January 20, 2015, Issue 431

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Shindler Says Farewell Oh the stories promotion folks could tell. For recently retired Mercury exec Bruce Shindler (CAT 9/30), more than 40 years in the record business are passing from day-to-day grind to fond mem-ories. Here, he shares a few: “The ‘70s were an amazing, crazy and somewhat dangerous time,” Shindler says. “When you got a record on the radio, most of the time it sold millions. There were so many Damon Runyon-type charac-ters in the business. Everybody who worked for a label had a person-ality and so did the programmers.

All Saints: Mercury’s Canaan Smith (c) celebrates a day well spent at the Country Cares for St. Jude seminar with (l-r) The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver’s Keith Kaufman, WGH/Norfolk’s Dave Paulus, Curb’s Mike Rogers, Campbell Entertainment’s Craig Campbell, WGH/Norfolk’s John Shomby and Mercury’s Jack Christopher.

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Decent Exposure: Too Much TV? If it seems like every time you turn on the TV there’s another awards show, you’re right. A quick, unofficial count reveals nearly 20 opportunities a year for artists to get valuable screen time on either country or all-genre shows. Add to that the myriad of daytime and late night talk shows and the number jumps to nearly 40. When is enough enough ... or even too much? Country Aircheck asked Sony/Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton, Warner Music Nashville’s SVP/Publicity Wes Vause, Spalding Entertainment’s Clarence Spalding (Jason

Aldean, Rascal Flatts) and The Green Room Owner/Publicist Mary Hilliard Harrington (Aldean, Lady Antebellum) to find out how they create “must see TV” while protecting their artists from overexposure. “Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley get asked to do everything under the sun,” says Overton. “I speak with their managers at least once a week. So many times whether it’s the timing or another reason, the answer has to be, ‘We

can’t do it.’ We’re very calculated about what makes sense.” It All Begins With A Song: For top artists, the channel to television clicks on with an artist’s album cycle. Prior to release, the artist, label, manager and publicists map out a plan. “You have to be strategic in where you start, because you want to do performances throughout the life of the project,” Vause says. “It’s like a chess board. You want to do one show and not inter-fere with another opportunity. So the timing on when you do certain things is important.” Just as important is the song choice. Some songs connect with radio listeners but don’t translate on the small screen. “When Jason did ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ with Kelly Clarkson on the CMAs, that really moved the needle,” says Harrington. “We came right back and did ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ – both of them [had impact] (continued on page 9)

Shindler with wife Carolyn, former R&R Country Editor

Gary Overton

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P A G E T H R E E P I C

Red-Headed Exchanger: Then-WIL AM & FM/St. Louis PD Mike Carta talks Willie Nelson into trying out the station headgear in 1982. Nelson’s and Merle Haggard’s Pancho & Lefty album had just been released. Have pictures from your own outlaw days? Send them to pagethreepic@countryaircheck.com.

Radio was like WKRP. It was a fun, pivotal time to fall in love with the business. I think I’d have a tough time falling in love if I was starting out now.” Of course, it wasn’t all roses. “It took us four albums to break Queen,” he says. “A lot of radio guys didn’t think it would happen. They were just an album group before ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and

I took them around to New York radio to meet the programmers. People knew about them, but they weren’t monstrous yet, so we hit a few stations. When I got to the office the next day, my boss told me that the guitar player Brian May was sick with infectious hepatitis. So I had the pleasure of calling all the stations we’d visited to say, ‘We’re coming by with a nurse to give a shot to anyone who shook hands with or had any immediate contact with Brian.’ They already didn’t believe in this band, and now we’ve given them hepatitis.” Shindler remembers navigating the artist-radio maze at New York’s Plaza

Hotel where he was picking up Souther, Hillman & Furay for a limo ride to a Long Island station show. “Their manager opened the door about one inch and said they’re not going, one of them isn’t feeling good. I knew they were in there having a good time and just didn’t feel like going. I called my bosses in L.A. and they didn’t care. It wasn’t their problem. So I had to call the station and tell them Richie Furay was sick. They were angry, took the current record off the air and never played the next one. You just have to bite that bullet and develop a sense of diplomacy. And that’s not the only time some-thing like that has happened.” Country was part of the job in those early years. “When I was in New York, I might go see Ed Salamon and Pam Green at WHN, because they were playing the Ea-gles and Linda Ronstadt.” Shindler enjoyed attending what was then called the DJ Convention and decid-ed to move to Nashville in 1984. He counts working with Keith Whitley on the cusp of his stardom, the pivotal

late ‘80s to early ‘90s shift and helping Toby Keith transition to superstar status as some of his greatest memories. Shindler worked with a who’s-who of names including Elektra’s Jack Holzman, Neil Bogart at Buddha, David Geffen and Joe Smith and, in Nashville, “Joe Galante, Luke Lewis and Mike Dungan – wonderful people to look up to and see how to do it.” Now that he’s seen it all, he’ll seek a new challenge. “I didn’t want to wait until I was beaten into the ground and not good at what I do anymore,” says Shindler, who turns 65 Jan. 2. “As you get older, you see more friends getting sick and passing away. It hits you in the

Helping Kacey Musgraves celebrate her birthday

Shindler (center, right) and Tom Waits are flanked by KYA/San Francisco’s Jay Hansen and Steve Mitchell in 1977.

