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Save It For A Radio Day: Radio and friends party at Kenny Chesney’s and Jason Aldean’s The Big Revival/Burn It Down Tour stop at the Rose Bowl Saturday (7/25). Pictured are (back, l-r) KKGO/Los Angeles’ Tonya Campos and friend Max Miller, Broken Bow’s Layna Bunt, KUZZ/Bakersfield’s Tom Jordan and Brent Michaels and wife Julie, Brody Turnbeaugh, The Big Time’s Jackie Stevens, KWNR/Las Vegas’ Jo Jo Turnbeaugh, Valory’s Amy Staley and The Big Time’s Whitney Allen; front (l-r) Broken Bow’s Lee Adams, Tom Jordan’s wife Lori, and Barb and husband KFRG/Riverside’s Lee Douglas. Inset: Blue Chair/Columbia’s Kenny Chesney (r) is surprised by legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson with the first-ever Rose Bowl Stadium jersey backstage.

Responding To Nielsen’s Response The long-awaited PPM Enhancements And Voltair Testing Update found Nielsen Audio execs critical of the controversial

processor’s limitations, affirming their belief in the ratings they issue and promising updates to PPM technology (CAT 7/21). Reaction has been mixed.

Part Two: Voltair And Beyond After Tuesday’s webinar challenged Voltair’s efficacy and touted PPM technology while also promising Voltair-like enhancements, Nielsen Audio remains at the center of a raging radio debate. For reaction and discussion following the webinar, see Responding To Nielsen’s Response (right). If you missed part one of this special report last week (CAW 7/20), click the link and catch up. This week, Country Aircheck looks at the issue’s impact on music, potential upside and a host of unanswered questions. On Keys & Voltair... While the greatest issue identified by Voltair seems to be encoding of talk, music is also said to be subject to PPM encoding variances. How significant those are is open for debate. “I have seen it affect music, but not on Country,” says one cluster programmer. “The problem comes with the stopsets. Some voices don’t encode well. And if a spot is dry, there’s nothing for the watermark to hang onto. That’s where Country will see the greatest growth. It turns out people were listening to the breaks after all.” Max Media/Norfolk VP/GM Dave Paulus disagrees. “I don’t think there’s any question certain songs encode better than others. I’ve seen it in action.” Some even lay the death of the Smooth Jazz format at the feet of PPM, arguing its propensity for quiet sounds and sparse arrangements weren’t ideal for encoding’s demands. “Smooth Jazz was dying a long time before PPM,” one industry observer close to the format argues. “Companies started bailing out of that format in 2000.” Even if Country generally provides a solid musical bed for the encoder’s watermarks, Country Aircheck has heard that at least one top artist’s song gets a poor grade from the Voltair. If there’s one, could there be others? And what of M Score? “When meter count goes down, in all likelihood that was just encoding dropout,” researcher Richard Harker says. “Massive decisions are being made with M Score and it (continued on page 8)

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Sweet Comb Alabama: Then-WZZK/Birmingham PD Justin Case (r) gets cozy with a long-haired Blake Shelton at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, AL in the mid-2000s. Send pics from your mushiest days to pagethreepic@countryaircheck.com.

