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Chuck’s Wagon: Meet WPOC’s New PD iHeartMedia Top 40 WFLZ & Hot AC WMTX/Tampa PD Tom-my Chuck is the latest pop programmer to add Country to his resume. He recently took over as PD of the company’s WPOC/Baltimore and Top 40 WIHT/Washington. Country Aircheck delivers an introduction. CA: Baltimore and Washington is a big change from Tampa isn’t it? TC: [Laughs] I was just talking to VP/Programming Meg Stevens and they’re getting ready for super snow up there. I’d just come back from lunch with my sunroof open and windows down just enjoying life. So I guess it is. Speaking of change, why make the transition to Country after so much success in Top 40? I just want to be the best and most versatile programmer I can be. It’s exciting to get out of my comfort zone and keep improving. And WPOC is extremely successful – a CMA Award-winning radio station. It’s been around for a long time and has an amazing leg-acy. The people who used to program the station are some of the
best and the staff there is awesome. [Morning host] Laurie DeYoung is the current Major Market CMA Personality of the Year, so being on her team is really cool. But it really boils down to trying to branch out and be more as a programmer. What’s been your connection with Country until now? I joke that I’m a hillbilly from East Tennes-see and that I was born where country music
was born. My dad and uncle ran a small AM station in Erwin, Tennessee. It doesn’t get any more country than that. I grew up listening to great Country stations like WXBQ/Johnson City and WIVK/Knoxville. Whenever I listen to music for personal enjoy-ment, it’s always Country – Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Tim McGraw are who you’ll find on my iPod. And I love Kenny Chesney, who’s a fellow Tennessee Volunteer. As I’ve grown my career in Top (continued on page 10)
Havin’ A Big And Rich Time: B&R/New Revolution’s Big & Rich play Westwood One’s client Super Bowl party at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Scottsdale, AZ. Pictured (l-r) are American Country Countdown and Kickin’ It With Kix’s Kix Brooks, B&R’s Big Kenny, Cumulus’ John Dickey, B&R’s John Rich and Westwood One’s Charles Steinhauer.
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Follow-Up: 18-34s & Sample Size Last week Country Aircheck examined the format’s record summer to year-end decline with the help of Nielsen VP/Pro-gramming Business Partner Jon Miller (CAW 1/26). The drop was especially noticeable in the younger dem-os, which generated the following feedback on sample size. Max Media/Norfolk VP/GM Dave Paulus: “In our market the 18-34 popula-tion base for Adults is 437,500 people. The PPM 18-34 in-tab for the Norfolk/Virginia Beach Holiday monthly is 238 people. That’s a little over one half of one percent of the
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Luke Bryan
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Crew Jeans: KZLA/Los Angeles celebrates “Reba McEntire Day” with the lady herself (center, right) many moons ago. Morning host Shawn Parr (center, left) and promotion staffers donning more than a few pair of mom jeans literally rolled out the red carpet for the superstar ahead of a studio appearance. Show off your best denim at [email protected].
possible listener/population base. Since the average for meters in our marketplace is 2.3 per household, that’s likely around 103 homes. And the sampling of that demo is usually the lowest percentile of index for Nielsen (usually between 70 and 80%), so those households/meters are usually weighted significantly. “While [WLHK/Indianapolis PD] Fritz Moser spoke briefly about meters and some heavy usage, I felt like it was important for everyone to be aware of the math in my market and in most others before we draw any drastic conclusions on the viability of the format. That’s the “behind the curtain” stuff that rarely seems to get talked about much anymore. I know we can’t sample every-one, but really?” Emmis WLHK/Indianapolis PD Fritz Moser: “Agreed. With the sample size and decreasing PUMM [People Using Measured Media], it has become a game of inch-es. That’s where one or two meters makes all the difference. I’m sure getting and keeping qualified meter holders is a challenge but if they aren’t helping radio measurement, boot ‘em out sooner to keep the panel active. I’m a simpleton, I know. “Jon had a great point that the 18-34 decline isn’t just in a couple markets. However, comparing year to year is going to be more defining. We’ve noticed some cyclical swings during spring break, summer and Christmas. When our station is in front of 30,000 concert-goers during summer months we tend to do a little better, especially in younger demos. Looking at current Media Monitors data here, it appears the new Classic Hip-Hop station in our market will shake this demo up a bit as has been the trend in other markets.” iHeartMedia KWNR/Las Vegas PD JoJo Turnbeaugh: “Don’t get me started on the sample size here in Las Vegas. One meter in the Country life group is the difference be-tween hero and zero. There are about 1,000 meters for more than 45 radio stations. The panelists also are told that the meters are to monitor their media usage; they have no idea it’s for radio. So how many of those 1000 panelists are actually heavy radio users? We have been waiting for two years to see the Country P1s get more meters and it looks like – as of late – that it might be happening right now. In the last month we have seen the best meter count for the Country format in the last two years. Fingers crossed.”
