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Late News: Hargis To SE Capitol/Nashville Dir./Nat’l Radio Syndication and Special Projects Matt Hargis has been named Dir./SE promotion. He succeeds Angela Lange, who was named VP/Promotion for sister EMI Records Nashville last week (Breaking News 3/12). “Matt is one of the hardest working individuals in the music business,” explains
PPM: Where’s The Payoff? The big “buzz panel” of CRS 2010 was, arguably, the PPM session anchored by panelists Scott Lindy (WUBL/Atlanta), Scott Mahalick (KUPL/Portland) and Gary Marince (Arbitron), and moderated by KKGO/Los Angeles’ Charlie Cook. For those who were there, and especially those who weren’t, here’s part one of an edited transcript: CC: The one thing I’ve learned in little amount of time I’ve been working in a PPM market is that there is too much information and not enough meters. Are any of us smart enough to work with it, figure it out and translate it for the listeners? GM: I would agree that there is way too much information. It’s like trying to get a drink of water from a fire hose. Smart PDs have a couple of metrics they trend from week to week and month to month – starting with Average Quarter Hour Persons. That’s a very easy way to get a grip on what’s driving the share. A very important emerging metric is Occasions of Listening. That’s been very helpful in keeping people focused on what matters for the ratings. CC: One of the figures we see monthly is that [weekly] cume number, that big number that goes from 1 million for WUSN/Chicago down to 300,000 or so for other stations. [But] daily cume is really the number we should be marching to. GM: Weekly cume is a direct correlation with the diary methodology because we looked at numbers in a weekly sense. (continued on page 4)
Hillbilly Groan: The Warner Music/Nashville staff welcomes SVP/Promotion Chris Stacey to his first day in style (if not dental hygiene), celebrating the No. 1 ascension of Blake Shelton’s sixth chart-topper “Hillbilly Bone,” featuring Trace Adkins. Shelton’s “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” (2 weeks), “Home” (1), “Some Beach” (2), “The Baby” (1) and “Austin” (5) also reached the top spot. Pictured (l-r) are Pres. John Esposito, Coord. Danielle Taylor, NE rep Kristen Williams, Assistant April Johnson, MW rep George Meeker, VP Bob Reeves, SE Brooks Quigley and Stacey.
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his walk to Phoenix hoping to encourage people to give to the cause. “I don’t want them to think I’m asking [for funds] for the wrong reasons,” he told us in our weekly update from the road Friday (3/9). “I want to go out of this world saying I did everything I could possibly do to help give back.” Wayne is organizing more grassroots support with MMH street teams nationwide. Learn more here.
My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life Nine North SE/SW rep Trudie Daniell discusses her most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Hee Haw and The Barbara Mandrell Show: These aren’t exactly concerts, but both exposed me to country music at a young age. I loved watching every week, and would sing and dance along with the performances.2. Donny Osmond, Alone Together: This was the very first album I owned. It was a hand-me-down from a neighbor and I listened to
it a million times. Donny was my very first musical crush. I had the dolls, the record player and the lunchbox. I could probably still sing along to every word of every song on that album.3. Randy Travis, Storms of Life: This album brought me back to country after spending much of the ‘80s listening to pop. I “borrowed” the cassette from my brother and played it until I wore it out, literally. 4. George Strait, Pure Country: This movie made me start thinking about careers in music, outside of being a performer. That year I started researching schools in Nashville and transferred to Belmont to major in Music Business. Ironically, my first job out of college was working for Erv Woolsey.5. Lee Ann Womack/The Fool: The very first No. 1 record I worked. I still hear that song and get choked up. I love this business!• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Any Grateful Dead song or album. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Bob Dylan. I am a lyric person, and I can’t understand what he’s saying.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Every Mark Chesnutt album. His voice blows me away.• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Stoney LaRue. My favorite is “Closer To You,” but I love all of his music. If you aren’t familiar with Stoney, go to iTunes immediately and buy it all!
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SVP/Promotion Steve Hodges. “He has been, and will continue to be, an integral part of our Capitol team.”