One large market exec called it “a whole lot of to-do about nothing. I was kind of amused by the ambiguity of their position. They don’t support Voltair, but can’t validate it’s doing anything incorrectly. Non-support of the device is the same position they had before. Nothing changed. I also don’t buy that lab tests are a fair representation of what happens in the real world.” The real world of advertising may have been a consideration in such a measured response. “This could have a profound effect on buying decisions, from New York all the way down through the markets,” says the same GM. “Until Nielsen figures this out, I can see buyers deciding to slide more money to digital and television. That’s a scary proposition. And we’ve had a few folks on the client side asking about this. It’s impossible to ignore.” Another cluster manager noted the webinar’s promise that info would be released to clients immediately after the call. “Well, it’s Monday and nothing has been seen by anyone, to my knowledge. That doesn’t seem very immediate and is the kind of stuff that creates apprehension about the vague timetable for the ‘improvements.’” One of Voltair’s most vocal critics says the webinar could have gone farther in letting the air out of the ballooning controversy. Consultant Randy Kabrich taps deep ratings data to assert the processor’s ineffectiveness in swaying the final numbers. Based on sales of the device and the number of stations in PPM markets, he estimates more than 60% have Voltair units installed. “Are we growing?” he asks. “AQH rating from June 2014 – pre-Voltair – to June 2015 is basically a wash – plus 0.9. The tide is not rising and if it was, we should have at least seen it for the two-thirds of PPM stations using Voltair.” Kabrich details his findings on his blog (here), regularly adding to his case with overall and station or market specific findings. “No matter how I sort it, I can’t find any effect,” he says. “People are going to see what they want to see. No matter how many facts you show them, they’ll come to their own conclusion.” And with many observers seeing less than definitive answers on Tuesday, conclusions are still varied. “They did a very good job of what they normally do in a pressure filled situation,” says Max Media/Norfolk VP/GM Dave Paulus of Nielsen. “I was pleased to see they admitted there is an issue and a need for improvement, but I don’t know if they have any other choice given the optics of the situation. There were some quality comments and some that felt like a tap dance. It wasn’t terrible, but I don’t think anyone walks out thinking they got full resolution. Nielsen stated their case. Whether the industry decides to make this a bigger deal or lets it fade away, they’ll have no one to blame but themselves.” –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat Congrats to Brantley Gilbert, George Briner and the Valory promotion crew on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “One Hell Of An Amen.” The song is the second chart-topper from his Just As I Am album (“Bottoms Up”). And kudos to Lesly Simon and the Arista staff on landing 61 adds for Jerrod Niemann’s “Blue Bandana,” topping this week’s board.

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Zach Brown from Republic Nashville’s A Thousand Horses discusses his most influential music:1. The Rolling Stones: They play all different styles. They play rock and roll, but they’ve got their country songs like “Far Away Eyes” and “Honky Tonk Women.” They even had their disco phase. But it’s always the Stones and I love them.2. Tim McGraw, A Place In The Sun: It was the first country album I ever

bought. I was in high school and I came late to country music, because I grew up with all my parents’ classic rock records. But all the girls in school listened to country music, so I figured I should get in on that. After I heard that album, I was hooked.3. Smashing Pumpkins, 1996 MTV Awards: They played “Tonight Tonight” and it was the first time I realized I wanted to be in a band. I wasn’t the same after that. I went to school the next day and said, “Man, I’m going to be in a band. I don’t need to worry about this homework stuff!”4. Weezer, Self-Titled (The Blue Album): One of my neighbors introduced me to it. The melodies are crazy. It got me thinking about songwriting.5. Elvis/An American Trilogy: As a kid growing up in Georgia, we’d go to Stone Mountain and watch the laser show – and that song was always in it. When I’m dying, I want that song to be playing. I love it.• Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Until recently, I’d never really heard Paul Simon’s music. Our bass player Graham’s been listening to him a lot this year – and it’s awesome!• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: I’m not really into Pink Floyd. I’ve listened to them and I’ve tried, but I’m not into it.• An album you listened to incessantly: Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde. I love it from start to finish. • Obscure or non-country music everyone should listen to: “Shark Attack” by Grouplove.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: When we’re partying I like to listen to Rihanna. I’m usually the DJ on the bus after the show.

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

Zach Brown

News & Notes EMI Nashville’s Eric Church will headline Country Thunder 2016 in Twin Lakes, WI July 21-24. Early bird and four-day passes here. Music Health Alliance (MHA) Dir. Operations & Senior Care Shelia Shipley Biddy has been designated a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) to help music industry seniors and their families. More info here. Singer-songwriters Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of the duo Granville Automatic have signed a publishing deal with BMG. Singer-songwriter Robert Arthur has signed a publishing deal with MV2 Entertainment. Steve Wariner is sharing his cross-country road trip in an RV with fans via Facebook and Twitter, including photos from visits to unique places, favorite stops and vacation activities. Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge will celebrate its 55th birthday in downtown Nashville Oct. 21 with a free Lower Broadway street party featuring Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Terri Clark, and more. Bill Anderson will kick off his fall tour Aug. 22 in Sandstone, MN at the Midwest Country Music Theater. Complete dates here.

