issue 526 - november 21, 2016
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November 21, 2016, Issue 526
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Kingsley Joins National League Fall’s been a winning season for Chicago and the good news continued last week with Bob Kingsley’s National Radio Hall of Fame induction (CAT 11/18). “I don’t think I’ve ever drank that much champagne in my life,” he says. Country Aircheck spoke with him today (11/21) about the honor of a lifetime. CA: You had the largest group of supporters in the room and made a few days of it, from what I understand. What was the schedule? BK: I was surprised how many wanted to come. We just kept saying, “Yeah, come on.” There were eight friends from here in Texas, and other people just showed up. We started Wednesday, had a big dinner Friday and went home Saturday afternoon. I’m still trying to get my head wrapped around it all. Lisa Purcell from the Country Music Hall of Fame had a Hatch Print made up, which just killed me. The first time I saw one of those was the ‘60s. I don’t want to say where it was hanging, but it was in the bathroom of a honkytonk and had Hank Williams on it. To see my name on one was just great. My good grief. This has come real
close to being overwhelming. You were inducted with a group of people who have also enjoyed incredible careers. What stood out to you as you listened to your fellow inductees? There are a lot of similarities. I related most to Delilah, who said she counted 20 times she’s been fired. I said, “I think I’ve got you beat by three.” The common thread is if you hang in there long enough in this business, something will come together. I sat there listening to everyone
talk about all the various stations they worked at and thought, do we realize just how fortunate we all are. The question I get asked most often is what does it mean to me. That’s hard to answer, but when I was a kid I spent a year in bed. Every day I woke up looking forward to that radio beside my bed, waiting for the soap operas to be (continued on page 6)
Gruene Day: MCA’s George Strait and team at New Braunfels, TX’s Gruene Hall for last week’s launch of Strait Out Of The Box: Part 2. Pictured (l-r) are manager Erv Woolsey, UMG/Nashville’s Mike Dungan, Strait, UMGN’s Cindy Mabe and Messina Touring Group’s Louis Messina.
For The Good Times: Ken Rush Family trips and solo sightseeing adventures to Chicago, the Florida Keys, and a litany of state and national parks have kept industry vet Ken Rush busy since his July retirement (CAT 7/14), a reality much changed from the decades prior. In 45 years – 20 in radio and 25 in music promotion – the affable and easygoing Texan has witnessed infamous radio contests, renowned rock debauchery and label successes rarely duplicated in country music. Rush’s career started at Baylor’s campus radio station and eventually took him to Galveston, Dallas and Austin, where at KEYI he indirectly helped rewrite radio’s rulebook. “You may not have heard of the station, but you’re familiar with the result of one of our promotions,” he says, referencing the now-routine contesting requirement that winners not be radio employees. In 1986 the station was giving away a Mazda RX-7 and Asst. OM Rush was in the room when morning man Dave Jarrott Ken Rush
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Warner Bros./WMN’s RaeLynn discusses her most influential music:1. Dolly Parton: She’s more than just an artist. She’s somebody who changed and brought some light to this world. That’s who I aspire to be – an artist who does more than just sing on a stage. I want to make a difference.2. Miranda Lambert’s Kerosene: It was the first record I ever bought with my
own money. 3. Ray Charles at the Houston Rodeo: It was my first concert. I remember my dad telling me I was seeing a legend. I didn’t know what he meant at the time, but I do remember thinking it was such an incredible experience. I got goosebumps so many times. I was so young, but I’ll never forget that moment.4. Taylor Swift’s Speak Now: It was so cool that she wrote every song on that record by herself. That just doesn’t happen a lot, where an artist is so vulnerable.5. Dixie Chicks: I’ve always been a big fan of them and their sound, especially growing up in Texas. I just loved all of their songs and they influenced me a lot.• Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Everybody knows who she is now, but I remember when Adele won New Artist of the Year at the Grammys. I was so upset because she won over the Jonas Brothers. Little did I know, she was this incredible singer. And then I listened to her songs, like “Chasing Pavements,” and thought, “I’m really glad she won.” (laughs)• “Important” music you just don’t get: Hard rock/metal. I respect it, but I don’t really understand it. • An album you played incessantly: Dierks Bentley’s Riser. I couldn’t get enough of that album. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Hailee Steinfeld’s “Starving.” It is such a cool pop song. The concept is unique and I wish I’d written it. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I love musicals. I have the Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast and Mamma Mia! musicals on my phone.
MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
RaeLynn
took the winning call. “Dave said, ‘You’re the 103rd caller – you win! Who’s this?’” Rush recalls, along with a brief silence. “Then we heard, ‘Um, Bob Cole.’” Cole, now a Country Radio Hall of Famer, was the morning man at the competition and supposedly was only wondering if he could get through. Cole famously got his car, though he had to sign a release allowing KEYI to use his name and likeness for promotional purposes. “We never made him do anything for us,” Rush says, explaining the affair had already sparked a torrent of publicity for the station. They did, however, have an ad agency contact Cole telling him to report to an Austin tailor so he could be fitted for a tuxedo for a starring role in the station’s new television commercial. “We were just jerking his chain,” Rush chuckles. Radio was supposed to be fun. Programming Top 40 in Galveston, Rush was invited by promotion vet “Bubba” Wayne McManners to sit fifth-row for The Who’s 1975 North American tour open in Houston. Rush was also present for the now-infamous after-party, which McManners had organized for 2,000 at the Houston Oaks Hotel themed after the band’s new single “Squeeze Box.” “As the night went on, some articles of clothing came off, the cops showed up and [The Who bassist] John Entwistle got hauled to jail for punching a Houston police officer,” Rush muses. “A legendary, unforgettable party.”
Working Stiffs: MCA’s Ken Rush (l) and “Bubba” Wayne McManners show off their Biassed Programmers Award, circa 1977. “About the only record of Wayne’s I never would play was ‘Depot Street’ by Mudcrutch,” Rush says. “He always joked it was just biased programmers that kept it from being a hit.”
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over and the good stuff to start around 4pm. As I walked around the hall of fame I thought, my God, there’s everybody I listened to as a kid and I’m here with them. So you spent some time in the hall itself. What was that like? It’s grand ... a wonderful place. They didn’t have much of a building for a long time, but I recommend it to anyone who has anything at all to do with radio and finds themself in Chicago. Now you’ll be immortalized there, too. I’ll have to go back and see that. I did see Blair Garner’s picture. I don’t know whether I should admit this or not, but when I was at Full Service KFI/Los Angeles the station took a billboard saying I was the new Country guy. Sometimes I would drive down Sunset to see it. I’d stop and point it out to people walking by. Only one time did someone look and say, “Is that you?” From marveling at your name in lights to seeing it in the Hall of Fame... A dream come true.
(continued from page 1)Kingsley Joins National League
Rush again found himself at the center of music history almost 20 years later when in 1993 he left KPLX/Dallas for his second job in record promotion (he’d worked for MCA in the late ‘70s). PD Bobby Kraig had just left for Arista and tapped Rush as a Dallas-based regional. “I’ve never seen anything like what was going on there,” Rush says of the label’s early days. “Alan Jackson’s Here In The Real World had exploded, and in pretty quick order came Diamond Rio, Pam Tillis, Brooks & Dunn, Radney Foster – just one right after the other. The batting average was unheard of.” There were No. 1s and favorite No. 1s. “Lee Roy Parnell’s ‘Tender Moments’ was special,” Rush says. “[Arista President] Tim DuBois was just committed to the idea that his music needed to be on the radio and it didn’t matter if we made a dime. He just loved that guy. We all did.” Other fruitful stops included Equity, where in the mid-2000s he helped secure Little Big Town’s first hits, and Thirty Tigers, from which he just retired. “I was fortunate to work with some great people,” Rush summarizes. “And four of the best VPs ever in Bobby Kraig, David Haley, Bill Macky and Pam Newman.” The business was changing, however, and so was Rush. “I remember being in radio in Galveston in my mid-20s and these two older record guys, Al Mathias and Norris Green, telling me how they’d carried around their own record player when they’d started because some of the stations they called on didn’t have one outside the control room,” he says. “And I thought, ‘Man, these dudes have been doing this a long time; how can they relate to me?’ I finally started thinking that some of these young programmers must think the same thing about me.” And, Rush laughs, “I just don’t give a shit anymore about all those numbers.” Reach him here. –Russ Penuell
Chart Chat Congrats to Jason Aldean, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow promotion staff on the No. 1 ascension of “A Little More Summertime.” The song is the second consecutive chart-topper from his They Don’t Know album. And kudos to Damon Moberly and the Mercury staff for securing 36 adds on Billy Currington’s “Do I Make You Wanna,” topping this week’s board.