Underwood’s Play Toys There’s no kitchen sink in Carrie Underwood’s Play On tour production, but there’s just about everything else. WIOV/Lancaster, PA PD/PM driver Rich Creeger was at the tour open in Reading last week. “The production is far and away above anything I would have imagined,” he says. “She opens with ‘Cowboy Casanova,’ rising up from the stage on a red velvet couch and wearing a tuxedo.” (Watch here.) Creeger counted seven costume changes and says the flying blue pickup truck is the crowning production piece. “It comes out of the side of the stage, rises up with her in the bed and carries her to the back near the soundboard, giving all those fans a front-row seat.” (Watch here.) Memorable moments include: Underwood playing piano on “Mama’s Song,” performing a fan club-voted cover of Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69,” recreating the Grand Ole Opry during a video duet of “I Told You So” with Randy Travis (watch here) and swinging beneath a tree limb on “Just A Dream.” During “Change,” her gown revealed moving video, perhaps a nod to the video screen-covered robot suit in which the late Michael Jackson planned to enter his final concerts – which just happened to share Underwood’s production designer, Michael Cotton.
Radio News• Australian jock Grant Goldman is this year’s CMA International Country Broadcaster Award recipient. • Cool Broadcasting has launched Star Story, a daily feature voiced by Stan Campbell. The segment is offered on a barter basis. For more info contact Steve Graham here.
Wayne Update: Hyper-Miler Last week’s walk through the Oklahoma plains was a record for Jimmy Wayne. He logged an impressive 65.4 miles in three days during that particular stretch of his Meet Me Halfway mission for homeless teens. Wayne has picked up the pace of
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The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com. • WDRM/Huntsville, AL, WSM-FM/Nashville and WUSH/Norfolk will be added to the Country Aircheck/Mediabase main panel beginning with the March 22 chart. (CAT 3/11)• 2010 ACM radio winners were announced. (Breaking News 3/12)• Bill Mayne was named CRB Exec. Dir. (Breaking News 3/15) • Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas GSM Hank McMonigle joined NextMedia as VP/Market Manager for the company’s three North Dallas stations, which include Country KMKT. (CAT 3/12) • Clear Channel/Greensboro OM Tim Satterfield is no longer
Moore’s Guitar Pull A stolen guitar almost ruined Justin Moore’s weekend, but WYCD/Detroit’s Dr. Don and a remorseful fan turned things around. Moore’s treasured Gibson J-45 acoustic disappeared after a concert in Royal Oak, MI Friday (3/12). Dr. Don went on-air and posted notices to the web and Facebook Sunday (3/14), and within an hour a friend of the thief contacted the station. Dr. Don met him at a neutral location, recovered the guitar and texted photos to Moore. “It was a drunken mistake,” the cuprit wrote in a confession note that was stashed in the guitar case. “I would like to deeply and sincerely apologize for what I’ve done. I’m going out and buying 50 of your CDs today.” Moore says, “We all make mistakes, but we don’t always make it right. It says a lot about the guy.”
Artist News Love And Theft will headline a free concert for the May 11 NASCAR Hall of Fame grand opening in Charlotte, NC. Details here. George Strait announced during Friday’s (3/12) 28th Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic that he will headline Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena April 28 and San Antonio’s Alamodome May 1. Reba and Lee Ann Womack are also on the bills. Martina McBride will premiere her “Wrong Baby Wrong” video on VEVO tomorrow (3/16) at 10am ET. Brady Seals will embark on his Play Time 2010 tour March 25 in Grand Rapids, MI with openers Nathan Lee Jackson and David Bradley. Details here.
