Issue 839 - January 3, 2023

Remembering Charlie Monk

Colleagues and friends share their memories of the late Mayor of Music Row.

Townsquare Pres./Local Programming Kurt Johnson: “Charlie saw the humor in everything, including himself. And he never missed an opportunity to tease me – ideally in public. The night of his Country Radio Hall of Fame induction, he walked up to me and couple other people and noticed my trendy new footwear. Charlie: ‘Where’d ya get those shoes?’ Me: ‘Nordstrom.’ Charlie: ‘Take ‘em back.’ Then, he walked away. How could you not love him?”

Cooped Up Records CEO Victoria Shaw: “Charlie was one of the first people I met in Nashville. He set me up with some big dogs to write and let me use his office to make tape copies and calls. We talked a lot about [his wife] Royce and his kids, and he started calling me his third daughter. Fifteen years ago, I asked if he knew of any office space for rent, and he referred me to a woman whose office was two houses down from his. That woman was Leslie DiPiero, who not only became my landlord but my sister, my kid’s aunt and my dearest friend. Once again, Charlie had helped change my life.”

UMGN EVP/Promotion Royce Risser: “Right outside the Opryland Hotel’s Pickin’ Parlor, CRS 1992: ‘I’m Charlie Monk, and you are...?’ We talked for over an hour. He was so kind, interested in my backstory and predicted how I would fare in the music industry. I’m guessing he was doing this with many people, but it meant so much that he expressed confidence in me. He always warned me not to get too attached to the corporate credit card, I guess because he saw too many people lose their way by abusing it. I’ve never forgotten that. For about five years, he’d ask me to his office before CRS to run jokes by me making sure they were funny but not too harsh. I got to pick a few people to target. That was fun.”

Consultant Mike McVay: “I was in New York City and hopped into the back of a sedan. The driver had on SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse. Charlie Monk was hosting the morning show.

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Jingle Taken : BMLGR‘s Chris Janson, EMI

Nashville‘s Tyler Hubbard, Riser House/Columbia’s Tenpenny and Broken Bow ‘ s Lainey Wilson

JingleFest. Pictured (l-r) are the station‘s Zachary Hoesly (Remy) and Kasey Washausen, Janson, Hubbard, Tenpenny, the station‘s Marty Brooks, Wilson and the station

PPM Q4 Drivetime Leaders

Leaders mostly hold serve in fourth quarter dayparts, but leaps abound elsewhere in the rankings. As always, Nielsen PPM figures are Persons 6+.

Mornings: With morning drive clearance in 17 PPM markets, The Bobby Bones Show remains firmly atop the cume rankings. The show was up slightly (50,100) from Q3 with a cume of just more than 1.3 million. KKBQ/Houston’s Q Morning Zoo with Erica Rico and Katelyn Maida finishes in second place with 325,000 (Andy Riggs joined the show during the final week of the quarter). WUSN/Chicago’s Melissa McGurren and Austin Huff slip to third with a cume of 292,600, despite an increase of 4,200. KSCS/Dallas’ Hawkeye jumps from seventh to fourth, and KILT/ Houston completes the top five.

WQIK/Jacksonville’s Big Show with Robbie & John holds on to the largest morning drive share for the second straight quarter.

Charlie Monk

An impressive 3.7 share jump takes WCOL/Columbus’ Wakeup Call with Zuko & Kayla from a 10th-place tie last quarter to second in Q4. That pushes KSOP/Salt Lake City’s Dave Gunderson & Deb Turpin to third. WSIX/Nashville’s airing of The Bobby Bones Show places fourth, while WPAW/Greensboro rounds out the top five.

Afternoons: Despite not having a permanent host for most of the quarter, KKBQ/Houston increased its afternoon drive cume by 28,500 to claim the top spot with 429,500 listeners. Caitlin “CJ” Johnson hosted the daypart until mid-September; Lo Sessions took over during the last week of the quarter. KKBQ’s rise pushes WUSN/Chicago’s Scotty Kay to second with a cume of 387,000. Houston is also represented in third with KILT’s Nick Russo. Fourth place belongs to Christine Martindale of KKGO/Los Angeles, and KSCS/Dallas’ Al Farb is fifth.

