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Examining Race In The Industry Country music’s relative racial homogeny is evident not just onstage and among the audience, but in industry and radio ranks, as well. As events continue to remind Americans how much work remains in living up to the principle of “created equal,” Country Aircheck spoke to WXFL/Florence, AL OM/PD Fletcher Brown, Warner Music Nashville Dir./National Radio & Streaming James Marsh, BMG Dir./Creative Rakiyah Marshall and Big Loud VP/Marketing Candice Watkins about their experience, how conversations have changed this year and what they hope to see in and from country music moving forward. CA: What has your experience been building a career and interacting with other professionals in a business that is overwhelmingly white? FB: I started in Country radio in 1997, but I’ve been working full-time on the air since about 2000. I will be flat honest with you; I have had an overwhelmingly positive experience in those 20 years. I’ve never experienced anything – from an industry standpoint, anyway – negative. Because radio is about talking to and being the voice of the community, occasionally you’ll get that caller who says something when emotions are high – after 9/11 comes to mind – that you’re like, “I can’t put that on the air.” Or you feel the need to put it on the air and then address it directly. That’s only happened once or twice in 20 years. Professionally, my experience has been overwhelmingly positive. CW: It’s funny when people ask me this, because I don’t feel like I have limitations per se, or maybe I chose not to see limitations.

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Anxiety Part 2: Staff-Care Tips Country Aircheck’s recent conversation with Onsite Owner/CEO Miles Adcox addressed the importance of regular mental health self-assessment in Part One (here) and now turns to his tips for those in supervisory roles as they seek to support employees who continue to work in new and challenging environments. Team Care: For managers and HR, it’s important to create space and conversation

Pickup Artist: BMLGR’s Riley Green continues “Truck Trivia.” Pictured (top, l-r) are the label’s Andi Brooks and Andrew Thoen, WYCT/Pensacola’s Brent Lane and the label’s Stella Prado; (second row, l-r) the label’s Liz Santana, Green and WMIL/Milwaukee’s Quinn and Kerry Wolfe; (third row, l-r) WWKA/Orlando’s Ashley Stegbauer and (an extreme close-up of) Steve Stewart, KWNR/Las Vegas’ MoJoe Roberts and WMAD/Madison, WI’s Chelsey Steinhauer; (bottom, l-r) WRBT/Harrisburg’s Newman, WSIX/Nashville’s Ryan McKiddy, KVOO/Tulsa’s Dena Feltcher and the label’s Matthew Hargis.

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around emotional health and get active in providing emotional health resources. “What we’re learning is that mental wellness and health has been branded all wrong from the get go,” admits Adcox. “If there’s anything this pandemic is teaching us, it’s that taking a look at who you are and who you’re becoming, working on becoming the best version of yourself … that’s counseling, and that’s not what’s wrong with you. That’s actually what’s right with you.” He advocates companies being more proactive and informed. Warning signs to look for in yourself and your team include a significant change in the way someone is showing up at work. “If people are more emotional than normal, if people are not showing up as much, if people are a bit dissociated or detached in meetings or distracted in meetings, these are traditional signs that you should be checking on their wellbeing,” notes Adcox. One of the practices he uses with his team at Onsite is taking the time to check in personally before diving into work in every meeting. It may be uncomfortable in the beginning, because as Adcox points out, “It goes directly against traditional management theory, which is keep emotions out of the workplace.” That theory, he says, is outdated and “work should be a nurturing, safe place to bring out the best in us.” Create Humanity: A framework Adcox teaches/consults within the industry is something he calls the “creative’s or artist’s dilemma.” Highly public professions create abnormal life circumstances, and abnormal life circumstances create high levels of distress. Unaddressed stress creates loneliness, anxiety, disconnection, addictions, anxiety, depression, etc., all of which kill creativity. “It’s ironic that creativity is what brought a lot of people to this industry that, in some ways, is designed to kill it.” The only reason it’s a dilemma is because we don’t educate people or talk about it on the front end. If we do, what is one of our greatest obstacles as music industry

professionals turns into our greatest opportunity, because as Adcox says, “We can use it to our advantage once we know it and understand it.” To answer the question of how we come out of this pandemic better than we came into it as an industry, Adcox concludes “Wake up the humanness of the industry, so we can better take care of our own. The reason I work in this industry is I believe art distributed to culture through the lens of music has a broad global reach and can effectively change people’s hearts and minds as much or more than mental health education does.” Connect with Adcox on social media @milesadcox and reach him via email here; learn more about Onsite here. —Caitlin DeForest

Chart Chat Congratulations to Tim McGraw, Kris Lamb, Erik Powell and the Big Machine promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “I Called Mama.” The song is the first single from McGraw’s 16th studio album, Here On Earth, and the first since his return to BMLG. Songwriters are Marv Green, Lance Miller and Jimmy Yeary. And kudos to Shane Allen and the Columbia crew on notching 68 adds for Luke Combs’ “Better Together,” landing atop this week’s board.

News & Notes Iowa City Broadcasting Classic Country KDMA/Montevideo, MN and W&B WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY have added AdLarge Prep Country prep service. Out-Write Music Publishing owner Brandyn Steen has been

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A day in the self-isolated life of RCA’sNiko Moon: Instead of touring, I’ve been spending my time at home. Fortunately, my recording studio is at my home, so I’ve been working on new music every day. And my main writing partner is my wife, so I’m very lucky when it comes to that. I wake up, meditate, read for a few hours, exercise, eat lunch, write/record new music, dinner, take cooking classes online, Netflix, then it’s time for bed. Depending on what day it is, I’ll do lives with my fans — my favorite part of the day! It’s my wife, dog and me. We are pretty much connected at the hip, even before the quarantine, so not much has changed. We are really good at giving each other space though, and our dog is loving all of the extra attention! I’m learning how to cook. Before, I could only make a bowl of cereal. Now … I’ve stepped up to spaghetti.

