Rochester, NY (60) |
WBEE Audacy 7.5 (2) - 6.3 (4) - 6.6 (4) WDVI iHeartMedia 1.9 (10) - 2.2 (9) - 1.9 (9) |
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