Issue 566 - September 5, 2017 by Country Aircheck

September 5, 2017, Issue 566

Spring Blooms For Country

Spring Diary results blossomed with dozens of Country stations at the top of their markets. We asked several of these ratings winners what ingredients went into their secret sauce for spring. WXBQ/Johnson City, TN: PD Bill Hagy begins, “I had to look it up. It is 92 books in-a-row at No. 1 – a point of pride [over] a lot of years and attention to details.” Hagy notes every daypart and demo stays stable year-in and year-out except for the 18-34 cell he describes as “more of a yoyo.” He adds, “That demo came back very strong this Spring, more than a 10-point jump to 32 shares.” The annual spring NASCAR race landed at the beginning of the book and “generates a lot of enthusiasm” in the market. Numbers have remained strong in mornings for host Steve Stroud since Mark Andrews left in October. “We’ve talked to a number Bill Hagy of applicants but haven’t found the right partner,” says Hagy, who spends one day a week at the station – usually a 10- to 12-hour marathon – since his “retirement” after 50 years at the helm (CAT 3/4/15). KCLR/Columbia, MO: A heritage airstaff that has “made an emotional connection with the audience” is one of the keys for Zimmer’s ratings champ, according to PD Jamie Mac. Their local cash contest started with asking listeners to answer Family Feud style questions online. “Then, when we did the contest on the air, the answers were based on local results from Jamie Mac the 1,500 loyal listeners that responded to the survey,” Mac explains. Here are a few: Q: Reason A Baby Might Be Cranky A: He or she is acting like their dad

Q: One Thing A Guy Does To Make A Woman Mad A: Talks (continued on page 1)

Dragon Around: MCA’s Sam Hunt and friends at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Pictured (l-r) are Country Aircheck’s Paul Williams, Hunt, ESPN’s Marty Smith and Red Light’s Chuck Swaney.

Sam Hunt Goes Long

MCA’s Sam Hunt returned to the University of Alabama Birmingham, where he played quarterback, to celebrate the relaunch of the school’s football program after a two-year hiatus. Last Friday (9/1), he took the time to tour the new $20 million training facility, address the team, hold a press conference and throw a touchdown pass to ESPN’s Marty Smith. Oh, then he played a “house party” on campus for more than 25,000 screaming fans. Hunt ran the Blazers offense in 2006 and 2007 and, while there, picked up the guitar for the first time. When asked about his favorite country artist he says, “Steve Earle inspired my passion for songwriting.” Later he adds, “I Sam Hunt (l) with ESPN’s never thought about playing Marty Smith music in front of big crowds – I

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Starters: Lined up for Beasley corporate meetings are (l-r) BMI’s Jessica Frost, Sony’s Lauren Thomas, Columbia’s Shane Allen, Beasley’s Buzz Knight and Caroline Beasley, Columbia’s Tyler Farr, George Beasley, Curb’s Lee Brice, Beasley’s Justin Chase and DJ Stout and Curb’s Mike Rogers.

would have been happy to just write songs.” His experience in college helped shape his writing, too. “The diversity of my social experiences here and connecting with people from different backgrounds [contributed],” he says. One of his chart-toppers as a writer, “Cop Car,” is based on an actual experience. “That happened right here,” he says, grinning. Since his run with the team, UAB shuttered its football program for financial reasons, reviving it this season after a $44 million fundraising campaign by local businesses. “I’m here to get folks excited about the return of UAB Football, not for me or my music,” Hunt says, adding he’s hoping to be back for a few games. “I’m so proud to see the rally from the students and the support of the city.”

During the tour, Hunt tells UAB Dir./Athletics Mark Ingram how impressed he is. “It’s great to see the school did this right,” he says, noting the barber’s chair in the locker room where players can get free haircuts. Ingram presented Hunt with a new UnderArmour jersey (the school switched from Nike in a $1 million-plus deal this year), with his former No. 3 and “Hunt” on the back. The visit ended on the team’s new practice field. Head Coach Bill Clark introduced Hunt to the team and expressed how his dedication to a career in music blossomed while he was at UAB. Hunt addressed the players briefly before they broke for the last practice before their game Saturday vs. Alabama A&M. The Blazers won 38-7.

