Issue 825 - September 19, 2022

Odessa’s Permian High School was the inspiration for Friday Night Lights, so high school football figures prominently. “We carry Permian and Odessa High football games – alternating teams with one of our other stations,” says Peterson. Afternoon host Tracy Scott handles play-by-play for Permian.

Musically, Peterson says KHKX is all about familiarity. “We are ‘90s heavy, but we actually go back even further than that. We’ll play some ‘60s, a little bit of ‘70s and quite a bit of ‘80s. Some current artists make the jump into what we’re doing, like Luke Combs and Blake Shelton. We also play a George Strait song every hour and have a Texas music show on Saturday nights.

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Spotlighting inductees ahead of the Oct. 30 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala continues with Gary Nicholson Nicholson arrived in Nashville in 1980 and worked as a guitar player, producer and songwriter. Among his many notable compositions are “One More Last Chance” (Vince Gill), “Givin’ Water To A Drowning Man” (Lee Roy Parnell), “Live, Laugh, Love” (Clay Walker) and “Squeeze Me In” (Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood). A selfdescribed “blues nerd” as a kid, Nicholson has proudly landed 17 cuts with Buddy Guy, among others.

1, 2 Point Conversion: River House/Columbia’s Luke Combs (c) celebrates his 14th consecutive airplay No. 1, “The Kind of Love We Make,“ with iHeart’s Rod Phillips (l) and the label’s Steve Hodges in Green Bay, WI.

Ratings: Small Markets, Big Numbers

Kelley Peterson

September 19, 2022, Issue 825

Country Aircheck pored through Nielsen’s Spring 2022 twiceper-year surveys to find the format’s biggest small market success stories. Two are stations that have a track record of success, and one is brand new to the No. 1 club, but all three share locally focused owners and a bullish outlook on radio.

Fair To Midland: Brazos West KHKX/Odessa-Midland, TX marked its 21st anniversary this spring in spectacular fashion with a 6.4 to 8.1 jump, giving the station its largest share ever and its first No. 1 finish – all the more impressive in light of its three-way format battle with Townsquare KNFM and ICA Communications KMRK.

PD Kelley Peterson has been with KHKX since it signed on and says this spring’s results are especially gratifying given the station’s recent history. “Our heritage morning show [Mike Lawrence and Dana Carole] retired a few years ago, and it sent us into a bit of a tailspin,” Peterson says. “Being able to recover from that and actually grow has been a testament to our staff.”

KHKX now carries Compass’ The Big D & Bubba Show but adds a unique element. “Every time they do a break, we have our Amanda James talking about local information and contesting. That’s been the key to transitioning into a really cool syndicated show while keeping locality.”

Kids talk about what they want to do, and I would say, “I want to be a musician and a writer, too,” because I also wrote short stories. But I hadn’t conceived you could write songs and make a living doing it.

Gary Nicholson

NSHoF: Gary Nicholson

My favorite moments from the Raised Up Right Tour have been just Luke Bryan himself. How I’m learning from his crew, how he’s had people stay on his team for so long and advice directly from Luke. It’s priceless. But my favorite part is getting to sing with him every night on a song that was his first No. 1 as a songwriter, “Good Directions.”

Jim Ed had success as a record producer and gave me a job writing songs for his company, which meant moving my family to Nashville in 1980. I wrote for him for three years, then signed with Tree, where I stayed for 15 years.

Patty Loveless was cooking dinner with her husband and producer, Emory Gordy, Jr., and listening to Nashville radio. I was doing an interview and sang “Trouble With The Truth” live on-air. The song was about eight years old by then and wasn’t getting pitched. She heard me singing it, and by the time I got home, the guy who interviewed me called to say Patty had called the station

MITCHELL TENPENNY

me the things that happen when you least expect it. It took a second for that to register. Here’s to a billion more!

TikTok was the only reason that “Truth About You” became a single. People took it, lived with it, and made their own videos. They told me this song mattered to them. We have the technology to gather the data; I have to listen to the people who listen to me. The life of this song – from writing it, recording it, going through quarantine, putting up the video on TikTok, it becoming a song on the record, it becoming a radio single and our newest No. 1 single – it’s crazy. I like TikTok for the funny content to make me forget about the world for a minute. Every now and then, you find a little piece of gold.

Jim Ed was called upon to produce Mickey Gilley for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. I had a song called “Jukebox Argument” – written mostly out of boredom. They loved it and cut it, so I had the thrill of going to a movie theater in north Texas and hearing my song in the background. Of course, by the time I

I’ve been going [to CMA Fest] since I was a kid growing up in Nashville when it was called Fan Fair. It’s the reason I got my record deal with Sony, because you never know who is going to show up in the audience. This year, I got to play in the stadium, where my favorite team – the Titans – play. So many great things have happened to me this year, but I think playing Nissan was my highlight of 2022.

OFF THE RECORD

This Is The Heavy is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I grew up playing in rock bands and wanted to make this record heavier, production-wise and lyrically. We turned the guitars up, hit the drums harder, and I really tried to pull on the heart strings with the lyrics. I wanted this to be a record that you could play super loud. The songs that standout from the very beginning are “Good Place” and all the way to the last song, “That’s How She Goes;” that one got me signed to my first publishing deal eight years ago. I love how they set the tone and bookend the entire record. When I was a teenager, I was hanging out on a friend’s rooftop, and we saw a saucer out in the field past his house. It lifted up off the ground moving left to right. We grabbed his mom and asked what it was, and she couldn’t explain. All of a sudden, it flew off. The next morning, we went out to the field and saw marks in the grass where it was. I don’t know if there were aliens in it, but it was definitely an unidentified flying object. But as for the photo being on the back cover, there is nothing tying it to the album. I just wanted a UFO on the back of the record … and to leave people wondering why.

realized it was my song, the scene changed.