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head and you think, ‘Wow, there has to be some life beyond the record business.’ “I’m going to pursue a license in alcohol and drug counsel-ing,” he continues. “I’ve been recovering for six years and nine months and have a lot of friends in the program. They’re such valuable people and I want to give back by doing something that makes my heart feel good. I am so appreciative of this business and plan on staying in touch with everybody I can. Thanks to Country radio for putting up with me all these years and taking my calls ... most of the time. Keep having fun. Don’t lose the fun!” Reach Shindler here. –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat Congrats to Kenny Chesney, Norbert Nix, RJ Meacham, David Friedman and the rest of the Columbia promotion team on scor-ing this week’s No. 1 with “Til It’s Gone.” The song is the second chart-topper from Chesney’s The Big Revival, joining “American Kids.” And kudos to A Thousand Horses, Matthew Hargis and the entire Republic Nashville promotion crew on the No. 28 arrival of “Smoke” – the highest debut for a new artist’s first single in Country Aircheck history.

St. Jude: Memphis Memories The Country radio, record and artist community converged in Memphis this weekend (Jan. 15-17) for the annual Country Cares For St. Jude seminar. After hospital tours on Friday, attend-ees enjoyed Casino Night, during which they gambled with phony money to buy tickets they could use to win autographed guitars and other memorabilia for their stations. Panelists sharing their experiences with successful radiothons during Saturday sessions included WNCY/Green Bay, WI’s Charlie McKenzie, KTTS/Springfield, MO’s Cash Williams, WPUR/Atlantic City’s Joe Kelly, WWYZ/Hartford’s Cory Myers, KEEY/Minneapolis’ Chris Carr, WBKR/Owensboro, KY’s Chad Benefield and WUSY/Chattanooga’s Daniel Wyatt. Guest speaker Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger spoke on his harrowing 208-second flight that ended in the Hudson River and on the importance of preparation and leadership. The week-end wrapped with the Songwriters Dinner featuring John Oates, Jimmy Wayne, Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall and Randy Owen. “The tour of the hospital was eye-opening,” says KJUG/

Kenny Chesney

OFF THE RECORD: JACkIE LEE

Broken Bow’s Jackie Lee puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to WIVK/Knox-ville. They played all the hits all the time. I just remember if anything was going on in town, they were there. The first time I heard myself on the radio in Knoxville was on WCYQ. We had just left the station and they’d told us to lis-ten back about an hour later. It wasn’t even on for 30 seconds and I started getting texts from my family and friends.

Our radio tour was riddled with scary moments. It was a great tour but we were in San Diego with two days off. My guitar player hit his head late at night so we took him to the emergency room. The next day our bus driver broke his knee and my drum-mer’s cell phone got swept away in the ocean. I was like, “We’ve gotta get out of here!” I swear every truck stop from here to California has a Denny’s. We always got omelettes no matter what time of day it was. There were some “fishy” omelettes, let me tell ya. I wish I could have dinner with the late Faron Young. He’s been one of my favorites artists for a long time. He was a crooner, not your typical country artist. He knew how to sing to the ladies and always dressed real sharp. I’d order an omelette. Just kidding! I’d order the biggest steak on the menu. That way we could sit there for a while. I love looking at the SkyMall catalog. I saw this pillow where you can put your head and hands in it and lay your head down. [Find out why Gloriana’s Tom Gossin advises against buying one here.] When I go to east Tennessee I automatically do red-neck things. I don’t know if this is redneck or just normal, but over Thanksgiving at my aunt’s farm, we got in the Kubota and chased the cows. It was fun until some of the cows got mad at us and started chasing us back. I wish I had written Michael Bolton’s “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You.” I love the way he sang it, I love the melody and everything he says in it is very poignant. That’s what I try to do when I write a song. It doesn’t always happen, but I want everything I say to matter.

Jackie Lee

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Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil, who experienced the hospital and seminar for the first time. “I expected a lot of sadness and instead found hope and joy in the most difficult circumstances. I’m looking forward to my first year at the helm of KJUG’s radiothon!”

