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CRS Agenda Grows CRS 2010 is only (wait for it) five weeks away and the number of can’t-miss sessions continues to climb. These include: Town Hall: The Industry Truth Revealed (moderated by Tony Randall and Kris Rochester, with Mike Dungan, John Esposito, Scott Lindy, Larry Wilson and Gretchen Wilson), So You Think You Know How To Interview? You’re Wrong! (Craig Morgan, Blair Garner, Garrett Doll, Sharla McCoy and Rick “Bubba” Taylor), The Great Playlist Debate: Can Passive Be Passionate? (Wade Jessen, Jimmy Harnen, Doug Montgomery and John Shomby) and PPM Affects All Of Us (Charlie Cook, Scott Mahalick and Gary Marince).
In addition, Tom T. Hall will headline WCRS Live!, sponsored by BMI and Country Aircheck, joined by songwriter Wynn Varble and new artist Easton Corbin Feb. 25 at 4:10pm. Get the CRS agenda and register here.
Radio News• American Media Investments OM Warren McDonald has exited the company where he oversaw 13 stations including Country KBTN-FM & AM/Joplin, MO, KKOW-FM & AM/Pittsburg, KS and KPGG & KCAR/Texarkana, TX-AR. Reach him at 417-631-9051 or here.
Country Still Cares “The standout moments are always the family and patient interviews,” WFMB/Springfield, IL PD Dave Marsh says of this past weekend’s Country Cares for St. Jude Kids seminar in Memphis. “In one session the doctor was telling us about a child’s treatment when the little one fell down the steps of the auditorium stage. They picked her up and as mom was checking her out, the little girl said, ‘Kiss it, mommy. Kisses make it go away.’ It amazes me every time I see kids just being kids despite months and years of cancer treatment. It’s powerful stuff.” For 21 years, Country radio has played an integral role in healing some of the nation’s sickest children, raising more than $365 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through radiothons and other fundraisers. Roughly 650 artists, radio and music industry professionals attended this year’s seminar, and we asked a handful of programmersfor their perspective.
Artistic Freedom: Country Cares founder Randy Owen (top) with eight-year-old Jordyn and (bottom) are (l-r) Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet with four-year-old Emma. (continued on page 4)
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My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life MCA/Nashville VP/Promotion Van Haze discusses his most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. B.B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland, Together For The First Time ... Live!: Growing up in Mississippi, I was always around the blues. This was the first tape I ever bought, and I just wore the thing out. The preaching, the music—it’s just electric. You feel like you are sitting in the audience.
2. Son Volt and Blue Mountain at Jackson, MS’s Hal and Mal’s: It wasn’t my first concert, but it was the first time I got into a bar with a fake ID, drank beer, and saw two bands that I loved play together. It may have been the best night in my hazy teenage years.3. Ray LaMontagne: He’s my default music. When I get tired of what’s on my iPod I just select Ray and hit shuffle.4. Josh Kelley For the Ride Home: I love Josh Kelley, and this was his first album. I’ve been a fan ever since.5. B.B. King, Nashville: My wife and I saw him on his 84th birthday. I’ve never seen anything like it. He still kills it. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Pink Floyd, The Wall.•An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: I don’t get a lot of stuff, but I really like almost all kinds of music. If it has a good beat, I like it. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: John Mayer, Heavier Things.•One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Mood Ring” by Wade Bowen.
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• WIL/St. Louis AM driver Cornbread has re-upped his contract. • Steele Imaging’s Dave Steele has signed on as the voice of Qantum’s WHWY/Ft. Walton Beach. • Moby Enterprises, Inc. MD Sandy Weaver is producing Today’s Country Tidbits, a one-minute weekday country music news feature. The segment is available on a market-exclusive basis. Hear samples here. Contact Weaver at 770-310-6932 or here. • CBS Interactive Music Group has launched the streaming station GRAMMY Radio. Listeners can access the station online or on their cell phones here.
