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The TRACtion Texas weekly newsletter is published on Tues. evenings by CDX, Inc. — Connecting the music industry with Texas Red Dirt radio. For more information call 615-292-0123 or email VP/GM Joe Kelly- joe@cdxcd.com

And The Number 1 Goes ToJosh Abbott Band!

Vol 3. #41 Oct 17th, 2018

Dear Readers;JOSH ABBOTT BAND takes the #1 position this week with "The Night Is Ours." JAMIE RICHARDS's "She Remains" is this week's Most Added, Greatest Spin Gainer, and Highest Debut, coming in at position #32! Great work everybody!

The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. CASEY DONAHEW / That Got The Girl DARRIN MORRIS BAND / Preacher Man EDDIE SAENZ / Georgia Girl ROBERT STOWELL / Texas Hold Her

The following station has been frozen for 2 weeks. KMRK-FM (Odessa, TX)

The following stations have been frozen for 1 week. KHLB-FM (Mason, TX) KRUN-AM (Ballinger, TX) KYYK-FM (Palestine, TX)

TRACtion TX would like to thank ANNIE ROST, WILLIE NELSON, SEASON AMMONS, and CHANCE RAY for allowing CDX to distribute their latest singles to Red Dirt radio and the industry. We really appreciate your support! ANNIE ROST / Wrong Kinda Love WILLIE NELSON / Vote 'Em Out SEASON AMMONS / Jim Beam & Nicotine CHANCE RAY / Granny's Good Sinners

For those who don’t use CDX to distribute their new music but wish to be monitored by TRACtion TX, please send your MP3s along with the artist name, song title, record label and add date to https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/tractiontx.

Looking forward,Jessie Scott

jessiescott@cdxcd.comTRACtion Texas Chart Director

Josh Abbott BandThe Night Is Ours

Pretty Damn Tough Records

CONTENTS—

Charts

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Monitored Panel ListPAGE 5

Chart BreakoutsPAGE 5

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Stay tuned,Joe Kelly

CDX VP/GM joe@cdxcd.com

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TRACtion Texas Chart Newsletter RatesShare Your Good News Through Us

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Artist / Song Title / Label

Spins +- Stations Adds Wks On Chart

2 1 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/The Night Is Ours/Pretty Damn Tough Records 638 23 31 0 131 2 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You/Cojo Music LLC 606 -45 36 2 76 3 MIKE RYAN/Damn Good Goodbye/Mike Ryan Music 589 70 31 1 114 4 CODY JINKS/Must Be The Whiskey/Rounder Records/Concord Music 575 -3 35 1 173 5 CORY MORROW/Whiskey And Pride/Cory Morrow Music 552 -53 30 0 137 6 WADE BOWEN/Death, Dyin' and Deviled Eggs/Wade Bowen Music 498 13 30 0 129 7 ROBERT RAY/Two Steppin' At A Time/Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 413 -15 24 0 138 8 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/A Tornado Warning/Thirty Tigers 405 -24 27 0 1610 9 PAT GREEN/Friday's Comin'/Greenhorse Music 404 7 25 1 1112 10 RANDALL KING/Mirror Mirror/Randall King Music 398 38 28 0 811 11 CLAY HOLLIS/Can't Let a Good Thing Get Away/Clay Hollis Music 376 -1 26 1 1813 12 STONEY LARUE/You Oughta Know Me/Stoney LaRue Music 363 7 25 0 1617 13 BRI BAGWELL/If You Were A Cowboy/Bri Bagwell Music 327 54 21 0 518 14 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Honeywine/Flatland Cavalry Music 311 44 23 3 616 15 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Misunderstood/Vision Entertainment 308 -17 18 0 1215 16 JASON CASSIDY/Falling Too Fast/JC Music 303 -24 23 0 2514 17 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 287 -44 25 1 1520 18 GRANGER SMITH/You're In It/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 270 13 25 0 1419 19 MARK POWELL/Keep It Country/Mark Powell Music 265 2 19 0 1821 20 CAMERAN NELSON/Life Is/Miles Power Records 260 6 23 1 1123 21 KYLE PARK/Rio/Kyle Park Music 258 34 18 4 427 22 ADAM HOOD (FT. BRENT COBB)/She Don't Love Me/Southern Songs 232 36 18 1 724 23 RAY JOHNSTON BAND/Tennessee Me/Lil Dude Records 225 18 16 1 1426 24 JESSE RAUB JR. (FT. CODY JOHNSON)/Sittin' Here/Jesse Raub Jr. Music 216 12 23 1 1025 25 NATALIE ROSE/My South/Natalie Rose Music 212 7 18 0 929 26 SARAH HOBBS/I Got Me/Sarah Hobbs Music 177 16 16 0 1128 27 GREAT DIVIDE, THE/Bound To Be There Soon/The Great Divide Music 148 -21 10 0 1932 28 JON WOLFE/Hang Your Hat on That/Jon Wolfe Music 144 33 11 2 322 29 DERYL DODD/Ode To Cody Jinks/Little Red Truck Music 135 -110 18 0 1830 30 MATT & THE HERDSMEN/Hello Heartache/Matt & The Herdsmen Productions 127 -1 10 1 11

