October 9, 2017, Issue 571

Streaming Up The Chart The following piece by Country Aircheck alum and Stone Door Media Lab founder Jeff Green is updated from his recent pre-sentation on airplay-streaming correlation at the NAB Radio Show in Austin. That work is an extension of his report first presented at CRS 2017 (CAW 4/10). See the full NAB presenta-tion here; reach Green here. If a new single is getting a few mil-lion on-demand streams nationally a week, is it a hit? And is streaming activity predictive of a hit single? To find out, the Stone Door Media Lab studied streaming activity on Country

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Traveller: Mercury’s Chris Stapleton after playing A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul Saturday (10/7), followed by a sold-out show at the Xcel Energy Center. Pictured (I-r) are KMNB/Minneapolis’ Lauren MacLeash, Country Radio Hall of Famer Mick Anselmo, Maria Anselmo, Kelly Phelan, Stapleton, KEEY’s Kia Becht, KMNB’s Lucas Phelan, Kia’s friend Denise, Mercury’s Charlie Dean, KEEY’s Levi Jesson and Jesson’s husband Dustin Schimmelpfenning.

Duke Hamilton’s Fire Inside Country Radio Hall of Famer Duke Hamilton is about to celebrate a huge milestone at Hubbard WUBE/Cincinnati. And while he still has fire in his belly and a passion for radio after 47 years on the air, another fire recently disrupted his life. Here’s more on that ordeal and his incredible radio longevity on the eve of his 40th anniversary at B105. CA: You and your wife Barb lost your home and most

of its contents to a fire last year (CAT 1/21/16). Where are you in coming back from that? DH: The station started a GoFundMe page that raised close to $15,000 and that was a big help. There was a lot of feedback from the record community, too. It was a humbling time for me. They say God works in mysterious ways, and a neighbor has a house in his fami-ly just a quarter mile down the road from

our farm. His renters moved out two days before the fire, our church cleaned and painted and we moved in there for about 16 months. It was handy to be that close. We could go over and feed what animals we have left. As for the house, we gutted it – took everything down to the rafters. We kept the same basic floor plan, but did away with the porch and enlarged our bedroom. We changed around a few other little things and have been back in since Memorial Day. What about the animals? For a number of years my wife and I had done mobile petting zoos – going to churches, grand openings and backyard birthday parties with goats, llamas and miniature horses. At one point we even had a camel to take to churches for live nativity scenes during the holidays. As we got older it was a lot of work and we started to downsize. The fire cut off all water and electric to our barn, so then we really had no choice. We still have a few goats and miniature horses, but that’s about it. Your radio story begins where? I started out in Bowling Green, MO.

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singles over the past two years to look for predictive correla-tions between streaming behavior and airplay in a single’s second chart week. Bottom line: They do appear to exist. (Ed. Note: Study based on Nielsen Music/BDS and Country Air-check/Mediabase data.) For the first time, it can be submitted that second-week “streams-per-spin” activity (let’s call it “SPS”) is correlated to Country airplay chart outcomes. From August 2015 through last week, singles reaching No. 1 averaged 721 SPS in chart week 2. Those peaking from 2-15 aver-aged far fewer – 486. Singles topping out from 16-30 came in even lower at 458, and those finishing between 31-50 averaged 411. Meanwhile, the average peak of Country singles generating more than 700 SPS in chart week 2 was 12.1, with 57% reaching No. 1. Those producing 301-699 SPS peaked at 15.4 (45% made No. 1), still outperforming charting singles overall (which peak, on average, at No. 18, with 38% going all the way). Singles with 300 or fewer SPS in chart week 2 peaked at 23.8 (22% reaching the top). While a single with low SPS early on can reach No. 1 (and many do), the high or low level of streams-per-spin is also related to the average airplay pace to No. 1. Of the 71 No. 1s from Au-gust 2015 through last week, those delivering 700 or more SPS in their second chart week reached No. 1 in 22.1 weeks. Future No. 1s with 200-699 SPS took 23.5 weeks, and those with fewer than 200 SPS needed 28.5 weeks. And while songs atop the CA/MB airplay chart aren’t always the most-streamed Country singles, there’s a clear pattern here, too: Since August, songs ranking from 1-10 in Country airplay have averaged 3 million streams per week; those from 11-20 averaged 2 million; it’s 935,000 for those from 21-30; about 943,000 for singles between 31-40; and 621,000 for those from 41-50 on the chart. If you think of these as benchmark figures, that new release with three million streams per week is actually already behaving like a top 10 airplay hit. Streaming activity itself shouldn’t be regarded as an infalli-ble statistic, especially when streams-per-spin ratios are low. But Country singles with heavy streaming activity in relation to very early airplay are showing evidence of having the most positive outcomes. They are worth a close look.