–Jess Wright

News & Notes WCKN/Charleston, SC, KIOD/McCook, NE and WJVL/Janesville, WI are the newest affiliates of Sun’s The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver. My Own Shingle’s Carey Nelson Burch has joined TackleBox Films as Executive Producer, bring her company under the TackleBox roof. Reach her at 615-340-9555 or here. Industry vet Paul Shaver has been named SVP/GM of Can-ada’s Rick Entertainment Group/Open Road Recordings. Coleman Insights has launched a blog series exploring how listeners consume new music across different platforms here. Jamey Johnson has signed with Paradigm for booking and has just released the single “Alabama Pines” on his own Big Gassed Records. Dustin Lynch has signed with Sweet Talk Publicity for media representation. Songwriters including Kent Blazy, Marti Frederiksen, Kendell Marvel and Danny Myrick are in the lineup for the “Hit Makers & Rum Chasers” showcase at the May 15 Love City Country Music Festival on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Full festival lineup here. Fruition Songs has added the catalogs of Laurie Webb, Cyndy Fike, Laura Reed and Jim Reilly. Online country lifestyle content provider My Country Na-

John Oates, Jimmy Wayne, Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall and Randy Owen. WCKN/Charleston, SC morning host

Andy Webb discusses his most influential artists, concerts, songs and albums.1. Mickey Gilley/That’s All That Matters To Me: It’s the earliest song I can remember. I sang it to my grandparents, though it would be many years before I knew what it meant.2. Jim Reeves, There’s Always Me: The first album I ever owned, given to me by my grandparents. It held significance for two

reasons: Jim Reeves was my grandparents’ favorite singer and the album was released the year I was born. I still have a soft spot for “Gentleman Jim.”3. Michael Jackson, Bad: The first album I ever bought with my own money.4. Vern Gosdin, 10 Years of Greatest Hits: This album has a lot of Vern’s best songs and shows just why we called him “The Voice.”5. Diamond Rio, Meridian, MS, 1998: My first country con-cert – and was I ever blessed! I did afternoons for then-WYYW in Meridian. I got to watch Jimmy Olander tear it up on his Telecast-er from the side of the stage. Gene Johnson’s harmony vocals still ring in my ears.•A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie. I’ve just never felt the need to get acquainted with it. I’ve never been a Bowie fan, except for the duet with Bing Crosby, “White Christmas.” •An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: “Pierrot Lunaire,” Arnold Schoenberg. I have a degree in opera/vocal performance. No matter how many times I hear it, this is still just awful music. •An album you played or listened to incessantly: Music From Big Pink, The Band. Like everything ever put out by The Band, it’s never gotten old. Music like that resonates forever.•Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Good Morning Captain” by The Black Crowes. It’s on Before The Frost...Until The Freeze. The album features elements of rock and disco, but still has more country music on it than most of the so-called “country” albums that are being produced today.•Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Il Divo, Il Divo. I like to hear good singing no matter what genre it is. The bari-tone in the group (Carlos Marín) has a monster voice.

Reach Webb here.

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

Andy Webb

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tion will add original series’ Karaoke Kab and Superfan Nation Jan. 20 and 22, respectively. Colt Ford and Jerrod Niemann will appear in the former.

Artist News Republic Nashville’s Florida Georgia Line have partnered with Mountain Dew for sponsorship of their 2015 Anything Goes Tour. They’ve also added 29 dates to the tour. Details here. Arista’s Jerrod Niemann and RCA’s Love And Theft will headline Chords For A Cause Jan. 27 at Nashville’s Dan McGuiness Irish Pub to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Circle S’ SaraBeth will perform at the 2nd Annual MVP Bash at Sundown, a Super Bowl party in Phoenix, Jan. 30. More here. Gary Allan and Scotty McCreery were among performers at the third annual Stars For Wishes event in Nashville Saturday (1/17), raising $250,000 for Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee. Steve Azar’s new single “The Sky Is Falling” addresses human trafficking. Hear guest vocals by 15-year-old Sophie Young (daugh-ter of Azar’s bandmate Jason Young) and watch the video (produced by 18-year-old Maine high school student Mike Rodway) here. Momentum/In2une’s Rachele Lynae will perform at the inaugural HonkyTonk Classic benefit concert for Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Feb. 7 at 7pm. More here. Pearl/RCA’s Garth Brooks has sold a record 140,000 tick-ets for nine March concerts in Denver.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Nielsen Audio released day one Holiday PPM ratings and Fall 2014 diary ratings. (1/12-1/16)