Tuesday (3/16) - Allison Smith, Jerry Jeff Walker
Wednesday (3/17) - Paul Overstreet
Thursday (3/18) - Charley Pride, Phillip Sweet (Little Big Town), John Huie ([email protected]), Lisa Austin ([email protected])
Friday (3/19) - Bob Kingsley ([email protected]), Nathan Cruise ([email protected]), Alison Sparico ([email protected])
Saturday (3/20) - “Ranger” Doug Green, Jerry Reed, Rob Dalton ([email protected]), Ben Kline ([email protected])
Sunday (3/21) - Lisa Duff, Shane Lane, Denny Mosesman ([email protected]), Rick Moxley ([email protected]), Jimmy Rector ([email protected]), Mike Rogers ([email protected]), John Landrum ([email protected])
Monday (3/22) - James House, Randy Sharp
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with the cluster, which includes Country WTQR. Reach him at 336-337-2499 or here. (CAT 3/12) • Capitol/Nashville SE Angela Lange was named VP/Promotion for the new EMI Records Nashville. (Breaking News 3/12) • Regent’s KMDL/Lafayette, LA AM driver Bruce Mikels was named PD following Scott Bryant’s exit (3/10). Bryant can be reached at 337-354-5762 or here. Reach Mikels here. (CAT 3/11)
Where’s The Payoff (continued from page 1) But when it comes to generating or calculating share, that’s based on daily cume. Therefore, as a PD, it’s desirable to have an eye on the daily cume. CC: There’s a term being bandied around by radio and record people: “PPM friendly.” What does that mean to you? SL: Gary’s company is trying to advance how we are measured and make it more real. The pain that goes with that is the small sample size. If you start to skin that onion really thin you can go to some dayparts in some demos and go, “Man, I had a 16 this week and the next week I had a 1.” That’s confusing. That can drive you crazy. When you say you’re going to be PPM friendly, the first thing is how is it measured, how does the information come in and where does the data come from? Try to understand that. I still hear programmers talking about things they believe to be true in the PPM environment that aren’t true. If you don’t understand [those basics], you’re never going to be able to become PPM friendly. When you think about the last 20 years of [CRS], the R&R Convention or NAB, a lot of the things you heard about great radio are still true. You’ve got to have a great image building campaign. You’ve got to have a strategy for your radio station. You have to be very creative with those things. And the way you package them is the biggest thing in being PPM friendly. CC: The king of imaging is sitting next to you. Imaging is such an important part of what you do on your stations, isn’t it? SM: Branding and imaging are very important, but I think it’s a lot simpler than that. I have an easier analogy to consider: Even if there were only 10 meters in the market, nine out of 10 doctors are going to respond to good radio a certain way. PPM is reality measurement – it’s what people are actually doing,
directly connected what is coming out of the speakers every second. If it’s really entertaining, solid radio, it’s PPM friendly. There is an absolutely heightened sense of accountability. You’re forced to think about every second of every day. Before the meter I would know there were certain things, especially with some of the part time staff or lower priorities, that I would let slide. When you’re held accountable [as in PPM], you really have to pay attention to all those things. Better focus. Better sense of getting to the point. All of that yields a better result. GM: I’m not defending a sample size, but I do want to point out that if you had a market that had 1,200 diaries over a three month period, over the course of those 12 weeks you had 100 diaries available any given day. But with PPM, every day you have 400 meters. Data points are much more statistically consistent in the meter methodology by a four-to-one ratio. CC: Do you program to those 400 meters, or do you program to the masses? SL: I’m very mindful they’re out there. I’m not programming specifically to them. When we talk about promotions, a morning show idea or marketing campaign, it’s about having the right ingredients to move TSL and occasions. But after that, is it fun?
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Tuesday 3/16 - Patty Griffin, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS); Larry Gatlin, 700 Club (syndicated).
Wednesday 3/17 - Gary Allan, Jimmy Kimmel Live (re-air) (ABC); Craig Morgan, Hannity (FOX News).
Thursday 3/18 - Gary Allan, Danny Gokey, GAC Nights; Josh Turner, Late Show With David Letterman (CBS).
Friday 3/19 - Eric Church, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC); Zac Brown Band, Jimmy Buffett, CMT Crossroads; Ryan Bingham, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC).
Saturday 3/20 - Martina McBride, Live In Concert (GAC); Craig Morgan, CBS Early Show (CBS).
Sunday 3/21 - Brooks & Dunn, Headline Country (GAC).
Monday 3/22 - Blake Shelton, Chelsea Lately (E!).
