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Cox IT Squad Hates EYB & KKBQ The press release headline read, “Excited Eli Young Band Fans Crash Cox Media Group Server.” Country Aircheck dug a little deeper with KKBQ/Houston PD Johnny Chiang: “In a nutshell, ‘Gridiron Invasion’ is a promotion KKBQ’s been doing the past six years,” he says. The station’s Q Morning Zoo has local high schools competing for a free acoustic concert by having their cheer squads come in and perform a custom cheer. That night, the morning team emcees pre-game activities at the school’s football game. Cheers are posted on KKBQ’s website, and the top vote-getter wins the show. And, you guessed it, this year’s concert headliner will be Eli Young Band. “We opened the voting Nov. 8, and by the next afternoon we had over 180,000 votes,” Chiang says. “Our corporate servers were down
Baldrica: Not Your Average Co. Last week’s announcement (Breaking News 12/1) that former Sony/Nashville VP/Marketing Tom Baldrica was joining Average Joes Entertainment as President capped a furious period of hiring for the company. VP/Promotion Tony Morreale and reps Joe Schuld, Gwen Foster and Jay Cruze give AJE serious industry and radio heft. Add Baldrica and, well, we’ve got some questions ... like, what exactly is Average Joes? So we asked:CA: We heard rumors about a number of opportunities coming your way since your departure from Sony, including major label postings. Why Average Joes?TB: Well, I was very flattered. There were a lot of great conversations – everything from major labels doing what I’d done before, to starting my own company, to being involved in some things that were sort of at the edges of the music business. What kept exciting me was coming back to the idea of Average Joes. This is an organization that has already figured out how to make money, and they’re doing it without what we’ve obviously believed is the most important piece – Country radio airplay. It’s obviously a huge component. I’ve spent the last 17 years of my life garnering and being thrilled by it, but I look at this as the opportunity to be able to play the game a little bit differently. Authenticity has sort of been the buzzword people have talked about over the last three or four years. You can’t fool people anymore. With Google, YouTube and social networking, there’s no smoke and mirrors anymore. (continued on page 6)
Tom BaldricaThe Truck Stops Here: Bonneville’s WUBE/Cincinnati morning show Chris Carr & Company stuffed toys into two seven-ton trucks provided by local Marines. Additionally, the station raised more than $3,000 in cash for the area Toys For Tots campaign.
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only for a very short while, but it was our corporate folks who alerted us locally here in Houston about the massive amount of traffic we were getting. They called and asked, “What is this high school voting thing you guys are doing?” So was the promotion the bigger draw than the band? “Probably,” Chiang says. “But I do have to say that demand this year was way higher than in previous years. And I do credit Eli Young Band for that, as they are huge here in Texas. Most of the cheerleading squads managed to work EYB into their custom KKBQ cheer.” And now you know the rest of the story.
Industry Loses Stu Olds The longtime Katz Media Group CEO passed away Saturday (12/4) after a battle with a leukemia-related illness. Olds was a much-admired industry leader who supported numerous industry-related causes and programs.
No RADAR Love The Media Rating Council has withdrawn its accreditation for Arbitron’s RADAR (Radio’s All Dimension Audience Research) and nationwide network and national radio audience services. The withdrawal is effective with RADAR 107, set to release Dec. 13, and with the Fall 2010 nationwide report, scheduled for release in early March 2011. The reason given was because the two services incorporate data from an increasing number of PPM markets that are not yet accredited by the MRC. Dial Global President/Operations Charles Steinhauer took the news in stride, noting, “We believe the marketplace has accepted this data as currency, and will continue to utilize (them) as Arbitron works (towards) accreditation for PPM and its data-dependent services.”
Radio.com Eyes iPhone CBS Interactive Music Group has rolled out its Radio.com platform available as a free iPhone app, providing access to more than 20 genres and 600 stations, as well as streaming music from AOL Radio, Yahoo! Music and Last.fm. The company’s iPad app recently won the Advertising Age Media Vanguard Award. Ad clients can tailor these message based on station, genre or location, while listeners can tag stations as favorites, purchase songs for download and share stations with friends through Facebook and Twitter. CIMG’s services have been downloaded more than 17 million times. More details at www.radio.com/mobile.