Blue, You’re My Boy: Jerrod Niemann, the Arista crew and Sony execs celebrate his Add Board-topping “Blue Bandana.” Pictured (l-r, front) are Lauren Thomas, Rusty Sherrill and Jenny Shearin; (center) Andy Elliott, Lesly Simon, Christy Barbinski and R.G. Jones; (back) Steve Hodges, Randy Goodman, Niemann, Ken Robold andJohn Sigler.

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The Grand Ole Opry will honor Connie Smith on her 50th anniversary as an Opry member during two shows on Aug. 8. More here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Nielsen Audio released Spring 2014 diary ratings. (7/13-27)• Emmis promoted three senior executives. (7/27)• CBS Radio WYCD/Detroit weekender Sean Cash joined Curtis’ WQDR/Raleigh for middays. (7/27)• Townsquare made executive changes. (7/24)• CBS Radio shuffled local management. (7/23)• Morning vets Johnson & Johnson returned to Cumulus’ KUBL/Salt Lake City. (7/23)• CBS Radio WDSY/Pittsburgh morning co-host Jimmy Roach exited. (7/22)

(continued from page 1)Part Two: Voltair And Beyond

I grew up listening to Country KVAY/Lamar, CO and Oldies KLMR-FM. As a kid in southeast Colorado, I spent a lot of my time on a tractor for 10 or 12 hours a day. Which station you could tune in depended on where you were working in the field. I sang backup on Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” I was driving through Oklahoma with my sister in her pickup. She was flipping through the stations and I heard two seconds of

the song and recognized my voice. I made her go back to the station. The first time I heard my own song on the radio, I was driving to WYCD/Detroit with my radio rep, Michelle Tyrrell. I broke out my phone and filmed it. It was just nuts. I freaked out. Every time I’m at a truck stop I have to get almonds or coffee. I just graduated to a bus. Prior to that, I toured 150-200 shows a year in my pickup, then in a van. During those years coffee was always a must because you were either trying to stay awake to drive or keep the driver awake. And almonds are one of the healthiest things you can get at a truck stop, so I try to do that. I think I would just gherm Keith Urban because he’s such a huge influence for me, so instead I would love to have dinner with Eric Clapton. As a guitar player, he was also a huge influence. I really look up to him. I would order a ribeye steak and green beans. My music is high energy. It’s stories about my life set to a backdrop of a beat that makes you want to move. My last impulse buy was a long sleeve t-shirt I bought yesterday that says “Philadelphia.” It’s the most comfortable t-shirt I’ve ever had. I wish I had written Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You.” It’s a classic. I love the way the lyric is a little bit abstract. There’s room to interpret it a couple of different ways. I have to have makeup with me on the road. I have forgotten it a couple of times. That’s always an expensive trip to Walgreen’s or Walmart. I love Oklahoma City. I wouldn’t mind being stuck there. Something about that town is very comforting to me. It’s a piece of home, even though I’m not from Oklahoma.

Clare Dunn

OFF THE RECORD: CLARE DUNN

may be totally bogus. It’s worse than not having information – it’s having the wrong information.” How long can it be before a programmer says to a promotion rep, “Sorry, your single doesn’t encode well”? Or, conversely, reps come to radio pre-staged with Voltair numbers on their singles? Harker doesn’t see it as all that far-fetched. “What we’ll do as an industry is learn what encodes well and what doesn’t. We’ll now have another sound code [in our scheduler] so we don’t play two songs back-to-back that don’t encode well.” The Upside: If the issues Voltair has revealed about PPM encoding are accurate, there’s plenty of good news, too. “The audience is larger than we think,” Harker says. “The decline in AQH is not as great as it appears. So if we’re doing this well under these circumstances, if we get accurate ratings and if streaming gets rated, that’s going to be additive. Radio ends up in a much better place.” Paulus’ drive for answers stems from his belief that radio could be doing a lot better in a competitive media landscape. “The big picture is that a rising tide lifts all boats,” he says. “If everybody gets full credit for the listening that’s actually happening, all the ratings go up. Hypothetically, that gives us more flexibility to raise rates. I’d rather see that than having everyone trying to sneak a box in the back door hoping for a competitive advantage over the next guy.”

