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©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] On Your Marconi, Get Set... Nine Country stations were among the 2009 Marconi Award finalists announced by the NAB today. Four stations have the honor of representing the format in the overall Station of the Year category: KYGO/Denver (Large Market); KTTS/ Springfield, MO and KUAD/ Ft. Collins, CO (Medium Market); and KBHP/Bemidji, MN (Small Market). Country Station nominees include three that received nods last year: KYGO; KZKX/ Lincoln, NE; and KITX/Hugo, OK. Additional finalists are WUBE/Cincinnati and WKDQ/ Evansville, IN. “It’s quite an honor to be nominated,” says KYGO PD Joel Burke, whose station has won three Marconis. “But to get Flatts, Gill and Rucker Rock Wrigley Rascal Flatts played the Cubs’ Wrigley Field last Saturday night, becoming the first Country artists to ever headline a show in the Friendly Confines. In fact, the Flatts, along with “Unstoppable” tour mate Darius Rucker and special guest Vince Gill, join Jimmy Buffet, The Police Reunion Tour and Elton John & Billy Joel (who played there last Thursday night and again tomorrow night (7/21)) as the only musical acts to play at Wrigley in its 96-year history. And play they did. The trio of acts had almost 40,000 on their feet for just short of four hours. Rascal Flatts’ 90-minute set featured all their hits and a stripped-down session introduced by Jay DeMarcus, who invited the Windy City fans to join them on their Tennessee “back-porch.” It was during this stretch the trio brought Gill WDXB/Birmingham, WCKT/Ft. Myers, WKXC/Augusta (moving from Activator) and WQIK/Jacksonville have been added to the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. Their inclusion is effective immediately, and airplay information for these four new reporters will be included in next week’s Country chart. REPORTNG PANEL NOTICE (continued on page 6) July 20, 2009 Issue 150
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On Your Marconi, Get Set... Nine Country stations were among the 2009 Marconi Award finalists announced by the NAB today. Four stations have the honor of representing the format in the overall Station of the Year category: KYGO/Denver (Large Market); KTTS/Springfield, MO and KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO (Medium Market); and KBHP/Bemidji, MN (Small Market). Country Station nominees include three that received nods last year: KYGO; KZKX/Lincoln, NE; and KITX/Hugo, OK. Additional finalists are WUBE/Cincinnati and WKDQ/Evansville, IN. “It’s quite an honor to be nominated,” says KYGO PD Joel Burke, whose station has won three Marconis. “But to get
Flatts, Gill and Rucker Rock Wrigley Rascal Flatts played the Cubs’ Wrigley Field last Saturday night, becoming the first Country artists to ever headline a show in the Friendly Confines. In fact, the Flatts, along with “Unstoppable” tour mate Darius Rucker and special guest Vince Gill, join Jimmy Buffet, The Police Reunion Tour and Elton John & Billy Joel (who played there last Thursday night and again tomorrow night (7/21)) as the only musical acts to play at Wrigley in its 96-year history. And play they did. The trio of acts had almost 40,000 on their feet for just short of four hours. Rascal Flatts’ 90-minute set featured all their hits and a stripped-down session introduced by Jay DeMarcus, who invited the Windy City fans to join them on their Tennessee “back-porch.” It was during this stretch the trio brought Gill
WDXB/Birmingham, WCKT/Ft. Myers, WKXC/Augusta (moving from Activator) and WQIK/Jacksonville have been added to the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. Their inclusion is effective immediately, and airplay information for these four new reporters will be included in next week’s Country chart.
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two nominations today is very exciting.” He declines to point to a single reason for the station’s recognition. “I wouldn’t say there is one ‘big thing’ that we have done in the past year that helped us earn the nominations. I believe it’s all about coming
in every day and doing the little things big. There continues to be a great spirit about KYGO and the relationship we have with our listeners. It’s a privilege to continue to be part of it.”