Industry News R2M Music Founding Partner Phil May has joined Warner/Chappell as VP and GM of the Nashville office. May will oversee day-to-day business management of the Nashville branch in addition to the company’s contracts and copyright administration departments. Major Bob Music Sr. Dir./A&R Scot Sherrod is exiting the company to pursue new opportunities. Reach him at 615-533-6291 or here. Borman Entertainment VP Sandra Westerman has joined Red Light Management. The move follows Faith Hill’s signing to Red Light earlier this month (CAT 1/7). Veteran songplugger Juli Newton Griffith has returned to Magic Mustang Music as Creative Dir. after a three-year hiatus. Reach her at 615-242-0788 or here. All Access Country Editor Jim Asker is among those running the April 24 Country Music Half Marathon to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training. Asker is still working toward his $15,000 fundraising goal, and you can donate here. Lost Highway VP/A&R-Media Relations Jim Flammia and VP/Promotion & Artist Development Ray Di Pietro exited UMG/Nashville Friday (1/15) during company-wide staff cuts. Di Pietro has now formed Bitter Little Dutchboy, LLC offering radio promotion, artist development and management; reach him here.
Gig Alerts• KNTY/Sacramento GM Allyson Maiman is seeking a PD. Applicants must already be based on the West Coast; send airchecks and resumes to HR here.
• Nashville-based Leadership Music board Pres. Pat Collins is chairing a five-member search committee to hire a new Executive Director. Resumes may be sent here through Feb. 8.• WBCT/Grand Rapids OM Doug Montgomery “needs a killer night jock yesterday!” Airchecks and resumes to Human Resources, WBCT, 77 Monroe Center #1000, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503.• KBWF (The Wolf)/San Francisco PD Mike Krinik is still seeking the right candidate to fill the Wolf’s open APD/PM drive position. If you haven’t already, reach out to Krinik here.
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• Clear Channel’s KSWF/Springfield, MO PD/PM driver Adam Burnes is seeking a middayer/street team leader. Send airchecks and resumes here.• WMZQ/Washington, DC PD Meg Stevens is seeking a full-time producer/announcer to join morning host Joe Boxer, as well as to host a weekend shift. Send airchecks and resumes here or via snail mail to Clear Channel, Attn. Human Resources, 1801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.• KFGE/Lincoln, NE OM Steve Albertsen is seeking a morning co-host to join Gary Greenwood. Send airchecks (no longer than two minutes) and resumes here or to KFGE-FM, c/o Steve Albertsen, Broadcast House OM, 4332 “O” Street, Lincoln, NE 68510. No phone calls, please.
Chart Chat A big shout out to Tim McGraw, co-veeps April Rider and Adrian Michaels, as well as the entire Curb team, for topping the chart with McGraw’s “Southern Voice.” The track is the second single from the album of the same name, following last year’s “It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You.”