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Until that day, however, secret black boxes will remain secret. And ratings reports will continually beg the question, “Is it real, or is it Voltair?” “Let’s assume competitive stations are all going to end up with Voltair,” Harker says. “Then we’ll have a level playing field. What we’re noticing is numbers falling more in line with what we saw in diaries. We’ll then boil that down to something that’s closer to measuring actual audience. We thought, optimistically, that PPM had 70% accuracy. Now we’re thinking it was closer to 50-60% accuracy with the issue with talk. We don’t think Voltair will give us 100%, but it will be closer than it is now. “That could bring us back to the diary days where we’re competing for listeners, not trying to game the PPM technology. Playing to PPM is not the same as playing to listeners.” Even better, such shifts could restore radio’s competitive advantage over Pandora and the like. “Once you see talk in the context of the ratings it deserves you go, hold it, maybe there is an alternative to radio being a jukebox,” Harker adds. “All it takes is one or two to win in the ratings with talk and personality for others to follow suit. The race to talk as little as possible is basically over.” Mr. Kotter! Mr. Kotter: The search for answers is anything but over. Paulus asserts the rising controversy’s singular focus on the encoding side of the equation. What is happening on the decoding side? “PPM functionality isn’t just about the product that goes out on the air, but also about how the meter reader receives it,” he says. “The big mystery is the way their environmental surroundings and ambient noise affect the meter.”

Then there’s the digital question. “While PPM may do an inadequate job with analog radio, it does a dreadful job with digital – streaming, HD and the like,” Harker says. “Everyone is trying to sell more digital but can’t because we don’t have the ratings. That’s a big discussion.” One of many. Also up for discussion: • Will non-Voltair stations find work-arounds? “Voltair is a scalpel, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use an axe,” Harker says. “Basically, turn up the treble. And then it amounts to how much programmers will push that before ruining the sound of their station.” • What does this mean for radiothons, which have been radically altered, moved or dropped entirely in response to arguably faulty data? • And, are there legal ramifications? “It’s definitely a class-action lawsuit waiting to happen,” one radio exec says. “Think about five years of lower ratings and decreased revenue. Radio has been getting a huge black eye for no reason at all.” Nielsen’s initial response hasn’t seemed to answer many questions, but Harker is one of many well past needing validation for what he’s seen with his own eyes. “We have spent the last seven or eight years learning how to do bad radio based on bad information,” he says. “It may take eight years to unlearn all that.” –Chuck Aly CAC

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Here are Spring 2015 (4/2-6/24) Nielsen Audio diary ratings results from July 20-24, listed alphabetically by market. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Non-subscribing stations in published markets are excluded.

Spring Diary Scoreboard 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.