• Local Radio Networks and AdLarge Media launched a 24/7 format network. (1/20)• Max Media WGH/Norfolk, VA morning team Jimmy Ray (Dunn) & Jen (Lewis) exited after more than 20 years.• Former Streamsound regional Tyler Waugh joined Blaster. (1/16)• iHeartMedia/Dallas VP/Programming Patrick Davis added the same duties in Austin, where the company owns Country KASE & KVET. (1/15)• iHeartMedia WTQR/Greensboro APD/air personality David Dean will join the company’s WNOE/New Orleans as PD. (1/15)• Beasley Broadcast Group has rebranded as Beasley Me-dia Group. (1/15)• iHeartMedia launched “Wild Country 99.9” via WRVE-HD2/Albany and FM translator W260CH. (1/14)• The Talent Associates Sr. Dir./Marketing Ryan Barnstead was promoted to VP/Promotion & Artist Development. (1/14)• iHeartMedia Top 40 WNOH/Norfolk afternoon personality Ala-bama and Top 40 sister WKSC/Chicago evening personality Erik Zachary joined the company’s recently launched WNUA/Chica-go in the same role. (1/13)• CMT promoted Sr. Dirs. Margaret Comeaux, Lucia Folk and Anne Oakley to VP, overseeing Music & Events Production, Public Affairs and Radio & Ancillary Business, respectively. (1/13)

(continued from page 1)Decent Exposure: Too Much TV?

in very different ways. Then we came back with ‘Fly Over States’ from that record, which was a huge hit and sold a lot of copies from radio airplay. But because of the tempo, it didn’t have quite

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Care There: Artists and patients surround Country Cares for St. Jude Kids founder Randy Owen (c) during the weekend’s annual seminar in Memphis.

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Wes Vause

the impact of ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ or ‘Dirt Road Anthem.’ It was a well-written song that was a giant hit, but it was better on the radio than it was on television.” Genre and audience also weigh heavily in the decision to put an artist on TV. “I want Rascal Flatts and Jason Aldean to be on the same stage with Jay-Z and Beyoncé and Pharrell,” says Spalding. “It’s a better chance of getting a bigger number and getting them more exposure. And it puts them in an arena that’s not the same one, with a different audi-ence watching.” Just Say No: Four minutes on a network or cable channel could be the difference between “singer” and “star.” So why should an artist ever say no? “If you’re not in an album cycle or touring, then in my opinion it does not make sense to be on television – whether it’s a country awards show or out of genre, or a morning or late-night show,” says Harrington. “There is no immediate return on the investment. It needs to be part of a bigger plan of what you’re doing for the artist and what the long-term goals are.” Overton points to Chesney and Underwood as masters of the game. “They make a record, we have singles, they tour and then they go quiet. Carrie was off the radio for a year and a half, and I think Kenny was off for a little over a year this past time. No new singles. We all know you just can’t keep giving people [music], even if it’s great. There’s a point where you have to get quiet. Let them do something else for a while and it builds up that demand again.” Social Studies: Getting quiet is a lot tougher these days with 24/7 social media. Now, not only can artists be seen on television;

there’s a smaller screen on which they share minute details of their lives – computers, tablets and phones. Is it even possible for an artist to maintain any sort of mystery? “I don’t know if there’s mystery in anything,” says Overton. “And I don’t know if the gener-ation that’s out there now would really react well to it. They’re so used to knowing everything at any given second.” “I definitely think there are some current artists that are main-taining mystery,” says Harrington. “Eric Church probably fits in that category. He’s not out doing every television show. You don’t see him on a lot of daytime television. My guess is that he probably says no to a good amount of press opportunities that come his way. I think that’s worked for him.” Vause concurs, but says it depends on the artist. “With artists like Taylor Swift or Blake Shelton who’ve shown their cards from the beginning, that’s just part of who they are.” Been There, Seen That: Is overexpo-sure a real danger? Opinions vary. “There are over 300 million people in this country,” says Vause. “Never have we been faced with so many entertainment options for the consumer. You really have to do multiple shows and impressions to be able to get to people and make them aware that there’s an album or single out. It’s hard to get to that point of overexposure.” “It’s a conversation we’re always having: how much TV, the timing of the television and is it the right performance?” says Spal-ding. “When I managed Brooks and Dunn, Kix had a great quote. We were talking about exposure and he looked at me and said, ‘People die of exposure every day, Clarence.’ I thought that was true then, but it’s a lot more true now.” –Wendy Newcomer CAC

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Here are Fall 2014 (9/11-12/3) Nielsen Audio diary ratings results from Jan. 12-16, listed alphabetically by market. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Non-subscribing stations in published markets are excluded.