News & Notes CCB/Cape Cod, MA OM Wayne White has been honored with the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association’s inaugural
Above and Beyond award. More here. The Country Network (TCN) is now streaming on Roku. Warner Bros./WAR’s Dan + Shay have added 24 dates to their 2017 Obsessed Tour here. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reached the milestone of distributing one million books each month to children around the world. Red Bow’s Craig Campbell will perform at the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago Nov. 24. Atlantic/WEA’s Michael Ray has added 10 dates to his 2017 Think A Little Less Tour here. Crystal Gayle will kick off the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Deck The Hall festivities Nov. 25. More here. Shooter Jennings and Jason Boland will open an acoustic tour Dec. 9 in Philadelphia. Dates here. Songwriter/producer Cameron Montgomery has signed with Big Loud Mountain and Tree Vibez Music. Alan Jackson, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett and Bret Michaels will headline the Tree Town Music Festival May 25-28 in Forest City, IA. Full lineup here.
Jason Aldean
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Blair and the Opry’s Pete Fisher did your induction. What is your connection with them? Blair is one of America’s great broadcasters. After MidNite was something that had never been done before. I watched that come to fruition and have always had great regard for him. On top of it he’s truly a nice man. With Pete, here’s the man in charge of the country music institution and he’s up there talking about me? If there’s ever any doubt that you’ve arrived, that cements it. I really got to know him a couple of years ago when they did the Living Legend event. He was coming, so I asked if he would mind saying a couple of words and he said a lot of words. So you had no idea what he and Blair would be saying? None. I was hopeful it would be positive. (laughs)
We’ve covered your acceptance already (CAT 11/18), but now that you’ve had a few days to reflect, what stands out? I was so hopeful to get through it without having any sort of breakdown, but I was not successful. I wanted to make my point, say thank you and cover everybody I’ve worked with all these 40 years, particularly my wife Nan. That’s the one that got me. At least I didn’t lose my place. My parents never had a whole lot of faith in my chosen endeavor – “Bobby, you should be giving some thought to a real job,” they said, and this was after the 15th time I was fired. When I got to the podium I stood there and stared out at the room for a few moments. I thought, this is where I would say to my folks, “This is what perseverance brings.” God in heaven, it really is true. Here I am. –Chuck Aly
Hall We Have To Give: At the 28th Annual National Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony last week are (l-r) MBC’s Bruce Dumont, Mix Group’s Jason Garte, Tony Roberts, Delilah, Bob Kingsley, Kathy Hart, Eric Ferguson, Tommy Sablan, Jeff Detro and Jerry Cesak, and NRHOF’s Kraig Kitchin.
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SEEK & EmPLoyAvailable Jobs
Here's a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we'll include you in a future update. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN has is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Entercom's WPAW/Greensboro, NC has an opening for a PD. Materials to Dir./Country Programming Mike Moore here or OM Brian Douglas here. Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. Beasley's WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Pro-motions. Apply here. Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus' WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/after-noon personality. Apply here. Steel City's KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Ma-terials here. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend open-ing. Apply here. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda's WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday open-ing. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Townsquare/Yakima, WA has an opening for an OM. Apply here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country com-bo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Program-ming & Operations Keith Clark here. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morn-ing host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small mar-kets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Beasley's WQYK/Tampa has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Tee Gentry here. Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swag-ger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here.