Riser House/Columbia’s Mitchell Tenpenny goes Off The Record:

My first No. 1 was “That’s The Thing About Love” by Don Williams in 1984. My wife and I said we’d give Nashville five years, and about four years in, here comes that song. It got us out of the worst rental house and able to buy one. We were amazed the banks of Nashville would give you a loan based on your chart position.

I’d gotten some music business experience at a fairly young age, but still didn’t know there were staff writers at publishing companies who got up every morning, drank their coffee and went to work writing songs. That didn’t happen for me until I moved to Nashville, and I was 30 years old by then.

I never imagined I would get to a billion streams. For me as a musician, I wanted my songs to be heard and for them to make it out to the world. As a songwriter, the hardest thing is 99% of your songs will never be heard. My goal as an artist is to get more out there. It’s crazy to

Jim Ed Norman was roommates with the rhythm guitar player for my college frat band. We met Gram Parsons after a gig, and he encouraged us to move to L.A. Jim Ed ended up in a band with Don Henley. When that split up, Henley joined the Eagles, and Jim Ed joined our band, which did absolutely nothing to speak of. Made a couple albums, got my ass kicked and moved back to Texas.

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We have a whole new record with tons of singles, and I can’t wait for fans to hear all of it. I’m so proud of it. Country radio: you can expect to see more of me. Thank you for giving me No. 1s with Chris Young on “At The End Of A Bar” and “Truth About You.” We have more coming!

The tried and true “Secret Sound” promotion has been running across the last five books. “Listeners know it, they look forward to it and they call asking about it months before we start,” Brooks says. “It’s not about a big prize payoff, it’s about that accumulation over time as the money increases.”

–Chuck Aly

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The Bobby Bones Show co-host Amy Brown takes her 4 Things With Amy Brown podcast to the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center in Wichita, KS Nov. 5. Tickets available here from page

An emphasis on digital focuses on the station’s app. “We utilize interactive voting sessions over three different dayparts. The morning show has an entire half hour takeover, the midday shift has a new music shootout, and then there’s the ‘Drive At Five’ where listeners pick their favorite songs to play on their way home. While major markets are looking at cost optimization, we’re looking at expanding and growing.”

(continued

Congratulations to Luke Combs, Steve Hodges, Lauren Thomas and the Columbia promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “The Kind Of Love We Make.”

after I left and really likes the song. They cut it and made it the title track of her album. At the time I was co-writing a lot, but I’d written it solo, which made it special. Barely got inside the top 10, but it was a hit.

Chart Chat

Jeannie Sealy hosted the return of the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree Sept. 17.

Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge will celebrate its 62nd birthday in downtown Nashville Oct. 4 with performers including Randy Houser, Lee Brice and Parmalee

Ratings: Small Markets, Big Numbers

Randy Brooks

Luke Combs

Get Your Kix: Zimmer KIXQ/Joplin, MO is no stranger to the top of the rankers. It’s finished first overall in 40 of the last 45 surveys. While it held steady from last fall to spring with an even 12 share, its 25-54 share jumped in the spring matching its five-year high water mark and outpacing No. 2 sister Top 40 KSYN by five shares.

“This radio station has its own personality,” says Peterson. “No matter what we’re doing, we make sure listeners are having as much fun as we are. We have a fantastic regional owner who understands the importance of live, local radio. It’s like a big plate of nachos; there’s nothing wrong with just cheese, but adding the station’s and airstaff’s personality with fun sweepers makes it into supreme nachos.”

“We’re a Top 40 station that just happens to play country music,” explains PD Randy Brooks . “My main competitor is not the three other Country stations, it’s the station down the hall. They’re playing five of my current titles. They can promote my station all they want, but we do not focus on new music; we just give the impression that we do. I’m a big believer in playing songs my audience already knows.”

News & Notes

The songwriting community is not what it was, but I accept the change. Music Row was pretty magical for a stretch of time. You’d pitch your buddy’s song, because you thought it would fit a project even though you didn’t write it. Five years later, he’d pitch one of yours. That camaraderie was significant. I feel very fortunate to have been able to make a living writing songs; it’s an unbelievable dream.

Rodney Crowell has released his book Word For Word, available here.

Kudos to Ryan Dokke and the BMLGR crew on leading this week’s add board with 32 adds for Shane Profitt’s debut single “How It Oughta Be.” Profitt is the fourth artist to top the Add Board with a debut so far this year, the most in any year since 2015, which had five debut artists top the Most Added.

The 40th anniversary Christmas 4 Kids concert will take place Nov. 21 at the Ryman Auditorium hosted by Phil Vassar. Tickets and info here

This is Combs’ 14th No. 1 out of 14 singles, extending his record for most consecutive No. 1s to start an artist’s career. Combs also extends his career number of weeks at No. 1 to 28, moving him into a tie for 22nd alltime with Brooks & Dunn. Songwriters are Jamie Davis, Dan Isbell, Reid Isbell and Combs.

Sheryl Crow, Joe Ely, Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell are among the performers announced for Austin City Limit’s 2022 ACL Hall of Fame Inductions & Celebration Oct. 27. Details here

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A Veterans Day Tribute: An Evening With Brett James & Friends will take place Nov. 10 at The Bell Tower (400 4th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37201) to benefit Aerial Recovery, a non-profit devoted to international disaster response. Details here

Chris Huff, chris@countryaircheck.com

Monta Vaden, monta@countryaircheck.com

Andy Webb

Primarily a “New Country” station, Webb says the mix is “6070% contemporary country.” He adds, “We also meet the needs of people who love classic country with an hourly throwback and a ‘90s feature at noon. Being the only Country station in the market gives us the freedom to do a little bit of everything.”

Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com

Morning host Tom Whalen joined the station in 1999, while

Live appearances are no longer central to marketplace visibility. “My oldest daughters couldn’t wait to get their drivers licenses so they could better connect with their friends,” Brooks explains. “My youngest didn’t get hers until she was 21, and then it was only at my urging. She had a different way of connecting with her social group so didn’t feel the need. Society is connecting differently; Instagram Reels, Facebook and Tik Tok are among the opportunities to better connect with our audience on their level. Luckily, I work for a company that believes in investing in the future.”

Despite the common assumption that traffic apps make onair traffic redundant, WFRE listeners request it throughout the day. “They trust us to tell them what is going on, because we’ve been doing it so long and so well,” Webb says. “It’s not just something that’s sponsored, it is a vital and viable part of our on-airFromproduct.”Webb’s view, reports of radio’s demise are vastly overstated. “In Frederick, it is not only just as viable as it’s always been, but it’s even more essential now,” he says. “We’re metropolitan enough to offer traffic updates for areas close to DC but small enough to mention a lost dog and find the owner within a few hours. We are providing something listeners can’t get form a streaming service or online. Music, information and companionship – that’s really what it’s all about.”

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Free And DC Down The Road: Few stations can claim the consistency enjoyed by Connoisseur WFRE/Frederick, MD In the shadows of both Baltimore and Washington, the station has finished first in every ratings period since 1993 but hit a low mark in 2020. Since then, PD Andy Webb has guided the station back, reaching its best showing since 2018 with a 12.9 this“Ifspring.youlive by the numbers, you die by the numbers,” admits Webb. “I prefer to work off the community reaction. People here really see themselves more as southern than anything. It doesn’t feel like a suburb of Washington, yet it is. It is a challenge, because you have people that go to work every day in DC that live here, so we end up super-serving everybody.”

co-host Dianah Gibson doubles as news director. Emma Webb handles middays. “Full disclosure: she is my wife,” Andy says. “But she is more talented than I am or ever will be. I run the afternoon show, and we have an intense focus on topics and getting people to be part of the conversation.”

Chris Huff

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Monitor

TX

Facilities

Positioner: “Your All Time Country Favorites”

RESTLESS HEART/Wheels MARTINA MCBRIDE/Independence Day GEORGE STRAIT/I’ve Come To Expect It From You * :55 Commercial Break (4:00) KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico

Thursday 2pm

Did you know that it’s take your radio to work day? Actually, every day is take your radio to work day!

Market No. 161

KHKX Music

Owner: Brazos Communications West

PD: Kelley Peterson

Airstaff: Mornings – Big D & Bubba with Amanda James Middays – Kelley Peterson Afternoons – Tracy Scott : 100,000 watts at 407 feet : April 2001 : www.kicks99.net

Country Sign-on

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand DIERKS BENTLEY/What Was I Thinkin’ WILLIE NELSON/On The Road Again MARK CHESNUTT/Bubba Shot The Jukebox ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is BLAKE SHELTON/God Gave Me You :23 Commercial Break (4:00) TOBY KEITH/My List SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger LUKE COMBS f/ERIC CHURCH/Does To Me :38 Commerical Break (4:00)

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Playing the best music for hard workin’ Americans who are gettin’ the job done.

Brand: “Kicks 99.1”

KHKX/ODESSA–MIDLAND,

KHKX

* He wears his Stetson like a crown, more George Strait now. We live here, we love here, we are west Texas.

Imaging Samples Odessa–Midland Ratings Graph (P12+ Share)

We’re not your grandma’s country station, unless your grandma’s really cool.

WFRE/FREDERICK, MD

* How about another Free Country throwback? Powered by [Sponsor]

Afternoons

Frederick Ratings Graph (P12+ Share)

Airstaff: – Randy Brooks & Jen Fox – MJ – Brett James

Mornings

Your job isn’t over at five, it’s over when the job’s done, and we’ll be with you all the way.

Joplin Ratings Graph (P12+ Share)

Owner: Connoisseur

Middays – Emma Webb

Owner: Zimmer

WFRE Music Monitor

Music Monitor

Middays

Imaging Samples

Market No. 185

Airstaff:

Country Sign-on: February 1993 Website: www.wfre.com

FRANK RAY/Country’d Look Good On You

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Thursday 2pm INGRID ANDRESS w/SAM HUNT/Wishful Drinking THOMAS RHETT/Sixteen COLE SWINDELL & LAINEY WILSON/Never Say Never ERIC CHURCH/Some Of It JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle :19 Commercial Break (4:00) SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time LUKE COMBS/One Number Away CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Ghost Story :33 Commercial Break (3:00) BRATLEY GILBERT/You Don’t Know Her Like I Do CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 PRISCILLA BLOCK/My

Does Kix 102.5 Really play more country music? Spoiler alert: yeah, we really do!

KIXQ/JOPLIN,

Country Sign-on: 1985 on 93.9, moved to 102.5 in 1996 www.kix1025.com Bar

KIXQ

Mornings – Tom Whalen & Dianah Gibson

How good are the songs we play? If we were a food truck, there’d be a line around the block.

Positioner: “Free Country”

Send news to news@countryaircheck.com

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine

Brand: “Kix 102.5”

DYLAN SCOTT/New Truck THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man

JAKE OWEN/Best Thing Since Backroads ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried INGRID ANDRESS w/SAM HUNT/Wishful Drinking :22 Commercial Break (5:00)

CODY JOHNSON/’Til You Can’t JASON ALDEAN w/KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love :42 Commercial Break (4:00)

Making your work space your happy place.

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart

:48 Commercial Break (4:00)

Better than the smell of new boots, well, almost. New music now:

Positioner: “The 4 States’ No. 1 For Country”

PD: Randy Brooks

Website:

PD: Andy Webb

FAITH HILL/Piece Of My Heart * KENNY CHESNEY f/UNCLE KRACKER/When The Sun Goes Down NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You

Facilities: 100,000 watts at 912 feet

WFRE Imaging Samples

Facilities: 7,600 watts at 1,165 feet

KIXQ

Market No. 222

Wednesday 2pm

Deep in the heart of Free Country.

