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In The End: Warner Bros./WAR’s Chris Janson and Warner Bros./WMN’s Cole Swindell at the final Reason To Drink Tour stop in Los Angeles Saturday (4/7). Pictured (l-r) are the label’s Rick Young, KKGO’s Michael Levine, Janson, the label’s John Esposito, Swindell, the label’s Katie Bright, KUZZ’s Brent Michaels and the label’s Raffaella Braun.

Show Goes On: WQDR’s Mike Biddle Curtis WQDR/Raleigh PD Mike Biddle was named to the post in March after January’s tragic passing of Lisa McKay Blake (CAT 1/15). Despite the challenging circumstances of the transi-tion, Biddle is perhaps the best possible fit. He’d worked closely with McKay across two formats and two markets, Raleigh among them. Country Aircheck caught up with the Richmond native to

get his thoughts on the shoes he’s filling and what’s on the horizon for the acclaimed radio station. CA: What’s your history in radio how often did it cross paths with Lisa’s? MB: Lisa hired me in 2002 just a couple of months after she got here, but we’d worked together before at [Top 40] WRVQ/Richmond, the hometown station where I got my start in ‘96 or ‘97. I was just a part-time plug-me-in-

where-you-can, sleep-at-the-radio-station college kid. There wasn’t anything full-time available for me when I graduated, so I made a quick detour to Goldsboro, NC, which is just east of here and also a Curtis property. Eventually I realized it wasn’t quite the metropolis I was looking for, so I took a job doing nights at [Top 40] KWIN/Stockton, CA, where I eventually moved to mornings and, later, afternoons. I was looking to come back when Lisa got the job here in 2002 and made me, I think, her first full-time hire. I did nights for the first year, then middays along with APD/MD duties and anything else she needed. I left in ‘07 to operate a small group of stations for Inner Banks/Greenville-New Bern, in which [Curtis Chairman/CEO] Don Curtis was a partner, and finally came back to the Ra-leigh cluster in 2010 to program our Top 40, which I helped sign on with Lisa. And you’d been out of the business for a while prior to this? I went to work in 2016 for a marketing agency to kind of spread my wings and see if there was life outside of radio. That fell through eight or nine months later, so I’d been hanging out and keeping in touch with Lisa. When she passed – and it happened so fast – I reached out to everyone here just to offer my help with any-

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Lights, Camera, Life Changes Valory’s Thomas Rhett kicked off his Life Changes head-lining tour April 5 in Tulsa, OK with Jillian Jacqueline and Brett Young. KVOO & KXBL PD Brian Jennings, KTGX PD Karla Cantrell and KWEN Dir./Branding & Programming Matt Bradley and MD Jenny Law were all on hand sporting reporter notebooks for Country Aircheck. “The stage design was amaz-ing with a huge LED screen and a cat walk reaching into the crowd,” Cantrell says. “The production and visual artistry during the show is

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amazing but all eyes were locked on the artists.” Even when Rhett crossed to a B-stage. Law ex-plains, “Fans in the very back of the arena could have the same experience as the fans that were in the front row in the pit.” “The thing that impressed me the most was the audience response,” said Jennings. “Usually they stand for the first, maybe second song,

then they sit. But this audience was not sitting down. Song six, seven, still standing. There was no lull. He keeps it going. When he’s not playing guitar, he’s dancing and his moves have improved. Thomas Rhett has the moves like Jagger.” Karla Cantrell

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Opener Jacqueline returning to sing Maren Morris’ part on “Craving You” with Rhett was a crowd favorite. All of our programmers in atten-dance agreed that the newcomer nailed her part. “That girl has amazing pipes,” Jennings says. Brett Young’s support slot impressed as well. “Brett is a su-perstar in the making,” Bradley says. “It wouldn’t surprise me to

see him doing his own tour next year.” “Brett brought on the tears and the ballads, with the crowd singing every word of ‘In Case You Didn’t Know’ right back to him,” Cantrell adds. Rhett starts his set with a curtain drop and

Feather In Your ASCAP: ASCAP’s Robert Filhart, Mike Sistad, Kele Currier and Holly Chester, EMI Nashville’s Eric Paslay, ASCAP’s Evyn Mustoe and Ralph Murphy, songwriters Clint Lagerberg and Gordie Sampson, ASCAP’s Beth Brinker, songwriter/artist Caylee Hammack and ASCAP’s Michael Martin (l-r) at ASCAP’s annual songwriters round at Tin Pan South.

