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NEWS

CMT  On  Tour  Releases  Cities,  Dates  for    Suits  and  Boots  Tour    

Brett  Eldredge  and  Thomas  Rhett  will  bring  their  soulful  country  sounds  across  the  country  this  fall  as  co-­‐headliners  of  CMT  On  Tour:  Brett  Eldredge  and  Thomas  Rhett—Suits  &  Boots.  The  14th  installment  of  the  CMT  tour  will  launch  Oct.  29  in  New  York  City.  BMLG  artist  Danielle  Bradbery,  joins  the  tour  as  a  special  guest.  For  a  list  of  dates,  click  here.  

…  BBR  Music  Group  Launches  Wheelhouse  

Imprint,  Signs  Adkins  and  Smith  

BBR  Music  Group  has  added  a  fourth  imprint  with  the  launch  of  Wheelhouse  Records,  anchored  by  the  imprint’s  Lirst  artist  signings:  Trace  Adkins  and  Granger  Smith.  Wheelhouse  Records’  Lirst  single  to  be  promoted  to  radio  is  Smith’s  “Backroad  Song,”  while  Adkins  will  debut  new  music  in  the  fall.  For  the  full  story,  including  staff  members,  click  here.    

…  Big  Loud  Records  Hires  David  Kirth  

Big  Loud  Records  announced  that  Dave  Kirth  will  join  the  label  as  West  Coast  Region  Director  of  Promotion.  Kirth  will  report  directly  to  the  label  President  Clay  Hunnicutt  and  can  be  reached  by  email  at  dave@bigloudrecords.com  or  via  phone  at  916-­‐903-­‐7865.  

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SPINZONE "Top  Ten—  Kenny  Chesney  has  taken  the  top  spot  after  only  11  weeks  with  “Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day.”  Chris  Janson  moves  one  step  closer  to  his  Lirst  chart  topper.  “Buy  Me  A  Boat”  is  at  No.  2  this  week  followed  by  Florida  Georgia  Line’s  “Anything  Goes”  at  No.  3.  Maddie  &  Tae  move  up  one  to  No.  4  with  “Fly.”  Brett  Eldredge’s  “Lose  My  Mind”  and  Chris  Young’s  “I’m  Comin’  Over”  both  jump  one  to  No.  5  and  No.  6.  Jake  Owen  is  at  No.  7  with  “Real  Life”  and  Old  Dominion  take  No.  8  with  “Break  Up  With  Him.”  Brothers  Osborne  move  “Stay  A  Little  Longer”  to  No.  9  and  Cam  breaks  the  top  ten  with  “Burning  House”  at  No.  10.  "Greatest  Spin  Gainers—    For  the  second  week  in  a  row,  Carrie  Underwood’s  “Smoke  Break”  is  the  top  spin  gainer.  The  song  is  up  596.  Luke  Bryan  is  moving  “Strip  It  Down”  up  the  chart  quickly  with  410  new  plays  this  week.  Brad  Paisley  busts  into  the  chart  this  week  with  “Country  Nation”  gaining  259  spins.  The  Band  Perry’s  “Live  Forever”  saw  a  play  increase  of  236  and  Kenny  Chesney  took  the  top  spot  after  235  new  spins.    "Debuts—  Brantley  Gilbert’s  “Stone  Cold  Sober”  is  the  top  debut  this  week  at  No.  70.  Mo  Pitney  debuts  at  No.  72  with  “Boy  And  A  Girl  Thing.”    Brad  Paisley’s  “Country  Nation”  is  at  No.  76,  James  Robert  Webb  debuts  at  No.  77  with  “Makin’  Love  Tonight”  and  Scotty  McCreery’s  “Southern  Belle”  breaks  the  chart  at  No.  78.    