My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life
Mercury’s Southwest Regional Jill Brunett discusses her most influential songs, albums or concerts:1. Paul Simon, Graceland: My parents listened to it all the time on road trips when I was younger, and it was the only CD my college roommate and I could agree on. It’s always the album I choose when asked, ‘What’s the one album I’d bring with me if I were stranded on a deserted island?!’2. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song: I
must have listened to “High Cost Of Living” over 1,000 times after I first heard Jamey perform it in our suite at CRS. By far one of the best country albums in years.3. U2 at Soldier Field: I wasn’t the biggest U2 fan, but a couple friends and I went up to Chicago for [their concert]. We had tickets for the field, and it was one of the most fun nights ever. I snuck up right next to the stage and was so close I thought I felt Bono’s sweat drip on me.4. Patty Griffin at the Ryman: I will see Patty at the Ryman every time she’s there. Last time I saw her, she performed her new gospel album and was joined by Emmylou Harris and Lee Ann Womack. Talk about goosebumps. That was my heaven right there.5. Ben Folds “The Luckiest:” I’ve seen Ben Folds more times than I can count. This is my favorite love song of all time. The last verse explains it all so well and so simply.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Phish. I do not like jam bands.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Pearl Jam’s Ten. I still love it to this day.• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More. The whole album is amazing.
Reach Brunett at [email protected].
Jill Brunett
Stu Olds
Don’t Forget To Vote ThisisthefinalweekforopennominationsforthesecondannualCRB/Country Aircheck Awards, to be presented during CRS 2011 across 28 categories. The deadline is end-of-day this Friday (12/10). Get details and your ballot at www.crbawards.com.
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Gig Alerts Clear Channel St. Louis is seeking an OM for its six-station cluster, which includes Country KSD. candidates are required to have aminimumoffiveyears’consecutiveon-airexperienceandfiveyears’success in programming, among other considerations. Forward resumes here or to President/Market Manager Beth Davis, Clear Channel St. Louis, 1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. West, Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63110. KKGO/Los Angeles is accepting applications for airshifts, care of Station Manager Michael Levine at [email protected].
Artist News Kenny Chesney will perform at the fourth annual Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Celebration Of Caring Fundraising Gala March 4 at Indianapolis’ JW Marriott. NBC’s Football Night In America host Bob Costas will emcee the event, which will include an awards ceremony honoring Indiana’s pediatric health community leaders. Peyton and wife Ashley will serve as Honorary Chairpersons. Reservations and details here. “Journey On” by Ty Herndon has been named the signature song of the Kevin Turner Foundation, which works to raise funds for ALS research. The former NFL fullback is also featured in the song’s music video, which is viewable here and will be available on iTunes beginning Dec.13.ProceedswillbenefittheFoundation. Stephen Cochran has partnered with the National Veteran Owned Business Association to raise awareness for the Buy Veteran campaign, which works to encourage consumers to shop at veteran-owned businesses. Proceeds from his single “Alone On Christmas” will benefittheSemper Fi Fund, which aids military members returning from war in their transition back to a civilian lifestyle.
Industry News Matchless Management’s Shawn Pennington and business partner Andrew Fishbone have launched Nashville-based Roxstars, a private air charter brokerage firm catering to entertainment businesses. They also plan to roll out various promotional and sponsorship opportunities. Contact Pennington here and Fishbone here. BMI has upped Cheryl O’Quinn from Director to Sr. Director/Per Program Services for the PRO’s Media Licensing department. She will continue to lead and manage the administration of BMI’s television and cable network program agreements. O’Quinn joined BMI as Per Program Coordinator in 1997.
Chart Chat Hats off to Rascal Flatts and the entire Big Machine crew on deliveringthegroup’sfirstNo.1“WhyWait”withthelabel.It’stheFlatts’firstNo.1since“HereComesGoodbye”madeittothepeakin April 2009. It’s also the second straight No. 1 for the company, following last week’s chart-topper on Republic Nashville with The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young.”
Kenny Chesney
Frosty The Ford: Beasley’s WXTU/Philadelphia’s 11th annual Toy Truck Parade brought in nearly 5,000 toys and more than $6,000 of donations for the Child Abuse Prevention Effort (C.A.P.E.).
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Tuesday 12/7 - Joey+Rory, Jewel, Celebrity Holiday Homes (GAC); Keith Urban, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC).
Wednesday 12/8 - Cowboy Troy, The Mo’Nique Show (syndicated); Little Big Town, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Joey+Rory, Outer Spaces For The Holidays (GAC); Wynonna, Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated); Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS).
Thursday 12/9 - Joey+Rory, Decorating Cents: Home For The Holidays (GAC); Keith Urban, Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated).
Friday 12/10 - Faith Hill, Joy To The World (re-air) (GAC).
Saturday 12/11 - Keith Urban, Halftime In Real Time (re-air) (GAC).