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Crowd Surf VP/Marketing Elise Stawarz discusses her most influential music:1. Taylor Swift: Does anyone do fan experiences better? She’s a master class on how to make fans feel loved, valued and appreciated. 2. Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds: I still wear my *NSYNC t-shirt from the sixth grade on the reg. 3. Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning: My first internship was at

Saddle Creek Records in my hometown of Omaha. It taught me I could be from there and be in the music industry. 4. Sugarland: They’re the band that helped me stave off my midwestern homesickness while living in LA. 5. Hamilton: An American Musical: Apparently my 25+ year musical theatre obsession is cool now. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: My parents actually (very weirdly) don’t like music! And so while I’m trying to play catch up, my knowledge pre-1997 is still woefully incomplete. • “Important” music you just don’t get: EDM can be tough for me. It can be great ... but sometimes I just get tired. Too many sounds, all at one time. Also, the shows in that genre go late and I like to be in bed by 11pm. • An album you’ve played incessantly: Spotify tells me the answer is Sam Hunt! I love his vibe and the first time I heard Montevallo I knew I had a new favorite. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: It’s definitely not obscure to Gen-Z but “Burning Up (Fire)” by the K-Pop band BTS is a completely incredible re-invention of every good thing about ‘90s boy bands. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: My three-year-old niece and I are duet partners for every Disney song out there, but I refuse to feel guilty about something so festive and fun!

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walks out in jeans, t-shirt and a black silk jacket with “Rhett” across the back. “The set looked like it was straight out of the ‘90s, with geometric shapes and neon colors bouncing with the music,” Law says. “The show was packed full of his older hits as well as the new ones. Rhett threw in album cuts including ‘Sixteen’, ‘Grave’ and the soulful ‘Kiss Me Like A Stranger.’” “He took selfies, sang old school doo-wop with ‘Sweetheart,’

winding up with the song that got everyone on their feet dancing: ‘Vacation’,” adds Cantrell. “He ended the show with his No. 1 smash ‘Die a Happy Man’,” Law says. “As the confetti shot from the stage, fans cheered and chanted Rhett’s name. While there was no encore, start to finish the show was energetic and dance-worthy! He gave fans exactly what they wanted!”

–Erin Duvall

Should’ve Been A Sing-a-long Toby Keith kicked off his Should’ve Been a Cowboy Tour XXV in Salt Lake City Friday (4/6) with Ned LeDoux in support, and the tour lived up to its billing. “This show feels like drinking with a dear friend you haven’t seen in a long time and it sounds like a man with a band who are already firing on all cylinders!” KUBL/Salt Lake City morning co-host Jared Banks tells Country Aircheck. “Ned LeDoux opens with a no-BS set of pure country passion,” Banks says. “Playing a collection of original tunes mixed with his

father’s greatest hits, Ned is traditional cowboy country done right. He set a fantastic tone and high bar for the rest of the night. No one was let down.” Keith and the Easy Money band played 90 minutes of hits from 1993’s first hit from which the tour takes its name, to today. “It’s easy to forget just how many great songs Toby Keith has written,” Banks adds. “But some tunes you hav-

en’t heard, and he hasn’t played in 20 years, made the set list.” A big stage production, Banks says, this tour is not. “It’s the biggest little barroom sing-along you can hit this summer.”

–Erin Duvall

Chart Chat Three-peat congrats to Luke Bryan, Royce Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman and the Capitol promotion staff for a quite rare third week at No. 1 with “Most People Are Good.” The song is the first three-week bell ringer in more than two years (Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man,” January 2016).