In response, Miller points out the 18-34 data came from a nationwide sample of almost 20,000 panelists across 48 markets – more than sufficient to identify trends nationally. Look for a more in-depth examination of PPM sample size in an upcoming issue. In the meantime, share your own feedback here.
Chart Chat Congrats to Luke Bryan, Royce Risser, Shane Allen, Katie Dean and the entire Capitol promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “I See You.” Notably, the song is the sixth chart-topper from Bryan’s Crash My Party, setting a new record for No. 1s from one album. Kudos are also extended to Norbert Nix and the Columbia team for landing 61 adds for Kenny Chesney w/Grace Potter’s “Wild Child,” topping this week’s board.
Fritz Moser
JoJoTurnbeaugh
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OFF THE RECORD: AAROn WATsOnBig Label/Thirty Tigers’ Aaron Watson puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I listened to KGNC/Amarillo when I was growing up, but my dad had control of the radio so we listened to the Oldies station non-stop. I loved it. That’s timeless music, great musicians and well-crafted songs. Dad had a cleaning business and I can still see that little transistor radio we took with us wherever we were cleaning. My dad’s record collection is fantastic. Having all that vinyl at my fin-
gertips was fun. There was Willie and Waylon, The Beatles, Buck Owens and Frank Sinatra – all these different flavors. My mom always encouraged me to sing at church. Little did I know as I was growing up, I was kind of taking singing lessons. I learned to carry a tune without an instrument. That’s a lost art these days. Singing a cappella in church gave me the ability to hear it and sing it. My kids are all into music. Jake is 8, Jack is 7 and little sister Jolie Kate is 5. Jake is into The Beatles and he knows every song. Jolie Kate and I dance to Frank Sinatra every night before she goes to bed. And Jack wrote me a song so I could sing it for the whole wide world to make the family money. The first time I was played on the radio, it was this little station in Abilene that no longer exists. I made a CD that was in-credibly average. The guy at the station would put in my song to fill time. Now, it may be a four-minute song, and there may only be a minute and a half of time there, but he’d play a minute and a half of it and then just fade out and go into a commercial. With my new album The Underdog, we focused on songwriting, lyrical integrity, melody, music. Everyone talks about the ‘new format.’ Well I’m here to do my thing. I told [producer] Keith Stegall I wanted to make the best record in country music and he didn’t even chuckle. He said, “Let’s do it.” I wasn’t being arrogant, I was being confident. It’s me pushing myself. Three years ago I tore a page out of the SkyMall catalog as a hint for my wife. All I wanted for Christmas was a record player that burns your record to CD. Christmas came and no re-cord player. Last year I made a big deal out of it. I’m still waiting. Maybe if you print this I’ll get a SkyMall record player next year.Ed. Note: Sadly, after this interview SkyMall filed for bankruptcy. There’s always Target, Mrs. Watson.
