The format isn't known for chasing viral trends of the moment, but many programmers are embracing the out-of-nowhere hit, while others are more hesitant.
Country and top 40 radio have always had a tenuous relationship, but at a time when the former is producing bigger hits, the latter may be embracing the crossover.
Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks honored Barbara Mandrell with Artist Achievement Award.
A new report says country radio stations play songs by female artists back-to-back just 0.5% of the time on average -- continuing a decades-old problem.
Macie Banks will continue to host the show solo on an interim basis going forward.
Smaller playlists? More daytime plays? A country radio panel hits speed bump in a quest to quicken the pace of singles.
Jessen, who oversaw the Billboard country charts for two decades, was announced March 13 as a 2023 inductee.
"I learned right quick that everybody has a Chattahoochee," Jackson said of the song written about a river in Georgia.
A flurry of new genre-blending male acts, including Jackson Dean, Zach Bryan and Bailey Zimmerman, are taking country radio by storm.
