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Town Hall Meeting Wrapping up our coverage of CRS 2010, here are a couple of the later Friday panels that didn’t make it into our CRS Daily Buzz or Country Aircheck Today coverage: Syndicated personalities Tony Randall and Kris Rochester moderated by throwing beach balls covered in question topics to the panel. The first went to Capitol/Nashville’s Mike Dungan, who asked which radio or music company he would make go away if he could. As Dungan hesitated, Alpha Broadcasting’s

CRS: First-Timer’s Take Remember your first CRS? You know, back before you were a jaded, crusty old veteran who now makes cynical wisecracks about everything and everybody? In short, before you were Charlie Monk? Sometimes, to get a handle on just how special and meaningful CRS continues to be, you have to go to a CRS first-timer. And, we did just that for this look at CRS 2010. “I have been to a number of RABs, NABs and other industry events, and nothing even comes close to the sharing of useful information I got at CRS 2010,” said a medium market cluster manager who asked to speak on background. “I have been in the business since 1970 and this was the most inspirational and informative conference I have ever attended. There is no way you can come out of this event and not feel great about 1) radio and 2) the future of Country in particular. “One of the most valuable sessions was one of the PPM panels – even for stations not scheduled for a PPM rollout. Having both Arbitron and major market programming VPs share their insight into how you should cluster your stop sets for maximum retention really makes you stop and think. It certainly takes one back to what the listeners think and do when they hear things a jock might say before a stop set. “Equally beneficial was the ‘Town Hall Industry Truth Revealed’ session. I do wish there was more discussion about the elephant in the room with the looming Performance Tax.

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New & Approved: CRS 2010 closed with Friday’s New Faces performances. Pictured afterward are (front row l-r) are Gloriana’s Cheyenne Kimball and Rachel Reinert, Justin Moore, Chris Young and Randy Houser. Pictured (back row l-r) are Gloriana’s Tom Gossin and Mike Gossin, and Love And Theft’s Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles and Brian Bandas.

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Shelton’s] ‘Hillbilly Bone’ to No. 1, it’s not important at all.” The session’s biggest fireworks came over the Performance Royalty/Tax issue, but it was left for the very end and thus was truncated. Dungan cited the other countries that don’t have a the structure – North Korea, Iran and Iraq – but an audience member pointed out that none of those countries have a viable commercial radio industry. “I know it’s a jolt and a bad time,” Dungan said. “And I understand the fear and the backlash. But

My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life KDXY/Jonesboro, AR PD Christie Matthews discusses her most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again: Some of my earliest memories take me back to listening to Dolly on my parents’ eight-track stereo. Over the years I’ve been fascinated by her life. In my opinion, she is the Queen of Country.2. Michael Jackson, Thriller: As a kid of the

‘80s, MJ was everywhere. He was the most incredible entertainer ever.3. Garth Brooks, Memphis’ Pyramid, 1998: Still the most incredible concert I have ever experienced. I had the opportunity to meet Garth before that show, and just being in his presence, the energy he exudes and the passion he has for our business changed me forever. I still get chills when I think about that show.4. Garth Brooks, No Fences: This album was my college soundtrack. When I hear a song from this album, I stop and wish I could go back to Arkansas State University and have that much fun again.5. Trisha Yearwood, Real Live Woman: I had just turned 30 when this album came out, and every song seemed to say what I was feeling. It’s so good, I bought it three times! • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Bob Dylan. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Jamey Johnson’s That Lonesome Song and Miranda Lambert’s Revolution. I’m obsessed!• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Contemporary Christian artist Matthews West’s “Save A Place For Me.” I lost my mom a year ago and this song hits home.