Cumulus' KATM/Modesto, CA has an opening for a PD. OM Richard Perry is accepting airchecks and resumes here. Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Ste-phen Giuttari here. Cumulus' WKHX/Atlanta is searching for an experienced Ex-ecutive Morning Show Producer for the station's Cadillac & Dallas. View an in-depth job description and apply here. CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD (CAT 6/27). At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.
Searching• Jeff MilesFormer WKLB/Boston morning [email protected]• Jessilynn KiddFormer Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social [email protected]• Chappel FisherFormerly middays at WZZK/[email protected]• A.J. McCloudFormer WDRM/Huntsville [email protected]• Blake NixonFormer Warner Music Nashville Coord./[email protected]• Brian RickmanFormer Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/[email protected]• Rosey FitchpatrickFormer SSM Dir./National [email protected]• Dale O'BrianFormer Cumulus WLXX & WVLK/Lexington [email protected]• Wayne ManningFormer Cold River [email protected]• Doug MontgomeryFormer iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand [email protected]• Kristen KeeFormer Sony/Nashville Mgr./[email protected]• Hannah MartinFormer ACM Lifting Lives [email protected]• Kassidy StewartFormer Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & [email protected]• Kelley CashFormer KVOO/Tulsa [email protected]• Brian HatfieldFormer KYGO/Denver APD/[email protected] • Rick KennisFormer WGTY/York, PA Dir./[email protected]
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
2 1 JASON ALDeAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 29533 771 8891 322 62.192 0.939 158 0
4 2 FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) ✔ 27035 1881 8186 460 58.325 4.821 158 0
3 3 BReTT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 26608 736 8092 224 56.71 1.438 158 0
6 4 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 24257 1516 7419 416 51.257 3.193 158 0
1 5 COLe SWINDeLL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 22874 -7602 6833 -2277 49.997 -14.624 158 0
7 6 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) ✔ 22302 2292 6703 715 47.555 5.36 158 1
8 7 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔ 21551 1937 6582 572 46.862 3.235 158 0
9 8 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 20126 1192 6252 432 42.328 1.072 158 0
5 9 LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol) 19118 -5533 5998 -1564 41.503 -9.636 158 0
11 10 CARRIe UNDeRWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 17008 1087 5232 297 37.584 2.894 158 0
13 11 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 15336 646 4627 187 32.224 2.112 158 0
16 12 BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 14300 1880 4371 627 31.471 4.095 158 0
14 13 MAReN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 14094 366 4170 37 29.01 1.47 158 0
15 14 THOMAS RHeTT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 13395 503 4068 190 30.086 1.237 158 0
17 15 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 12144 1018 3777 263 25.588 2.826 156 1
19 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 11632 1662 3512 487 24.102 4.16 152 1
18 17 CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury) 11009 763 3443 223 21.291 2.621 157 1
20 18 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 10223 444 3099 134 20.449 1.12 158 0
12 19 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 10028 -6028 2834 -1935 22.426 -10.208 157 0
21 20 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 9687 643 3105 133 17.203 1.286 149 12
23 21 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 9379 1113 2790 320 20.332 2.307 155 3
24 22 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 9252 1122 2737 295 15.502 1.414 148 3
22 23 BROTHeRS OSBORNe/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 8770 93 2762 -29 14.929 0.146 154 0
25 24 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 8501 346 2621 95 14.804 0.957 149 4
27 25 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 8042 971 2428 323 15.175 1.371 141 4
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
33 26 LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 7922 2970 2272 763 15.737 8.102 143 9
26 27 JeRROD NIeMANN & Lee BRICe/A Little More Love (Curb) 7689 -56 2393 -12 11.528 -0.037 145 0
28 28 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 7608 450 2270 160 14.356 0.886 151 1
29 29 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 7110 97 2263 58 11.189 0.577 145 0
31 30 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 7046 807 2032 271 12.673 1.558 146 6
30 31 JOSH TURNeR/Hometown Girl (MCA) 6702 314 2113 107 11.335 0.611 143 1
32 32 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 6257 801 1823 262 12.667 0.828 140 6
34 33 TReNT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 4918 317 1523 120 10.202 0.602 124 1
35 34 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 4730 120 1653 40 10.102 0.635 123 1
36 35 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 4560 303 1449 72 6.084 0.612 133 6
38 36 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 4191 444 1371 138 7.473 1.022 129 4
37 37 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 4020 -18 1018 16 6.95 0.108 94 1
39 38 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 3007 269 951 107 3.991 0.454 111 6
PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 2509 106 913 55 3.124 0.19 97 4
