December 12, 2016, Issue 530

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Programming Note As noted previously, today (12/12) was the final add-reporting day for Country Aircheck/Mediabase stations. Next Monday (12/19) will be the last chart of 2016 and the last full Country Aircheck Weekly will be delivered that evening. A charts-free weekly will be sent Thursday, Dec. 29. The first add reporting deadline of 2017 is 2pm CT Tuesday, Jan. 3. The add board will be published via email that day. The first chart of 2017 will be in Country Aircheck Weekly Jan. 9.

Cloud Nine: Charlie Cook Q&A Cumulus’ WSM-FM (Nash Icon)/Nashville has spent nearly a year as the market’s top Country station 6+ and OM/PD Charlie Cook has overseen the station’s emergence. Doubling as VP/Country for the group, Cook has a unique perspective on the hybrid format and why it’s working so well in Nashville. CA: Obviously Cumulus Country is on quite a roll in Nashville, but we only see the boxcars. What’s going on once you dig into the demos? CC: It’s one thing to be the 6+ guy, but that takes in 60-year-olds and I totally get that is an advantage for WSM-FM over the other two. When you look at 25-54, which is what everyone cares about, in a bunch of different ways, ‘SM is in front. In

6am to midnight, WSM still does well and is the leading Country station with a 5.1. Last December, that was a 3.5. Average Quarter Hour Persons grew from 2,000 to 3,100 during that time, which is a 35% jump. TSL, cume and daily cume all went up. A lot of people look at Monday-Friday 6am to 7pm, and WSM is still the leading Country station in that window. We have a 5.4 share 25-54, up from a 3.3 in December 2015. That’s up almost 40%. Have we

stumbled onto something? Maybe we have. How do you define what you’ve stumbled on? There’s a significant portion of the listening population that wants a broader base of music. The thing about WSM-FM is we feel every song is a hit. Every song has a level of familiarity you don’t get on the contemporary-based stations. People get tired of current music quicker than they do gold. We also play a lot of music in mornings while [iHeart’s WSIX] and [Cumulus’ WKDF] are more personality driven. (continued on page 7)

Where’s The Blow? Capitol and UMG/Nashville staffers celebrate the label’s eighth consecutive Label of the Year win with eight-ball cupcakes courtesy of Country Aircheck. Pictured (l-r) are UMGN’s Chris Schuler, the label’s Ashley Laws, CA’s Lon Helton, Capitol’s Brent Jones, CA’s April Johnson, UMGN’s Donna Hughes, Capitol’s Bobby Young, UMGN’s David Friedman and Jason McColl, and the label’s Sarah Beth Watson.

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving No holiday playlist would be complete without Vince Vance & the Valiants' "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Written by Vance (aka Andy Stone) and Troy Powers and sung by "Valiantette" Lisa Layne, the 1989 classic might never have made it to Country

radio if not for the unusual single artwork. WPOC/Baltimore's then-PD Bob Moody tells Country Aircheck he and then-MD Greg Cole and a few others were in their weekly music meeting when Vance's cone-shaped hair caught their attention. "Just from the way it looked, we all thought it was a heavy metal band," Moody says. "So we played it as a joke, expecting it to be terrible. It turned out to be one of the best songs we've ever heard. I don't think anybody believed it at first. We just sat there and it got real quiet in the room. I said, 'Greg, would you play that again?' We were a pretty big station to be going outside of the box on this act nobody had ever heard of, that probably wasn't even country. We took it into the control room to the afternoon drive guy, Todd Grimsted. I said, 'Todd I just want you to play this in a segue. No intro, no back-sell. Just play it and see if we get any reaction.' He came into my office a couple

hours later and said, 'I'm still getting calls from people wanting to know what that song was.' Everything about it was outstanding, starting with the song itself. And Lisa Layne's vocal is one of the best performances ever recorded. She's incredible." Layne first heard the song when Stone and Powers were writing it. "I wasn't thinking in terms of 'this might be a hit' because it was

just a song we were going to sing at Christmas shows," she remembers. "What you hear on the radio was a scratch vocal. I began to think it was maybe a big deal when the musicians on

the recording – all really in-demand Nashville musicians – stuck around after their job had been done. They don't usually do that." Moody knew he had a hit on his hands. "One of our clues was when we started getting calls from retailers who were annoyed," he recalls. "They said, 'We've got people asking for this song and it's not on the Top 100. We don't even know what label it is. The