I had never gone live before, but since quarantine started, I go live numerous times throughout the week. I absolutely love it! I feel much more connected to my fans now than I did before, and I can’t wait to tour again and see them in person! I’m currently rewatching The Office for the fifth time. It’s my favorite show … and at this point … it’s bordering on an obsession. If you’ve never seen it, I would highly recommend. For some reason I’ve gotten back into cereal. I haven’t really eaten cereal since I was a kid, but I have a bowl every day now. My go-to is Fruity Pebbles. I try to keep a glass-half-full look at life and find the good in every day. I’ve been able to write/record new songs that I can’t wait to release and — most importantly — spend more time with my family. Lunar Rover

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named Texas Country Music Association (TCMA) Nashville Ambassador and TCMA Texas Country Music Weekly Top 25 Spotify Playlist Exec. Dir. Premiere Networks Pres. Julie Talbott was presented with the Kentucky Broadcasters Association’s Ralph Gabbard Distinguished Kentuckian Award today (10/12). Jacobs Media and the RAB looked at radio listeners’ attitudes entering the holiday season during Radio’s 2020 Holiday Road Map. See findings here. Beasley is rolling out a special Beasley Best Community Of Caring initiative, Your Vote-Your Voice, designed to encourage eligible votes to cast their ballot in November. Phil Vassar won Best Actor at the Long Island International Film Expo for his work in the short film I Only Miss You When I’m Breathing.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Hear from syndication experts and Records/Nashville Pres. Ash Bowers as they discuss the evolution of the business in last week’s (10/5) Country Aircheck Weekly. • Milko Villarreal, Jr. was named Midwest/Wausau, WI VP/MM. (CAT 10/9)• Townsquare/Killeen, TX’s Shannon “Trey The Chok-Lit Jock” Brazier was elevated to Dir./Content. (CAT 10/8)• In2une’s Nathan Cruise exited. (CAT 10/7)• Marty Brooks joined rebranded WIL/St. Louis as MD/afternoon personality. He succeeds Josh “JT” Holleman, who resurfaced at WYCD/Detroit as morning co-host. (CAT 10/6)• Brian Cleary joined WCKN/Charleston, SC for middays; PD Hunter Meyer moved to afternoons. (CAT 10/5)• Chronicle: Ray Pennington.

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I’ve had a great experience in Nashville, great people and artists to work with – I have a dream job right now. But I have to balance that by saying it’s not been a cakewalk, either. Being one of only a few Black women in the country music space, if there’s a situation – a comment, an inappropriate joke, someone’s disrespectful or maybe outright racist – my experience is that the community around me has remained silent. No one has ever come to my office after the fact to acknowledge something. It’s just been silence. But that’s specifically about the issue of race, not my overall Nashville experience. Can you give some context to that? How often have you been in that situation and experienced that silence? CW: This is a very subtle thing, but after work one day we all went to [a nearby] restaurant, and there was a guy at the valet wearing a Confederate flag visor. It just kind of slaps you in the face. I’m not saying that the guy did or said anything, but I have to be aware. You can be in a meeting, and someone will make a joke or say something inappropriate. I shared the story in one of the first Zoom panels on race about getting a call from a coworker warning me about coming to a video shoot saying, “We’re in the middle of nowhere. It’s a little shady. There are pamphlets down in this venue, and it’s very suspect. Maybe you should not come to this.” You never know when you actually will encounter it in a subtle way or in a specific, tangible way. James, how has your experience been in country? JM: Being one of the first Black promotion guys in rock 21 years ago, and then for the last six years in country, the industry side of country has actually been very good ... very welcoming. When I went to Rock stations the first time, I got the typical, “You don’t

sound Black.” You see them processing in their head, “Oh, shit. Did I say anything? Did I make an inappropriate joke?” That was 20 years ago, and a lot of people have matured, plus outlets like yours publish photos, so it wasn’t a shock in country like it was back in the day. Taking it to the streets, and specifically the country shows I go to, that’s a bit more suspect. No matter how many times an artist says, “This is our [label rep], our National Director,” white people at these shows are shocked a guy who looks like me has a role in the careers of Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay or Chris Janson. You can see people are like, “Whoa, I thought he was security,” which is a running joke with a lot of our artists. But it doesn’t bother me, because my artists, bosses and team are what I give a shit about. As long as they know the process, who I am, what I do and respect me for that, I’m cool. But it’s weird. [Warner Music Nashville Chairman/CEO John Esposito] and I had a meeting today, because [Warner Music Group] hired a diversity and inclusion guy – Maurice Stinnett. He’s challenging all of us to find blind spots we need to work on and put on his radar. In Espo’s defense, we have the jobs we do because we’re good at what we do. And all of a sudden, we’re spotlighted because of what we look like. Espo didn’t hire me to check a box; he hired me because of what I did at Big Machine. So, in the industry, I’m good. When you’re in public, it’s a struggle. Like when you see the Confederate flag at shows, which happened right before [the shutdown]. You think about it and you block it, which is kind of what Black people have been doing for a long time – deflect and go. Honestly, I took more heat in the rock world. Rakiyah, can you share your experience on the creative/publishing side of the business? RM: Speaking to what everyone else has said, my three years in Nashville have been amazing. All of the artists and writers I work with have treated me with kindness and never made me feel

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different. That said, when you go to shows, the initial shock of, “What are you doing here?” continues. In group settings where you’re the only Black person, you get, “Do you like country music? How’d you get here?” It’s the assumption that we don’t know what we’re talking about or doing. Why would we do it if we didn’t love it? It has not affected my career, and I’m the type of person who doesn’t let those things affect me. I’m going to put my head down, do what I do best and work hard so when people see me it’s not, “Oh, there’s the only Black person.” Instead, they go, “There’s that girl working really hard.” The conversations we’re having now [about race] have made it feel more present. We’re talking about it more often, and people may be more aware of the things they say. But everyone’s been very kind. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t sound like issues of race ever had you questioning your career path in country. But, did a mentor or friend help you through not seeing a lot of representation in the country world? RM: Being the strong Black woman my mother raised me to be, I would never let anyone make me shift my career due to my skin color, but I do think the people you meet along the way are very important, whether they’re mentors or just people you can speak with. For me, it’s my boyfriend, Seth England, who works with Candice. He was the first person that said I should move here – not because I’m Black, but because he saw how much I love country music. Then there’s Nate Lowery and Brett James at Cornman Music who were like, “You love music, we can teach you the rest.” Coming from a New York pop label to do publishing in Nashville makes no sense, but they trusted me to try it. Not because I was Black. They said, “We think you’re good at what you do.” That led me to BMG, where Kos Weaver said the same thing. Those are people who opened the door for me and everyone else after me. CW: I have family and close friends who don’t work in Nashville that I might turn to if I need some advice. Industry-wise, Chris Stacey and Chad Schultz hired me early on in my Nashville career – a great experience for me – and then Keith Urban and Gary Borman hired me for one of my first big jobs and race never even came up. I experienced nothing but support and value from them. From there, I got to work really closely with Universal’s Cindy

