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June 26, 2017, Issue 556

Hall Class Goes Deep

From insightful to inspirational, last week’s Country Radio Hall of Fame inductions in Nashville gave a glimpse of the people who make this industry great. Read in-depth stories from this year’s class in our June print issue here. CRB Board President Charlie Morgan introduced 2017 President’s Award recipient, UMG/Nashville’s Mike Dungan, who reiterated his commitment to Country Radio Seminar. Thanking his staff, artists and family, Dungan said, “I also want to thank everyone in radio. Well, almost everyone in radio, for being terrific partners in bringing the world’s greatest music, country music, to its place of dominance in our culture.” Martina McBride’s longtime label head Joe Galante introduced the Artist Career Achievement honoree, calling her voice “virtually unmatched.” Noting most credit any emotional dysfunction to their upbringing, McBride said, “I kind of trace mine back to Country radio. But it’s okay because it made me strong. All the hard work we put in ... made all the success that much sweeter.” She told stories of her radio tours and made a point to thank by name all the regionals and promotion execs she worked with along the way. “I always wanted to have songs on the radio and to have songs that mattered,” she said. “You guys allowed me to do both. Thank you.” On to the Class of 2017: Valory’s George Briner inducted his Tim Closson “brother from a different mother” Westwood One’s Tim Closson, regaling the crowd with a series of favorite stories and hinting at others he couldn’t tell. “What a ride,” Closson began. “It’s not over yet, but none of it happens without the people I’ve talked about tonight.” He thanked his wife and family, mentors and colleagues. Extending an (continued on page 8)

Prison Pose: Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts and WUSN/Chicago’s Marci Braun get a good laugh over the weekend at the Windy City Lake Shake after warning the label’s Alex Valentine that the rap squat is so 2014.

A Real Page Turner

After seven years of marriage, his wife surprised him by asking for a divorce. His son struggled with drug addiction, violated probation and was sentenced to 10 years in the Tennessee State Prison system. Meanwhile, the story’s protagonist was traveling across the country with artists and bands, and living “the high life” with radio friends. No, this is not the latest plot line for CMT’s Nashville. This is real life. Turner’s Big Radio & Record Adventure by radio and label vet Dale Turner is drawn from journals kept during a five-decade career in entertainment.

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“The book is separated into three parts,” he says. “My youth growing up in St. Louis until I was 18, my radio days, and my 26 years in the music business.” Turner started in radio in 1970 and was on air for 14 years at stations in San Antonio, Terre Haute, Little Rock, Nashville, Cincinnati and Memphis. He moved to the record side in 1983, spending 14 years at RCA and 12 at Lyric Street. He went back to radio five years ago doing mornings at WDKN/Dickson, TN, just down the road from his home in Kingston Springs. “A group of us were interested in buying the station, but I’m glad we didn’t,” Turner says. “I took that money and paid off my house.” He stopped by the station one day to meet the new owners and the next thing he knew, he was on the air in mornings. “I wrote the book as a legacy for my children,” Turner explains. The task also gave him the opportunity to write an acceptance speech, of sorts, showing his appreciation to mentors and others who helped him along the way. “It’s not like I’m ever going into any kind of Hall of Fame, but I wanted to say thanks.” As many with long careers in this business know, wild stories are easy to come by. Turner “took one for the team” when he was on the air at WSAI/Cincinnati. He agreed to mud wrestle the smallest member of the famed “Chicago Knockers” women’s mud wrestling team. After advising him to take off his glasses, the five-foot 90-pound “Blonde Bombshell” pinned him after two quick rounds. In his first month as an RCA regional, Turner rode the Alabama tour bus through the Midwest. For his initiation, tour manager Greg Fowler left him locked in the bus by himself in Ames, Iowa. He had fallen asleep and had no idea where he was and where everyone went. The next week, he was sent to Chicago with