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Number 1 = Most Added = Spin Gainer =

Bubbling Under PositionKALEB MCINTIRE BAND/Love Song/Kaleb McIntire Band Music 51SHEA ABSHIER & THE NIGHTHOWLERS/As You Weep/Shea Abshier & the Nighthowlers Music 52JAMIE LIN WILSON/The Being Gone/Jamie Lin Wilson Music 53DUSTY NEUMAN/Going Down To Austin/Dusty Neuman Music 54BRADLEY BANNING/More/Bradley Banning Music 55MASON LIVELY/Heavy Toll/Mason Lively Music 56DRAKE HAYES BAND/Blood Red Moon/Drake Hayes Music 57SHOTGUN RIDER/I'm Not Alright/Torrez Music Group 58DREW MORELAND/God And Cash/Drew Moreland Music 59SAINTS ELEVEN/My Heart/Saints Eleven Music 60

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Chart

31 31 JASON ALLEN/Smooth Talkin' Lady/Texas 222 120 1 11 0 7-- 32 JAMIE RICHARDS/She Remains/Jamie Richards Music 119 76 11 9 140 33 JON YOUNG/Oh The Things I have Seen/Jon Young Music 114 20 8 0 836 34 DONICE MORACE/WD-40 & Duct Tape/Donice Morace Music 113 12 10 1 1034 35 JAKE BUSH/If These Walls Could Talk/Jake Bush Music 106 -5 7 0 638 36 FRANK RAY/Tequila Mockingbird/White Knuckles Productions 105 9 11 0 8-- 37 DREW FISH/Better Place/Drew Fish Band Music 102 53 10 3 133 38 CODY BRYAN BAND/Texas Highway/Cody Bryan Band Music 102 -9 7 0 1435 39 STETSON WALKER/Say Hello To Goodbye/Stetson Walker Music 101 -5 11 1 939 40 ZACH COFFEY/Wildfire/Zach Coffey Music 99 3 8 0 1343 41 DUSTIN SONNIER/Drinkin' Alone/Songs Of Sadness To Salve The Soul 89 11 7 1 344 42 POWELL BROTHERS, THE/Somewhere Down The Road/Powell Brothers Entertainment 88 17 9 1 441 43 KENNA DANIELLE/I-35 Reasons/Kenna Danielle Music 87 8 9 0 947 44 MARTY HEDDIN/Fine By Me/Dreamlined Entertainment Group (in2une) 85 19 8 1 237 45 CODY WAYNE/Good Ole Country Song/Cody Wayne Music 85 -15 7 0 1050 46 JOHN BAUMANN/Lonely In Bars/John Baumann Music 82 21 6 2 242 47 KEVIN GALLOWAY/Miles And Miles/Nine Mile Records 74 -5 3 0 4-- 48 STRYKER BROTHERS, THE/Charlie Duke Took Country Music To The Moon/Scriptorium/Thirty Tigers 72 18 4 1 145 49 ISAAC JACOB BAND (FT. MIKE HARMEIER)/The Price We Gotta Pay/Union 28 Records 72 2 3 0 448 50 CALAMITY JANES/Light It Up/Calamity Janes Music 71 6 6 1 8

“Monitored Radio Airplay”

Chart Recurrent Methodology

When does a song move to recurrent on the chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Texas chart system. Rather than relying on subjective editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this process using the weekly chart data as a marker.