Mabe, Mike Dungan, Joanna Carter and Lori Christian, who I’ve kept in touch with over the last decade. I’ve known Seth England for several years now, and we’d always talk shop. Those are people I would credit with having a strong influence on my positive experience in Nashville. FB: The closest thing I ever had to a mentor professionally was [late consultant] Rusty Walker, who lived right down the road and started his career at this company. He never made me feel like I had something more to prove. He never made me feel like this was a conversation we needed to have. It did come up, but only casually in conversation. Rusty was my door into CRS and the greater Country radio community. I’ve also forged really strong friendships with people like owner/operator Ken Forte in Dickson, Tennessee and Tosh Jackson from Sacramento. Those two men were on the top of my list to find and spend some time with over those four or five days [during CRS] in Nashville. There is a kinship, but it’s not, “I’m overwhelmed by all the white people here. Let me go find Ken.” It’s more like, “There are very, very few of us. And while nobody is actively pushing us out of the room, we are very keenly aware of how few of us there are.” JM: It’s funny you mention Tosh, because he and I had this running joke at CRS or other meetings when I first started. He’d say, “Alright, my name has been James Marsh about five times today.” And I’d answer, “Shit, I’ve been called Tosh about 12.” We made it a joke, because we knew people meant well. We didn’t take it as, “Oh my gosh, there’s somebody saying racist, dumb shit.” We just took it like, “Oh, they couldn’t tell the difference.” Where’s the line between being seen solely as a highly competent executive and being recognized as someone who is Black, which comes with specific challenges – in country music and America in general? Is there a balance to be struck? JM: When I first started, I went to [Warner SVP/Artist Development] Shane Tarleton, because he’s a guru of navigating the waters, and I knew this was something special. Not in an ego way, but in having this opportunity and wanting my daughter or anyone’s child with a different skin pigment to be able to walk through any door for a job. I told Shane, “I don’t care if you send

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me to a pig judging contest, I’ll be out there in full to show people that you can look like me and be in this position.” Showing my age here, but I like to refer to Ed Bradley from 60 Minutes. A lot of us didn’t know we could be television anchors until we saw the coolest Black man under the sun on Sunday, with his earring, his salt and pepper, and his badass suit. I remind people of that, because I wanted to set that sort of standard, even in my pop and rock days. I remember Tony Bracy, who worked at Capitol for a very long time and now works for Scooter Braun. He came in right after me, and we were really the only two Black guys. I made it a joke to break the tension, but I would tell him, “I’m your freaking Rosa Parks. Don’t f- this up.” I sat in the back of the bus. I took those kicks. You try to put yourself out there, shake those hands and kiss those babies. My mentor is Dale Hansen, longtime sports anchor in Dallas – a white man who took me under his wing at 18 when I was still in college, brought me on Cowboys road trips and introduced me to people who had those redneck tendencies. He would tell people, “I can take James to a Klan meeting and, by the time we leave, at least two of them are going to be his friend.” Because, I didn’t let anything like that intimidate me. I looked everybody in the eye; I shook hands. I gave a great firm handshake, and Dale gave me

the confidence that I can walk into any room and handle it. Mike Easterlin gave me my first job at Island Def Jam. He told Lyor Cohen I had the personality to do promotion and was Black. Lyor was like, “Whoa. This is the future. Why do I have 16 promotion people if I’ve got a guy who can walk into any station – Hip Hop, Rock or AC? This is the prototype!” Lyor and Julie Greenwald gave me the opportunity. Then my wife, of course. Look for Part Two of this Q&A in Country Aircheck Weekly Oct. 26. The Oct. 19 issue will be devoted to coverage of the St. Jude Country Cares Seminar. –Chuck Aly

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A day in the self-isolated life of Entercom WUSN/Chicago Digital Content/Morning Show Producer Erin Creedon:

I recently transitioned from on-air morning show contributor to the show producer and was given more behind-the-scenes responsibilities. That meant I could sleep in until 6:30am and work from home instead of being up at 3am and commuting to the studio downtown.

The first thing I do is turn on WUSN to make sure all the written content matches the day’s topics and segments that are live on the website and social media. Throughout the day, I scroll socials and various news outlets for topic ideas for the next day’s show, and I will write three to five blog posts per day that are pushed to our social platforms. I’m also in charge of making sure any breaking news is uploaded in a timely manner, as well as writing localized and relatable promos and liners. I’ll cut a few spots for endorsements, brainstorm promotional ideas, and then break for dinner and a workout before show prepping for the next day and researching my on-air country news segment, Erin’s Deep Dish On Country.

I still live at home with my parents – or, my roommates, as I like to call them – and they are both retired, so we spend all day together. They are good at respecting my space and understanding when I’m working and unable to chat. We like to binge watch TV together, which has helped keep us from driving one another crazy.

I have an official office setup in my

room, but I don’t like to sit so close to my bed all the time. I work outside on my patio when the weather is nice or at the dining room table next to a large bay window that brings in natural light. I prefer to take my Zoom meetings outside, because I enjoy a change of scenery and don’t have to worry about disturbing my parents roommates.

Live streams on Facebook have been especially useful with our audience, and our morning show goes live almost every day for a check-in and to ask listeners about one of the topics we are discussing on-air. As a station, we’ve changed our social media to be more active and engaging, and have used more polls and questions where our listeners can chime in with their opinions. On a personal level, social media has been the key to staying in touch with friends and family. DM’ing someone a meme that made you think of them is how we show love during this time.

I can’t wait to go to a concert and hear live music, but I also want to hug my grandma. We’ve been very cautious around her and have worn our masks when visiting.

I’m currently binge-watching Parenthood – for the third time – because I think it’s one of the most underrated TV shows. I’ve also been reading more Colleen Hoover books. Musically, I’m into Lauren Alaina’s new EP, Hardy’s new album, and music from Avenue Beat and Priscilla Block.