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Church In The Lurch “If you’ve seen this show somewhere on our tour so far, you’re probably wondering what the hell is going on,” said EMI/Nash-ville’s Eric Church to open Saturday’s (1/31) The Outsiders World Tour stop in Salt Lake City. “So am I.” Church’s entire band and crew were hit with the flu, but he was feeling fine and decided to go on without them. “Every-one was wearing SARS masks backstage,” says KEGA PD Jon Watkins of his visit to the meet-and-greet. KSOP PD Deb Turpin says she was excited when Church broke the news to them back-stage: “I thought, ‘Nobody else is ever going to get this show.” Adds KBUL PD Shawn Stevens, “Eric told us, ‘I have no idea what’s about to take place ... however it turns out, it turns out.’” It seems it turned out just fine. “It was the best show,” says Watkins. “He came out with a little extra fire in his belly.” Ste-vens agrees, calling it “the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen. He just played his heart out. I mean we’ve all seen intimate performances, but this was like having Eric Church in your living room with 15,000 of your closest friends.” “The comments from our listeners are still coming in, and they’re phenomenal,” Turpin says. “He created a lot of believers here.” She says the buzz is so big that people who weren’t there are asking if they can get tickets to the make-up show Church is coming back for May 25. Even acoustic, Church didn’t skimp on the tunes, playing a full 90-minute set. “If he hadn’t said he was coming back, nobody would have been throwing a fit,” says Stevens. “It’s just a bonus that he’s coming back.” All three programmers came away impressed. “Not everyone can go up onstage by themselves and just take charge, but he owned it,” Watkins says. Stevens says, “He gained a lot of respect. It would have been really easy to cancel that show. The majority of people would have.” Turpin sums, “It just goes to show you what a class act he is.” See how Church opened the show here. Reach Watkins here, Stevens here and Turpin here. –Jess Wright
Eric Church
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Arista’s The Swon Brothers’ Colton and Zach discuss their most influential music.1. The Eagles: Colton: Their records never get boring. They’re so versatile, from “Life In The Fast Lane” to “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” 2. The Eagles in concert, 2013: Zach: These guys are well into their sixties now and still rocking. We want to
be able to tour for 40 years and still pack arenas with timeless songs. 3. How Great Thou Art: Colton: Growing up, we always heard our mom singing that song. She’s four foot nothing and has a big powerhouse voice. Hearing mom sing that is the best thing in the world.4. Travis Tritt, T-R-O-U-B-L-E: Zach: It was the first CD I ever bought with my own money. I wore that thing out until you couldn’t get any musical sound to come out of it. It’s full circle too, because he is partly responsible for getting The Eagles back together when he remade “Take It Easy.” 5. George Jones: Colton: Every time I get on a plane I turn on George Jones. It’s very therapeutic. He’s one of the greatest voices in country music. •A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Colton: I’ve never listened to an entire Kiss record. Zach: I like The Beatles but I’ve never listened to an entire record. I feel bad about that. It’s on my list of things to do.•An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Colton: I don’t get the “screamo” music. I do understand it takes a lot to scream every night and still have a voice. I don’t know how people do it. •An album you listened to incessantly: Zach: I played Little Texas’ Greatest Hits. Those harmonies were great. We got to write with Tim Rushlow, who was the lead singer. It was cool to pick his brain.•One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Zach: Kings Of Leon’s “Comeback Story.” You get drawn in by the peaceful melody. The lyrics are the sim-plest words you’ve ever heard but really clever. •Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Colton: Daft Punk will make you want to dance – and I don’t like to dance. Zach: Miley Cyrus’ “Party In The USA.” Every time that guitar kicks off, I get in a good mood.
MY TUnEs: MUsIC THAT sHAPED MY LIFE
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News & Notes Keystone’s KMAD-AM/Madill, OK has sold to North Texas Radio Group. WRD Entertainment’s KWOZ/Batesville, AR has become an affiliate of Envision’s AudioChopShop imaging and production service. Former Lyric Street SVP/A&R Doug Howard was named Dean of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Busi-ness at Belmont University in Nashville. Entries are being accepted until April 8 for the Mountain Soul Vocal Competition honoring Dolly Parton’s songwriting. Finalists will perform at the Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass event May 16 in Sevierville, TN. More here. Nashville-based Pop Up Music has signed singer/songwriter Clark Manson for publishing and artist development. Black River Publishing has signed writer/artist/producer Josh Okeefe to its roster.
Artist News Shania: Still the One Live from Vegas will air Feb. 28 on ABC-TV. Big Machine’s The Cadillac Three launched the Aviators And Radiators Tour in Tampa Friday (1/30).