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Is it entertaining? Is anybody going to say something to their friend about what you’re doing on the radio? Because that’s what’s going to sustain you over time. Great radio cannot be held back by a measuring system. Great radio stations will always be highly rated because they’re great. When you think about how you used to game the diary system, we all know how to do it. We dealt with it for a couple of decades. This is no different, but that’s the mechanic science of programming, that’s not show business. Being mindful of it is one thing, but being entertaining is the true art form. CC: Is there one trick you’ve learned from PPM? SM: Yes, and I’ll have all of the details on that coming up at 10:48. CC: Thank you for that segue because I do want to talk about appointments. SL: You tell a jock why an appointment is important and how to set them, but the highest art form is not to be so mechanical. There’s a point, the apex of information where the interest curve goes up – when you get too close to that you’re creating disappointment. You’re not setting an appointment. Hey, here’s a nice juicy steak, let me cut it for you, here’s the fork and you get it close to their mouth and pull it away – you can’t do that. If you go too far into that information, “You had me right there, you could have told me and you didn’t!” Tease the bit, give the time you’re going to pay off and you’ll have higher ratings. You can’t take it so far that you’re the person who never pays off. I hear that on the radio a lot in PPM markets. CAC (Ed. Note: More next week.)
Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven (Average Joes) Single “Kick It In The Sticks” leads Gilbert’s
12-track sophomore release. Gilbert co-wrote all songs with writers including Colt Ford, Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins and Mike Dekle. Ford also raps on the closer “Dirt Road Anthem.” Gilbert, Tom Lewis, Newton Carter, Jonathan Waggoner and Jess Franklin produced.
Travis Rush Feel (Mason) Rush gives a surprise liner note shout-out to roughly 450 fans who picked his lead single “You’ll Find Your Way.” More than 4,000 people voted in an online poll to pick four songs for the 10-track release, which also features Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be.” Writers include Thom Shepherd, Wendell Lee Mobley and John Edwards. Rush, Jim Henson and
Roger Eaton produced. Various Artists Sunday In The Country (New Haven) This 12-track compilation of inspirational country songs is being jointly released with the Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the organization’s education fund. Featured artists are Josh Turner, Diamond Rio, Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, Steve
Wariner, Tracy Lawrence, Alabama, Trace Adkins, Lee Ann Womack and George Strait. Ken Harding, LeAnn Bennett and museum staff executive produced.
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Calls/City WeightDial Global “Hot Country”/National 5.0Premium Choice/National 8.0WQMX/Akron 1.8WGNA/Albany, NY 3.1KRST/Albuquerque 1.4WCTO/Allentown 3.0WKHX/Atlanta 7.2WUBL/Atlanta 4.3WKXC/Augusta, GA 1.6KASE/Austin 3.2KUZZ/Bakersfield 2.1WPOC/Baltimore 4.5WYNK/Baton Rouge 1.2WYPY/Baton Rouge 1.0WDXB/Birmingham 1.8KIZN/Boise, ID 1.2WKLB/Boston 5.0WYRK/Buffalo 3.3WEZL/Charleston, SC 1.5WIWF/Charleston, SC 1.0WSOC/Charlotte 5.1WKKT/Charlotte 4.1WUSY/Chattanooga, TN 2.4WUSN/Chicago 10.0
WUBE/Cincinnati 3.9WGAR/Cleveland 3.6KCCY/Colorado Springs 1.3KATC/Colorado Springs 1.1WCOS/Columbia, SC 1.4WCOL/Columbus, OH 4.1KPLX/Dallas 8.0KSCS/Dallas 5.9KYGO/Denver 4.0KJJY/Des Moines 1.2KHKI/Des Moines 1.1WYCD/Detroit 6.2KSKS/Fresno 2.2WWGR/Ft. Myers 1.9WCKT/Ft. Myers 1.1WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN 1.7WOGK/Gainesville 2.3WBCT/Grand Rapids 2.2WTQR/Greensboro 2.7WPAW/Greensboro 2.3WRNS/Greenville, NC 1.9WSSL/Greenville, SC 2.9WESC/Greenville, SC 2.4WRBT/Harrisburg 1.8WWYZ/Hartford 3.7KKBQ/Houston 5.2
KILT-FM/Houston 4.6WDRM/Huntsville, AL 1.9WFMS/Indianapolis 4.9WLHK/Indianapolis 2.5WQIK/Jacksonville 2.8WGNE/Jacksonville 2.0WXBQ/Johnson City, TN-VA 3.7KFKF/Kansas City 2.0KBEQ/Kansas City 1.9WDAF/Kansas City 1.8WIVK/Knoxville 4.7KMDL/Lafayette, LA 1.6WPCV/Lakeland 2.5WITL/Lansing 1.8KCYE/Las Vegas 1.2WBUL/Lexington, KY 2.3KSSN/Little Rock 1.6KKGO/Los Angeles 7.6WAMZ/Louisville 3.1WMAD/Madison 1.0WWQM/Madison 1.0KTEX/McAllen 3.1WGKX/Memphis 2.3WKIS/Miami 3.6WMIL/Milwaukee 4.1KEEY/Minneapolis 6.2
WKSJ/Mobile 2.1WKMK/Monmouth, NJ 1.0WSIX/Nashville 2.9WSM-FM/Nashville 2.5WKDF/Nashville 2.4WGH-FM/Norfolk 2.3WUSH/Norfolk 1.5KTST/Oklahoma City 2.5KXKT/Omaha 2.1WXTU/Philadelphia 5.2KNIX/Phoenix 3.6KMLE/Phoenix 2.7WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.1WOGI/Pittsburgh 2.1KUPL/Portland, OR 2.6KWJJ/Portland, OR 2.4WCTK/Providence 3.2WQDR/Raleigh 3.0KFRG/Riverside 2.0WSLC/Roanoke, VA 2.1WBEE/Rochester 3.2KNCI/Sacramento 2.5KNTY/Sacramento 1.8KUBL/Salt Lake City 2.5KSOP/Salt Lake City 1.2KCYY/San Antonio 4.0