Artist News According to People, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow will perform the Hope For Haiti Now
telethon. Actor George Clooney will host the two-hour event to air on networks ABC-TV, CBS-TV, NBC-TV, FOX-TV, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT Friday (1/22) at 8pm ET. Dixie Chicks members Emily Robison and Martie Maguire have formed a duo and dubbed themselves Court Yard Hounds,
according to Rolling Stone. The sisters will debut at Austin’s South by Southwest in March without Chicks singer Natalie Maines, although both insist the Chicks haven’t disbanded. “Emily and I had the itch,” Maguire told the magazine. “And every time we’d call Natalie and say ‘are you ready?’ she wasn’t
Wednesday (1/20) – John Michael Montgomery, Slim Whitman, Stephen Giuttari ([email protected])
Thursday (1/21) – Mac Davis, Jimmy Ibbotson, Rick Trevino, Nicole George, Jackie Straka
Friday (1/22) – Teddy Gentry, the late Tom Rivers; Jim Saliby ([email protected])
Saturday (1/23) - Harley Allen, the late Johnny Russell
Sunday (1/24) - Keech Rainwater, Ray Stevens, Buzz Cason, Rhonda Forlaw-Adkins, Becky Hobbs, Nancy Tunick ([email protected]), Bobby Young ([email protected])
Monday (1/25) - John Alexander ([email protected]), Jayme Austin ([email protected]), Kippi Brannon, Mike Burch, Lee Carroll, Rick Hughes ([email protected])
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ready.” Court Yard Hounds will release their first album in May and will tour later this year. Details here. According to her blog, Miranda Lambert will present at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. She joins Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and the Zac Brown Band, who are confirmed to appear at the Jan. 31 event. Country Financial is sponsoring Jason Aldean’s Wide Open tour, making the shows part of their “Road Trips and Guitar Picks” concert series. Learn more here. SHeDaisy, Lee Brice and Chuck Wicks will appear at Clay Walker’s Feb. 23 Chords of Hope: The Clay Walker MS Benefit Concert at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon. All proceeds will benefit MS research at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Learn more here. Miranda Lambert has partnered with TouchTunes Interactive to offer The Revolution sweepstakes. One winner will receive tickets for two to see Lambert in concert on Brad Paisley’s American Saturday Night tour. Enter until next Tuesday (1/26) at TouchTunes digital jukeboxes nationwide or here.
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two from the round tables that adds another piece to the puzzle. This year we’re adding a third station, newly acquired WDZQ/Decatur, to our event. Adding more members to our Neuhoff St. Jude family is always exciting. “There were some suggestions on what to put on Facebook and how important it is to keep that updated throughout the radiothon,” Marsh continues. “Also, someone came up with
The CMA Songwriters Series returns for a sixth year March 25 at New York City’s Joe’s Pub. Dierks Bentley, Jim Beavers, David Lee Murphy and host Bob DiPiero are on the bill. Learn more here.
Life Note We’re wishing a speedy recovery to Charlie Daniels, who suffered a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado Friday (1/15). He was released from a Denver medical center Sunday (1/17) and returned home. He is doing well and has no plans to cancel any upcoming tour dates.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • KNTY/Sacramento PD Bob McNeill exited after three years at the station. Reach him at 916-390-2312 or here. (CAT 1/15)• 15-year Capitol/Nashville artist Trace Adkins signed with Show Dog-Universal. (BN 1/13)• WFGS/Murray, KY PD/PM driver Justin Tyler will relocate to New Hampshire Jan. 21. Reach him here. (CAT 1/13)
Country Still Cares (continued from page 1) Not surprisingly, the children made the strongest impression. WCTQ/Sarasota PD Heidi Decker was one of several who recounted seeing young patient Ellen singing “Over The Rainbow” for attendees. “Seeing her fussing with her little brother and fearlessly singing in front of a room of strangers, all while fighting for her life ... I get choked up now just remembering it,” Decker says. “If our listeners saw just that one moment alone, they wouldn’t want to wait for the radiothon to become a Partner in Hope.” The motivation found in the stories of families healed and the work left to be done is supplemented by the exchange of information stations can use to improve their fundraising efforts. “Our station has been doing radiothons since the beginning and have raised the bulk of our money in the last 10 years, primarily because of things we’ve learned at these seminars,” Marsh says. “Our team members and I always come away with a nugget or
Good Indeeds: Radio programmers, record reps and artists converge in the halls of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids. Pictured (l-r) are WCOL/Columbus PD John Crenshaw, KMPS/Seattle PD Becky Brenner, KUZZ/Bakersfield MD Toni Marie, Steel Magnolia’s Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones, Valory’s George Briner, Jewel and Big Machine’s Jack Purcell and Mandy McCormack.
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Wednesday 1/20 – Kenny Rogers, James Otto, Heidi Newfield, Randy Owen, Troy Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, Trisha Yearwood, CMT Cribs (re-air).