KTTS VP/GM Rex Hansen cites his station’s community service in being nominated. The station won a Marconi in 1999. “Our news, weather and traffic elements are important,” he says. “There aren’t many full-service Country stations anymore. We’re one of those unique station that encompasses all those elements while still delivering on the promotions and programming side as well. It’s great for our staff to be recognized for their work this year and over the course of many years.” Personality nods went to KUAD’s Good Morning Guys, Brian Gary and Todd Harding (Medium Market) and the KITX Morning Circus of Will Payne and Barry Diamond (Small Market). Recipients will be honored September 24 at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show during the NAB Radio Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
My tunes: Music that shaped My life Caitlin & Will’s Caitlin Lynn discusses her most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Dave Matthews Band, Under The Table And Dreaming: This album taught me how to really listen and move to music. It taught me to close my eyes, put my hand out the window of the car and just sway! Plus DMB was my first-ever band crush. 2. Sara Evans, Born To Fly: I was into singing rock and punk music, but after I got this album I went country and never looked back.
I realized country was what I wanted to sing above anything else. 3. Lucinda Williams, Essence: Lucy is such a powerful songwriter. She isn’t the world’s greatest singer, but there is a pain in her voice that I am so drawn to. She makes you feel it through her voice and songwriting. 4. Mindy Smith, One Moment More & Long Island Shores: These albums showed me how to surrender to and feel music. It was as if Mindy climbed into my head and wrote down everything she saw. She said everything I wanted to say and didn’t know how. 5. Kasey Chambers, Barricades And Brickwalls: This album taught me how to be a woman, own it and be bad-ass! It taught me how to be strong and be a little bit scandalous. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Purple Rain by Prince, but by the time I send this I will have listened to it! • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: The Beatles, all of it! Believe me; I’ve tried, ask David Friedman. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King by Dave Matthews Band. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “People are Strange” by The Doors and “Alligator Pie” by Dave Matthews Band.
Caitlin Lynn
Radio Stalks: Allen (bottom) On Money
On-Air Bit: Broadcast Yourself We’ll make ya famous! KOUL/Corpus Christi, TX morning teamers Clayton Allen and Charlie McKay hit on one of the more imaginative bits we’ve heard in a while with their “Let’s See Who Can Get On National Television First” challenge. “It began this past Friday morning with no time limit,” Allen says. “Charlie decided she would go the game show route, and made a mad dash to San Antonio to try out for Biggest Loser. She also sent in dozens
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of requests for tickets to all the tapings in Los Angeles. “I chose my weapon carefully, sticking with something I know and love: Finance! Carefully crafting several e-mails to every viewer interactive show on CNBC, I went in quietly [but as seen in the photo] kicked her butt! I got myself booked on CNBC’s On The Money with Carmen Wong-Ulrich. “We taped over the phone this past Wednesday, and the show aired over the weekend. Yep, in less than 10 days I was able to get myself seven sweet minutes on national television. I didn’t even have to follow the Weather Channel around, or fly to New York to jump up and down in the Today show background.” Watch Allen’s victorious appearance at www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1187383834.
Gig Alerts• Entercom/Rochester OM John Thomas is seeking a PD for Country WBEE, who will also serve as Sr. PD of the cluster. Send resumes with ratings history, programming philosophy and cover letter detailing “Why Entercom Should Hire You” and how you heard about the position, to Thomas at [email protected]. Note: please do not send audio files at this time. • Regent’s WWJO/St. Cloud, MN morning co-host and OM Mike Dylan is accepting airchecks and resumes for a co-host
Tuesday (7/21) - Paul Brandt, Brad Mates (Emerson Drive), Sidney Cox, Bill Catino ([email protected]), Barbara Kelly ([email protected])
Wednesday (7/22) - Shannon Brown, Wendy Lynn ([email protected]), Donna Jo Passuntino, Dick Raymond ([email protected]), John Saville, Scott Siman ([email protected])
Thursday (7/23) - Alison Krauss, John Dimick, Brad Hansen ([email protected]), Debbie Loring, Doris Thompson ([email protected]), Bonnie Williams
Friday (7/24) - Pam Tillis, Ann Kelly, Debbie Linn, John Trapane ([email protected]), Jeremy Witt ([email protected])
Saturday (7/25) - Marty Brown, Amy Carraway ([email protected]), Candace DeGraff, Joe Ladd
Sunday (7/26) - Al Anderson, Fred Foster, Lisa Bell ([email protected]), Roby Cowlyn, Jim Foglesong, Scott Hendricks ([email protected]), Tom Mabe
Monday (7/27) - Bill Engvall, Bobbie Gentry, Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown), Stacy Dean Campbell, Greg Cole ([email protected]), Donna Edmonds ([email protected]), Mark Guynn, Janet Rickman
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and welcomes any teams that want to apply. Send them to [email protected]. • Gap West’s KXLB/Bozeman, MT GM Pete Hanson is
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Chart Chat Hearty congrats to Billy Currington, Royce Risser, Damon Moberly and the Mercury promo pros on this week’s ascension to No. 1 with Currington’s “People Are Crazy.” The song is Currington’s second career chart topper (“Good Directions”) and fifth top 5 single: “Don’t,” “Must Be Doin’ Something Right” and “I Got A Feelin’.”