KAJA/San Antonio 2.7KSON/San Diego 2.4KBWF/San Francisco 3.0KRTY/San Jose 1.8KKWF/Seattle 3.7KMPS/Seattle 3.5KIXZ/Spokane 1.1KDRK/Spokane 1.0WPKX/Springfield, MA 1.6WIL/St. Louis 4.1KATM/Stockton, CA 1.7WBBS/Syracuse 2.7WQYK/Tampa 4.5WFUS/Tampa 2.6KIIM/Tucson 3.4KVOO/Tulsa 2.0KJUG-FM/Visalia, CA 1.0WMZQ/Washington, DC 4.0WIRK/West Palm 1.9KFDI/Wichita 2.3KZSN/Wichita 1.0WGGY/Wilkes Barre 2.3WXCY/Wilmington, DE 1.0WGTY/York, PA 2.4
These are the new weights for Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Reporters, based on audience figures from the Fall 2009 Arbitron ratings. Weights for stations in PPM markets use a three-month average of September-October-November AQH Persons. The weights are calculated by this formula: Market rank is multiplied by 10 and then added to the station’s AQH Persons. A station’s weight is determined by dividing that adjusted AQHP by the leading Country station’s adjusted AQHP. For this period, that station is WUSN/Chicago, with an adjusted AQHP of 33,330. Station Weight = (Market rank X 10 + station AQHP) divided by 33,330. These new weights are effective with next week’s Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country chart.
Calls/City WeightKRRV/Alexandria, LA 1.1KGNC/Amarillo, TX 1.4WWWW/Ann Arbor, MI 1.0WNCY/Appleton, WI 1.9WKSF/Asheville, NC 1.8WPUR/Atlantic City, NJ 1.1WIBL/Augusta, GA 1.0KYKR/Beaumont, TX 1.2WJLS/Beckley, WV 1.3WZKX/Biloxi, MS 1.5WHWK/Binghamton, NY 1.4WBWN/Bloomington, IL 1.2WHKX/Bluefield, WV 1.2WOKO/Burlington, VT 2.6WIXY/Champaign, IL 1.2WQBE/Charleston, WV 1.9WGSQ/Cookeville, TN 1.6KRYS/Corpus Christi, TX 1.0
WTVY/Dothan, AL 1.0KKCB/Duluth, MN 1.2WQRB/Eau Claire, WI 1.2WXTA/Erie, PA 1.0KKNU/Eugene, OR 1.7WKDQ/Evansville, IN 1.9KVOX/Fargo, ND 1.4KKIX/Fayetteville, AR 1.9WKML/Fayetteville, NC 1.9KAFF/Flagstaff, AZ 1.0WFBE/Flint, MI 1.2WEGX/Florence, SC 1.2WXFL/Florence, AL 1.3WLAY/Florence, AL 1.0WFRE/Frederick, MD 1.3WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 1.4KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 1.2WMUS/Muskegon, MI 1.0WAYZ/Hagerstown, MD 1.4
WTCR/Huntington, WV 1.5WMSI/Jackson, MS 1.4WUSJ/Jackson, MS 1.0KIXQ/Joplin, MO 1.4WNWN/Kalamazoo, MI 1.0WKOA/Lafayette, IN 1.3WBBN/Laurel, MS 1.3WBUL/Lexington, KY 2.3KZKX/Lincoln, NE 1.4KLLL/Lubbock, TX 1.5KYSM/Mankato, MN 1.2KIAI/Mason City, IA 1.2KRWQ/Medford, OR 1.1KUBB/Merced, CA 1.0WOKK/Meridian, MS 1.0KJLO/Monroe, LA 1.2WBAM/Montgomery, AL 1.1WGTR/Myrtle Beach, SC 1.1WCTY/New London, CT 1.5
KHKX/Odessa, TX 1.0KPLM/Palm Springs, CA 1.3WPAP/Panama City, FL 1.3WXBM/Pensacola, FL 1.6WYCT/Pensacola, FL 1.3WFYR/Peoria, IL 1.0WPOR/Portland, ME 1.1WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH 2.3WRWD-FM/Poughkeepsie, NY 1.1WLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL 2.4KOUT/Rapid City, SD 1.1KBUL/Reno, NV 1.2WKCQ/Saginaw, MI 1.6WCEN/Saginaw, MI 1.4WWFG/Salisbury, MD 1.2KGKL/San Angelo, TX 1.2KKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA 1.1KRAZ/Santa Barbara, CA 1.0KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 1.0
WBFM/Sheboygan, WI 1.2KXKS/Shreveport, LA 1.0KSUX/Sioux City, IA 1.3WBYT/South Bend, IN 1.1KTTS/Springfield, MO 1.9WTNT/Tallahassee, FL 1.0WTHI/Terre Haute, IN 1.9WIBW-FM/Topeka, KS 1.2WTCM/Traverse City, MI 1.4WWZD/Tupelo, MS 1.3KNUE/Tyler, TX 1.3WFRG/Utica, NY 1.9WACO/Waco, TX 1.7WDEZ/Wausau, WI 1.6WOVK/Wheeling, WV 1.7WILQ/Williamsport, PA 1.6WUSQ/Winchester, VA 2.0KXDD/Yakima, WA 1.3
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3 1 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 15202 766 5086 229 38.073 1.538 123 0
4 2 EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 14532 882 4948 311 36.728 2.355 123 0
5 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 14077 569 4676 221 35.083 1.183 123 0
2 4 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 13974 -1061 4484 -416 35.809 -2.423 123 0
1 5 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 13721 -1439 4759 -330 34.507 -3.278 123 0
6 6 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 13172 372 4451 187 32.963 1.011 123 0
7 7 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride(Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 4 12812 1109 4292 355 33.569 2.927 123 0
9 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 11121 832 3781 282 28.717 2.67 123 0
10 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 10612 584 3423 186 26.923 1.403 123 1
11 10 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 9273 213 3073 81 23.147 0.227 122 1
13 11 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 8607 484 2890 135 21.819 1.983 121 2
12 12 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 8565 406 2846 160 21.056 1.064 121 1
14 13 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 8005 402 2848 165 19.711 1.381 121 0
17 14 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 7558 882 2643 280 19.465 1.947 121 4
18 15 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 4 7432 1054 2620 332 18.242 1.613 114 1
20 16 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 4 7398 1472 2485 536 17.995 2.865 119 6