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BLAKE SHELTON & LUKE BRYAN E N T E R T A I N E R O F T H E Y E A R
JASON ALDEANLUKE BRYANMIRANDA LAMBERTFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE M A L E V O C A L I S T O F T H E Y E A R
JASON ALDEANDIERKS BENTLEYLUKE BRYANERIC CHURCHBRAD PAISLEYBLAKE SHELTON F E M A L E V O C A L I S T O F T H E Y E A R
MIRANDA LAMBERT N E W A R T I S T O F T H E Y E A R
TYLER FARRTHOMAS RHETTCOLE SWINDELL V O C A L D U O O F T H E Y E A R :
BROTHERS OSBORNEFLORIDA GEORGIA LINETHE SWON BROTHERS V O C A L G R O U P O F T H E Y E A R
RASCAL FLATTSTHE BAND PERRY A L B U M O F T H E Y E A R
Old Boots, New Dirt
JASON ALDEANPlatinum
MIRANDA LAMBERTRiser
DIERKS BENTLEYThe Outsiders
ERIC CHURCH
S I N G L E O F T H E Y E A R
Automatic
MIRANDA LAMBERTDirt
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINEDrunk On A Plane
DIERKS BENTLEYI Don’t Dance
LEE BRICE S O N G O F T H E Y E A R
Automatic
MIRANDA LAMBERTDrink A Beer
LUKE BRYANGive Me Back My Hometown
ERIC CHURCHI Hold On
DIERKS BENTLEY V I D E O O F T H E Y E A R
Drunk On A Plane
DIERKS BENTLEYSomethin’ Bad
MIRANDA LAMBERT*
I’m Not Gonna Miss You
GLEN CAMPBELL V O C A L E V E N T O F T H E Y E A R
Lonely Tonight
BLAKE SHELTON*
Somethin’ Bad
MIRANDA LAMBERT*
The South
THE CADILLAC THREE featuring
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE,
DIERKS BENTLEYThis Is How We Roll
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE featuring
LUKE BRYAN
WE PROUDLY CONGRATULATE OUR CLIENTS ON THEIR 2015 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS
*SHARED AWARD NOMINATION
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MCA’s Sam Hunt will headline the 6th Annual CountryMusi-cIsLove Concert, benefiting the Children’s Heart Foundation, Feb. 23 at Nashville’s Listening Room Cafe. Jana Kramer, The Swon Brothers, Old Dominion and Austin Webb will also perform. More here. Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry will serve as curators of the third annual Grammy Amplifier program, an online music initiative aimed at mentoring emerging artists. Details here. Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus and NFL veteran and sports analyst Kevin Carter will co-host the 14th Annual Kevin Carter’s “Waiting For Wishes” Celebrity Waiters’ Dinner April 7 in Nash-ville to benefit The Kevin Carter Foundation and Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee. For dinner reservations, including an after-party ticket, contact Paige Dixon here. After-party tickets alone can be purchased here. Dot’s Craig Wayne Boyd will perform prior to the Kobalt 400 Mar. 8 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during pre-race festivi-ties for the 18th annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Lady Antebellum and Emmylou Harris are the first artists revealed for 7th Annual T.J. Martell Honors Gala to be held Mar. 30 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. Nashville star Chip Esten will host the event. Tickets are available here or by calling Tinti Mof-fatt at 615-256-2002. Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and Cory Chisel have teamed for the second annual Celebrity Barn Dance & Benefit Concert Mar. 28 at The Jaeckle Centre in Thompson’s Station, TN. Proceeds will benefit MusiCares, Music Health Al-liance, Bonaparte’s Retreat and New Beginnings at Lake Charles. Tickets here. Lorrie Morgan, Vince Gill, Pam Tillis, Jamey Johnson, Darryl Worley and more will perform at the Feb. 18 benefit concert I Am A Woman at Nashville’s Silver Dollar Saloon for late industry vet Debbie Ballentine, who lost her battle with cancer
Feb. 1. GAC’s Nan Kelley will host. Buy tickets here and donate to Ballentine’s GoFundMe page here. Trace Adkins, Ted Nugent, Tracy Lawrence, Craig Morgan, Colt Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys and Michael W. Smith have been added to the lineup of the Charlie Daniels 40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam Aug. 12 at Nashville’s Bridge-stone Arena. Sean Hannity and Sirius/XM’s Storme Warren will host. The concert will benefit American veterans through The Journey Home Project. Full lineup here; buy tickets here and here. Kenny Rogers, Alabama’s Randy Owen, The Oak Ridge Boys, Kathy Mattea, and Shenandoah featuring Marty Ray-bon are among the artists set for the 2016 Country Music Cruise Jan. 16-23. More info here or by calling 877-266-2686. Dwight Yoakam will make his first-ever appearance at Mer-leFest, the four-day festival in Wilkesboro, NC. He joins previously announced artists including Lee Ann Womack and Jim Lau-derdale. Full lineup here; buy tickets here.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Details on four tech and social media panels for CRS 2015 were released. (2/2)• Artist and radio finalists for the 50th Annual ACM Awards were revealed. (1/30)• Former Fox Sports producer CJ joined JVC’s WOTW (The Wolf)/Orlando for nights. (1/30)• iHeartMedia vet Jim Lawson added Regional Mgr. duties for iHeartMedia/Colorado and OM duties for Colorado Springs and Pueblo, which includes Country KCCY/Colorado Springs. (1/29)• CBS Radio/Pittsburgh events staffer Katie Zak was pro-moted to Morning Show Producer for Jimmy & Monty on cluster Country WDSY. (1/28)
