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Country Rides Out The Cume Storm While a cursory glance at Country Aircheck’s August 2020 PPM Scoreboard (here, pg. 14) shows a drop in overall cume – down 1.37% (359,800) compared to the previous month and 21.66% year-over-year – a review of Country and all-format cume data shows a slight rebound occurring from the earlier pandemic-laden months of 2020. Rewind and revisit an in-depth analysis of the early coronavirus cume crater in the May 26 Country Aircheck Weekly, then read on for a look at how the format has performed in recent months. Wave On Wave: Taking a wide-angle look at cume numbers for all formats in PPM rated markets, including HD and streaming stations where monitored, radio listening as a whole was off 31.34% from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 477,823,000 to 328,063,200. Country’s fall-off was notably less severe, dropping 20.03% from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 33,758,800 to 26,996,900. Breaking down the all-format cume numbers into AM/FM terrestrial, HD and streaming silos, terrestrial-only decreases match the aggregated totals, showing a 31.33% decrease from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 470,600,700 to 323,167,200. Taking a look at HD-only cume numbers, the dip was less severe than terrestrial, showing a 26.65% decline from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 5,063,400 to 3,713,800 – while the segment showing the largest cume erosion is streaming, which saw a 42.96% decrease from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 down to 1,231,400 from 2,158,900. The long-term trend for streaming cume is far more telling than earlier views, where results from March to April showed a 2.8% increase, up from 1,683,100 to 1,729,800. Moving into 2020, radio listening as a whole was off 25.14% January-August (438,224,200 to 328,063,200). During the same period, Country formats only experienced a 12.43% dip, 30,828,200-26,996,900 compared to all other formats, which cumulatively dropped 26.10% from 407,396,000 to 301,066,300. A high-level look at all-format totals in terrestrial, HD and streaming cume numbers show 25.10%, 25.62% and 31.29% declines, respectively, from January to August. Of note is an increase in cume for terrestrial (15.24%) and HD (8.35%)

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Updating The Interview: Tim Roberts When he spoke with Country Aircheck for The Interview (in the September print issue here), Entercom Format Captain & VP/Country Tim Roberts was in early planning for a format-wide restructuring (Breaking News 9/10) and didn’t broach the subject. With his programming team announced earlier today (9/14), Roberts offers this supplement to The Interview. CA: How did this reimagining of Entercom Country unfold, and was it in response to audience changes brought on by the pandemic? TR: No, it’s not at all related to the pandemic. We thought it was time for a really different way of looking at the business and how it’s changing. People are consuming media differently and we wanted to adapt to what listeners want. This was all targeted to the listener.

Sweet Streams (Are Made of This): Columbia’s Tenille Townes and BMLGR’s Riley Green were surprised with their ACM New Male Artist and New Female Artist trophies Saturday (9/12) during The Opry Livestream. Watch here. Pictured (l-r) are the Opry’s Dan Rogers, Warner/WMN’s Ashley McBryde, Townes, Green, Opry member Mark Wills and the ACM’s Damon Whiteside.

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The process was extremely collaborative, as well as complex, and involved a lot of people from the tech side to programming. We pulled in different brand managers and other people along the way including, of course, the senior leadership team – President/Programming Pat Paxton and EVP/Programming Jeff Sottolano. What was the listener-focused vision you all came up with? It’s really about upgrading talent on every level for a better listener experience. Katie Neal in middays will have more artist interaction, offer more fun things to listen to and lots of snackable content for listeners, clients and country fans. It’s just a better way to deliver content and lets us do things we’ve never done before. For instance, today we have Luke Bryan on every one of our radio stations. That wasn’t possible before. Breaking it out, it looks like each station will have local mornings and afternoons, with national middays and nights with Rob & Holly. Is two live-and-local and two national airshifts the model? Each brand is evaluated differently. I don’t want to make a global statement on that. We know the drive time experience is very important and understand the value of being live and local in mornings. Afternoon shows will vary by market based on its own needs. In a lot of cases that will be local, and in some there will be other great talents hosting from elsewhere. This isn’t meant to be one-size-fits-all, and we’ve kept the local brands in mind with local music, content and imaging across the platform. The way we approached this with our team, it was really important to pay attention to the needs of the market. Country music in Houston is different than New York. Your team is built around three regions, with a VP and a manager – can you lay out which stations are in each? Not sure I want to get that granular. As for the team, these are people with a good understanding of the format, how to execute ... and it’s really an expansion of resources in bringing these centers of excellence to our individual brands The best people are getting expanded roles and, in some cases, being promoted to handle more responsibility because they’re very good at what they do. There’s a lot of opportunity for strong, talented people in this company. And, I have to say, a positive opportunity for a lot of air talent, as well. Still a difficult task when it comes to people departing, though... I have to defer on questions about personnel, but I will say that as this business changes, radio means different things. There is more opportunity than before, just a different kind. The digital division at Radio.com didn’t exist at one time. Podcasting is another platform where strong personalities can be recognized and monetized. Every time we turn around there’s something new and,