Chart Chat Congrats to Kenny Chesney, Steve Hodg-es, Shane Allen and the Columbia promotion team on scoring a second week at No. 1 with “All The Pretty Girls.” The song is the second chart-topper from Chesney’s current album Cos-

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Tori Kelly, featured on Chris Lane’s new Big Loud single “Take Back Home Girl,” discusses her most influential music:1. P!nk’s The Truth About Love Tour: This woman was singing live while flying across an arena, doing original choreography, and stripping it down to just her and a piano. Every tour, she makes herself learn a new instrument. She played her most popular songs, even if it was a part of a medley. I left

feeling so inspired and stoked about my next show.2. Crystal Lewis’ Fearless: I grew up listening to a lot of gospel music. I tried to hit every single note and run that Crystal did. I sang “Satisfied” multiple times at singing competitions when I was six. I sang “My Friend” at my fourth grade graduation. 3. Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles: I studied this album front to back when I was first starting to perform. I love the guitar solos and where the stories are placed. The whole flow of the set list feels amazing.4. India Arie’s Acoustic Soul: This was one of the first artists I listened to when I learned how to play guitar. I loved seeing a female songwriter with a guitar. I had never heard such a soulful spin on acoustic-driven music.5. J Moss: Definitely one of my favorite voices when it comes to tone and doing tricks. I also just love gospel music; how it’s all about Jesus, and has so much hope, and you can also express yourself with your voice and go crazy!• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I still haven’t gotten around to listening to Adele’s 25 all the way through. I’ve only heard the singles, which are great!• “Important” music you just don’t get: I have a hard time listening to “scream-o.” I appreciate when there’s melody in the song.• An album you listened to incessantly: The J Moss Project by J Moss. I studied every ad-lib on this album. Once I mastered each one, I tried to harmonize with them. It became a fun challenge for me, and still is!• An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Wolf” by Skott is one of the coolest, most unique songs, with beautiful melodies and production.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I listen to classical music. Mostly on planes, or when I just want to clear my mind. Current favs are the Lord Of The Rings soundtracks.

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mic Hallelujah. Songwriters are Nicolle Galyon, Tommy Lee James and Josh Osborne. And kudos to Josh Easler and the Arista reps for notching 53 adds on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s “The Rest Of Our Life,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes The FCC established a Hurricane Recovery Task Force to contin-ue the Commission’s work on restoring communications services in areas hit by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Pharis KHGG-FM/Waldron AR flipped to Fox Sports. Bobby Bare, Max T. Barnes and Mary Gauthier will perform in a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Saturday (10/14) at 11:30am CT in the Ford Theater. Seating is limited and the program will be streamed live here. The annual Ray Stevens Charity Golf Classic will be Oct. 12-13 at the Temple Hills Country Club in Franklin, TN. More info here.

The Week’s Top StoriesFull coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com.• Radio, artists and labels react to Las Vegas tragedy (10/2).• Tom Petty died following cardiac arrest (10/2). • Ajit Pai confirmed for five more years as FCC Chairman (10/3). • Angie Coonrod joined Red Light Management/Red Creative (10/4).• Broadway named WDSY/Pittsburgh morning host (10/5). • Patrick Knight added MD duties at KYGO/Denver (10/5).• Jim Nash leaving the KRVF/Corsicana, TX morning show (10/6).• Allen Brown promoted to Sony Music Nashville SVP/Media & Corporate Communications (10/6).• Newman added WRBT/Harrisburg, PA PD duties (10/9).

