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Flying Island Sets Radio Promotion Team Nashville-based Flying Island Entertainment has firmed up its radio promotion staff, led by label/promotion consultant Nancy Tunick. Managing the Northeast/Southeast is longtime music industry executive Shelia Shipley Biddy; Brian Fee is covering the West Coast/Southwest; Jill Tomalty is handling the Midwest/South; and Bonita Allen is the new Promotion Coordinator. Concurrently, the Flying Island has secured its first client, FUNL Music, whose roster includes

Blake Shelton’s Voice Post-Mortem In one of his first interviews after completing work on the first season of The Voice, Blake Shelton sat down with our Lon Helton for CMT’s Country Countdown USA. In the midst of that interview, he spoke with Helton for Country Aircheck about his experience on the show: CA: Congrats on the huge success of The Voice and, most of all, thanks for representing all of us in country so well. BS: Thank you. I’m happy about the impact it’s had on my career, but, more than that, just working with those kids and getting to know them has changed my life. How so? I learned a lot about myself. I’ve been doing this for 10 years and may have gotten a bit calloused. Being around Xenia and Dia and seeing that fire in their eyes awakened part of me and reminded me why I love what I do. At one point they cut to you when Miranda and Dia were singing “The House That Built Me.” What were you thinking? I was mostly thinking about Dia. No more than two months ago she was about to give up on her dream of music and had moved back home with her mom and sisters in Utah. I was so happy for her because I got so emotionally invested in Dia. I had never wanted to see something happen so bad for somebody who wasn’t family. Miranda wanted [success] really badly for Dia, too.

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Old Men River: WDSY/Pittsburgh’s brain trust shepherds Uncle Kracker back to Heinz field following a private fundraiser brunch at the Hard Rock Café prior to his performance with Kenny Chesney Saturday (7/2). Pictured on a Gateway Clipper (l-r) are Uncle Kracker, the station’s Mark Anderson and Stoney Richards and Bigger Picture’s Michael Powers.

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Amber Hayes and Ty Herndon. Hayes’ new single “Wait” is Flying Island’s initial project. Flying Island co-founder Nancy Eckert says, “Our team is smart, enthusiastic and aggressive, and that’s exactly the type of personalities we were looking for to help talented up-and-coming artists like Amber Hayes get the attention they deserve at Country radio.” Tunick’s role is in association with her own GrassRoots Promotion firm. Shipley Biddy, a former president at Decca and senior executive at MCA and other labels, most recently was Manager/Project Consultant at Hallmark Direction Co. Fee is a 10-year promotion veteran from Lofton Creek and Quarterback. Tomalty brings radio promotion background from Curb and Word. Allen was a producer at Westwood One and recently held an executive post at WSM-AM/Gaylord Entertainment. The staff can be reached at firstname@flyingislandentertainment.com. Tunick can be reached here.

Toby Keith Tour Opens “We had a heat advisory Friday,” WMIL/Milwaukee PD Kerry Wolfe says of Keith’s headlining performance at Summerfest on the opening weekend of his Locked & Loaded tour. “It was the hottest day of the year and felt like 150 degrees with all those people packed in. He came out in a long-sleeved black shirt that was drenched by the end of the night.” Ford, Keith’s tour sponsor, figured prominently in the new video open for the tour. “You definitely want to be in your seat before the show starts,” Wolfe explains. “He’s riding around with his dog, and they end up at an illegal poker game.

The dog ends up running out of money and, needing to place a bet, grabs Toby’s keys and bets the truck. Before we can see whether he won or lost, Toby dives across the table, grabs the keys, jumps in the truck and drives it through a wall. And that’s when the show starts, as the truck pops out onstage.” As for the music, Wolfe says it was “hit after hit until, seven songs in, he paused to tell us they were about to shoot the music video for ‘Made In America.’” It was a one-take shot, though. He didn’t stop and start over and redo it three times. The producers filled the lower bowl with American flags, so it was a red, white and blue spectacular. A great way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend. The video crew stuck around an extra day and filmed an Independence Day parade in nearby Cedarburg, which is one of the largest community parades of its kind. That’s the home of Josh Thompson, incidentally. “Eric Church was a great opener – as high-energy as you can get. He super-soaked the audience and, with Busch Light as a

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No-Chair Men Of The Board: Warner Bros./Nashville power players join Travis Tritt prior to recording their now-legendary barbershop quartet version of “Blame It On The Rain.” Pictured (l-r) are Brad Howell (brad.howell@sdumusic.com), Tritt, Ken Tucker (ktucker@countryweekly.com) and Jon Loba (jloba@brokenbowrecords.com). Got nostalgic images? Send them to pagethreepic@countryaircheck.com.