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Ronnie Milsap to visit all three Country stations. “I got chewed out for not securing a limo,” he recalls. “I thought I was saving the company money.” Milsap rolled with it all, including when Turner ran out of film in his camera after the first radio visit. Turner chuckles, “He played along, even offering to take some of Signing On: Turner (r) with Spotify’s the pictures.” John Marks at a book signing. Writing only became difficult when Turner was chronicling two passages. “The ending of my seven-year marriage to my high school sweetheart was devastating,” he says. “I spent six months living in a bottle of vodka.” His fortunes turned on a blind date to a Cincinnati Reds game. He’s been married to his date, Pat, for 35 years. The other difficult topic was “the chaos of my son’s drug addiction,” he says, noting the book has brought father and son closer. “Mark told me he discovered things about me from the book, he didn’t even know.” Publishing wasn’t without challenges. Turner had a deal with Readers Digest, but walked away after months of going back and forth. “They would call every two or three days telling me I had to

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE SmackSongs’ Walker Hayes discusses his most influential music: 1. Harry Chapin’s “Cats In The Cradle”: That song was set apart lyrically from anything I was hearing at that time. Back when you actually went to a store and bought an album, I bought his live album at Peaches. So I didn’t just get a series of tracks; I heard all the stories Walker Hayes he told before he sang these songs. And he also surrounded them with humor. Little did I know I would want to end up doing that for a living. 2. Tim McGraw’s “Don’t Take The Girl”: This song changed my life. I was in seventh grade. I wasn’t even old enough to understand why it meant so much to me. I just knew it was great. 3. Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez On Me: I was a huge Hip Hop fan growing up. I was obsessed with him. I had that album in my car for an entire summer. 4. Jimmy Buffett, Fins Tour, Pensacola, FL: It was the first concert I ever saw. It blew my frickin’ mind. I actually got kicked out for drinking beer underage, but eventually made it to more of his shows. He was a big influence on anyone in Mobile. He has that coastal vibe. 5. Kenny Chesney: He’s hands-down the most entertaining live performer I’ve ever seen. The beach balls are flying everywhere. There are TV screens bigger than I’ve ever seen, and usually 80,000 + people singing the songs with you in the nosebleeds. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I have not purchased Sam Hunt’s Montevallo. It’s super embarrassing because my producer, Shane McAnally, is his producer. I’m ashamed and I need to get that album, because I love everything I’ve heard from him. I don’t know, it might be having six kids, or work – I just haven’t yet. • “Important” piece or style of music you just don’t get: I never really got the whole Phish/Widespread Panic battle. It was almost like the Auburn/Alabama rivalry. • An album you listened to incessantly: John Mayer’s Room For Squares probably stayed in my CD changer for a year and never came out. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Lorde’s “Liability.” • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I’m not sick of the songs from the Frozen soundtrack.

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take stories about certain people out of the book,” he says. “They were afraid to get sued.” Turner ended up self-publishing through Amazon and CreateSpace. “There are only a couple stories I left out,” he adds. So, yes, he names names and doesn’t hold back. He promises to put those stories on his website. Dale and Pat are planning a summer book tour to the markets where he worked in radio. And as half the proceeds are being donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, he suggests, “If any Country Cares partners want to interview me on the air, I have great stories about Rascal Flatts, Ronnie Milsap, Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Billy Ray Cyrus and more. Plus we can raise some money for the hospital.” Get the book here, reach Turner here, see his website here. –Paul Williams

Chart Chat

Congrats to Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Matthew Hargis and the BMLG Records promotion team on landing this week’s No. 1 with Florida Georgia Line’s “God, Your Mama, And Florida Georgia Line Me” featuring the Backstreet Boys. The song is the third chart-topper from their Dig Your Roots album. Songwriters are Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol crew for notching 29 adds on Little Big Town’s “When Someone Stops Loving You,” topping this week’s board. With a tip of the hat to Stone Door Media Lab’s Jeff Green, LBT snaps a streak of 10 consecutive weeks with a different male solo artist as No. 1 Most Added, which had never happened before in Country Aircheck history. The run also set a record for consecutive weeks with a male artist as most-added, though the previous span in 2006 included three artists who held the top spot for two weeks. In this year’s 25 weeks to date, a female solo artist has been No. 1 most added just once: Miranda Lambert’s “Tin Man.”

News & Notes

The Big D & Bubba Morning Show added affiliate Leighton KWNO/Winona, MN.