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After about a year I got drafted, went ahead and enlisted and ended up doing some radio and television in the Panama Canal Zone. When I got out of the service, I worked tem-porarily at an AC station in St. Louis and then went to Little Rock. How did you get to Cincinnati? I was at Country Radio Seminar when it was still out at the Nashville airport and met [then-WUBE PD] Bob English. He and I hit it off famously. I was the PD in Little Rock, so later when things started to go south, I called him. He said, “It’s kind of funny you called. My midday guy is leaving in a couple weeks and I have an opening.” He brought me up here in ’77, just by a chance meeting at CRS. Musically, you’ve seen a lot. The Outlaw movement was just starting to happen when I got to Little Rock. Then you get into the Urban Cowboy era, the late ‘80s and early ‘90s were so explosive and we’re in one of those times now. The music isn’t the same now as when I started, but I feel a sense of pride at having played new material from Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty, and still riding the waves and

exposing new talent. People argue whether things are country or not, but there’s good music out now and you have to adapt. Your on-air delivery has to mature and develop along with the music. That’s been fulfilling. What are your favor-ite memories around the music? The year after I started here Charlie Daniels had “Devil Went Down To Geor-

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We're spotlighting one inductee each week, leading up to the Oct. 23 NSHoF Gala. Alabama native Gosdin wrote many of his hits, including "Today My World Slipped Away" (later covered by George Strait) and 1989 CMA Song of the Year "Chiseled In Stone." Gosdin died in 2009 at age 74. His longtime friend and co-writer Buddy Cannon ("Set 'Em Up Joe" and "I'm Still

Crazy") remembers Gosdin, who was known as "The Voice." I became a fan of Vern's the first time I heard his records. I was living in Kingston Springs, TN and one of my neighbors told me he had just moved into a little duplex about a quarter mile up on my street. So the next day, I knocked on his door. I told him I was a songwriter and asked if he'd mind if I brought him some songs. He said, "Bring 'em on!" I had eight songs on this cassette, and a song I'd written with Raleigh Squires and Jimmy Darrell called "Dream Of Me" was the last one on it. Vern listened to about half of all of the songs and then he'd skip to the next one. He got to "Dream Of Me" and just lit up. He played it three or four times. He said, "Son, I've gotta cut that." We got to know each other and decided to try writing together. Vern had been on a couple of independent labels by then. Hank Cochran, who wrote for Tree Publishing, took Vern in to sing for Bob Montgomery, and they got him a record deal on Columbia, with Bob producing. The plan was to have Vern, Hank and Max D. Barnes write the album. Vern pulled me in and said, "I want Buddy to be part of this. We write good together." Vern pretty much exploded with that first Columbia record, Chiseled In Stone. It had "Set 'Em Up Joe" and "Do You Believe Me Now" on it. "Set 'Em Up Joe" was written by me, Vern, Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon at Hank's cabin in Gatlinburg, TN. Hank had this picnic table in his kitchen and we were all sitting there, playing guitars and kicking ideas around. That song just kind of fell out of the sky. I don't remember who said what lines, but 45 minutes later, we had it written. (continued on page 8)

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gia.” The original was the “son of a bitch” version and we didn’t play it. One day we get a visit from not just [CBS Records head] Joe Casey but Charlie himself. They came to see why weren’t playing the record. I guess they got the same story from several other stations because it wasn’t long after that visit we got the edited version. George Strait came to the station for his promo tour back in 1980 with no hat. Reba came not long after that. Faith Hill came in barefoot, but she carried her shoes with her. What changes have you seen? We played vinyl when I got here and didn’t switch to cart until two years later. We went to CDs that we dubbed back to carts and announced it as “from compact disc.” (laughs) We went to straight CDs in ‘86 and production was reel to reel with good ol’ splicing

tape. I thought I’d never master digital systems, and now look back wondering how we did it the old way. (laughs) This is the third facility we’ve been in, and I’ve been through nine or 10 companies, but not as many PDs. Tim Closson was here for 14 years, and I was PD at one time. A new GM came in and really wanted an off-air PD. He gave me the choice and I chose to stay on the air. My talent is on air and not program-ming so much, that was in ‘85. I started in middays, went to afternoons and then back, and did mornings for a while. I’ve been in middays for the last 12 years. How long will you keep going? As long as they’ll keep me, I can drive myself and still talk. The thing is, I still really enjoy it. I feel sorry for people that get up in the morning and dread going to work. This has always been a dream and all I ever wanted to do. It’s like the line in the Old Dominion song: “Chase after the dream, don’t chase after the money.” I didn’t care about being paid. Of course that changed when I got married. Had to have some money then. (laughs) People ask me what I’ll do when the time comes to walk away. I don’t know if I’ll be able to completely. I’d like to be able to send it in from home or do some kind of podcast. And I’ve got plenty of stuff on the farm to keep me busy. But I like radio so much. Hubbard is such a great people-oriented company. We have such a great crew here and the station is doing so well. [PD] Grover [Collins] is a great guy to work for. I’d be foolish to walk away from it right now. It’s been a good ride. Reach Hamilton here. –Paul Williams