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Larry Wilson jumped right in. “Entercom,” he said, drawing laughs from the full session. Wilson, who is in a dispute over the departure of former Entercom and current Alpha executive Scott Mahalick, later explained, “We’ve got enough problems with royalty issues and everything else, and they sued me because they tried to enforce an indentured servant’s contract.” The Seminar-long refrain about musical variety led to a question about risk addressed to WUBL/Atlanta’s Scott Lindy. “Every station should have two or three, but there are 70 songs you could take a risk on at any given time, and you can’t take a risk on all of them,” he said. Speaking to the slowness of the singles chart, Dungan acknowledged the logic behind programmers asking labels to get better at letting go of singles that aren’t working. “Luke Bryan’s ‘Do I’ struggled coming out of the gate,” Dungan said, pointing out the conundrum. “It went on to be a massive record; the second biggest audience single of the year.” Addressing the importance of reaching No. 1, panelist Gretchen Wilson said, “I’d rather get into the top 5 and stay there for six or eight weeks. I’ve never looked at anyone [promoting my singles] and said, ‘My song has to get to No. 1.’” Warner Nashville’s John Esposito joked, “Other than getting [Blake

Having A Ball: Town Hall Meeting panelists (l-r) Capitol/Nashville’s Mike Dungan, WUBL/Atlanta’s Scott Lindy, Gretchen Wilson, Warner Nashville’s John Esposito, Alpha Broadcasting’s Larry Wilson and moderators Tony Randall and Kris Rochester.

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Longtime Gone Imagine going two solid months without sleeping in your own bed. Jimmy Wayne doesn’t have to. Since starting his 1,600-mile Meet Me Halfway walk to Phoenix on New Year’s Day, Wayne hadn’t been home once ... before this weekend. A date at the Grand Ole Opry Saturday (2/27) offered him a chance to take a break from his mission for homeless teens. The Grand Ole Opry presented Wayne a $250 check for MMH during his two-song set, which included single “Just Knowing You Love Me.” Keep up with Wayne on his journey west here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • More than 2,100 registrants attended all or part of CRS 2010, according to CRB, for an increase of 3.5% over 2009. New CRB board officers include President Mike Culotta (WQYK/Tampa) and returning Agenda Chair John Paul (Dial Global). (CAT 3/1) Extensive coverage of the entire event first appearing in Country Aircheck Today as well as the CRS Daily Buzz can be found at www.countryaircheck.com.• Mozes, Inc.’s music division head Chris Stacey was named SVP/Promotion for Warner Music Nashville. (Breaking News 2/24)• CBS Radio/Chicago SVP/Market Manager Rod Zimmerman

if I’m to understand it right, our position it is it will start [small] and gradually work itself up to whatever it’s supposed to be.”

Radio Stars WAXX/Eau Claire, WI’s George House, WUBE/Cincinnati’s Chris Carr, Total Axxess’ Wally and WGSQ/Cookeville, TN’s Gator Harrison discussed the importance of talent coaching with moderator Brian Wright during Friday’s (2/26) Radio Stars: Talent Coaching and Development. Building relationships with talent, knowing how the personality takes criticism and talking 30 minutes per week resulted in better listener relationships. “Grab your audience because they could be funnier than you,” Gator noted. Artist News Jack Ingram will embark on his first Australian tour May 6 in Sydney with Doc Walker and Steve Forde. Complete list of dates here. Wynonna will appear as herself in a May 16 Army Wives episode on Lifetime. Dolly Parton will attend the official grand opening and ribbon-cutting of her Nashville store Dolly Parton’s Trinkets & Treasures (126 2nd Ave North) March 12. Emmylou Harris, Dave Matthews, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea and others will perform the May 19 benefit concert NDRC Presents Music Saves Mountains to raise funds to end mountain top removal in Appalachia. Tickets go on sale Friday (3/5) here. The groundbreaking of the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center in Worley’s hometown of Savannah, TN will take place Wednesday (3/3) at 10am. The building will be located on the Hardin Medical Center campus (935 Wayne Road, Savannah, TN) and will offer radiation and chemotherapy for cancer patients. Rodney Crowell, Gretchen Peters, Mike Reid, Barry Walsh and Peter Cooper will perform the second annual Stars Go Blue For Colon Cancer benefit March 23 at Nashville’s Loveless Barn. Details and tickets here.

Tuesday (3/2) - Larry Stewart, Kim Wiggins, Paul Jankowski, Chasity Crouch ([email protected]).