MO

Brand: “99.9 WFRE”

Afternoons – Andy Webb

that includes Country KUSJ. See the complete job description and apply here

Ingstad/Thief River Falls, MN VP/Broadcasting Jake Weber is looking for a GM to oversee the cluster that includes Country KKDQ & Classic Country KKAQAM. Send résumés and cover letters to Weber here

Cumulus KATM/Modesto, CA PD Andy Winford is looking for a third-mic morning co-host to join DJ Walker and Jaimee Lee. See complete job description and apply here

Bicoastal/Centralia, WA OM/Sports Dir. & Country WMNT afternoon personality Ryan Trotter is heading up the search for his own successor. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

BMG/BBRMG is searching for a Dir./Publicity. Job description and application here

Saga Group PD Scott Chase is looking for a morning host to join WCVL/Charlottesville, VA Complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Chase here

WCOW/Sparta WI PD Arnie Andrews is searching for a midday personality who can also handle production duties to succeed the retiring Mike Burns-Gilbert. Send résumés and airchecks to Andrews here

Seven Mountains Chief Programming Officer JC Burton is on the hunt for a PD to helm Country WPIG/ Olean, NY. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

Forever WOGG/Pittsburgh PD Jeremy “Danger” Mulder is searching for a morning host. See the complete job description here; send résumés, cover letters and airchecks here

Connoisserhere WFRE/Frederick, MD GM/GSM Michael Banks is looking for a Mgr./Promotions.

VP/GM Sue Munn is looking for Brand Mgr. for the five-station cluster that includes Country WBEE. Complete job description and application here

SOUTHEAST

MIDWEST

Townsquare KMDL/Lafayette, LA PD Jude Walker is searching for a midday personality. Complete job description and application here

Cumulus KYKZ/Lake Charles, LA is seeing a PD. Complete job description and application here

Forever Dir./Corporate HR Diane Fetty is looking for a Coord./Events & Promotions to join WXCY/ Wilmington, DE. Additional duties include on-air fill-in and production work. See the complete posting here; send résumés and cover letters here

Albright & O’Malley & Brenner Consulting is looking for a Country morning host with potential to handle programming responsibilities. All applications are confidential. Send résumés and airchecks to A&O&B’s Becky Brenner here and Kenny Jay here

WEST COAST

Stephens Country KLAA & Classic Country KBBK/ Alexandria, LA SVPP Bob Thornton is looking for an experienced PD/on-air talent to join the cluster. Send résumés, references and airchecks to him here.

Riverbend KTHK/Idaho Falls, ID OM Jade Davis and Group PD Viktor Wilt are looking to add a PD/ on-air talent to handle Country duties. See the complete job description here; send résumés, social media links and airchecks here

AVAILABLE JOBS

Spokane Television KXLY/Spokane, WA PD Jay Daniels is looking for an MD/on-air personality. See the complete job description and apply here

Forever EVP/Programming, Digital & Sales Development Jared Mims is on the hunt for a GM for the Bowling Green, KY and Glasgow, KY markets. Oversight includes Country WBVR/Bowling Green and Classic Country WLYE/Glasgow. See the complete job description here; send résumés here.

Midwest/Peoria, IL OM Rick Hirschmann is seeking a Dir./Production for the seven-station cluster that includes Country WXCL. See the complete job posting here; send résumés, cover letters and work samples

AGM Regional Mgr. Rich Watson is looking for a PD/morning host for Country KSNI/Santa Maria, CA See the complete job posting here; send résumés, social links and airchecks here

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LCKM Classic Country KRVF/Fort Worth, TX OM/ PD Mark Phillips is looking for a PD to succeed Keith “Fish” James. See the complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Phillips here

Saga Classic Country WSIG/Harrisonburg, VA OM Brandy Lindsey is searching for a PD. Send résumés and airchecks to here here

Mid-West Family WYTZ/Benton Harbor, MI VP/ Content Paul Layendecker is looking for a MD/ morning host to replace Matt Malone. Send résumés and airchecks here

Results Radio Country KNCQ/Redding, CA is adding a new part-time position for 7-10pm PT. Interested candidates can send résumés and airchecks

Hubbard/Bemidji, MN OM Kev Jackson is seeking a PD/morning host for Country KBHP. See the complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks here

Saga/Charlottesville, VA OM Paul “Uncle Pauly” McDaniel is seeking a Dir./Production for the six-station cluster that includes Country WCVL Complete job description here; send résumés, production samples and airchecks to McDaniel here

Cumulus KUBL/Salt Lake City is searching for a PD to succeed Travis Moon. Complete job description and application here

Community First Broadcasting GM Buzz Paterson is looking for an afternoon personality to join Country KKIA/Storm Lake, IA. Send résumés, three references and airchecks to him here

Complete job posting here; send résumés to Banks here

NRG WYTE/Wausau, WI GM Aleese Fielder is looking to add a morning co-host to join Brand Mgr./ morning personality Larry “Big Red” Wnorowski See complete job description and application here

At Townsquare/Killeen, TX the search is on for a Dir./Digital & Radio Content to oversee the cluster

Cumulus WIVK/Knoxville PD Rich Bailey is searching for a morning co-host to join Joey Tack. See the complete job description and apply here.

