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ItseemsespeciallyironicthatEmmiswouldpulltheplug on KZLA/Los Angeles on the eve of the first of three soldoutshowsbyFaith HillandTim McGraw atLA’sStaples Center. The flip to Movin’ 93.9 after almost 26 yearsofCountryregistered10.0onthisformat’sRichterscalelastThursday. Emmis’exitfromthenation’ssecondlargestmarketwasablowtoCountryradioandthecountrymusicbusinessalreadysufferingfromthelackofCountryoutletsinNewYorkandSanFrancisco.Thenextfewstorieschronicletheeventsastheyunfolded,thereasonwhyEmmismadethechangeandtheimpactKZLA’sabsencewillhaveonNashville. Exiting were APD/MD Tonya Compos (whohassincetakenajobwithLoftonCreek),morningpersonalityPeter Tilden ([email protected]),middayerShawn Parr([email protected]) and PM driver Whitney Allen([email protected]).Therehasn’tbeenaneveningtalentforthelastyearandAfter Midnite with Blair Garner filled the overnight hours. In fact, Garner’s was the last voice to be heard on KZLA. He was filling in for thevacationingTildenandhadstartedamusicsweep

beforehandingoverthereinstoParr--whoneverhadachancetosayaword.Theplugwaspulledshortlyafter10am,withKeith Urban’s“TonightIWannaCry”thelastCountrysongheardonKZLA. PDR.J. Curtis ([email protected])saidhehad no inkling a change was imminent. Market Manager Val Maki andEmmisVP/ProgrammingJimmy Steele walked in his office about 9am to tell him of the impending flip. Yesterday was Curtis’ last day at KZLA. Almost 17 of his 28 years in radio were at KZLA.

Inside The Decision To Flip KZLA WhydidEmmisdropCountry?“Becausewefoundabetterbusinessopportunity--considerablybetter,”saysEmmisPresident/RadioRick Cummings.“Wedon’ttakeexclusivepositionslightlyandI’mproudofhowwellourteammadeCountryworkinLosAngeleslongafteritwasgivenupinNewYorkandSanFrancisco.Butitischallengingtodothisformatinmarketswithhighethnicity. “WegrewCountryradioinLosAngeleseveryyear[sincewe’veownedit]--nice,steady,incrementalrevenue

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August 30 - DJ & Radio Hall nominations due. www.crb.org

September 1 - CRB Artist Humanitarian nominations due. www.crb.org

September 25 - NSAI World’s Largest #1 Party www.nashvillesongwriters.com

October 22 - 37th Annual NSAI/Nashville Songwriters Foundation Awards.

October 23 - 44th Annual ASCAP Country Awards. www.ascap.com

November 4 - 54th Annual BMI Country Awards. www.bmi.com

November 6 - 40th Annual CMA Awards. www.cmaawards.com

Date CheCKgrowth.Butthegrowthstalledwelloverayearago.Eventhen,wehunginthere.Butwhenthisopportunitypresenteditself,fromabusinessstandpoint,wesimplycouldn’tignoreit.” According to BIA, KZLA’s revenue was about $17 million only a few years ago. Its 2005 revenues were around $28 Million. Was $28 million simply not enough foranLAstick?Wastheremoreupside?Isn’tita“clean”$28 million? Are the marketing, promotion and talent expensesashighinanexclusiveformatsituation? “The $28 million was the peak a year ago,” Cummings explains. “We were on course for the lower 20s this year. Themarketgrowthstalledandthathurtourgoaltogetto $30 million. If that was a realistic goal, we’d still be Country,I’mguessing.Therenotonlywasnotmoreupside,itwasacaseofdiminishingresults.Andactually,wehadtospendaconsiderableamounttogetperformance--bothintalentandmarketing. “InabigmarketlikeLA,youhaveatoptierofstationsandasecondarytierofwhatweconsidertobe‘viable’stations.KZLAwasatthebottomofthesecondtier. And we were fine with that. But in the past year, we were falling out of that ranking. The last five books 25-54 Adults were something like 21st, 24th, 23rd, 21st and 20th. And that was with heavy investment in marketing the lastcouplebooks. “When you’re 20th in a flat or shrinking revenue market,yousimplydon’tgetboughtbykeyadvertisers.Itwasneveraquestionofresults--KZLAgotthem.Wedoatonofdirectretailbusinessandproduceresults.Butwhenyou’rethatfardownontheranker,thedirectbusinesscan’tcompensateforwhatyoulosewithagencies.” SomepunditshavesuggestedthatEmmis’strengthinUrbanandRhythmicmadeaformatotherthanCountrymoresynergisticforthecompany.“Thatwasneverpartof