Artist News 12 Gauge Comics is issuing a four-book comic series based on Trace Adkins. Luke McBain follows the adventures of a Southern hero who returns to rural Louisiana after a 14-year stint in the slammer to find his hometown controlled by greed and corruption. See if McBain saves the day when the first book comes out in November. Jack Ingram, Jewel, Justin Moore and Jimmy Wayne will mentor
seeking a morning co-host. Send airchecks, resumes, show philosophy and references [email protected]. • WDAF/Kansas City VP/GM Dave Alpert is seeking a PD with big-time Country and Hot AC experience. Contact him at [email protected].
Chicks Dig Hits As part of its mission to encourage the advancement of women in radio programming, the Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio Group has launched its first annual MIW Achievement in Programming Award. The honor, in recognition of a woman active for at least five years in programming at the PD level or higher (such as Regional PD or VP), will be presented September 24 during the Group PD Super Session from 10:30-11:45am at the NAB Fall Radio Show in Philadelphia. Nomination forms are available at www.radiomiw.com, with entries due August 7.
Random Notes Today (7/20) WHDG/Rhinelander, WI moved from 97.5 to 97.3. The station’s format and staff are unchanged. Smith Wiles & Co. Pres. Dwight Wiles and publishing vet Marghie Evans have launched Do Write Music. The company specializes in publishing administration and clearance services to songwriters, publishers, independent producers and label owners. Byron Hill, Dave Gibson, Marc-Alan Barnette, James Slater, Rory Bourke, Joie Scott, Gary Hannon and more will perform a benefit concert for Nashville’s W.O. Smith Community Music School Thursday (7/23). The show begins at 8:30pm at Douglas Corner and celebrates the 50th birthday of industry vet Doak Turner.
Billy Currington
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Tuesday 7/21 – Various Artists, CMT Music Awards (re-air).
Wednesday 7/22 – Jewel, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) & Chelsea Lately (E!).
Thursday 7/23 – Jason Aldean, Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC).
Friday 7/24 – Rodney Atkins, Drafting Partners (re-air) (GAC).
Saturday 7/25 – Big Kenny, Naomi Judd, Scott Borchetta, Can You Duet (CMT).
Sunday 7/26 – Trace Adkins, Soundstage (GAC).
