The Academy of Country Music announced its Radio Award Nominees for the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards Monday, splitting national personality nominees into daily and weekly categories for the first time. Ten stations received double nominations, including 2020 Station of the Year winners Hubbard Broadcasting “B105” WUBE-FM Cincinnati; Audacy “US 101 FM” WUSY-FM Chattanooga, TN; and ADX Communications “Cat Country 98.7” WYCT-FM Pensacola, FL. Read More.

American General Media “98.1 KJUG” KKJG San Luis Obispo, CA, is the only country station to lead its market (with a 9.4 12+ AQH share) in Monday’s Fall ’21 survey results from Nielsen Audio. Only Jackson, MS, has new Continuous Diary Measurement results: There, iHeartMedia “Miss 103” WMSI has the format lead with a 5.0 share. The next round of PPM results begins today. Read More.

New tracks from Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean appear this week on both Pandora’s Top Spins and Top Thumb Hundred playlists. Rhett’s “Church Boots” is the No. 2 country track, behind Cody Johnson’s “’Til You Can’t” (No. 9 overall), and Aldean’s “Trouble With a Heartbreak” comes in at No. 6 among country tracks. Read More.

Walker Hayes’ “Country Stuff: The Album” was the weekend’s No. 3 debuting album in the U.S. on Spotify, coming in behind YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Colors” and iann dior’s “on to better things.” It also ranked at No. 9 on the service’s Top Albums Debut Global chart. Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” remains in the Top Albums USA Top 10 at No. 7. Read More.

Pat Eastburn joins Beasley Media Group as VP of Digital Sales. Eastburn spent the past seven years as VP/GM at Flypaper Digital Marketing, the internal digital agency of WEHCO Media, which owns newspapers, magazines and cable TV channels. In his new role, Beasley says Eastburn will focus on leveraging his experience across the entire digital sales team while focusing on new products, services and key ad categories. Read More.

Bennett Radio Group names Corey Garrison PD/afternoon host at “Country 92.7 & 100.7” WOXO-WIGY Lewiston, ME. “Corey has a great passion for country music and the state of Maine,” Bennett Radio Group Owner Stan Bennett said in a release. “He brings energy, fresh perspective and industry experience that will help elevate the WOXO brand.” Garrison exited Binnie Media “99.9 The Wolf” WTHT last September. Read More.

Lee Brice will spend a month as midday guest host for Wilson Broadcasting “Go Country 105” KKGO Los Angeles starting Monday. The Curb Records recording artist will host weekdays 10am-2pm for four weeks. “Lee has a huge following in Southern California, and we look forward to working with him on an exciting show,” Station Manager Michael Levine said in a release. Read More.

Westwood One Mainstream Country afternoon host Terry King, evening personality Nikki Walker and Mainstream Country Gold/Silver night talent Steve Edwards are among approximately two dozen employees affected by last week’s round of layoffs within the company’s 24/7 Format division. “If you wanna be in radio, you must be able to flow with change like water,” Walker said in an Instagram post Friday. Read More.

Retired broadcaster Albert “Gene” Guthrie, who spent nearly three decades at country KRGO AM-FM Salt Lake City, UT (1550-107.9), died Saturday of natural causes in Grantsville, UT. He was 83. A native of Alamogordo, NM, Guthrie began his career as a teenager at KHEY-AM El Paso, TX. Guthrie spent nearly three decades at KRGO, ultimately owning the station and selling it in 1996. Read More.

Independent music company Reservoir Media, Inc. has acquired shares of Travis Tritt’s publishing and recorded music catalogs. “The Reservoir team is so happy to be supporting both his publishing and master recordings, and building on our foundation of country catalog classics with more of the genre’s biggest songs,” Reservoir Executive VP of Creative John Ozier said in a release. Read More.

Jimmie Allen has added dates and support acts to his “Down Home Tour 2022,” which kicks off Thursday, Feb. 3, at the famed Troubadour. “American Idol” winner Chayce Beckham and Madeline Merlo join previously announced opener Neon Union. Additionally, the singer’s “Bettie James Fest” will return to Allen’s hometown of Milton, DE, on Aug. 13. Details and tickets will be announced in the coming months. Read More.

On the heels of “Buy Dirt” reaching No. 1 on this week’s Mediabase country chart, Jordan Davis has announced the second leg of his “Buy Dirt Tour.” The trek returns April 8, in Orlando with stops in South Carolina, Arizona and Cleveland before it wraps Sept. 27 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for the singer’s first headlining show at the venue. Tickets are on sale Friday. Read More.