Fall 2014 PPM Ratings Scoreboard Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic.

WPUR/Atlantic City, NJ 7.4 (2t) 5.9 (4)WKXC/Augusta, GA 12.0 (1) 8.8 (1)WSCG/Augusta, GA 2.9 (9) 4.8 (6t)KAWO/Boise 5.6 (2t) 4.3 (6)KIZN/Boise^ 3.3 (12t) 3.5 (9)KQBL/Boise 1.4 (17t) 1.8 (17)KQFC/Boise^ 2.1 (16) 3.1 (10t)WOGT/Chattanooga+ -- 2.9 (9t) (flipped to Country 10/31)WPLZ/Chattanooga 2.3 (14) 2.0 (13t)WUSY/Chattanooga^ 12.9 (1) 13.1 (1)WUSY HD2/Chattanooga^+ -- 1.6 (15) (flipped to Country 11/11)WUUQ/Chattanooga+ 6.0 (4) 6.7 (4)*KOLZ/Cheyenne, WY 7.1 (1) 8.7 (1)KATC/Colorado Springs 5.8 (2) 5.7 (1)WCOS/Columbia, SC 5.9 (4) 7.5 (2)WOMG/Columbia, SC 1.4 (12t) 1.3 (12)WKRO/Daytona Beach 2.3 (3) 3.5 (3)KHKI/Des Moines^ 6.1 (6) 5.4 (7)KJJY/Des Moines^ 4.5 (8) 4.6 (10)WXFL/Florence, LA 13.1 (2) 11.6 (2)KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 6.4 (1) 6.3 (1)KXBG/Ft. Collins, CO 3.2 (6t) 2.7 (6t)WAVW/Ft. Pierce 3.6 (3t) 4.9 (3)WPHR/Ft Pierce 3.0 (6) 3.9 (4)*WHWY/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 7.7 (1) 7.4 (1)WYZB/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 4.3 (6) 4.4 (5t)WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN 6.1 (2) 5.9 (4)WDVH/Gainesville 1.2 (7) 0.8 (8t)WRUF/Gainesville 4.0 (5) 2.1 (5t)WRNS/Greenville, NC 10.1 (2) 11.9 (2)WQSL/Greenville, NC 0.9 (10) 1.2 (9)WAYZ/Hagerstown, MD 15.5 (1) 13.3 (1)KQUS/Hot Springs, AR 13.8 (1) 15.3 (1)WDRM/Huntsville, AL 12.0 (1) 13.4 (1)WJXN/Jackson, MS (Classic) 2.5 (10) 2.8 (9t)WMSI/Jackson, MS 6.1 (5) 5.3 (4)WUSJ/Jackson, MS 5.9 (6) 3.8 (8)WIOV/Lancaster^ 9.3 (1) 9.5 (2)WZCY/Harrisburg (Lancaster)^ 2.8 (5) 3.5 (5)*WPCV/Lakeland, FL 10.6 (1) 10.3 (1)WBUL/Lexington, KY 12.3 (1) 10.9 (1)WLXX/Lexington, KY 5.2 (4) 3.7 (6t)KFGE/Lincoln, NE 6.8 (3t) 8.5 (2)KZKX/Lincoln, NE 6.8 (3t) 6.6 (4)KMJX/Little Rock^ 8.0 (1t) 8.2 (1)