ourthinking,”assertsCummings.“WeactuallylikedtheideaofhavingaRapstationandaCountrystationtogetheron the same floor in Burbank. There was terrific interaction amongstaffsandartists;itwasawonderfuldynamic. “Wehavenevercaredwhatourformatsareandwethink‘synergy’ishighlyover-ratedintermsofclusterperformance.We’verarelyseenitproduce.It’smoreacase of responding to the marketplace and finding the best answerforeachoneofourproperties.”

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Tuesday (8/22) - Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, JohnCorbett,Grand Ole Opry Live encore. (GAC) Wednesday (8/23)-TraceAdkins,Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS); Brian McComas, GAC Nights (GAC)Thursday (8/24)-LeAnnRimes,Lonestar,Steve Holy,CMT Top Twenty Countdown (CMT); Little Big Town, GAC Nights (GAC)Saturday (8/26) - Lorrie Morgan, Lonestar, Mark Chestnut, RandyOwen,Grand Ole Opry Live (GAC); Joe Nichols,CMT Insider (CMT) Monday (8/28) -Sugarland,BonJovi,CMT Crossroads (CMT)

CMT Video Adds: Bob Seger, “Wait For Me” (Capitol); LeAnnRimes,“SomePeople”(Curb);Lonestar, “Mountains” (BNA)

CMT Pure Country Add: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Down Home Girl” (Nettwerk America)

GAC Video Adds:LeAnnRimes,“SomePeople”(Curb); Povertyneck Hillbillies, “Mr Right Now” (Rust).

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Measuring The Sales Impact Capitol/NashvilleVP/SalesBill KennedysaysthelossofKZLAwillhurt.“It’sabigloss--it’slikelosingatop10salesmarket,”hesays.“LAmightnotindexveryhighintermsofCountrysales,butitwashugeintermsofvolume.It’sliketakingawayanAtlantaorDallas.” UMG/Nashville Sr.VP/Sales & Marketing Ben Kline says that LA represents about 2.7% of all Country

Country’s Future In An Ethnic Market CummingsrecentlytoldtheLA Times that LA is, “40% Hispanic, 11% Asian and 8% black -- and Country fans are about 98% Caucasian.” Emmis’ move was, in a sense, preemptiveasLAbecomesevenmoreethnic. HetoldCountry Aircheck,“IthinkthefactthatKZLAlastedsolonginamarketplacelikeLAisatributeto how good this radio station really was. But when 75% ofthemarketplaceisprettymuch‘outofbounds’totheformat,that’sachallengingpositiontobein. “WhenweboughtKZLA,wedeterminedthattheverybestthisstationcouldeverdoinLosAngeles,ifeverythingwassuperbfromthemusictothemarketingtothe talent, was 12th place adults. As the market grew more and more ethnic, that became 15th place. In the last couple of years, a good job was 17th. But we also knew that there would be a tipping point -- that if the market flattened out inrevenuegrowth,iftheresourcestokeepratingshigherwerenotasplentiful,ifthestationspentverymanybookswhere the ranker was 20th or below, we’d have trouble growing.Thatsettledinonusinthelastcoupleofyears. “Itisimportantforourpeopletoknowitwasnottheprogramminganditwas notthemarketing.Itwasthecircumstancestheyfoundthemselvesin.Wecontinued to be happy fighting the fight with these adversecircumstances,untilwefoundananswerthatwasconsiderablybetter.Then,wefeltwehadtoact.ButIbelieveEmmisgaveCountryagreatruninLAandhavenoregrets.I’mveryproudofourpeopleatKZLA.” As for the $64,000 question, does Cummings foresee another operator picking up Country? “Maybe. There are operatorsinSouthernCaliforniawhowouldbedelightedtohavetherevenuepicturethatKZLAproduced.It’sasmallerhole,butitcanbeviablefortherightoperator.Infact,itcanbeverygood.”

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This week’s birthdays:

August 22 - Mickey Ashworth, Holly Dunn, Ricky Lynn Gregg, Amy Macy. August 23-RexAllenJr.,IraDean,Emilio,ShellyFairchild, TJHolland,WoodyPaul,DennisRobbins.