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COVERING THE SECONDARY RADIO MARKET SINCE 2002

Thursday September 3, 2015

Erica  Nicole  (R)  visits  with  Melissa  Frost  (L)  at  KRRV/Alexandria,  LA  

"SINGLES  CALENDAR  "

September  7  Cassadee  Pope/I  Am  Invincible/Big  Machine  Macy  Martin/Baby  What  Ya  Doing/Go  Time  Records  Amanda  Watkins/If  I  Was  Over  You/In2une  Nashville  Tyler  Steel/Drink  #5/Magenta  Records  Broseph  E.  Lee/Fill  ‘Em  On  Up/Broseph  Morgan  Riley/Down  South/SkyTone  Records  "September  14  Brad  Paisley/Country  Nation/Arista  Nashville  J.  Michael  Harter/Playing  With  Fire/Anozira  Records-­‐GMV  Nashville  Michael  Ray/Real  Men  Love  Jesus/Warner  Bros.-­‐  WEA  Rachele  Lynae/Quicksand/Momentum-­‐In2une  Music  Dallas  Smith/Kids  With  Cars/Blaster  Records  Rascal  Flatts/I  Like  The  Sound  Of  That/Big  Machine  Jon  Pardi/Head  Over  Boots/Capitol  Nashville  "

ALBUMS  CALENDAR  "September  4  Brooke  Hogan/I  Wanna  Be  Your  Girlfriend  [EP]/Molly  Dog  Entertainment  "September  11  Brett  Eldredge/Illinois/Warner  Bros.  Ben  Folds/So  There/New  West  Records  Jewel/Picking  Up  The  Pieces/Sugar  Hill  Records  "September  18  Clare  Dunn/Clare  Dunn  [EP]/MCA  Leigh  Nash/The  State  I’m  In/Thirty  Tigers  Mac  McAnally/A.K.A.  Nobody/Mailboat  Records  Alabama/Southern  Drawl/BMG  Home  Free/Country  Evolution/Columbia  Records  Glen  Campbell/British  Live  Performance  Series  [live]/Rainman  Records  

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"WEEKLY  CHART  DATA  "

New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Brantley  Gilbert/Stone  Cold  Sober/Valory  Music  Co.—  70  Mo  Pitney/Boy  And  A  Girl  Thing/Curb—  72  Brad  Paisley/Country  Nation/Arista—  76  James  Robert  Webb/Makin’  Love  Tonight/Bison  Creek—  77  Scotty  McCreery/Southern  Belle/Mercury  Nashville—  78  "Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Carrie  Underwood/Smoke  Break/Arista  Nashville—  596  Luke  Bryan/Strip  It  Down/Capitol  Nashville—  410  Brad  Paisley/Country  Nation/Arista—  259  The  Band  Perry/Live  Forever/Republic  Nashville—  236  Kenny  Chesney/Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day/Blue  Chair-­‐Columbia—  235  "Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Mo  Pitney/Boy  And  A  Girl  Thing/Curb—21  Brad  Paisley/Country  Nation/Arista—17  Scotty  McCreery/Southern  Belle/Mercury  Nashville—19  Brantley  Gilbert/Stone  Cold  Sober/Valory  Music  Co.—17  Carrie  Underwood/Smoke  Break/Arista  Nashville—16  Little  Big  Town/Pain  Killer/Capitol  Nashville—15  Canaan  Smith/Hole  In  A  Bottle/Mercury  Nashville—12  "On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Pat  Waters/Like  A  Radio/Big  Valley—  217  Hoyt  Hughes  Band/Stomp  On/Blue  Bolt—214  Tim  Hadler/1+1/Yocumtown  Records—  202  Eli  Young  Band  w/Andy  Grammer/Honey  I'm  Good/Big  Machine—  191  Blair  Mathews/Ride/StoneyHill  Records—  177  "Frozen  Playlist—  WMYL,  WTNJ,  WBYZ  

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Demolition  Music's  Adam  Searan  (R)  joined  Dale  Turner  (L)  on  air  at  WDKN/Dickson,  TN.  Adam  is  at  country  radio  promoting  his  debut  single  “Last.”  