Toby Keith and Kerry Wolfe

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My Tunes: Music ThaT shaPed My Life

Ride GM Harry Nelson discusses his most influential songs, albums and concerts:1. Wilson Pickett/In The Midnight Hour: When I was a kid and dreaming of getting in radio, I really wanted to be on the air playing this.2. The Moody Blues/Nights In White Satin: This is my favorite song with my ex-wife. We still are best friends today.3. The Police/Every Breath You Take: One of the great pop radio hits of all time.

4. The Rolling Stones, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 1981: I have seen them several times. This was the Stones at their very best. George Thorogood and the J. Geils Band opened. The radio station that I worked for at the time, KFRC, bought all of the shuttle buses to and from the show. 5. The Police, Fenway Park, Boston, 2007: Maybe the best concert I have ever seen. Went with my best friend. It was a magic evening in the Big Bean.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I have never listened to an Alicia Keys album all the way through. I should. She has this classic, smokin’ R&B sound that I love.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Marilyn Manson. Seriously, what was it that [screwed] this dude up so bad?• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Lyle Lovett’s Pontiac. I’ve loved it since the first time Gerry Cagle played it for me. We drank a lot of Jack Daniel’s and listened to it umpteen-million times! There’s magnificent poetry in every song.• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Allen Toussaint’s Bright Mississippi. He is one of America’s great jazz and R&B artists. Most people have never heard him. I grew up near New Orleans. Oh, I hear him!

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tour sponsor, shot-gunned two beers onstage. He sprayed the audience with two more.” Milwaukee was actually the tour’s second stop. TKO Artist Management’s Suzanne Durham reports that the Mt. Pleasant show (6/30) was “sold out and the biggest show they’ve had in their 13 years. And they not only sold twice the beer they normally do, but sold out of beer as well! It was a ticket and beer sell-out!” Whiskey for my men ... beer for just about everybody?

ACM/Lifting Lives Camp Grows Darius Rucker’s ACM Lifting Lives performance with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center music campers was one of the highlights of April’s ACM Awards, and the effects were certainly being felt at the 2011 camp last week in Nashville. “So much of what we’ve done over the years is to try to educate the industry about what the Kennedy Center does, and the awards performance did that in a way we never could before,” says Lorie Lytle, the camp’s founder and Chairman. Many of the 31 campers have Williams Syndrome, a developmental disability that also manifests in a unique gift for music. During the 2011 camp, they were shepherded through the writing, producing and recording of a song (“In Harmony”) by a host of songwriters, producers, musicians, engineers and artists on the way to the climactic finish on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry Friday night (7/1).

Gary Allan, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood and Wynonna were among the counselors participating in this week’s operation of the seven-year-old camp. Rucker reprised his awards performance by joining the campers at the Opry. “We had a lot of returning campers, but more new campers than ever, as well,” Lytle says. “The awards performance was just a magical event for them and their parents. Darius was great with

ACM Lifting Lives’ Erin Spahn, Carrie Underwood and Lorie Lytle

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Off The recOrd: BreTT eLdredge

Atlantic/WAR’s Brett Eldredge gives an industry spin on the artist interview:Did any locales make a strong impression during your radio tour? I remember being in this dive diner somewhere in Pennsylvania, or maybe it was New Hampshire. They served this stuff called Scrapple, which is a meat-looking pancake thing covered in syrup. It’s all the extra parts of the pig. We ordered it as a group