if you have the adaptability, there is opportunity. Despite tough decisions and a lot of change, it sounds like you’re still bullish on Country radio and country music. I’m extremely positive about this business. Our artists are creating great music fans are excited to hear. And that means there’s tons of opportunity. Read more from Roberts in The Interview here. –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat Congratulations to Luke Combs, Shane Allen, Lauren Thomas and the Columbia promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “Lovin’ On You.” The song is the fourth single from Combs’ second studio album, What You See Is What You Get. Songwriters are Thomas Archer, Ray Fulcher, James McNair and Combs. And kudos to Matthew Hargis and the BMLGR crew on notching 88 adds for Florida Georgia Line’s “Long Live,” landing atop this week’s board for a second consecutive week.

News & Notes Sonia Leigh’s “Jack Is Back” won the Country category of the 2020 Unsigned Only Music Competition, while Buck Twenty took home second place for “All I Can Do.” Eight country artists received honorable mentions; full list here. John Berry and wife Robin’s new podcast, Faith, Family & Friends, will debut Friday (9/18) here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• The 2020 Fantasy Label Draft kicked off and the September print issue was previewed in last week’s (9/8) Country Aircheck Weekly.• Country Aircheck checked in with radio affected by the West Coast wildfires. (CAT 9/11)• Entercom restructured its Country format, resulting in layoffs. (CAT 9/10)• WKLB/Boston’s Dawn Santolucito was elevated to APD/Marketing Dir., and Jim Clerkin added MD duties. (CAT 9/9)• Sun Broadcast Group Pres./Founder Jason Bailey is departing; Warren Friedland is taking on Pres. role. (CAT 9/8)• Chronicle: Bill Pursell, Dave Holmes.

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from May to August, while streaming cume continued to fall (down 13.37%) in the same window. Deep Dive: Drilling down on terrestrial cume statistics, the 57 Nielsen-reported formats have been aggregated into 11 broad formats: AC, Classics, Country, News/Talk/Sports, Religious, Rhythm, Rock, Spanish Language, Top 40, Urban and Misc. Looking at those aggregated formats on a terrestrial-only basis, Country – an amalgamation of stations reported as Country, New Country or Classic Country by Nielsen – ranks last in cume loss from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 (down 19.76%), Jan.-Aug. (dipping 12.38%) and March-Aug. (dropping 5.35%). As a format, Country

(continued from page 1)Country Rides Out The Cume Storm has maintained the greatest consistency in audience levels and has

shown the highest amount of audience retention.All aggregate terrestrial formats began to show a rebound in cume from May to August, and while Country showed the smallest percentage of growth (up 10.19%) during that time frame, the format has also experienced the least impact on cume – a total of 14.21% loss to date – during the pandemic, measured Feb.-Aug. Meanwhile, Country’s most frequent audience share competitors, AC and Top 40, have been among the hardest hit during coronavirus, as aggregate AC formats experienced a 41.51% loss – the highest among all aggregate formats – and Top 40 placed third with a 30.91% drop. Classic formats, including Classic Hits, Oldies and ‘80s, were second-most impacted with 37.42% erosion in cume during COVID-19. AC (43.79%), Classic (41.20%) and