Aside from the extra time with my parents and dog, my silver lining has been the additional

sleep! I’ve also had more time to dedicate to my Fantasy Football team, and I currently have the best record in the league!

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WQMX/Akron 3.1WGNA/Albany, NY 2.5KBQI/Albuquerque 2.0KRST/Albuquerque 1.6WCTO/Allentown 3.4WNCY/Appleton, WI 3.3WUBL/Atlanta 4.7WKHX/Atlanta 3.4WKXC/Augusta, GA 2.0KASE/Austin 2.6KUZZ/Bakersfield 3.3WPOC/Baltimore 4.2WYNK/Baton Rouge 2.2WTGE/Baton Rouge 1.6WZZK/Birmingham 3.1WDXB/Birmingham 2.5KAWO/Boise, ID 1.0KIZN/Boise, ID 1.0WKLB/Boston 7.3WBWL/Boston 3.2WYRK/Buffalo 4.7WCKN/Charleston, SC 1.9WEZL/Charleston, SC 1.9WSOC/Charlotte 3.7WKKT/Charlotte 3.6WUSY/Chattanooga 2.9WUSN/Chicago 4.8WUBE/Cincinnati 3.6WGAR/Cleveland 5.2KCCY/Colorado Springs 2.0KATC/Colorado Springs 1.5WCOS/Columbia, SC 1.8

WCOL/Columbus, OH 4.8KRYS/Corpus Christi, TX 1.8KSCS/Dallas 8.2KPLX/Dallas 7.5WHKO/Dayton 5.5WKRO/Daytona Beach, FL 1.0KYGO/Denver 4.6KWBL/Denver 2.2KHKI/Des Moines 2.3WYCD/Detroit 4.9WDRQ/Detroit 3.0KHEY/El Paso 2.3KKIX/Fayetteville, AR 2.3WKML/Fayetteville, NC 1.8KSKS/Fresno 2.8KHGE/Fresno 1.6KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 1.1WWGR/Ft. Myers 2.4WCKT/Ft. Myers 1.7WAVW/Ft. Pierce, FL 1.7WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN 2.3WOGK/Gainesville 2.5WBCT/Grand Rapids 4.0WTQR/Greensboro 2.2WPAW/Greensboro 2.2WRNS/Greenville, NC 3.0WSSL/Greenville, SC 2.8WRBT/Harrisburg 1.5WWYZ/Hartford 3.9KILT/Houston 7.6KKBQ/Houston 7.6WDRM/Huntsville 2.5

PCCO/iHM Custom 8.0WFMS/Indianapolis 3.2WLHK/Indianapolis 3.1WUSJ/Jackson, MS 1.1WQIK/Jacksonville 2.5WGNE/Jacksonville 1.6WXBQ/Johnson City 3.6KBEQ/Kansas City 2.4WDAF/Kansas City 1.8WIVK/Knoxville 4.1KMDL/Lafayette, LA 2.5WPCV/Lakeland 3.6WITL/Lansing 2.1KCYE/Las Vegas 1.5KWNR/Las Vegas 1.5WBUL/Lexington, KY 2.4KSSN/Little Rock 2.7KKGO/Los Angeles 8.2WAMZ/Louisville 2.3WQNU/Louisville 1.9WWQM/Madison, WI 1.3WMAD/Madison, WI 1.2KTEX/McAllen 5.7WGKX/Memphis 1.7WLFP/Memphis 1.5WKIS/Miami 3.6WMIL/Milwaukee 3.7KEEY/Minneapolis 4.2KMNB/Minneapolis 3.0WKSJ/Mobile 2.6WKMK/Monmouth-Ocean 1.5MCCN/Music Choice 7.0

WSIX/Nashville 2.1WKDF/Nashville 1.9WJVC/Nassau-Suffolk 1.0WNOE/New Orleans 3.3WNSH/New York 10.0WUSH/Norfolk 2.0WGH/Norfolk 1.7KTST/Oklahoma City 3.3KJKE/Oklahoma City 2.6KXKT/Omaha 3.0WWKA/Orlando 4.5KPLM/Palm Springs, CA 1.1WYCT/Pensacola, FL 2.7WXTU/Philadelphia 7.7KNIX/Phoenix 4.5KMLE/Phoenix 3.7WDSY/Pittsburgh 2.9WPGB/Pittsburgh 1.6WTHT/Portland, ME 2.0WPOR/Portland, ME 1.8KWJJ/Portland, OR 2.5KUPL/Portland, OR 2.3WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH 2.9WCTK/Providence 5.7WQDR/Raleigh 3.1WNCB/Raleigh 1.6WKHK/Richmond 3.5KFRG/Riverside 2.9WSLC/Roanoke, VA 2.1WBEE/Rochester 4.4KNCI/Sacramento 3.8KSOP/Salt Lake City 2.3

KUBL/Salt Lake City 2.3KCYY/San Antonio 4.1KAJA/San Antonio 3.2KSON/San Diego 3.1KRTY/San Jose 2.7WCTQ/Sarasota 1.0KKWF/Seattle 4.7KNUC/Seattle 3.4KXLY/Spokane 1.4KDRK/Spokane 1.2WRNX/Springfield, MA 1.7KTTS/Springfield, MO 2.3

WIL/St. Louis 4.1

KSD/St. Louis 3.5

KATM/Stockton, CA 4.0

WBBS/Syracuse 2.4

WFUS/Tampa 5.3

WQYK/Tampa 3.7

KIIM/Tucson 3.4

KWEN/Tulsa 2.3

KVOO/Tulsa 1.2

KJUG/Visalia-Tulare 1.9WMZQ/Washington, DC 3.8WIRK/West Palm 2.6W1HC/Westwood One Hot Country 7.0W1MC/Westwood One Mainstream Country 8.0KFDI/Wichita 2.4KZSN/Wichita 1.9WGGY/Wilkes-Barre 2.5WXCY/Wilmington, DE 1.7WGTY/York, PA 2.8

New CouNtry AirCheCk/MediAbAse reporter weights

These are the new weights for Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Reporters for both the Published panel and the Activator panel, based on audience figures from Nielsen. Weights for stations in PPM markets use a three-month average of September-October-November 2019 AQH Persons. The Fall 2019 AQH Persons figure is used for diary markets. Fall 2019 audience estimate are used to avoid the large winter and spring 2020 audience fluctuations created by the pandemic. The weights are calculated using this formula: Market rank is multiplied

by 10 and then added to the station’s AQH Persons. A station’s weight is determined by dividing that adjusted AQH by the leading Country station’s adjusted AQH. For this period, that station is WNSH/New York with an adjusted AQH of 23,910. For Activator weights, that station is WQXK/Youngstown, OH with an adjusted AQH of 7,830. Station Weight = (Market rank X 10) divided by 23,910 (7,830 for Activator stations.) These new weights are effective with this week’s Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country chart.