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And kudos to Adrian Michaels and the WEA reps for landing 130 adds on Kenny Chesney’s “Get Along,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes Capitol’s Lady Antebellum and Warner Bros./WAR’s Chris Janson will perform at Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th in downtown Nashville at Fifth and Broadway. Complete lineup and more info here. Brett Young, Tracy Lawrence, James Barker Band, Jim-mie Allen and Dee Jay Silver, among others, have been add-ed to the Carolina Country Music Fest lineup. The three day festival June 7-10 in Myrtle Beach, SC will be headlined by Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band and Cole Swindell. More here. The inaugural Pigeon Forge Path to Fame Talent Competition will host auditions at Nashville’s Skyville Live April 21. The four el-igible talent categories are vocalist, instrumentalist, comedian and

Debutante: Rebel Engine’s Stephanie Quayle and team celebrate her Grand Ole Opry debut Saturday (4/7). Pictured (front, l-r) are Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply’s Shannon Ungersma, Music Choice’s June Holloway, Quayle, WWYZ/Hartford’s Cory Myers, Wrangler’s Amber Roberts, WGSQ/Cookeville, TN’s Philip Gibbons, the label’s Carli McLaughlin and Quinton Digital’s Amanda Quinton; (back, l-r) M Street’s Celine Bailey and Chris Hyndman, the label’s David Shaw, PlayMore Promotion’s Grant Moore, Big D & Bubba’s Patrick Thomas, Quayle’s husband David Couch, Wrangler’s Hannah Manning and Jerry Guiliano, the label’s Chris Borchetta and PlayMore Promotion’s Brad Helton.

specialty act. The grand prize winner will receive a consultation with Kelsea Ballerini and a one-year mentorship with industry vet John Alexander. More here. Sylvia Hutton and Mark Wayne Glasmire have signed with So Much Moore Media for PR representation. Musicians On Call teamed with Warner Bros./WMN›s Ryan Kinder and Google Fiber on their Virtual Bedside Performance Program, which can broadcast performances to patients at vari-ous healthcare facilities through Google Hangouts. To celebrate, Kinder performed for and answered questions from children at Phoenix Children’s Hospital via Google Hangout. Watch here. Jessie Chris is embarking on a nationwide anti-bullying tour, visiting 100 middle schools chosen by the Association for Middle Level Education. Schools interested in participating may contact Jeff Gulko here. Mickey Gilley was made an honorary citizen of Calgary, Al-berta, Canada, when he was presented with the Calgary White Hat during his show March 31.

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Add-mirable: Warner Music Nashville staffers celebrate Kenny Chesney’s “Get Along” being the most-added song this week with 135 adds.

thing they needed, station-related or not. My first thought wasn’t like, “Oh, they’re going to need to hire somebody and I think I’m going to go for that.” I actually struggled with the idea [of this job] for weeks, just not sure if it felt right. It was an odd time, but the more thinking and soul searching I did, the more it felt right. I finally told [Curtis President/COO] Trip [Savery], “Look, I don’t know where your head is on this, but I’m here and I’m ready to plug in, and nothing would make me happier than to come in and pick up where she left off.” It sounds like Lisa was as much a mentor as a friend or colleague. Very much so. Lisa was the first PD I ever worked for. Even before I left Richmond and before I went to work for her here, we kept in touch. She’s always been inside my head. She taught me so much, not just about radio, but also about life in general. When I worked with her at WQDR it was scary how close we were in our thinking. Sometimes I knew what she was thinking before she thought it. We also worked well together when we had differing opinions. Sometimes she’d defer to mine, though more times than not hers trumped mine – as it should. It was a really cool and unique experience. You can’t dispute the success she had. She came from Top 40 to Country, a world she didn’t know much about, but she was a student of radio and a lover of music and the industry, so it didn’t take her long to get up to speed. She loved the artists, she loved the stories, and she just really owned it. You’re obviously taking over a very successful radio station under challenging circumstances. How do you view the job? You’re right. It wasn’t like someone made a decision to re-tire or move on. This came out of left field and it’s very much an “I wouldn’t be in this chair right now” type of thing. The station had been firing on all cylinders leading up to Lisa’s passing and through the time I got in here, so I’m not the guy coming in and