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Top 40 (35.03%) have also experienced the biggest decreases in terrestrial cume since November. Among Country’s competitors, Spanish (16.53%), Urban (17.33%), Religious (17.49%), Rock (17.91%), News-Talk (18.82%) and Rhythmic (19.81%) each experienced more leveled cume decreases from Feb.-Aug., with Rock claiming the biggest cume increase from May-Aug. with a 19.66% gain. Surf’s Up: All-format terrestrial cume reached its lowest point in April with a total of 266,190,800 but has since rebounded 15.47% to 323,167,200 in August. While no format has hit its pre-pandemic cume levels, audience has been on the rise since totals bottomed out in April and May, during which Country hit lows of 20,918,500 and 24,297,900, respectively. In a year of rapid change, Country radio continues to outperform radio as a whole, maintaining the steadiest audience levels among all formats during the most volatile months. As reported via the most recent PPM Scoreboard, aggregated Country shares for Feb. through Aug. were 349.7, 355.6, 369.1, 381.8, 387.0, 382.0 and 366.6, showing incremental growth in share throughout the pandemic, as well. Direct questions, concerns or thoughts about Country’s relative strength in the audio entertainment marketplace here.

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MIDWEST

Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is searching for a morning co-host. See the complete posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here. Hubbard WIL/St. Louis OM Tommy Mattern is looking for an MD/afternoon personality with a minimum of two years on-air experience, demonstrable ratings success stories and impeccable references. See the complete posting and apply here. Federated WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN OM Jimmy Knight is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Josh Michaels. Send résumés and airchecks to Knight here. Griffin KVOO/Tulsa OM Steve Hunter is seeking a morning show host or team. See the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hunter here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD Jason Addams is looking to add a full-time on-air personality for nights. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

NORTHEAST

Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a full-time morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and salary requirements here. WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for weekend and fill-in positions. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. iHeartMedia/Baltimore RSVPP Jeff Kapugi is seeking a Dir./Creative Services for Country WPOC; programming duties and weekend/fill-in airshifts are also possible. Apply here; send résumés and creative composites to Kapugi here. Pamal WKLI/Albany, NY PD Jon Reilly is

looking for a morning co-host to join incumbent Pete Kelly. Send résumés and airchecks here. Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for a Market Mgr. for the cluster, which includes Country WFLS. Interested candidates can see a complete job description and apply here. Alpha WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA Dir./Content Bill West is searching for a morning co-host to succeed the retiring Jessica Cash. Apply here; reach West here.

SOUTHEAST

Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA PD Bill Dollar is looking for an afternoon personality/Production Dir. Apply here. Cumulus WKDF/Nashville PD Paul Williams is looking for an afternoon personality with five-plus years of experience. See the complete job posting and apply here. Cumulus/Shreveport, LA is searching for a VP/MM to succeed Aaron Criswell. See the complete job posting and apply here.

SOUTHWEST

Radio Ranch KRNH/Kerrville, TX is in need of a PD/morning host with a strategic programming mind and strong on-air skills. Send résumés and airchecks here. Townsquare KQBR/Lubbock, TX Brand Mgr. Lance Ballance is seeking an APD/on-air personality to succeed Jan Miller. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

WEST COAST

Badlands/Rapid City, SD is searching for a GM/DOS who can build, train and motivate a team

for the cluster that includes Country KRKI. Interested parties can send résumés and references here. Ruby Radio/Elko, NV VP/Programming Tom Chase is seeking on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KBGZ and Classic Country translator K263BD. Applicants can send cover letters, résumés and airchecks to Chase here. Bonneville KYGO/Denver PD Brian Michel is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Tracy Dixon. Reach Michel here, and apply here. Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with references and an aircheck to Curry here. Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Dir./Content Brad Hansen is looking for a morning host or team to succeed Jordan Soto and Michael Mason. View the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hansen here. Marker KPLM/Palm Springs, CA PD Kory James is looking for a morning host or team to succeed outgoing 17-plus year host Randy Houston. Send résumés and airchecks to James here.