16 17 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 7086 327 2359 122 16.613 0.646 121 2
19 18 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 6746 591 2399 206 17.266 1.802 120 2
22 19 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 5631 767 1827 280 13.922 2.123 115 5
23 20 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 5381 846 1771 258 13.783 2.433 112 5
24 21 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 4544 234 1482 75 11.129 0.761 104 6
25 22 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 4314 576 1412 179 11.112 1.606 95 9
27 23 REBA/I Keep On Lovin' You (Starstruck/Valory) 4239 706 1397 172 10.238 1.697 108 5
26 24 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 3971 347 1380 131 9.257 0.846 104 2
28 25 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 3691 553 1302 194 8.996 1.268 97 9
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21 26 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 3390 -2461 1186 -898 7.819 -6.213 120 0
29 27 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 3035 319 1101 103 7.216 0.811 97 4
35 28 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 4 2881 1200 991 447 7.212 3.27 85 17
34 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 4 2854 1123 966 406 6.808 2.603 98 15
32 30 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 2777 559 951 196 6.11 1.697 90 8
30 31 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 2605 140 826 48 5.7 0.396 65 2
31 32 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 2339 45 831 20 4.857 0.286 90 3
33 33 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 2000 196 698 49 4.924 0.248 62 3
36 34 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 1821 147 676 56 3.225 0.222 78 4
37 35 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 1651 175 625 64 2.752 0.595 82 4
39 36 JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 1612 513 556 159 3.612 1.039 41 8
45 37 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 1592 819 605 305 3.752 1.904 70 26
42 38 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1544 707 550 224 2.935 1.375 71 20
38 39 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 1327 163 450 31 2.466 0.318 56 5
40 40 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 1260 322 442 102 2.647 0.824 41 3
44 41 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 1109 327 309 72 2.19 0.677 26 1
41 42 JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine) 1009 91 385 26 1.428 0.038 43 1
43 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 951 536 256 153 2.21 1.288 31 12
43 44 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 911 112 353 16 1.338 0.205 45 2
46 45 EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 769 8 297 17 1.417 -0.019 36 1
47 46 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 752 -6 292 -12 1.064 0.076 43 3
48 47 DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 663 1 264 0 1.181 -0.027 31 1
49 48 TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I'm Single (Lyric Street) 660 80 263 27 1.053 0.142 38 5
-- 49 ASH BOWERS/Ain't No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) 658 127 272 41 0.92 0.306 41 7
50 50 TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) 597 47 179 -15 1.277 0.005 14 0
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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersGEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 1472 4JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 1200 4MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 1123 4ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 1109 4ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 1054 4EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 882JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 882TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 846LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 832TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 819
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersGEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 536JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 447MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 406ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 355ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 332EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 311TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 305LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 282JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 280MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 280
Activator Top Point GainersTOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 502 4GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 464 4MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 359 4ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 301 4EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 281 4ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway...(Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 281STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 271JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 244LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 236JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 229