rack jobber doesn't know anything about it.' We posted a list in the control room of local stores that had it in stock, because we were getting so many calls. "Around '92, we realized it was so big that instead of putting it on the Christmas playlist, we added it to our current playlist at Christmas," Moody adds. "We'd put it in as a medium the day after Thanksgiving, and a couple of weeks before Christmas, we'd put it in heavy. People would call and say, 'When are you going to start playing that song?'" Moody acknowledges 'POC wasn't the first station to play it, but probably the first in a major market. Stone even sent Moody printed sheet music to thank him (Stone had copy No. 1; Moody No. 2). "It was a little easier in those days," Moody says. "We had the latitude to take a chance on it. And that has to do with stations being programmed locally. If you're making decisions for a hundred radio stations, you can't put other people's careers in jeopardy. But it was a song that couldn't be denied. If your station wasn't going to play it, [your listeners] would go somewhere that

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would." Moody thinks the song's Cinderella moment could happen today – but on YouTube. "Radio people are not in a position to take those chances now." Layne attributes the song's longevity to "that magical combination that doesn't happen often. The song, musicians, producer and the singer all came together at the right time for a timeless piece of music." The tune brought Layne more than just a hit song. "I ended up marrying the first DJ in the country to play the song," she says of then-KISX/Tyler, TX PD and air personality Ted Stewart, who played the demo before the single was released. "He was the love of my life. He passed away in 2008 from a heart attack." "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been covered by country artists Sammy Kershaw (1994) and LeAnn Rimes (2004). Layne still performs the song in her solo shows and is touring again with Vance, who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010. "It is still so much fun," she says. "Every show has to end with that song." Reach Moody here; Layne here. –Wendy Newcomer

Chart Chat Congrats to Old Dominion, Steve Hodges, Keith Gale and the RCA promotion team on securing this week's No. 1 with "Song For Another Time." The song is the second chart-topper from Meat And Candy ("Break Up With Him"). And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol team on landing 35 adds for Luke Bryan's "Fast," topping the last board of the year.

News & Notes WIBW/Topeka, KS Farm Dir. Kelly Lenz was recently inducted into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Reach him here. Warner Bros./WMN's Cole Swindell is featured on the live music series TuneIn Sessions tonight (12/12) at 8pm ET. Kelly Sutton hosts and the program is also available on-demand via the TuneIn app. More here. Artists including Chris Stapleton, Darryl Worley, 3 Doors Down, Shenandoah, .38 Special, TG Sheppard, Kelly Lang, Ray Scott, Guy Gilchrist and James Robert Webb will participate in tonight's (12/12) Christmas 4 Kids tour bus show at the Hendersonville, TN Walmart.

UPDATE

Brandon Lancaster from Arista’s LanCo discusses his most influential music:1. Randy Travis’ “Three Wooden crosses:” The first time I heard that song, it completely changed my perspective on songwriting. I knew I wanted to use music to tell stories. 2. Eric Church: In 2012 I saw Church

at the Tivoli theater in Chattanooga. I had been to concerts my whole life, but I had never felt anything as electric as that night. I sang every word to every song and held a boot high in the air during “These Boots.” 3. Alabama: We are obviously huge fans of bands who’ve come before us and laid the foundation. Alabama’s anthemic songs and harmonies are definitely a huge influence on us. 4. Brad Paisley’s “Whiskey Lullaby:” I’ve always been a big folk and bluegrass fan, so combining Alison Krauss’ pure voice with Paisley’s ability to tell a story, it’s the ultimate musical combination for me. I still get chill bumps every time I listen to this haunting song. 5. Alan Jackson: All the guys in LANco go through his catalogue like crazy on the road. “Chattahoochee,” “Remember When,” “Drive,” “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow” ... His songs have gotten us through many late-night drives.• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: Beyoncé. I know her older stuff, but it seems I’ve heard more buzz about her last two records. I’ve missed the boat on those.• “Important” music you just don’t get: K-Pop. I know it’s an absolutely huge genre but other than “Gangnam Style” I just can’t get through more than 10 seconds of it. Maybe if I lived in Korea for a time.• An album you listened to incessantly: Jason Isbell’s Southeastern. For the past year and a half it’s been the album I can thrown on vinyl and just let it take me to a special place. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Jon Bellion’s new record The Human Condition. Music should speak truth. To me this album is an hour-long think piece on the current generation, yet it mixes incredible insight with addicting melodies and hooks.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I have no shame when it comes to music, but I might not shout at the top of a mountain admitting I think One Direction’s latest album is incredible.