We strive to avoid having singles past their prime create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. But we also try to ensure that singles “on the bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while to establish a solid base among early believers at radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any number of reasons, the path to peak chart position rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin and/or chart position growth.

On a monitored airplay chart like CDX TRACtion Texas, the reality is that new singles bounce around a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.

With this in mind, the CDX TRACtion Texas recurrent policy grades each chart position on a curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart position and spin history for that song. Newly serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin loss from the single’s previous peak spin count is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a percentage, depending on the chart position.

In addition to making sure that only singles with significant downward movement become recurrent, this methodology also benefits slow-developing singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at risk of being moved to recurrent status with two consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still return to positive spin growth the following week, which will reset the clock.

TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. Send a song MP3 file with title, artist, label, and add date to

https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/tractiontx for fingerprinting.

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Monitored Stations KABW-FM Abilene, TXKBSO-FM Corpus Christi, TXKBST-FM Big Spring, TXKECO-FM Elk City, OKKERP-FM Dodge City, KSKFLP-FM Floydada, TXKFTX-FM Corpus Christi, TXKFWR-FM Ft. Worth, TXKFYN-FM Paris, TXKHKX-FM Odessa, TXKHLB-FM Mason, TXKHYI-FM Howe, TXKIKK-FM (HD2) Houston, TXKKAJ-FM Ardmore, OK

KKCN-FM San Angelo, TXKKGQ-FM Wichita, KSKMRK-FM Odessa, TXKNUE-FM Tyler, TXKOKE-FM Austin, TXKOLI-FM Wichita Falls, TXKORA-FM Bryan, TXKOXE-FM Brownwood, TXKOYN-FM Paris, TXKPAK-FM Alva, OKKPUR-FM Canyon, TXKQSC-AM Colorado Springs, COKRBL-FM Levelland,TXKRRG-FM Laredo, TX

KRUN-AM Ballinger, TXKRVF-FM Kerens, TXKRVN-FM Lexington, NEKSAM-FM Huntsville, TXKSCH-FM Sulphur Springs, TXKSCN-FM Pittsburg, TXKSNY-FM Snyder, TXKTCS-FM Ft. Smith, ARKTFW-FM Ft. Worth, TXKTTX-FM Brenham, TXKTXM-FM Hallettsville, TXKUSH-AM Cushing, OKKUSQ-FM Worthington, MNKVST-FM Montgomery, TX

KWOX-FM Woodward, OKKXKZ-FM Ruston, LAKYKM-FM Yoakum, TXKYKS-FM Lufkin, TXKYKX-FM Longview,TXKYYK-FM Palestine, TXcoyotecountryradio.commadeintexasradio.comtexashomegrownradio.com

Underlined = Frozen this Week Double Underlined = Frozen 2 WeeksBold = Newly AddedStrikethrough = Removed

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Most Added AddsJAMIE RICHARDS/She RemainsJamie Richards Music 9KYLE PARK/RioKyle Park Music 4FLATLAND CAVALRY/HoneywineFlatland Cavalry Music 3DREW FISH/Better PlaceDrew Fish Band Music 3CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To YouCojo Music LLC 2JON WOLFE/Hang Your Hat on ThatJon Wolfe Music 2JOHN BAUMANN/Lonely In BarsJohn Baumann Music 2

MASON LIVELY/Heavy TollMason Lively Music 2JAKE FLINT/Long Road Back HomeJake Flint Music 2COOPER WADE/High TimeCooper Wade Music 2

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Greatest Spin Gainers IncreaseJAMIE RICHARDS/She RemainsJamie Richards Music 76MIKE RYAN/Damn Good GoodbyeMike Ryan Music 70BRI BAGWELL/If You Were A CowboyBri Bagwell Music 54DREW FISH/Better PlaceDrew Fish Band Music 53FLATLAND CAVALRY/HoneywineFlatland Cavalry Music 44RANDALL KING/Mirror MirrorRandall King Music 38ADAM HOOD (FT. BRENT COBB)/She Don't Love MeSouthern Songs 36KYLE PARK/RioKyle Park Music 34

JON WOLFE/Hang Your Hat on ThatJon Wolfe Music 33

MASON LIVELY/Heavy TollMason Lively Music 32

Jon Young at KACQ visiting with Ken.

Chuck Shaw with Clay "Gooney" Vickers of Coyote Country Radio in Gail, TX.