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OFF THE RECORD: Jeffrey Stelle Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Famer Jeffrey Steele puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to KHJ-AM/Los Angeles. There were five of us kids, and any time we were in the station wagon, that’s what was on. The first time I heard myself on the Jeffrey Steele radio was one of those classic moments where I was driving over a hill and the song came on ... and then the station faded out. I only heard maybe half of the first verse and then it faded away into some news program on another station. I’ve forgotten a lot of my radio tour memories. I had to. (laughs) Somewhere in Texas, Boy Howdy visited a small station and then had to go play a rodeo for them. We drove around the arena on the back of a Cadillac convertible singing songs off the album. But we weren’t plugged in, so nobody could hear us! We were just looking at each other going, “What the hell did we sign up for?” The people in the arena were probably thinking, “What are they yelling about?” I travel everywhere with my wife Stephanie. My whole career, I was traveling and missed a lot of quality time with my family. Now that the kids are grown, if I book a gig, she comes with me. It’s so fun. My new album Sons Of The Palomino is: Guy loves classic country, guy finds songs he wrote years ago that are too country for Country radio now. Guy gets talked into recording them. Band tells guy to go write some more. Guy plays songs for some of his respected friends in the industry and they ask if they can sing on the record. Guy finds a rhinestone jacket in his closet and starts playing shows again. My last impulse buy was a house in Florida. We lost our son about 10 years ago and right after that happened, we spent a lot of time in Florida on vacations. I’m really not too impulsive on buying stuff – but that’s a big one. It’s a place for us to come and remember, and make new memories. It helped us heal our broken hearts. I wish I’d written Willie Nelson’s “Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground.” I’m mesmerized by the simplicity and structure of it. It’s so crafted, but it sounds so spontaneous. It’s all the things as a songwriter that you try to do every day, and you usually don’t.

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Black River launched Black River Americana and signed Carolina Story to the label and for publishing. Nashville In Concert tour producer Opry Entertainment donated £10,000 to the British Red Cross “UK Solidarity Fund” on behalf of the touring cast. The fund was set up by the British Red Cross to help victims of terror attacks throughout the UK. Reviver’s Michael Tyler is featured in CMT’s Summer Of Music campaign, which features a sweepstakes that includes a trip for two to the 2018 CMT Music Awards. More here. Corizon Health has teamed with Mark Collie, who will serve as the company’s Music Therapy Ambassador and launch a prison music expression program at two Tennessee correctional facilities. Songwriter Neil Medley has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with HoriPro Entertainment Group.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com. • Ally & Andy exited mornings on WDSY/Pittsburgh (6/19). • Jay Jones joined Broken Bow Music Group (6/19). • Dallas McCade was named MD at WKHX/Atlanta (6/20). • WRKN/New Orleans moved to 106.1 (6/20). • NAB elected a new board (6/21). • Damon Scott moved to mornings at WWYZ/Hartford, Broadway exited (6/22). • “The Bear” retired from WNCY/Appleton-Green Bay (6/23).

Hall Class Goes Deep invitation to stand to basically everyone in the room who knows him, Closson said, “I asked in the beginning how in the world a farm kid from Minnesota makes it to the Hall of Fame. Yes, hard work, dedication, the power of positive thinking, competitive will to win and a lot of luck along the way. But most of all, being surrounded by great people. To

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Joseph Formicola, Barry Mardit

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All A Board: Warner Music Nashville’s John Esposito (c) hosts a listening and showcase event for CRB board and agenda committee members at the company’s Nashville office. Pictured (l-) are consultant Joel Raab, Scripps’ Beverlee Brannigan, Emmis’ Charlie Morgan, Townsquare’s Kurt Johnson, CBS Radio’s Tim Roberts, Brett Eldredge, WMN’s Peter Strickland, Espo, consultant Becky Brenner, Devin Dawson, WMN’s Scott Hendricks, Matt Signore and Kristen Williams, iHeartCountry’ Rod Phillips and Cumulus’ Mike McVay.