Activator Top Spin GainersTOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 303GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 288MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 257ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 206STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 201EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 194JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 175JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 171LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 169ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway... (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 158
Country Aircheck Add LeadersTOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 26JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 20JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 17MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 15GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/Warner Bros./BPG) 14LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 12GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 10CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 9LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 9RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 9DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 8JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros.) 8JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 8
CMTMARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA)MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam)RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Olympics Mix) (Lyric Street)
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BRANDI CARLILE/That Year (Columbia)DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA)MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA)RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Olympics Mix) (Lyric Street)SAMMY KERSHAW/Better Than I Used To Be (Big Hit)
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DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA)MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA)MARTY RAYBON/Daddy Phone (Grand Vista/Nine North)
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march 22BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father’s Love(The Only Way He Knew How) (Lyric Street)ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville)LONESTAR/You’re The Reason Why (Saguaro Road)RANDY MONTANA/Ain’t Much Left Of Lovin’ You (Mercury)TRAILER CHOIR/Rollin’ Through The Sunshine (Show Dog-Universal)
march 29BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista)GUY PENROD/Are You The One (Gaither/Quarterback)JONALEE WHITE/Naked As Fools (Lick Records/EdgeHILL)JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia)RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer’s Daughter (Curb)SARAH DARLING/Whenever It Rains (Black River)WILLIAMS RILEY/Sweet September (Golden)
april 5CHRIS JANSON/Til A Woman Comes Along (BNA)JASON STURGEON/Simple Life (Toolpusher/Spinville/Nine North)
Country Aircheck ActivityEMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) Moves 46*-45*; 769 points, 297 spins 1 ADD: WKMK
COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) Moves 47*-46; 752 points, 292 spins 3 ADDS: KUZZ, WDXB, WPOC
DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) Moves 48*-47*; 663 points, 264 spins 1 ADD: WCTK*
TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I’m Single (Lyric Street) Moves 49*-48*; 660 points, 263 spins 5 ADDS: KDRK, KJJY*, WFUS, WGNE, WSSL
ASH BOWERS/Ain’t No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) Debuts at 49*; 658 points, 272 spins 7 ADDS: KATC*, KSON, KUBL*, KXKT, WQMX, WSOC*, WUSY
TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) Stays at 50*; 597 points, 179 spins 1 ADD: WQIK
BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin’ (Treehouse) 589 points, 245 spins 2 ADDS: KNIX, WIRK*
STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 513 points, 220 spins 2 ADDS: WGKX*, WQHK
HARTERS/Jenny (BPG) 503 points, 211 spins 2 ADDS: WCTO*, WMIL
MALLARY HOPE/Blossom In The Dust (MCA) 409 points, 192 spins 4 ADDS: KCYY*, KJJY*, WFUS, WGH-FM
BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 374 points, 116 spins 7 ADDS: KAJA, KKWF, KMDL, WAMZ, WGNA, WYNK, WYRK
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JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros.) 347 points, 169 spins 8 ADDS: KCYY*, KDRK, KIZN*, KKWF, KSON, KTST, KZSN, WWQM