Just as in morning drive, WCOL/Columbus saw big gains in the quarter, and afternoon host Brandon “Boxer” Nasby ’s 2.1 share jump gave him the largest share in afternoons, topping previous leader WQIK/Jacksonville WCTK/Providence ’s Kevin Lawrence slips to third, while WPAW/Greensboro (which wasn’t in the top 10 last quarter), and KEEY/Minneapolis make up the remainder of the top five. See the Q3 leaders here ; Q2 leaders here and Q1 leaders here –Chris Huff

Chart Chat

Congratulations to Jimmie Allen, Carson James, Renee Leymon, Scotty O’Brien, Adrian Michaels and the Stoney Creek promotion team on landing the first No. 1 of 2023 with “Down Home.” This is Allen’s fourth chart topper. Songwriters are Rian Ball, Cameron Bedell, Tate Howell and Allen. Jimmie Allen

Remembering Charlie Monk

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I commented that I knew the host. The young man driving extoled how much he loved listening to Charlie – his knowledge of music, wit and on-air style. He then asked questions – all the things serious fans ask about celebrities. I shared the story with Charlie when I next saw him. He smiled that wry smile, gleam in his eyes, and said ‘I resemble that.’”

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum SVP/External Affairs

Lisa Purcell: “In September, Charlie called to advance his attendance at The Western Edge exhibit opening. This was a common practice. He asked, ‘Would there be any famous people at this event’ besides himself. After laughing out loud, I shared the listing of musical luminaries. He quickly turned the conversation from fun-filled fact finding to an expression of deep appreciation for the opportunity to congregate and celebrate the music we love.”

Consultant John Shomby: “My first CRS as a board member, Charlie wanted me to understand that my board lanyard was an all-access pass to anywhere in the seminar ... so he escorted me everywhere to cement that in my head. I was amazed that a guy with his stature in the business would take that amount of time with some new board member. It was his way of instilling pride in being a part of the board. Mission accomplished.”

Records EVP/Promotion & Commercial Strategy Josh Easler: “Shortly after I got the VP job at Arista, I was shopping at Goodwill in Berry Hill. I ran into Charlie, and we had a nice laugh about shopping there. When we parted ways, he said, ‘I won’t tell anyone you shop here if you won’t tell on me,’ to which I agreed. Whenever I saw him after that, he would ask if I bought whatever I was wearing at Goodwill. We both came from modest roots, and we had a great bond over shopping at Goodwill even when we didn’t have to.”

Cartoonist Guy Gilchrist: “When I first got [to Nashville] as a singer/ songwriter, Charlie immediately told me if I ever needed a place to sleep or a bite to eat, I didn’t have to even call him –just show up. Later, I would feature him in Nancy when I was creating that [comic strip], and he loved it! I expect him to post a picture of him and Jesus on his Facebook page tomorrow.”

Industry vet Bob Reeves: “I had lunch with Charlie and [publicist] Zach Farnum in Green Hills. They walked in late, and just as Charlie sat down in the booth, [Country Music Hall of Famer] Brenda Lee walked past. When she saw Charlie, she lit up, and so did he. They both turned on the charm and started chatting and cackling like a couple of barnyard chickens. That restaurant

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Victoria Shaw and Charlie Monk

Charlie Monk and Lisa Purcell

came to a 30-minute standstill while the two of them traded stories – and no one complained. After all, it was Little Miss Dynamite and the Mayor of Music Row!”

SESAC VP/Creative Services Shannan Hatch: “We asked Charlie to be our caddy for the Music Row Ladies Golf Tournament. We didn’t tell him what our costumes were going to be, but we had planned our angel costumes and brought devil horns for Charlie. He showed up in all red! He called us his angels from then on.”