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40, I’ve been lucky to have been in the same building with [WUSY] US101 in Chattanooga, [WDXB] the Bull in Birmingham and [WFUS] US103.5 here in Tampa. Some of the people I consider mentors and great friends are great Country programmers like Clay Hunnicutt, Doug Hammond, Tom Hanrahan and Travis Daily. Michael Bryan at WSIX/Nashville, who made this transition a couple of years ago, is my lifelong best friend. All of those people and stations have molded me along the way and helped prepare me for this. How long have you known Michael? He’s from Greenville, TN and I’m from Erwin, TN and they’re side by side. His dad ran the AM station in Greenville and my dad ran the one in Erwin. I must’ve done my first board shift at seven and I’m sure he did his at seven or younger, so we were at the radio station from the time we could walk. In high school Michael and I both worked on the radio as teenagers and would talk all night on the hotlines while we were doing our shows, just dreaming about where we wanted to be one day. We stayed close through college and later he was the best man at my wedding. So having my best friend go through this and have success with WSIX is great. There’s been an influx of Top 40 programmers to Country in recent years. Why is that and is there an ad-vantage to having that background? Country has become so mainstream that it’s just not that big of a stretch. It’s certainly not as much of a leap as it would’ve been 20 years ago. And Michael, [CBS Radio’s] Rob Morris and Jeff Kapugi and myself all really respect the format and appreciate all that comes with it. And Country is really appealing. I happen to be in a situation where I get to do it without giving up Top 40 since I’m also the Program Director of one of the biggest Top 40 stations in America with Hot 99.5 in D.C. It’s really the best of both worlds. Why is Country so appealing? The loyalty is remarkable. Fans are super loyal to artists and the artists are just as loyal to the fans. I’ve been part of Country meet-and-greets over the years and the way the artists treat their fans is just amazing. I remember going to one of the Zac Brown Band’s eat-and-greets and thinking, “This is unreal.” And it’s all the artists. There are certainly some Top 40 acts that do that, you can’t say that about the format. And there’s the obvious stuff
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like Country being family-friendly and patriotic. That aspect of it makes it really special to me and something I really love. And there are Top 40 stations that do a lot to give back to their community, but it’s nothing like what the Country format does. Take how the format comes together as one big family and raises money for St. Jude. I can remember standing out in the freezing rain helping [afternooner] Dex at US101 in Chattanooga collect change for St. Jude and seeing a long line of cars drive through with fans of the station donating their time and their money. The Country format, radio, artists and fans all just come together and help their neighbor and that’s awesome. Will you be based in Baltimore or Washington? Both and that will depend on where I’m most needed on any given day. I want to be flexible and living in a place that’s between the two. If I need to spend half a day in one and half a day in the other, then great. I’m going to have two offices, so we’ll have to figure out organizational things like meetings. But these radio stations are both monsters and are very important to me and to the company. So I’ll be wherever I’m most needed. What are your goals this year? The professional goals are pretty obvious in that we want to keep WPOC in the top position and grow our lead. I want to develop the strongest possible relationship with my team and to be the leader that they expect and deserve. And there’s a whole new world of people to get to know. I know that all the people in Nashville are great to work with, so I’m excited to get to know them. Otherwise it’s all about relationship-building, asking a lot of questions, figuring out what I don’t know and getting rolling as quickly as possible. Personally, my wife and I have a three-year-old boy who I feel like runs on jet fuel and a baby girl due in May. And we’re selling a house, buying a house, and moving across the country. There’s a lot of excitement for my new job, but the goal is to not let that get in the way of what’s most important. One of my favorite quotes is “No amount of success in the office can justify a failure in the home.” So I want to try to be true to that and make sure I’m taking care of the home front through it all. Welcome Chuck to the format here. –Russ Penuell
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• Cumulus VP/Brand Solutions Paul O›Malley was named SVP/Strategic Sales Partnerships for Westwood One. (1/28)
February 2, 2015 Chart Page 1
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
3 1 LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 23823 878 7819 337 57.304 1.438 149 0