Sunday 12/12 - Jamey Johnson, GAC Special: The Guitar Song (re-air) (GAC).
birThdaysTuesday (12/7) – Andy Childs, Gary Morris.
Wednesday (12/8) – Marty Raybon, Rhonda Hart, Ashley Clark, Heather Conley ([email protected]), Mark McKay ([email protected]), the late Irving Waugh.
Thursday (12/9) – Sylvia Hutton, David Kersh.
Friday (12/10) – Johnny Rodriguez, Kevin Sharp, Darcy Miller-Lashinsky ([email protected]), Annie Sandor ([email protected]).
Saturday (12/11) - Brenda Lee, Tony Brown, Kristen Williams ([email protected]).
Sunday (12/12) - Hank Williams, III, Jay Thomas ([email protected]), Liz Kiley ([email protected]).
Monday (12/13) - Taylor Swift, John Anderson, Ron Getman, Randy Owen, John Wiggins, Laurel Altman, Claudia Mize, Darren Wilhite ([email protected]), Anna Owens, Buck White.
The Week’s Top StoriesFull coverage is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.•ClearChannel’s KSD/St. Louis PD Mark Anderson has been named OM for CBS Radio/Pittsburgh’s four-station cluster, where he’ll program Country WDSY and Hot AC WZPT. (BN 12/2)•FormerKeymarketRadioPA-OHVP/ProgrammingFrank Bell has been appointed to the newly created post of Director/Radio & Research for 13 Management, home to Taylor Swift. (CAT 12/6)• Sony Music Nashville Dir./Syndicated & Satellite Radio Maurice Miner resigned to pursue other endeavors. (CAT 12/3)• UMG/Nashville Mgr./Promotion Jill Brunett has been named Mgr./SW Regional Promotion for Mercury. Mercury Coord./Promotion Chris Fabiani has been upped to Coord./Promotion for UMGN. (CAT 11/30)• KKGO/Los Angeles’ Jay Coffey left the station as morning co-host last week, and the daypart is now covered by co-host Ginny Harman and Ashley Paige, who will continue doing weekends.•Journal/KnoxvilleGSMBill Berry is the new VP/GM for the company’s three-station Tulsa cluster, including Country KVOO and Classic Country KXBL, starting Jan. 3. (CAT 12/6)• WIXY/Champaign, IL’s Andy Roberts was promoted from APD to PD. (CAT 12/30)•AdventureRadioGroup/Savannah,GAOMJon Robbins has exited the six-station cluster, which includes Country WGZR. (CAT 12/3)• Arbitron is offering a special $49 streaming rate to interactively participate online for much of this week’s Client Conference in Baltimore starting tomorrow (12/7). Details at www.arbitronclientconference.com.
Not Your Average Co. (continued from page 1) Average Joes has a roster full of acts that are playing 200 dates a year, building that fan base and selling music from the live experience. Money is
already being made, consistently, and now we have the opportunity to ramp it up with radio airplay. We’re going to partner with Country radio.How so?This isn’t about charts. It’s not about jamming records to the top. We all want to do that, and I’ve done my share. But the larger idea is to be able to build the artists with radio in these towns so they can play live. That live, communal experience is the one piece that can’t be attained with all the smartphone applications, streaming and all the rest. There’s nothing like being in that building with 1,000 people, 5,000 people, 60,000 people singing those songs.