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Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 9603DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 8712LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 7763JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 7750MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 5957LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 5254TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 5116REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 4945CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 4638ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 4292
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3 1 EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 4 4394 281 2718 194
1 2 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 4285 -17 2668 28
5 3 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 4072 193 2558 146
2 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 4048 -240 2504 -153
6 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 4006 183 2500 123
7 6 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 3767 281 2407 158
8 7 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 3481 236 2218 169
9 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 3023 211 1916 154
12 9 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 2582 244 1645 171
10 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 2568 52 1614 68
11 11 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 2540 158 1565 113
13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 2450 162 1524 87
19 13 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 4 2445 464 1524 288
18 14 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 4 2439 301 1492 206
16 15 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 2422 271 1546 201
17 16 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 2352 202 1471 137
14 17 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 2333 89 1454 67
21 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 4 1986 359 1224 257
22 19 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 1818 197 1184 126
24 20 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 1472 202 893 121
23 21 REBA/I Keep On Lovin' You (Starstruck/Valory) 1446 126 973 66
25 22 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 1445 196 862 126
20 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 1366 -601 886 -358
26 24 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 1294 102 783 63
27 25 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 1189 68 703 50
28 26 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 1148 229 786 175
29 27 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 1018 209 717 151
35 28 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 4 981 502 629 303
30 29 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 821 54 520 39
31 30 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 762 93 473 43
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32 31 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 746 103 471 72
33 32 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 616 -25 382 -3
34 33 JARON & TLRTL/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 611 126 454 88
36 34 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 599 135 425 98
38 35 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 591 161 377 97
37 36 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 505 65 321 41
40 37 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 503 192 337 133
39 38 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 475 78 332 61
42 39 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 338 63 252 50
44 40 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 321 138 195 73
41 41 TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) 258 -35 187 -2
43 42 JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine) 254 6 164 8
49 43 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 165 15 118 14
47 44 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 162 9 107 7
51 45 TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I'm Single (Lyric Street) 156 14 111 11
50 46 EMILY WEST f/ KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 156 11 110 9
48 47 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 128 -23 70 -8
52 48 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 119 9 82 3
59 49 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 110 53 62 30
55 50 KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) 103 19 79 16
53 51 GWEN SEBASTIAN/Hard Rain (Open Road/Lofton Creek) 96 -5 53 -3
54 52 DARREN KOZELSKY/Real Superman (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 96 -2 64 -1
57 53 ASH BOWERS/Ain't No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) 93 20 62 14
54 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 83 62 53 38
55 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros.) 73 20 60 13
56 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 55 55 42 42
58 57 MATT STILLWELL/Dirt Road Dancin' (Average Joes) 53 -18 41 -13
58 JIMMY WAYNE f/W. DUNCAN/Just Knowing You Love Me (Valory) 52 14 38 8
59 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 40 36 31 26
60 60 RADNEY FOSTER & CONFESSIONS/Angel Flight (Devil's River) 39 -15 28 -10
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