August 24-JohnCowan,ClintDaniels,DarrinKirkindoll, KristynOsborne,WendyPearl.

August 25 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Jo Dee Messina, Tim Mensy, HenryPaul,AllysonScott,KarenTallier.

August 26-JimmyOlander.

August 27 - Colleen Addair, Jeff Cook, Mac Daniels, Andrea Dresdale,JimmyC.Newman,FrancesPreston,Jeffrey Steele,CassandraTynes.

August 28-SherrieAustin,SteveBaker,TinaCrawford,Ken Johnson, Jo McFadden, LeAnn Rimes, Areeda Schneider,ShaniaTwain.

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aboutthetoptwomarketsinthenationnothavingthecountry’snumberoneformatontheradio.” Kennedyadded,“Havingsalesgodownisbadenough.ButwithoutaCountrystationinthosemarkets,it’simpossibletogrowthebusiness.”

One More Country Stick For Entercom EntercomenteredintoanagreementwithCBSyesterday to acquire radio stations in four markets for $262 millionincash.ItpicksupfourstationsinAustin,fourin Cincinnati, three in Memphis and four in Rochester.

unitssold.Hesaysthatwhilethepotentiallossesare“impossibletogauge,”butheexpectstheywillbe“prettysubstantial.”Hesays,“Intermsofrawunitsales,LAisthebiggestcountrymarketinAmerica.” Klinecontinues,“Abouttheonlythingwehavetogooniswhat’shappenedsinceNewYorklostitsCountrystation about five years ago. Since then, that market has dropped from over 3% of all Country units sold nationally to about 2.58%. Using that example, we could expect to loseahalf-percentofnationalCountrysales,whichtotaledover 82 million units last year.” KennedysayshislabelmightreallyfeelthepainwhenthenewKeithUrbanCDhitsstoresthisNovember,“LAishisNo.1salesmarket,”saidKennedy.“Hislastalbum,Days Go By, has sold 90,000 units there. By comparison, it sold 77,000 units in Dallas.” More than record sales are negatively impacted by KZLA’sdemise.Let’susetheupcomingTobyKeithmovieBroken Bridges as an example. If the film’s Sept. 8 opening were mentioned by each jock just twice a shift, itwouldamounttohundredsofthousandsofdollarsinpublicityandawareness. ThesamethingappliestothefreepublicitythatallCountrystationswillbegivingtoSaraEvan’supcomingappearancesonDancing With The Stars.Andthatdoesn’tevenscratchthesurfacewhenitcomestocountrytourshoping to route in market No. 2. “Thepotentiallosseswillbesoftenedbythepresenceof KFRG/Riverside-San Bernardino and to a lesser extent KHAY/Ventura-Oxnard,CA,”saidKennedy.“Butthereare 14 million people in LA and Orange counties, and right nowalotofthemcannothearaCountryradiostation.” CommentingonthedangeroustrendofmajormarketslosingtheirsoleCountryoutlet,Klinesaid,“Whilewecan’tquantifythelosses,everyoneshouldbeverynervous



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Albums released this week include:

Pat Green Cannonball(BNA) Green’s third major label album is his

first for Sony BMG. The Texas sensation hasanenormousfanbase,andislookingtobroadenitwiththisrelease.Tracksinclude“DixieLullaby,”aduetwithSaraEvanson“FindersKeepers”and

thesingle“FeelsJustLikeItShould.”

VariousArtistsBelieve: Songs of Faith...(Arista). ThefulltitleisBelieve -- Songs of Faith From Today’s Top Country & Christian Artists,andthat’sexactlywhatthealbumdelivers.InadditiontoBrooks& Dunn on the title track, the collection includesCarrieUnderwood’s“JesusTakeTheWheel,”KennyChesney’s

“WhoYou’dBeToday”andThirdDay’s“I’veAlwaysLovedYou.”

EntercomwillalsopurchaseWILD/BostonfromRadioOne for $30 million cash. Entercom, which owns Country outletsWDAF/KansasCity,KWJJ/Portland,WBEE/RochesterandKKWF/Seattle,willaddCountryWUBE/Cincinnati.ItwillultimatelyhavetodivesttwostationsinRochester.