Consultant Joel Raab: “At my first CRS, I was told not to miss his New Faces Show monologue, [at which] I quickly learned who the major players were. He was so tall and debonair on that small stage at the Airport Hilton, and I felt intimidated to talk to him. He later said he thought I was stand-offish. Fair enough. Toward the end of his life, we confided about a lot of issues confronting our industries – not always agreeing, but always with respect and love. We recently vowed to speak more often, as friends often do. That next time and place will have to wait.”

Grand Ole Opry Exec. Prod. Dan Rogers: “This past summer, he happened to come backstage the same night as Nashville Mayor John Cooper. On hearing that the mayor was in dressing room No. 1, more than

one person stopped by expecting to see the Mayor of Music Row and instead found our city’s top elected official! Charlie got a huge kick out of that.”

Turner WZBB/ Stanleytown, VA PD/ midday personality Robynn Jaymes: “At the 1995 Gavin Convention, Charlie emceed the awards ceremony where I won for medium market DJ. I had lost my dad and gave an emotional speech about loving your parents while you still have them. The last thing I said was, ‘This is a great time to be a woman in country music – even Jaye Albright couldn’t resist!’ Charlie roared with laughter, as did the audience and Jaye. I looked at him and said, ‘I know I should have given you that line,’ and he said, ‘No, you delivered it perfectly, and I am proud of you!’”

Capitol Dir./Northeast Promotion Annie Sandor: “We were sitting next to each other at a CRB Board meeting in 2015, and Charlie was scribbling away. A few minutes later, he handled me [a self-portrait] and simply said, ‘I love you, Annie. Ain’t I the most handsome man you’ve ever seen?’ Yes, Charlie Monk. You are the most handsome man I have ever seen. And I love you, too.”

CRB/CRS Exec. Dir. RJ Curtis: “A lot of people who only saw the performer/personality side of Charlie Monk, particularly as host of the New Faces Show, may not fully appreciate how deeply he cared about CRS and how much serious work he contributed. His emotional investment in CRS never waned. March of 2023 will mark the first-ever CRS without Charlie Monk in attendance. He will be conspicuous by his absence, which I know would make him proud.”

UMG/Nashville Chairman Mike Dungan: “At the gates of heaven: ‘I’m Charlie Monk. You might have heard of me.’”

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Monta Vaden, Chuck Aly CAC

Charlie’s Angels

Glass Full: Joel Raab, Tim Roberts and Monk.

Charlie Monk’s Self Portrait

Charlie Monk and Brenda Lee

Charlie Monk and RJ Curtis

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December 2022 PPM Scoreboard

The December 2022 PPM Book (11/10/2212/7/22) saw Country total shares slide 4.7% month to month, from November’s 348.3 to 332.0 as the arrival of Christmas music on competing AC stations started to exact its annual toll. However, year-to-year shares were up 5.4% from last December’s 314.9. Bucking the trend, WCOL/Columbus jumped a full share from last month; its 10.1 share was a full share larger than any other Country station and put WCOL atop the format for the

Station/City

first time since July 2021. December cume for all stations was 22,744,300, off 6.3% from November but up 0.6% from last December. KKBQ/Houston had the format’s largest cume for the fourth consecutive month. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; a “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station that is a recent subscriber for which ratings were not currently available. Ranks are among subscribers.

WKHX/Atlanta 2.5 15 2.7 13 381,400 360,500

WUBL/Atlanta 3.0 11 3.1 11t 452,800 426,400

KASE/Austin^ 3.5 10 3.3 10 220,900 201,300

KVET/Austin^ 4.4 6 5.7 3t 252,200 245,100

KOKE/Austin 1.7 20 1.5 20 78,200 68,800

WPOC/Baltimore 5.7 5t 5.2 5 384,000 334,100

WKLB/Boston 2.9 12t 2.6 15 385,700 379,200

WBWL/Boston 2.3 19t 2.1 18t 274,200 244,300

WCTK/Boston (Providence) 0.3 24t 0.2 25t 63,500 63,200

WKKT/Charlotte 5.1 6 5.0 7 327,300 298,200

WSOC/Charlotte 6.7 2 6.0 4 321,600 325,200

WUSN/Chicago 3.0 10t 3.0 10t 789,600 772,700

WUBE/Cincinnati^ 6.8 4 5.8 5 324,800 302,700

WNNF/Cincinnati 1.5 19 1.9 16t 154,500 129,900

WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.8 16t 1.9 16t 95,800 97,800