September 5, 2017

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach and Jess Carson of Big Machine's Midland discuss their most influential music: 1. History of Eagles Tour: I saw them open the Forum a few years before Glenn Frey passed away. That week Jess sent me and Mark a work tape of "14 Gears" (a song we would later record that started us Midland on our path as a band). It was serendipity – seeing the Eagles in their element, singing perfect harmonies, playing hit after hit. It brought everything into focus. (CD) 2. Bruce Springsteen's Darkness On The Edge of Town: Watch the documentary on The Boss making this album. It's a meditation on hard work and overcoming the debilitating fear of expectation. (CD) 3. Merle Haggard: Perhaps the most authentic American singer/ songwriter in all of music. He had one of the most unique and perfectly controlled pleading voices. He was country, soul, blues and rock wrapped up into one perfectly fallible and lovable persona. I personally worship the ground he walked on. (MW) 4. John Conlee's "Rose Colored Glasses": Saturday nights at my family's country honky tonk, my mother would request it and the Gary Skinner Trio would do a spot-on rendition that would bring the entire bar onto the dance floor, everyone singing drunkenly along. John Conlee's recording captures a spirit that elevates your soul straight into the heavens. (MW) 5. Bruce Springsteen: Seeing Bruce live made me reconsider what it means to be a great performer. The three of us saw him together in Dallas. It was like, "Class is in session." (JC) • Highly regarded music you've actually never heard: Ed Sheeran. I know he is one of the biggest artists in the world, but I couldn't recite two seconds of any of his records. (MW) • "Important" music you just don't get: I'm a music nerd and enjoy everything, but DeadMau5 synth-pop sounds like robots trying to kill each other. (MW) • An album you listened to incessantly: Bob Dylan's Desire. Bob collaborated with Jacques Levy on songs so dense with narrative, each one was a short story. Emmylou Harris sings on most of the songs. "Hurricane" is on that album. Some credit it for getting Rubin Carter released from prison. How many people can say that about a song? (JC) • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Jackson Browne's "Rosie." It's an incredible song about going home alone with Rosie. (CD) • Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: “My son watches Sesame Street. The "Elmo's World" theme song is fire. (CD)

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The day was captured by ESPN cameras and will be featured tonight (9/5) on Marty Smith’s America on ESPN2. Smith told Country Aircheck he “stumbled on video of Hunt slinging the ball against Florida State” while doing research for the story. (See the footage here.) A country fan who lives near Charlotte, Smith was determined to include Hunt in his story. “I saw he was represented by Red Light and I called my pal Chuck Swaney to hook it up.” Swaney and Smith met when the former worked with North Carolinian Eric Church at EMI. See Smith’s feature on UAB’s return to football here. The visit to the new facility ended with Hunt and Smith throwing the football on the practice field, then the reporter running routes while the singer was slinging more passes. And the capper, Smith catching the ball and taking it all the way to the end zone, punctuating the play by slamming the ball into the goal post pad. Hunt’s performance that night included him telling stories about his time in Birmingham including “the incident” at the airport where “Cop Car” was inspired. He and then-girlfriend Hannah Lee Fowler (now wife) had parked too close the runway when the authorities came knocking on the window. The cool evening and enthusiastic fans made for a truly special pep rally for the school. After the concert, Hunt was off to Atlanta where he was the guest picker on the 2017 debut of ESPN Gameday Saturday morning (9/2). He picked UCLA, Iowa, South Carolina, LSU, Michigan, Tennessee and Alabama, who all won. His only loss was West Virginia to Virginia Tech.. And, yes, he wore his UAB hat. –Paul Williams

Chart Chat

Congrats to Old Dominion, Steve Hodges, Dennis Reese and the RCA promotion team on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart.” The song is the first single from the band’s album Happy Endings. Writers are Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi and Jesse Frasure. And kudos to Katie Bright and the WMN regionals on notching 31 adds for Cole Swindell’s “Stay Downtown,” topping this week’s board.