Check Up WelcometothepremiereeditionofCountry Aircheck.ChuckAlyandIpledgetobringyouthesamelevelofnews,analysisandmusicinformationyouhavecometoexpectfromus. Verysoonwe’llberollingoutadailynewsemailandourCountryAircheck.comwebsite.Eachweekwe’llalsodeliverCountry Aircheck -- Music Edition, the first issue ofwhichyouarenowreading. Now,ifyou’llindulgeme,I’dliketospeakformyselfforafewparagraphs. IresignedastheR&R Country Editor after 23 years in thatpostbecauseIfeltCountryneededastrongadvocateforbothnewsandcharts.OnesimilartowhatR&Rhadlongstoodfor. Country Aircheckisastand-alonecompanysolely owned by me, Lon Helton. I am not a Mediabase employee.IamnotaClearChannelemployee.However,as part of my agreement to carry Mediabase music airplay information, I will oversee Mediabase’s Country chart justasIdidatR&Rduringtheeightyearsitcarriedchartspowered by Mediabase information. I will select reporters and set chart methodology in conjunction with Mediabase PresidentRich Meyer. ReporterswillbechosenwiththesamecriteriaIusedformanyyears:ratingsandcurrentpercentage.Thecriteriacurrently in use by Mediabase was carried over from R&Randtherehavebeennochangesinmethodologyor

reporters(exceptfortheremovalofKZLA/LosAngeles). Reportersneedtoberatingswinners.Forasecondreportertobeaddedinamarket,itmusthavehalfofthereporter’s 25-54 shares to be considered. No markets over market100willhavetworeporters. Currently, there is a 25% current music requirement. Enforcementofthatpolicyhasbeenlaxforavarietyofreasons.Thatpolicywillbeexaminedinthenextfewweekswithinputfrombothradioandlabels,andwhatevernewpolicycomesfromthosediscussionswillbeenforced. Aradiostation’sownershipwillnevercomeintoplaywhenitcomestoselectingreporters.

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OneotherthingIneedtoaddress:I’verecentlyheard claims that I have not dropped stations below 25% currentbecausetheycarryCountry Countdown USA,thesyndicatedradioshowIdoforWestwoodOne.Let’slookatthenumbers: On Monday Aug. 14, 17 stations were below 25% (many were between 24-25%). Of those, four carry the show.Anotherstationdroppedtheshowayearagoandyet another that is below 25% competes with a CCUSA affiliate and has remained a reporter. Both could have beendroppedforbeinginviolationofthepolicywithnoquestionsasked;bothremainedreporters--primarilybecausetheyareinmajormarketsanddoverywellintheratings.Ihopethataddressesanyquestionsofimpropriety. AsIlaunchanewfacetofmycareer,Iwanttothankthosewhohavesentalongtheirbestwishes.Theyhavebeenoverwhelmingandhumbling.Wewilldoourbesttocontinuetoearnyourtrust.Pleaseletusknowwhatyouthinkatlon@countryaircheck.com [email protected].

Air Waves CumulusWPKR/Appleton-Oshkosh,WImiddayhostMike RyanhasbeenpromotedtoPD,replacingScott Wagner.Tory HunterisuppedtoAPDandmovesfromeveningstoWagner’soldafternoonairslot. Scotty O’BrienhasjoinedWKHX/Atlantafornights, filling the slot previously held by Wylie Rosewhorecentlymovedtoafternoons.O’BriencomestoAtlantafromNashvillewhereheworkedatCHR/PopWQZQandCountryWSIX. Jay McRae has joined KGFY/Stillwater, OK as PD, replacingGil Stuart. McRae’s previous stops include KMXW/Wichita, KS. KKWF/SeattlePromotionDirector/morningproducer

Joe HammillhasmovedtoEntercomsisterAlternativeKNDDasPromotionsDirector.

Record Check FormerKZLA/LosAngelesAPDTonya Camposhasbeen hired as Manager/West Coast Regional Promotion forLoftonCreek.CamposwillremainbasedinL.A.andcanbereachedattonyacampos@loftoncreekrecords.combeginning Sept. 6. Dorothy CampbellhasbeenhiredasLegalCounselforCapitol/Nashville.CampbellpreviouslyconsultedforMTV Networks after serving as VP/Business & Legal Affairs for CMT. She reports to EMI CMG Exec. VP/General Counsel Richard GreenandCapitol/NashvilleCOOTom Becci.

