
When you’re sitting in the car wondering if the person in the next car over in traffic thinks that you’ve lost your mind because you are seemingly laughing hysterically to yourself, or sitting in the parking lot at your destination waiting for us to finish a topic, silly phone call, interview, game or conversation…..We are right there with you. And with you all the way. We know how crazy life can be….and we want to be your goofy, chubby, best radio-friend refuge from the harsh reality of being pulled 100 different directions by your spouse, kids, boss, coworkers, etc.
If you are new to the show,…um……hi! We hope to get to know you, and hope that you put up with us long enough to get to know us as well. Click on the bio’s below to learn a little about each of us. If you’ve been a friend of ours for awhile, still click below, and see how well you know us!
By the way…because EVERYONE asks us…..We met in 1996 in Baton Rouge, La., where Big D was hosting a morning show and Bubba was hosting afternoons. We immediately hit it off, both on and off the air, and ended up pairing up to co-host a show together at the ripe old ages of 24!


Each week, a charted country star joins Lon Helton to count down the week’s Top 30. Lon is a Nashville insider, well known by the stars. They tell funny, unrehearsed stories about their friends. The show is recorded live each week on Nashville’s historic Music Row.
Lon Helton has been host of Country Countdown USA since its inception in 1992. He is Publisher of Country Aircheck, an industry trade magazine. He is also Editor of the Mediabase Country Chart, which is used in this show. Lon’s country radio career began in 1971. He spent 12 years as both personality and programmer in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Denver. He spent 20 years as Country Editor of Radio & Records before founding Country Aircheck. Lon is a member of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association, the National Corvette Museum, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Lon was named CMA National Personality of the Year in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2023. In 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, he won that honor from the Academy of Country Music. Lon was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 2006. In November 2022, Lon was inducted in the National Radio Hall of Fame. He’s hosted numerous radio specials, and is country radio’s best known star interviewer.

Weekend In The Country Takes Your Listeners Back In Time… Reliving a Memorable Week in Country Music!
Country Music listeners across America love weekends… and WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY with Craig Orndorff makes weekends even better! In a fast-paced two hour voyage through time, each episode spotlights one memorable week in Country Music between 1975 and 1999.
Craig counts down that week’s Top 20 Country hits, direct from the Country charts, and his timeline trivia and pop culture nuggets really bring back the memories!