Old Dominion

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OFF THE RECORD: Walker McGuire Jordan Walker and Johnny McGuire of Wheelhouse’s Walker McGuire put an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to KWFS/ Wichita Falls, TX. Big D & Bubba in the morning. (JW) Walker McGuire The first time I heard “Til Tomorrow” on the radio was in Pensacola, FL. We were in the back of our bus. It was one of our most ridiculous Facebook posts ever, because we were dancing around like it was a rap song. (JW) Our driver Ron is a redneck guy from Kentucky – and he’d be proud of me calling him that. His wife is a big foodie. We went everywhere from New York City to San Diego on radio tour. Every time we’d stop for dinner, he’d send her a picture of his food and she would blog about it. That’s one of my favorite memories. If you saw him – tattoos, really built and wears Harley Davidson shirts – he just doesn’t look like the kind of guy who’d take food pictures. (JW) Every time we go to a truck stop, I get a Gatorade and some Welch’s Fruit Snacks. (JW) I’d love to have dinner with my great-granddad, Oscar Joe Walker. He was an influential guy in my hometown and a baseball coach. He died when I was seven. We’d probably have a burger and a beer, and talk baseball and life. (JW) My last impulse buy was a way overpriced zip-up hoodie at the Nike Outlet in Seattle – which I for some reason bought in the summer. And I’d just had my wallet stolen at a McDonald’s, so Jordan had to buy it for me. (JM) The most redneck thing I’ve done lately is use a bunch of different tapes – Gorilla Glue tape, some duct tape – when one of our trailer wheel wells fell off. And that sucker has stayed on there for about six months. (JM) I wish I’d written Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up In Blue.” It’s the perfect example of a troubadour song of a love journey. (JM) My least favorite interview question ... this will sound sappy, but I could still be working a desk job selling software. So it’s really hard for me to find any tough questions. But it does get monotonous telling how we met. I’ve probably answered that 500 times this year. (JM) I’d love to be stuck in Santa Monica. It was incredibly beautiful. The people were awesome and the food was great. (JM)

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News & Notes

The National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago will open a “100 Years of Radio” exhibit in Fall 2019. “This is an exciting time as we get to innovate and modernize the presentation of our museum’s rich history,” says Chairman Kraig T. Kitchin. The new display will feature microphones of iconic personalities and instruments from live radio theater productions. More here. Rocking M has flipped Hot AC KKGQ/Wichita to Texas/ Red Dirt Country «Kansas Country 92.3.» It will compete with Scripps KFDI and Classic Country KTFI-AM, iHeartMedia KZSN and Classic Country KVWF, which the company has agreed to purchase from Connoisseur. No word from the station on staffing. Charles Murphy joined Alaska Broadcast KYKU/Juneau as Dir./News. BMG will release Wanda Jackson’s autobiography Every Night Is Saturday Night: A Country Girl’s Journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nov. 14. John Conlee was recently awarded the first ever Legends Award by the Kentucky Country Music Association. Southern Halo will perform on the British Country Music Association Awards Oct. 22. Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers have signed a management deal with The Holland Group. Gatlin has also signed with Huskins-Harris for daily business management.