all those folks who were standing, you are all the reason for my success.” Consultant and former WWWW/Detroit PD Barry Mardit inducted the late Joe Wade Formicola. Calling him a master of “what goes on in between the songs,” Mardit described “the Joe that I know.” Among the many stories was one of an on-air plea for a $10,000 check for St. Jude Kids, which a listener quickly fulfilled. “If you knew Joe, you had a friend in Formicola,” Mardit said. Formicola’s son Joseph accepted on behalf of his father. “He lived and breathed radio, which is why I know he deserves this award as his greatest achievement.” Father-in-law Owen Keavney inducted Buck Owens Productions and KUZZ/Bakersfield’s Mel Mel Owens Owens. “There’s no way I can talk about Mel in three minutes,” he said of his first reaction to being asked, noting he was then told the event was not a roast. “They said, ‘You’re just going to introduce him and talk about his achievements.’ That created another little problem for me. How am I ever going to fill three minutes?” Owens credited the people around him for the station’s success. “We have people who have been there 20, 30 and 40 years and it’s because they enjoy it,” he said. He thanked his wife and extended family, current and former staff and consultants, closing with a story about his famous uncle. “Twice a year we would play golf for four or five days. Buck liked to call those corporate meetings. He’d say, ‘Lets get around to the bonuses.’ Jim Mantel He wanted to get paid. Michael [Owens] and I would say, ‘Since

it’s a corporate meeting, don’t we need to vote on this?’ And Buck would say, ‘Well, yeah. You boys go ahead and vote and when you’re done voting, do it the way I told you.’” WRNS/New Bern, NC’s Jim Mantel was introduced by his daughter Elizabeth Mantel, who is also in radio at WYRK/ Buffalo. She told about a “Christmas Break-Ins” promotion Mantel poured his own money into. “More than that, there was no afterglow. They didn’t go on the radio and tell everyone.” Mantel reeled of a list of those who he worked for or with who are in the Hall of Fame, as well as crediting other colleagues for making him better. He thanked his wife Melinda for “35 wonderful ... 34 wonderful years. There was that year in Houston when nobody was happy.” He thanked family, especially those whose experiences were mined for show prep. “My dad didn’t think I was all that funny,” he said in closing. “If he told me once, he said at least half a million times, ‘One of these days that smart mouth is going to get you in trouble.’ I only wish he’d lived long enough to see what this mouth actually accomplished.” WYCD/Detroit’s Tim Roberts inducted the late Linda Lee. “She was always fighting Roberts, Mills, Kid Rock for the common man or woman,” he said. “Fighting for Alzheimer’s, diabetes, the American Cancer Society and helping us win radio station of the decade for St. Jude.” As for her own fight, “She wouldn’t let anyone be down about it,” he said. “She had us all convinced she was going to be the 1% to beat stage four cancer. Unfortunately she lost that battle. But she won the battles in our hearts every day. The outpouring of love after her passing was unbelievable.” To that point, Detroit’s own Kid Rock came to the stage to handle the formal induction, with Lee’s daughter Gina Mills accepting. She shared, “I know she is looking down beaming with pride and joy.” KPLX & KSCS/Dallas’ Mac Daniels inducted Beasley’s Charlie

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Ochs. Ticking off his many accomplishments, Daniels drew special attention to Ochs’ two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars and an Army commendation for valor. He described an executive known for “passion for radio, honesty, patience and leadership.” Ochs thanked friends and family, particularly wife Margaret, who left a career in oil well firefighting to jump on “the crazy radio train.” Citing business associates including Bill Figenshu and Mel Karmazin, he expressed appreciation for all the ways he was pushed to be better. Among Ochs many stories were a few about Joe Ladd, including the time he “gave away $25,000 on the second day of a month-long contest.” Ochs closed with some Charlie Ochs paraphrased song lyrics: “I went hang-gliding. I went stock car racing. I won the buffalo race on one named Billy Blue. I loved Margaret deeper. Spoke to her sweeter. And someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.” Introduced by Dave Collins, The Good Morning Guys’ Todd Harding, Brian Gary and Susan Moore were praised for doing radio for the right reasons. Moore thanked Country radio, her husband, Miss America scholarships, Mary Tyler Moore “for showing us how to play with the big boys in broadcasting” and Ingstad Broadcasting. In joining Harding and Gary 15 years ago she said, “I found my home. These men are fun, funny, kind, smart, generous, a little naughty and a day-to-day joy.” Harding said, “It is honestly the thrill of my life to be here tonight. Radio has more than exceeded every dream I’ve had. My only regret is that my mom and dad couldn’t be here tonight.