OTHER

Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for future openings. The company’s Country properties include KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, UT; KMON/Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; KKXK/Montrose, MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/Wenatchee, WA; KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Country KMON-AM/Great Falls, MT. Candidates with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience and a background in programming multiple formats in small to medium sized markets can send résumés, airchecks and programming philosophies to Elliott here.

AVAILABLE JOBS

•Cactus JackFormer Entercom/Phoenix Dir./ProductionGoGoJack@msn.com602-430-5908

•Heather StevensFormer WQXK/Youngstown, OH middaysHeather.Stevens2019@gmail.com

•Tony KellyFormer WUSN/Chicago morning producerKellyT_60468@yahoo.com708-642-8518

•Greg ColeFormer WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PDGCole27000@gmail.com916-502-4734

•Jonathan WestFormer WKTI/Milwaukee afternoonsJSWest33@yahoo.com320-774-9300

•Doug DoddsFormer ZFKY/Grand CaymanPD/morning hostDougDoddsEmail@gmail.com

•Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus)Former on-air talentZimaGuy@gmail.com401-467-6737

•Denis “Catfish” MillerFormer KSNI/Santa Maria, CA afternoonsDenisMil@hotmail.com

•Cory MikhalsFormer KIZN/Boise morning co-hostCoryProductions@icloud.com

•”Big” John HortonFormer KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon hostBigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com

•Kris RichardsFormer WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoonsFireCop947@yahoo.com

•Jason RyanFormer WWQM/Madison, WI nightsJROnTheAir@gmail.com

•AJ McCloudFormer WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoonsAJ.McCloud@charter.net256-503-2301

•Kristin MonicaFormer WQNU/Louisville APD/morningsKristin@RadioKristin.com

•Paul CannellFormer WRKN/New Orleans PDPFCannell@gmail.com

•Mac DanielsFormer KPLX & KSCS/Dallas PDMacDaniels@me.com

•Tom TravisFormer iHeartMedia/Oklahoma City SVPPTomTTravis@gmail.com

•Chuck KnightFormer iHeartMedia/Austin-San Antonio RSVPPChuckKnightMedia@gmail.com

•Dan MasonFormer iHeartMedia/Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL SVPPDLafayette@yahoo.com

•Dave SchaeferFormer iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM SVPP & Country KTRA PDDRSchaefer@gobrainstorm.net

•Ginny Rogers BropheyFormer WBWL/Boston PDGinnyBrophey@gmail.com

•Brittany TullyFormer WYNK/Baton Rouge PDBriLynn718@gmail.com

•Brian ClearyFormer WEZL/Charleston, SC PDBRCleary@aol.com

•Steve KnollFormer KMAG/Ft. Smith, AR PD/on-air talentSteveKnoll@cox.net

•Bill HickokFormer KBMR/Bismark, ND morning hostBillHickok1950@gmail.com

•Dave ConradFormer WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI afternoonsDConrad82@gmail.com

•Amy NicFormer WAMZ/Louisville afternoon hostAmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com

•Ron “Keyes” StevensFormer WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoonsRonStvns@yahoo.com

•Lee FranceFormer KAGG/Bryan, TX PD/midday hostLeeFranceWV@gmail.com

•Scott DavidsonFormer WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/on-air hostDavidson1023@gmail.com

•Trace HamiltonFormer WEBG/Chicago night hostTheTraceHamilton@gmail.com

SEEKING JOBS

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SEEKING JOBS•Daryl Thomas LedyardFormer WBBS/Syracuse on-air talentDarylLedyard@gmail.com

•Shawn CareyFormer KXXY/Oklahoma City on-air talentShawntze@sbcglobal.net

•Christian “CHoff” HofferFormer WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI weekenderChristian@heychoff.com

•Ryan McCallFormer WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoonsRyanMcCall@yahoo.com

•David DeanFormer KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoonsDaviDean5@gmail.com