Spring Blooms For Country

(continued from page 1) Q: Celebrity You Wouldn’t Want To Be Seated Next To On A Plane A: Kanye West (No. 1 answer) Mac recognizes that not all listeners play along, so the station tried to make the game fun for the “non-players.” Well-attended shows with Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line and Billy Currington also connected the dots on the music side during the ratings period. WCOW/Sparta, WI: PD/morning show co-host Arnie Andrews says the station rode a wave of ACM, CMA and Wisconsin Association of Broadcasters awards. “We made a big deal out of it in all our imaging,” he says. They Arnie Andrews also added a Cash Jackpot contest in morning drive. Like KCLR, the game used Family Feud type questions and awarded CDs, gift cards and cash. It allowed players to stop at any time or risk it all for the jackpot. A couple

September 5, 2017

Editorial: CMA Says Hush

(l-r) Mike Burns-Gilbert (mid-day) Jason Brooks (afternoons) William Hoffman (GM) Arnie Andrews (PD/Morings) Ben Butler (Mornings)

of big concert events were also the center of the station’s promotion efforts. “We gave away tickets to see Tim & Faith and did an on-air show with the tour,” Andrews says. “Our CountryFest VIP Promotions lasted a month and a half of the book.” The event in Cadot, WI featured Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Thomas Rhett and Alabama plus another 30 acts. “It’s a destination for our listeners,” he says. “We broadcast live the entire weekend.” Ratings were steady in all dayparts with market veteran Mike In The Midday seeing an increase and new afternoon host Jason Brooks hitting the ground running in March. KIXQ/Joplin, MO: “We’ve got such a good formula in place,” says PD/morning host Randy Brooks. “The last 11 years there was one fluctuation and that’s when the Randy Brooks station strayed from the plan.” He attributes music trends to any highs or lows. “Country is coming back to our roots, dancing with the one that brung us.” Looking at his power recurrent research, he cites Blake Shelton’s “A Guy With A Girl,” Morgan Wallen and Jon Pardi as performing well for the station. In terms of contesting, the Secret Sound cash game is a staple. “Our listeners call and ask when it’s going to happen every year. And our first-ever St. Jude Radiothon really coalesced our audience.” Partners In Hope received tickets to a local Brantley Gilbert show for their pledge. The station also localized the effort by interviewing local patient families for custom story songs with Rascal Flatts’ “Every Day,” Darius Rucker’s “It Won’t Be Like This For Long” and The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young.” Putting them together “was one of the most emotionally exhausting experiences you can have,” Brooks admits. He also cites Audience Development Group’s Tim Moore, a 10-year station partner, as a great competitive resource. Look for more from format market leaders next week. –Paul Williams

Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Wendy Newcomer, wendy@countryaircheck.com Paul Williams, paul@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

There was a time when awards season meant a cascade of packages and mailers, congratulatory advertising, banners, billboards, yard signs and general excitement. Those days ended two years ago when the CMA created a policy prohibiting the aforementioned as "vote solicitation." Beyond the strained logic in turning down the volume on pre-awards buzz, these rules are also patently unfair and potentially cast the CMA in a bad light with many of its members. Full disclosure: Country Aircheck has staunchly opposed this policy since its inception, in large part because it hurts our business. That CMA would prohibit a company from certain aspects of its normal operation is onerous. What music publisher wants to be told when/ if it can pitch songs? Which labels wish for CMA to block the sale of their music? But while central to Country Aircheck and a few other companies, those issues are to the side of several more important concerns for the larger industry. These policies (ACM has a similar rule prohibiting direct mail and emails) were designed to eliminate what had become costly and time consuming mailer campaigns. Several of the biggest labels and most prominent managers, fatigued with the arms race in producing elaborate marketing, pushed CMA and ACM to implement and enforce rules for the whole industry. Understandable, as it's difficult to tell an artist they aren't worth the time and expense if the competing artist across the street is getting a big push. So while these restrictions may be cost-effective for perennial awards season favorites – big labels, top artists – the perhaps unintended consequence is that they are discriminatory toward others. For many, receiving a major awards nomination is a huge coup in and of itself, one they might wish to shout from the rooftops. A nominated independent artist has a strong interest in raising their profile with radio, publishers, songwriters, media and others in the CMA membership. Denying their ability to send mailers, advertise and raise banners/billboards is simply not fair. Further, pitting CMA or ACM against certain portions of their own constituencies sets a terrible precedent. At best, these policies cloud the waters of collaboration necessary for a trade organization to function. At worst, they cast CMA and ACM as tools of the big against the small. Finally, prohibiting marketing – any marketing – that supports an upcoming awards show is nonsensical. Some artist camps will choose to go silent for fear of violating the ban, others will work around it by omitting mention of the awards. In a sense, it's asking the country music industry to not make a big deal about its biggest deal. So, by all means, get excited about the nominations. Just don't do it loudly.