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I was in the studio with Vern a lot while he was recording. I never did play on any of the stuff, but for some reason he always wanted me to be there, hanging out. He took his time in the studio, but he would go over it so much before he got there. Vern was really good on guitar. He had a feel with his guitar playing that fit the feel of his singing. Vern was a genius at arranging

harmony parts. That was exciting to him. He'd change the parts and say, "Try this note in that spot." He understood harmony. I think it was a combination of his background and love for bluegrass and gospel music. He loved to write. A lot of people, when they see an artist's name on a song with other writers, assume the artist really didn't have much to do with it, other than being in the room. But Vern wasn't like that. Every time I wrote with him, he was in the middle of the song as it was being written. He was good. He talked in song titles and hooks. He was always trying to find a clever hook or an idea. He would be excited [about the induction] if he were here. I wish he were here. I miss the old guy. We had a lot of fun. And the music speaks for itself.

Read inductee Walt Aldridge's profile here.

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Singers In Black Hats: Curb’s Jackson Michelson (l) and Dylan Scott (r) coordinate headgear at WHKO/Dayton’s Concert For A Cause, raising $11,000 for the Pink Ribbon Girls. The label’s Samantha DePrez (front row, left) is with station staffers (l to r) Nancy Wilson, Emily Naff, Liz Goshert, Karen Kelly Brown, Kelsey Colwell, Jimmy Larrabee, Christian Davell and Frye Guy.

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:

LCKM KRVF/Corsicana, TX is looking for a morning show co-host. Send aircheck and résumé here.

Scripps KVOO/Tulsa is looking for a morning show co-host. Apply here.

Saga WPOR/Portland, ME is looking for a PD. Details here.

CBS Radio KILT/Houston is looking for part-time weekend and fill-in talent. Send Airchecks here and apply here.

SiriusXM is looking for an Asst. Music Programmer based in Nashville. Details here.

Scripps WCYQ/Knoxville is seeking a new morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés here.

iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an APD/on-air host. More here.

Cox KKBQ & KTHT/Houston are looking for a National Sales Assistant and Account Executives for the cluster. Apply here.

Mountain Dog WFON/Fond Du Lac, WI is looking for a morning host. Send materials here.

The Academy of Country Music is seeking a Mgr./Strategic Partnerships and accepting applications for interns. Details here.

CMA is looking for a Sr. Mgr./Market Research. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements here.

Searching•Kris StevensFormer WKKT/Charlotte afternoon host610-762-8332radiobigkat@gmail.com

•Big Chris HartFormer KUUB/KWFP PD/MD/Prod. Dir./afternoon host775-830-1320bigchrishart@hotmail.com

•Crash PoteetFormer KVOO/Tulsa and WKWS/Charleston/WV PD417-499-4046okccrash@gmail.com

• Bethany LindermanFormer WGNA/Albany morning co-host 727-460-2389linderman.bethany@gmail.com

• Mike PrestonFormer KKWF/Seattle PD 206-979-2500pljpreston@aol.com • Jeff RoperFormer KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host210-790-7099ropershow@gmail.com

• Brian HatfieldFormer KYGO/Denver APD/MD/on-air704-604-6554hatfield99@gmail.com

• Blake NixonFormer In2une Regional615-498-0988blake.nixon@comcast.net

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Country radio shares were down by 2% compared to last month. Of the 88 subscribing stations listed, 32 increased, 50 decreased and six were flat. The cume leader was Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles with

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1,248,100. Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas was second with 1,219,000. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