WQMX/Akron 7.7 (1) 7.5 (1)KBQI/Albuquerque 3.5 (7t) 2.8 (9)KBQI-HD2/Albuquerque 2.2 (13) 2.2 (12t)KRST/Albuquerque 3.5 (7t) 3.9 (6)WCTO/Allentown 10.3 (2) 9.5 (3)KCWR/Bakersfield^+ 2.3 (14) 1.9 (15)KUZZ/Bakersfield^ 9.4 (1) 9.6 (1)KVMX/Bakersfiled 0.8 (18t) 1.2 (17)KAWO/Boise, ID 4.3 (6) 4.8 (2t)KIZN/Boise, ID^ 3.5 (9) 2.6 (15)KQBL/Boise, ID 1.8 (17) 3.9 (11t)*KQFC/Boise, ID^ 3.1 (10t) 2.0 (17t)WCKN/Charleston, SC 3.6 (10) 3.1 (11t)WEZL/Charleston, SC 5.0 (6) 5.2 (5)WIWF/Charleston, SC 1.9 (15) 3.1 (11t)WOGT/Chattanooga, TN 1.8 (10t) 1.9 (15)WPLZ-HD2/Chattanooga, TN 1.6 (12) 2.3 (13)WUSY/Chattanooga, TN 13.8 (1) 12.3 (1)WUUQ/Chattanooga, TN+ 7.7 (4t) 5.8 (4t)KATC/Colorado Springs 5.2 (5t) 6.2 (2)WCOS/Columbia, SC 3.8 (8) 5.4 (4)WOMG/Columbia, SC 1.4 (12 1.3 (12)WKRO/Daytona Beach, FL 3.5 (3) 1.5 (3)KHKI/Des Moines^ 7.3 (1) 6.2 (6)KJJY/Des Moines^ 5.3 (6t) 4.8 (8)KHEY/El Paso 5.4 (8) 4.5 (8)KHGE/Fresno 2.5 (13) 3.5 (9)KSKS/Fresno 4.4 (6t) 4.9 (4)WCKT/Ft. Myers 3.5 (9) 3.0 (11)WWGR/Ft. Myers 5.7 (3) 6.6 (1)WAVW/Ft. Pierce 4.9 (3) 5.6 (1)WPHR/Ft. Pierce 3.9 (4) 3.5 (5)WHWY/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 7.4 (1) 8.5 (1)*WYZB/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 4.4 (5t) 3.1 (6t)WDVH/Gainesville+ 0.8 (9t) 1.3 (9)WRUF/Gainesville 2.1 (6t) 3.4 (5)WTRS/Gainesville 2.1 (6t) 3.7 (4)WRNS/Greenville, NC^ 7.7 (3) 9.9 (2)WQSL/Greenville, NC^ 1.9 (9t) 1.7 (8)WAYZ/Hagerstown, MD 13.3 (1) 11.8 (1)WRBT/Harrisburg 6.7 (4) 6.3 (4)WZCY/Harrisburg 2.3 (8) 3.9 (6)*KQUS/Hot Springs, AR 15.3 (1) 18.0 (1)WDRM/Huntsville, AL 11.2 (1) 13.2 (1)WFFF/Huntsville, AL 0.8 (12t) 1.0 (12)WXBQ/Johnson City, TN 21.9 (1) 19.6 (1)WCYQ/Knoxville 3..4 (7) 5.0 (6)WDKW/Knoxville+ -- 2.7WIVK/Knoxville 17.1 (1) 13.9 (1)WMYL/Knoxville 1.5 (11) 2.3 (10)WPCV/Lakeland 10.3 (1) 13.2 (1)

WIOV/Lancaster, PA 9.5 (2) 9.9 (1)WZCY/Harrisburg, PA (Lancaster, PA) 3.5 (5) 3.2 (5)KGRT/Las Cruces, NM 8.1 (2) 7.3 (2)KFGE/Lincoln, NE 8.5 (2) 9.4 (2)KZKX/Lincoln 6.6 (4) 6.8 (4)KMJX/Little Rock^+ 6.8 (4) 6.8 (3t)KSSN/Little Rock^ 7.7 (2) 6.3 (5)WMAD/Madison 3.0 (1) 2.8 (10t)WWQM/Madison 5.8 (3) 6.3 (4)KTEX/McAllen, TX 10.2 (1) 8.9 (2)WKSJ/Mobile 7.5 (3) 7.6 (3)KTOM/Monterey 2.5 (10t) 3.2 (7t)KYZZ/Monterey 0.9 (13) 1.0 (13)WGTR/Myrtle Beach, SC 8.6 (1) 6.9 (2t)WLFF/Myrtle Beach, SC 2.6 (9t) 2.5 (10)WCTY/New London, CT 13.9 (1) 13.7 (1)KXKT/Omaha^ 9.2 (2) 9.9 (1)KFFF/Omaha^+ 3.1 (9t) 4.1 (8t)WXBM/Pensacola, FL 5.3 (3) 4.2 (2)KCCY/Pueblo, CO 5.4 (3) 4.2 (3)KQLA/Salina, KS 1.3 10.0KSKG/Salina, KS 6.6 2.0KYEZ/Salina, KS 5.3 3tWCTQ/Sarasota 5.5 (2) 4.1 (2)KDRK/Spokane 5.7 (3) 5.1 (6)KIIX/Spokane 2.1 (14) 1.9 (15)KXLY/Spokane 5.5 (4) 5.2 (4t)WRNX/Springfield, MA 4.9 (3) 5.6 (3)WNSH/New York (Stamford, CT) 1.6 (14t) 2.0 (10t)*KATM/Modesto (Stockton) 4.3 (5t) 6.0 (3)KSTN-AM/Stockton 2.5 (9) 2.6 (8)*WKKO/Toledo 8.6 (1) 8.9 (1)WCKY/Toledo 1.4 (9) 1.2 (9)KTOP/Topeka, KS 2.9 (7t) 3.1 (7)KTPK/Topeka, KS+ 8.8 (3) 7.2 (2t)WIBW/Topeka, KS 10.2 (1) 8.1 (1)KYUN/Twin Falls, ID 4.2 (2t) 2.7 (3)KHGE/Fresno (Visalia, CA) 1.3 (6) 1.7 (8)KFDI/Wichita^ 10.7 (1) 10.5 (1)KFTI-AM/Wichita^+ 1.2 (16) 1.8 (16)KVWF/Wichita 2.1 (15) 2.5 (13)KZSN/Wichita 6.9 (2) 5.3 (6)WGGY/Wilkes Barre 6.9 (3) 7.8 (2)WSJR/Wilkes Barre 2.0 (9) 2.0 (10)WBYL/Williamsport, PA 5.1 (6) 4.7 (6)WILQ/Williamsport, PA 22.1 (1) 20.9 (1)WDSD/Wilmington, DE 2.4 (5) 3.3 (5)WXCY/Wilmington, DE 4.3 (3) 4.2 (3)WGTY/York, PA 10.9 (1) 11.8 (1)WZCY/Harrisburg (York, PA) 1.5 (7t) 2.9 (5)