•Dan JessopFormer KKUT/Pleasant, UT Station Mgr.DanJessop@msn.com

•KasperFormer WUSN/Chicago afternoonsKasperShow@gmail.com and www.KasperShow.com

•Toni MarieFormer KWJJ/Portland APD/middaysToniMarieRadio@gmail.com

•Brian “Wookie” KostekFormer WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoonsBKostek24@gmail.com

•Chuck EdwardsFormer WYCD/Detroit morningsChuckOn995@yahoo.com

•Terry PhillipsFormer Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative ServicesTerry@TerryPhillips.com

•Bernadette GibbonsFormer Entercom/New York Coord./PromotionsBernGibbons23@gmail.com

•Jeff PierceFormer Saga/Portland, ME OMJefferyPierce@me.com

•Blair ThomasFormer WXCY/Wilmington, DE morningsBThomas330@yahoo.com

•John ShombyFormer Nash Dir./Programming & WKDF/Nashville PDJohnShomby@gmail.com

•Brad KingFormer WBYT/South Bend, IN APD/MD/middaysBradKingRadio@yahoo.com

•Dr. Don CarpenterFormer WYCD/Detroit morningsDr.DonCarpenter@gmail.com

•Tony RussellFormer KUPL/Portland morningsTony@TonyRussellInsurance.com425-999-6127

•Jake ByronFormer KUPL/Portland morningsJakeByronMedia@gmail.com

•Adam RondeauFormer WCVL/Charlottesville, VA morningsBrondeauShow@gmail.com

•Corey DillonFormer KNUC/Seattle afternoons/Social Media Mgr.CoreyDillonRadio@gmail.com

•Jeff “Reyn” ReynoldsFormer Brewer WQLK/Richmond,IN morningsJNolds0509@gmail.com765-465-0568

•David SommersFormer WDJR/Dothan, AL PDDSommers997@yahoo.com

•Tricia “TJ” JenkinsFormer Cumulus/Westwood One nationally syndicated The Ty Bentli Show morning hostTricia.Jenkins21@gmail.com

•Brian McKayFormer WXTU/Philadelphia middays, Dir./ProductionBMackDJ@gmail.com

•Guy DavidFormer KYGO/Denver morningsGuyDavid02@gmail.comAgent: David Brody, 877-888-1267

•Joe CassadyFormer Pritchard/Burlington, IA OM/middaysJoseph.Cassady215@gmail.com

•Jason PullmanFormer WUSN/Chicago morningsPimpYourPromo@gmail.com

•Presleigh WebbFormer KTCS/Fort Smth, AR morningsPresleighWebb@gmail.com

•Jeff HuntFormer WXCY/Wilmington, DE MD/eveningsJeffreyJHunt@gmail.com570-309-4698

•Brent JonesFormer Capitol Dir./Midwest PromotionDBJones615@gmail.com615-482-5653

•Kim BrixtonFormer WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middaysKimBrixton@gmail.com

•Mark McKayFormer Riser House Dir./Southeast PromotionMMcKay973@gmail.com

•Fletcher KeyesFormer WWQM/Madison, WI PDKeyesCreative@gmail.com www.FletcherKeyes.com

•Steve RichardsFormer Townsquare/Albany, NY OMSVal622@sbcglobal.net901-481-2669

•Ken SteelFormer WQMX/Akron PD/afternoonsKenSteelRadioGuy@gmail.com

•Jody WheatleyFormer WQMX/Akron MD/Promotions Dir.JodyWheatley13@gmail.com

•Kelley Bradshaw-BrockFormer WKDF/Nashville afternoonsKellyBra13@gmail.com423-802-4987

•Sean McMasterFormer Pamal/Albany, NY on-airSMC1167@gmail.com

•DeAnna LeeFormer KKWF/Seattle middaysDeAnnaLeeDance@gmail.com

•Tim TaylorFormer KWJJ/Portland afternoonsTim.Taylor1@comcast.net

•Tim RichardsFormer Entercom/Phoenix VP/Branding, KMLE PDTim915@gmail.com

•Marty BrooksFormer WLFP/Memphis MD/afternoonsMarty.Headrick@gmail.com

•Alek HalversonFormer KKWF/Seattle Interim PD/afternoonsAlekHalverson22@gmail.com