Gulf South WTVY/Dothan, AL GM Bryan Holladay is seeking an OM/PD/morning co-host who can also handle PD duties for Top 40 sister WKMX. Send résumés and airchecks here

Payne/Muskogee, OK GM Travis Reeves is looking for a cluster OM to handle mornings on Country KTFX. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

Bristol Broadcasting Country WMEV/Marion, VA GM Roger Bouldin is seeking a morning personality. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is searching for a morning co-host. See the complete posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here

South Georgia Broadcasters WBYZ/Baxley, GA Pres. Jim Graham is seeking a PD/MD/on-air personality. Send résumés, cover letters and airchecks to him here.

SOUTHWEST

Zimmer/Joplin, MO OM Thom Watts is searching for a morning co-host for Country KIXQ. See the complete job posting and apply here; send résumés, references and airchecks here

Cox/Houston Dir./Operations Travis Moon is on the hunt for a “dynamic morning show host” for Country KKBQ. Complete job posting and application here

Cumulus WDRQ/Detroit PD David Corey is seeking a midday personality. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

WBEE OM Cooper Fox is also searching for a morning host/content creator. See the complete job posting and apply here

Forever/Ocean City, MD MM Mark Schollenberger is looking for a morning personality to join Country WCHK. Send résumés and airchecks to him

Mid-West Family WRTB/Rockford, IL Brand Mgr. Gordon Mays is looking to add an on-air morning producer to The Morning Stampede alongside Steve Summers. See the complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Mays here

NRG KFGE/Lincoln, NE OM Steve King is seeking an APD/MD/midday personality to succeed Kyle Matthews. See the complete job posting and apply here; reach King here

Delta Media Classic Country KOGM/Lafayette, LA Station Captain Tanya Ardoin is looking for a midday host. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.

First Natchez/Natchez, MS Group PD Kidd Conley is seeking a five-station APD to do live middays on Country WQNZ. Send résumés, production demos and airchecks to Conley here.

Washingtonhere Interstate Broadcasting KUNK/Kelso, WA GM/OM/PD John Paul is searching for a morning host. See the complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Paul here

OTHER

iHeartMedia/Premiere Networks SVP/Talent & Brand Integration Rick Murray is seeking a Mgr./ Brand Integration & Digital Design. See the complete job description and apply here; send résumés to Murray here

Cumulus WFMS/Indianapolis OM/PD Christopher “Boomer” Layfield is searching for a midday personality. Complete job description and application here

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Federated WBYT/South Bend, IN PD Jesse Garcia is on the hunt for a morning host to succeed Zach Miller Send résumés and airchecks to Garcia here

Curtis/Lenoir, NC OM Dave Thomas is looking for a morning host for Country WKVS. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Townsquare/Atlantic City, NJ Dir./Content Joe Kelly is on the hunt for an Asst. Dir./Digital & Radio Content to join the cluster that includes Country WPUR Complete job description and application here

Golden Isles/Brunswick, GA Dir./Programming Mark “The Shark” Ediss is searching for a midday personality to join Country WRJY. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Forever WOGY/Jackson, TN EVP Jared Mims is searching for a morning co-host who will also write and produce newscasts each morning. Send résumés and airchecks to him here

Alpha/Portland OM & Country KUPL Dir./Content Gene Sandbloom is seeking a dedicated PD for KUPL. Complete job description here; send résumés, cover letters, programming philosophies, brand composites and airchecks to Sandbloom here

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•MMcKay973@gmail.com

Jared Marlowe

T.J. “J.T.” Michaels

Former KSJB-AM/Jamestown, ND morning

Tony Randall

Gail Austin

•GatorGlass.53@gmail.commornings

Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD

Aaron “Gator” Glass

Former WIVK/Knoxville morning

•AnneFBrooks@gmail.comPromotion

Trace Hamilton

Jimmy Elliott

Scott Gaines

•Underwood.A.Cody@gmail.comproducer

Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons

Cory Mikhals

Bill “Stu” Stewart

Chuck Akers

•BillHickok1950@gmail.com

KyleMurphyRadio@gmail.compersonality

•Kris@tonyandkris.com

Former Summit/Knoxville OM & WCYQ PD

Former on-air

•815-353-6101WildOnAir@aol.com

Former iHeartMedia National Programmer & WBWL/Boston

•865-405-8414DanMcKee01@gmail.comGSM

•BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com

Cody Underwood

Jim Pearson

Lance Houston

Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI Brand Mgr./mornings

Former WWOF/Tallahassee weekender

•chuckakers@comcast.net

Ron “Keyes” Stevens

Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays KimBrixton@gmail.com

Former WGH/Norfolk morning

•Mark McKay

•916-502-4734GCole27000@gmail.com

Former KSD/St. Louis PD/on-air personality

Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus)