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

3 1 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) ✔ 28734 3650 8397 998 56.38 6.97 153 0

1 2 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 28504 -39 8324 -6 56.528 -0.436 154 0

5 3 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) ✔ 26007 3018 7514 829 51.261 5.308 154 0

6 4 LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 23727 1941 6944 577 47.243 4.582 154 0

9 5 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) ✔ 22663 3030 6573 946 44.809 5.51 154 0

8 6 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 21761 1708 6556 590 42.749 3.503 154 0

10 7 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 19761 688 5986 186 37.758 1.067 154 0

11 8 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 19132 1639 5403 373 38.985 4.587 153 0

12 9 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 18278 1135 5298 329 37.088 1.964 152 0

2 10 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 17998 -9040 5408 -2604 32.809 -19.768 154 0

14 11 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 16395 1182 4777 355 33.53 2.806 152 0

4 12 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 16342 -7635 4551 -2342 33.256 -14.064 154 0

15 13 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 15326 1336 4571 400 30.399 3.424 152 2

17 14 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 15154 1310 4418 473 30.042 2.268 154 0

18 15 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 14635 1948 4232 616 28.524 4.766 154 2

16 16 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 14428 474 4253 127 29.145 1.042 152 0

19 17 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 12200 1148 3566 322 23.615 2.685 154 2

20 18 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 11715 997 3343 318 22.017 1.816 150 1

21 19 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 11269 685 3265 165 19.311 1.656 147 0

22 20 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 10999 737 3160 190 20.439 1.185 151 0

26 21 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ 10701 2611 3011 783 22.33 5.744 153 16

23 22 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 9742 577 2924 192 17.001 1.355 138 3

24 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 9438 900 2696 269 18.283 1.176 153 0

28 24 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 9028 1693 2579 462 17.174 4.626 146 20

25 25 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 8652 386 2563 205 16.878 0.924 142 1

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

29 26 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 8269 1018 2242 318 14.079 1.625 141 5

27 27 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 8126 562 2506 135 13.842 0.941 144 5

32 28 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 7717 1111 2249 330 14.557 1.149 132 13

30 29 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 7351 631 2279 175 11.018 0.855 144 2

35 30 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 6352 842 1744 216 10.398 1.569 126 2

33 31 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 6335 195 1837 70 10.788 0.275 126 2

31 32 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 5216 -1419 1491 -469 12.594 -2.247 83 0

36 33 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 4857 197 1460 64 9.647 0.497 127 5

38 34 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 4479 714 1315 157 8.794 1.568 133 11