Thursday (3/4) - Jason Sellers, Jim Scherer, Jim Malito ([email protected]).

Saturday (3/6) - Skip Ewing, Trent Willmon, Pete Fisher ([email protected]).

Monday (3/8) - Al Cooley.

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assumed the duties of Country WUSN and AC WCFS VP/GM Dave Robbins, who was named SVP/Market Manager for the company’s three-station Orlando cluster. Don Howe, who had been overseeing both Orlando and Tampa, will now focus exclusively on the latter, which includes Country WQYK. (CAT 2/25)• Brooks & Dunn announced the final stop on their Last Rodeo tour will be Aug. 10 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Proceeds benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All For The Hall initiative. (Breaking News 2/25)• Former Universal South West Coast rep Rhonda Christensen was hired in a similar capacity for Warner Music Nashville’s expanded promotion team. (CAT 2/26)• Label vet Larry Hughes joined CO5/Nashville as East Coast Dir./Promotion & Marketing. (CAT 3/1)• Former WBUL/Lexington, KY morning co-host Karl Shannon was hired as PD/AM driver for WCYO/Richmond, KY. (CAT 2/25)

Tommy Guns At The Door: BMI hosted a ‘40s-themed party for Miranda Lambert’s No. 1 “White Liar” Friday (2/26). Pictured (l-r) are Carnival Music’s Matthew Miller, BMI’s Jody Williams, Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson, Lambert, producer Mike Wrucke, co-writer Natalie Hemby, producer Frank Liddell, ShopKeeper Management’s Marion Kraft and Columbia’s Jimmy Rector.


Tuesday 3/2 - Blake Shelton, Reba, CBS Early Show; Blake Shelton, Today (NBC); Larry Gatlin, Hannity (FOX News).

Wednesday 3/3 - Lady Antebellum, Today (NBC); Blake Shelton, Hannity’s America (FOX News).

Thursday 3/4 - Rascal Flatts, CSI (CBS); Danny Gokey, American Idol (FOX).

Friday 3/5 - Gary Allan, Blake Shelton, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC).

Saturday 3/6 - Jason Aldean, Special: Wide Open (re-air) (GAC).

Sunday 3/7 - Gary Allan, Live From The House Of Blues (GAC).

Monday 3/8 - Laura Bryna, Hannity (FOX News).

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First-Timers (continued from page 1) “It was just unbelievable to hear some of the comments from the recording industry, when the main focus of this event is to thank radio for the exposure that launches and extends artists’ careers. I wish I had a dollar for every time Country radio was thanked by all of the artists during the entire course of the event. “I was unimpressed by ‘The Gloves Are Off’ panel featuring Arbitron and Nielsen. It really wasn’t a discussion of ratings and rates, as billed. While many of us welcome a competitor to Arbitron, it really showed how much better Arbitron’s survey is compared to an eight-week Nielsen attempt. “I was really looking forward to the ‘Normal People: From the Mouths of the Consumer’ panel, but the group was not a representative sample based on how little radio they listened to and the disproportionate number of satellite radio listeners vs. the general population. Finally, all of the opportunities to hear music exceeded all of my expectations.”

Luke Bryan Spring Break 2: Hangover Edition (Capitol) Bryan’s three-song iTunes exclusive EP

features never-before released, self-penned tracks “Wild Weekend,” “Cold Beer Drinker” and “I’m Hungover.” Bryan’s first Spring Break release bowed this time last year.

Easton Corbin Easton Corbin (Mercury) Single “A Little More Country Than That”

leads Corbin’s debut. He co-wrote three of the album’s 11 songs with Mark D. Sanders and producer Carson Chamberlain during a trip to Colorado. Other writers on the project include Rory Feek, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble.

Danny Gokey My Best Days (19/RCA) Gokey draws his debut album’s title from first

single “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me,” one of the collection’s 11 cuts. American Idol’s Kara DioGuardi co-wrote “I Still Believe” with Busbee. Marv Green, Jeffrey Steele, Wendell Mobley and David Lee Murphy also have co-writes. Mark Bright produced.