Former KHGE/Fresno & KOSO/Modesto, CA PD/ on-air

Former WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoons

Ryan McCall

•RonStvns@yahoo.com

•DaviDean5@gmail.com

Former WCKT/Ft. Myers, FL middays

“Amanda McGraw” Burd

•802-249-3570TJMichaelsRadio@gmail.com

Former WLHK/Indianapolis PD/middays

Kyle Murphy

”Big” John Horton

Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons

Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host

•401-467-6737ZimaGuy@gmail.comtalent

Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons

•AmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.commiddays

Paul Donovan

Former WIVK/Knoxville morning host

•Tony@tonyandkris.com

•AmyLynnRadio@gmail.com

Mike McKay

Former KDBL/Yakima, WA •831-261-1822JimsCoolEmail@gmail.comPD/mornings

David Dean

•GailHowell7@gmail.com

•303-349-9304Proffner@gmail.com

Jess Tyler

Former KBMR/Bismark, ND morning host

Scott Davidson

Former WIVK/Knoxville morning host

•JTyler1999@yahoo.comMD/middays

Former WUSN/Chicago morning producer

Former WAMZ/Louisville afternoon host

•708-642-8518KellyT_60468@yahoo.com

•RadioJared@gmail.com

Bob Reeves

Former WCPV/Burlington, VT PD/afternoons

Caitlin “CJ” Johnson

Former WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoons

Former WQNU/Louisville

•RyanMcCall@yahoo.com

AJ McCloud

Former Riser House Dir./Southeast Promotion

Kris Richards

Former KSON/San Diego

Ryan Wild

Former KATC/Colorado Springs midday personality

•Tony Kelly

Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoon host

•Davidson1023@gmail.com

Former WOVK/Wheeling, WV

•BReeves780@gmail.comSVP/Promotion

SEEKING JOBS

•TheTraceHamilton@gmail.comhost

Kim Brixton

Former KKBQ/Houston APD/MD/Afternoon host caitlin.m.johnson25@gmail.com

•AmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com

Former Summit/Knoxville

•CoryProductions@icloud.comco-host

Kris Rochester

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 1 3 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) (Luke Combs, Jamie Davis, Dan Isbell, Reid Isbell) 30692 2975 8833 950 39.512 3.256 157 0 2 2 COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Warner/WMN) 30427 1036 8677 300 37.855 1.179 156 0 4 3 MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 4 27699 2374 8038 656 34.177 3.286 157 0 1 4 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You (Riser House/Columbia) 24792 -4931 7142 -1478 33.06 -4.357 156 0 6 5 I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 22777 1282 6559 324 26.348 2.266 154 0 7 6 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 22644 1392 6526 461 28.066 1.462 157 0 8 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Ghost Story (Capitol) 19714 214 5725 98 23.669 0.447 156 0 5 8 JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love (Valory) 19261 -4261 5556 -1275 27.057 -3.847 157 0 10 9 JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine) 18132 1513 5288 455 21.025 0.896 157 0 11 10 T. RHETT f/R. GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 4 16923 1641 4838 416 21.608 2.142 157 0 13 11 LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol) 14735 674 4252 193 17.608 0.866 149 0 14 12 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 13610 1403 3992 328 16.052 2.487 155 2 15 13 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek) 13079 937 3857 307 15.587 0.695 153 2 17 14 GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR) 4 12771 1549 3681 441 14.318 2.533 155 2 19 15 ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In... (Home Grown/Warner/WAR) 11994 892 3479 236 13.981 1.769 157 0 18 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Party Mode (Broken Bow) 11836 698 3442 235 12.545 1.097 156 0 20 17 JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 11197 1223 3313 350 12.084 1.042 152 2 23 18 JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA) 10185 876 2886 271 11.195 0.906 154 1 21 19 LEE BRICE/Soul (Curb) 10033 272 2970 82 9.876 -0.026 155 0 22 20 R. DICKERSON f/J. SCOTT/She Likes It (Triple Tigers) 9868 213 2830 93 10.387 0.03 138 1 24 21 JASON ALDEAN/That's What... (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 9595 646 2660 185 11.553 0.709 149 2 16 22 FRANK RAY/Country'd Look Good On You (Stoney Creek) 9595 -1680 2840 -548 10.451 -0.96 144 0 25 23 KELSEA BALLERINI/Heartfirst (Black River) 9014 474 2637 172 7.682 -0.414 151 2 26 24 BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't (BMLGR) 7725 329 2234 108 7.542 0.051 148 0 28 25 NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 7594 1126 2222 352 6.406 0.704 139 6 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 1 4 ©2022 Country Aircheck™ All rights reserved. Sign up at countryaircheck.com • Send news to news@countryaircheck.com 4 =Top 5 Point Gainers

3537

36 36 JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living (Quartz Hill) 4132 126 1274 47 4.023 0.134 119 3

39

To Self (Magnolia) 3407 142 1087 48 2.028 0.235 96 0 44 43 K. CHESNEY & O. DOMINION/Beer... (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA/Arista) 3349 504 888 159 2.907 0.431 91 6 47 44 COREY KENT/Wild As Her (Combustion/RCA) 2968 504 860 136 2.374 0.443 66 2 45 KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 4 2942 1950 756 494 2.689 1.508 85 17 45 46 DILLON CARMICHAEL/Son Of A (Riser House) 2611 48 886 4 1.391 0.034 86 1 46 47 BRETT ELDREDGE/Songs About You (Warner/WMN) 2587 91 610 17 1.887 -0.106 59 0 48 48 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Hell Yeah (Capitol) 2258 154 624 52 3.734 0.069 74 0 49 49 MATT STELL/Man Made (Records) 2086 18 663 1 1.082 -0.042 87 3 50 PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek) 1799 209 562 53 1.117 0.267 64 5 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS DebutDebut

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 2 ©2022 Country Aircheck™ All rights reserved. Sign up at countryaircheck.com • Send news to news@countryaircheck.com 4 =Top 5 Point Gainers 27 26 PRISCILLA BLOCK/My Bar (InDent/Mercury) 7024 73 2073 34 6.439 -0.055 147 0 12 27 OLD DOMINION/No Hard Feelings (Arista) 6935 -7651 2066 -2161 8.073 -9.264 156 0 29 28 SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA) 6501 761 1832 230 6.828 0.902 138 11 31 29 LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck (Broken Bow) 5939 454 1831 152 5.51 0.364 147 5 30 30 CHRIS STAPLETON/Joy Of My Life (Mercury) 5829 341 1754 95 5.731 0.212 144 1 32 31 BLAKE SHELTON/No Body (Warner/WMN) 5693 365 1626 156 6.068 1.315 133 6 34 32 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold (Capitol) 5621 830 1540 216 7.439 0.792 135 6 33 33 MICHAEL RAY/Holy Water (Warner/WEA) 5468 579 1449 69 3.921 0.561 134 0 35 34 CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do (Big Machine) 4681 461 1419 113 3.381 0.484 136 6 HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Big Loud/Broken Bow) 4145 971 1196 292 6.498 1.492 108 16