and just had a bite. If you didn’t know that it was all the pig nastiness thrown in a blender and fried up, you might be okay with it. But they definitely explain what it is to you first.Do you remember the first time you heard yourself on the radio? We were in Cookeville, TN on my first visit ever. They pulled me into the studio and recorded it. When we were driving home, we heard, “Here’s Brett Eldredge. He’s in the studio with us right now.” I’m like, “I’m actually in the car, but here we go!” I’m a big high-fiver so I was throwing high fives at everyone in the car at least twice. It was a really cool feeling and kind of surreal.What is your go-to food stop? Chili’s. If we’re going chain, we’re going Chili’s to dominate the fajitas. Which regional is the worst driver? Nathan Cruise. He drives like James Bond, but crazier. He and Lindsay Walleman. They get a little angry sometimes at the other drivers. But they’re just trying to get you to the radio station so you can try to make your dreams come alive ... as long as you’re alive by the time you get there. Who’s the best road companion? Rhonda Christensen. She’s got the laid-back West Coast vibe. Her husband manages Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, so she introduces me to all the hip rock music.Ever had a prank go wrong? We were in Hartford having dinner next door to a gym, and I dared Chris Palmer to go jog on a treadmill, thinking it’d be really funny if he’s sprinting in jeans when the people from the radio station walk by. So he commits, takes off and just clean wipes out on the gym door glass because he thinks it’s open. I was crying laughing once I figured he was all right. The next day, we walk by and there’s Palmer’s face smudge implanted on the window.

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the campers, doing press and coming out to meet the families. It was so kind of him to come back this year to camp and to perform at the Opry. It was truly like a family reunion. “The mission of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is to focus on the abilities within the disability,” Lytle continues. “This isn’t just a camp about music, but about showcasing what a great place the center is. The next evolution is the Music & Mind initiative, which is utilizing all the disciplines at Vanderbilt and the Kennedy Center, as well as the resources of Music City, to understand why the mind reacts the way it does to music: From infants and lullabies to the fact that Alzheimer’s patients who can’t remember their children’s names can sing hymns from memory.” Find out more about the camp here.

News & Notes Digital media vet Jessica Northey has been named Online Correspondent for the Tony & Kris In The Morning Show. Best wishes to Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott and drummer Chris Tyrell, who were engaged over the holiday weekend. More here. Publishing vets Pat Finch, Steve McMellon and Reynold D’Silva have formed Pat Finch Music Publishing/Southern Crossroads Music. The company will be located at 1229 17th Ave. South, Nashville; phone 615-320-7766. Infinity Music signs songwriter Brent Baxter to a publishing deal, as well as hiring Paul Compton (Music Highway Writer Services) to handle the company’s publishing catalog. Connie Smith will host the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Artist-In-Residence performance series Aug. 22, Aug. 29 and Sept. 12. More here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com.• Qantum/Myrtle Beach, SC’s Country WGTR PD/morning personality Tige Rodgers was named OM. (CAT 6/28)• Clear Channel/Greenville, SC Market Manager Bill McMartin added those duties for the company’s Asheville, NC cluster, which includes WKSF. (CAT 6/29)• CBS Radio’s KMPS/Seattle PD Becky Brenner exited. (BN 7/1)

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Blake Shelton’s Voice (continued from page 1) Once Dia figures out what her plan is, you’ll probably see her and Miranda write together. Was there much disappointment that Javier won? The night before the results show, Dia said to me, “I would feel stupid if I beat Javier because I think he represents more what the show is than me.” And I can’t argue with her on that, because Dia is a unique artist. Javier is The Voice. Dia is an amazing singer who did give it everything she had and almost won that thing. She’s going to do everything she ever wanted to do, and she’s also really genuinely happy and relieved that Javier won. You came out OK, too. I saw a New York magazine blog that said you were the winner among the judges. That’s cool, but I probably had the most to gain. The other three are pop and rock stars; they’re on TV and in magazines a lot more than country artists. I was in a situation to not make a difference at all, which would have been expected, or to get up there and wave my arms and get noticed. I really appreciate what you said when I first sat down because the one thing that was in the back of my mind the whole time – the thing that probably kept me from self- destructing like I often do – is knowing what I was representing. I felt a responsibility to country music and to Nashville to take it serious and to work as hard as I could because everything that happens in this genre on a stage like that affects what happens back here. There may be people who never listen to country music that might go buy one of my records now because of that show. And when they buy one of my records, they’ll say, “Who’s Miranda Lambert?” and buy that one, and, next thing you know, they’re buying country records. That’s important to me. Is it true you almost passed on the show? When I heard it was another music talent show I just thought, “That’s stupid, there’s already one of those. Why would I get involved in that? People are going to laugh at it.” The turning point was two things: They sent me a link to watch the Dutch version of “The Voice,” and there was so much going on, which I thought was a lot of fun. But mostly when I saw the other three coaches had signed on [I realized] how big they were and really felt stupid for dragging my feet.