saying, “Oh we’ve got to change this or that.” That said, we certainly recognize that there are opportunities to evolve the radio station and we’re keeping our foot on the pedal. We’re heavily researched, so we have the tools we need to make good decisions. My ear has always been a little different than Lisa’s, so there may be some small tweaks to the imaging and maybe a little tightening up here or there. Otherwise I’m focused on being on-point with music and following our research. We’re also working with [consultant] Phil Hunt now, who’s a great guy. He worked for Rusty Walker for a long time, and we worked with Rusty for a long time at ‘QDR, so that feels right. We’ll continue to make good decisions. It’s been a few years since you’ve worked day-to-day in Country. Is that a challenge? When I left here in 2010 to program the group in eastern North Carolina, one was a Country station and flagship for the cluster. I did mornings and programmed for three years. It was Top 40 in Raleigh for the next six or so, but my office was right down the hall from Lisa’s. I still listened to ‘QDR and kept up with the progression of the format through the bro-country phenomena and all that. And I’ve kept up with those who were baby artists back then, and have really blown up since. I remember when Luke Bryan came around, for example, and now he’s the biggest guy in the format. So from a distance I’ve definitely been keeping my eyes on it. How has the format changed over that time? There are certainly some Top 40-esque things happening. It’s a little more singles-driven than maybe it has been, where usually it’s been very artist-based. The texture of the sound has changed with much more pop influence. But while it’s important for ‘QDR to be on top of what’s happening currently, there are some roots to the format we need to hang on to. There’s a balance required. And of

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They Are A-Changin’: Valory’s Thomas Rhett kicks off the Life Changes Tour in Tulsa Thursday (4/5). Pictured (front, l-r) are the label’s Brad Howell and Chris Palmer, KTGX’s Tori Walton and the label’s George Briner; (back, l-r) KTGX’s Trevor Morini, KVOO’s Sunny Leigh and Brian Jennings, KTGX’s Houston Gaither, KVOO’s Kristina Carlyle, Rhett, KTGX’s Karla Cantrell and KWEN’s Jenny Law and Matt Bradley.

Let The Gaines Begin: WOGK/Gainesville, FL hosts the 29th annual K Country Acoustic Concert. Pictured (l-r) are the station’s Big Red, MCA’s Louie Newman and Kip Moore, the station’s Mr. Bob, Reviver’s David Lee Murphy, the station’s Kathy Dugan, Curb’s Jerrod Niemann, the station’s Lewis Stokes and Reviver’s Rick Hughes.

course all those songs that were currents back then are gold now, which reminds me I’m not as young as I like to think I am. How has the market evolved? Some things that are happening in this town are amazing. The economy is great, the real estate market is great and people are moving here all the time. Raleigh and some of its suburbs seem to pop up on a lot of these top 10 lists of best places to live and so on. But Country has been a hot format in this market forever. We

have so many shows coming through and they always sell well. We’ve got a record number of concerts in general coming to the big amphitheater this year and many are country. We partner with them to do the ‘QDR Megaticket, which is a hot one, obviously. We’re always working hard to connect listeners to these experienc-es, and now into the fall it’ll be nonstop.Reach Biddle here. –CA Staff

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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:

Arista/Nashville is seeking a Mgr./Regional Promotion. Apply here.

Binnie/Portland, ME has an opening for an on-air promotions asssistant. The cluster includes Country WTHT. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Stan Bennett here.

CMA is seeking applicants for a newly created Strategist/Integrated Marketing & Sales position. See more here; cover letter and résumé here.

Buck Owens Productions’ KUZZ AM & FM/Bakersfield is searching for a Sales Assistant in the Radio Sales and Camera Ads departments. Send résumés here.

Saga’s WPOR/Portland, ME has an opening for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés to PD Crash Poteet here.

iHeartMedia’s KNIX/Phoenix has an opening for a PD. Apply here.

Dick WRNS/Greenville, NC is looking for a morning host. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Cumulus’ WIOV/Lancaster, PA is searching for a morning co-host. Apply here.

Vallie Richards Donovan Consulting has an immediate PM drive opening at a legendary east coast Country station. Send airchecks and résumés to “Country Jobs” here.

DBC Radio’s WUBB/Savannah, GA has a morning show opening. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Gabe Reynolds here.

Entercom’s KMNB/Minneapolis is searching for an OM/PD. Apply here.

iHeartMedia has a number of key PD openings including WQIK/Jacksonville and KBEB/Sacramento. Send materials to iHeartCountry format captain Rod Phillips here.

Entercom’s WKIS/Miami is searching for an evening host. Apply here.

Mid-West’s WRTB/Rockford, IL has newly created on-air opening. Airchecks and résumés to PD Steve Summers here.

Beasley’s WQYK/Tampa is looking for a PD. Send materials here.

Binnie Media/Maine is searching for a Dir./Traffic and a part-time Sales Assistant in Portland, for its stations which include Country WTHT and WBQQ. Send materials here.

