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"NEWS "

CRB  Elects  New  Board  The  Country  Radio  Broadcasters  recently  completed  their  elections  for  the  2015-­‐2016  Board  of  Directors.  Charlie  Morgan,  Sr.  VP  and  Market  Manager  for  Emmis  Communications/Indianapolis,  has  been  re-­‐elected  as  President  of  the  Country  Radio  Broadcasters,  Inc.  for  the  2015-­‐2016  term.  To  see  the  full  list  of  board  members,  click  here.  In  other  CRB  news,  the  Country  Radio  Seminar  is  offering  a  special,  early  bird  rate  for  CRS  2016,  which  will  be  held  Feb.  8-­‐10,  2016.   ""

…  "Luke  Bryan’s  ‘Crash  My  Playa’  2016  

Luke  Bryan  and  buddies  are  beach  bound  again  this  January  when  year  two  of  his  Crash  My  Playa  concert/vacation  event  takes  place  Jan.  22-­‐26  in  Riviera  Maya,  Mexico.  The  all-­‐inclusive  concert  vacation  features  four  nights  of  concerts,  two  headlined  by  Bryan  and  the  other  two  by  Dierks  Bentley  and  Cole  Swindell.  Other  artists  on  the  bill  for  the  country  Qiesta  include  Brett  Eldredge,  Sam  Hunt,  Dustin  Lynch,  and  Chris  Stapleton.  For  more,  click  here.    " "

…  Country  is  Choice  Among  Teens  as  Nominees  

Announced  Carrie  Underwood,  Hunter  Hayes,  Luke  Bryan,  Florida  Georgia  Line,  Sam  Hunt,  and  Megan  and  Liz  will  all  vie  for  Choice  Country  Song  at  the  upcoming  Teen  Choice  Awards  2015  on  Fox  August  16.  Nominees  for  the  category  include  Underwood’s  “Little  Toy  Guns,”  Bryan’s  “Kick  The  Dust  Up,”  FGL’s  “Sippin’  On  Fire,”  Hayes’  “21,”  Megan  and  Liz’s  “That  Ghost,”  and  Sam  Hunt‘s  “Take  Your  Time.”  For  the  full  story,  click  here.  

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SPINZONE "Top  Ten—  Michael  Ray  has  achieved  his  Qirst  No.  1  song  with  “Kiss  You  In  The  Morning”  taking  the  top  spot.  Kip  Moore  moves  “I’m  To  Blame”  to  No.  2  followed  by  “Kick  The  Dust  Up”  by  Luke  Bryan  at  No.  3.  Lady  Antebellum  continues  the  climb  and  puts  “Long  Stretch  Of  Love”  at  No.  4.  Thomas  Rhett  leaped  four  spots  to  No.  5  with  “Crash  And  Burn.”  Zac  Brown  Band  moves  up  two  positions  with  “Loving  You  Easy”  at  No.  6.  Mickey  Guyton  falls  to  No.  7  with  “Better  Than  You  Left  Me.”  Chase  Rice  also  drops  one  spot  with  “Gonna  Wanna  Tonight”  falling  to  No.  8.  Maddie  &  Tae’s  “Fly”  is  up  one  to  No.  9.  Sam  Hunt  breaks  the  top  10  with  “House  Party”  at  No.  10.  "Greatest  Spin  Gainers—  Cam’s  “Burning  House”  makes  a  huge  gain  to  No.  35  after  480  new  plays.  Kenny  Chesney’s  “Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day”  had  spins  increased  by  324  and  Keith  Urban’s  “John  Cougar  John  Deere  John  3:16”  is  up  311.  Michael  Ray  reached  the  top  of  the  chart  after  “Kiss  You  In  The  Morning”  saw  260  more  plays  this  week.  Chris  Janson  is  Qloating  closer  to  the  top  10  after  “Buy  Me  A  Boat”  was  heard  238  more  times.  "Debuts—  Kelsea  Ballerini’s  “Dibs”  was  the  top  debut  at  No.  74.  Two  Way  Crossing  was  close  behind  with  “Car  Trouble”  at  No.  75.  Also  new  this  week  are  Marianne  Allison’s  “Take  My  People  With  Me”  at  No.  76,  LoCash’s  “I  Love  This  Life”  at  No.  77,  Rusty  Rierson’s  “Hey  Hey  Hello”  at  No.  78,  Zane  Williams’  “Jayton  And  Jill”  at  No.  79  and  Bobby  Wills  at  No.  80  with  “Crazy  Enough.”  