Business News Kevin KritchhasbeenhiredasVP/StudioOperationsat GAC, and Suzanne GordonhasjoinedasDirector/Programming. Both hires are effective today (8/21). Kritch comes to the network from Shop At Home, as does Gordon who has also served as director of Grand Ole Opry Live. Artist management firm Levin/Nelson Entertainment has opened Nashville offices at 1012 16th Avenue South, Nashville, 37212. Phone: 615-747-5829. Clients include Trent Tomlinson, Katrina Elamand James Otto. Moraine Music Group has signed Canadian singer/songwriterJohnny Reidtoanexclusivepublishingagreement. Reid is nominated for 5 Canadian Country Music Awards. KaneEntertainmentExecutiveAssistantKelly Sansonhas been promoted to Associate Manager handling day-to-dayforNeal McCoy.



Speaking Charitably Neal McCoy and Darryl Worley areswappingoutbenefit performances next month. McCoy will perform at Worley’s 5th Annual Tennessee River Run on Sept. 15 & 16 at Pickwick Landing State Park in Hardin County, TN,alongwithDiamondRio,RebeccaLynnHowardandJohnCorbett.WorleyreturnsthefavorthenextweekendatMcCoy’s 12th Annual East Texas Angel Network benefit inLongview,TX.TheDrewDavisBandwillalsoperform.

Huntington’s Poole Passes SincerestcondolencestothefamilyandfriendsofWTCR/Huntington, WV MD/PM driver Dave Poole,50, who died Saturday Aug. 19 following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered while on the air Monday Aug. 14. Poole, a 29-year station vet, is survived by wife Charlotte andthreegrownstepchildren.Poolewasstrickenbyabrain hemorrage in 1996 but miraculously recovered and returnedtothestation,and,forashorttime,amarketcompetitor.HisremarkablestorywaschronicledinabooktitledOne In A Million writtenbyhiswife.Funeralservices are Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 11am ET at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington. In lieu of flowers, thefamilyhasaskeddonationsbemadetotheFifthAvenue Baptist Church Medical Mission.

Artist News Following Friday night’s sold out Soul2Soul II tour stopinLosAngeles,Tim McGrawandFaith Hillplayeda “Bread & Water” show at the Whisky on Sunset. The twotradedperformancesonsongsincluding“SweetHomeAlabama,”“Think”and“BridgeOverTroubledWater”forastandingroomonlycrowdconsiderablysmallerthan the 16,000 in attendance at the Staples Center. Reba McEntirejoinedthefestivitiesandsang“WhenWillI

Be Loved” with Hill. Proceeds from the show benefit the NeighborsKeeperFoundation’sKatrinareliefefforts.Earlierintheevening,thetwohonoredtheirone-millionthticketholder,Christine Nevins,withaDodgeChargerloaded with Hershey chocolate and an XM Satellite Radio. Aaron TippinandBrian McComaswillperformafree concert presented by GAC in Knoxville on Aug. 27. Theshowmarkstheconclusionofthenetwork’ssummerbus tour, which covered 40 states and 25,000 miles. Danielle Peckiscitedasafashion“WorstoftheWeek”inthecurrentissueofthetabloidStar,onlythepictureinquestionisn’ther.“Iguessitisnotabadthingtobeinamagazinemillionsofpeopleread,”Pecksays,“but I’d have thought the first time I made the tabloids the picture would have actually been me. My family and friendshavecertainlyhadalotoffunwiththis.” Billy Gilmanhasanumberofmediaappearancesontap as he builds toward the Sept. 5 release of his self-titled album on Image Entertainment. Stops include GAC’s Country Music Across America,Country Weekly,CMT Insider andWKRN-TV/Nashville. Willie NelsonhascalledforsupportoftheAmericanHorseSlaughterPreventionAct,whichgoesbeforeCongress on Sept. 5. Nelson says 100,000 horses are slaughteredannuallyinforeign-ownedslaughterhousesonAmericansoil,forconsumptionoverseas.Detailsatwww.saplonline.org/horses.htm. AdvancescreeningsofToby Keith’sBroken Bridgesfeature film have been held for U.S. troops deployed in the Middle East. Service members stationed at Camp Liberty,Iraq;CampArifjan,Kuwait;BagramAirBase,AfghanistanandAlUdeid,QatargotasneakpeakAug.11-13. The U.S. premiere will be Sept. 7.