KGNC/Amarillo, TX 4.2

WWWW/Ann Arbor, MI 3.6

WKSF/Asheville, NC 8.3

WPUR/Atlantic City, NJ 4.9

WQCB/Bangor, ME 5.8

KYKR/Beaumont, TX 6.0

WZKX/Biloxi 6.6

WOKO/Burlington, VT 7.0

KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA 5.0

WIXY/Champaign, IL 2.7

WQBE/Charleston, WV 7.1

WKCN/Columbus, GA 4.3

KKCB/Duluth, MN - Superior, WI 4.3

KKNU/Eugene, OR 7.1

WKDQ/Evansville, IN 5.4

KVOX/Fargo, ND - Moorhead, MN 4.0

KAFF/Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ 1.9WEGX/Florence, SC 5.2WFRE/Frederick, MD 6.6WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 6.9WAYZ/Hagerstown- Chambersburg-Waynesboro 6.4

WMSI/Jackson, MS 3.5

KIXQ/Joplin, MO 5.3

KFGE/Lincoln, NE 4.8

KZKX/Lincoln, NE 4.6

KLLL/Lubbock, TX 4.5

KRWQ/Medford-Ashland, OR 2.7

WLWI/Montgomery, AL 4.0

WBAM/Montgomery, AL 3.3

WCTY/New London, CT 4.6

KHKX/Odessa - Midland, TX 3.9

WXCL/Peoria, IL 4.3

WRWD/Poughkeepsie 3.8

WLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL 9.6

KBUL/Reno, NV 5.5

WCEN/Saginaw, MI 4.7

WWFG/Salisbury, MD 5.0

KGKL/San Angelo, TX 4.1

KKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA 5.2

KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 5.5

WJCL/Savannah, GA 3.0

KXKS/Shreveport, LA 4.4

KSUX/Sioux City, IA 5.3

WBYT/South Bend, IN 5.1

WTHI/Terre Haute, IN 6.8

WIBW/Topeka, KS 4.4

WTCM/Traverse City- Petoskey, MI 7.1

WWZD/Tupelo, MS 2.5

KNUE/Tyler, TX 5.8

WFRG/Utica - Rome, NY 7.6

KATJ/Victor Valley 4.4

WACO/Waco, TX 8.2

WDEZ/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 6.8

WOVK/Wheeling, WV 4.7

KXDD/Yakima, WA 4.6

WQXK/Youngstown, OH 10.0

The Highway Sirius/XM 10.0

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MIDWEST

Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is searching for a morning co-host. See the complete posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here. Federated WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN OM Jimmy Knight is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Josh Michaels. Send résumés and airchecks to Knight here. Griffin KVOO/Tulsa OM Steve Hunter is seeking a morning show host or team. See the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hunter here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD Jason Addams is looking to add a full-time on-air personality for nights. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Alpha KZKX/Lincoln, NE PD Rob Kelley is searching for a morning co-host. Complete job description and application here; reach Kelley here.

NORTHEAST

Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a full-time morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and salary requirements here. WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for weekend and fill-in positions. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. iHeartMedia/Baltimore RSVPP Jeff Kapugi is seeking a Dir./Creative Services for Country WPOC; programming duties and weekend/fill-in airshifts are also possible. Apply here; send résumés and creative composites to Kapugi here. Pamal WKLI/Albany, NY PD Jon Reilly is looking for a morning co-host to join incumbent Pete Kelly. Send résumés and airchecks here. Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for a Market Mgr. for the cluster, which includes Country WFLS. Interested candidates can see a complete job

description and apply here. Alpha WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA Dir./Content Bill West is searching for a morning co-host to succeed the retiring Jessica Cash. Apply here; reach West here.

SOUTHEAST

Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA PD Bill Dollar is looking for an afternoon personality/Production Dir. Apply here. Cumulus WKDF/Nashville PD Paul Williams is looking for an afternoon personality with five-plus years of experience. See the complete job posting and apply here. Cumulus/Shreveport, LA is searching for a VP/MM to succeed Aaron Criswell. See the complete job posting and apply here. RWPC Pres. Scott Huskey is on the hunt for a PD/afternoon personality to join Gulf South WTVY/Dothan, AL. The position will also include cluster-wide Digital Brand Mgr. responsibilities. Send résumés and airchecks here.

SOUTHWEST

Townsquare KQBR/Lubbock, TX Brand Mgr. Lance Ballance is seeking an APD/on-air personality to succeed Jan Miller. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

WEST COAST

Badlands/Rapid City, SD is searching for a GM/DOS who can build, train and motivate a team for the cluster that includes Country KRKI. Interested parties can send résumés and references here. Ruby Radio/Elko, NV VP/Programming Tom Chase is seeking on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KBGZ and Classic Country translator K263BD. Applicants can send cover

letters, résumés and airchecks to Chase here. Bonneville KYGO/Denver PD Brian Michel is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Tracy Dixon. Reach Michel here, and apply here. Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with references and an aircheck to Curry here. Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Dir./Content Brad Hansen is looking for a morning host or team to succeed Jordan Soto and Michael Mason. View the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hansen here.

OTHER

Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for future openings. The company’s Country properties include KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, UT; KMON/Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; KKXK/Montrose, MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/Wenatchee, WA; KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Country KMON-AM/Great Falls, MT. Candidates with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience and a background in programming multiple formats in small to medium sized markets can send résumés, airchecks and programming philosophies to Elliott here. RWPC Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey is on the hunt for a Country PD/on-air talent in a medium market in the South. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. PLA Media Exec. Dir. Mark Logsdon is seeking a part-time Coord./Publicity to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Send résumés, references and writing samples here.