Midwest’s KVOX/Fargo has an unspecified on-air opening. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Cumulus’ KQFC/Boise is looking for an afternoon host who can also handle afternoon traffic and production for the five-station cluster. Details here.

Consultant Joel Raab has two client stations looking for a PD and an APD/MD in two different Top 100 markets. Send materials here.

iHeartMedia’s WMZQ/Washington is looking for an MD/evening host. Send materials here.

iHeartMedia/Tampa is looking for a Sr. Dir./Promotions. Apply here.

Cumulus’ WIVK/Knoxville is looking for a morning show Exec. Producer. Apply here.

Summit’s WQNU/Louisville is looking for an APD/MD/on-air host. Submit materials here.

Scripps’ WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a morning show host here.

CMA is looking for a Market Research Analyst and a Creative Content Project Manager. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here.

Searching•Tommy & Joe JohnsonFormer KUBL/Salt Lake City morning co-hoststommyjohnsonmail@gmail.com

•Pam RussellFormer UMG/Nashville VP/National SalesPamwrussell@icloud.com

•Shane CollinsFormer Summit Media/Louisville OMShaneC1234@gmail.com

•Natalie KilgoreFormer SouthComm VP/MarketingNatalieKilgore@outlook.com

•Ron “Keyes” StevensFormer KEKB/Grand Junction, CO morning hostronstvns@yahoo.com

•Jeremy GuentherFormer KSSN & KMJX/Little Rock MD, on-air; Capitol SW Regional501-590-4878jguenther01@gmail.com

• Jeff RoperFormer KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host210-790-7099ropershow@gmail.com

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1 LUKE BRYANMost People Are Good (Capitol)

23825 -13 8895 30 60.923 -0.058 157 0

2 2 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) ✔ 22612 1481 8537 612 56.863 3.73 156 0

3 3 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 21498 1262 7912 566 54.561 3.718 152 0

5 4 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) ✔ 19655 1360 7175 534 50.618 4.492 157 0

4 5 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 19571 248 7185 138 49.778 0.693 157 0

6 6 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) ✔ 19186 1305 6984 467 48.096 4.173 157 0

7 7 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 17830 353 6736 115 45.562 1.245 154 0

8 8 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 15706 509 5898 160 39.587 1.804 157 0

11 9 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 13785 99 4973 73 36.01 0.007 157 0

12 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 12808 620 4575 257 33.131 2.07 157 0

14 11 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 12676 1121 4667 412 32.251 3.662 157 0

13 12 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 12502 680 4646 235 31.397 1.647 155 1

15 13 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 10785 285 4072 170 25.305 0.43 155 0

16 14 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 10727 733 3984 220 26.055 1.799 153 0

9 15 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 9910 -4692 3823 -1620 26.949 -13.374 157 0

18 16 JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 9462 881 3466 334 23.59 2.114 155 1

17 17 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 9258 -534 3531 -164 21.77 -1.226 154 0

19 18 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 8835 371 3041 130 19.54 0.576 136 2

20 19 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 8538 766 3186 251 18.86 0.998 154 9

22 20 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 7863 450 2925 100 16.344 1.053 138 2

21 21 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 7518 -19 2829 -13 15.886 0.22 149 0

25 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 6883 519 2572 224 13.395 1.08 147 1

23 23 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 6729 51 2378 22 13.117 0.407 143 0

24 24 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 6605 107 2580 48 15.545 0.595 146 0

27 25 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 6052 251 2160 63 11.459 0.554 147 1

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29 26 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 5992 665 1995 220 13.308 2.001 138 3

28 27 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 5553 210 2179 101 12.494 0.402 138 4

30 28 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 5305 191 2025 93 10.093 0.501 138 0

37 29 KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) ✔ 5285 2012 1839 679 13.763 6.42 134 22

31 30 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 4911 362 1806 77 9.465 0.745 130 1

KENNY CHESNEY/Get... (Blue Chair/WarnerBros/WEA)✔ 4224 4224 1587 1587 12.39 12.39 130 130

32 32 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 4067 323 1550 102 7.112 0.55 134 3

33 33 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 3944 296 1468 117 8.093 0.677 120 5

34 34 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 3902 300 1476 100 6.605 0.689 138 1

36 35 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 3737 254 1327 72 10.161 0.652 103 1