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LEADINg THIS PACK OF MARKET TOPPERS ARE KgNC, WQCB, KTCR, KQDY, KHAK, KKCB, WAXX, KKIX, KIXQ, KRWQ, WPAP, WNNUS, KORD, WAAC AND WDEZ. Eachweek’sCountryAircheckwillhighlightthelatestquarterlyratingsforCountryoutlets.A“+”indicatesaClassicCountryout-let,a“^”designatesCountrystationsinthesamemarketownedbyasingleoperatorandan“*”indicatesatie.“LastARB”referstothe most recent ratings period, as some markets are not measured in Winter 2006.

Station/City 12+Share12+Share12+Rank12+Rank Last Arb Sp ‘06 Last Arb. Sp ‘06

WKAK/Albany, GA 6.4 5.9 4* 5*WOBB/Albany, GA 5.0 4.4 7 8*KGNC/Amarillo 6.8 8.1 4 1KATP/Amarillo 6.0 7.3 6 3KMML/Amarillo 4.5 4.2 9 11KASH/Anchorage, AK 5.6 6.3 5 3*KBRJ/Anchorage, AK 3.9 4.7 8* 7*WQCB/Bangor, ME 16.7 14.7 1 1WBFB/Bangor, ME 4.1 5.5 9 4*KCTR/Billings, MT 19.6 18.0 1 1KGHL-FM/Billings, MT 7.1 5.4 3* 6*KGHL-AM/Billings, MT 2.4 3.6 13* 10*KQDY/Bismarck, ND^ 16.0 15.4 1 1KBMR-AM/Bismarck, ND^ 10.9 12.0 3 2*KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA 14.1 19.7 1 1KKCB/Duluth, MN 10.5 9.8 1 1KTCO/Duluth, MN 7.4 6.0 4 7WAXX/Eau Claire, WI 11.4 11.9 2 1WQRB/Eau Claire, WI^ 13.5 10.2 1 2WATQ/Eau Claire, WI^+ 7.6 7.9 4 3WXTA/Erie, PA 11.1 13.1 3 2WUSE/Erie, PA 5.6 6.1 6 5*WGYY & WGYI/Erie, PA 2.0 2.2 10 11*KKIX/Fayetteville, AR 10.1 12.3 1 1KAMO/Fayetteville, AR^ 5.6 6.0 6 5KQSM/Fayetteville, AR^ 3.9 3.6 10 10*WEGX/Florence, SC 10.0 8.6 2 3WHLZS/Florence, SC 5.4 6.5 4 4KYCK/Grand Forks, ND-MN 11.8 9.9 2* 3KNOX-FM/Grand Forks, ND-MN 6.4 7.2 6 5KNOX-AM/Grand Forks, ND-MN 7.3 5.4 4* 6*KIXQ/Joplin, MO 12.9 12.3 1 1KBTN/Joplin, MO+ 6.1 5.8 5 5KKOW/Joplin, MO 6.7 4.5 3* 7*

Station/City 12+Share12+Share12+Rank12+Rank Last Arb Sp ‘06 Last Arb. Sp ‘06

KRWQ/Medford, OR 9.6 10.5 1 1KAKT/Medford, OR 4.3 3.3 10 11KRRN/Medford, OR 2.4 1.4 14 14*WOKK/Meridian, MS 13.6 16.5 2 2WMSO/Meridian, MS 4.5 8.2 8* 3WYYW/Meridian, MS 5.7 4.7 6* 7*WNOE/New Orleans 7.4 9.6 3 4KKND/New Orleans 2.8 1.5 10* 13*WPAP/Panama City, FL 12.9 12.9 1 1WAKT/Panama City, FL 4.7 3.9 8* 9*WNUS/Parkersburg, WV^ 16.6 15.5 1 1WGGE/Parkersburg, WV 13.5 14.8 2 2WHNK-AM/Parkersburg, WV^+ 1.2 1.3 10* 10*WPOR/Portland, ME 9.1 7.0 1 2WTHT/Portland, ME 4.9 4.4 6 10KRST/Albuquerque 4.6 3.7 4 6*(SantaFe,NMArbitron)KBQI/Albuquerque 2.1 3.2 12* 8*(SantaFe,NMArbitron)KKRG/Santa Fe, NM 3.1 2.1 7* 15*KSUX/Sioux City, IA 13.2 11.0 1* 3KKYY/Sioux City, IA 7.0 6.2 6 7*WNAX/Sioux City, IA 1.6 1.4 11* 11 KORD/Tri Cities, WA 6.6 8.0 2 1KTOK/Tri Cities, WA 2.6 2.2 12 12*WAAC/Valdosta, GA 10.4 11.4 1 1WVGA/Valdosta, GA^ 4.0 5.7 8* 5* WKAA/Valdosta, GA^ 4.0 4.9 8* 7WOBB/Valdosta, GA 1.6 1.6 12* 10*WTUF/Valdosta, GA 1.6 1.6 12* 10*WDEZ/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 13.0 14.0 1 1WYTE/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI 9.3 10.0 3 3WAXX/Eau Claire, WI 2.4 3.3 11 9*(Wausau-StevensPoint,WIArbitron)