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August 4 Sugarland Live On The Inside (Mercury) Gloriana Gloriana (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) Assjack Assjack (Curb) Mac McAnally Down By The River (Show Dog) Steve Azar Slide On Over Here (Ride)
August 11 Justin Moore Justin Moore (Valory) George Strait Twang (MCA)
August 18 Reba Keep On Loving You (Valory/Starstruck) David Nail I’m About To Come Alive (MCA)
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after almost two years. He can be reached at 717-945-6036 (o), 615-969-2259 (c) or here. While management would not comment, the station’s website lists MD Rich Creeger, who programs sister WCAT/Harrisburg, as PD. (CAT 7/15)• Former RCA/Nashville Dir./Midwest Promotion Mike Sirls was hired to cover the same region for Treehouse Records. He can be reached at 615-497-6125 or here. (CAT 7/20) • Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit against Arbitron, alleging, among numerous accusations, that the ratings firm’s PPM measurement system inadequately tracks tune-in by minorities and harms the commercial viability of stations programmed to them. (CAT 7/15) • Abijack Management Dir./Media Relations Jean Williams joined CMT Radio as Director Monday (7/13). Reach her at 615-335-8855 or here. (CAT 7/15) • The House Rules Committee voted 8-4 against a Republican-led “Broadcaster Freedom Amendment” to the Financial Services Appropriation Bill, which funds the FCC. Had it passed, the FCC would have been prevented from restoring the Fairness Doctrine or instituting localism regulations on station programming. (CAT 7/15)
contestants for CMT.com’s fourth annual Music City Madness talent competition. The winner will get a trip to Nashville for a Studio 330 Sessions taping, a backstage experience with Reba and an audition with Valory Music Co. Submit your video here now through Oct. 5. On Oct. 20, the 64 contenders will be announced. Terri Clark’s Live: Road Rage album will be released Thursday (7/23). The 13-track project includes songs “You’re Easy On The Eyes,” “Better Things To Do,” “Diry Girl” and Black Crowes’ “Hard To Handle.” The CD is currently available at all her shows and here. Rascal Flatts “Summer Nights” will be featured in ESPN’s Major League Baseball coverage. The song is can be heard during all ESPN’s televised MLB games. CMT will tape Aquapalooza Saturday (7/25) on Alabama’s Lake Martin for a special to air Sept. 4 at 8pm ET. Joining headliner Alan Jackson will be Jypsi, Caitlin and Will, Matt Stillwell and the Carter Twins. John Fogerty will release cover album The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Sept. 1. The album includes Buck Owen’s “I Don’t Care” and John Denver’s “Back Home Again.”
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.
• Bill Gamble was tapped as PD of CBS Radio’s Country WUSN/Chicago and sister AC WCFS. He started today (7/20). (CAT 7/16) • Entercom’s Country WDAF-FM/Kansas City and sister Hot AC KKSN OM/PD John Cook resigned for personal reasons after six months at the cluster (CAT 1/13). (BN 7/14)• Former KKWF/Seattle PD Lance Tidwell took the programming reins at Clear Channel’s WWYZ/Hartford today (7/20). (CAT 7/14)• Citadel’s WIOV/Lancaster PD/PM driver Al Brock exited
Lance Tidwell
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Flatts Rock Wrigley (continued from page 1)back to the stage, and they joined him on “Whenever You Come Around.” Hearing Vince and Gary LeVox harmonize was nothing short of magical. Having Gill onstage was also special to RF’s Joe Don Rooney, who said backstage that the fellow Oklahoman and guitar-slinger has always been his hero. Rucker returned for the show’s finale, singing Hootie & the Blowfish’s 1994 hit, “Hold My Hand” before joining Flatts on a blistering version of “Life Is A Highway.” To the delight of the Chicago crowd, Gill sported a Cubs jersey when he returned to join RF and they went wild when Joe Don, Jay and Gary took the stage for their encore wearing Cubs gear. Watching these guys rock Wrigley to its core for more than an hour-and-a-half makes you wonder how anyone could leave them off any Entertainer of the Year ballot. Earlier in the night, when Gill took the stage in the middle slot, he told the crowd, “Hi, I’m Amy Grant’s husband, and I’m here to play my ass off.” His 11-song set was punctuated with the typical Gill humor, which included self-deprecating jokes about feeling a little out of place since he was “old enough to
be the father” of the other acts on the bill. Illinois politics also took a few shots, with Vince also observing that Rucker could become the state’s next Governor. Rucker opened the night and got a great response from the crowd, who sang his trio of country hits as loudly as they sang anything from Vince or the Flatts. There was no doubt they accepted him as a country artist. Later, while watching Vince Gill from the side of the stage, he talked of the “incredible thrill” it was to play in Wrigley after having seen so many Cubs games there. He added, “And, I’m now the answer to a trivia question: ‘Who was the first Country act to ever play Wrigley Field?’” It was also a magical night for yours truly, a native Chicagoan who could only stand looking in awe at the stage in center field. Never in my life could I have ever imagined a Country concert at Wrigley. Not even when I worked at WMAQ during its halcyon days in the mid-late ‘70s was Country in Wrigley even whispered about. Kudos to Live Nation’s Brian O’Connell, also from the Windy City, for making this happen. – LH
Country Cub Members: Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus, new WUSN/Chicago PD Bill Gamble and Flatts’ Gary LeVox (l-r) backstage at Wrigley.