E ditorial

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Seek & Employ Available Jobs

Here’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update: Forever WFRB/Cumberland, MD is looking for a midday host. Send materials here. Cumulus WGKX/Memphis is looking for an afternoon host. Get details and apply here. Scripps WCYQ/Knoxville is seeking a new morning cohost. Airchecks and résumés here. Binnie WTHT/Portland, ME is looking for an on-air PD/ MD. Send materials here. Hall WPCV/Lakeland is looking for a morning show cohost. Send materials here.

Searching •Kris Stevens Former WKKT/Charlotte afternoon host 610-762-8332 radiochris1@gmail.com •Broadway Former WWYZ/Hartford morning host 860-929-2356 broadway.radio@yahoo.com •Big Chris Hart Former KUUB/KWFP PD/MD/Prod. Dir./afternoon host 775-830-1320 bigchrishart@hotmail.com

iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an APD/on-air host. More here.

Crash Poteet Former KVOO/Tulsa and WKWS/Charleston/WV PD 417-499-4046 okccrash@gmail.com

Cox KKBQ & KTHT/Houston are looking for a Dir./Production and Account Executives for the cluster. Apply here. iHeartMedia WDRM/Huntsville, AL is looking for a PD/ afternoon host. Details here; send materials here.

• Bethany Linderman Former WGNA/Albany morning co-host 727-460-2389 linderman.bethany@gmail.com

Mississippi WOKK/Meridian, MS is looking for a PD/ morning show co-host. Send materials here.

• Mike Preston Former KKWF/Seattle PD 206-979-2500 pljpreston@aol.com

Cumulus KIZN/Boise is seeking a morning co-host. Apply here. Cumulus WIVK/Knoxville has openings in middays. Apply here. Entercom KKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show host. Details here. Mountain Dog WFON/Fond Du Lac, WI is looking for a morning host. Send materials here.

• Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD/on-air 704-604-6554 brianhat@aol.com

Scripps WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a DOS, GSM, Dir./Production and Account Executives. More here. Noise New Media is looking for a Mgr./Social Marketing & Advertising. Send materials here. CMA is looking for a Dir./Digital Strategy. More here. ©2017 Countr y Aircheck™ — All r ights reser ved. Sign up free at w w w.countr yaircheck .com. S end news to news@countr yaircheck .com

Artist/Title (Label)