AVAILABLE JOBS

•Cactus JackFormer Entercom/Phoenix Dir./ProductionGoGoJack@msn.com602-430-5908

•Heather StevensFormer WQXK/Youngstown, OH middaysHeather.Stevens2019@gmail.com

•Tony KellyFormer WUSN/Chicago morning producerKellyT_60468@yahoo.com708-642-8518

•Greg ColeFormer WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PDGCole27000@gmail.com916-502-4734

•Jonathan WestFormer WKTI/Milwaukee afternoonsJSWest33@yahoo.com320-774-9300

•Doug DoddsFormer ZFKY/Grand Cayman PD/morning hostDougDoddsEmail@gmail.com

•Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus)Former on-air talentZimaGuy@gmail.com401-467-6737

•Denis “Catfish” MillerFormer KSNI/Santa Maria, CA afternoonsDenisMil@hotmail.com

•Cory MikhalsFormer KIZN/Boise morning co-hostCoryProductions@icloud.com

•”Big” John HortonFormer KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon hostBigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com

•Kris RichardsFormer WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoonsFireCop947@yahoo.com

•Jason RyanFormer WWQM/Madison, WI nightsJROnTheAir@gmail.com

•AJ McCloudFormer WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoonsAJ.McCloud@charter.net256-503-2301

•Kristin MonicaFormer WQNU/Louisville APD/morningsKristin@RadioKristin.com

•Paul CannellFormer WRKN/New Orleans PDPFCannell@gmail.com

•Mac DanielsFormer KPLX & KSCS/Dallas PDMacDaniels@me.com

•Tom TravisFormer iHeartMedia/Oklahoma City SVPPTomTTravis@gmail.com

•Dave SchaeferFormer iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM SVPP & Country KTRA PDDRSchaefer@gobrainstorm.net

•Ginny Rogers BropheyFormer WBWL/Boston PDGinnyBrophey@gmail.com

•Brittany TullyFormer WYNK/Baton Rouge PDBriLynn718@gmail.com

•Steve KnollFormer KMAG/Ft. Smith, AR PD/on-air talentSteveKnoll@cox.net

•Bill HickokFormer KBMR/Bismark, ND morningsBillHickok1950@gmail.com

•Amy NicFormer WAMZ/Louisville afternoon hostAmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com

•Ron “Keyes” StevensFormer WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoonsRonStvns@yahoo.com

•Lee FranceFormer KAGG/Bryan, TX PD/midday hostLeeFranceWV@gmail.com

•Scott DavidsonFormer WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/on-air hostDavidson1023@gmail.com

•Trace HamiltonFormer WEBG/Chicago night hostTheTraceHamilton@gmail.com

SEEKING JOBS

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SEEKING JOBS•Daryl Thomas LedyardFormer WBBS/Syracuse on-air talentDarylLedyard@gmail.com

•Shawn CareyFormer KXXY/Oklahoma City on-air talentShawntze@sbcglobal.net

•Ryan McCallFormer WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoonsRyanMcCall@yahoo.com

•David DeanFormer KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoonsDaviDean5@gmail.com

•KasperFormer WUSN/Chicago afternoonsKasperShow@gmail.com and www.KasperShow.com

•Toni MarieFormer KWJJ/Portland APD/middaysToniMarieRadio@gmail.com

•Brian “Wookie” KostekFormer WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoonsBKostek24@gmail.com

•Chuck EdwardsFormer WYCD/Detroit morningsChuckOn995@yahoo.com

•Terry PhillipsFormer Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative ServicesTerry@TerryPhillips.com

•Bernadette GibbonsFormer Entercom/New York Coord./PromotionsBernGibbons23@gmail.com

•Jeff PierceFormer Saga/Portland, ME OMJefferyPierce@me.com

•Blair ThomasFormer WXCY/Wilmington, DE morningsBThomas330@yahoo.com

•Brad KingFormer WBYT/South Bend, IN APD/MD/middaysBradKingRadio@yahoo.com and here

•Dr. Don CarpenterFormer WYCD/Detroit morningsDr.DonCarpenter@gmail.com

•Jake ByronFormer KUPL/Portland morningsJakeByronMedia@gmail.com

•Adam RondeauFormer WCVL/Charlottesville, VA morningsBrondeauShow@gmail.com

•Corey DillonFormer KNUC/Seattle afternoons/Social Media Mgr.CoreyDillonRadio@gmail.com

•Brian McKayFormer WXTU/Philadelphia middays, Dir./ProductionBMackDJ@gmail.com

•Guy DavidFormer KYGO/Denver morningsGuyDavid02@gmail.comAgent: David Brody, 877-888-1267

•Jason PullmanFormer WUSN/Chicago morningsPimpYourPromo@gmail.com

•Presleigh WebbFormer KTCS/Fort Smth, AR morningsPresleighWebb@gmail.com

•Jeff HuntFormer WXCY/Wilmington, DE MD/eveningsJeffreyJHunt@gmail.com570-309-4698

•Brent JonesFormer Capitol Dir./Midwest PromotionDBJones615@gmail.com615-482-5653

•Kim BrixtonFormer WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middaysKimBrixton@gmail.com

•Mark McKayFormer Riser House Dir./ Southeast PromotionMMcKay973@gmail.com

•Fletcher KeyesFormer WWQM/Madison, WI PDKeyesCreative@gmail.com www.FletcherKeyes.com

•Steve RichardsFormer Townsquare/Albany, NY OMSVal622@sbcglobal.net901-481-2669

•Ken SteelFormer WQMX/Akron PD/afternoonsKenSteelRadioGuy@gmail.com

•Jody WheatleyFormer WQMX/Akron MD/Promotions Dir.JodyWheatley13@gmail.com

•Kelley Bradshaw-BrockFormer WKDF/Nashville afternoonsKelleyBra13@gmail.com423-802-4987

•Sean McMasterFormer Pamal/Albany, NY on-airSMC1167@gmail.com

•DeAnna LeeFormer KKWF/Seattle middaysDeAnnaLeeDance@gmail.com

•Tim TaylorFormer KWJJ/Portland afternoonsTim.Taylor1@comcast.net

•Tim RichardsFormer Entercom/Phoenix VP/Branding, KMLE PDTim915@gmail.com

•Alek HalversonFormer KKWF/Seattle Interim PD/afternoonsAlekHalverson22@gmail.com

•Mandy JamesFormer KMNB/Minneapolis morningsMandyJKDSN@gmail.com

•Chris “Fish” ShatekFormer KMNB/Minneapolis middays/Dir. Creative & ImagingChrisShatek@gmail.com