WGAR/Cleveland 6.0 8 5.3 8 290,800 270,700

WCOL/Columbus, OH 9.1 2 10.1 1 268,800 284,300

WJKR/Columbus, OH 1.1 18 1.3 16t 73,100 74,300

KPLX/Dallas^ 4.3 6t 3.7 8 806,600 658,300

KSCS/Dallas^ 3.4 11 3.2 11 633,300 641,300

KYGO/Denver 5.4 3 5.0 4 343,700 305,000

KWBL/Denver 1.9 19t 2.2 18 200,200 194,100

WDRQ/Detroit 2.4 16t 1.7 19 292,000 266,600

WYCD/Detroit 4.3 9t 3.8 11t 473,000 478,300

WPAW/Greensboro 7.7 3t 8.7 4 197,700 177,200

WTQR/Greensboro 6.2 6t 5.9 6 181,900 175,400

WWYZ/Hartford 7.0 3 6.6 4 143,600 131,500

KILT/Houston 3.9 13 4.0 10 713,400 729,300

KKBQ/Houston^ 5.0 6t 5.0 5 941,200 906,800

KTHT/Houston^+ 1.3 23t 1.5 21 311,700 334,400

WFMS/Indianapolis 6.1 4 5.0 6 212,300 192,500

WLHK/Indianapolis 4.4 8 5.3 5 243,700 215,200

WGNE/Jacksonville 4.0 9 3.2 10 197,900 170,000

WQIK/Jacksonville 9.6 1 9.0 2 254,000 221,500

KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.0 9t 4.0 7t 227,300 186,700

KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.8 5t 3.8 9t 246,800 203,900

WDAF/Kansas City 6.0 3 6.2 3 349,600 373,400

KCYE/Las Vegas 2.7 15 2.2 17 148,800 123,600

KWNR/Las Vegas 4.0 6 4.1 7 196,700 210,400

KKGO/Los Angeles 2.5 15t 2.5 13 720,200 573,400

WGKX/Memphis 3.8 10t 3.6 10t 110,100 88,700

WLFP/Memphis 2.9 14 2.3 14 75,800 62,300

WKIS/Miami 2.7 15t 3.0 12t 321,800 345,500

WKMK/Middlesex (Monmouth) 1.7 15 1.8 15t 68,500 70,900 WMIL/Milwaukee 7.5 4 6.7 4 280,600 254,600

KEEY/Minneapolis 5.9 4t 5.4 8 497,600 454,400

KMNB/Minneapolis 3.3 16t 2.9 14t 366,800 341,500

KLCI/Minneapolis+ 1.2 21 1.0 22 102,700 95,200

WKDF/Nashville^ 3.8 12 4.0 10t 164,900 174,300

WSIX/Nashville 6.7 4t 6.9 4 181,100 171,700

WSM-FM/Nashville^ 6.7 4t 6.3 5 146,600 172,900

WKMK/New York (Monmouth) 0.4 35t 0.4 31t 147,500 148,300

WXBK-HD2/New York 0.3 38t 0.3 36t 63,400 70,400

WGH/Norfolk 4.9 7t 3.5 11 150,100 111,200

WUSH/Norforlk 5.6 5 4.1 9t 147,800 114,400

WWKA/Orlando 5.2 8 5.3 7 205,700 230,300

WXTU/Philadelphia 3.5 10 3.7 10 524,400 466,000

KMLE/Phoenix 2.9 15t 2.9 12t 375,100 402,300

KNIX/Phoenix 3.3 9t 3.2 10t 501,900 443,200

WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.1 10t 3.3 11t 217,800 217,700