3412

37 37 KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol) 4130 294 1162 70 4.701 0.469 124 7 CODY JOHNSON/Human (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 109 1163 15 3.075 0.174 96 2 39 DAN + SHAY/You (Warner/WAR) 410 1020 104 2.512 0.293 102 2 HAYES/Y'all Life (Monument) 324 1051 77 2.069 0.267 108 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA) 319 987 94 2.598 0.286 100 4 42 RANDY HOUSER/ Note

3919

5 43 41

41 40 WALKER

3721

40

KANE BROWN/Like I Love Country Music (RCA) 7420 CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends (RCA) 7174

MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 995 4 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 781 4

Adds

JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 350

JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 1223

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 1403

JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine) 455

JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine) 1513

NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 352

MORGAN WALLEN/Wasted On You (Big Loud) 16663

TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 1392

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Damn Strait (Triple Tigers) 12482 D. LYNCH f/M. PORTER/Thinking 'Bout You (Broken Bow) 9998 J. ALDEAN & C. UNDERWOOD/If I Didn't... (BMG/Capitol/BBR) 9552

JASON ALDEAN/Trouble With A.. (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 14808

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 328

KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 494

I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 1282

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 656

Country Aircheck Add Leaders

DRAKE MILLIGAN/Sounds Like Something I'd Do (Stoney Creek) 26

SCOTTY MCCREERY/It Matters To Her (Triple Tigers) 13

PARMALEE/Take My Name (BMG/Stoney Creek) 18924

JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 668 NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 634 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 628

NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 141 HARDY f/LAINEY WILSON/Wait In... (Broken Bow/Big Loud) 138 JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 132 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 128 THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 122

MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 158 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 156 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love... (River House/Columbia) 145 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek) 141

September 19, 2022

I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 118

GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR) 1549 4

HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Big Loud/Broken Bow) 772 4

MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 2374 4

CODY JOHNSON/'Til You Can't (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 13084

SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR) 32

KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 17

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 1950 4

T. RHETT f/R. GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 1641 4

KOLBY COOPER/Excuses (Combustion/Wheelhouse) 10

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Big Loud/Broken Bow) 16

CONNER SMITH/Take It Slow (Valory) 7

JON PARDI/Last Night Lonely (Capitol) 17511

KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol) 7 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Strange (RCA) 7

Activator Top Point Gainers

LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) 2975 4

SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA) 11

THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 716 4 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We... (River House/Columbia) 709 I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful... (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 685

JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek) 746 4

LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) 950

TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 461

T. RHETT f/R. GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 416

Activator Top Spin Gainers

GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR) 441

18 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/ 15 1,287 24.8 17 270 15.9 24 216 13.5 28 83 11.9

23 18 JORDAN DAVIS/ 22 898 17.3 22 206 12.1 19 255 15.9 20 146 20.9

Make

10 9 JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' 10 1,887 36.3 9 471 27.7 12 394 24.6 14 184 26.3

BY STATION OWNER

13 11 LUKE BRYAN/Country On 12 1,553 29.9 16 284 16.7 10 445 27.8 11 196 28.0

OVERALL iHeart (52) Audacy (17) Cumulus (16) Townsquare (7) MARKET AIRPLAY PROFILE - JACKSON, MS Rank WMSI WUSJ Total 1 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make 62 62 124 2 MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof 56 46 102 3 COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At Heads Carolina 55 46 101 4 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You 59 40 99 5 INGRID ANDRESS w/SAM HUNT/Wishful Drinking 54 43 97 6 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 51 45 96 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Ghost Story 48 44 92 8t LUKE BRYAN/Country On 33 39 72 8t THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me 35 37 72 10 JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' 46 25 71 11 ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle 34 30 64 12 GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up 35 26 61 13 JON PARDI/Last Night Lonely 39 20 59 14 JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love 32 26 58 15 DUSTIN LYNCH/Party Mode 35 18 53 16 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner 23 28 51 17t FRANK RAY/Country'd Look Good On You 36 13 49 17t BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love 23 26 49 19 LEE BRICE/Soul 22 26 48 20 KELSEA BALLERINI/Heartfirst 24 23 47 FLASHBACK NUMBER ONES 1 YEAR AGO THOMAS RHETT Country Again 5 YEARS AGO DUSTIN LYNCH Small Town Boy (2nd week) 10 YEARS AGO HUNTER HAYES Wanted 15 YEARS AGO RASCAL FLATTS Take Me There (2nd week) 20 YEARS AGO DARRYL WORLEY I Miss My Friend

AIRPLAY

1 4 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About 2 3,170 61.0 5 559 32.9 1 771 48.2 7 283 40.4

What My World Spins...

Proof 4

14 12 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love 19 1,047 20.1 10 461 27.1 7 495 30.9 10 197 28.1

21 19 LEE BRICE/ 21 904 17.4 13 377 22.2 28 192 12.0 21 141 20.1 24 648 12.5 14 367 21.6 20 243 15.2 44 22 3.1

22 20 R. DICKERSON f/J. SCOTT/She Likes It

LW TW ARTIST/Title

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

5 8 JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love 8 2,149 41.3 4 583 34.3 5 595 37.2 6 290 41.4

15 13 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner 18 1,067 20.5 11 414 24.4 17 296 18.5 32 62 8.9

Heads...

17 14 GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up 14 1,340 25.8 20 253 14.9 18 272 17.0 19 150 21.4

4 3 MORGAN WALLEN/You 2,837 54.6 3 810 47.6 4 603 37.7 3 321 45.9

8 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Ghost 9 2,142 41.2 8 512 30.1 8 460 28.8 12 194 27.7

20 17 JIMMIE 17 1,148 22.1 19 260 15.3 16 319 19.9 27 90 12.9

w/S.