July 12 Blake Shelton Red River Blue (Warner Bros./WMN) Ashton Shepherd Where Country Grows (MCA) Chris Young Neon (RCA)

July 19 Ricky Skaggs Country Hits Bluegrass Style (Skaggs Family)

July 26 Eric Church Chief (EMI Nashville) Randy Montana Randy Montana (Mercury) Ronnie Milsap Country Again (Milsap Music Group/BPG)

Aug. 2 Trace Adkins Proud To Be Here (Show Dog-Universal)

Aug. 9 Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines (Capitol)

Aug. 30 Jake Owen Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)

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With the show’s success, are you concerned about remaining who you are with the music and not going Hollywood? I actually haven’t gotten back to my normal life yet. The show just ended, and now I’m back here promoting my album, which is the heart and soul and core of what I do, [which] still, and always will be, is country music. And it is hard to stay focused, not because of being on television and that type of exposure, [but] because of dumping all my energy and focus into those kids. It’s an adjustment to go back to, “Oh, now it’s about me again” and concentrating on selling me. And the network probably did this with everyone on the show, but my manager said the network wanted to talk about me appearing on a sitcom or maybe even writing one for me. But here’s how I look at it: This is a dream job for me. I get to be on TV and basically make an ass of myself, as I would at a karaoke bar or somewhere, but I get to do it with rock and pop stars. I’m never going to be on a show bigger than this, and I still get to go make country music and tour and do what I love. Everything else would be a step down from this. I just want to enjoy these two things I have going on and live them out as much as I can, and not muddy the water. CAC

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Airborne indicates songs that have reached a i rplay on 60% of the Countr y Aircheck/Mediabase repor t ing panel . 4=Top 5 point gainers.

2 1 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 17788 -148 5893 -25 40.933 -0.598 131 0

3 2 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 16689 679 5499 237 37.851 1.385 131 0

4 3 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 16252 352 5457 117 37.136 0.639 131 0

5 4 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 16214 425 5383 164 36.988 0.959 130 0

6 5 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 16056 356 5433 140 36.31 0.807 131 0

1 6 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 15429 -2514 4883 -970 35.224 -5.54 129 0

8 7 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 4 14437 1694 4776 571 32.217 3.085 131 0

7 8 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 4 13838 958 4711 348 32.391 2.561 129 0

9 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 11919 312 4007 89 27.137 0.711 131 0

10 10 LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Capitol) 11113 228 3751 71 25.235 0.334 128 0

11 11 KENNY CHESNE F/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 10527 344 3429 77 23.675 0.709 129 0

14 12 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 4 10219 1472 3356 523 23.005 2.747 131 1

12 13 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 10187 659 3403 204 22.882 1.671 131 0

13 14 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 9083 248 3163 74 20.269 0.802 125 0

15 15 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 8881 361 3039 74 19.47 0.577 128 0

17 16 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 7691 531 2594 175 16.633 1.174 128 4

16 17 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 7205 -149 2648 -24 15.475 -0.095 122 0

21 18 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 6926 580 2385 199 15.724 1.854 124 2

19 19 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 6887 471 2201 158 15.712 1.333 120 3

18 20 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 6843 275 2360 87 15.344 0.382 123 1

22 21 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 6407 659 2119 211 14.335 1.795 122 1

23 22 TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 4 6160 1485 2110 560 13.639 3.745 117 10

25 23 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 4732 431 1658 136 10.429 1.282 115 2

24 24 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 4405 66 1712 18 9.226 0.159 111 0

26 25 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 4055 345 1369 125 8.349 0.753 103 3

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30 26 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3374 522 1133 177 6.365 1.01 106 2

29 27 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 3294 399 1114 152 6.345 0.778 97 4

27 28 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 3071 92 1106 46 6.388 0.355 90 2

28 29 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 3001 81 1172 35 5.622 0.346 100 1

KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 4 2569 1830 850 626 5.556 3.783 88 35

36 31 RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 2249 620 739 212 4.945 1.318 76 19

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 2129 406 762 135 3.637 0.731 78 5

31 33 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1998 3 750 5 3.49 -0.077 83 0

32 34 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1887 32 688 -2 3.626 0.186 74 2

33 35 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 1855 49 643 20 3.192 0.131 88 2

JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1788 187 684 55 2.834 0.43 78 1

