Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Planet Jill from WNNX (99X)/Atlanta sharing Famous Firsts. Fun stories!

Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” is buzzing at Alternative! It’s the #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks this week and soars to a Top 15 Alternative chart debut after arriving late last Thursday afternoon featuring new vocalist Emily Armstrong.  

Cage The Elephant “Rainbow” moves to #1 on the Mediabase Alternative Chart this week. Congrats to Gary Gorman & team!

Ratings Love! Here’s the latest Alternative stations to post up in the last round of Nielsen August ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings released last Friday: KROX (101X)/Austin leaps 2.5-3.4, WLUM (FM 102/1)/Milwaukee jumps 2.8-3.1 (Michelle Rutkowski says still the number 1 station in the market A18-34), WROX (96X)/Norfolk rises 2.0-2.3, and WOKV-HD2 (X99.5)/Jacksonville climbs 1.0-1.1.

More news this morning from WLUM (FM 102/1)/Milwaukee. The station just announced its “Big Snow Show 18.”

Tomorrow (9/10) is World Suicide Prevention Day and Papa Roach has collaborated with Carrie Underwood to help raise awareness. More details below in Alternative News.

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