35 36 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 3354 -195 1262 -10 5.637 -0.686 114 0

38 37 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 3053 12 1131 10 4.889 -0.042 111 0

40 38 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 2847 124 1113 60 5.004 0.075 109 1

39 39 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMGN/Big Machine) 2654 -116 1081 -33 2.819 -0.374 123 0

41 40 KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 2564 74 975 20 4.099 0.2 107 2

26 41 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 2420 -3657 850 -1358 6.094 -7.853 157 0

43 42 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 2396 151 815 49 4.495 0.425 90 1

42 43 JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 2166 -134 673 -59 6.014 -0.042 80 1

46 44 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 2131 57 705 22 3.444 0.244 90 1

44 45 CAM/Diane (Arista) 2128 -65 771 -21 2.864 -0.027 95 0

TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) 2101 377 771 137 2.593 0.079 99 18

48 47 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 2019 132 750 40 3.16 0.134 84 0

45 48 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 1958 -195 745 -91 2.287 -0.375 110 0

47 49 JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 1935 25 798 6 3.3 -0.022 86 2

49 50 KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 1887 91 699 29 3.256 0.141 88 4

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA) 1587

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 679

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 612

BEBE REXHA F/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 566

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 534

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 467

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 412

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 334

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 257

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 251

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA) 4224 ✔KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 2012 ✔JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 1481 ✔JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 1360 ✔KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 1305 ✔BEBE REXHA F/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 1262

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 1121

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 881

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 766

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 733

Activator Top Spin GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA ) 323

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 307

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 268

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 237

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 212

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 180

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 178

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) 171

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 155

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Blue Chair/Reviver) 127

Activator Top Point GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA ) 1567 ✔

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 1395 ✔

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 1318 ✔

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 984 ✔

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 943 ✔

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) 823

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 724

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 669

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 597

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Blue Chair/Reviver) 589

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 15924

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 12130

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 10653

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 9147

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 8954

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 8488

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 7962

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 7701

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 7656

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 7534

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA ) 130

MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine) 45

CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Try (Red Bow) 42

OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 40

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 22

TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) 18

TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 12

MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia) 11

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 9

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 5

TRAVIS DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) 5

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CAM/Diane (Arista) Moves 44-45 2,128 points, 771 spins; No adds

TRENT HARMON/You Got ‘Em All (Big Machine) Moves 50-46* 2,101 points, 771 spins 18 adds including: KATC*, KATM*, KHKI*, KIIM*, KILT, KIZN*, KPLX*, KRST*, KUBL*, WCTO*

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin’ On (RCA) Moves 48-47* 2,019 points, 750 points; No adds

BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Peachers (EMI Nashville) Moves 45-48 1,958 points, 745 spins; No adds

JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) Moves 47-49* 1,935 points, 798 spins 2 adds: KILT, WDXB

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April 16THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

April 23RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In Country (Curb)WALKER HAYES/Craig (Monument/Arista)PARMALEE/Hotdamalama (Stoney Creek)CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury)

April 30DEVIN DAWSON/Asking For A Friend (Atlantic/WEA)SHANE OWENS/Lie (Reviver/1608)DAVISSON BROTHERS BAND/Po Boyz (Dreamlined)

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Jason Aldean Rearview Town (Broken Bow)Produced by Michael Knox, Aldean’s eighth studio album features 15 tracks, including a duet with Miranda Lambert (“Drowns the Whiskey”). Songwriters for the project include Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, Morgan

Wallen, Michael Tyler, Josh Thompson, Casey Beathard and David Lee Murphy. Kelley Lovelace, Bobby Pinson and Neil Thrasher penned the title track.

John Prine The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy Records)Recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A, Prine’s first album featuring new material in more than 13 years was produced by Dave Cobb and includes 10 songs written by Prine along with co-writers Pat McLaughlin, Roger Cook, Dan Auerbach, Keith

Sykes and Phil Spector. The album also features guests Brandi Carlile (harmony vocals), Jason Isbell (electric guitar, slide guitar and background vocals) and Amanda Shires (fiddle and background vocals).

Moonlight Social Make You Smile (–)The five-song EP is the first new collection of songs from the duo (Jennica Scott and Jeremy Burchard) since 2012’s debut album Heading South. Scott and Burchard co-wrote all of the tracks, including “My Everything” with Byron Hill and “Bad Side” with

Jenn Bostic.