WPGB/Pittsburgh 5.6 4t 5.0 7t 208,900 193,800

WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.2 18 0.8 19 71,100 45,300

WOGH/Pittsburgh ^ 1.0 19t 0.6 20 65,700 55,000

WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.5 16 1.3 17 97,100 85,900

KUPL/Portland 2.3 17 1.5 20 208,300 163,300

KWJJ/Portland 2.7 13t 1.9 17 208,100 183,300

WCTK/Providence 8.0 3 7.2 4 248,400 219,800

WNCB/Raleigh 2.9 12 3.3 10 139,100 109,800 WQDR/Raleigh 3.9 9 3.7 8 184,900 163,500

KFRG/Riverside 4.4 3 4.5 3 232,200 252,400

KNCI/Sacramento 6.2 3 5.3 4 292,200 231,000

KNTY/Sacramento + 1.1 20t 1.0 20t 82,400 70,900

KYRV-HD2/Sacramento 0.4 26t 0.4 26 38,300 37,700

KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.1 23 1.1 23 111,100 90,100

KSOP/Salt Lake City 4.8 6 5.7 5 144,600 151,800

KUBL/Salt Lake City 2.6 16 3.0 11t 218,900 192,000

KAJA/San Antonio 5.3 4 5.3 3 363,500 324,800

KCYY/San Antonio^ 4.4 6t 4.1 5t 368,600 346,300

KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.0 23 1.1 22 82,600 77,400

KRPT/San Antonio^+ 0.4 30 0.4 30 61,300 48,800

KSON/San Diego 3.2 12t 2.8 13t 256,700 226,200

KBAY/San Francisco (San Jose) 1.3 23 1.4 22 209,200 176,000

KBAY/San Jose 4.3 7t 4.1 6 115,700 119,900

KKWF/Seattle 2.5 19t 3.0 13t 259,200 284,900

KNUC/Seattle 2.7 15t 1.9 21 257,400 217,900

KSD/St. Louis 6.4 5 5.5 9 455,800 391,400

WIL/St. Louis 5.9 7 5.8 8 414,800 384,700

WFUS/Tampa 4.8 4 4.9 6 315,300 348,800

WQYK/Tampa 4.7 5t 3.9 10t 315,400 329,600

WMZQ/Washington 2.5 16 3.0 12 313,000 314,400

BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle (Home Grown/Warner/WAR) 15064 -- 4373 -- 16.593 -- 157 --- 11 LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck (Broken Bow) 14781 -- 4356 -- 17.031 -- 157 -12 CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do (Big Machine) 13265 3858 15.187 155 13 BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't (BMLGR) 12902 3808 14.364 155 -- 14 HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Broken Bow/Big Loud) 12863 -- 3812 -- 15.298 -- 153 --- 15 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA) 11778 -- 3367 -- 13.334 -- 156 -16 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Elektra/Warner/WEA) 11745 3416 18.994 157 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold (Capitol) 11624 3334 13.983 155 -- 18 COREY KENT/Wild As Her (Combustion/RCA) 10752 -- 3123 -- 11.473 -- 145 --- 19 BLAKE SHELTON/No Body (Warner/WMN) 9542 -- 2771 -- 9.703 -- 152 -20 SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA) 9161 2529 9.597 150 -- 21 LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol) 8832 -- 2721 -- 9.022 -- 156 --- 22 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A... (Elektra/Warner/WEA) 8502 -- 2470 -- 9.505 -- 90 --- 23 KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol) 8339 -- 2406 -- 8.963 -- 151 -24 CODY JOHNSON/Human (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 8135 2436 8.745 139 25 SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR) 7553 2172 8.029 143

CHESNEY w/O.