•Mandy JamesFormer KMNB/Minneapolis morningsMandyJKDSN@gmail.com

•Chris “Fish” ShatekFormer KMNB/Minneapolis middays/Dir. Creative & ImagingChrisShatek@gmail.com

•Ginny HarmanFormer KFRG/Riverside morningsGinnyHarmanVO@gmail.com

•Nina D.Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoonsMissNinaD@gmail.com

•Chris HuffFormer KILT/Houston PDCHuff73@hotmail.com

•Erin AustinFormer KILT/Houston Asst. MD/middaysErinAustinOnline@gmail.com

•Greg RaneiriFormer KSON/San Deigo APD/MD/nightsG.Raneiri@gmail.com

•Amber RaineyFormer KSON/San Deigo middaysAmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.com

•Jared “Marshall” GoldbergFormer KMLE/Phoenix APD/middays & Cluster Dir./Digital ProgrammingImJaredGoldberg@gmail.com

•Tami RumfeltFormer WPAW/Greensboro afternoonsTamiRumfelt@gmail.com

•Mike AllanFormer WNSH/New York nightsMikeAllanRadio@gmail.com

•Darlene EvansFormer WKIS/Miami middaysDarleneInc@yahoo.com

•Josh “JT” HollemanFormer WIL/St. Louis afternoonsJHolleman1015@gmail.com

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SEEKER SPOTLIGHTTERRY PHILLIPSFormer Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative Services

Terry@TerryPhillips.com

Check out his website here, connect with him on LinkedIn here and hear his demos here.

“I bring a solutions-based, can-do attitude and a focus on creative ways to get the job done, fix the problem and make it all work without getting bogged down. Creativity? Yeah, you hear that a lot. But from promotion meetings, client CNAs, programming and sales strategy meetings to station launches and events, I’m one of the people bringing new ideas, angles or approaches. I’ve been called on more than once to fix a sales promotion that wasn’t working, and I have been referred to as the ‘head of the idea department.’”

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2 LUKE COMBSLovin’ On You (River House/Columbia) 27112 2328 8519 730 49.922 3.805 155 0

3 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 23939 2271 7556 737 44.055 4.653 156 0

4 3 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 22805 1167 7129 366 40.907 1.758 156 0

6 4 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) ✔ 21132 2346 6674 714 38.84 4.988 156 0

10 5 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 18669 2513 5863 803 32.928 4.175 156 0

5 6 KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol) 17550 -1268 5419 -395 33.158 -3.13 156 0

8 7 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 17506 952 5528 288 33.644 2.333 156 0

1 8 T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory) 14831 -10396 4906 -3245 28.514 -17.358 155 0

11 9 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 14796 796 4627 222 27.885 1.799 156 0

12 10 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 14303 698 4337 210 24.696 0.864 153 0

13 11 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 14104 1174 4461 407 23.752 1.883 152 0

14 12 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 13943 1242 4404 442 24.801 1.741 156 0

16 13 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 12865 786 4002 326 21.42 0.744 152 1

18 14 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 12438 2348 3896 753 23.191 5.128 154 3

19 15 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 11962 1954 3725 709 22.095 3.183 151 1

17 16 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 11526 1328 3754 517 20.85 2.908 154 0

22 17 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 10205 749 3186 181 16.563 1.538 144 5

20 18 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 10069 172 3178 73 17.325 0.387 153 0

21 19 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 9937 457 3112 178 17.537 1.378 153 1

24 20 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 9908 1413 3026 448 17.379 2.158 151 1

7 21 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN) 9476 -7236 2930 -2379 19.325 -9.502 154 0

25 22 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 8579 451 2635 134 13.813 0.923 154 0

9 23 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔ 7854 -8599 2788 -2834 14.096 -12.644 156 0

23 24 BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista) 6992 -1521 2296 -486 11.167 -2.48 153 0

27 25 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 6843 952 2046 322 10.041 1.445 149 1