Thursday 1/21 – Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels, Rodney Atkins, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).
Friday 1/22 – Keith Urban, Ellen DeGeneres (re-air) (syndicated); Jimmy Wayne, Country Vibe With Chuck And Becca (AMG-TV).
Saturday 1/23 – Lady Antebellum, Top 20 Country Countdown (re-air) (GAC).
Sunday 1/24 – Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Jake Owen, Rodney Atkins, Opry Live (re-air) (GAC).
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Side Note: St. Jude has pledged its support for relief efforts in Haiti. A statement from the hospital says in part, “[We are] coordinating with regional and international aid organizations to provide support for Haitian pediatric cancer patients and others with catastrophic diseases within our expertise. In addition, through our International Outreach Program, our physicians will be available to consult on cases that may arrive at any hospital in the world and we have offered to provide medicines and supplies as our resources allow.” CAC
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a great idea of using bank signs to promote our radiothon and ‘hope’ number during the event.” Several programmers also cited a presentation by Country Aircheck’s Lon Helton analyzing radiothon impact on PPM ratings. (The presentation is a continuation of the “Radiothon Rebound” story in our September ‘09 print edition.) “Intellectually, we have always known that there will be some tune-out during radiothons,” KSON/San Diego PD John Marks says. “When you see it graphically, it initially creates some knee jerk reactions. But I don’t worry so much about the mechanics of the PPM on radiothon days. “Our motto is that ‘you can never go wrong by being nice to somebody,’” Marks continues. “I regard projects like St. Jude and other worthwhile charities as our responsibility to support. Our listeners appreciate that we use our power and influence for something other than jamming spots down their throats. And if they do tune out, I know they’ll be back knowing that we dedicated ourselves to a greater good.” “Lon’s PPM presentation was exceptional and diminished, somewhat, the concern I had about a radiothon in the PPM world,” WGH-FM/Norfolk PD John Shomby agrees. “Don’t worry about PPM and your radiothon. What you lose you will get back fairly quickly.” But the weekend’s information, good as it may be, is dwarfed by its emotion. “It’s not what I take away that matters,” Marks says. “It what I’m reminded of. I’m reminded that I have a great life with friends and family who are happy and healthy. And I love to see the result of ours and many, many others’ good work with St. Jude.”
Gretchen Wilson Greatest Hits (Columbia) Wilson’s most popular hits from her three No. 1 albums make up this 11-track compilation. She co-wrote seven and produced six of the songs on the collection, which features Merle Haggard on “Politically Uncorrect” and John Rich on “Come To Bed.” Closing the project is a live, previously
unreleased rendition of Heart’s “Barracuda.”
January 26 Lady Antebellum Need You Now (Capitol)
February 9 Josh Turner Haywire (MCA)
February 23 Sarah Buxton Sarah Buxton (Lyric Street) Josh Thompson Way Out Here (Columbia)
Album release info to [email protected].