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Country’s May-June PPM Comparisons
KPLX Tops Country’s PPM Cume Leaders
Arbitron released its June 2009 PPM results last week, and among them were first-ever PPM as currency ratings for Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. Here’s an overview of how Country stations fared in markets where PPM is currency. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie.
There are 26 stations measured by Arbitron’s PPM that garner in excess of 300,000 weekly listeners. They are ranked here by the June 2009 cume, with the May 2009 cume in parentheses. June was the first month as currency under PPM for Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. Market rank is in parentheses. A “+” indicates a Classic Country station and a “^” indicates co-owned stations within a market.
2 2 1 KPLX/Dallas (5) 1,199,400 (1,195,600)1 1 2 KKGO/Los Angeles (2) 1,167,500 (1,240,400)4 3 3 WUSN/Chicago (3) 1,112,800 (1,053,400)3 4 4 KKBQ/Houston^ (6) 1,016,600 (1,010,400)5 5 5 KSCS/Dallas (5) 938,900 (1,004,600)7 6 6t WYCD/Detroit (11) 925,800 (928,400)6 7 6t KILT/Houston (6) 925,800 (827,600)-- -- 8 KEEY/Minneapolis (16) 825,2009 9 9 WXTU/Philadelphia (8) 748,100 (685,400)8 8 10 WKHX/Atlanta (7) 694,600 (718,100)-- -- 11 KMPS/Seattle (14) 690,30010 10 12 WUBL/Atlanta (7) 667,600 (668,800)11 13 13 WKLB/Boston (10) 645,700 (621,200)
13 11 14 WMZQ/Washington (9) 639,400 (632,100)-- -- 15 KNIX/Phoenix (15) 619,60014 12 16 WDTW/Detroit (11) 577,100 (628,900)-- -- 17 KKWF/Seattle (14) 562,80015 14 18 KBWF/San Francisco (4) 561,400 (541,600)-- -- 19 KMLE/Phoenix (15) 560,00012 15 20 KTHT/Houston^+ (6) 506,300 (533,900)-- -- 21 KSON/San Diego (17) 479,100-- -- 22 WKIS/Miami (12) 458,200 (484,100)-- -- 23 KUSS/San Diego (17) 349,30017 17 24 KFRG/Riverside (26) 317,000 (309,300)16 16 25 KFRG/Riverside (L.A. PPM) 316,600 (327,700)-- -- 26 KNBQ/Seattle (14) 316,200
Apr M ay June Station/Cit y/Mkt. R ank Cume (May Cume) Apr M ay June Station/Cit y/Mkt. R ank Cume (May Cume)
WKHX/Atlanta 4.5 (6) 4.1 (9) 694,600 (11) 718,100 (12)WUBL/Atlanta^ 3.3 (16) 3.0 (15t) 667,600 (13) 668,800 (13)WWLG/Atlanta^+ 1.1 (24) 0.9 (25) 151,300 (27) 159,900 (26)WKLB/Boston 5.6 (4t) 5.4 (6) 645,700 (12) 621,200 (12)WUSN/Chicago 4.6 (5t) 4.2 (6t) 1,112,800 (13) 1,053,400 (16)KPLX/Dallas 5.5 (2) 5.6 (1) 1,199,400 (5) 1,195,600 (4)KSCS/Dallas 4.0 (7) 3.9 (8) 938,900 (10) 1,004,600 (9)WYCD/Detroit 4.9 (7) 5.0 (6) 925,800 (7) 928,400 (7)WDTW/Detroit 2.8 (18) 2.4 (18) 577,100 (18) 628,900 (16)KKBQ/Houston^ 4.1 (8) 3.9 (10) 1,016,600 (8) 1,010,400 (8)KILT/Houston 3.2 (14) 3.1 (15) 925,800 (10) 827,600 (12)KTHT/Houston^+ 2.1 (19t) 2.5 (17) 506,300 (21) 533,900 (21)KKGO/Los Angeles 2.8 (15t) 2.9 (14t) 1,167,500 (21) 1,240,400 (21)WKIS/Miami* 3.5 (13)* 3.3 (13t)** 458,200 (16)* 484,100 (16)**KEEY/Minneapolis* 9.0 (2)* 8.7 (2)** 825,200 (4)* 804,300 (4)**WXTU/Philadelphia 4.2 (7t) 4.2 (6t) 748,100 (16) 685,400 (17)KFRG/Riverside, CA 4.4 (7) 4.0 (6) 317,000 (11) 309,300 (12)
KKGO/Los Angeles 1.2 (29t) 1.3 (29t) 105,800 (33) 96,100 (33) (Riverside, CA PPM)KMLE/Phoenix* 4.3 (8t)* 4.5 (8)** 560,000 (12)* 604,400 (11)**KNIX/Phoenix* 3.8 (11t)* 3.7 (13)** 619,600 (10)* 584,100 (13)**KSON/San Diego* 3.4 (13t)* 2.9 (14)** 479,100 (10)* 425,800 (13)**KUSS/San Diego* 2.4 (18t)* 2.1 (20t)** 349,300 (16)* 315,300 (17)**KBWF/San Francisco 3.7 (7) 2.8 (14) 561,400 (20) 541,600 (20)KRTY/San Jose .8 (34t) .8 (32t) 187,100 (34) 193,200 (34) (San Francisco PPM)KRTY/San Jose 3.1 (14t) 2.9 (12t) 151,500 (19) 141,800 (18)KMPS/Seattle* 5.0 (2t)* 5.0 (4)** 690,300 (8)* 730,300 (6)**KKWF/Seattle* 4.1 (11)* 3.6 (11t)** 562,800 (10)* 578,700 (10)**KNBQ/Seattle* 1.9 (21t)* 1.9 (21t)** 316,200 (20)* 342,900 (20)**WMZQ/Washington, DC 4.1 (10t) 4.0 (12) 639,400 (12) 632,100 (12)WFRE/Frederick, MD 1.0 (23) 0.8 (22t) 195,800 (23) 171,900 (25) (Washington, DC PPM)
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4 1 BILLY CURRINGTON /People Are Crazy (Mercury) 16116 985 5349 280 37.056 1.977 125 0
1 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 15195 -46 4995 -32 35.172 -0.298 123 0
5 3 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 14949 826 4972 301 34.674 2.319 125 0
6 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 14346 792 4671 270 32.647 1.5 124 0
2 5 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 13238 -1977 4247 -680 30.312 -5.083 125 0
7 6 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 4 12731 1221 4245 474 28.799 2.035 125 0
8 7 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 11164 805 3765 304 25.657 1.766 124 0
9 8 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 10375 460 3509 182 23.772 0.955 125 0
12 9 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 10280 1012 3329 333 23.18 2.473 125 2
11 10 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 10207 471 3410 165 23.017 1.056 122 0