•Ginny HarmanFormer KFRG/Riverside morningsGinnyHarmanVO@gmail.com

•Nina D.Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoonsMissNinaD@gmail.com

•Chris HuffFormer KILT/Houston PDCHuff73@hotmail.com

•Erin AustinFormer KILT/Houston Asst. MD/middaysErinAustinOnline@gmail.com

•Greg RaneiriFormer KSON/San Deigo APD/MD/nightsG.Raneiri@gmail.com

•Amber RaineyFormer KSON/San Deigo middaysAmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.com

•Jared “Marshall” GoldbergFormer KMLE/Phoenix APD/middays & Cluster Dir./Digital ProgrammingImJaredGoldberg@gmail.com

•Tami RumfeltFormer WPAW/ Greensboro afternoonsTamiRumfelt@gmail.com

•Mike AllanFormer WNSH/New York nightsMikeAllanRadio@gmail.com

•Darlene EvansFormer WKIS/Miami middaysDarleneInc@yahoo.com

•Nathan CruiseFormer In2une Dir./ Regional PromotionNCruise27@gmail.com615-496-6356

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SEEKER SPOTLIGHT“BIG” JOHN HORTONFormer KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host

BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com

(918) 839-0972

Visit his website here; connect on LinkedIn here.

“I’m just different. I like to think it’s because I show my heart to my listeners, show my integrity to everyone and love talking to people. I’m constantly prepping and thinking of ideas to incorporate on my show, website and social media. Radio DJs can be the equivalent of a therapist or bartender, except instead of handing out prescriptions or alcohol, we hand out vibes and emotions, creating memorable experiences along the way. That’s what I have always believed, and that’s how I work.”

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5 TIM MCGRAWI Called Mama (Big Machine) 27764 6872 8941 2296 47.974 9.978 159 4

1 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 26749 -2311 8520 -842 49.71 -2.636 159 4

3 3 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 25595 136 8231 -12 46.302 0.722 159 4

4 4 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 22868 1346 7375 413 41.179 3.581 159 3

6 5 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 19786 647 6361 217 35.824 1.631 159 4

10 6 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 19616 2704 6058 718 35.152 4.773 158 4

11 7 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) ✔ 18377 1485 5838 493 34.677 2.312 159 5

8 8 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 18342 810 5998 298 32.687 1.696 159 4

9 9 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 18041 927 5927 345 29.383 1.509 159 4

12 10 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 15831 470 4934 107 27.845 0.973 157 4

13 11 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 14283 447 4600 97 24.414 0.311 158 4

14 12 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 14044 998 4457 253 23.429 1.873 154 7

15 13 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 13302 1328 4242 469 23.427 3.606 157 4

16 14 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 13033 913 4214 209 21.79 2.337 156 4

17 15 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 11168 568 3546 184 18.832 1.863 158 3

18 16 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 10863 610 3664 255 17.444 0.8 156 3

20 17 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 9894 1176 3266 441 14.468 1.948 155 4

7 18 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 9744 -9420 3084 -2963 17.375 -15.389 158 3

21 19 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 8377 419 2708 163 12.702 1.427 157 5

25 20 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 8234 707 2654 199 14.154 1.915 149 6

22 21 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 8186 394 2574 90 12.481 1.038 154 4

23 22 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 8127 375 2473 118 12.281 0.249 155 4

24 23 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 7829 449 2514 160 10.362 0.487 140 6

26 24 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 7576 376 2524 128 10.821 0.491 156 5

27 25 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 6539 807 2026 280 10.325 1.804 142 11

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28 26 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 6053 928 1981 316 7.515 1.088 148 3

29 27 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 5690 994 1883 308 7.339 1.218 139 2

32 28 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 5409 700 1803 217 6.9 0.772 140 6

31 29 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 5241 485 1687 150 6.624 0.909 142 4

30 30 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 5014 376 1508 134 8.097 0.016 106 13

34 31 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 4123 310 1322 51 5.496 1.653 123 7

33 32 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 4115 180 1337 65 5.393 0.059 127 3

37 33 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 3811 292 1294 71 4.927 0.842 110 13

35 34 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 3677 83 1144 6 4.702 0.48 113 1

36 35 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLG) 3638 261 1153 60 6.004 0.3 112 4

38 36 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 3623 239 1199 58 4.704 0.389 113 6

47 37 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 3110 1079 897 250 5.17 2.164 84 10

39 38 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 3092 65 1021 12 2.816 0.061 114 2

40 39 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 3018 174 1006 51 3.573 0.028 106 1

41 40 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 2953 207 934 80 2.951 0.319 101 3

43 41 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 2625 177 809 47 2.991 0.229 84 2

44 42 J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 2487 75 890 31 1.723 0.039 104 8

42 43 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2414 88 734 40 3.769 0.259 75 1

48 44 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 2321 368 714 125 2.991 0.697 73 6

45 45 ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 2248 77 689 26 2.446 -0.08 79 2

46 46 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 2104 -36 753 -19 2.068 0.012 77 0

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) ✔ 1910 1347 564 396 3.896 3.106 99 68

48 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 1807 308 570 101 1.933 0.214 74 7

49 49 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 1783 -15 673 -11 0.891 -0.086 84 1

50 RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) 1591 59 450 13 1.516 -0.08 54 1

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersTIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 2296

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 718

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 493

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 469

KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 441

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 413

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 396

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 345

TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 316

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 308

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersTIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 6872 ✔RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 2704 ✔MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1485 ✔LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 1347 ✔JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 1346 ✔KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 1328

KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 1176

KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 1079

CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 998

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 994

Activator Top Spin GainersTIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 277

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 238

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 214

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 200

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 197

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 160

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 138

ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 136

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 135

BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 127

Activator Top Point GainersMORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1229 ✔

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 1163 ✔

TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 1092 ✔

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 901 ✔

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 841 ✔

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 820

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 776

BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 622

ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 608

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 599

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 23587

LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol) 12211

MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 11620

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 11321

SAM HUNT/Hard To Forget (MCA) 10816

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 10809

CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) 9845

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) 9370

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 7710

L. COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia) 7207

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 68

SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90's (MCA) 61

RILEY GREEN/If It Wasn't For Trucks (BMLGR) 27

SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 27

ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 21

PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 15

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 13

PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 13

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 11

KEITH URBAN w/ PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 10

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Trace Adkins Ain’t That Kind Of Cowboy (Verge)Adkins went into the studio with producer Bart Butler for the follow-up to 2017’s Something’s Going On, cutting six tracks including “Mind on Fishin’,” first single “Better Off” and the Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick, Kip Raines and Bart Allmand-penned “Just The Way We Do It.”