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COVERING THE SECONDARY RADIO MARKET SINCE 2002

Thursday, July 16, 2015

McKenna  Faith  (L)  visits  with  Doug  Rogers  (R)  of  WJMQ/Shawano,  WI  while  out  on  radio  tour  for  new  single  “Somethin’  Somethin’.”

"SINGLES  CALENDAR  "

July  20  Kelsea  Ballerini/Dibs/Black  River  Entertainment  David  Nail/Night’s  On  Fire/MCA  Nashville  Striking  Matches/Miss  Me  More/I.R.S.  Nashville  Blair  Mathews/Ride/StoneyHill  Records  Brandon  Holland/Blame  It  On  The  Whiskey  "July  27  Jerrod  Niemann/Blue  Bandana/Arista  Nashville  Easton  Corbin/Yup/Mercury  Records  Jennifer  Nettles/Sugar/EMI  Nashville  Kayla  Adams/Burn  A  Little  Colder/SSM  Nashville  Kayla  Calabrese/Give/SMG  Records  Andy  Grammer  feat.  Eli  Young  Band/Honey,  I’m  Good/Valory  Music  Co.  "August  3  Waterloo  Revival/Bad  For  You/Big  Machine  Bucky  Covington/I  Feel  Ya’/Barefootin’  Inc  "

ALBUMS  CALENDAR  "July  17  Alan  Jackson/Angels  and  Alcohol/EMI  Records  Nashville  Moonshine  Bandits/Blacked  Out/Backroad-­‐Average  Joes  "July  21  The  Cains/The  Cains  [digital  EP]  "July  24  Ashley  Monroe/The  Blade/Warner  Bros.  Sarah  Ross/Calm  Before  The  Storm  [EP]/Average  Joes  Entertainment  "July  28    Daryle  Singletary/There’s  Still  A  Little  Country  Left/TMFx4  

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"WEEKLY  CHART  DATA  "

New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Kelsea  Ballerini/Dibs/Black  River  Ent—  74  Two  Way  Crossing/Car  Trouble/J.  Marlowe  Records—  75  Marianne  Allison/Take  My  People  With  Me—  76  LoCash/I  Love  This  Life/Reviver  Records—  77  Rusty  Rierson/Hey  Hey  Hello/Natchez  Trace  Records—  78  Zane  Williams/Jayton  And  Jill/Be  Music  And  Entertainment—  79  Bobby  Wills/Crazy  Enough/Willing  Entertainment—  80  "Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Cam/Burning  House/Arista  Nashville—  480  Kenny  Chesney/Save  It  For  A  Rainy  Day/Blue  Chair-­‐Columbia—324  Keith  Urban/John  Cougar  John  Deere  John  3:16/Capitol  Nashville—  311.  Michael  Ray/Kiss  You  In  The  Morning/Warner  Bros.—  260  Chris  Janson/Buy  Me  A  Boat/Warner  Bros.—  238  "Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Cam/Burning  House/Arista  Nashville—  29  Bobby  Wills/Crazy  Enough/Willing  Entertainment—  21  Kelsea  Ballerini/Dibs/Black  River  Ent—15  Alan  Jackson/Jim  And  Jack  And  Hank/EMI  Records-­‐Nashville—  13  Jerrod  Niemann/Blue  Bandana/Sea  Gayle-­‐Arista—  10  A  Thousand  Horses/(This  Ain’t  No)  Drunk  Dial/Republic  Nashville—9  Randy  Houser/We  Went/Stoney  Creek—  8  "On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Lucy  Angel/Crazy  Too/New  Revolution-­‐G  Force  Entertainment—  191  Soul  Circus  Cowboys  /  Gotta  Get  Me  One  Of  Them  /  DiamonDisc-­‐Kismet—  189  Rainey  Qualley/Me  And  Johnny  Cash/Cingle—  168  Sugarcane  Jane/The  Game/Arena—  164  JB  &  The  Moonshine  Band/Shotgun,  RiQle,  and  a  .45—  164  "Frozen  Playlist—  KMGO,  KTHK,  KWHW  

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Cody  Wayne  (R)  gets  goofy  with  Jarrett  Jackson  (L)  at  KCJC/Russellville,  AK.  Wayne’s  on  the  road  promoting  his  Edgehill  

Music  single  “Makin’  Love  In  The  Moonlight.”  