/Beer... (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA/Arista)

1733 5.206 138

1564

4.958

129

WALKER HAYES/Y'all Life (Monument) 5517 -- 1564 -- 3.499 -- 135 --

SCOTTY MCCREERY/It Matters To Her (Triple Tigers) 5119 1512 5.207 121

31 RANDY HOUSER/Note To Self (Magnolia Music) 5076 -- 1511 -- 2.818 -- 126 --

32 DILLON CARMICHAEL/Son Of A (Riser House) 4832 -- 1535 -- 3.544 -- 123 --

33 MATT STELL/Man Made (Records) 4301 -- 1324 -- 3.296 -- 133 --

34 PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek) 4195 -- 1214 -- 3.798 -- 110 --

ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR) 4131 1273 3.088 107 36 ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville) 3805 1184 3.217 129 -- 37 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Hate My Heart (Capitol) 3777 -- 968 -- 4.098 -- 110 --- 38 HAILEY WHITTERS/Everything She Ain't (Pigasus/S&D/Big Loud) 3712 -- 1085 -- 3.686 -- 88 -39 JON PARDI/Your Heart Or Mine (Capitol) 3122 781 3.974 93 -- 40 TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin' In The Country (EMI Nashville) 2831 -- 774 -- 2.991 -- 72 --- 41 DYLAN SCOTT/Can't Have Mine (Find You A..) (Curb) 2693 -- 834 -- 1.464 -- 83 -42 KOLBY COOPER/Excuses (Combustion/Wheelhouse) 2623 878 1.882 81 -- 43 MEGAN MORONEY/Tennessee Orange (Arista) 2437 -- 737 -- 1.928 -- 55 --- 44 B. GILBERT & B. SHELTON f/V. GILL/Heaven By Then (Valory) 2241 -- 658 -- 1.382 -- 90 -45 ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia) 2201 615 1.293 77 46 DRAKE MILLIGAN/Sounds Like Something I'd Do (Stoney Creek) 2179 617 1.624 72 -- 47 J. MOORE & P. BLOCK/You, Me, And Whiskey (Valory/InDent/Mercury) 2013 -- 595 -- 2.246 -- 68 --- 48 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Decide (Stone Country) 1761 -- 580 -- 0.994 -- 69 -49 TOBY KEITH/Oklahoma Breakdown (Show Dog/Thirty Tigers) 1532 502 0.627 62 -- 50 A. COOKE & B. YOUNG/Never... (Back Blocks/Big Loud/BMLGR) 1530 -- 503 -- 1.244 -- 67 --

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 21253

COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Warner/WMN) 19643

THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 16120

LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) 14663

TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 14322

PARMALEE/Take My Name (BMG/Stoney Creek) 11638

MORGAN WALLEN/Wasted On You (Big Loud) 9940

I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 9827

MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You (Riser House/Columbia) 9306

CODY JOHNSON/Til You Can't (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 8751

D. LYNCH f/M. PORTER/Thinking 'Bout You (Broken Bow) 8645

JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love (Valory) 8408

JASON ALDEAN/Trouble... (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 8124

J. ALDEAN & C. UNDERWOOD/If I Didn't... (BMG/Capitol) 7092

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Damn Strait (Triple Tigers) 6484

JON PARDI/Last Night Lonely (Capitol) 6119

CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends (RCA) 5616

JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine) 5188

LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia) 4675

JORDAN DAVIS f/LUKE BRYAN/Buy Dirt (MCA) 4646

WALKER HAYES/Fancy Like (Monument/RCA) 4361

DYLAN SCOTT/New Truck (Curb) 4032

SAM HUNT/23 (MCA) 3974

COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 3905

E. KING & M. LAMBERT/Drunk… (RCA/Columbia) 3903

CHRIS STAPLETON/You Should Probably Leave (Mercury) 3825

MORGAN WALLEN/Sand In My Boots (Big Loud) 3649

C. SWINDELL & L. WILSON/Never Say... (Warner/WMN/BBR) 3493

ZAC BROWN BAND/Same Boat (Home Grown/Warner/WAR) 3379

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AIRPLAY BY STATION OWNER

LW TW ARTIST/Title

Rank Plays Avg/ Sta Rank Plays Avg/ Sta Rank Plays Avg/ Sta Rank Plays Avg/ Sta

1 JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home 1 3,360 64.6 1 918 54.0 1 829 51.8 2 426 60.9

2 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner 2 2,907 55.9 2 694 40.8 2 789 49.3 1 429 61.3