Point Of Grace No Changin’ Us (Word) Shelley Breen, Leigh Cappillino and Denise

Jones’ eighth studio album is their first Country-targeted release behind single “Come To Jesus.” The trio wrote one of the collection’s 11 tracks. Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift) produced. The group’s 150-page Cooking With Grace releases today as well.

Blake Shelton Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) This “Six Pak” album is anchored by the single featuring Trace Adkins. Shelton embraced the shorter format as a way to get music to fans at a lower price while releasing new music more frequently. Lee Brice and Jerrod Niemann co-wrote “You’ll Always Be Beautiful”, and Shelton has credit on “Delilah.” Scott Hendricks produced.

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Drink About It: Black River’s Sarah Darling with KHKI/Des Moines’ Andy Elliott (l) and the label’s Joe Carroll following Darling’s performance at the New Faces Cocktail Reception.



KNIX/Phoenix PD Mark Medina, winner of this year’s CRB/Country Aircheck “New Face Of Country” award, said of his first CRS experience, “I had a blast! From some very insightful panels, to really great performances and awesome networking opportunities, it was a week well spent. It was great running into and hanging out with not only radio peers and reps, but also the artists that I’ve become friends with in the past year. The country music family is amazing, and it’s great to be part of it. “Highlights of the week include the Sony Boat Show, the New Faces show, seeing great friends again and just getting to hear lots of live new country music. It was also nice to have my feelings confirmed about rising stars Love And Theft, Chris Young, and Justin Moore. I will admit I spent more time with labels and artists than at actual CRS sanctioned functions, but the panels that I did go to were pretty good. Some of them strayed off topic, but all in all decent stuff. I couldn’t quite figure out why getting the New Faces ticket was so clunky, but it all worked out.”

Austin Powers: Broken Bow’s James Wesley makes the rounds with KASE/Austin’s Mac Daniels and Tracy Walker. Pictured (l-r) are BBR’s Dawn Ferris, Daniels, Wesley, Walker and BBR’s Lee Adams.

Commenting on specific panels, Medina noted, “The ‘real consumer’ panel brought some things to light, but not particularly new info. It’s the old ‘what they say’ vs. ‘what they actually do’ notion. For instance, it was interesting they all said they moved to satellite vs. local because they want more new music and radio can be up to two months behind. And yet, when names were thrown at them they couldn’t indentify current songs

Enter View: Flying M’s Jeremy Crady visits with United Stations’ Stephanie Voso and Richard Kimball during CRS 2010


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Mantel Bling: CRB/Country Aircheck Award honorees gather backstage following Friday’s New Faces show to celebrate and pick up their trophies. Radio and music business leaders were honored in 28 categories during the evening. A complete list of recipients can be found here.

Atrium A-Team: Ride’s Steve Azar bumped into KKGO/Los Angeles’ Charlie Cook in the Renaissance Hotel. Pictured (l-r) are Ride’s Jamice Jennings, Cook and Azar.

by a number of young artists. Again, not revolutionary info, but noteworthy. And, there seemed to be lots of posturing at the Town Hall session.” Clear Channel/St. Louis OM Mark Anderson only had a day in Music City, but was impressed. “I was really moved by how positive and welcoming the event was to folks like me, who are new to Country. My mistake was not allowing myself more than 24 hours to enjoy, meet and learn. I can’t wait to come back next year.” Make your plans now for CRS 2011, set for March 2-4 in Nashville. CAC


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Here’s a look at the January Arbitron PPM markets released last week. In a big rebound from a rough Holiday survey, gainers led decliners 44-7, with 11 unchanged. Among the highlights:

WYCD/Detroit soared from eighth to No. 1 – its first metro victory in PPM. WXTU/Philadelphia scored its best month in nearly two years, up 3.8-4.8. KWJJ/Portland scored its highest monthly and won the format battle for the first time. KFRG/Riverside earned its best cume in its 21 PPM sweeps and ranks No. 1 both 25-54 and among women 25-54. And KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City, KAJA/San Antonio and KWNR/Las Vegas posted their highest shares in five months of PPM. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, 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.


