Acts like Brittney Spencer, Hannah Dasher and Tigirlily are employing unorthodox strategies to build their audiences.
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.