September 5, 2017

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

OLD DOMINION

26827

1745

9050

562

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) ✔

26505

1923

8795

667

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

20409

1091

6830

437

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔

19863

2574

6694

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) ✔

19851

2244

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) ✔

17953

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

159

46.156 2.781

159

852

43.302 5.662

159

6674

779

44.349 3.945

159

2299

5912

787

38.739 4.572

158

16085

-9523

5379

-3196

40.325 -14.704

159

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

15539

1018

5213

271

35.271 3.248

159

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

14492

815

4723

245

31.331 1.269

156

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

14202

517

4745

252

30.775 1.351

158

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

13661

-4085

4906

-1210

30.022 -9.478

159

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

13305

502

4747

119

27.728 1.074

158

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

13041

1333

4532

460

27.435 2.805

159

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

12686

1386

4300

474

27.934 3.737

159

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

12550

-3879

28.858 -22.833

159

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

11875

1647

3973

559

26.473 3.915

156

MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

11821

868

3904

270

24.848 1.385

159

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

11742

846

3925

232

24.482 1.827

154

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

10573

1006

3826

278

22.219 2.843

156

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

10213

939

3466

265

21.748 2.698

151

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

9763

1281

3347

426

17.38

2.154

156

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

8307

343

2948

109

17.13

0.884

155

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

7403

1481

2371

411

16.139 1.144

148

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

7250

338

2562

139

14.281 0.754

147

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

6885

999

2222

317

140

No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) ✔

-11458 4275

59.389 2.727

59.95

13.57

4.36

1.259

Chart Page 1

September 5, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

6670

371

2203

111

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

6485

943

2198

310

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

6261

359

2284

188

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

6059

1715

1896

531

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

4886

159

1513

7.706

WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista)

4795

726

1425

221

13.21

2.011

137

12.439 1.706

141

0.274

141

13.629 5.468

133

0.192

124

8.543

0.797

110

9.59

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

4519

1105

1499

375

8.295

2.296

109

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

4398

562

1393

186

7.911

1.103

128

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

3961

-241

1346

-87

6.548 -0.567

112

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

3952

193

1454

5.188

0.299

132

KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

3709

329

1203

5.833

0.796

120

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

3272

340

1027

106

6.375

0.357

110

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

3053

485

1143

138

3.681

0.405

123

WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse)

3035

-150

1042

6.546 -0.073

112

HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA)

2989

128

1003

4.824

0.254

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

2791

135

913

5.186

0.329

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

2531

312

866

3.278

0.487

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

2295

339

740

111

4.056

0.664

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury Nashville)

2157

196

775

2.937

0.181

104

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

2043

290

629

3.24

0.84

ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

1887

412

709

145

2.764

0.406

LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol)

1835

240

656

1.582

0.211

LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury)

1706

642

2.474

0.305

DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR)

1703

611

2.389 -0.079

PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek)

1695

-1

617

2.135 -0.042

Chart Page 3

September 5, 2017 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN)

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

895 ✔

DREW BALDRIDGE/Guns & Roses (Cold River)

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

817 ✔

WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista)

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

667 ✔

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

538 ✔

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

517 ✔

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

492

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

483

CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow)

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

482

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

465

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

412

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

2574

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

2299

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

2244

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

1923

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

1745

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

195

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

170

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

158

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

136

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

134

1715

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

128

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

1647

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

112

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

1481

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

106

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

1386

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

1333

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

17777

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

16327 13857

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

852

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

787

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

779

THOMAS RHETT/Craving You f/Maren Morris (Valory)

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

667

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR)

12361

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

562

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

11658

559

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

10597

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

531

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

8371

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

474

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN)

7970

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

460

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

7121

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

437

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

6693

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

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September 5, 2017 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) Moves 47- 45* 2043 points, 629 spins 7 adds: KCYY*, WDAF, WHKO*, WUSY, WTHT, WWQM, W1HC ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR) Debuts 46* 1887 points, 609 spins 6 adds: KFRG, KASE, WIRK, WNOE, WMAD, WGTY LITLLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) Debuts 47* 1835 points, 565 spins 7 adds: WDRQ*, KSON, KSKS*, WYNK, KHEY, WWQM, KJUG LAUREN ALAINA/Doin’ Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) Moves 49- 48* 1706 points, 642 spins; no adds DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin’ (Warner Bros./WAR) Moves 50-49* 1703 points, 611 spins 4 adds: WKIS, WBCT, KHEY, WYCT PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) Moves 48-50* 1695 points, 617 spins 1 add: KBQI JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA) 1544 points, 539 spins 2 adds: WIL, WCOS TYLER FARR/I Should Go To Church Sometime (Columbia) 1465 points, 542 spins; no adds LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 1365 points, 451 spins 4 adds: KSON, KJKE, WBBS, KRYS

A D D DAT E S September 11

billy currington/Wake Me Up (Mercury) DUSTIN COLLINS/Pieces (Big Risk) Blake Shelton/I’ll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN)