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

1 1 RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re going Through Hell (Curb) 13265 -1032 4568 -362 40.667 -2.706 125 0

2 2• WRECKERS/Leave The Pieces (Warner Bros.) 13160 431 4622 240 39.370 1.538 125 0

4 3• STEVE HOLY/Brand New girlfriend (Curb) 12255 928 4333 323 36.169 2.766 125 0

5 4• LITTLE BIg TOWN/Bring It On Home (Equity) 11634 412 4244 110 34.216 1.014 125 0

7 5• gEORgE STRAIT/give It Away (MCA) 10740 922 3774 384 32.936 3.098 125 1

10 6• FAITH HILL/Sunshine & Summertime (Warner Bros.) 9807 407 3393 154 29.456 1.366 125 0

8 7• BROOKS & DUNN/Building Bridges (Arista) 9721 214 3414 18 29.518 0.916 125 0

11 8• JOSH TURNER/Would You go With Me (MCA) 9277 569 3370 176 27.413 1.670 124 0

6 9 gARY ALLAN/Life Ain’t Always Beautiful (MCA) 8779 -1980 3042 -774 25.531 -5.892 123 1

13 10• PAT gREEN/Feels Just Like It Should (BNA) 7717 428 2553 90 22.639 1.952 124 0

12 11• BILLY CURRINgTON /Why, Why, Why (Mercury) 7610 -13 2769 81 21.981 -0.160 125 0

15 12• DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol) 7438 844 2635 381 21.327 2.000 125 0

9 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Me And My gang (Lyric Street) 6836 -2602 2492 -1014 18.989 -8.228 123 0

14 14 JAKE OWEN/Yee Haw (RCA) 6430 -766 2367 -219 17.214 -2.530 125 0

20 15• HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) 6373 1522 2056 518 18.103 3.510 117 11

16 16• BIg & RICH/8th Of November (Warner Bros.) 6111 182 2073 64 16.526 0.861 124 1

18 17• TRACE ADKINS/Swing (Capitol) 6081 295 2241 97 16.127 0.582 123 0

17 18• DANIELLE PECK/Findin’ A good Man (Big Machine) 6056 223 2248 100 16.075 0.481 124 0

19 19• ALAN JACKSON/Like Red On A Rose (Arista) 5528 497 1968 200 15.126 1.254 124 3

21 20• LONESTAR/Mountains (BNA) 4939 398 1753 180 13.780 1.323 125 1

22 21• BLAINE LARSEN/I Don’t Know... (giantslayer/BNA) 4749 324 1690 120 12.429 0.903 121 0

26 22• SUgARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 4399 606 1484 211 12.503 2.654 116 10

-- 23• KEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol) 4346 4346 1321 1321 14.943 14.943 113 113

25 24• MONTgOMERY gENTRY/Some People Change (Columbia) 4142 288 1495 98 11.253 0.457 121 2

23 25• gRETCHEN WILSON/California girls (Columbia) 4140 170 1420 16 10.774 0.454 123 1

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

24 26• JACK INgRAM/Love You (Big Machine) 4054 157 1411 43 10.417 0.396 120 0

27 27• RASCAL FLATTS/Life Is A Highway (Lyric Street) 3714 482 1370 176 11.694 1.872 106 20

33 28• KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA) 3621 1803 1260 629 10.699 4.885 106 30

36 29• CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 2710 1164 886 377 8.545 3.452 80 31

28 30 SHEDAISY/In Terms Of Love (Lyric Street) 2694 -63 1029 -36 6.465 -0.220 116 2

31 31• JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 2621 276 1069 107 6.714 0.716 112 10