PPM Ratings Scoreboard

WKHX/Atlanta 4.7 (7) 5.4 (4t) 680,800 (12) 687,200 (11)WUBL/Atlanta^ 2.7 (17) 2.7 (16) 595,200 (15) 613,200 (14)WPOC/Baltimore 5.6 (4) 7.1 (3) 461,200 (5) 548,600* (4)WFRE/Frederick, MD 0.7 (30t) 1.1 (26) 53,600 (37) 57,800 (35)WKLB/Boston 4.4 (8) 4.5 (10) 529,900 (12) 528,300 (12)WUSN/Chicago 3.8 (7t) 4.3(5) 1,167,000 (11) 1,183,700 (12)WUBE/Cincinnati 7.1 (3) 7.3 (2) 444,400 (8) 461,500 (3)*WYGY/Cincinnati 1.4 (18) 1.6 (17t)* 158,500 (17) 156,400 (16)WGAR/Cleveland 5.2 (7) 6.2 (5) 393,500 (9) 426,600 (7)*WQMX/Akron 1.1 (19) 1.3 (19) 131,100 (17) 132,200 (18) (Cleveland PPM)KPLX/Dallas 3.8 (7) 4.4 (4) 1,122,300 (4) 1,041,800 (5)KSCS/Dallas 3.9 (6) 3.8 (8t) 861,300 (10) 797,200 (12)KYGO/Denver 4.6 (5) 5.1 (4) 488,200 (8) 494,400 (7)KWOF/Denver 1.4 (25) 1.6 (24t) 228,800 (20) 219,400 (21)WYCD/Detroit 4.7 (8) 5.7 (1)* 810,200 (7) 869,300 (6)KKBQ/Houston^ 3.8 (9) 3.8 (11) 915,200 (8) 918,200 (8)KILT-FM/Houston 2.8 (15) 2.8 (16) 843,700 (9) 754,000 (13)KTHT/Houston^+ 1.5 (23) 1.8 (21) 510,300 (20) 528,000 (20)KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.3 (10t) 4.7 (8t) 276,600 (10) 292,600 (10)KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.3 (10t) 4.3 (11) 270,700 (11) 282,700 (11)WDAF/Kansas City 3.6 (15) 3.5 (16) 286,000 (9) 242,700 (14)KWNR/Las Vegas 3.8 (10t) 4.7* (9) 230,800 (14) 253,200 (11)KCYE/Las Vegas 2.8 (14) 3.0 (14) 245,500 (12) 218,200 (14)KKGO/Los Angeles 1.7 (24t) 2.1 (19t) 937,700 (25) 959,100 (25)WKIS/Miami 3.5 (11) 3.7 (12) 452,100 (16) 436,700 (16)KEEY/Minneapolis 6.2 (5t) 7.2 (3) 680,600 (6) 689,400 (6)WXTU/Philadelphia 3.8 (6t) 4.8 (5) 611,300 (15) 685,800 (15)KNIX/Phoenix 3.7 (11t) 4.2 (10) 579,100 (11) 608,400 (10)KMLE/Phoenix 2.7 (16t) 3.2 (14t) 555,500 (12) 577,600 (12)WDSY/Pittsburgh 6.4 (5) 6.2 (5) 435,300 (8) 490,500 (8)WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.5 (19) 1.9 (16) 128,300 (18) 133,800 (17)

WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.4 (20) 1.6 (18) 173,800 (14) 169,200 (15)WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 0.8 (22t) 0.8 (23t) 89,900 (20) 71,500 (27)KWJJ/Portland 3.9 (10) 4.7* (6)* 367,400 (9) 402,800 (6)*KUPL/Portland 5.4 (4) 4.5 (7t) 354,200 (10) 361,100 (8)*KFRG/Riverside 4.5 (6) 4.6 (5) 343,800 (8t) 347,900* (8)KKGO/Los Angeles 1.3 (23t) 1.3 (27t) 124,300 (24) 154,800* (25) (Riverside PPM)KNCI/Sacramento 4.5 (6) 4.5 (6) 318,300 (10) 326,200 (10)KNTY/Sacramento 2.0 (18t) 3.0 (13) 177,600 (16) 231,000 (15)KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.7 (5) 5.4 (3) 400,500 (6) 421,300 (5)KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City 2.9 (12t) 3.6* (10)* 298,800 (11) 289,200 (13)KKAT-FM/Salt Lake City+ 2.4 (16) 3.1 (13) 135,400 (23) 144,800 (23)KEGA/Salt Lake City 2.1 (19) 2.3 (18t) 247,600 (15) 250,000 (15)KCYY/San Antonio^ 8.5 (3) 9.5 (2) 634,200 (2) 655,900 (1)KAJA/San Antonio 6.2 (7) 7.5* (4)* 516,000 (6) 518,900 (5)KKYX-AM/San Antonio + 1.0 (19t) 1.1* (20) 68,800 (21) 67,400 (21)KSON/San Diego 4.0 (10) 4.0 (9)* 419,200 (9) 433,900 (9)KUSS/San Diego 2.0 (18t) 2.2 (19) 261,100 (16) 295,200 (16)KBWF/San Francisco 1.8 (22) 2.1 (20t) 450,900 (26) 455,800 (25)KRTY/San Jose 1.0 (27) 1.4* (25t)* 236,900 (29) 287,300* (27)* (San Francisco PPM)KRTY/San Jose 3.2 (12t) 3.9 (9) 175,100 (15) 192,800 (12)KMPS/Seattle 4.1 (7) 4.1 (8t) 584,800 (9) 598,500 (8)KKWF/Seattle 3.6 (10) 4.1 (8t) 532,800 (13) 539,100 (10)KNBQ/Seattle 1.8 (23) 1.7 (23t) 353,500 (18) 327,400 (20)WIL/St. Louis 5.2 (9) 5.3 (8) 477,200 (7) 506,700 (6)KSD/St. Louis 2.8 (16) 3.1 (15) 436,900 (13) 464,900 (10)WQYK/Tampa 6.1 (3) 5.3 (6) 527,600 (7) 464,700 (9)WFUS/Tampa 3.7 (12) 4.1 (11) 450,900 (10) 428,900 (11)WMZQ/Washington, DC 3.1 (13) 3.0 (16t) 576,700 (12) 556,700 (13)WFRE/Frederick, MD 0.7 (30t) 1.1 (26) 53,600 (37) 57,800 (35) (Washington, DC PPM)

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1 1 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 16330 109 5321 -20 41.607 0.109 124 0

5 2 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 13999 509 4779 191 35.511 1.86 124 0

6 3 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 13901 1301 4718 396 35.027 4.158 124 0

3 4 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 13876 -190 4596 -59 34.526 -0.302 124 0

2 5 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 13818 -1275 4517 -528 34.576 -3.339 124 0

10 6 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 4 12705 1486 4346 459 31.641 2.575 124 0

7 7 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 12123 598 4096 245 30.123 1.918 124 0

9 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 11832 404 3952 166 30.687 1.183 124 0

11 9 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 11216 1243 3790 422 28.82 3.25 124 0

8 10 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 10627 -856 3673 -332 27.265 -1.723 124 0

12 11 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 9510 493 3257 188 24.035 1.407 124 0

13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 8680 195 2856 107 21.648 0.366 122 0

20 13 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 4 8631 3019 2729 1009 21.469 6.074 122 6

15 14 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 4 7573 1136 2530 429 18.19 1.919 121 1

14 15 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 7170 71 2435 43 17.613 0.223 121 0

17 16 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 6918 713 2414 193 17.799 2.258 122 1

16 17 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 6897 533 2325 171 18.126 1.509 119 2

21 18 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 6077 472 2175 209 15.866 1.504 112 1

22 19 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 5809 526 2092 234 15.096 1.433 112 3

24 20 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 5627 386 1890 116 14.041 0.958 119 1

26 21 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 5283 320 1894 139 13.275 0.995 117 1

25 22 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 4736 -312 1608 -164 10.439 -0.376 115 0

30 23 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 4 4236 1431 1473 497 10.679 3.583 108 13

31 24 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 4 4023 1459 1281 462 9.375 3.523 101 10