43 40 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 2473 88 782 20 2.873 0.026 87 5
41 41 CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow) 2372 93 817 35 2.534 0.215 97 3
44 42 JAKe OWeN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 2104 274 606 108 2.695 0.255 82 5
45 43 RONNIe DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 2096 162 523 37 4.002 0.289 31 0
47 44 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 2004 150 687 32 2.16 0.166 103 6
46 45 KANe BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA) 1997 91 578 32 2.247 -0.089 73 1
46 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 1865 1038 552 336 3.155 1.692 74 20
48 47 THOMPSON SQUARe/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) 1789 8 623 10 2.748 -0.13 80 1
50 48 JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 1668 234 570 57 2.181 0.456 73 4
49 49 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 1666 94 475 25 2.185 0.144 66 2
50 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 1547 43 483 19 1.269 0.117 77 3
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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersLITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 763
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 715
BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 627
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 572
DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 487
FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 460
TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 432
OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 416
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 336
BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 323
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersLITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 2970 ✔BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 2292 ✔KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 1937 ✔FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/ T.MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 1881 ✔BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1880 ✔DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 1662
OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 1516
TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 1192
HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 1122
BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 1113
Activator Top Spin GainersLITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 250
TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 221
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 201
BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 200
DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 168
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 165
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 141
MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 140
BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 133
BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 128
Activator Top Point GainersLITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 1229 ✔
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1027 ✔
BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1023 ✔
TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 1005 ✔
DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 832 ✔
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 817
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 688
MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 642
BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 622
CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury) 609
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 15428
BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 12473
LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 11277
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Vice (RCA) 10464
SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 9542
WILLIAM MICHAeL MORGAN/I Met A... (Warner Bros./WMN) 8987
JASON ALDeAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 7692
TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 7569
KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 7349
THOMAS RHeTT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 7309
Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsBILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 36DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 20MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 20TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) 13LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 12LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 12LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 9WILLIAM MICHAeL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) 7CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 6DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 6DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 6JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 6KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 6RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 6
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Garth Brooks Gunslinger (Pearl)Brooks’ 11th studio album includes the first single “Baby, Let’s Lay Down And Dance” and songs “Honky-Tonk Somewhere” and “Whiskey To Wine,” featuring wife Trisha Yearwood. Additional tracks appear on the Gunslinger
version included with Brooks’ Target-only boxed set, The Ultimate Collection.