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Shannon and Colt are at the core of it. There might have been some investment when it was started four years ago, but it wouldn’t have been a large sum. It’s built from Colt’s tour, and he’s now at the point where he’s sold 1 million downloads and north of 600,000 records. That’s nothing to sneeze at. Beyond that is what he’s doing with tickets, particularly in the Southeast. He’s selling 7,000 to 8,000 tickets. I saw Corey Smith a couple nights ago at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge and there were 1,000 people in there singing the words to every song. And I’ve never heard of him before! But I’m watching this young 18-25 demo going crazy and having a great time. That’s why we all got into this business in the first place.Now that you’ve got this team in place, what’s the next step?Fun fact: Tony Morreale was announced at Columbia and I was announced at BNA in the exact same edition of Hot Fax back in October 1993. And Tony and I worked together at BNA for eight years. Joe Schuld manages Jerrod Niemann, but also has background in Active Rock and Rock promotion for Columbia. Gwen Foster and Jay Cruze bring extensive radio experience. It’s an eclectic group with a lot of diverse skills, so what we’re trying to do now is take that extra piece that we’ve got in our relationships – whether it’s Rock or Country – and stoke the fire a little more. We’ve got DMAs and regions where these acts are touring and selling without airplay. Imagine what happens when we drive that, when we go to CMT and GAC and add all the other pieces. What can we expect as far as music?The first things people will see as we get into 2011 are new material from Colt Ford, Josh Gracin and Corey Smith. Radio will see our guys in their markets, and I’ll be out visiting radio stations for the first time in a long time. I have missed my day-to-day contact with Country radio a whole bunch, and that’s one of the things I’m very excited about. Did I mention I was excited? CAC
For me, this opportunity is the best of the future, along with what I’ve learned in the past, my relationships and what I know about Country radio, and having them intersect. Define Average Joes for those who may only associate it as the label for Colt Ford.It’s an entertainment company, not just a label. They’re not just selling CDs. There’s an in-house management company. There’s a Hip Hop and Urban component out of Atlanta. Movies, too. The CEO, Shannon Houchins, has a long history in the rap business as a record producer. He’s got a bunch of other acts underground. It really is a full-service entertainment company, and it’s one of the coolest environments. I’ve only been in it a couple days, but I can already feel something real magical. I can’t tell you how excited I am, because this is a time of experimentation, change and reinvention. And this group of folks has figured out how to do that and be successful doing it. Not all of these artists are made for mainstream Country radio, but that’s okay. What they all are made for is hitting a stage, entertaining an audience and bringing a bigger crowd out the next time. It’s word-of-mouth. Add radio, and the sky’s the limit.Is there a parent company or investor base?
Pedal Pusher: Citadel’s KXKC/Lafayette, LA morning show Ray & Jeni helped collect 100 bicycles as part of their Toys For Tots Bike Drive. The goal was 99 bikes, or Ray would have had to ride for 99 miles. Fortunately for Ray and the grateful area children, after five hours of riding (Ray’s actual miles did vary), the station received bike donation No. 100.
