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» Spring Board: Here are select Nielsen Audio diary ratings for Spring 2020 (3/27-6/17) for subscribing stations compared with their last books (Fall 2019). Ranks (in parentheses) are also among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Abilene, TX	KEAN 7.4 (2t) to 7.0 (4t) Townsquare KBCY 7.4 (2t) to 7.0 (4t) Cumulus KABW 3.4 (9t) to 2.8 (8t) Community KORQ N/A to 2.8 (8t) Community Classic Country KSLI-AM 1.4 (12t) to 0.7 (13) Townsquare Classic Country Community's KORQ flipped from Top 40 to Classic Country in June.
Billings, MT	KCTR 11.3 (1) to 9.7 (1) Townsquare
Columbia, MO	KCLR 8.6 (1) to 7.9 (2) Zimmer KATI 1.4 (11t) to 1.6 (10t) Zimmer KBBM 2.2 (10) to 0.8 (12t) Cumulus
Eau Claire, WI	WAXX 11.3 (2) to 9.8 (2) Mid-West Family WQRB 7.5 (4) to 7.8 (4) iHeartMedia WATQ 6.9 (5t) to 5.2 (8) iHeartMedia Classic Country
Grand Island, NE	KRNY 10.2 (1t) to 7.8 (3) NRG
Grand Junction, CO	KEKB 6.2 (1) to 6.9 (1) Townsquare
Joplin, MO	KIXQ 13.8 (1) to 10.8 (1t) Zimmer
La Crosse, WI	WCOW 10.2 (1) to 10.0 (1) Sparta-Tomah
Panama City, FL	WPAP 11.4 (1) to 13.0 (1) iHeartMedia WWLY 4.0 (8) to 3.1 (9) Magic Classic Country WKNK 2.8 (11t) to 1.9 (11t) Gulf Coast
Parkersburg, WV	WNUS 10.3 (1) to 7.5 (1t) iHeartMedia
Rochester, MN	KWWK 6.2 (4) to 5.1 (3) Townsquare KMFX 6.8 (3) to 4.5 (4t) iHeartMedia
Wheeling, WV	WOVK 8.7 (2t) to 10.7 (1t) iHeartMedia WLYI 5.1 (7) to 9.9 (3t) Forever Classic Country WBGI 4.3 (8) to 3.8 (8) FM Radio Licenses, LLC WLIE-AM 1.4 (10t) to 2.3 (9t) Forever Classic Country

» New York State Of Mine:

Former iHeartMedia SVPP/Norfolk, VA Tias Schuster is rejoining the company as SVP/Programming for Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton, NY. His oversight will include Country outlets WNBL/Rochester, WBBS/Syracuse and WBBI & WINR/Binghamton. “[Tias] is an experienced leader that brings high energy and innovative thinking to our powerful brands,” says Pres./West New York Robert J. Morgan, to whom Schuster will report. It is a return to Upstate New York for Schuster, who previously served as WDVI & WKGS/Rochester PD from 2015-2016. He departed iHeart in January after five years amid companywide cutbacks. Schuster previously spent 17 years with Entercom in various markets. Reach him here.

» TKO's Shults Departs:

Artist manager Taylor Shults has left TKO Artist Management after 28 years and is seeking his next opportunity. “Huge thanks to [TKO President/Owner] TK [Kimbrell] for the many years of opportunity," Shults says. "We have had such an amazing run together, and there’s no one better to learn from; he’s the best!” Reach Shults here. No word on plans for the position.