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WQMX/Akron 5.9 6.7 2 2WGAR/Cleveland 3.4 2.6 10 13WQXY/Youngstown, OH 1.3 1.8 22 17 (WGAR, WQXK listings are for Akron Arbitron)WWWW/Ann Arbor, MI 5.8 5.4 2 2WYCD/Detroit 1.2 1.3 21 19t (Ann Arbor, MI Arbitron)WNCY/Appleton, WI 11.6 11.4 1 1WPKR/Appleton, WI 3.9 2.7 9 10KYKR/Beaumont 7.1 6.4 3 4KAYD/Beaumont^ 4.8 3.8 7 7KTHT/Houston+ 3.6 3.6 9 8KOGT-AM/Beaumont 0.8 1.0 18t 17tKYKZ/Lake Charles, LA^ 1.0 1.0 15t 17t (KTHT and KYKZ listings are for Beaumont Arbitron)WYRK/Buffalo 11.8 8.1 1 2WXRL-AM/Buffalo+ 0.9 1.5 18 15WQXK/Youngstown, OH 6.8 8.1 2t 1tWQMX/Akron 4.6 4.9 7 6WTUZ/New Philadelphia, OH 0.8 1.1 24t 20tWQKT/Wooster, OH 1.1 0.7 20t 24t (WQXK, WQMX, WTUZ, WQKT listings are for Canton, OH Arbitron)WSOC/Charlotte 5.3 6.5 4 2WKKT/Charlotte 5.5 5.2 3 4tKCCY/Colorado Springs 4.9 5.7 8 7KATC/Colorado Springs 6.9 4.4 3 10WCOL/Columbus, OH 5.8 7.5 NA NAWHOK/Columbus, OH^ 4.1 4.3 NA NAWCLT-FM/Columbus, OH 2.3 2.6 NA NAWNKK/Columbus, OH^ 1.1 1.2 NA NAWHKO/Dayton 8.8 8.8 NA NAWDSJ/Dayton 1.2 0.9 NA NAWKRO-FM/Daytona Beach 3.6 1.8 9 16WOGK/Gainesville 1.3 1.4 19t 18tWWKA/Orlando 5.8 4.6 3 7 (WWKA and WOGK listings are for Daytona Beach Arbitron)WKML/Fayetteville, NC 9.4 10.6 2 2
WQDR/Raleigh 1.3 2.1 16t 12WEGX/Florence, SC 0.0 1.1 0 19t (WQDR and WEGX listings are for Fayetteville, NC Arbitron WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 13.1 10.2 NA NAWMZQ/Washington, DC 1.1 0.6 NA NA (Fredericksburg, VA Arbitron)KSKS/Fresno 4.1 6.5 7 3KGHE/Fresno 2.7 1.9 13 18tWAVW/Ft. Pierce 6.4 6.0 3 3WIRK/West Palm Beach 1.2 2.9 20t 11 (Ft. Pierce Arbitron)WOGK/Gainesville 10.4 10.1 1 1WTRS/Gainesville 5.8 3.4 4 10WAYZ/Hagerstown, MD^ 7.2 9.8 2 1WPPT/Hagerstown, MD+^ 5.6 6.6 4 3WFRE/Frederick, MD 3.9 4.1 7t 8t (Hagerstown, MD Arbitron)WWYZ/Hartford 7.1 8.5 4 2WNWN-FM/Kalamazoo, MI^2.4 2.0 11t 12KUSJ/Killeen, TX 9.3 7.0 1 3KVET-FM/Austin^ 2.0 2.4 13t 10tWACO/Waco, TX^ 6.7 8.8 2t 1 (WACO and KVET-FM listings are for Killeen, TX Arbitron)WPCV/Lakeland 12.0 11.4 1 1WWKA/Orlando 0.6 1.1 33t 23tWFUS/Tampa 1.9 1.2 10t 21tWQYK-FM/Tampa 1.1 0.8 25t 30t (WFUS, WWKA and WQYK-FM listings are for Lakeland Arbitron)WDEN/Macon, GA 10.6 8.6 3 4WMCG/Milan, GA+ 0.8 1.2 14t 13t (Macon, GA Arbitron)WHKR/Melbourne 5.0 4.1 6 8tWWKA/Orlando 4.5 6.4 7t 1 (Melbourne Arbitron)KATM/Modesto, CA 10.4 9.1 1 1WLWI/Montgomery, AL 6.6 7.0 4 5WBAM/Montgomery, AL 4.3 5.0 9 8
WSTH/Columbus, GA 1.0 0.0 15t 0 (Montgomery, AL Arbitron)WWYZ/Hartford 5.7 5.0 3 4 (New Haven, CT Arbitron)WWKA/Orlando 5.1 5.4 5 4WPCV/Lakeland 0.9 1.1 18 18 (Orlando Arbitron)WBEE/Rochester, NY 7.6 8.8 3 2WKCQ/Saginaw, MI 7.2 8.8 NA NAKFGY/Santa Rosa, CA 4.2 3.0 3 8tKGRP/Santa Rosa, CA 0.6 1.7 34t 17tWCTQ/Sarasota^ 3.8 4.5 5 4WIKX/Pt. Charlotte, FL^ 1.5 1.7 19t 15tWFUS/Tampa^ 1.1 1.6 22t 18t (WIKX and WFUS listings are for Sarasota Arbitron)KRMD-FM/Shreveport 7.1 5.8 5 6KXKS-FM/Shreveport^ 6.9 4.0 6 9KWKH-AM/Shreveport+^ 1.3 1.8 15 15KATM/Modesto, CA 9.6 8.0 1 2KNCI/Sacramento 1.0 0.0 21t 0 (KATM and KNCI listings are for Stockton Arbitron)KIIM/Tucson 8.9 9.2 1 1KNUE/Tyler, TX 7.6 7.5 3 3tKKUS/Tyler, TX+^ 4.6 5.3 7t 7KYKX/Tyler, TX^ 3.8 2.9 10 10KJUG-FM/Visalia, CA 4.4 3.9 7t 9tKSKS/Fresno 2.0 3.2 13 11 (Visalia, CA Arbitron)WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.3 4.1 3 6WKIS/Miami 1.3 1.3 22 19t (West Palm Beach Arbitron)WKLB/Boston 6.6 6.8 2 3 (Worcester, MA Arbitron)WQXK/Youngstown, OH 10.2 11.5 1 2WWGY/New Castle, PA 2.1 2.7 12 10t (Youngstown, OH Arbitron)
Here is the second installment of Fall 2009 diary Arbitron ratings results. We re-cap the markets as they come in each day in Country Aircheck Today, and provide this weekly overview of how Country stations have fared. As part of our weekly market-by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indcates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are not available.
Fall No. 1s: KATM, KIIM, WACO, WAYZ, WNCY, WOGK, WPCV, WQXK, WWKA
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3 1 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 15189 1135 5059 401 38.127 2.447 124 0
2 2 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your... (Capitol) 15091 911 4915 191 38.263 2.184 124 0
5 3 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 14701 1271 4973 406 37.412 3.846 124 0
4 4 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 14179 745 4778 262 35.676 2.154 124 0
1 5 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 12976 -1994 4174 -669 32.786 -5.52 124 0
6 6 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 4 12689 1548 4252 558 31.714 2.096 123 0
8 7 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 4 12381 1723 4241 613 30.534 2.681 123 0
7 8 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 11939 1147 3945 400 31.274 3 124 0
10 9 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 9719 805 3265 249 24.444 2.103 124 0