Jeff  Hunt  (L)  of  WFGE-­‐FM/State  College,  PA  catches  up  with  Republic  Nashville's  Cassadee  Pope  (R)  before  her  show  on  8/29  at  the  Grange  Fair  in  Centre  Hall,  PA.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Artist  Spotlight  Rick  Monroe  Sponsored  by:  MRG  "

Current  Single:  “Great  Minds  Drink  Alike”  *Click  to  View  Video*  "Written  By:  Rick  Monroe  &  Dan  Adams  "Hometown:  Clearwater,  FL  "Career  Accomplishments:  CMA  Fest  2015,  7  Jagermeister  Country  Tours,  3  Top  30  MusicRow  singles  "Artist  Facts:  Toured  in  over  17  countries  and  all  across  America.  Performed  the  national  anthem  during  Fourth  of  July  celebrations  in  Vietnam,  entertained  former  Soviet  President  Mikhail  Gorbachev,  who  expressed  his  thanks  by  kissing  Monroe  on  the  cheek  and  calling  him  "pop  star.”  "Connect:    www.rickmonroe.com  " ""

                                                             

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WKDZ Cadiz KY WLVK Elizabethtown KY KRRV Alexandria LA KXKZ Ruston LA WKPE Hyannis, MA WKTT Salisbury MD WVMD Cumberland MD WATZ Alpena MI WTCM Traverse City MI WJNR Iron Mountain MI WUPY Ontonagon MI WMKC Cheboygan, MI KZPK St. Cloud MN KYSM Mankato MN KBXB Sikeston MO KDKD Clinton MO KFAV Warrenton MO KWWR Mexico MO WQNZ Natchez MS KZZY Devils Lake ND KYCK Grand Forks ND "

KQBA Santa Fe, NM KRVN Lexington, NE KRGI Grand Island, NE WKPQ Hornell NY WFRY Watertown NY WDNB Liberty NY WOLF Syracuse NY KWHW Altus OK KITX Hugo OK KKAJ Ardmore OK KWOX Woodward OK KWEY Weatherford OK KRKT Albany OR WFGE State College PA WWBE Selinsgrove PA KYTN Union City TN WDKN Dickson TN WEIO Huntingdon TN WLLX Lawrenceburg TN WOWF Crossville TN WMYL Clinton, TN ""

WUCZ Carthage TN Renegade Radio Nashville TN KFTX Corpus Christi TX KGKL San Angelo TX KMKS Bay City TX KXOX Sweetwater TX KYYK Palestine TX WAKG Danville VA WMEV Marion VA WAXX Altoona, WI WCOW Sparta, WI WGLR Platteville WI WJMQ Shawano WI WBWI West Bend WI WJVL Janesville WI WQPC Prairie du Chien WI WDGG Huntington WV WKKW Morgantown WV WTNJ Mount Hope WV WKWS Charleston WV WTCR Huntington WV

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

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NO.  1  SONG  "Kenny  Chesney  recently  wrapped  The  Big  Revival  Tour.  His  concert  events  usually  form  big  summertime  attendance,  so  perhaps  it  is  Litting  that  one  of  this  year’s  biggest  summer  anthems  is  this  week’s  No.  1.  After  only  11  weeks  on  the  chart,  Chesney’s  “Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day”  sits  atop  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart.  "“Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day”  is  the  fourth  consecutive  No.  1  song  from  Chesney’s  The  Big  Revival  album.    "It  was  penned  by  Andrew  Dorff  and  Old  Dominion  members  Matt  Ramsey  and  Brad  Tursi.  Dorff  had  two  No.  1  songs  with  Blake  Shelton  last  year  and  this  is  his  Lirst  MusicRow  No.  1  of  2015.  This  marks  the  second  No.  1  this  year  for  both  Ramsey  and  Tursi.  Old  Dominion,  which  opened  select  Chesney  dates,  received  the  thrill  of  hitting  the  stage  during  Chesney’s  set  at  Gillette  Stadium  in  Foxborough,  MA  to  sing  the  song  with  him.  "Chesney  is  schedule  to  play  the  iHeartMedia  Music  Festival  Sept.  18-­‐19  in  Las  Vegas  at  the  MGM  Grand  Garden  Arena.  From  there,  he  may  likely  hibernate  on  his  island,  leaving  fans  anxious  for  a  2016  tour.    