WKHX/Atlanta 3.9 13t 3.6 14 643,200 631,200WUBL/Atlanta 4.3 9t 3.8 13 695,200 702,500KASE/Austin^ 4.2 8 4.8 7 285,300 302,600KVET/Austin^ 6.7 2 6.5 3 330,900 326,700KOKE/Austin 2.2 17 2.4 17t 119,200 104,300WPOC/Baltimore 7.4 2 7.2 3 431,300 471,800WKLB/Boston 4.5 7 4.6 7 660,200 669,300WBWL/Boston 2.7 14 2.6 15 513,300 490,600WCTK/Providence (Boston) 0.5 24 0.5 24 145,200 147,000WKKT/Charlotte 6.1 1 5.6 3t 497,200 496,600WSOC/Charlotte 5.6 5 5.5 6 445,000 438,000WEBG/Chicago 2.2 21t 2.3 21t 812,400 786,100WUSN/Chicago 4.2 4 3.8 5t 1,199,100 1,153,300WNNF/Cincinnati 2.5 15 2.5 15 236,000 237,000WUBE/Cincinnati^ 7.6 3 7.8 3 499,400 440,200WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.3 19 1.0 20 140,000 130,300WGAR/Cleveland 6.8 5 6.5 7 477,400 449,400WCOL/Columbus, OH 11.8 1 11.2 1 522,900 502,000KPLX/Dallas^ 5.8 1 5.7 1 1,333,400 1,219,000KSCS/Dallas^ 4.6 5 4.7 4 1,028,100 1,064,200KWOF/Denver 2.5 18 2.2 19 280,600 245,800KYGO/Denver 6.4 1t 6.1 2 570,500 514,800WDRQ/Detroit 2.4 18 2.4 17t 481,800 460,900WYCD/Detroit 5.4 5t 5.1 6 768,700 726,400WPAW/Greensboro 7.7 4 7.2 4 272,500 254,900WTQR/Greensboro 7.1 6 7.8 3 278,300 292,500WWYZ/Hartford 8.3 2 7.8 3 261,800 243,800KILT/Houston 4.1 11 3.7 13 888,600 834,100KKBQ/Houston^ 4.2 8t 4.1 11 1,010,200 909,000KTHT/Houston^+ 2.0 20t 2.2 21 486,400 440,900WFMS/Indianapolis 6.6 5 7.1 2 350,500 362,400WLHK/Indianapolis 6.4 6t 6.3 6 356,100 355,600WGNE/Jacksonville 4.3 9 3.9 10 219,900 216,400WQIK/Jacksonville 10.4 1 11.7 1 286,700 298,500KBEQ/Kansas City^ 3.4 15 3.8 12t 325,100 341,000KFKF/Kansas City^ 6.1 3 6.9 3 357,000 394,300WDAF/Kansas City 4.8 5t 4.4 7 299,500 298,000KCYE/Las Vegas 2.9 13t 3.6 10 216,800 221,800KWNR/Las Vegas 5.0 6 4.9 4 277,800 258,800KKGO/Los Angeles 2.7 12t 2.8 15t 1,230,100 1,248,100WGKX/Memphis 6.3 5t 5.5 6 188,600 179,400WLFP/Memphis 3.5 10 2.8 12 129,600 119,100WKIS/Miami 2.3 18 2.3 18t 436,100 410,100

WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.8 10t 3.6 10t 187,800 195,000WKTI/Milwaukee 4.8 8 4.5 10 299,800 277,600WMIL/Milwaukee 6.5 2 5.7 6 377,300 345,300KEEY/Minneapolis 5.5 8 5.3 9 682,400 631,500KMNB/Minneapolis 3.9 12 4.4 11 587,900 582,900WKDF/Nashville^ 4.3 11 3.7 12 269,500 254,700WSIX/Nashville 5.6 8 5.1 8 291,900 275,600WSM-FM/Nashville^ 4.5 10 4.3 10 276,800 290,100WSM-AM/Nashville 1.7 16t 1.6 17 38,600 38,200WSIX HD2/Nashville 1.0 20t 0.8 21t 56,400 63,800WNSH/New York (Nassau) 1.5 23 2.0 20 160,400 182,100WNSH/New York 1.8 20 2.5 15t 1,103,000 1,030,700WWKA/Orlando 4.0 11 4.2 10 264,800 268,700KMLE/Phoenix 3.7 10 3.5 11t 521,300 491,500KNIX/Phoenix 3.3 14 3.4 12 554,400 604,600KSWG/Phoenix 0.7 30t 0.5 30t 68,700 68,900WXTU/Philadelphia 3.7 11t 4.0 8t 673,600 698,300WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.5 9 4.9 7 362,500 369,900WPGB/Pittsburgh 3.7 11 2.9 13 289,200 250,000KWJJ/Portland 5.2 5t 4.6 7t 406,400 402,700KUPL/Portland 4.9 7t 4.4 9 404,200 404,500WCTK/Providence 7.9 4 8.1 3 374,200 360,800WNCB/Raleigh 3.8 12 4.3 11 222,200 241,500WQDR/Raleigh 7.4 2 7.6 3 350,200 290,600KFRG/Riverside 4.9 4 4.1 4 330,800 320,000KBEB/Sacramento 2.3 14 1.9 15 201,600 185,200KNCI/Sacramento 5.4 4 5.0 4 322,400 308,300KNTY/Sacramento 2.5 14 3.0 15 201,600 208,900KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.6 22 1.5 21 188,100 177,100KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 4.9 8 4.6 8 265,900 275,200KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ̂ + 0.8 26 0.8 27 45,900 43,700KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.1 5t 4.7 7 370,900 394,500KAJA/San Antonio 4.7 5t 5.0 6 526,200 508,200KCYY/San Antonio^ 5.6 2 5.1 4t 622,100 582,200KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.4 22 1.5 21 135,400 128,900KSON/San Diego 5.2 4 4.6 5t 421,800 392,500KRTY/San Jose 4.3 7t 4.8 6 201,900 230,000KKWF/Seattle 3.3 14t 3.2 14t 452,500 511,600KMPS/Seattle 4.2 7t 4.3 7 481,200 511,600KSD/St. Louis 3.9 11 3.5 12t 450,700 464,500WIL/St. Louis 6.8 5 6.6 4 551,900 557,000WFUS/Tampa 4.5 9 3.8 11 464,700 418,300WQYK/Tampa 4.9 7 5.1 6 398,000 426,500WMZQ/Washington 3.3 10 3.4 11t 574,700 581,300WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.8 4 4.9 4 187,900 159,500

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1 KENNY CHESNEYAll The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

25178 -1550 8402 -607 55.66 -3.609 159 0

2 2 JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 24966 1119 8486 403 53.903 0.971 159 0

3 3 KANE BROWN/What Ifs f/Lauren Alaina (RCA) 24290 598 8247 342 54.399 1.159 159 0

6 4 LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) ✔ 20636 1861 6955 568 45.088 4.062 159 0

5 5 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) ✔ 20464 1212 6882 456 44.818 2.522 159 0

7 6 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 18971 801 6543 216 41.957 1.986 159 0

9 7 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 18606 803 6194 275 42.856 1.475 159 1

10 8 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔ 18401 1259 6289 289 39.555 2.95 159 0

11 9 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 14812 431 5243 144 30.502 0.833 158 0

8 10 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 14732 -3412 4805 -1198 37.909 -7.084 159 0

13 11 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 14166 405 4770 163 30.917 1.065 157 1

14 12 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 13991 471 4658 177 31.319 1.263 159 0

12 13 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 13976 -73 4540 -23 30.866 0.228 159 0

15 14 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 13922 871 4680 300 29.712 2.405 159 1

16 15 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 12601 501 4390 108 27.643 1.701 159 1

18 16 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 12485 1745 4157 639 27.012 3.137 159 1

17 17 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 11831 448 3989 121 25 1.346 153 0

19 18 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 11062 861 3692 251 22.899 1.751 157 0

21 19 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 9476 728 3047 259 19.745 1.517 154 1

23 20 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 9049 771 2887 269 17.893 1.697 156 1

24 21 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 8652 495 2917 172 18.112 1.684 155 5

22 22 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 8360 46 3006 35 15.656 0.237 155 0

25 23 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 7795 224 2635 105 15.651 0.037 145 4

26 24 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 7401 505 2327 179 13.871 1.208 139 6

27 25 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 7220 424 2637 119 11.485 0.79 147 2

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

28 26 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 7204 1113 2501 407 13.188 1.535 125 2

29 27 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 6124 140 1990 47 10.243 0.759 136 2

30 28 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 5333 487 1721 185 10.335 1.209 140 6

31 29 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 4410 296 1556 85 6.412 0.539 140 4

20 30 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 4355 -4884 1389 -1758 11.833 -7.704 158 0

33 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 4016 324 1353 129 7.25 0.539 125 4

32 32 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 3908 150 1429 50 6.01 -0.011 116 3

HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 3775 178 1274 77 6.58 0.321 99 8

35 34 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 3685 320 1224 120 6.241 0.451 110 4