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

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28 26 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 6358 565 2084 182 8.463 0.811 145 1

26 27 MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine) 5950 -1131 1855 -303 9.352 -1.877 148 1

30 28 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 5731 675 1759 247 7.695 0.724 124 7

29 29 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 5610 445 1661 119 8.384 0.818 150 4

32 30 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 5494 882 1714 344 8.731 1.097 140 9

39 31 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 5441 1989 1695 678 9.727 3.394 122 20

33 32 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 5062 582 1612 235 6.994 0.923 143 5

31 33 LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury) 5042 340 1718 94 5.256 0.56 134 0

34 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 5040 5040 1491 1491 10.497 10.497 88 88

34 35 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 4659 335 1491 60 5.755 0.749 137 2

36 36 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 4082 366 1355 114 5.35 0.479 120 5

35 37 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 4050 212 1300 83 4.546 0.066 120 5

37 38 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 4002 320 1276 111 5.733 0.674 129 10

38 39 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 3610 85 1090 44 5.346 0.606 109 3

40 40 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 3427 433 1044 165 4.226 0.345 107 8

41 41 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 3062 199 996 72 3.259 0.512 106 3

48 42 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 2994 862 880 237 4.845 1.291 62 18

GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 2886 164 976 71 3.222 0.061 99 7

BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 2851 135 879 37 5.563 0.455 93 1

44 45 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 2759 66 871 51 2.809 -0.056 99 0

45 46 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 2663 37 956 47 2.953 -0.066 89 4

46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 2578 -9 829 -6 2.997 -0.126 103 1

47 48 J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 2397 121 825 50 2.105 0.131 94 0

49 49 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 2128 72 783 47 2.17 -0.027 73 3

50 50 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2098 186 612 66 2.796 0.195 64 3

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 1491

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 803

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 753

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 737

LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 730

JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 714

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 709

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 678

JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 517

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 448

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 5040 ✔JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 2513 ✔RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 2348 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 2346 ✔LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 2328 ✔LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 2271

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 1989

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1954

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 1413

JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 1328

Activator Top Spin GainersCHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 257

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 235

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 188

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 174

B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 170

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 161

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 147

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 141

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 119

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 109

Activator Top Point GainersCHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 1219 ✔

B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 1023 ✔

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 970 ✔

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 935 ✔

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 844 ✔

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 830

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 815

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 732

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 675

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 626

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 16850

LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol) 15672

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 13198

SAM HUNT/Hard To Forget (MCA) 12076

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 12041

CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) 11632

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) 11559

JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 10629

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 8163

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA) 8028

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 88

CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 26

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 20

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 18

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 15

GARY ALLAN/Waste Of A Whiskey Drink (EMI Nashville) 14

ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 14

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 10

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 9

TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 8

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Keith Urban The Speed Of Now Part 1 (Capitol)The 16-track project includes a collaboration with Breland and guitarist Nile Rodgers on opening track “Out The Cage,” a duet with P!nk on “One Too Many” and an alternate version of “We Were” featuring the song’s co-writer, Eric Church.

Luke Laird Music Row (Creative Nation Records)Despite Laird’s 24 No. 1 country singles and multiple Grammy, ACM and CMA awards, Music Row marks the release of his first-ever record. He penned all of the songs included, except “Branch On The Tree,” which he co-wrote alongside Lori

McKenna and Barry Dean.

RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) Moves 44-45* 2,759 points, 871 spins; no adds

PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) Moves 45-46* 2,663 points, 956 spins 4 adds: WBWL, WGAR, WIL, WKSJ

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) Moves 46-47 2,578 points, 829 spins 1 add: *KHKI

J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) Moves 47-48* 2,397 points, 825 spins; no adds

ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Grown Music/19th & Grand) Remains at 49* 2,128 points, 783 spins 3 adds: *KHKI, *KUBL, WRNS

COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) Remains at 50* 2,098 points, 612 spins 3 adds: KHGE, *KHKI, WBUL

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 2,083 points, 648 spins 15 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KRST, *WCTO, *WDRQ, *WFMS, *WGKX

JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 1,973 points, 582 spins; no adds

ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 1,820 points, 530 spins 14 adds including: *KATC, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KPLX, *KRST, *WCTO, *WFMS, *WGKX, *WIVK

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September 21HIGH VALLEY/Grew Up On That (Warner/WEA)MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA)ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse)CAYLEE HAMMACK/Just Friends (Capitol)

September 28CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine)

October 5REBEL HEARTS/Good To Go (RHR)LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud)INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (WMN/WEA)

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

1 1 LUKE COMBSLovin’ On You (River House/Columbia)

12103 185 2375 45 47 0

3 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) ✔ 11009 935 2124 235 47 0

4 3 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 9906 472 1921 100 48 0

2 4 T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory) 9748 -2139 1907 -405 46 0

5 5 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 9044 -59 1755 -2 45 0

7 6 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 8642 426 1611 71 46 0

9 7 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 8511 844 1607 147 47 0

12 8 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) ✔ 7925 1023 1446 170 48 0

14 9 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 7276 675 1403 141 48 1

13 10 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 6957 208 1329 35 44 0

11 11 KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol) 6901 -116 1373 -21 45 0

15 12 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 6785 469 1218 74 47 0

8 13 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN) 6609 -1399 1248 -313 46 0

16 14 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 6264 -7 1202 5 47 0

17 15 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 5503 317 1047 63 42 0

6 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔ 5422 -3260 998 -722 42 0

22 17 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 5363 815 1003 161 49 4

20 18 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 5358 552 991 82 47 1

21 19 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 5280 732 975 119 48 3

18 20 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 5222 142 1002 39 45 2

25 21 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 4543 830 845 174 46 4

23 22 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 4526 321 793 54 47 2

19 23 BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista) 4234 -701 817 -139 44 0

24 24 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 4122 37 815 3 46 1

29 25 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) ✔ 3397 1219 621 257 39 11

27 26 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 3372 473 594 80 48 2

26 27 MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine) 2840 -223 510 -32 42 0

28 28 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 2834 201 599 38 43 1

32 29 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 2099 133 408 46 42 0

31 30 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 1924 -55 382 -11 41 1

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

30 31 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 1877 -139 333 -4 32 1

37 32 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 1783 442 378 100 38 6

33 33 LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury) 1702 63 363 12 35 0

35 34 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 1608 44 275 18 34 1

34 35 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 1553 -46 283 -5 36 0

39 36 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1399 217 230 60 21 8

36 37 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1344 -176 195 -28 15 0

38 38 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 1275 36 255 28 35 4

40 39 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 1086 138 211 30 32 6

42 40 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 1033 211 225 40 36 3

41 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 1031 970 201 188 26 13

42 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 1015 626 193 109 16 5

41 43 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 981 155 212 37 37 2

50 44 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 810 212 173 39 34 1

43 45 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 810 1 170 7 24 1

45 46 OLD DOMINION/My Heart Is A Bar (RCA) 720 -10 72 -1 1 0

44 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 704 -47 104 -7 14 2

49 48 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 689 26 153 15 20 3

46 49 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 651 -24 102 -2 9 0

47 50 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 633 -36 132 -3 14 1

48 51 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 616 -52 79 -8 8 1

51 52 RANDALL KING/Hey Cowgirl (Warner/WEA) 600 12 115 2 11 0

52 53 KYLIE FREY/Spur Of The Moment (Deep Frey'd) 530 -5 101 -2 9 0

55 54 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Never Have I Ever (Big Machine/BMLGR) 515 42 63 5 4 0

59 55 BRELAND/My Truck (Atlantic) 470 60 47 6 1 0

56 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 462 75 58 8 11 0

56 57 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 445 10 112 3 20 0

53 58 TIFFANY WOYS/Loved By You (Tiffany Woys) 443 -78 78 -18 7 0

58 59 CAM/Till There's Nothing Left (RCA/Triple Tigers) 430 10 43 1 1 0

60 60 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 418 10 78 3 6 0

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