1 2 ERIC CHURCH/Talladega (EMI Nashville) 23312 -629 7756 -173 55.862 -1.287 149 0
4 3 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 21853 872 7275 259 52.094 2.274 148 0
6 4 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 20898 2124 6928 730 49.777 5.182 149 0
7 5 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 19633 1213 6851 420 46.876 2.78 149 0
8 6 BLAKE SHELTON f/A. MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 18811 1643 6287 697 46.848 3.635 149 0
2 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Something In The Water (19/Arista) 18614 -4977 6224 -1712 43.662 -12.126 149 0
9 8 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 18253 1688 6113 660 42.537 2.077 149 0
11 9 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 16169 534 5205 154 40.348 1.61 149 0
10 10 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 15884 -7 5250 33 37.552 0.698 149 0
15 11 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 14183 713 4594 242 34.702 2.088 149 0
13 12 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 13997 423 4631 87 34.648 0.484 149 0
14 13 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 13872 332 4553 146 33.731 0.472 149 0
5 14 KENNY CHESNEY/Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 13744 -6821 4516 -2278 35.382 -14.094 149 0
17 15 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 12338 1554 4106 462 30.575 4.855 148 1
16 16 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory/Republic) 11001 -204 3698 -64 25.501 -0.499 148 0
19 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Freestyle (Capitol) 10542 705 3513 199 25.282 1.422 143 0
21 18 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 10309 1379 3511 495 24.548 3.238 148 2
20 19 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 10235 756 3549 245 23.307 3.69 149 1
26 20 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 9139 3652 2907 1197 19.985 7.705 147 10
22 21 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 8389 729 2748 217 19.839 2.569 146 1
24 22 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 8169 1251 2639 408 17.841 3.19 132 2
23 23 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 8008 414 2751 134 17.701 0.703 141 0
18 24 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 7795 -2520 2488 -943 18.487 -5.418 148 0
25 25 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic) 7039 1510 2403 520 15.083 3.47 124 9
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
27 26 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 6054 663 2025 177 11.252 1.886 139 0
28 27 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 5627 407 1855 144 10.663 0.769 134 2
29 28 TOBY KEITH/Drunk Americans (Show Dog) 5059 343 1708 34 11.368 2.342 134 3
31 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 5020 767 1754 294 10.314 2.02 124 11
30 30 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 4799 497 1614 143 9.631 1.186 124 4
32 31 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 4423 329 1512 84 7.615 0.747 122 2
34 32 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 4342 461 1440 146 8.355 1.176 120 2
33 33 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 4147 245 1515 100 9.617 0.581 120 3
36 34 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR) 3877 497 1249 165 9.559 1.129 113 3
35 35 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 3835 293 1307 114 6.67 0.382 109 2
KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 3609 1942 1170 669 7.698 4.198 108 25
37 37 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 3557 247 1147 76 6.461 0.559 105 10
39 38 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 3113 283 1091 80 5 0.473 112 6
38 39 GARTH BROOKS/Mom (Pearl/RCA) 3055 -67 1116 6 5.08 -0.315 112 1
41 40 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 2811 242 918 78 4.436 0.524 108 4
40 41 JON PARDI/When I've Been Drinkin' (Capitol) 2676 -63 949 27 4.407 -0.313 92 0
43 42 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 2673 465 836 80 5.713 2.73 113 5
45 43 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 2284 119 652 54 4.336 0.037 86 9
48 44 REBA/Going Out Like That (Valory/Nash Icon) 2235 263 709 83 5.859 0.39 36 1
42 45 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 2208 -1 793 34 2.688 0.004 108 0
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 2196 1694 785 588 4.289 3.291 98 16
46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 2128 91 817 49 3.43 0.107 87 5
JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind Of Town (Valory) 2047 40 751 -8 3.344 0.139 90 3
49 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 1593 1255 553 425 2.979 2.345 85 18
50 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 1451 186 554 50 1.942 0.276 75 3
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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1197
THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 730
BLAKE SHELTON f/A. MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 697
KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up(Capitol Nashville) 669
JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 660