Christian Kane The House Rules (BPG) Leverage actor Kane co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks for his country debut, which features the lead title single. Tom Shapiro and co-producer Jimmy Lee Sloas are among the songwriters. Bob Ezrin shares the producer credit.
Album release info to [email protected].
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WKHX/Atlanta 5.6 (5) 5.2 (5) 819,800 (9) 785,700 (11)WUBL/Atlanta 4.9* (7)* 4.6 (9) 759,600 (12) 746,100 (12)KASE/Austin^ 8.0 (1) 7.8 (1t) 411,200 (4) 417,300 (4)KVET-FM/Austin^ 4.8 (10) 4.7 (10) 321,000* (7)* 321,700* (8)WPOC/Baltimore 8.6* (2) 9.0* (1)* 523,500 (5) 534,100 (5)WKLB/Boston 5.5 (4) 5.4 (4) 752,900* (11) 751,300 (12)WSOC/Charlotte 8.0 (1) 7.6 (1) 572,700 (5) 529,000 (7)WKKT/Charlotte 6.0 (6) 5.8 (6) 537,400* (6) 532,700 (5)WUSN/Chicago 3.8 (7t) 3.7 (7t) 1,189,300 (13) 1,143,400 (13)WUBE/Cincinnati^ 7.3 (2) 8.0 (2) 498,900 (6) 506,100 (3)WPFB-FM/Dayton 1.3 (19) 1.4 (20) 179,200* (16) 176,000 (17) Cincinnati November PPMWYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.0 (22t) 1.2 (21t) 172,700 (17) 159,800 (19)WGAR/Cleveland 6.9 (4) 6.0 (6) 434,800 (8) 416,500 (9)WQMX/Akron 1.2 (18t) 1.1 (21t) 151,100 (16) 152,800 (17) Cleveland November PPMWCOL/Columbus, OH 7.8 (3) 7.8 (3) 381,000 (3) 384,800 (3)WHOK/Columbus, OH 2.3 (14) 3.1* (14) 187,700* (15) 178,200 (15)WCLT-FM/Columbus, OH 1.8 (16t) 1.8 (16t) 137,400 (17) 113,900 (18)KPLX/Dallas 4.8 (4) 5.2 (4) 1,186,100 (5) 1,244,600 (4)KSCS/Dallas 3.3 (13) 3.1 (11t) 847,000 (15) 807,600 (15)KYGO/Denver 5.1 (4) 4.7 (5) 588,700* (3)* 541,700 (4)KWOF/Denver 2.2 (20) 2.3 (20) 293,500 (17) 262,600 (18)WYCD/Detroit 4.9 (4) 5.2 (3t) 832,900 (10) 837,700 (11)KKBQ/Houston^ 3.8 (12) 4.6 (7) 1,011,700 (8) 1,063,800 (7)KILT-FM/Houston 3.9 (11) 3.1 (16) 933,600 (9) 867,900 (12)KTHT/Houston^+ 1.9 (22) 1.7 (22) 464,600 (20) 428,600 (22)WFMS/Indianapolis 10.7 (1) 10.6 (1) 374,400 (4) 367,400 (3)WLKH/Indianapolis 6.2 (5) 5.5 (6t) 386,600* (3)* 326,500 (7)KBEQ/Kansas City^ 5.3* (6) 5.2 (6) 348,100* (8) 328,800 (9)KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.7 (7t) 5.1 (7) 327,400 (10) 313,400 (11)WDAF/Kansas City 4.6 (9t) 4.4 (10t) 319,200 (11) 321,600 (10)KWNR/Las Vegas 3.8 (9) 3.4 (10t) 225,900 (13) 218,000 (15)KCYE/Las Vegas 2.7 (17) 2.6 (19) 174,600 (18) 204,200 (17)KKGO/Los Angeles 1.6 (24t) 1.8 (22t) 894,600 (26) 979,800 (26)WKIS/Miami 3.0 (15) 3.0 (15) 442,500 (18) 446,300 (18)WKMK/Monmouth 0.9* (30)* 1.7* (25)* 79,100 (29)* 96,400 (24)* Middlesex November PPMWMIL/Milwaukee^ 8.8 (2) 8.5 (2) 442,200* (5) 417,600 (5)WZBK-FM/Milwaukee+ 2.5* (15)* 2.4 (15) 126,500* (15) 129,700* (15)WOKY-AM/Milwaukee^+ 1.6 (18) 1.6 (17t) 47,200 (23) 55,600 (26)KEEY/Minneapolis 9.4* (1) 9.1 (1) 855,500 (4) 827,200 (4)WSIX/Nashville 5.8 (8) 5.8 (6) 284,800 (7) 339,500 (5)WKDF/Nashville 4.8 (9) 4.5 (9t) 304,500 (6) 300,700 (7)WSM-AM/Nashville+ 3.1* (13)* 4.2* (11t)* 84,100* (20)* 83,600 (20)WSM-FM/Nashville 3.0 (14) 2.6 (15t) 264,900 (8) 273,300 (8)WGH-FM/Norfolk 5.7 (5t) 6.0 (5) 266,800 (11) 274,900* (11)WUSH/Norfolk 5.4* (7)* 4.2 (11) 246,400 (12) 220,700 (12)WWKA/Orlando 5.1 (8) 5.6 (7) 307,800* (9) 305,500 (8)WPCV/Lakeland 1.4 (21) 1.5 (20) 141,000* (18) 160,800* (15)* Orlando November PPMWXTU/Philadelphia 4.5 (6) 4.3 (7) 725,100 (15) 728,600 (14)