KANe BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA) Remains at 45* 1,997 points, 578 spins 1 add: WNOe
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) Debuts at 46* 1,865 points, 552 spins 20 adds including: KATM*, KAWO, KBeQ, KCYe, KCYY*, KFRG, KMDL, KRST*, KTST, WDRQ*
THOMPSON SQUARe/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Moves 48-47* 1,789 points, 623 spins 1 add: KCYE
JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory) Debuts at 48* 1,668 points, 570 spins 4 adds: KHEY, KTTS, WFUS*, WUBE
CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) Remains at 49* 1,666 points, 475 spins 2 adds: KRST*, WNOe
TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Debuts at 50* 1,547 points, 483 spins 3 adds: KCCY, KHEY, WYRK
JOe NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 1,501 points, 506 spins No adds
JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,455 points, 498 spins No adds
DAVID NAIL f/BROTHeRS OSBORNe/Good At Tonight (MCA) 1,266 points, 436 spins 1 add: KBQI
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November 28None Listed
December 5SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)RYAN KINDER/Close (Warner Bros./WEA)DRAKE WHITE/Makin’ Me Look Good Again (Dot)JASON ALDeAN/Any Ol’ Barstool (BBR)
December 12JACKIE LEE/Getting Over You (BBR)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
3 1 FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe F/TIM MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 12080 260 2434 54 54 0
1 2 JASON ALDeAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 12071 -465 2395 -86 53 0
4 3 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 11396 297 2259 66 54 0
5 4 BReTT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 11253 338 2268 64 54 0
8 5 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) ✔ 10824 1027 2154 201 53 1
6 6 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 10733 688 2161 141 54 0
9 7 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) ✔ 10104 1005 2026 221 53 0
10 8 CARRIe UNDeRWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 9148 480 1766 99 54 0
2 9 COLe SWINDeLL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 8262 -3662 1618 -773 47 0
7 10 LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol) 7653 -2159 1498 -375 46 0
15 11 BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 7439 1023 1428 200 54 0
11 12 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 7377 288 1406 67 53 1
14 13 THOMAS RHeTT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 6790 192 1302 48 53 0
12 14 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 6738 78 1358 27 51 0
13 15 MAReN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 6624 -13 1320 -6 53 0
18 16 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 5743 622 1110 128 54 0
19 17 CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury) 5730 609 1132 121 48 2
17 18 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. Gill/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 5640 436 1113 88 53 0
22 19 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) ✔ 5305 832 988 168 50 4
20 20 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 5195 194 983 36 52 1
23 21 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 4682 460 876 95 46 8
26 22 LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 4558 1229 893 250 53 5
21 23 BROTHeRS OSBORNe/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 4392 -187 846 -48 48 0
16 24 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 4191 -2179 814 -461 42 0
24 25 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 3906 439 702 70 51 1
27 26 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 3564 242 633 56 45 3
28 27 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 3368 159 664 36 43 1
25 28 JeRROD NIeMANN & Lee BRICe/A Little More Love (Curb) 3356 -14 644 -2 41 0
29 29 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 3216 232 609 30 45 1
31 30 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 3037 599 591 133 43 2
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
30 31 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 2850 272 565 65 46 3
32 32 JOSH TURNeR/Hometown Girl (MCA) 2496 274 492 43 42 2
33 33 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 1961 189 363 36 37 1
38 34 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 1817 817 352 165 33 10
34 35 LUKe COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1719 -28 262 -3 19 2
35 36 TReNT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 1547 274 282 38 28 2
37 37 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 1372 287 230 49 27 5
36 38 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 1168 -23 213 -5 28 0
39 39 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 1019 32 182 9 17 2
40 40 JAKe OWeN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA Nashville) 1004 83 179 22 16 1
41 41 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 947 68 156 13 18 2
48 42 JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 841 235 164 40 17 2
42 43 CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo) 817 78 168 16 15 0
45 44 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 736 97 149 22 22 1
47 45 RYAN FOLLeSe/Put A Label On It (BMLGR) 680 74 89 7 7 0
44 46 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 664 4 73 7 3 1
46 47 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 664 34 67 4 2 0
43 48 RONNIe DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 655 -21 134 -2 10 1
49 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 642 642 140 140 17 11
51 50 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 620 35 119 6 18 1
49 51 DAVID NAIL f/BROS.OSBORNe/Good At Tonight (MCA) 602 -1 121 0 12 0
53 52 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 579 34 116 11 20 0
50 53 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 563 -24 80 -3 5 0
54 54 MORGAN WALLeN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 506 13 70 2 5 0
52 55 GeORGe STRAIT/Goin' Goin' Gone (MCA) 475 -74 90 -15 9 1
56 CHRIS STAPLeTON/Whiskey And You (Mercury) 450 170 45 17 1 0
59 57 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 446 39 58 10 6 1
58 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---) 430 340 43 34 1 0
58 59 FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 430 10 43 1 1 0
60 CAROLINe JONeS/Tough Guys (Faction/Kobalt) 410 80 41 8 1 0
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