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11 2 1 Kenny Chesney/Save It For A Rainy Day/Blue Chair-Columbia 3611/103 7 235 3376 17 3 2 Chris Janson/Buy Me A Boat/Warner Bros. 3276/89 1 43 3233 13 4 3 Florida Georgia Line/Anything Goes/Republic Nashville 3202/99 4 126 3076 34 5 4 Maddie & Tae/Fly/Dot Records 3160/95 4 120 3040 19 6 5 Brett Eldredge/Lose My Mind/Warner Bros. 3070/89 4 113 2957 15 7 6 Chris Young/I'm Comin' Over/RCA Nashville 2879/103 1 15 2864 14 8 7 Jake Owen/Real Life/RCA Nashville 2864/97 2 44 2820 17 9 8 Old Dominion/Break Up With Him/RCA Nashville 2820/98 4 105 2715 23 10 9 Brothers Osborne/Stay A Little Longer/EMI Nashville 2720/97 3 75 2645 9 12 10 Cam/Burning House/Arista Nashville 2546/101 8 180 2366 18 13 11 Darius Rucker/Southern Style/Capitol Nashville 2379/94 6 125 2254 5 17 12 Luke Bryan/Strip It Down/Capitol 2317/92 21 410 1907 13 14 13 Miranda Lambert/Smokin' and Drinkin'/RCA Nashville 2257/97 4 78 2179 11 16 14 Dierks Bentley/Riser/Capitol Nashville 2158/96 7 138 2020 20 15 15 Cole Swindell/Let Me See Ya Girl/Warner Bros. 2131/78 4 85 2046 6 18 16 Blake Shelton/Gonna/Warner Bros. 2084/91 10 195 1889 18 20 17 Erica Nicole/I'm Making Mine/GTR 1848/81 5 82 1766 13 21 18 Billy Currington/Drinking Town With A Football Problem/Mercury 1817/91 6 102 1715 2 32 19 Carrie Underwood/Smoke Break/Arista Nashville 1752/90 52 596 1156 8 23 20 Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Ent. 1727/94 15 223 1504 25 1 21 Lady Antebellum/Long Stretch Of Love/Capitol 1659/53 -53 -1900 3559 29 22 22 Parmalee/Already Callin' You Mine/Stoney Creek 1598/72 0 4 1594 5 26 23 Tim McGraw/Top Of The World/Big Machine 1555/87 14 187 1368 9 24 24 A Thousand Horses/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial/Republic Nashville 1518/79 8 109 1409 10 25 25 Alan Jackson/Jim And Jack And Hank/EMI Records Nashville 1484/73 7 96 1388 7 27 26 Jerrod Niemann/Blue Bandana/Sea Gayle-Arista 1422/84 6 75 1347 5 31 27 Jason Aldean/Gonna Know We Were Here/Broken Bow 1414/82 19 221 1193 16 28 28 Randy Houser/We Went/Stoney Creek 1367/78 5 61 1306 17 29 29 Branch & Dean/The Forgetter/SSM Nashville 1295/62 4 55 1240 12 33 30 Jason Pritchett/Good Show/BDMG 1282/69 12 136 1146 18 30 31 Dan + Shay/Nothin' Like You/Warner Bros. 1251/54 3 36 1215 10 34 32 Brian Collins/Shine A Little Love/Blue Light Entertainment 1209/74 10 110 1099 14 36 33 Lee Brice/That Don't Sound Like You/Curb 1110/63 8 85 1025 13 35 34 Olivia Lane/You Part 2/Big Spark Music Group 1095/57 5 57 1038 11 37 35 Clare Dunn/Move On/MCA 1089/60 7 72 1017 12 38 36 Rick Monroe/Great Minds Drink Alike/MRG 1013/59 9 86 927