KMLE/Phoenix 3.1 (13t) 3.6 (11t) 589,400 (11) 581,200 (11)KNIX/Phoenix 3.8 (9) 3.5 (13) 610,500 (10) 586,600 (10)WDSY/Pittsburgh 5.7 (7) 5.8 (7) 497,200 (8) 466,300 (8)WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.7 (17) 1.9* (17) 161,700 (15) 155,900 (14)WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.5 (18t) 1.3 (20) 127,800 (17) 115,200 (17)WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 0.7 (27t) 0.8 (23t) 69,800 (28) 84,700 (23)KWJJ/Portland 4.3 (7t) 4.3 (6t) 407,600 (8t) 385,100 (10)KUPL/Portland 4.3 (7t) 4.0 (9) 337,800 (13) 311,400 (13)WCTK/Providence 8.7 (3) 8.3 (3) 371,400* (6) 329,900 (6)WKLB/Boston 1.0 (21t) 0.8 (24t) 108,000 (21) 103,200 (19) Providence November PPMWQDR-FM/Raleigh 7.6 (4) 7.4 (5t) 352,300 (4) 325,100 (4)KFRG/Riverside 4.5 (6) 4.5 (5t) 330,000 (8) 349,700 (7)KKGO/Los Angeles 1.4 (27t) 1.2 (30t) 149,100 (24) 149,400 (27) Riverside November PPMKNCI/Sacramento 4.8 (7) 4.3 (8) 305,200 (12) 339,200 (11)KNTY/Sacramento 2.4 (17) 2.2 (18) 216,000 (15) 237,900 (15)KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.0 (5) 5.3 (4) 395,400 (7) 415,600 (7)KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City 3.1 (12t) 3.4 (12) 300,100 (13) 277,900 (13)KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.9 (20) 2.3 (16t) 215,700 (17) 208,000 (18)KCYY/San Antonio 6.5 (2) 6.6 (1) 581,500 (1) 598,100 (2)KAJA/San Antonio 5.8 (5) 5.4 (7t) 494,100 (6) 473,800 (7)KSON/San Diego 3.7 (9t) 3.5 (10) 439,200 (11) 424,600 (11)KUSS/San Diego 2.0 (23t) 1.6 (24) 302,000 (20) 291,800 (19)KBWF/San Francisco 1.6 (24t) 1.4 (25t) 425,300 (25) 427,500 (27)KRTY/San Jose 1.0 (28) 0.9 (30t) 228,900 (31) 210,300 (32) San Francisco November PPMKRTY/San Jose 3.6 (13) 2.9 (14) 175,400 (18) 161,600 (19)KMPS/Seattle 4.8 (2) 4.3 (5t) 648,900 (8) 622,400 (9)KKWF/Seattle 3.7 (11t) 4.3 (5t) 549,900 (13) 557,100 (11)KNBQ/Seattle 1.8 (23t) 2.0 (23) 303,100 (22) 317,700 (22)WIL/St. Louis 5.7 (7) 5.6 (5t) 608,700* (6) 555,500 (7)KSD/St. Louis 3.3 (16) 3.1 (17t) 518,600 (9) 493,700 (10)WQYK-FM/Tampa 4.5 (10) 4.9 (7) 524,400 (9) 486,600 (10)WFUS/Tampa 3.2 (15t) 3.0 (16) 534,600 (8) 513,900 (8)WMZQ/Washington 3.8 (9) 3.6 (10t) 574,300 (14) 610,700 (13)
Last month’s Country chill turned somewhat frostier in November. Of the 83 stations with generally a 1.0 or better 6+, decliners led gainers 50-27, with six stations unchanged; 10 experienced PPM share lows. In all, these 83 stations delivered 337.1 shares of listening, down from 340.6 in October, compared to 344.7 in September – a 2.2% decline over the past two months. In cume, decliners led gainers 51-32. Still, there were several positive highlights: WPOC/Baltimore reached No. 1 for the first time and KCYY/San Antonio returned to the top spot. And five stations set new 6+ share records: WPOC (for the second straight month); WOGI/Pittsburgh; WPCV/Lakeland (in Orlando); WKMK/Monmouth
October November2 1 KPLX/Dallas 1,244,6001 2 WUSN/Chicago 1,143,4003 3 KKBQ/Houston 1,063,8005 4 KKGO/Los Angeles 979,8004 5 KILT-FM/Houston 867,9008 6 WYCD/Detroi t 837,7006 7 KEEY/Minneapolis 827,2007 8 KSCS/Dallas 807,6009 9 WKHX/Atlanta 785,70011 10 WKLB/Boston 751,30010 11 WUBL/Atlanta 746,10012 12 WXTU/Philadelphia 728,60013 13 KMPS/Seattle 622,400 19 14 WMZQ/Washington 610,70014 15 KNIX/Phoenix 586,600
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Novemb’rr Ratings Scoreboard (in Middlesex); and Classic Country WSM-AM/Nashville, up for the fourth consecutive sweep. Cume records were broken by WKMK, WPCV, KVET-FM/Austin, Classic Country WZBK-FM/Milwaukee and WGH-FM/Norfolk. The November “Book Of The Month Club” winner is Gaylord’s WSM-AM, which jumped 3.1-4.2. Among contemporary Country stations, the top gainers were KKBQ/Houston (3.8-4.6), WHOK/Columbus, OH (2.3-3.1) and WKMK (0.9-1.7). After the holidays, we’ll have the first PPM results for Greensboro, Hartford, Jacksonville, Memphis and West Palm Beach, which complete Arbitron’s PPM coverage. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country oulet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator, a “t” indicates a tie and a “*” indicates a record high showing for the station in that particular category.