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 588
A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 520
DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 495
COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 462BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 425
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 3652 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 2124 ✔KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 1942 ✔TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 1694 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 1688 ✔BLAKE SHELTON f/A. MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 1643
COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 1554
A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 1510
DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 1379
BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 1255
Activator Top Spin GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 432
JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 311
BLAKE SHELTON f/A. MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 264
KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 240
LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 228
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 225
A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 216
THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 162
BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 156
SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 150
Activator Top Point GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1603 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 1224 ✔BLAKE SHELTON f/A. MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 1112 ✔A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 989 ✔KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 956 ✔LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 918
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 914
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 616
BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 612
THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 606
Country Aircheck Top recurrents Points
TIM MCGRAW/Shotgun Rider (Big Machine) 10562
SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 9757
BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 9418
KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 8817
MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 6632
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 6421
FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 6404
PARMALEE/Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 6311
KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 6221
BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 6052
Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsKENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 61
KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 44
PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 40
KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 25
BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 18
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 16
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 11
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 10
ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 10
A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 9
FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 9
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THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) Moves 42-45* 2,208 points, 793 spins No adds
TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings and Old Barstools (Big Machine) Debuts at 46* 2,196 points, 785 spins 16 adds including: KAWO, KEGA, KFGY, KKBQ*, KPLM, KUZZ, KWEN*, KWJJ, WCKT, WKXC
BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) Moves 46-47* 2,128 points, 817 spins 5 adds: WBCT, WGGY, WKIS, WUSH, WYRK
JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind of Town (Valory) Moves 47-48* 2,047 points, 751 spins 3 adds: KDRK, KSCS*, WCTQ
BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin’ It (Arista) Debuts at 49* 1,593 points, 553 spins 18 adds including: KCYY*, KDRK, KEGA, KFGY, KKWF, KNTY, KTTS, KWJJ, KZSN, WGGY
CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) Debuts at 50* 1,451 points, 554 spins 3 adds: KAWO, KXKT, WIRK
JACKIE LEE/She Does (Broken Bow) 1,357 points, 511 spins No adds
BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 1,196 points, 422 spins 4 adds: KPLM, KZSN, WKXC, WXBQ
MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 1,139 points 416 spins 8 adds: KJUG, KKGO, KMLE, KUAD, WGH, WOGK, WUSH, WYCT
COUNTry AIrCHeCK ACTIVITy
FebrUAry 9MO PITNEY/Country (Curb)WATERLOO REVIVAL/Hit The Road (Big Machine)
FebrUAry 17MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA)PRESLEY & TAYLOR/Lookin For A Cowboy (SMG) JORDYN STODDARD/Like Me ‘Til You Love Me (J Stodd) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista)
FebrUAry 23DAVID FANNING/Doin’ Country Right (Red Bow)LOCASH/I Love This Life” (Reviver/Star Farm)DAN + SHAY/Nothin’ Like You (Warner Bros./W.A.R.)