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

LANco

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The 2017 Nashville Meets London music festival will be July 22-23 in London's Canada Square Park. The 2017 Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP) Board of Directors includes the CMA's Alina Thompson, Belmont's Caroline Melby, Sea Gayle's Christina Wiltshire, Gyrosity Projects' Garrison Snell, Shore Fire Media's Jaclyn Carter, Suit Music Management's Jarrod Holley, Creative Nation's Katie Roth and Turnipblood Entertainment/The Knight Agency's Rachel Knight. Farris, Self and Moore's Catherine Moore returns as Treasurer and Universal Music Publishing's Amelia Varni has been named Exec. Dir. More here.

(continued from page 1)Cloud Nine: Charlie Cook Q&A

They play five to seven songs and we play 11 or 12 per hour. I am also of the belief that television has taken over the morning. When I was a kid, the radio was on when I got up every

morning. Now it’s the TV, and what is it? Talking heads sitting at a desk offering weather, traffic, inane entertainment news. By the time people get in the car they’ve had people talking to them for 45 minutes to an hour. So just play me a song. The other factor is [Nash Icon morning host] Marty McFly, who is a really likable talent and does a good job blending music with information. Those are the major factors. Are you concerned listeners will tire of hearing that great blast from the ‘90s the third or fifth time they hear it? I think about it every single day. It keeps me up, quite frankly. The fact is, a hit is a hit for a long time. No question you can go from “oh wow” to “oh no” very quickly. But ask the Classic Hits or Classic Rock stations if they’re making any new gold. They’re not. One of the keys is shuffling songs in and out. And we also play currents that have established themselves. The combination of currents and recurrents that differ month to month and keeping the gold fresh is a mix that works well. We’ve played Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” 1,345 times since Dec. 2, 2015 and it still scores a +2.7 in M Score. It’s a top 15 song on the station [because] good songs are embraced by listeners. No gold plays that much, and they were all hits. Are you replicating Icon’s success elsewhere? Not to the extent we’ve seen in Nashville. In some markets, Icon stations have been relegated to poor signals, or they may be in a situation where the PD isn’t giving it the attention we are in Nashville. Maybe it’s not as sexy and that could be part of the reason it isn’t No. 1 other places around the country. But I still think it has a place in markets where there are one or two newer Country stations if proper care is given. And it does take a little more care. I really have to look at each hour and say, this current goes with this gold, or it doesn’t. What’s the predominant tempo of the hour? The other beautiful thing about Icon relative to a contemporary station is we have a lot more female music to select from. We can create a better variety of gender and tempo. I called this the summer of ballads in terms of current Country music. With Icon, we have more flexibility to moderate whatever the trend is with new music. Does Nashville have too many Country stations? Just like Rome is Catholic, Nashville is Country. People want to stay in touch with what’s happening in their hometown. So maybe they’re not P1s, but there’s that allegiance to put it on the dial someplace. Are you feeling the iHeart “Big Legend” translator at all? No, and I can’t figure out why they didn’t take it AC. There’s only one in the market and they could create some audience. Plus, Nash Icon is out doing things. We’re part of the fabric of the town and you need to be that, too [to compete]. You can’t just play back-to-back music. Do you see any parallels between Nashville and what’s happening with KPLX (The Wolf) & KSCS/Dallas? The Wolf plays a lot more current music, but they also play gold that KSCS doesn’t. And The Wolf isn’t just the No. 1 Country station, it’s the No. 1 station in the market. So maybe the audience does have interest in a wider variety of country. What does that say about current country music? Just look at the [PPM ratings] charts you publish every month and show me five markets where listening is up from a year ago. I don’t think you can. That answers the question. Turning to Nash-FM WKDF, how is the new makeup of the morning show working thus far? The audience is warming up to the combo of the three and we’ve seen that in the ratings. It’s not exploding because other stations in the market are doing things, including WSM-FM. iHeart is aggressively marketing their morning show. We are seeing TSL and share increasing and the show is doing well in other markets including Detroit. And it’s stabilizing and growing in New York, too. We’re very confident we have good people, they’re a good team and 2017 will be very positive. –Chuck Aly