10 11 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 9702 -183 3206 9 21.983 -0.261 124 0
13 12 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 8589 428 2865 163 18.905 0.869 125 0
14 13 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 8237 171 2775 106 17.769 0.562 124 0
15 14 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 8193 354 2844 120 17.552 1.101 122 1
16 15 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 7465 37 2421 32 16.203 -0.665 115 0
18 16 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 7214 475 2438 204 15.421 0.474 120 0
19 17 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 6294 6 2089 11 14.03 -0.107 116 2
20 18 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 6144 305 2060 112 14.348 0.923 113 1
22 19 TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 4 5841 1642 1904 547 12.421 3.922 110 17
21 20 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 5377 159 1814 63 11.151 0.055 117 2
23 21 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 4716 635 1647 219 10.288 1.648 108 2
25 22 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 4504 566 1606 223 9.643 1.152 106 5
30 23 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 4 4482 1753 1445 636 10.56 3.794 101 29
24 24 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 4273 232 1460 49 9.057 0.242 100 1
29 25 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 4 4242 1433 1424 482 10.323 3.773 95 11
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27 26 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 3296 247 1128 85 6.688 0.808 95 4
38 27 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 4 3293 1288 974 409 7.699 2.993 90 21
26 28 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 3252 160 1123 57 6.94 0.377 101 4
35 29 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 3131 929 1006 368 7.318 2.38 87 14
28 30 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 3009 197 953 51 6.144 0.538 75 0
31 31 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 2960 294 1035 101 5.949 0.633 85 3
32 32 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 2517 191 853 46 5.133 0.655 80 0
33 33 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 2327 65 847 28 5.106 0.22 66 2
34 34 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 2278 68 873 29 4.433 0.253 85 0
36 35 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 2159 58 654 30 4.227 0.091 64 2
37 36 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 2120 27 760 9 4.288 0.123 65 3
39 37 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 1904 -59 643 -31 4.004 -0.061 66 0
40 38 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 1850 13 674 18 3.112 -0.123 79 0
41 39 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 1811 141 659 62 3.785 0.481 47 1
43 40 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 1604 80 545 37 3.289 0.332 46 1
44 41 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 1547 143 547 67 2.77 0.344 52 2
42 42 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 1410 -125 484 -24 2.681 -0.333 57 6
43 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 1055 457 307 126 2.432 1.063 28 14
45 44 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 877 -61 325 -14 1.33 -0.085 39 1
47 45 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 821 -51 308 -1 1.495 -0.012 35 4
49 46 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 776 83 262 27 1.265 0.196 38 3
47 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 737 260 244 89 1.162 0.522 29 6
46 48 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 694 -227 261 -71 1.245 -0.407 60 0
48 49 MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) 688 -87 239 -32 0.878 -0.113 37 0
50 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 681 26 237 12 0.936 0.126 38 4
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Aircheck Top Point GainersTOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 1753 4TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 1642 4BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 1433 4KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 1288 4RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 1221 4JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 1012BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 985SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 929DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 826RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 805
Aircheck Top Spin GainersTOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 636TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 547BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 482RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 474KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 409SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 368JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 333RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 304DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 301BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 280