“I’ve been rehearsing for this job for 20 years,” Justin Moore said early this month during his fifth day co-hosting “Morning Mayhem,” Signal Media sports “103.7 The Buzz” KABZ Little Rock’s newest show.A longtime listener and frequent on-air guest, Moore joined co-hosts David Bazzel, Roger … Read More.

The Academy of Country Music announced its Radio Award Nominees for the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards Monday, splitting national personality nominees into daily and weekly categories for the first time. Ten stations received double nominations, including 2020 Station of the Year winners Hubbard Broadcasting “B105” WUBE-FM Cincinnati; Audacy “US 101 FM” WUSY-FM Chattanooga, TN; and ADX Communications “Cat Country 98.7” WYCT-FM Pensacola, FL. Read More.

Nothing moved to recurrent this week. While the chart didn’t have a lot of big moves, there was certainly notable upward movement in spins, points and audience. Jordan Davis (MCA Nashville) takes the top spot, moving 3*-1* with “Buy Dirt” featuring Luke Bryan, at +620 spins/+2612 points. Morgan Wallen (Big Loud/Republic) goes Top 3, up 5*-3* with “Sand In My Boots” at +321/+1622. Read More.

Mel Wheeler, Inc. “94.9 Star Country” WSLC sees a 10.2 12+ AQH share in Nielsen Audio’s Fall ’21 survey results, the market leader’s greatest share since the Spring ’19 book. In the CDM results iHeartMedia WDRM Huntsville, AL (9.3) and Lexington, KY, sister “98.1 The Bull” WBUL (7.9) both top their respective markets. Read More.

Amythyst Kiah, Callista Clark, Camille Parker, Jenna Paulette, Julia Cole, Laci Kaye Booth, Lily Rose, Madeline Edwards, Miko Marks and Morgan Wade comprise the new slate of CMT’s “Next Women of Country.” For the second year, the class of 10 was introduced during Saturday’s “CMT Hot 20 Countdown.” Throughout 2022, the “Next Women of Country” class receives cross-brand support for their music via CMT. Read More.

George Strait’s two December dates at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena place him atop Pollstar’s latest LIVE75 chart. The pair of concerts, held Dec. 3-4, grossed an average of $2.04 million, selling more than 30,000 combined tickets, enough to also earn the King of Country Music the chart’s Hot Shot designation. Eric Church is the only other country act in the Top 10, at No. 5. Read More.

Cody Johnson’s “’Til You Can’t” reaches No. 1 on Shazam’s U.S. Country chart this week (No. 55 on the overall Top 200 chart). Johnson’s followed by Morgan Wallen’s “Sand in My Boots” and Parker McCollum’s “To Be Loved by You.” Walker Hayes has two tracks in the country Top 10: “Fancy Like” at No. 8 and “AA” at No. 10. Read More.

Morgan Wallen is a lead or featured artist on four tracks in the Top 10 of Spotify’s Country Global chart this week. “Broadway Girls,” Wallen’s track with rapper Lil Durk, holds the No. 1 spot. “Wasted on You” and “Sand in My Boots” appear at No. 4 and No. 9, respectively, while ERNEST’s “Flower Shops,” which features Wallen, sits at No. 8. Read More.

Jessica Blais, Alpha Media “Country 103.5” KYSM Mankato, MN, morning co-host and Director of Content and Promotions, has left the station after more than 11 years for a job outside of radio. Her last day was Friday. “Waking you up every morning for the last 11 years and working side by side with my husband, George, has been so wonderful,” she wrote on Facebook. Read More.

Former longtime PD of Cumulus Media country WWKI Kokomo, IN (100.5) Dave Broman has passed away at the age of 68. Broman’s radio career began at the age of 16 at WCRD Bluffton, IN, and he served as PD at WWKI from 1986-2012. Prior to joining WWKI, Broman worked at a dozen stations, including WGGL Houghton, MI, while he was attending Michigan Tech University. Read More.

The exit of “The Morning Splash” co-host Julie Cooke has Forever Media “Froggy 104” WOGY Jackson, TN (104.1) searching for a successor to join the “Froggy” family. “The right candidate must be a dynamic storyteller who can create and deliver compelling content,” EVP Jared Mims tells Country Insider. “We need a co-host with strong social media and production skills.” Read More.

John Loken joins the Recording Academy Executive VP of Marketing, effective immediately. He is responsible for expanding the organization’s reach and influence through brand storytelling. “We are excited to see John's innovative expertise in brand storytelling take the Academy to new heights as the organization continues to break new ground in our global presence," CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a release. Read More.