27 25 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 3718 182 1212 86 8.788 0.54 96 5

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32 26 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 3561 1068 1198 314 8.612 2.384 100 12

28 27 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 3450 171 1128 82 8.658 0.461 81 1

29 28 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 3276 366 1153 142 7.096 0.761 100 2

33 29 REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 2830 513 964 150 6.838 1.264 95 10

37 30 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 2589 472 889 176 6.05 1.23 79 11

34 31 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 2447 141 912 57 5.685 0.661 88 4

36 32 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 2197 61 690 23 4.972 0.16 59 4

35 33 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 2145 -6 740 -9 4.289 -0.105 88 0

40 34 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 2092 404 704 113 4.652 1.377 73 4

41 35 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 1769 282 650 84 3.408 0.817 70 9

38 36 MATT KENNON/The Call (BamaJam) 1764 49 649 42 4.495 0.309 55 3

42 37 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 1158 66 473 15 1.692 0.098 69 4

44 38 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 1045 187 385 55 1.846 0.418 49 4

46 39 JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 893 169 302 35 2.094 0.319 25 2

48 40 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPP) 857 178 304 52 1.671 0.413 35 3

45 41 JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine) 826 -11 307 2 1.112 -0.194 39 3

42 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 787 557 253 190 1.804 1.192 42 25

43 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 779 521 296 182 2.066 1.487 31 18

47 44 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 713 -8 300 0 0.998 -0.019 40 0

45 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 687 122 260 54 1.004 0.245 39 6

49 46 DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 683 115 267 41 1.157 0.136 28 3

50 47 EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 648 94 241 43 1.284 0.155 30 3

48 TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) 612 73 222 31 1.411 0.146 12 3

49 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 506 153 211 58 0.729 0.219 23 1

50 ASH BOWERS/Ain't No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) 466 129 193 72 0.593 0.102 29 4

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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 3019 4EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 1486 4MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 1459 4GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 1431 4BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 1301 4ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 1243STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 1136TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 1068JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 713KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 598

Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 1009GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 497MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 462EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 459STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 429ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 422BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 396TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 314KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 245JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog/Universal) 234

Activator Top Point GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 747 4EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 552 4GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 377 4STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 327 4ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 317 4REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 310JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 271MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 260LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 252JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 232

Activator Top Spin GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 443EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 312GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 245ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 197REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 195LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 193JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 191STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 189MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 155MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 152

Country Aircheck Add LeadersJERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 26

JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 25

TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 19

MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 18

GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 13

TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 12

LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 11

HARTERS/Jenny (BPP) 11

MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 10

REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 10

CMTBAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA)LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol)LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol)

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JARON & TLRTL/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Uni Republic/Big Machine)KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River)LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol)RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street)

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march 8JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros.)LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol)MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia)THE McCLYMONTS/Save Yourself (Executive/CO5)RILEY WESTON/If I Said Howdy To You (Skippy Dog)TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal)

march 15LEE ALLEN/Settle Down (B.A.R./KLM/CO5)

march 22ANTHONY SMITH/Love Is Love Is Love (Krankit/Nine North)BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father’s Love(The Only Way He Knew How) (Lyric Street)KENNY CHESNEY/Ain’t Back Yet (BNA)RANDY MONTANA/Ain’t Much Left Of Lovin’ You (Mercury.)

Country Aircheck ActivityCOLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) Debuts 45*; 687 points, 260 spins 6 ADDS: KCCY, KDRK, KXKT, WFMS, WIVK*, WKSJ

DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) Moves 49*-46*; 683 points, 267 spins 3 ADDS: KIZN*, WIVK*, WYCD*

EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) Moves 50*-47*; 648 points, 241 spins 3 ADDS: KFDI, WBEE, WGGY

TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) Debuts 48*; 612 points, 222 spins 3 ADDS: KATM*, KBWF, WMZQ

BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin’ (Treehouse) Debuts 49*; 506 points, 211 spins 1 ADD: WFMS