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They’re still alive ... they just couldn’t make the trip.” He thanked his wife, then turned to his 29 years with Gary. “ I believe he’s the greatest broadcaster who’s ever worked in the state of Colorado and maybe one GMG: Brian, Susan, Todd of the best in the nation.” “I gotta agree with Todd,” Gary said. “I’m pretty freakin’ awesome.” He thanked his wife and family, then delivered the most inspirational portion of the evening. “What I want to talk about is how lucky we are to do what we do. By the way, I see the empty tables and I will come to your house and deliver this speech. “We get to play music and talk to people. We get to set the mood for the day. We can actually change the world.” Later he added, “That’s what our music does. These guys who bust their asses to write, record and give us these songs are the ones I want to thank. It’s because of country music our listeners will open the door and let us into their lives. “I am in this because I love music, what it does and can do. And I love the power of radio. Nobody does it better than Country. God bless every one of you.” –Chuck Aly

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

Camp Fired Up: Curb’s Jerrod Niemann with ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp campers during a karaoke event at Nashville’s Winner’s Bar & Grill. The eighth annual event is a partnership between ACMLL and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

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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: Cumulus WKHX/Atlanta is looking for an afternoon drive host. Apply here.

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

Buck Owens Productions KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA is looking for an afternoon news anchor. Send materials here.

•Cheri Cranford Former GM Streamsound/Red Vinyl Music 615-473-6837 cheri.cranford@comcast.net

Cumulus WNNF/Cincinnati is looking for a PD/on-air host. Apply here. Cumulus’ WIVK/Knoxville has openings in middays and mornings. Apply here. Aloha Trust WFRE/Frederick, MD is looking for a midday host with imaging skills. Send materials here. Entercom KKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show host. Details here. Midwest WNCY/Appleton-Green Bay, WI is seeking an on-air host who is compelling, social media savvy, interactive, organized and solid with promotions. Airchecks here. Entercom KWJJ/Portland, OR is now accepting applications for part-time on-air positions. Send materials here. Cox WWKA/Orlando seeks a Dir./Branding & Programming. Apply here. GCC Bend’s KSJJ/Bend, OR is searching for a morning show producer/air talent. Airchecks and resumes here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here.

Searching •Jennifer Reed Former WXTU/Philadelphia night host jenniferreedradio@gmail.com

• Bethany Linderman Former WGNA/Albany morning co-host 727-460-2389 linderman.bethany@gmail.com • Mike Preston Former KKWF/Seattle PD 206-979-2500 pljpreston@aol.com • Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com • Jim Day Former WIL/St. Louis morning host 314-258-4365 jimdayshow@gmail.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com •Roger Fregoso Former Big Loud Regional rogerfregoso29@gmail.com

•Big Chris Hart Former KUUB/KWFP PD/MD/Prod. Dir./afternoon host 775-830-1320 bigchrishart@hotmail.com •Travis Moon Former KAJA/KASE/KVET PD travismooncountry@hotmail.com

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

25352

1808

8475

620

55.668 3.391

159

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

23657

1276

8000

410

52.993 2.951

159

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔

22286

1434

7408

516

49.839 3.469

159

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) ✔

20783

1522

6937

483

46.113

158

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

19261

-5018

6557

-1770

40.829 -12.795

159

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

18642

1286

6239

385

42.535 2.674

158

KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol)

17571

767

5969

196

40.108 2.262

158

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

16040

572

5597

339

34.176 -0.056

156

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

15970

-76

5352

36.655 -0.193

159

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

15696

1215

5291

393

34.938 3.113

159

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

15435

593

5237

182

34.087 1.531

159

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) ✔

14866

1661

4839

522

33.203 4.135

158

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

13946

1137

4627

367

31.973 3.088

159

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

13665

-5341

4341

-1930

32.65 -9.232

158

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

11557

275

3901

25.402 0.965

159

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

10531

721

3741

244

21.128 1.935

158

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

9849

1093

3357

387

20.371

3.9

157

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

9711

610

3210

194

19.503

2.09

153

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

9272

845

3202

354

18.682 1.241

156

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

8423

1171

2848

397

17.069 2.021

150

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

7898

721

2749

223

14.899 1.746

148

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

7763

887

2664

308

14.164 1.254

149

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

7676

141

2542

14.361 -0.031

154

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

7573

1210

2587

441

15.085 2.441

143

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

6935

797

2266

262

12.974 0.797

154

God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

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3.23

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

6307

859

2200

308

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

5154

662

1622

178

9.676

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

5064

236

1773

8.153

11.925 1.624

29 TW 29 LW

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) Artist/Title (Label)