9 10 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 9320 279 3187 61 23.26 1.235 124 0
11 11 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 9151 775 3081 220 22.634 2.129 124 0
13 12 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 8795 821 2898 268 21.892 2.104 123 0
12 13 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 8392 378 2721 110 21.042 0.987 121 0
15 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 8264 1054 2638 359 21.714 2.876 123 4
17 15 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 4 8031 1483 2800 497 19.436 2.35 118 0
16 16 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 4 7986 1416 2739 515 19.367 2.187 118 1
14 17 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 7905 253 2691 89 18.859 0.898 119 0
21 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway... (Atlantic/HomeGrown/Bigger Picture) 5590 989 1912 319 14.421 2.166 115 11
19 19 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 5542 445 1950 157 12.136 1.23 117 3
18 20 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 5526 213 1913 96 12.272 0.869 114 2
20 21 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I... (19/BNA) 5026 348 1670 144 12.262 0.748 116 0
22 22 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 4914 448 1632 160 11.322 1.257 112 2
28 23 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 4 4625 1949 1476 574 11.718 4.842 112 16
26 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4200 1233 1408 429 10.77 3.496 107 18
24 25 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 4155 609 1495 176 9.846 1.499 107 3
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23 26 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 3983 312 1395 109 9.163 0.82 111 2
25 27 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 3713 647 1326 225 9.185 1.234 92 4
27 28 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 3241 354 1191 163 7.745 0.718 88 6
29 29 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 2907 416 1107 172 6.732 1.304 100 6
30 30 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 2484 368 801 159 5.955 0.653 82 20
39 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 2289 937 833 339 6.017 2.289 84 16
31 32 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 1945 157 692 24 3.912 0.607 70 2
32 33 THE BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic) 1904 165 643 48 4.023 0.279 70 7
33 34 RANDY HOUSER/Whistlin' Dixie (Show Dog-Universal) 1895 192 719 57 4.047 0.479 71 1
34 35 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 1865 184 721 53 3.872 0.561 75 2
36 36 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 1718 103 636 50 3.296 0.33 72 1
35 37 GLORIANA/How Far Do You Wanna Go? (Emblem/Warner Bros.) 1635 -7 590 4 3.497 -0.564 67 1
37 38 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 1581 73 609 37 3.054 0.396 73 7
38 39 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Oughta Be More Songs... (Columbia) 1221 -158 408 -36 2.507 -0.302 52 1
40 40 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 1190 37 413 11 2.425 -0.009 39 4
41 41 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 1030 16 392 18 2.096 0.02 46 4
42 42 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 1013 22 339 23 1.673 0.084 38 6
44 43 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 960 57 334 20 1.548 0.141 44 5
47 44 HOUSTON COUNTY/I Can't Make It Rain (Stroudavarious) 701 9 281 6 1.159 0.091 46 0
46 45 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin' (Golden) 661 -36 304 -14 1.316 0.024 43 1
45 46 RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin' Girls (Curb) 638 -64 274 -29 1.061 -0.065 42 1
49 47 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look... (Show Dog-Universal)546 205 217 55 0.732 0.261 24 3
48 48 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (Broken Bow) 422 45 192 25 0.561 0.084 27 4
50 49 JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray... (Jaronwood/Quarterback) 407 84 122 24 1.526 0.133 11 3
50 COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) 378 89 155 28 0.635 0.202 15 2Debut
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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 1949 4JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 1723 4DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 1548 4BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 1483 4EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 1416 4JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 1271LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 1233BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 1147TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 1135CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 1054