ASH BOWERS/Ain’t No Stoppin’ Her Now (Stoney Creek) Debuts 50*; 466 points, 193 spins 4 ADDS: KHKI*, KIZN*, WEZL, WKXC

LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 458 points, 154 spins 6 ADDS: KEEY, KRST*, WFUS, WGTY, WRNS-FM, WXCY

TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I’m Single (Lyric Street) 440 points, 177 spins 5 ADDS: KKWF, KZSN, WIL, WSIX, WYRK

TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 369 points, 122 spins 19 ADDS including KNIX, KSOP-FM, WFUS, WKLB, WYCD*, KFRG*, WAMZ, WSIX, WYRK, WGNA

JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 368 points, 140 spins 26 ADDS including KBWF, KKWF, KSOP, KUPL, WDAF, WFMS, WFUS, WIL, WKKT, WYCD*

COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) 364 points, 137 spins; 0 ADDS

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JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who’s Back In Love (Show Dog-Universal) 346 points, 147 spins; 0 ADDS

STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 320 points, 134 spins 2 ADDS: WCOL, WYPY

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.

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 10619

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 8119

MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 7929

TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 6104

LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 5894

REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 5443

DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 5117

CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 5109

JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 4628CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 4611

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3 1 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 4402 38 2710 37

1 2 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 4375 -81 2698 -47

4 3 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 4213 179 2583 91

2 4 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 4022 -420 2475 -272

9 5 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 4 3854 552 2409 312

7 6 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 3655 158 2253 104

10 7 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 4 3423 317 2188 197

8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 3387 53 2154 33

5 9 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 3281 -460 2065 -295

11 10 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 3066 252 1934 193

21 11 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 4 2439 747 1506 443

13 12 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 2292 115 1388 62

14 13 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 2188 -32 1376 8

14 14 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 2176 71 1351 66

17 15 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 2172 232 1358 149

15 16 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 2139 128 1286 84

16 17 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 2088 108 1256 74

23 18 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 4 1925 327 1216 189

20 19 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 1905 190 1203 132

25 20 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 1749 222 1108 131

22 21 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 1429 -222 831 -167

28 22 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 4 1360 377 905 245

27 23 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 1347 260 772 155

26 24 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 1306 113 871 114

30 25 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 1094 179 665 84

33 26 REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 1072 310 730 195

31 27 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 1046 131 661 78

32 28 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 1002 129 642 70

29 29 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 1001 78 597 38

34 30 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 695 43 421 29

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35 31 MATT KENNON/The Call (BamaJam) 635 -3 392 -7

36 32 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 606 -6 366 -8

37 33 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 605 52 394 40

38 34 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 483 42 308 42

40 35 JARON & TLRTL/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Univeral Republic/Big Machine) 423 40 315 24

41 36 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 416 45 266 20

50 37 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 377 207 279 152

60 38 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 352 271 247 191

42 39 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 345 60 231 47

44 40 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 311 74 224 41

43 41 TAYLOR SWIFT/Today Was A Fairytale (Big Machine) 274 36 181 26

45 42 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who's... (Show Dog-Universal) 244 17 163 12

47 43 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 228 6 173 7

48 44 JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine) 217 32 126 19

46 45 TELLURIDE/Stay (American Roots/Quarterback) 197 -28 136 -28

49 46 DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 163 -7 117 -2

51 47 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 148 8 99 8

56 48 EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 147 58 100 39

53 49 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 135 14 70 11

50 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 120 53 79 28

54 51 COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) 111 12 79 8

58 52 GWEN SEBASTIAN/Hard Rain (Open Road/Lofton Creek) 96 12 54 4

59 53 KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) 94 12 68 8

54 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 94 94 74 74

55 55 JESSICA HARP/A Woman Needs (Warner Bros.) 89 -4 34 0

56 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 85 37 60 24

57 57 DARREN KOZELSKY/Real Superman (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 82 -5 57 -4

58 TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I'm Single (Lyric Street) 80 51 60 39

59 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPP) 53 4 39 5

60 RADNEY FOSTER & CONFESSIONS/Angel Flight (Devil's River) 52 9 37 6

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