36 30 28 26

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

4657 6307

1295 859

1609 2200

471 308

32 31 31 27

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

4634 5154

264 662

1740 1622

115 178

7.911 9.676

33 32 30 28

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3981 5064

146 236

1378 1773

42 61

35 33 29 29

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR)

3897 5023

434 51

1370 1706

34 34 36 30

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔

3740 4657

58 1295

39 35 32 31

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

3490 4634

37 36 33 32

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

38 37 35 33

138

1.931

119

0.566

133

5023 51 Total 1706 8.373 +/0.258 129 ADDS 1 Total Points +/- Points Plays +/-72 Plays Audience Aud Stations 116 138

15 5

0.484 1.931

135 119

7 8

6.026 8.153

0.287 0.566

118 133

4 3

165 72

6.424 8.373

0.621 0.258

121 129

5 1

1356 1609

4 471

6.898 8.8

0.261 2.557

107 116

1 15

378 264

1230 1740

98 115

6.129 7.911

0.735 0.484

107 135

8 7

3453 3981

163 146

1281 1378

53 42

6.083 -0.056 6.026 0.287

95 118

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AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

3440 3897

272 434

975 1370

80 165

7.022 6.424

0.722 0.621

64 121

0 5

40 38 34 34

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

3035 3740

112 58

1058 1356

33 4

4.635 6.898

0.197 0.261

114 107

2 1

42 39 39 35

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

3026 3490

322 378

1057 1230

106 98

5.018 6.129

0.586 0.735

102 107

6 8

41 40 37 36

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

2853 3453

141 163

904 1281

13 53

4.652 0.693 6.083 -0.056

97 95

2 0

43 41 38 37

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA) AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

2826 3440

190 272

922 975

41 80

4.807 7.022

0.366 0.722

85 64

1 0

49 42 40 38

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony) ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

2536 3035

327 112

845 1058

102 33

3.904 4.635

1.09 0.197

102 114

4 2

48 43 42 39

HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

2502 3026

243 322

748 1057

73 106

4.005 5.018

0.472 0.586

66 102

1 6

45 44 41 40

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

2332 2853

-24 141

774 904

16 13

3.354 -0.145 4.652 0.693

78 97

3 2

44 45 43 41

WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

2297 2826

-95 190

765 922

-3 41

5.479 -0.554 4.807 0.366

91 85

2 1

46 46 49 42

TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory) RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony)

2198 2536

-115 327

629 845

-6 102

5.95 3.904

-0.528 1.09

29 102

0 4

47 Debut 48 43

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA)

1764 2502

1112 243

579 748

377 73

3.08 4.005

1.801 0.472

77 66

17 1

48 Debut 45 44

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

1657 2332

950 -24

499 774

334 16

2.974 1.502 3.354 -0.145

62 78

24 3

BROOKE EDEN/Act Like You Don't (Red Bow) WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse)

1416 2297

-329 -95

571 765

-93 -3

1.714 -0.094 5.479 -0.554

87 91

3 2

Debut 50

JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory)

1408 2198

-19 -115

506 629

3 -6

1.373 -0.036 5.95 -0.528

73 29

0 0

Debut 47

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

1764

1112

579

377

3.08

1.801

Debut 48

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

1657

950

499

334

2.974

1.502

BROOKE EDEN/Act Like You Don't (Red Bow)

1416

-329

571

-93

1.714 -0.094

JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)

1408

-19

506

1.373 -0.036

Re-Enter 49 44

Re-Enter 49 Debut 50

8.8 2.557 11.925 1.624

Chart Page 2

June 26, 2017 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

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

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

837 ✔

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

782 ✔

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

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

691 ✔

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

679 ✔

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

614 ✔

RAELYNN/Lonely Call (Warner Bros./WMN)

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

593

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

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

566

KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

558

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

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

554

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

529

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

1808

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

1661

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

1522

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

1434

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

1295

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

185

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

171

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

164

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

152

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

150

1286

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

148

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

1276

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

140

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

1215

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

121

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

1210

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

113

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

1171

THOMAS RHETT f/ M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

111

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Points

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA/Capitol)