29 32• EMERSON DRIVE/A good Man (Midas) 2574 67 1064 50 6.603 -0.001 103 3

30 33• TAYLOR SWIFT/Tim Mcgraw (Big Machine) 2564 96 912 66 6.589 0.336 108 4

32 34• DARRYL WORLEY/Nothin’ But A Love Thang (903) 1903 36 737 -3 4.851 0.161 99 19

34 35• CAROLINA RAIN/get Outta My Way (Equity) 1777 -10 652 1 4.622 -0.233 98 0

37 36• TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street) 1666 227 699 68 3.227 0.401 95 10

35 37 gARY NICHOLS/Unbroken ground (Mercury) 1438 -235 561 -91 3.296 -0.159 70 1

43 38• TIM MCgRAW/My Little girl (Curb) 1384 644 531 233 3.771 1.844 66 47

38 39• JO DEE MESSINA/It’s Too Late To Worry... (Curb) 1215 7 500 11 2.636 -0.155 69 4

60 40• TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog) 1189 850 470 328 2.771 1.978 72 42

65 41• RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 1010 735 341 264 2.994 2.204 57 45

47 42• CRAIg MORgAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 961 258 388 115 2.526 0.520 51 18

39 43 BOMSHEL/Ain’t My Day To Care (Curb) 904 -51 422 -27 1.788 -0.271 54 0

41 44• JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 882 92 360 37 2.256 0.359 52 8

40 45• LEANN RIMES/Some People (Curb/Asylum) 871 8 354 20 1.843 -0.049 61 12

42 46• SAMMY KERSHAW/Tennessee girl (Category 5) 834 62 335 19 1.961 0.156 35 3

45 47• TRACY BYRD/Cheapest Motel (Blind Mule/New Revolution) 817 106 362 41 1.543 0.277 51 9

48 48• SARAH BUXTON/Innocence (Lyric Street) 796 155 267 65 1.865 0.130 44 9

46 49• PHIL VASSAR/The Woman In My Life (Arista) 783 75 306 37 1.693 0.068 50 12

44 50• RUSHLOW HARRIS/That’s So You (Show Dog) 775 50 322 13 1.241 0.223 53 3

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Aircheck Add Leaders KEITH URBAN/Once In a Lifetime (Capitol) 87TIM MCgRAW/My Little girl (Curb) 32TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog) 30CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 26RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 25KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA) 19SUgARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 12HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) 9PHIL VASSAR/The Woman In My Life (Arista) 8CRAIg MORgAN/Little Bit of Life (BBR) 7SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 7

Leading Point gainersKEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol) +4346KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA) +1803HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) +1522CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) +1164STEVE HOLY/Brand New girlfriend (Curb) +928gEORgE STRAIT/give It Away (MCA) +922TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog) +850DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol) +844RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) +735TIM McgRAW/My Little girl (Curb) +644

Leading Play gainersKEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol) +1321KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA) +629HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) +518gEORgE STRAIT/give It Away (MCA) +384DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol) +381CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) +377TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog) +328STEVE HOLY/Brand New girlfriend (Curb) +323RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) +264WRECKERS/Leave The Pieces (Warner Bros.) +240

Aircheck Top Recurrents

TOBY KEITH/A Little Too Late (Show Dog) 9666

BRAD PAISLEY/The World (Arista) 9181

KENNY CHESNEY/Summertime (BNA) 8399

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Don’t Forget... (Arista) 6942

KEITH ANDERSON/Every Time I Hear... (Arista) 5601

PHIL VASSAR/Last Day of My Life (Arista) 5238

RASCAL FLATTS/What Hurts The Most (Lyric Street) 4248

JASON ALDEAN/Why (BBR) 4160

BON JOVI w/ J. NETTLES/Who Says... (Mercury) 4069

JOSH TURNER/Your Man (MCA) 3931

LEANN RIMES/Something’s gotta... (Curb/Asylum) 3695

DIERKS BENTLEY/Settle For a Slowdown (Capitol) 3571

BILLY CURRINgTON/Must Be Doin’... (Mercury) 3250

JACK INgRAM/Wherever You Are (Big Machine) 2943

KENNY CHESNEY/Living In Fast Forward (BNA) 2784

TIM MCgRAW/When The Stars go Blue (Curb) 2744

BRAD PAISLEY/When I get Where I’m going (Arista) 2596

TRACE ADKINS/Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (Capitol) 2592

KEITH URBAN/Better Life (Capitol) 2575

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Jesus, Take The Wheel (Arista) 2558

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