September 18

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don’t Care (Valory) Old Dominion/Written in the Sand (RCA)

September 25

Runaway june/Wild West (Wheelhouse) MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

CHECK OUT 9/8

Thomas Rhett Life Changes (Valory) Rhett produced his third album with Dann Huff and Jesse Frasure. It features first single "Craving You" (with Maren Morris) and current single "Unforgettable," along with "Smooth Like The Summer," "Marry Me" and "Drink A Little Beer" (featuring TR's dad, Rhett Akins). Toby Keith The Bus Songs (Show Dog) Keith's latest album contains road-worthy songs with adult humor and self-explanatory titles including "Wacky Tobaccy," "Sh*tty Golfer" and newly recorded versions of "Weed With Willie," "Runnin' Block," "Hell No," "The Critic" and "Ballad Of Balad." Kip Moore Slowheart (MCA) Moore says his third offering is named after his band and fans, both called The Slowhearts. He co-wrote 11 out of the 13 tracks and was the sole producer on seven. Songs include lead single "More Girls Like You," plus "Blonde" and "The Bull." Dustin Lynch Current Mood (Broken Bow) Lynch’s label calls his new album “genre-bending” and it includes first single “Seein’ Red” and current single “Small Town Boy.” He co-wrote 7 of the 13 tracks including “Why We Call Each Other,” “State Lines” and “New Girl.”

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September 5, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

OLD DOMINION

Points

+/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

10718

-161

2441

-33

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) ✔

10123

667

2283

158

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

9022

307

2027

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

8842

465

1955

128

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

8308

492

1874

134

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

7922

-2575

1767

-631

10 7

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) ✔

7496

517

1677

136

11 8

No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

3rd Week at No. 1

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) ✔

7288

895

1667

195

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

7236

-103

1630

-16

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

6391

-3030

1438

-674

12 11

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

6377

1373

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

6281

-1043

1396

-233

13 13

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

6088

1352

14 14

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

5684

185

1278

20 15

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) ✔

5622

817

1183

170

17 16

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

5587

236

1255

16 17

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

5580

127

1211

19 18

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

5316

482

1150

18 19

MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

5044

1082

21 20

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

4824

216

1005

23 21

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

3960

148

849

22 22

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big Label)

3930

829

24 23

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) ✔

3846

538

845

106

25 24

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3141

661

27 25

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

2775

163

562

26 26

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

2721

105

607

33 27

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

2208

483

476

34 28

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLG)

2118

412

469

112

28 29

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLG)

2072

372

30 30

KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

1990

390

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September 5, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

31 31

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

1858

-64

Plays

329

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

35 32

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

1831

233

433

32 33

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

1651

-141

408

-35

29 34

DIERKS BENTLEY/What The Hell Did I Say (Capitol)

1583

-265

297

-60

40 35

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

1379

352

224

36 36

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

1329

276

37 37

LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol)

1249

-14

233

46 38

WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista)

1167

337

237

41 39

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

1112

221

38 40

ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

1090

-79

237

42 41

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

998

247

43 42

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

924

190

45 43

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

891

206

44 44

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

783

-68

-13

47 45

HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA)

684

-128

106

-19

49 46

CODY JOHNSON/Wild As You (Cojo)

661

-2

146

48 47

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

650

-115

102

-20

53 48

LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek)

618

-1

52 49

LUCAS HOGE/Dirty South (Rebel Engine/Star Farm)

608

-15

114

-2

54 50

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

570

-35

-4

56 51

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

562

122

57 52

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

559

50 53

ADAM DOLEAC/Whiskey's Fine (287)

550

-100

-10

51 54

DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR)

550

-87

-13

Debut 55

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

525

Debut 56

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

523

59 57

RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine)

504

-10

60 58

CARLY PEARCE/If My Name Was Whiskey (Big Machine)

500

Debut 59

KANE BROWN/Better Place (RCA)

480

Debut 60

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

460

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