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3 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 14756 721 5220 260 37.429 1.734 126 0
1 2 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 13690 -1410 4747 -506 34.717 -3.503 125 0
5 3 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 13372 579 4824 212 33.629 1.831 125 0
2 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 12548 -1749 4340 -630 32.083 -4.534 126 0
6 5 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 12166 223 4359 66 31.956 0.517 126 0
7 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 11386 387 4006 157 29.869 1.248 126 0
8 7 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 11024 348 4016 98 27.074 0.73 122 0
9 8 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 10696 335 3793 160 27.22 0.632 126 0
12 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 10035 512 3510 206 25.613 1.044 126 0
13 10 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 9971 657 3510 243 25.088 1.892 125 0
11 11 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 9906 313 3590 100 24.996 0.976 125 0
10 12 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 9790 172 3419 109 24.748 0.449 126 0
14 13 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 8728 486 3185 187 21.7 1.215 122 0
16 14 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 7266 92 2523 34 17.523 0.293 122 2
17 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 4 7057 848 2553 318 17.211 0.92 119 1
15 16 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 6684 -1071 2358 -461 16.847 -2.498 121 0
18 17 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 6395 506 2338 196 15.996 1.355 125 4
20 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 4 5882 803 2118 286 14.699 2.29 126 8
22 19 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 4 5861 1521 2011 525 14.373 4.029 119 7
19 20 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI) 5771 74 2123 17 14.665 0.464 116 0
21 21 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 4757 247 1796 116 11.503 0.549 114 2
23 22 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 4258 97 1626 53 10.36 0.334 114 1
24 23 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 4199 119 1542 53 9.707 0.444 109 2
25 24 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3448 152 1355 63 7.536 0.391 111 6
26 25 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 3379 194 1340 84 8 0.257 101 2
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36 26 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 4 3280 1720 1070 608 8.018 3.807 99 36
27 27 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 3141 197 1266 82 7.09 0.36 96 4
28 28 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 2983 105 1267 63 5.7 0.165 94 1
29 29 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 2595 227 951 66 5.761 0.466 93 2
34 30 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 2272 635 685 238 5.571 1.433 67 21
38 31 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4 2220 764 830 325 4.842 1.68 85 22
30 32 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 2127 188 882 72 4.075 0.307 85 5
31 33 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 2093 228 822 119 4.534 0.391 82 9
32 34 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 1774 26 591 16 3.78 0.029 58 2
33 35 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 1722 53 750 27 3.329 -0.094 65 0
37 36 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 1707 175 590 69 3.281 0.327 69 2
44 37 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 1484 483 537 167 3.266 0.969 73 23
39 38 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 1409 103 596 45 2.812 0.204 70 5
40 39 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 1238 31 540 15 2.153 -0.155 68 1
43 40 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Love You Back (Mercury) 1166 117 453 52 2.425 0.283 54 6
41 41 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 1104 18 482 -3 2.14 -0.086 43 1
46 42 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA) 1075 129 422 51 1.576 0.086 60 1
42 43 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 1069 12 476 15 1.875 0.064 55 2
45 44 LEE BRICE/Beautiful Every Time (Curb) 1044 64 430 25 1.469 0.024 62 4
47 45 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 988 117 387 49 1.831 0.1 50 4
48 46 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) 871 91 379 47 1.362 0.194 42 3
49 47 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 746 -15 347 -8 0.874 -0.077 58 0
50 48 CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) 738 118 284 38 1.081 0.281 36 0
49 JARON & TLRTL/That's... (Jaronwood/Big Machine/Republic Nashville) 597 3 214 9 0.999 -0.076 35 0
50 TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) 584 92 253 42 0.927 0.1 34 2
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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersBRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 1720 4
TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 1521 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 848 4
BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 803 4DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 764 4
RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 721
KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 657
JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 635
REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 579
KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 512
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 608
TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 525
DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 325
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 318
BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 286
RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 260
KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 243
JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 238
REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 212
KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 206
Activator Top Point GainersBRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 582 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 357 4DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 251 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 233 4JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 221 4BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 210KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 170CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 144JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 133SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 121
Activator Top Spin GainersBRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 417TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 241DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 173JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 161LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 159BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 133KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 102SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 90JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 87CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 86
Country Aircheck Add LeadersBRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 36SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 23DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 22JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 21CHUCK WICKS/Old School (RCA) 18ALAN JACKSON/Ring Of Fire (Arista) 14LEANN RIMES/Crazy Women (Curb) 14STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 14SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 9BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 8