New  Warner  Bros.  artist  William  Michael  Morgan  started  his  radio  tour  at  WSIX/Nashville.  (L-­‐R):  Warner’s  Kevin  Herring,  WSIX’s  Kimsey  Kerr,  Morgan,  WSIX’s  

Michael  Bryan,  Warner’s  Kristen  Williams,  Warner’s  Lou  Ramirez

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Artist  Spotlight  Zane  Williams  

Sponsored  by:  Be  Music  &  Entertainment  Promotions  Team:  GrassRoots  Promotions  "

Current  Single:  “Jayton  And  Jill”  "Written  By:  Zane  Williams  "Hometown:  McKinney,  TX  "Interesting  Facts:  -­‐Son  of  a  college  math  professor  and  french  professor.  -­‐Didn’t  discover  country  music  until  high  school.  -­‐Married  and  has  two  children.  "Career  Accomplishments:  Won  four  awards  at  the  Texas  Regional  Music  Awards  including  Single  Of  the  Year,  Video  of  the  Year,  Song  of  the  Year  and  Entertainer  Of  The  Year.  Wrote  the  current  Pat  Green  single  “While  I  Was  Away.”  Grand  Ole  Opry  debut  on  April  25,  2015.  Has  had  3  No.  1  singles  on  the  Texas  Music  Charts  and  a  top  15  as  a  writer  with  “Hurry  Home”  by  Jason  Michael  Carroll.  "Connect:  www.zanewilliamsmusic.com  "" "

WHMA Anniston AL WXFL Florence AL KCJC Russellville AR KCNY Conway AR KHBZ Harrison AR KDXY Jonesboro AR KQUS Hot Springs AR KWCK Searcy AR KTTI Yuma AZ KVAY Lamar CO WHWY Destin FL WTRS Ocala FL WPHR Ft Pierce FL WBYZ Baxley GA WOKA Douglas GA WTHO Thomson GA WUBB Savannah GA KBOE Oskaloosa IA KIAI Mason City IA KLMJ Hampton IA ""

KMGO Centerville IA KSMA Mason City IA KBKB Burlington IA KXIA Marshalltown IA KICR Sandpoint ID KTHK Idaho Falls ID WAAG Galesburg IL WIBL Normal IL WOOZ Carterville IL WDZQ Decatur IL WMCI Mattoon IL WIFE Connersville IN WYGB Franklin IN KAIR Atchison KS KKOW Pittsburg KS KVWF Wichita KS KYEZ Salina KS WBKR Owensboro KY WDHR Pikeville KY WKFC London KY WGGC Bowling Green KY

WKDZ Cadiz KY WLVK Elizabethtown KY KRRV Alexandria LA KXKZ Ruston LA WKPE Hyannis, MA WKTT Salisbury MD WVMD Cumberland MD WATZ Alpena MI WTCM Traverse City MI WJNR Iron Mountain MI WUPY Ontonagon MI WMKC Cheboygan, MI KZPK St. Cloud MN KYSM Mankato MN KBXB Sikeston MO KDKD Clinton MO KFAV Warrenton MO KWWR Mexico MO WQNZ Natchez MS KZZY Devils Lake ND KYCK Grand Forks ND "

KQBA Santa Fe, NM KRVN Lexington, NE KRGI Grand Island, NE WKPQ Hornell NY WFRY Watertown NY WDNB Liberty NY WOLF Syracuse NY KWHW Altus OK KITX Hugo OK KKAJ Ardmore OK KWOX Woodward OK KWEY Weatherford OK KRKT Albany OR WFGE State College PA WWBE Selinsgrove PA KYTN Union City TN WDKN Dickson TN WEIO Huntingdon TN WLLX Lawrenceburg TN WOWF Crossville TN WMYL Clinton, TN ""

WUCZ Carthage TN Renegade Radio Nashville TN KFTX Corpus Christi TX KGKL San Angelo TX KMKS Bay City TX KXOX Sweetwater TX KYYK Palestine TX WAKG Danville VA WMEV Marion VA WAXX Altoona, WI WCOW Sparta, WI WGLR Platteville WI WJMQ Shawano WI WBWI West Bend WI WJVL Janesville WI WQPC Prairie du Chien WI WDGG Huntington WV WKKW Morgantown WV WTNJ Mount Hope WV WKWS Charleston WV WTCR Huntington WV