CAC

American Soul LLC’s Phil Vassar puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to WLVA/Lynchburg, VA. It’s now WYYD, a Country station. The first time I heard myself on the radio was on WYYD. My single “Carlene” had just come out and I was doing their morning show. When my alarm went off to wake me up, my song was on the radio. I thought I was dreaming. You never get tired

of hearing your songs on the radio. I’ve been interviewed by people who had absolutely no idea who I was. In radio, guys will sometimes come over to country from pop, and not know I’m a piano player and a songwriter. One time a guy asked, “Do you write songs?” and I’d had 10 No. 1 songs at that point. And then he said, “Well I didn’t know you wrote, but I hear you’re a whale of a guitar player!” The PD called me later to apologize. But most of the guys in radio are really fun. It’s always hard to travel with your kids. Mine are grown now, but I see it all the time – parents lugging baby seats through airports, with that look on their faces. I know that look. I’ve been that guy. (laughs) You just want to help them! Every time I’m at a truck stop I pick up honey buns. It’s the worst food in the whole wide world for you. And I’m such a workout fanatic and try to stay healthy. But there’s something about those honey buns and those freaking apple pies. I would love to have sushi with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two living Beatles. I haven’t done a new album in seven years. I’ve got a lot to say. It’s fun to have new material (American Soul) after so long. I’m going to try to do as many records as I can now. I think I’m on a roll. The most redneck thing I’ve done lately is probably pee outside. I’ve got 10 bathrooms, but sometimes I’ll just go outside and pee off the back porch. I wish I had written “Yesterday” by The Beatles or George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman). They’re both really cool, melodically and lyrically. My least favorite interview question is “Boxers or briefs?” I’m like, “Seriously? Who wears underwear anymore?” I would love to be stuck in Chicago. I love the energy, the people. There’s something about that Chicago/Milwaukee/Midwest area. I got to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series. That’s hard to beat.

OFF THE RECORD: PHIL VASSAR

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SEEK & EmPlOyAvailable Jobs

Here's a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we'll include you in a future update. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Mid-Way's WRTB/Rockford, IL is searching for an afternoon personality. Reach Steve Summers about the position, which includes imaging duties, here. West Virginia Radio's WKWS/Charleston, WV has an opening for a PD/air personality. Materials to MM Bob Visotcky here. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Entercom's WPAW/Greensboro, NC has an opening for a PD. Materials to Dir./Country Programming Mike Moore here or OM Brian Douglas here. Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. Beasley's WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Pro-motions. Apply here. Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus' WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/after-noon personality. Apply here. Steel City's KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Mate-rials here. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend opening. Apply here. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda's WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday open-ing. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Program-ming & Operations Keith Clark here. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morn-ing host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small mar-kets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swag-

ger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here. Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Ste-phen Giuttari here. CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD. At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

Searching•Wes McShayFormer Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD208-758-5435wesgardipe@gmail.com• Derek GunnFormer Stoney Creek regional and KBUL/Reno, NV PDGunnderek@hotmail.com • Jeff MilesFormer WKLB/Boston morning hostradiojeff@icloud.com• Jessilynn KiddFormer Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social Mediajessilynnkiddmusic@gmail.com• Chappel FisherFormerly middays at WZZK/Birminghamdjonair@aol.com• A.J. McCloudFormer WDRM/Huntsville PDaj.mccloud@charter.net• Blake NixonFormer Warner Music Nashville Coord./Promotionblake.nixon@comcast.net• Brian RickmanFormer Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PDbrian.c.rickman@gmail.com• Rosey FitchpatrickFormer SSM Dir./National PromotionRoseyfitch99@gmail.com• Dale O'BrianFormer Cumulus WLXX & WVLK/Lexington PDdalevaught@windstream.net• Wayne ManningFormer Cold River Regional801-361-2993imaviator@yahoo.com• Doug MontgomeryFormer iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord.dougmontgomery@icloud.com• Kristen KeeFormer Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketingkristen.kee@gmail.com• Hannah MartinFormer ACM Lifting Lives Managerhnmartin21@gmail.com• Kassidy StewartFormer Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Contentkassidy@goncc.com• Kelley CashFormer KVOO/Tulsa personalitykelleycashradio@gmail.com• Brian HatfieldFormer KYGO/Denver APD/MDbrianhat@aol.com • Rick KennisFormer WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotionsrick@rickkennis.com

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

2 1 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 28158 1043 8561 312 59.777 2.316 157 0

1 2 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 27697 -1852 8326 -652 58.732 -3.97 157 0

3 3 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 26969 1581 8106 513 57.846 3.675 157 0

5 4 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔ 25558 2059 7962 662 53.767 3.993 157 0

7 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔ 23310 3489 7193 1020 49.295 6.305 157 0