20054

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

17652

516

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

17517

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

483

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

11105

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

471

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

9337

441

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

8061

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

410

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

7615

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

397

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

7509

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

393

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

6702

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

387

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

6633

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

620

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

522

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

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

Chart Page 3

June 26, 2017 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) Moves 44-45 2297 points, 765 spins 2 adds: WFUS, WSSL TODD O’NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory) Remains 46 2198 points, 629 spins; no adds LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) Debuts 47* 1764 points, 579 spins 17 adds: KWJJ, KAJA, KBEQ, WCTK, WGNE, KJKE, WGKX*, WKHK, WSSL, WGNA, KHGE, KXKT, WTGE, KSSN, WAVW, WWQM, KMDL LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) Debuts 48* 1657 points, 499 spins 24 adds: WNSH*, KSCS*, WKHX*, WKLB, WDRQ*, KEEY, WQYK, KAJA, KUBL*, WKDF*, WGH, WGKX*, WSSL, KIIM*, KVOO, KHGE, KSKS*, WCTO*, KHKI*, WTGE, KHEY, KATM*, KATC*, KTTS BROOKE EDEN/Act Like You Don’t (Red Bow) Re-enters 49* 1416 points, 571 spins 3 adds: KKBQ, KWEN*, KSSN JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) Debuts 50* 1408 points, 506 spins; no adds GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 1300 points, 498 spins 4 adds: KWEN*, KHGE, KHEY, WDRM PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 1223 points, 446 spins; no adds CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo) 1118 points, 180 spins; no adds

A D D DAT E S July 3 None listed

July 10

THE CADILLAC THREE/Dang If We Didn’t (Big Machine) KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

July 17

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Chart Page 4

June 26, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

+/- Points

Plays

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

10605

124

2466

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

10375

181

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

10082

477

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) ✔

9846

KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol)

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

2353

2252

111

691

2183

164

9110

324

2053

9011

291

1956

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

8625

-1370

1978

-309

God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

2nd Week at No. 1

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

8241

224

1802

10 9

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

8186

525

1776

110

11 10

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

7775

232

1703

12 11

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

7012

326

1549

13 12

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

6978

554

1587

152

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

6716

-2242

1545

-479

16 14

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

6238

529

1367

148

14 15

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

5920

1334

19 16

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) ✔

5129

614

1062

140

15 17

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

5127

-744

1111

-152

20 18

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) ✔

5018

837

1066

171

22 19

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) ✔

4485

782

986

185

18 20

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

4419

-141

924

21 21

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

4146

227

920

23 22

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

3973

593

840

113

24 23

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

3522

370

679

25 24

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

3315

319

671

27 25

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

3264

566

641

28 26

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

3239

558

706

121

26 27

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

3214

278

709

29 28

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

2819

155

508

30 29

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

2457

118

510

34 30

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

2440

679

508

150

Chart Page 5

June 26, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

31 31

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

2280

Plays

499

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

33 32

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

2092

299

464

35 33

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

1536

-100

272

-25

37 34

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

1383

221

39 35

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

1268

137

312

38 36

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

1245

310

47 37

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

1134

490

180

40 38

TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory)

1010

305

41 39

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

931

152

43 40

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

894

167

42 41

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

879

193

45 42

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR)

780

110

44 43

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

746

-4

48 44

CODY JOHNSON/Wild As You (Cojo)

630

-8

133

-1

49 45

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

599

131

50 46

JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)

581

109

57 47

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

566

126

51 48

A THOUSAND HORSES/Preachin' To The Choir (BMLGR)

560

103

55 49

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony)

549

133

46 50

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

543

-102

-14

52 51

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

507

-4

-2

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

505

303

149

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (---)

490

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

479

107

56 55

TYLER FARR/I Should Go To Church Sometime (Columbia)

472

59 56

ELI YOUNG BAND/Never Land (Valory)

470

Debut

54 53

Debut

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

468

Debut

RONNIE DUNN/I Worship The Woman You... (Nash Icon/Valory)

442

152

155

SHANIA TWAIN/Life's About To Get Good (Mercury)

441

-51

108

-2

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

440

53 59

Debut

Chart Page 6