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 3631 297 1234 128 5.637 0.123 101 8

37 36 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 3562 455 1211 134 5.139 0.914 119 7

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 3024 941 931 312 5.886 1.945 98 16

40 38 ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 2932 479 1057 133 4.443 0.814 107 6

42 39 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 2880 732 843 256 5.57 1.342 84 15

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 2879 422 882 79 4.677 0.861 98 13

38 41 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 2856 283 889 79 5.129 0.532 90 4

41 42 DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 2671 295 946 102 3.411 0.317 102 2

43 MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) ✔ 2284 2284 754 754 5.806 5.806 23 23

44 44 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 2199 150 817 62 2.116 0.04 104 2

45 45 PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 1968 133 729 62 2.605 0.322 81 3

50 46 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 1904 355 637 92 2.904 0.439 75 6

46 47 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1792 -22 732 8 2.007 -0.374 104 2

47 48 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 1739 34 592 26 2.28 -0.059 80 3

49 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 1716 216 559 61 2.016 0.224 73 7

49 50 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 1694 77 566 18 1.863 -0.018 87 3

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersMAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) 754

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 639

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 568

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 456

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 407

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 403

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 342

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 312

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 300

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 289

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersMAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) 2284 ✔LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 1861 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 1745 ✔CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 1259 ✔KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 1212 ✔JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 1119

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 1113

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 941

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 871

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 861

Activator Top Spin GainersBLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 169

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) 156

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 120

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 108

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 106

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 96

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 83

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 82

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 77

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 75

Activator Top Point GainersBLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 972 ✔

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) 732 ✔

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 479 ✔

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 454 ✔

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 434 ✔

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 431

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 412

JAY ALLEN/Sounds Good To Me (Treehouse) 410

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 407

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 369

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 21366

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 15648

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 13444

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 13188

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 10522

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 10329

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 10302

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 9341

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 7089

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 7050

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 53

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) 23

JACKSON MICHELSON/Rollin' (Curb) 19

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 16

DREW BALDRIDGE/Guns & Roses (Cold River) 15

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 15

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 13

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 10

HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 8

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 8

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Carly Pearce Every Little Thing (Big Machine)Pearce’s busbee-produced debut features her first single/title cut, plus songs including “If My Name Was Whiskey,” “Color,” “Dare Ya” and “Everybody’s Gonna Talk.” She wrote eight of the 13 tracks; other writers include Hillary Lindsey,

Shane McAnally and Natalie Hemby.

Russell Dickerson Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony)Dickerson co-wrote all 10 tracks on his debut album, produced by Casey Brown and including the lead single/title cut. The album features tracks from his EP including “Blue Tacoma” and “MGNO,” plus a special

“wedding edition” of “Yours.”

Dolly Parton I Believe In You (RCA/Dolly)The Country Music Hall of Famer’s first children’s album features 14 songs written by Parton. Among the tracks are a new recording of her classic “Coat Of Many Colors,” plus titles including “You Can Do It,” “Chemo Hero” and “Makin’ Fun Ain’t Funny.” All

proceeds will go to Parton’s Imagination Library.

Travis Meadows First Cigarette (Blaster)Hit songwriter Meadows, with cuts by Eric Church, Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen, worked with exec. producer Jay Joyce and producer Jeremy Spillman on an album that examines themes of recovery and survival,

and includes lead single “Pray For Jungleland.”

Kendell Marvel Lowdown & Lonesome (ONErpm)Marvel has penned songs for Chris Stapleton, George Strait and Blake Shelton, among others. For his first solo project, he wrote 7 of the 10 tracks with producer Keith Gattis, and

others with Stapleton and Randy Houser. The last song was written by Charlie Daniels and features guest vocals by Jamey Johnson.

PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) Remains 45* 1968 points, 729 spins 3 adds: KWNR, KUZZ, KAWO

COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) Moves 50-46* 1904 points, 637 spins 6 adds: KKBQ*, KKWF, KNIX, WFUS, WWKA*, WKDF*

LAUREN ALAINA/Doin’ Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) Moves 46-47* 1792 points, 732 spins 2 adds: WBEE, WYNK

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) Moves 47-48* 1739 points, 592 spins 3 adds: WQDR, WNOE, KJUG

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) Debuts 49* 1716 points, 559 spins 7 adds: KKBQ*, WDRQ*, WGNE*, WGKX*, WDXB, KVOO, WQMX

CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) Moves 49-50* 1694 points, 566 spins 3 adds: WWGR, WQMX, WSLC

JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA) 1693 points, 654 spins; no adds

LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 1532 points, 569 spins 1 add: WCOS

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 1383 points, 496 spins 4 adds: KKGO, WDRQ*, KNIX, KCCY

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY C H E C K O U T 1 0 / 1 3

october 16DELTA RAE/No Peace In Quiet (Valory)ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR)CHRIS LANE f/TORI KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud)

october 23CRAIG WAYNE BOYD/Stuck In My Head (Copperline/1608)DUSTIN LYNCH/I’d Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow)JAMES BARKER BAND/Chills (UMGC/New Revolution)MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA)JON PARDI/She Ain’t In It (Capitol)

october 30None Listed

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

1 1 KENNY CHESNEYAll The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

10260 -765 2269 -190 49 0

3 2 KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 10004 270 2289 73 48 0

2 3 JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 9835 -263 2241 -68 48 0

4 4 LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) ✔ 9424 434 2109 106 50 0

5 5 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 9190 412 2052 83 50 0

7 6 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 8483 292 1880 59 50 0

8 7 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 8119 369 1726 59 50 0

9 8 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 7712 284 1735 51 50 0

10 9 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 6705 -568 1514 -108 47 0

11 10 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 6485 198 1397 58 50 1

15 11 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) ✔ 6366 454 1400 108 50 0

12 12 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 5948 -68 1273 -19 50 0

14 13 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 5740 -200 1302 -42 48 0

13 14 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 5726 -283 1256 -62 48 0

18 15 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 5682 972 1202 169 50 0

16 16 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 5224 300 1155 64 49 1

20 17 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 4585 431 943 77 50 3

19 18 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 4465 95 949 21 49 1

21 19 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 4374 335 962 57 49 0

22 20 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 4046 338 850 96 49 0

23 21 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 3659 -6 800 7 45 1

17 22 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 3333 -1386 681 -319 41 0

24 23 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 3026 165 699 41 49 2

25 24 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 3017 344 672 68 45 0

27 25 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) ✔ 2898 479 612 120 43 2

26 26 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 2696 188 634 36 43 1

28 27 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 2448 36 477 -2 44 1

29 28 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 2137 37 433 10 36 0

30 29 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 1946 5 438 22 42 0

32 30 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 1829 157 352 29 32 0

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

33 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 1806 407 358 82 40 6

31 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1748 3 343 -6 26 0

34 33 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 1484 152 247 25 19 3

35 34 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 1422 159 314 26 36 3

36 35 ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 1305 99 307 15 32 2

39 36 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 1189 328 199 75 15 7

38 37 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 1170 245 195 41 31 1

37 38 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 1059 132 173 48 14 5

42 39 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 945 136 162 15 16 1

41 40 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 916 78 230 25 30 5

44 41 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 783 40 136 9 11 0

43 42 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 777 -32 134 -2 23 1

43 MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) ✔ 732 732 156 156 30 10

48 44 CARLY PEARCE/If My Name Was Whiskey (Big Machine) 650 100 65 10 1 0

45 45 DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 622 -100 143 -8 25 1

51 46 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 622 119 96 18 19 0

47 47 LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 616 52 77 9 8 0

49 48 JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA) 566 17 111 6 13 0

50 49 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 542 33 73 9 4 0

52 50 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Better Me (Average Joes) 527 55 78 1 9 1

54 51 DUSTIN LYNCH/Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (Broken Bow) 450 22 45 1 1 0

53 52 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 443 10 66 1 4 0

53 BROWN & GRAY/Top Down (NHMM) 440 240 44 24 1 0

55 54 JANA KRAMER/I've Done Love (---) 420 0 42 0 1 0

55 JAY ALLEN/Sounds Good To Me (Treehouse) 410 410 41 41 1 1

56 RYAN HURD/Love In A Bar (RCA) 344 60 43 6 2 0

59 57 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 337 19 76 4 8 0

58 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Tired Of Being Happy (Atlantic/WAR) 310 140 31 14 1 0

59 RAELYNN/Lonely Call (Warner Bros./WMN) 302 8 35 2 3 0

60 ADAM DOLEAC/Some Girls (287) 300 300 30 30 1 1

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