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

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NO.  1  SONG  Another  debut  song  goes  No.  1  on  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart.  This  week,  Michael  Ray’s  Qirst  single  “Kiss  You  In  The  Morning”  reaches  the  top  after  20  weeks  on  the  chart.  "The  hit  comes  to  us  from  Warner  Music  Nashville,  written  by  Justin  Wilson  and  Michael  White  and  produced  the  label  group’s  Scott  Hendricks.  "“Kiss  You  In  The  Morning”  will  be  featured  on  Ray’s  self-­‐titled  debut  album  expected  to  hit  shelves  August  7.  "The  music  video  was  Qilmed  near  Ray’s  hometown  of  Eustis,  Fla.  with  several  of  his  friends  and  family.  "Ray  made  his  debut  on  the  CW’s  talent  competition  The  Next:  Fame  Is  at  Your  Doorstep  in  2012.  While  on  the  show  he  met  John  Rich.  The  two  co-­‐wrote  Big  And  Rich’s  current  single,  “Run  Away  With  You.”  "Throughout  the  summer,  Ray  can  be  seen  crossing the country  hitting  county  fairs  and  festivals.  

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20 2 1 Michael Ray/Kiss You In The Morning/Warner Bros. 3574/101 8 260 3314 24 3 2 Kip Moore/I'm To Blame/MCA Nashville 3311/102 6 174 3137 8 4 3 Luke Bryan/Kick The Dust Up/Capitol 3263/100 7 200 3063 18 5 4 Lady Antebellum/Long Stretch Of Love/Capitol 3017/102 3 98 2919 14 9 5 Thomas Rhett/Crash and Burn/Valory 2929/103 6 175 2754 12 8 6 Zac Brown Band/Loving You Easy/Varvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground 2923/89 6 161 2762 27 6 7 Mickey Guyton/Better Than You Left Me/Capitol Nashville 2906/97 0 -3 2909 34 7 8 Chase Rice/Gonna Wanna Tonight/Columbia Nashville 2896/96 2 70 2826 27 10 9 Maddie & Tae/Fly/Dot Records 2725/99 2 55 2670 9 12 10 Sam Hunt/House Party/MCA 2637/91 9 216 2421 6 14 11 Keith Urban/John Cougar John Deere John 3:16/Capitol Nashville 2433/102 15 311 2122 10 17 12 Chris Janson/Buy Me A Boat/Warner Bros. 2301/86 12 238 2063 12 16 13 Brett Eldredge/Lose My Mind/Warner Bros. 2249/87 7 148 2101 27 15 14 Reba/Going Out Like That/Nash Icon 2107/76 0 -4 2111 27 18 15 Austin Webb/All Country On You/Streamsound 2054/81 4 72 1982 15 20 16 Toby Keith/35 Mph Town/Showdog 2005/87 5 91 1914 8 21 17 Chris Young/I'm Comin' Over/RCA Nashville 1989/100 5 99 1890 16 19 18 Brothers Osborne/Stay A Little Longer/EMI Nashville 1983/92 3 52 1931 7 22 19 Jake Owen/Real Life/RCA Nashville 1972/90 8 152 1820 20 23 20 Mo Pitney/Country/Curb Records 1848/89 6 98 1750 10 24 21 Old Dominion/Break Up With Him/RCA Nashville 1824/95 9 144 1680 22 1 22 Eric Church/Like A Wrecking Ball/EMI 1786/57 -49 -1735 3521 6 26 23 Florida Georgia Line/Anything Goes/Republic Nashville 1767/90 11 175 1592 4 31 24 Kenny Chesney/Save It For A Rainy Day/Blue Chair-Columbia 1656/90 24 324 1332 28 25 25 James Otto/Somewhere Tonight/Ottopilot Records 1628/70 1 13 1615 11 27 26 Darius Rucker/Southern Style/Capitol Nashville 1572/83 4 54 1518 19 29 27 Eric Lee Beddingfield/I Just Wanna Play/Rebel Dawg Records 1523/61 4 63 1460 6 33 28 Miranda Lambert/Smokin' and Drinkin'/RCA Nashville 1448/86 10 128 1320 13 34 29 Cole Swindell/Let Me See Ya Girl/Warner Bros. 1438/72 14 179 1259 11 30 30 Erica Nicole/I'm Making Mine/GTR 1420/72 4 51 1369 22 32 31 Parmalee/Already Callin' You Mine/Stoney Creek 1361/72 3 34 1327 4 38 32 Dierks Bentley/Riser/Capitol Nashville 1132/77 22 202 930 6 36 33 Billy Currington/Drinking Town With A Football Problem/Mercury 1126/78 13 132 994 16 37 34 Callie Twisselman/Breathe/Callie Twisselman Music 1004/51 3 33 971 2 57 35 Cam/Burning House/Arista Nashville 960/75 100 480 480 10 40 36 Branch & Dean/The Forgetter/SSM Nashville 931/53 9 79 852