April 20Brothers Osborne Port Saint Joe (EMI Nashville)Ashley Monroe Sparrow (Warner Bros./WMN)Old Crow Medicine Show Volunteer (Columbia)Parmalee Party Pack (Stoney Creek)Joshua Hedley Mr. Jukebox (Third Man)Charley Crockett Lonesome As A Shadow (Thirty Tigers)

April 27Willie Nelson Last Man Standing (Legacy/Sony)Keith Urban Graffiti U (Capitol)Morgan Wallen If I Know Me (Big Loud Records)Southern Halo Just Like In The Movies (–)

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

2 1 JORDAN DAVISSingles You Up (MCA)

11562 943 2544 237 52 0

1 2 LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 11525 32 2538 40 51 0

3 3 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) ✔ 11511 1395 2421 268 52 0

4 4 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 10349 385 2236 76 50 0

5 5 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 10080 669 2195 155 52 0

6 6 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 9655 724 1978 180 51 0

7 7 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 8548 192 1796 20 49 0

8 8 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 8532 211 1861 65 51 0

9 9 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 8208 369 1716 76 52 0

12 10 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) ✔ 7850 984 1606 212 52 0

11 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 7587 537 1552 115 53 0

13 12 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Blue Chair/Reviver) 6873 589 1480 127 51 0

15 13 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 6331 548 1380 101 51 0

16 14 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) 6037 823 1272 171 51 1

14 15 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 5928 -206 1275 -6 50 0

18 16 JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 5254 585 1104 109 51 0

10 17 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 5143 -2037 1137 -416 40 0

20 18 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 4564 397 910 68 52 0

21 19 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 4408 402 897 83 50 2

19 20 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 4294 -9 907 -1 51 0

22 21 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 4136 406 831 67 49 2

23 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 3877 416 836 86 49 1

25 23 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 3739 597 778 178 48 8

24 24 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 3225 30 642 9 49 1

32 25 KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) ✔ 3126 1318 680 307 49 15

28 26 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 2668 139 567 26 47 1

29 27 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 2655 279 557 54 43 8

26 28 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 2564 -82 503 -13 47 2

27 29 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 2508 -118 497 -13 44 1

30 30 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2291 161 476 35 42 3

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

17 31 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 2172 -2536 437 -563 36 0

31 32 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 2001 -72 502 -8 36 0

34 33 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 1635 52 332 7 44 3

33 34 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 1580 -127 352 -21 38 0

35 KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/WarnerBros/WEA ) ✔ 1567 1567 323 323 37 22

36 36 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 1380 -5 240 -5 39 0

35 37 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 1340 -102 240 -25 22 0

37 38 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 1286 -80 280 -10 37 0

38 39 KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 1231 12 211 5 14 3

41 40 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 1194 113 209 18 20 1

39 41 STEPHANIE QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 1191 55 217 7 16 0

42 42 AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 1138 76 232 20 22 0

40 43 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 1053 -39 205 -10 26 0

43 44 CAM/Diane (Arista) 974 25 201 2 27 0

44 45 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 931 -14 215 -3 30 0

46 46 CJ SOLAR/Airplane (Sea Gayle) 855 92 146 6 16 1

45 47 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMGN/Big Machine) 738 -86 180 -20 34 0

51 48 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 680 -20 107 -8 14 0

52 49 THOMAS RHETT/When You Look Like That (Valory) 640 10 64 1 1 0

54 50 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 620 6 98 -4 9 0

48 51 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 610 -92 140 -22 21 0

47 52 SIR ROSEVELT/Something 'Bout You (Elektra/WAR) 569 -173 69 -23 3 0

51 53 LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver) 548 -68 113 -13 9 0

54 MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine) 498 169 59 25 4 3

55 TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) 489 236 112 67 15 9

56 OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 488 186 88 24 13 2

55 57 RAELYNN/Queens Don't (Warner Bros./WMN) 480 83 48 7 1 0

58 WILD FEATHERS/Big Sky (Warner Bros.) 470 360 47 36 1 1

54 59 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 460 0 46 0 1 0

53 60 OLD DOMINION/Stars In The City (RCA) 440 -140 44 -14 1 0

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