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins

3 44 37 The Band Perry/Live Forever/Republic Nashville 1012/71 30 236 776 6 41 38 Easton Corbin/Yup/Mercury Nashville 993/68 19 158 835 5 39 39 Tyler Farr/Better In Boots/Columbia Nashville 938/66 10 86 852 11 42 40 The Cadillac Three/White Lightning/Big Machine 857/59 5 41 816 8 47 41 Bobby Wills/Crazy Enough/Willing Nashville 797/57 16 107 690 14 46 42 Joanna Mosca/Hand Out The Window/Dolce Diva 797/35 13 94 703 14 40 43 Hunter Hayes/21/Warner Bros. 780/42 -7 -62 842 9 48 44 Denny Strickland/How Far You Wanna Go/Red Star Productions 715/42 6 43 672 7 51 45 David Nail/Night's On Fire/MCA Nashville 689/50 14 84 605 9 50 46 Keith Walker/Honky Tonk Shake/Motion Entertainment 664/41 8 51 613 6 55 47 Ronnie Dunn/Ain't No Trucks in Texas/Nash Icon 657/44 19 103 554 10 53 48 The Cains/Journey's End/GMV Nashville 657/42 10 57 600 5 57 49 Kacey Musgraves/Dime Store Cowgirl/Mercury Nashville 651/43 25 132 519 9 52 50 Corey Smith/Feet Wet/Rounder/Sugarhill 620/35 3 16 604 8 59 51 Two Way Crossing/Car Trouble/J.Marlowe Records 581/37 13 69 512 2 67 52 Little Big Town/Pain Killer/Capitol Nashville 577/47 59 215 362 7 58 53 Rainey Qualley/Me And Johnny Cash/Cingle 563/41 9 45 518 20 49 54 Chase Bryant/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow 561/32 -12 -75 636 11 60 55 Tyler Barham/Just Two Kids/YN Records 504/29 -1 -4 508 11 61 56 Sarah Dunn Band/Bye Bye/Audacity Records 502/26 2 11 491 15 62 57 Steven Tyler/Love Is Your Name/Dot Records 489/27 0 -2 491 8 64 58 LoCash/I Love This Life/Reviver Records 478/29 15 64 414 11 56 59 Jana Kramer/I Got The Boy/Warner Bros. 468/30 -15 -80 548 5 65 60 Brandon Holland/Blame It On The Whiskey/Brandon Holland Music 456/35 15 59 397 2 74 61 Canaan Smith/Hole In A Bottle/Mercury Nashville 453/41 59 168 285 30 63 62 Big & Rich/Run Away With You/New Revolution 432/23 -11 -51 483 4 69 63 Kayla Adams/Burn A Little Colder/SSM 427/34 21 75 352 10 66 64 Craig Campbell/Tomorrow Tonight/Red Bow 387/28 -2 -6 393 4 70 65 Mary Fletcher/The Idea Of You/Red & Black Entertainment 382/25 18 59 323 6 68 66 Sugarcane Jane/The Game/Arena 359/21 1 3 356 26 19 67 Eric Lee Beddingfield/I Just Wanna Play/Rebel Dawg Records 358/20 -80 -1466 1824 4 71 68 JB & The Moonshine Band/Shotgun, Rifle, and a .45/ 348/26 9 28 320 4 72 69 Soul Circus Cowboys/Gotta Get Me One Of Them/DiamonDisc-Kismet 314/24 4 12 302 1 100 70 Brantley Gilbert/Stone Cold Sober/Valory Music 307/25 154 186 121 7 73 71 Zane Williams/Jayton And Jill/Be Music and Entertainment 296/19 2 7 289 1 121 72 Mo Pitney/Boy And A Girl Thing/Curb 285/28 290 212 73 2 77 73 Bucky Covington/I Feel Ya/Barefootin' Inc 275/26 15 36 239 3 75 74 Alexandra Demetree/Outta My Head/SSM Nashville 273/20 8 21 252 5 76 75 Lucy Angel/Crazy Too/New Revolution-G Force Entertainment 271/19 12 29 242 1 210 76 Brad Paisley/Country Nation/Sea Gayle-Arista 266/21 3700 259 7 1 85 77 James Robert Webb/Makin' Love Tonight/Bison Creek 262/22 46 83 179 1 142 78 Scotty McCreery/Southern Belle/Mercury Nashville 253/22 584 216 37 2 79 79 Levi Riggs/Nothin' I Don't Love/Wind Ridge Records 251/20 12 26 225 2 80 80 Cody Johnson/Proud/ 241/19 13 28 213

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