6 6 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 22524 1242 7031 432 47.395 2.786 157 0

9 7 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 19355 2086 5964 718 42.535 4.02 157 0

4 8 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 18152 -5971 5471 -1802 36.989 -14.062 157 0

10 9 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 17329 1335 5284 452 36.25 2.301 157 0

11 10 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 16463 937 4962 284 36.653 2.538 157 0

12 11 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 15022 518 4588 160 31.172 1.212 157 0

13 12 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 14477 372 4356 95 29.961 1.093 156 0

14 13 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 14234 546 4409 182 30.904 1.201 157 1

15 14 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 13461 953 3963 259 28.188 1.993 157 0

19 15 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 12970 2003 3879 620 27.037 3.638 156 2

16 16 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 12440 869 3732 280 27.953 2.248 157 0

20 17 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 11897 1191 3638 389 24.233 2.825 154 2

18 18 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 11698 680 3709 219 22.923 1.842 150 0

17 19 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 11676 121 3687 52 23.551 0.962 157 0

23 20 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 10455 1167 3187 403 21.007 2.617 154 4

22 21 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 10271 720 3143 196 21.01 1.958 148 2

21 22 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 9964 172 3036 45 18.07 0.282 148 0

24 23 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 9200 404 2874 182 17.379 0.994 150 0

25 24 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 8511 317 2720 88 13.377 0.474 151 3

26 25 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 8090 813 2537 240 14.903 1.348 148 0

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

27 26 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 7424 408 2263 143 15.343 1.712 152 5

28 27 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 6145 651 1870 177 12.432 1.437 139 7

30 28 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 5158 318 1798 88 11.012 1.047 131 5

29 29 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 5092 115 1638 29 7.236 0.423 137 2

31 30 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 4811 108 1608 54 8.05 0.488 134 1

34 31 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 4760 1089 1443 280 10.126 3.574 121 15

32 32 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 4549 272 1260 101 7.768 0.698 104 4

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔ 4477 3010 1386 1013 8.846 5.924 128 35

33 34 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 4047 276 1299 89 6.014 0.596 122 4

36 35 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 3181 325 1116 99 3.92 0.091 116 15

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 3174 1781 954 538 5.612 3.055 110 32

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 3136 209 976 72 4.536 0.483 99 7

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 2936 672 886 198 4.809 1.139 97 25

37 39 CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow) 2629 32 900 23 3.188 0.063 105 5

39 40 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 2467 161 821 38 2.694 0.38 111 3

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 2462 83 762 43 3.498 0.098 97 6

42 42 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 2348 150 783 41 3.834 0.345 89 5

40 43 RONNIE DUNN w/K. BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 2307 15 603 5 4.207 -0.046 32 0

44 44 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 1949 96 549 45 2.703 0.067 68 3

45 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 1837 466 570 125 2.774 0.974 80 14

48 46 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1807 120 540 22 2.681 0.305 70 15

46 47 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 1798 24 566 15 1.48 0.043 82 2

48 HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1795 235 497 53 2.21 0.371 70 8

45 49 THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) 1766 -32 658 10 2.403 -0.145 83 2

49 50 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 1594 -29 549 7 2.059 -0.254 70 8

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 1020

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 1013

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 718

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 662

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 620

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 538

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 513

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 452

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 432

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 403

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 3489 ✔LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 3010 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 2086 ✔KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 2059 ✔LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 2003 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1781

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1581

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 1335

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 1242

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 1191

Activator Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 260

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 245

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 152

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 141

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 129

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 127

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 122

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 110

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 95

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 87

Activator Top Point GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 1254 ✔

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 1248 ✔

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 802 ✔

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 714 ✔

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 713 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 657

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 643

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 543

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 508

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 480

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 15030

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 13870

BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 11754

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol) 11414

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 10170

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 8780

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 7764

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 7241

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol) 6581

THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 6572

Country Aircheck Add leaders Adds

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 35

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 32

JACKIE LEE/Getting Over You (Broken Bow) 27

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 25

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 19

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 16

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 15

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 15

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 15

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 14

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Jan. 13Natalie Hemby Puxico (CN Records)Jeannie Seely Written In Song (Smith Music Group)

Jan. 27Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope Mercury)Brantley Gilbert The Devil Don’t Sleep (Valory)

Feb. 10Brett Young (Self-Titled) BMLGR

Feb. 24Little Big Town The Breaker (Capitol)Aaron Watson/Vaquero (Big)