3 JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around 3 2,440 46.9 3 630 37.1 6 544 34.0 4 303 43.3

4 NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You 6 2,176 41.8 4 609 35.8 4 638 39.9 5 293 41.9

5 K. BROWN & K. BROWN/Thank God 5 2,292 44.1 7 504 29.6 11 438 27.4 3 334 47.7

6 GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up 4 2,321 44.6 13 360 21.2 8 532 33.3 10 244 34.9

7 JASON ALDEAN/That's What Tequila Does 7 2,116 40.7 6 507 29.8 7 542 33.9 6 291 41.6

8 MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know 8 1,935 37.2 10 373 21.9 9 518 32.4 8 280 40.0

9 LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone 10 1,658 31.9 5 522 30.7 10 506 31.6 9 271 38.7

10 ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle 9 1,861 35.8 9 455 26.8 5 572 35.8 7 290 41.4

11 LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck 13 1,410 27.1 11 367 21.6 3 654 40.9 12 235 33.6

12 CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do 12 1,568 30.2 12 362 21.3 15 394 24.6 15 193 27.6

13 BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't 15 1,349 25.9 18 295 17.4 13 397 24.8 14 207 29.6

14 HARDY f/LAINEY WILSON/Wait In The Truck 11 1,582 30.4 19 276 16.2 16 392 24.5 13 216 30.9

15 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You 16 1,102 21.2 17 309 18.2 14 395 24.7 18 123 17.6

16 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love 14 1,388 26.7 14 347 20.4 24 249 15.6 11 240 34.3

17 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold 18 972 18.7 16 330 19.4 17 387 24.2 23 79 11.3

18 COREY KENT/Wild As Her 20 754 14.5 28 181 10.6 12 437 27.3 17 145 20.7

19 BLAKE SHELTON/No Body 19 931 17.9 23 208 12.2 19 307 19.2 21 91 13.0

SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge 17 984 18.9 29 168 9.9 21 293 18.3 34 49 7.0

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY

ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia)

No. 45

2201 points, 615 spins

DRAKE MILLIGAN/Sounds Like Something I’d Do (Stoney Creek) No. 46

2179 points, 617 spins

JUSTIN MOORE & PRISCILLA BLOCK/You, Me, And Whiskey (Valory/InDent/Mercury) No. 47

2013 points, 595 spins

EASTON CORBIN/I Can’t Decide (Stone Country) No. 48

1761 points, 580 spins

TOBY KEITH/Oklahoma Breakdown (Show Dog/Thirty Tigers)

No. 49

1532 points, 502 spins

ASHLEY COOKE & BRETT YOUNG/Never ‘Til Now (Back Blocks/Big Loud/BMLGR)

No. 50

1530 points, 503 spins

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Strange (RCA)

1512 points, 431 spins

CONNER SMITH/Take It Slow (Valory)

1454 points, 506 spins

MITCHELL TENPENNY/We Got History (Riser House/Columbia)

1435 points, 382 spins

KYLIE MORGAN/If He Wanted To He Would (EMI Nashville)

1355 points, 441 spins

MAREN MORRIS/I Can’t Love You Anymore (Columbia)

1325 points, 371 spins

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TENILLE ARTS/Jealous Of Myself (Dreamcatcher)

OLD DOMINION/Memory Lane (Arista)

JANUARY 16

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JANUARY 23

CHAYCE BECKHAM/23 (Wheelhouse)

JACKSON DEAN/Fearless (Big Machine)

JANUARY 30

DUSTIN LYNCH/Stars Like Confetti (Broken Bow)

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JANUARY 6

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JANUARY 20

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JANUARY 27

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