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C H E C K O U T
Feb. 10 Love And Theft Whiskey On My Breath (RCA) Gretchen Peters Blackbirds (Scarlet Letter)
Feb. 17 The Mavericks Mono (Valory) Aaron Watson The Underdog (BIG/Thirty Tigers)
Mar. 3 Shania Twain Shania: Still The One Live From Vegas (Mercury)
Mar. 17 Allison Moorer Down To Believing (eOne)
Mar. 24 Striking Matches Nothing But The Silence (I.R.S.)
Mar. 31 Darius Rucker Southern Style (Capitol)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
3 1 LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 9140 918 2339 228 54 0
4 2 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 8598 388 2206 78 54 0
5 3 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 8587 606 2122 162 53 0
2 4 ERIC CHURCH/Talladega (EMI Nashville) 8538 -598 2200 -114 52 0
8 5 BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 7909 1112 2008 264 54 0
7 6 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 7587 222 1916 78 50 0
9 7 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 7413 1224 1891 311 54 1
1 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Something In The Water (19/Arista) 7304 -1851 1808 -500 48 0
10 9 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 6239 213 1648 105 53 0
12 10 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 6027 471 1544 134 54 0
11 11 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 5852 288 1478 82 49 1
14 12 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 5724 355 1392 95 53 0
13 13 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 5512 95 1390 23 50 0
17 14 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 5157 440 1273 97 54 0
15 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Freestyle (Capitol) 5144 191 1264 59 53 0
18 16 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 4866 290 1237 72 52 0
19 17 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 4764 328 1192 78 52 0
6 18 KENNY CHESNEY/Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 4719 -2808 1214 -717 42 0
16 19 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory/Republic) 4558 -333 1134 -55 48 0
21 20 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 3777 415 977 84 51 1
28 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 3745 1603 953 432 53 10
22 22 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 3141 110 780 36 46 2
26 23 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 2862 616 724 147 48 3
23 24 TOBY KEITH/Drunk Americans (Show Dog) 2803 -87 659 -27 44 0
27 25 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 2740 557 714 150 48 3
31 26 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 2618 989 618 216 41 13
24 27 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 2483 122 589 27 47 3
25 28 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 2439 190 601 43 47 2
30 29 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 1926 88 478 12 41 0
42 30 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 1815 956 503 240 41 14
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
33 31 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 1748 203 417 53 39 4
32 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 1735 160 421 35 42 1
48 33 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 1492 914 371 225 33 17
34 34 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 1356 130 317 18 31 3
38 35 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 1174 175 282 39 23 3
39 36 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 1136 150 292 33 32 1
41 37 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR) 1024 115 264 25 29 0
55 38 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 976 612 232 156 26 11
37 39 OLIVIA LANE/Steal Me Away (Big Spark/Star Farm) 954 -115 231 -13 21 0
40 40 JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind Of Town (Valory) 911 -28 234 -7 20 0
44 41 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 869 137 230 26 23 0
43 42 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 869 106 194 18 25 5
45 43 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 672 -3 169 5 27 0
46 44 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 653 26 166 9 22 0
47 45 JON PARDI/When I've Been Drinkin' (Capitol) 563 -37 143 -10 18 0
46 KENNY CHESNEY/Wild Child w/Grace Potter (Blue Chair/Columbia) 540 364 184 94 16 10
51 47 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 525 80 177 15 24 2
50 48 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 520 42 153 7 18 0
49 49 AARON WATSON/That Look (HTK) 479 -5 117 -2 10 0
53 50 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 431 43 144 23 17 2
52 51 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 401 1 121 1 10 0
56 52 RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) 398 62 78 9 6 0
57 53 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 380 127 66 19 5 1
59 54 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 268 34 104 3 10 1
55 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 221 163 101 72 15 5
56 BRIAN COLLINS/Never Really Left (Blue Light) 215 -1 50 0 6 0
57 WILL HOGE/Middle Of America (Cumberland/Thirty Tigers) 190 17 42 3 3 0
58 58 SHANE GAMBLE/Beautiful Work (Rt 50/Nine North) 188 -50 33 -13 4 0
59 JACKIE LEE/She Does (Broken Bow) 184 -6 41 -1 3 0
60 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 168 168 54 54 10 1
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