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make Ya Wanna (Mercury) Debuts at 45* 1,837 points, 570 spins 14 adds including: KBEB, KBEQ, KHKI*, KKBQ, KTTS, KUZZ, KWNR, W1HC*, WBCT, WLHK

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) Moves 48-46* 1,807 points, 540 spins 15 adds including: KATM*, KAWO, KBEB, KCCY, KHGE, KSON, KUZZ, KXKT, WIL, WLHK

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Moves 46-47* 1,798 points, 566 spins 2 adds: KCYE, WWQM

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday’s Song (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts at 48* 1,795 points, 497 spins 8 adds: KBEB, KFDI, KILT, WDRM, WITL, WKIS, WPGB, WWKA*

THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Moves 45-49* 1,766 points, 658 spins 2 adds: KBEB, KWNR

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) Moves 49-50* 1,594 points, 549 spins 8 adds: KUBL*, WBWL, WITL, WNSH*, WWGR, WWKA*, WWYZ, WYRK

JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 1,551 points, 515 spins 1 add: WFMS

JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,468 points, 501 spins 1 add: KUZZ

COUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy

C H E C K O U T

January 3KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia)

January 9BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn’t Know (BMLGR)

January 17BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain’t My Fault (EMI Nashville)

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

2 1 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 12390 211 2459 38 53 0

4 2 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 11880 210 2384 37 52 0

3 3 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 11729 32 2395 19 53 0

7 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔ 11189 1254 2220 260 53 0

1 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 11165 -1022 2226 -198 51 0

5 6 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 10791 190 2174 34 53 0

8 7 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 9619 657 1864 127 53 0

9 8 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) ✔ 8606 802 1663 152 52 0

11 9 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 7802 336 1560 82 50 0

10 10 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 7431 -119 1481 16 52 0

17 11 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 7118 713 1372 141 53 0

6 12 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 7061 -3420 1433 -647 45 0

12 13 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 7025 -8 1352 -7 53 0

14 14 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 6939 193 1301 38 51 1

13 15 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 6710 -203 1359 -39 53 0

15 16 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 6564 45 1313 16 52 0

16 17 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 6504 6 1285 8 51 0

18 18 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 6124 238 1156 50 53 0

20 19 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) ✔ 5598 714 1045 129 51 1

19 20 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 5476 208 1031 54 48 3

21 21 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 4798 508 914 110 50 1

24 22 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 4204 115 828 33 46 1

22 23 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 4196 68 829 8 45 1

23 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 4173 56 774 6 50 1

26 25 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 3703 480 702 87 49 3

25 26 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 3642 -21 693 -4 44 0

27 27 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 3196 381 628 71 45 0

29 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 2935 543 550 95 41 9

28 29 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 2567 120 454 18 39 0

41 30 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔ 2139 1248 445 245 34 10

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

30 31 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 1981 200 349 31 33 1

31 32 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 1968 301 344 56 36 0

36 33 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1728 643 346 122 26 6

33 34 JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 1519 94 276 27 25 1

32 35 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1304 -161 239 -14 22 1

35 36 RONNIE DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 1277 192 237 27 12 2

34 37 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 1258 -11 234 0 29 0

39 38 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 1152 188 229 37 28 4

38 39 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 1044 24 181 6 23 2

45 40 CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo) 921 72 190 14 16 0

43 41 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 886 42 174 2 17 2

37 42 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 869 -194 162 -21 18 0

40 43 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 846 -108 169 -24 18 0

46 44 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 840 96 157 15 24 0

44 45 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 837 17 171 5 26 0

45 46 RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR) 767 8 104 -1 6 0

48 47 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 708 20 77 2 3 0

47 48 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 694 4 74 5 5 0

56 49 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 630 147 134 20 16 2

50 50 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 568 28 107 10 13 1

49 51 DAVID NAIL f/BROS. OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA) 561 -7 112 -1 14 1

51 52 MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 536 13 73 1 5 1

53 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 531 173 111 36 19 4

58 54 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 530 60 71 10 5 0

53 55 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 497 -10 63 -1 4 0

56 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House) 450 240 45 24 1 0

57 57 CHRIS STAPLETON/Whiskey And You (Mercury) 450 -30 45 -3 1 0

52 58 GEORGE STRAIT/Goin' Goin' Gone (MCA) 446 -67 87 -11 9 0

54 59 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---) 440 -60 44 -6 1 0

55 60 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 420 -70 42 -7 1 0

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