KSSN/Little Rock^ 8.0 (1t) 6.5 (3)WMAD/Madison 4.6 (8) 3.9 (7t)WWQM/Madison 8.3 (1) 5.5 (5t)WKSJ/Mobile 7.4 (3) 8.2 (3)KATM/Modesto, CA 7.9 (1) 9.5 (1)KTOM/Monterey 3.4 (8) 3.2 (8)KYZZ/Monterey 0.5 (16) 1.0 (14)*WNSH/New York (Morristown, NJ) 5.1 (3t) 6.8 (1)WBKQ/Muncie, IN 1.9 (5) 1.5 (5)WMDH/Muncie, IN 11.9 (2) 10.0 (2)WGTR/Myrtle Beach, SC 7.6 (1t) 8.6 (1)WLFF/Myrtle Beach, SC 2.9 (9) 2.6 (9t)WCTY/New London, CT 11.2 (1) 13.9 (1)*KHAY/Oxnard, CA 3.0 (4t) 4.3 (5)KPLM/Palm Springs, CA 5.3 (4) 4.7 (4t)WXBM/Pensacola, FL 6.8 (2) 5.3 (3)KCCY/Pueblo, CO 8.6 (1) 5.4 (3)WSLC/Roanoke, VA 13.5 (1) 11.6 (1)WYYD/Roanoke, VA 5.3 (6) 5.2 (7)KQLA/Salina, KS^ 1.9 (12t) 1.3 (13t)KSKG/Salina, KS^ 5.7 (4) 5.4 (2t)KXBZ/Salina, KS 2.8 (9t) 4.0 (7)KYEZ/Salina, KS 6.6 (2) 4.9 (5)KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 5.4 (4) 5.1 (3)KRMD/Shreveport, LA 6.5 (3) 5.9 (4)KXKS/Shreveport, LA 4.7 (5) 5.1 (6)WHFB/South Bend, IN 4.2 (4) 2.8 (5)WRNX/Springfield, MA 6.7 (2) 5.9 (2)KDRK/Spokane 4.8 (5t) 4.5 (8t)KIIX/Spokane 2.0 (14) 1.8 (15t)KXLY/Spokane 5.8 (4) 6.3 (2)KATM/Modesto (Stockton) 11.8 (1)* 4.3 (5t)WCKY/Toledo 1.8 (10) 2.1 (10)WKKO/Toledo 9.4 (1) 10.7 (1)WPFX/Toledo 2.9 (9) 3.4 (9)KTOP/Topeka, KS 2.7 (8) 2.9 (7t)KTPK/Topeka, KS+ 8.4 (1) 8.8 (3)WIBW/Topeka, KS 8.0 (2) 10.2 (1)KYUN/Twin Falls, ID 5.3 (3) 4.2 (2t)KATJ/Victor Valley, CA 6.0 (1) 2.7 (6t)KFDI/Wichita, KS^ 10.4 (1) 8.3 (2)KFTI/Wichita, KS^+ 3.0 (13t) 2.7 (13)KVWF/Wichita 2.1 (16) 2.4 (14)KZSN/Wichita 5.8 (3t) 6.1 (3)WDSD/Wilmington, DE 3.5 (4) 2.4 (5)WXCY/Wilmington, DE 5.4 (3) 4.3 (3)

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

2 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 24068 1297 8065 548 57.368 2.555 149 0

3 2 ERIC CHURCH/Talladega (EMI Nashville) 23029 1376 7672 450 54.996 2.732 149 0

7 3 LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 21970 2904 7153 955 53.018 6.63 149 0

4 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Something In The Water (19/Arista) 21954 641 7432 254 52.867 1.82 149 0

6 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 20339 1244 6816 383 48.399 2.137 148 0

1 6 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 18752 -4873 6228 -1601 44.8 -11.674 149 0

9 7 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 17579 1894 6153 665 41.289 3.812 148 0

10 8 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 16445 2140 5390 692 40.141 5.232 149 0

13 9 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 16010 2290 5180 711 39.193 4.725 149 0

14 10 BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 15768 2070 5111 607 39.237 5.659 149 0

11 11 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 15481 1425 5100 422 35.822 2.192 149 0

12 12 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 15167 1428 4953 411 37.467 3.601 149 0

15 13 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 13374 446 4496 88 33.613 1.446 149 0

16 14 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 12896 933 4220 211 31.571 3.108 149 0

17 15 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 12761 1473 4179 517 30.384 3.719 149 0

18 16 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 11040 91 3729 6 25.844 0.974 148 0

19 17 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 10466 71 3537 5 23.838 -0.106 148 0

20 18 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Freestyle (Capitol) 9625 908 3242 283 23.041 2.178 143 0

22 19 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 9548 1723 3265 565 22.604 6.24 146 4

21 20 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 9192 763 3195 250 18.614 1.792 147 1

23 21 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 8612 1333 2913 442 19.416 4.587 145 4

24 22 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 7561 920 2626 323 16.318 2.092 141 2

25 23 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 7246 867 2399 272 15.986 1.708 143 1

28 24 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 5601 976 1789 287 11.736 2.325 123 7

27 25 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 5052 365 1741 133 8.717 0.947 137 2

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

29 26 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 4772 332 1590 103 8.884 0.922 128 2

26 27 TOBY KEITH/Drunk Americans (Show Dog-Universal) 4753 54 1661 21 8.713 0.439 130 1

A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 4286 3445 1409 1147 8.782 7.088 99 35

32 29 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 4259 609 1453 194 8.219 1.596 117 3

ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 4133 4133 1292 1292 11.091 11.091 109 72

30 31 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 3915 -5 1340 44 6.867 0.043 119 0

34 32 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 3836 253 1394 66 8.276 0.499 115 9

33 33 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 3825 178 1300 2 6.831 0.831 117 3

31 34 THE BAND PERRY/Gentle On My Mind (Republic Nashville) 3662 -75 1263 -35 9.664 -0.153 111 0