38 37 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 1684 123 582 51 3.397 0.591 56 2

35 38 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 1656 -37 547 -22 3.201 -0.077 66 0

42 39 KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA) 1586 337 505 117 2.572 0.608 60 7

39 40 SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury) 1530 190 551 99 2.724 0.307 65 4

40 41 KIP MOORE/Mary Was The Marrying Kind (MCA) 1330 19 481 -12 1.909 0.083 71 0

41 42 HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN) 1266 9 459 15 2.215 0.102 55 1

43 43 SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse... (Republic Nashville) 1184 145 466 65 1.901 0.103 59 2

47 44 ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville) 1165 316 382 72 2.003 0.328 41 10

45 45 SARA EVANS/My Heart Can't Tell You No (RCA) 1061 168 338 65 1.762 0.135 51 9

46 46 LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury) 913 38 316 11 1.699 0.13 34 0

48 47 PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave Ent.) 841 52 340 17 1.239 0.052 42 4

49 48 LUNABELLES/A Place To Shine (BNA) 737 -37 264 -19 0.751 -0.074 43 1

49 BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR) 690 66 204 12 1.049 0.188 27 1

50 JASON JONES/Ferris Wheel (Warner Bros./New Rev.) 663 88 291 35 0.714 0.108 40 2

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 626LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 571TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 560BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 523ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 348BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 237RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 212GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 211JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 204RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 199

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 1830 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 1694 4TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 1485 4BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1472 4ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 958 4BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 679JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 659GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 659RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 620RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 580

Activator Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 1795 4TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 1319 4RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 1215 4BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1207 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 1181 4ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 996GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 869SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 794ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville) 715RASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine) 690

Activator Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 345TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 207RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 200LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 175BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 163ZAC BROWN BAND f/J.BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 150GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 133SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 128RASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine) 128ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville) 116DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 124

Country Aircheck Add LeadersKEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 35RASCAL FLATTS f/NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/Easy (Big Machine) 25RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 19ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville) 10TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 10SARA EVANS/My Heart Can't Tell You No (RCA) 9BRETT ELDREDGE/It Ain't Gotta Be Love (Atlantic/WAR) 7KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA) 7CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 5BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 4DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 4JOSH KELLEY/Gone Like That (MCA) 4PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave) 4SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury) 4

CMTDOLLY PARTON/Together You And I (Dolly)LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol)RASCAL FLATTS f/NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/Easy (Big Machine)STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS/Jubilation Day (Rounder)

CMT PUREATTWATER/Never Gonna Happen (Twenty Ten)BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia)COLT FORD/Wastin’ Time (Average Joes)DOLLY PARTON/Together You And I (Dolly)JAMES WESLEY/Didn’t I (Broken Bow)LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol)RASCAL FLATTS f/NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/Easy (Big Machine)

GACDARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin’ (Capitol)LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol)JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow)BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia)JAMES WESLEY/Didn’t I (Broken Bow)

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JULY 11ASHTON SHEPHERD/Where Country Grows (MCA)BILLY RAY CYRUS/Runway Lights (Buena Vista/CO5)CHRISTIAN KANE/Let Me Go (BPG)JASON CASSIDY/Honky Tonk Heaven (A-Blake/Quarterback) JASON STURGEON/The Cover (Toolpusher/Spinville) KATIE ARMIGER/I Do But Do I (Cold River)

JULY 18CRAIG MORGAN/This Ole Boy (Black River)DARREN WARREN/Cowboy Up and Party Down (NuCorp/9 North)KRISTIN CHENOWETH/I Want Somebody (Sony/CO5)LEANN RIMES/Give (Curb)TAYLOR SWIFT/Sparks Fly (Big Machine)

JULY 25BLAKE SHELTON/God Gave Me You (Warner Bros./WMN)MARTINA MCBRIDE/I’m Gonna Love You Through It (Republic Nashville)MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Where I Come From (Average Joes) SONIA LEIGH/My Name Is Money (Southern Ground/BPG)

Country Aircheck ActivityRASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine) 659 points, 196 spins 25 adds including: KAJA, WBCT, KKWF, WKKT, KFRG*, WSOC*, KCYE, WMZQ, KFRG, WPOC

JT HODGES/Hunt You Down (Show Dog-Universal) 598 points, 226 spins 2 adds: KMDL, WCTK*

JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Oh, Tonight (PDT) 564 points, 140 spins; No adds

JOSH KELLEY/Gone Like That (MCA) 490 points, 205 spins 4 adds: KCCY, KRST*, KTEX, WKMK

JACOB LYDA/I’m Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) 457 points, 235 spins; No adds

KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG) 405 points, 148 spins; No adds

ASHLEY GEARING/Five More Minutes (Curb) 403 points, 192 spins; No adds

ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek) 396 points, 191 spins; No adds

COREY SMITH/Twenty One 2011 (Average Joes) 394 points, 114 spins; No adds

AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (R&J) 391 points, 131 spins; No adds

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LOCASH COWBOYS/You Got Me (R&J) 326 points, 132 spins 1 add: WWYZ

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. (* indicates auto adds)

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) 8670KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 7626THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me... (Stoney Creek) 6898SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 6586MIRANDA LAMBERT/Heart Like Mine (Columbia) 6227KENNY CHESNEY/Live A Little (BNA) 5250JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You... (Broken Bow) 5206TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 4775RASCAL FLATTS/I Won't Let Go (Big Machine) 4565DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4113

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4 1 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 15407 646 2659 93

2 2 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 15020 -364 2611 -65

1 3 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 14752 -1162 2528 -212

3 4 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 14682 -405 2524 -87

5 5 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 14221 -376 2463 -82

6 6 ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/At./BPG) 14037 996 2428 150

8 7 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 4 13518 1181 2351 175

7 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 11904 -1036 2058 -164

9 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 11792 437 2092 80

10 10 LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Capitol) 11020 601 1906 102

12 11 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 10562 416 1839 60

11 12 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 10355 69 1801 2

14 13 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 4 9890 1207 1701 163

13 14 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 9752 447 1687 80

15 15 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 8507 28 1458 -4

16 16 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 8391 415 1467 66

18 17 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 7668 473 1291 64

17 18 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 7510 105 1321 -1

20 19 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 7092 869 1239 133

23 20 TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 4 7007 1319 1233 207

19 21 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 6568 317 1159 52

22 22 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 6540 794 1143 128

24 23 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 5142 565 905 90

26 24 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 4615 481 811 66

25 25 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 4281 -136 745 -27

27 26 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 3896 378 671 58

28 27 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 3684 507 630 84

31 28 RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 4 3550 1215 619 200

29 29 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 2999 357 501 53

42 30 KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol) 4 2905 1795 562 345

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30 31 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 2580 182 462 23

33 32 SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury) 2273 472 397 75

32 33 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 2187 -91 372 -17

35 34 JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1834 289 309 41

46 35 ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville) 1650 715 311 116

34 36 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1562 -79 269 -13

37 37 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 1518 132 266 24

38 38 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1289 17 238 -7

45 39 KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA) 1269 236 234 46

40 40 PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave) 1251 88 231 16

41 41 GLEN TEMPLETON/I Could Be The One (Capstone) 1218 83 224 13

39 42 SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville) 1200 2 213 -9

43 43 HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN) 1062 -21 195 -2

56 44 RASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine) 1023 690 193 128

44 45 LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury) 935 -130 170 -21

49 46 DAVID BRADLEY/Hard Time Movin' On (Gecko) 910 214 157 28

48 47 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 780 35 127 5

47 48 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 744 -72 117 -16

51 49 SARA EVANS/My Heart Can't Tell You No (RCA) 566 99 109 18

50 50 BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR) 491 -90 82 -19

51 KIP MOORE/Mary Was The Marrying Kind (MCA) 462 137 71 19

52 52 STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville) 399 -35 60 -7

53 JT HODGES/Hunt You Down (Show Dog-Universal) 391 116 83 24

54 JACOB LYDA/I'm Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) 390 108 63 14

54 55 LOCASH COWBOYS/You Got Me (R&J) 362 11 55 1

59 56 COREY SMITH/Twenty One (2011) (Average Joes ) 361 55 55 7

58 57 D.J. MILLER/Between Sundays (Evergreen/NNR/Spinville) 315 4 49 1

58 JOSH KELLEY/Gone Like That (MCA) 261 27 47 6

57 59 ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek) 249 -63 39 -8

60 60 PISTOL ANNIES/Hell On Heels (Columbia) 220 -73 44 -20

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