Activator Top Point GainersTIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 662 4BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 516 4KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 377 4TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 338 4RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 262 4CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 256SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 219KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 215RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 213DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 203
Activator Top Spin GainersTIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 388BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 328KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 243TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 223RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 177CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 171KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 152SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 150RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 123TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 122
Aircheck Add LeadersTOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 29KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 21TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 17SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 14ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 14BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 11
FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic Nashville) 11
ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 6MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 6SARA EVANS/Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA) 6
CMTBRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol)MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia)RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street)
GACDAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA)LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood)MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia)RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street)
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Aircheck ActivityGARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) Moves 47*-45; 821 points, 308 spins 4 ADDS: KATM*. KTST, KZSN, WUSY
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) Moves 49*-46*; 776 points, 262 spins 3 ADDS: KBEQ, KDRK, WPAW
ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Universal South) Debuts at 47*; 737 points, 244 spins 6 ADDS: KBEQ, KIZN*, KZSN, WGNA, WUSY, WYPY
CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) Moves 46*-48; 694 points, 261 spins; 0 ADDS
MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) Moves 48*-49; 688 points, 239 spins; 0 ADDS
SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) Debuts at 50*; 681 points, 237 spins 4 ADDS: KDRK, WGNE, WQHK, WXTU
JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) 651 points, 273 spins 2 ADDS: WIRK*, WRNS*
JESSE LEE/It’s A Girl Thing (Atlantic/Bigger Picture) 603 points, 237 spins; 0 ADDS
KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 573 points, 243 spins; 0 ADDS
STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 563 points, 203 spins; 1 ADD: WCTK*
LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin’ Loud) (BNA) 375 points, 94 spins; 1 ADD: KHKI*
TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 369 points, 141 spins; 0 ADDS
JULY 27BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse)DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol)EMMA JACOB/Julianna (Black River)JAMEY JOHNSON/My Way To You (Mercury)JOEY & RORY/To Say Goodbye (Vanguard)JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia)LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin’ Loud) (BNA)TYLER DEAN/Taylor Swift (Curb)
AUGUST 3ALAN JACKSON/I Still Like Bologna (Arista) BIG KENNY/Long After I’m Gone (Love Everybody/Bigger Picture)KATIE ARMIGER/Gone (Cold River)MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA)
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Aircheck Top RecurrentsZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 14087BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 9036KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 8411KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 7630JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 5851SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 5453RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4593TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 4385MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 4094ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 3829
FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic Nashville) 339 points, 73 spins 11 ADDS including: KBWF, KIXZ, KKWF, KSKS, KSOP, KWJJ, WGNA, WMIL, WQYK*, WYPY
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3 1 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 4401 203 2861 108
1 2 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 4322 14 2806 2
2 3 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 4171 -76 2732 -50
6 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 4058 152 2654 122
7 5 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 3696 262 2382 177
8 6 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 3535 213 2304 123
9 7 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 3272 181 2122 90
11 8 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 2900 215 1889 152
12 9 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 2786 183 1826 120
10 10 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 2708 -3 1800 17
13 11 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 2534 11 1653 3
14 12 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 2482 22 1608 26
15 13 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 2459 75 1614 29
18 14 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 2365 174 1561 109
16 15 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 2285 51 1494 35
17 16 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revoultion) 2265 49 1457 27
20 17 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 2028 105 1338 61
24 18 TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 1824 662 1179 388
21 19 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 1790 176 1133 121
25 20 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 1648 516 1035 328
22 21 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1470 23 946 -4
27 22 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 1397 338 904 223
29 23 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song (RCA) 1267 256 813 171
23 24 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 1248 16 818 12
28 25 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 1155 96 701 67
26 26 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 1073 5 698 3
30 27 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 1019 10 680 9
36 28 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 988 377 663 243
33 29 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 915 86 577 64
32 30 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 885 36 552 20
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31 31 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 876 -13 545 -13
35 32 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 873 219 575 150
37 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 619 41 411 28
34 34 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 587 -75 393 -45
39 35 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 574 27 361 13
41 36 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 532 132 338 73
38 37 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 527 -23 299 -4
40 38 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 455 8 305 0
42 39 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 384 38 251 27
43 40 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 350 46 229 34
49 41 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 291 132 189 83
44 42 JIMMY WAYNE/I'll Be That (Valory) 272 6 180 -6
46 43 GRETCHEN WILSON/If I Could Do It All Again (Columbia) 220 -9 142 -3
47 44 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 218 -2 137 -6
45 45 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 206 -23 141 -20
51 46 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 191 38 120 23
50 47 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 178 22 119 15
52 48 TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 178 37 97 20
48 49 SARAH DARLING/Jack Of Hearts (Black River) 157 -13 104 -9
60 50 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 135 37 75 20
57 51 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 127 9 73 8
54 52 TELLURIDE/Pencil Marks (American Roots/Quarterback) 123 -8 81 -4
53 53 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 122 -18 89 -20
54 FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic Nashville) 114 51 77 27
58 55 DUE WEST/I Get That All The Time (Bigger Than Me/Nine North) 106 -3 70 -3
56 56 PHIL VASSAR/Bobbi With An I (Universal South) 95 -25 54 -15
57 SARA EVANS/Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA) 92 50 44 18
58 DARREN KOZELSKY/Seven Vern Gosdins Ago (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 92 1 56 1
59 WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin' (Warner Bros.) 63 12 44 10
60 MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) 57 -21 32 -17
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