CMT AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (Stroudavarious)DAVE BARNES f/HILLARY SCOTT/Christmas Tonight (Razor & Tie)JOEY + RORY/That’s Important To Me (Sugarhill) MANDY BARNETT/This Time Of The Year (Rounder)
CMT PUREAARON LEWIS/Country Boy (Stroudavarious)KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River)TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (Capitol) WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol)
GACKATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River)WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol)
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December 13ALABAMA/Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Valory)BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista)
January 3ASHTON SHEPHERD/Look It Up (MCA)RANDY MONTANA/1,000 Faces (Mercury)
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Country Aircheck Activity
JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn’t Be A Man (MCA) Move 47*-45*; 988 points, 387 spins 4 ADDS: KASE, KFDI, WPOC, WWYZ
LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) Move 48*-46*; 871 points, 379 spins 3 ADDS: DG, KBEQ, WDXB
ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) Moves 49-47; 746 points, 347 spins No adds
CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) Moves 50*-48*; 738 points, 284 spins No adds
JARON & TLRTL/That’s Beautiful to Me (Jaronwood/Big Machine/ Republic Nashville) Enters at 49*; 597 points, 214 spins No adds
TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) Debuts at 50*; 584 points, 253 spins 2 ADDS: KNTY, WMAD
JOSH THOMPSON/Won’t Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 554 points, 238 spins 6 ADDS: WCTK*, WGNA, WIOV, WMAD, WQMX, WUSH
RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) 543 points, 196 spins No adds
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Kiss Goodbye (Capitol) 530 points, 241 spins 3 ADDS: WGH, WKHX, WKLB
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KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) 376 points, 136 spins 2 ADDS: WDXB, WTGE
BLAKE WISE/I’ve Got This Feeling (BBR) 309 points, 147 spins No adds
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As She's... (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG) 13159RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 11124SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 7445DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 7261EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 6301JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4856BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 4837LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 4515UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 4161BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 4054
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3 1 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 4340 106 2678 67
2 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 4245 -1 2674 6
1 3 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 3919 -331 2365 -281
6 4 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 3830 73 2385 46
4 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 3525 -708 2100 -503
7 6 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 3440 30 2073 54
10 7 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 3365 114 2128 72
8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 3362 79 2144 62
9 9 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 3359 80 2148 64
11 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 3298 170 2061 102
12 11 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 3195 106 2058 82
13 12 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 3085 113 1946 70
14 13 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 3019 65 1900 21
16 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 4 2704 233 1717 159
15 15 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 2630 31 1616 35
17 16 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 2552 94 1632 72
18 17 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 2150 48 1321 39
19 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 2107 210 1354 133
20 19 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 1756 118 1113 68
21 20 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 1732 119 1105 71
22 21 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 4 1657 357 1035 241
23 22 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1405 133 939 87
24 23 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 1182 41 777 18
33 24 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 4 1157 582 820 417
29 25 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4 1049 251 694 173
27 26 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 1026 144 649 86
26 27 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 1015 120 642 69
25 28 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 991 66 640 36
31 29 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 4 950 221 617 161
28 30 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 840 18 477 21
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32 31 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 766 95 460 61
34 32 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 644 121 417 90
36 33 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 575 77 377 51
35 34 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 521 18 350 10
37 35 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 510 39 305 23
39 36 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 505 69 306 42
38 37 LEE BRICE/Beautiful Every Time (Curb) 460 16 321 9
40 38 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 450 55 316 44
42 39 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Love You Back (Mercury) 446 73 291 46
44 40 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Kiss Goodbye (Capitol) 410 60 261 29
41 41 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA Nashville) 397 14 285 9
43 42 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 370 13 205 6
46 43 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 332 38 194 28
45 44 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 323 14 230 8
47 45 RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) 310 19 221 16
50 46 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) 271 68 176 40
48 47 DUE WEST/The Bible And The Belt (Black River) 235 -14 168 -3
49 48 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 207 -11 139 -13
58 49 JOSH THOMPSON/Won't Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 149 86 116 71
51 50 ADAM CRAIG BAND/Nothin' Wrong (American Roots/Quarterback) 113 19 86 14
53 51 KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) 92 5 70 5
59 52 ALAN JACKSON/Ring Of Fire (Arista) 91 38 71 29
56 53 DAVID ADAM BYRNES/Sweet Distraction (Better Angels/Ride) 86 16 61 8
55 54 CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) 81 11 51 7
54 55 TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) 78 7 58 8
52 56 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 74 -18 47 -17
57 57 MARGARET DURANTE/Mississippi's Cryin' (Emrose/Stroudavarious/Nine North) 73 7 52 6
58 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Oh, Tonight (PDT) 72 27 56 23
60 59 RANDY ROGERS BAND/Steal You Away (MCA) 57 7 47 7
60 JASON STURGEON/Rollin' On (Toolpusher/Spinville/Nine North) 43 0 26 0Debut
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