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins

5 39 37 Tyler Farr/Withdrawals/Columbia Nashville 927/66 8 70 857 14 42 38 Drake White/It Feels Good/Dot Records 853/50 5 44 809 11 43 39 SaraBeth/I'm Sick Of It/Circle S Records 828/49 3 23 805 9 44 40 Randy Houser/We Went/Stoney Creek 814/55 12 84 730 10 45 41 George Ducas/LoveStruck/Loud Ranch 698/42 8 50 648 3 58 42 Alan Jackson/Jim And Jack And Hank/EMI Records Nashville 659/53 39 185 474 20 46 43 Amber Hayes/Running Out Of Memories/GMV Nashville 644/34 6 37 607 7 48 44 Hunter Hayes/21/Warner Bros. 643/42 10 58 585 6 49 45 Olivia Lane/You Part 2/Big Spark Music Group 634/46 13 72 562 5 53 46 Rick Monroe/Great Minds Drink Alike/MRG 615/48 19 100 515 8 47 47 Leslie Cours Mather/Countrified/Cours Mather Records 603/37 3 15 588 13 50 48 Chase Bryant/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow 594/38 7 39 555 11 55 49 Dan + Shay/Nothin' Like You/Warner Bros. 578/35 17 82 496 5 56 50 Jason Pritchett/Good Show/BDMG 575/42 19 90 485 23 51 51 Big & Rich/Run Away With You/New Revolution 554/32 5 25 529 2 61 52 A Thousand Horses/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial/Republic Nashville 541/47 28 118 423 7 54 53 Joanna Mosca/Hand Out The Window/Dolce Diva 531/30 6 30 501 4 59 54 The Cadillac Three/White Lightning/Big Machine 512/44 11 52 460 4 62 55 Clare Dunn/Move On/MCA 503/40 25 100 403 3 63 56 Brian Collins/Shine A Little Love/Blue Light Entertainment 463/43 18 70 393 7 66 57 Lee Brice/That Don't Sound Like You/Curb 452/32 20 76 376 4 65 58 John Anderson/I Work A Lot Better/Bayou Boys Music 427/32 13 48 379 7 67 59 Ray Scott/Ain't Always Thirsty/deciBel Nashville 408/30 9 33 375 2 76 60 Denny Strickland/How Far You Wanna Go/Red Star Productions 407/34 50 135 272 9 64 61 Jon Wolfe/Smile On Mine/Tone Tree Music 404/23 5 21 383 13 60 62 Thompson Square/Trans Am/Stoney Creek Records 401/25 -11 -48 449 5 68 63 Charee White/Keepin' It Country/Slugfest Records 397/28 11 39 358 4 71 64 Sarah Dunn Band/Bye Bye/Audacity Records 380/24 19 62 318 8 69 65 Steven Tyler/Love Is Your Name/Dot Records 365/23 7 23 342 5 70 66 Dexter Roberts/Dream About Me/First Launch Records 331/20 4 12 319 3 73 67 The Cains/Journey's End/GMV Nashville 318/28 15 42 276 4 72 68 Jana Kramer/I Got The Boy/Warner Bros. 318/22 6 19 299 2 78 69 Corey Smith/Feet Wet/Rounder/Sugarhill 313/24 23 59 254 2 79 70 Keith Walker/Honky Tonk Shake/Motion Entertainment 301/24 21 52 249 4 75 71 Tyler Barham/Just Two Kids/YN Records 299/21 9 25 274 3 77 72 Craig Campbell/Tomorrow Tonight/Red Bow 293/23 11 30 263 3 74 73 Sammy Hakim/Empty Bottle/EXT Records 280/18 2 6 274 1 108 74 Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Ent. 262/22 212 178 84 1 84 75 Two Way Crossing/Car Trouble/J.Marlowe Records 243/20 28 53 190 1 83 76 Marianne Allison/Take My People With Me/ 240/17 20 40 200 1 82 77 LoCash/I Love This Life/Reviver Records 233/16 4 9 224 1 85 78 Rusty Rierson/Hey Hey Hello/Natchez Trace Records 212/13 12 23 189 1 86 79 Zane Williams/Jayton And Jill/Be Music and Entertainment 207/15 10 18 189 1 175 80 Bobby Wills/Crazy Enough/Willing Nashville 200/23 1150 184 16

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