36 35 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR) 3431 231 1090 87 8.958 0.501 106 4

37 36 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 3323 492 1122 140 5.865 1.04 105 1

35 37 GARTH BROOKS/Mom (Pearl/RCA) 3112 -120 1092 7 5.572 -0.52 108 2

43 38 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 3050 983 1006 283 5.355 1.349 88 6

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 2929 1634 1013 588 5.553 3.036 95 9

39 40 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 2606 316 921 109 4.013 0.657 103 7

JON PARDI/When I've Been Drinkin' (Capitol) 2535 162 861 43 4.205 0.276 90 2

41 42 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 2373 100 773 28 3.584 0.009 101 5

44 43 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 2150 95 753 39 2.676 0.187 105 3

40 44 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Headlights (Blaster) 2098 -188 756 -75 2.844 -0.592 98 0

45 45 JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind Of Town (Valory) 1912 25 730 -4 3.142 0.078 85 3

46 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 1812 1168 465 319 3.845 2.322 69 16

46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 1779 30 678 12 2.813 -0.063 81 6

48 REBA/Going Out Like That (Valory/NASH Icon) 1673 898 528 279 5.051 2.994 29 7

MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 1619 1061 536 391 2.362 1.353 91 12

47 50 JACKIE LEE/She Does (Broken Bow) 1413 29 532 15 1.88 0.138 82 1

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersZAC BROWN BAND/ Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1292

A THOUSAND HORSES/ Smoke (Republic Nashville) 1147

LUKE BRYAN/ I See You (Capitol) 955

JASON ALDEAN/ Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 711

THOMAS RHETT/ Make Me Wanna (Valory) 692

RANDY HOUSER/ Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 665

BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/ Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 607

MIRANDA LAMBERT/ Little Red Wagon (RCA) 588

COLE SWINDELL/ Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 565KENNY CHESNEY/ Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 548

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersZAC BROWN BAND/ Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 4133 ✔A THOUSAND HORSES/ Smoke (Republic Nashville) 3445 ✔LUKE BRYAN/ I See You (Capitol) 2904 ✔JASON ALDEAN/ Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 2290 ✔THOMAS RHETT/ Make Me Wanna (Valory) 2140 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/ Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 2070

RANDY HOUSER/ Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 1894

COLE SWINDELL/ Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 1723

MIRANDA LAMBERT/ Little Red Wagon (RCA) 1634

CHRIS YOUNG/ Lonely Eyes (RCA) 1473

Activator Top Spin GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 288

THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 254

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 205

LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 190

COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 183

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 160

A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 157

CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 156

KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 151

JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 151

Activator Top Point GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1202 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 1030 ✔MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 772 ✔COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 764 ✔LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 754 ✔A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 736

CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 712

KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 635

BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 578

DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 573

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

TIM MCGRAW/ Shotgun Rider (Big Machine) 14250

SAM HUNT/ Leave The Night On (MCA) 10466

KEITH URBAN/ Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 10341

PARMALEE/ Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 8544

MADDIE & TAE/ Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 7693

LITTLE BIG TOWN/ Day Drinking (Capitol) 7663

BLAKE SHELTON/ Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 7106

FRANKIE BALLARD/ Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 7007

DUSTIN LYNCH/ Where It's At (Broken Bow) 6162

KENNY CHESNEY/ American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 6158

Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 72BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 39KEITH URBAN/Raise 'Em Up f/Eric Church (Capitol) 36A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 35FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 16

TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 15DAVISSON BROTHERS BAND/Jesse James (Star Farm) 13MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 12AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 9KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 9MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 9MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 9

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JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind of Town (Valory) Remains at 45* 1,912 points, 730 spins 3 adds: KFRG, WPOC, WQDR

FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) Debuts at 46* 1,812 points, 465 spins 16 adds including: KHEY, KJUG, KSKS*, KTST, WGAR, WGTY, WKMK, WMZQ, WOGK, WPOR BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) Moves 46-47* 1,779 points, 678 spins 6 adds: PCCO, WCOS, WDXB, WGTY, WNOE, WPOC

REBA/Going Out Like That (Valory/Nash Icon) Debuts at 48* 1,673 points, 528 spins 7 adds: KAJA, KATM*, KJUG, KUZZ, W1MC*, WOGK, WRNS

MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) Debuts at 49* 1,619 points, 536 spins 12 adds including: KATM*, KCYY*, KFGY, KKGO, KMLE, KUAD, KXKT, WBCT, WGNA, WGNE

JACKIE LEE/She Does (Broken Bow) Moves 47-50* 1,413 points, 532 spins 1 add: KASE

CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 1,266 points, 483 spins 1 add: WTQR

RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) 1,185 points, 373 spins No adds

WILL HOGE/Middle Of America (Cumberland/Thirty Tigers) 1,100 points, 395 spins 1 add: WWYZ

JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Hangin’ Around (Atlantic/WEA) 963 points, 321 spins No adds

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY

JANUARY 26MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot)TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old Barstools (Big Machine)BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin’ It (Arista)

FEBRUARY 2LOST HOLLOW/Water & Oil (Render)PARMALEE/Already Callin’ You Mine (Stoney Creek)KIP MOORE/I’m to Blame (MCA)KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia)

FEBRUARY 9MO PITNEY/Country (Curb)

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Ralph Stanley Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man Of Constant Sorrow (Cracker Barrel)Grammy winner and country/bluegrass legend Stanley performs duets with artists including Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack and Robert Plant.

Feb. 17 The Mavericks Mono (Valory) Aaron Watson The Underdog (BIG/Thirty Tigers)

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

2 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9137 254 2319 85 54 0

3 2 ERIC CHURCH/Talladega (EMI Nashville) 9128 498 2324 118 54 0

1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Something In The Water (19/Arista) 9031 41 2269 11 54 0

6 4 FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 8029 503 2069 160 54 0

7 5 LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 7868 754 2028 190 53 0

8 6 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 7173 382 1797 94 50 0

10 7 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 6912 1030 1733 254 53 0

4 8 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 6715 -1769 1667 -507 46 0

13 9 BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 6268 578 1634 145 54 0

11 10 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 6104 264 1555 44 54 0

16 11 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 5811 478 1494 151 53 0

12 12 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 5429 -332 1370 -40 51 0

15 13 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 5427 85 1404 50 54 0

14 14 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 5409 -29 1330 -7 47 0

19 15 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 5269 712 1266 156 52 0

17 16 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 4834 -42 1184 0 49 0

18 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Freestyle (Capitol) 4833 234 1176 63 53 0

20 18 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 4378 99 1110 37 52 0

22 19 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 4349 573 1108 147 53 1

23 20 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 4108 764 1038 183 54 2

21 21 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 4040 -70 965 -20 45 0

25 22 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 3197 497 849 124 50 1

24 23 TOBY KEITH/Drunk Americans (Show Dog) 2987 165 716 41 46 0

26 24 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 2933 635 713 151 46 4

27 25 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 2264 186 544 49 44 1

30 26 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 2050 225 502 53 43 5

28 27 GARTH BROOKS/Mom (Pearl/RCA) 2010 -14 490 -9 44 1

29 28 THE BAND PERRY/Gentle On My Mind (Republic Nashville) 1682 -266 430 -70 41 1

32 29 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 1613 124 407 18 38 3

39 30 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 1607 772 441 205 43 10

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

31 31 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 1555 59 423 16 40 1

35 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 1473 254 362 74 39 2

34 33 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 1443 191 346 48 32 2

33 34 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 1297 -89 324 -16 32 1

35 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1223 1202 295 288 28 26

36 36 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 1122 26 279 7 30 0

37 37 OLIVIA LANE/Steal Me Away (Big Spark) 1042 36 238 8 24 0

52 38 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 1017 736 248 157 18 6

38 39 JUSTIN MOORE/This Kind Of Town (Valory) 976 59 244 17 19 1

40 40 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR) 902 117 216 25 27 1

43 41 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 753 120 228 34 18 6

54 42 REBA/Going Out Like That (Valory/NASH Icon) 734 496 179 130 17 7

41 43 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 731 63 197 34 23 1

42 44 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 642 8 157 2 19 0

44 45 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 617 50 157 13 26 0

46 46 JON PARDI/When I've Been Drinkin' (Capitol) 548 -9 139 5 15 1

48 47 AARON WATSON/That Look (HTK) 477 102 117 16 10 0

58 48 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 445 229 98 56 19 8

56 49 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 429 197 130 63 16 6

47 50 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Headlights (Blaster) 406 -36 103 -3 16 0

50 51 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 404 85 154 30 23 2

51 52 RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) 377 87 74 15 10 0

57 53 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 370 138 108 44 11 1

54 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 349 213 113 65 14 2

49 55 DYLAN SCOTT/Lay It On Me (Sidewalk) 294 -33 91 -18 6 0

56 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 270 248 92 74 15 6

53 57 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 236 -22 98 1 10 1

58 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 233 233 63 63 5 6

55 59 SHANE GAMBLE/Beautiful Work (Rt 50/Nine North) 201 -32 46 2 6 0

59 60 WILL HOGE/Middle Of America (Cumberland/Thirty Tigers) 190 -8 42 -2 3 0

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