34 35 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 3914 -1617 1178 -577 5.314 -1.957 148 0

39 36 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 3684 -18 1068 5 4.834 0.03 101 3

37 37 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 3681 -363 1141 -84 5.123 -0.386 107 2

41 38 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 3119 218 905 67 4.923 0.887 101 4

43 39 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 2954 447 787 94 4.19 0.74 97 5

CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 2942 191 954 68 4.059 0.364 97 6

44 41 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 2895 397 937 107 4.582 1.032 80 5

45 42 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 2680 317 888 105 2.868 0.207 102 6

40 43 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 2550 -1140 810 -440 6.055 -0.981 102 0

47 44 TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 2467 256 722 69 2.779 0.039 100 1

48 45 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 2271 106 776 48 2.243 0.147 100 6

50 46 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 2213 326 659 88 2.79 0.295 85 8

47 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 2154 783 698 231 3.87 2.642 89 13

48 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 2141 1022 644 317 3.146 1.218 90 23

46 49 THOMPSON SQUARE/Trans Am (Stoney Creek) 2138 -88 675 -28 2.564 -0.075 91 0

49 50 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 2032 87 654 12 2.498 0.092 94 1

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Country Aircheck Top Spin gainersBRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 998

ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 946

MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 829

KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 783

KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 616

FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 590

LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 577

BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 473

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 462

CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 400

Country Aircheck Top Point gainersBRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 3650 ✔ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 3030 ✔MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 3018 ✔KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy...(Blue Chair/Columbia) 2611 ✔KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 1948 ✔LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 1941FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 1708FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 1693

DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 1639

CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 1336

Activator Top Spin gainersZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 259

MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 225

BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 221

KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 219

KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 216

FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 198

BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 161

CAM/Burning House (Arista) 120

KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 119

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 113

Activator Top Point gainersZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1333 ✔MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 1307 ✔KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 1212 ✔BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 1193 ✔KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 1182 ✔FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 1111

BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 794

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 654

LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 626

CAM/Burning House (Arista) 625

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 15869

KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 11391

EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 11374

BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 10108

ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 9990

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 8590

A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 8446

SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 8073

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 7570

LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 6256

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 61

EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 35

KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 23

BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 22

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 20

ANDY GRAMMER & ELI YOUNG BAND/Honey... (S-Curve/Valory) 17

DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 17

KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) 16

CAM/Burning House (Arista) 13

STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 13

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Daryle Singletary There’s Still A Little Country Left (TMFx4)Singletary returns with his first album since 2009, with 10 new songs and two bonus tracks – “America”

and “The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised,” which features the late Johnny Paycheck.

August 7 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights (Capitol) Michael Ray Self-Titled (Atlantic/WMN) Lindi Ortega Faded Gloryville (The Grand Tour/ Last Gang)

August 21 Kip Moore Wild Ones (MCA) Whitney Rose Heartbreaker of the Year (Cameron House)

August 28 Maddie & Tae Start Here (Dot) Various Mud Digger Vol. 6 (Average Joes)

Sept. 11 Brett Eldredge Illinois (Atlantic/WMN)

Sept. 18 Leigh Nash The State I’m In (Thirty Tigers)

Sept. 25 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up (Valory) Don Henley Cass County (Capitol)

THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) Moves 48-45* 2,271 points, 776 spins 6 adds: KAJA, WGGY, WLHK, WRNX, WUSJ, WUSN

A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) Moves 50-46* 2,213 points, 659 spins 8 adds: WDRM, WGTY, WKLI, WSLC, WUSH, WWQM, WXTU*, WYCT

STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) Debuts at 47* 2,154 points, 698 spins 13 adds including: KIIM*, KSCS, KSJO*, KUBL*, KYGO, W1MC*, WBCT, WDSY, WGKX*, WGNA

KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) Debuts at 48* 2,141 points, 644 spins 23 adds including: KBEB, KFRG, KHEY, KILT, KJKE, KKWF, KMDL, KPLM, KTEX, KTST

THOMPSON SQUARE/Trans Am (Stoney Creek) Moves 46-49 2,138 points, 675 spins; No adds

BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin’ Town With A Football Problem (Mercury) Moves 49-50* 2,032 points, 654 spins 1 add: WQMX

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 1,901 points, 631 spins 4 adds: KFRG, WEBG, WKXC, WQYK

DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 1,777 points, 567 spins 3 adds: KJKE, WGGY, WSLC

LEE BRICE/That Don’t Sound Like You (Curb) 1,223 points, 438 spins 2 adds: WQIK, WSSL

COuNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY

AuguST 3WATERLOO REVIVAL/Bad For You (Big Machine)KACEY MUSGRAVES/Dime Store Cowgirl (Mercury) BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN)

AuguST 10TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine)

AuguST 17TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia)

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

1 1 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 12292 331 2370 56 55 0

3 2 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) ✔ 11872 1193 2253 221 55 0

6 3 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) ✔ 10758 1307 2064 225 53 0

7 4 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 10449 1111 2032 198 55 0

10 5 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving You Easy (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) ✔ 10380 1333 1984 259 55 0

2 6 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 9832 -1307 1901 -261 52 0

5 7 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 9820 -101 1903 -26 55 0

8 8 LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 9781 626 1892 108 54 0

4 9 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 8698 -1980 1647 -411 50 0

11 10 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 8229 382 1563 93 55 0

12 11 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 8117 505 1550 99 56 2

17 12 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 7568 1212 1456 219 57 1

14 13 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 7450 405 1445 100 55 0

13 14 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 7386 256 1444 42 54 0

16 15 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 7289 794 1416 161 57 0

15 16 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 7121 550 1418 110 55 0

18 17 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 5998 457 1134 87 55 0

19 18 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 5645 327 1065 59 53 0

20 19 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 5537 472 1078 88 53 1

23 20 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ 5460 1182 1049 216 56 8

22 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 5187 654 1021 113 54 0

21 22 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 5184 478 1002 108 54 1

24 23 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 4497 334 850 65 51 1

25 24 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 4294 453 831 86 54 4

26 25 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 3543 394 714 84 49 1

29 26 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 3409 625 618 120 41 5

28 27 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 3023 222 591 41 42 5

27 28 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 2793 -117 522 -34 32 0

30 29 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 2639 197 508 30 42 2

33 30 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 2589 420 512 79 47 7

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

31 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 2559 143 515 25 43 1

34 32 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 2547 406 498 81 33 2

32 33 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 2420 151 431 29 41 1

35 34 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 2041 68 394 11 32 3

36 35 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 1920 322 356 66 31 1

37 36 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 1552 -34 261 -16 31 1

38 37 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 1530 -38 217 -6 14 0

41 38 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 1467 96 318 24 29 1

40 39 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 1410 35 273 7 25 0

48 40 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 1267 559 222 119 26 9

47 41 TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 1234 399 225 67 27 2

44 42 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 1161 244 238 58 18 2

42 43 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 1120 -113 223 -10 22 0

43 44 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1106 131 235 30 21 0

46 45 OLIVIA LANE/You Part 2 (Big Spark) 814 -39 154 -6 16 0

39 46 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 720 -825 136 -169 23 0

53 47 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 702 229 142 50 14 2

45 48 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 689 -198 121 -26 15 0

50 49 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 642 66 149 17 12 2

49 50 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 618 28 81 6 8 1

52 51 OLD DOMINION/Nowhere Fast (RCA) 570 70 57 7 1 0

51 52 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 511 -26 84 0 9 2

54 53 TYLER FARR/Withdrawals (Columbia) 463 23 85 3 9 0

54 ALAN JACKSON/Jim And Jack And Hank (EMI Nashville) 415 170 88 31 11 1

59 55 BLACKJACK BILLY/Why God Made Summertime (Reviver) 400 90 40 9 1 0

56 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 386 113 63 15 7 1

57 57 UNCLE EZRA RAY/B.Y.H.B. (Tentative/INgrooves) 366 46 39 7 3 0

56 58 DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (THiS) 360 20 36 2 1 0

58 59 JT HODGES/Ray Bans (Buffalo Sound) 350 30 35 3 1 0

60 BIG SMO/Rebel Road (Elektra/WMN) 320 110 32 11 1 0

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