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersJOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 613TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 574DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 558EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 515BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 497LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 429JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 406TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 401BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 400CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 359
Activator Top Point GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 538 4DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 532 4JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 455 4RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 411 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 392 4BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 347BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 296KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 284JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 277EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 246
Activator Top Spin GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 308JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 306DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 301LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 254RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 228BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 195BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 189KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 163EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 154JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 145
Country Aircheck Add LeadersALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 20LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 18RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 16TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 16JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 15CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 13ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 11LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 7BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 7CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 6GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 6JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 6
CMTLAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury)
CMT PURELAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury)
GACRYAN BINGHAM/The Weary Kind (New West)
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January 25COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury)CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain’t Nothin’ (BNA)DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious)DAVID NAIL/ Turning Home (MCA)JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine)JO DEE MESSINA/That’s God (Curb)LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol)BRIDGETTE TATUM/(I Like My) Cowboys Dirty (Root 49/Nine North/Grassroots)
February 1BURNS & POE/Don’t Get No Better Than That (Blue Steel) KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA)SAMMY KERSHAW/Better Than I Used To Be (Big Hit)REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstuck/Valory)
February 8BRADY SEALS/Been There Drunk That (StarCity/Nine North)SARAH DARLING/Whenever It Rains (Black River)
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WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin’ (Golden) Moves 46*-45; 661 points, 304 spin 1 ADD: KNIX
RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin’ Girls (Curb) Moves 45*-46; 638 points, 274 spins 1 ADD: WGTY
JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who’s Back In Love (Show Dog-Universal) Moves 49*-47*; 546 points, 217 spins 3 ADDS: WPAW, WQYK*, WSOC*
JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) Stays at 48*; 422 points, 192 spins 4 ADDS: KNIX, WCOL, WKMK, WQYK*
JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Quarterback) Moves 50-49*; 407 points, 122 spins 3 ADDS: KCYE, KIXZ, WFUS
COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) Debuts at 50*; 378 points, 155 spins 2 ADDS: KATM*, WUBL
KENNY CHESNEY/This Is Our Moment (BNA) 367 points, 89 spins 0 ADDS
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 11518
LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 9250
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 5780
ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 5614
CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 5582
DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 5287
BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 4702
JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 4578
CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 4559
JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 4461
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5 1 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 4365 277 2694 145
2 2 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 4363 154 2709 90
3 3 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 4347 221 2675 96
6 4 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 4 4101 532 2500 301
1 5 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 4023 -211 2501 -113
7 6 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 4 3821 455 2402 306
4 7 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 3643 -450 2233 -289
8 8 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 3557 296 2240 189
9 9 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 3230 104 1971 81
10 10 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 3064 186 1891 117
12 11 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 2877 174 1802 100
11 12 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 2830 62 1766 16
13 13 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 2822 284 1739 163
15 14 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 2660 347 1627 195
16 15 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 2554 246 1553 154
14 16 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 2409 42 1469 20
17 17 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 2194 200 1369 126
18 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20... (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 2125 235 1316 142
20 19 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 1908 143 1180 56
19 20 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 1892 88 1186 55
26 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4 1487 392 981 254
22 22 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 1470 126 891 69
23 23 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 1444 119 880 66
21 24 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I... (19/BNA) 1442 91 893 87
24 25 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 1386 64 837 42
25 26 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 1378 187 829 77
29 27 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 4 1313 538 832 308
27 28 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 1199 170 752 85
32 29 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 4 1057 411 646 228
28 30 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 978 185 630 127
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31 31 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 875 214 567 119
30 32 RANDY HOUSER/Whistlin' Dixie (Show Dog-Universal) 775 47 493 30
34 33 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 635 80 377 30
33 34 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 617 9 393 7
35 35 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 542 49 305 34
37 36 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 507 55 310 40
36 37 GLORIANA/How Far Do You Wanna Go? (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) 465 2 295 4
38 38 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 404 -39 233 -3
39 39 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Oughta Be More Songs About... (Columbia) 393 -38 245 -19
43 40 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 371 123 230 63
41 41 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 347 67 220 32
40 42 HOUSTON COUNTY/I Can't Make It Rain (Stroudavarious) 294 4 195 1
42 43 TELLURIDE/Stay (American Roots/Quarterback) 267 15 193 9
46 44 RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin' Girls (Curb) 230 43 138 7
44 45 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin' (Golden) 227 -18 169 -11
51 46 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 211 110 123 56
47 47 JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Quarterback) 193 10 143 6
45 48 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 183 -4 108 4
49 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 168 146 82 70
49 50 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who's... (Show Dog-Universal) 165 36 112 25
60 51 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 90 46 63 31
57 52 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 88 21 50 12
54 53 DARREN KOZELSKY/Real Superman (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 88 6 62 4
48 54 TRACE ADKINS/Ala-Freakin-Bama (Capitol) 80 -76 54 -42
56 55 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 77 8 61 10
52 56 MICA ROBERTS/Days You Live For (Show Dog-Universal) 72 -17 53 -12
53 57 JACK INGRAM f/PATTY GRIFFIN/Seeing Stars (Big Machine) 72 -15 52 -12
58 DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 69 36 36 18
59 DAUGHTRY f/VINCE GILL/Tennessee Line (RCA/RMG) 68 23 43 14
55 60 COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) 66 -6 53 -7
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