Parker McCollum Hollywood Gold (MCA)Produced by singer/songwriter/musician Jon Randall Stewart, McCollum co-wrote five of the six songs including previously-released track “Young Man’s Blues” as well as current Top 15 single “Pretty Heart.”

Tanya Tucker Live From The Troubadour (Fantasy)The live project features 15 songs including her first single “Delta Dawn,” No. 1s “Strong Enough To Bend,” “What’s Your Mama›s Name, Child,” “Blood Red And Goin’ Down“ and “Would You Lay With Me (In A Field of Stone),” a medley of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire” and Johnny

Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and six songs from While I’m Livin’.

Runaway June When I Think About Christmas (Wheelhouse)This five-track EP includes three Christmas classics (“Sleigh Ride,” “O Holy Night” and “Let It Snow”) in addition to two originals (“Christmas On The Radio” and “When I Think About Chstimas”).

Matt Stell Better Than That (Records/Arista)Co-produced by Stell with Ash Bowers, the EP boasts five new songs, including the title track, and previously-released songs including current single “Everywhere But On,” multi-week No. 1 “Prayed For You” and “If I Was A Bar.”

ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) Remains at 45* 2,248 points, 689 spins 2 adds: WPAW, WWQM

ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown Music/19th & Grand) Remains at 46 2,104 points, 753 spins; no adds

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) Debuts at 47* 1,910 points, 564 spins 68 adds including: KAWO, KBEQ, KCYE, KDRK, KEEY, *KFDI, KHGE, KILT, KJKE, KKGO

CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) Debuts at 48* 1,807 points, 570 spins 7 adds: KBQI, KJKE, KMNB, KSSN, WAVW, WOKQ, WPAW

CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) Remains at 49 1,783 points, 673 spins 1 add: WDSY

RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) Re-Enters at 50* 1,591 points, 450 spins 1 add: WBCT

OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) 1,581 points, 480 spins 4 adds: *KHKI, KNUC, WPAW, WWKA

ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 1,430 points, 488 spins 21 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, KJKE, KPLM, *KPLX, *KRST, *KUBL

C. JOHNSON & R. MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 1,418 points, 354 spins; no adds

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A D D DAT E SOctober 19ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Martha Divine (Warner/WAR)JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn’t Have Much (Valory)LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol)

October 26MEGHAN PATRICK/My First Car (Riser House)MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA)KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA)DAVE MCELROY/Let It Flow (Free Flow)

November 2None Listed

October 12, 2020

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

1 1 JASON ALDEANGot What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

11454 -111 2419 -26 49 0

4 2 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) ✔ 10861 1092 2287 277 47 0

2 3 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 10514 -665 2218 -182 47 0

5 4 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 10264 841 2161 200 49 0

6 5 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 9917 491 1942 97 49 0

9 6 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) ✔ 8975 1229 1763 238 50 0

7 7 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 8426 364 1766 59 49 0

8 8 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 7835 69 1649 10 46 0

12 9 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 7606 901 1596 214 48 0

11 10 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 7234 260 1433 61 48 0

13 11 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 6911 247 1408 32 48 0

15 12 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 6703 549 1301 102 49 0

14 13 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 6340 186 1291 58 48 0

17 14 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 5714 532 1188 111 48 1

19 15 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 5656 776 1101 138 50 1

16 16 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 5319 -12 1124 14 46 0

18 17 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 4907 -212 943 -1 48 0

22 18 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 4795 599 897 135 49 2

21 19 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 4782 543 1010 124 47 1

10 20 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 4512 -2905 901 -614 44 1

23 21 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 4118 474 892 123 48 1

24 22 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 3684 409 690 77 48 1

25 23 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 3290 326 651 55 45 1

27 24 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 2909 820 546 160 43 8

26 25 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 2826 405 656 84 43 1

29 26 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 2664 622 513 127 46 8

28 27 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 2327 236 445 36 45 3

31 28 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 2169 452 460 102 44 2

35 29 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 1878 548 403 108 43 8

30 30 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 1860 17 305 7 22 2

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October 12, 2020

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

44 31 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) ✔ 1797 1163 301 197 21 6

34 32 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 1588 189 316 28 39 0

32 33 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 1584 -5 299 -8 37 0

33 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1514 47 252 8 25 2

39 35 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 1500 383 325 83 40 5

36 36 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1475 136 261 19 37 0

38 37 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 1404 130 243 14 23 1

37 38 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 1375 98 267 29 42 2

40 39 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 1108 5 216 9 29 0

41 40 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 1005 147 228 39 37 1

42 41 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 844 106 177 22 26 1

52 42 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 758 219 99 25 13 1

58 43 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 734 278 122 71 11 10

44 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 696 608 149 136 17 12

45 45 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 684 31 93 2 5 0

46 46 OLD DOMINION/My Heart Is A Bar (RCA) 660 30 66 3 1 0

43 47 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 622 -32 126 -11 14 0

47 48 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 609 29 90 4 9 0

49 49 RANDALL KING/Hey Cowgirl (Warner/WEA) 589 3 114 1 12 0

53 50 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 582 86 138 17 24 1

48 51 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 582 6 126 2 18 0

50 52 KYLIE FREY/Spur Of The Moment (Deep Frey'd) 580 32 112 6 10 0

55 53 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 547 56 103 15 10 0

51 54 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 502 -37 86 2 7 1

54 55 RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) 495 -1 94 6 9 0

57 56 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 457 -25 114 -8 20 0

56 57 CODY JOHNSON & REBA MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 442 -34 88 -3 10 1

58 ERIC CHESSER/Date Night (Big Big Records) 423 48 83 10 7 0

59 DALLAS REMINGTON/Uncommon Man (Road Warrior) 415 20 80 4 6 0

60 LAUREN ALAINA f/L. GRAHAM/What Do You Think Of (Mercury) 400 20 40 2 1 0

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