Story

19 15 ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle 13 1,359 26.1 23 204 12.0 14 372 23.3 18 157 22.4

ALLEN/Down Home

6 5 I. ANDRESS HUNT/Wishful Drinking 5 2,575 49.5 6 557 32.8 6 503 31.4 8 217 31.0

Soul

2 2 COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At 3 3,106 59.7 1 930 54.7 2 762 47.6 2 325 46.4

11 10 THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me 11 1,663 32.0 12 378 22.2 11 401 25.1 9 200 28.6

Party Mode

7 6 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 6 2,317 44.6 7 553 32.5 13 394 24.6 4 321 45.9

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 4

3 1 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We 1 3,177 61.1 2 818 48.1 3 687 42.9 1 349 49.9

You

PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek)

1716 points, 563 spins

1415 points, 447 spins

Debuts 50*

OCTOBER 10

KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)

RYAN GRIFFIN/Salt, Lime And Tequila (Red Street)

2086 points, 663 spins

CHECK OUT

3 adds: KUPL, WUSN, WYNK

OCTOBER 3

DILLON CARMICHAEL/Son Of A (Riser House)

2258 points, 624 spins; No adds

1417 points, 407 spins; No adds

Love You

MAREN MORRIS/I Can’t Anymore

SEPTEMBER 23

Kelsea Ballerini Subject To Change (Black River)

2942 points, 756 spins

Remains at 48*

2587 points, 610 spins; No adds

1417 points, 466 spins; No adds

1 add: WPOR

HANNAH ELLIS/Country Can (Curb) JAKE OWEN/Up There Down Here (Big Loud) TOBY KEITH/Oklahoma Breakdown (Show Dog/Thirty Tigers)

The album marks her first full-length since 2020 when she unveiled kelsea and companion ballerini Ballerini is credited as a songwriter for every song on the album and solo wrote track 14, “Marilyn.” She collaborated with co-producers Julian Bunetta and Shane McAnally as well as Alysa Vanderheym and Jesse Frasure on select tracks.

A. COOKE & B. YOUNG/Never ‘Til... (Back Blocks/Big Loud/BMLGR)

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

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Strange (RCA)

SEPTEMBER 26

Maddie & Tae Through The Madness Vol. 2 (Mercury)

(Columbia)

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 5

Debuts 45*

1609 points, 549 spins

7 adds: KBQI, KHEY, WQMX, WRBT, WRNX, WXTU, WYNK

HAILEY WHITTERS/Everything She Ain’t (Pigasus/S&D/Big Loud) points, 443 spins news to news@countryaircheck.com

1 add: WUSN

2611 points, 886 spins

MATT STELL/Man Made (Records)

ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville)

17 adds, including: KJKE, KKWF, KXKT, KYGO*, WAVW, WDXB, WGAR, WKSJ, WPGB, WQIK

3 adds: WDSY, WKKT, WMIL

1320

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Hell Yeah (Capitol)

None Listed

1799 points, 562 spins

5 adds: KFRG, KKGO, KSON, WAVW, WUSY

Moves 45-46*

Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

Remains at 49*

Moves 46-47*

The duo co-penned each of the eight new tracks alongside collaborators including Ryan Hurd, Josh Kerr, Laura Veltz, Jimmy Robbins, Jonathan Singleton and Brock Berryhill, with the latter two contributing to “Every Night Every Morning.”

ADD DATES

None Listed

BRETT ELDREDGE/Songs About You (Warner/WMN)

28

27

24 21 NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 3596 634 692 141 45 3

RUSSELL DICKERSON f/JAKE SCOTT/She Likes It (Triple Tigers) 3118 346 613 61 46 0 28 CHRIS STAPLETON/Joy Of My Life (Mercury) 2538 25 498 12 46 0 29 K. CHESNEY & O. DOMINION/Beer With... (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA/Arista) 2522 331 441 55 24 4

32 30

LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck (Broken Bow) 2266 163 432 33 42 1

31

2nd Week at No. 1

9 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Ghost Story (Capitol) 7405 176 1510 38 47 0

15 14 ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle (Home Grown/Warner/WAR) 5184 228 1011 30 42 0

13 12 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Warner/WEA/Elektra) 4 6616 781 1356 156 49 1

JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA) 3921 347 757 96 46 1

20 17 JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek) 4675 668 917 132 45 2

29

16 15 GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR) 5035 560 1017 118 48 1

25 22 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold (Capitol) 3259 304 608 49 42 2

22 23 FRANK RAY/Country'd Look Good On You (Stoney Creek) 3198 -175 640 -32 37 0

23 24 SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA) 3188 219 567 42 47 4 25

18 19 LEE BRICE/Soul (Curb) 4431 140 827 19 48 0

26

19 16 JASON ALDEAN/That's What Tequila Does (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 4681 409 893 69 46 0

KELSEA BALLERINI/Heartfirst (Black River) 3152 296 627 61 46 0 26

BLAKE SHELTON/No Body (Warner/WMN) 3142 407 607 89 38 1 27

14 13 JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek) 4 6009 746 1123 141 48 8

21 20

10 10 LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol) 7499 271 1436 37 48 0

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 6 ©2022 Country Aircheck™ All rights reserved. Sign up at countryaircheck.com • Send news to news@countryaircheck.com 4 =Top 5 Point Gainers LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS 1 1 COLE SWINDELL She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Warner/WMN) 12412 618 2387 101 49 0 2 2 LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) 12366 709 2358 145 49 0 4 3 MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud) 4 11798 995 2214 158 48 0 3 4 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You (Riser House/Columbia) 10579 -1016 2078 -195 47 0 5 5 TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville) 10218 628 1950 128 48 0 7 6 INGRID ANDRESS w/SAM HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 8284 685 1628 118 47 0 6 7 JUSTIN MOORE/With A Woman You Love (Valory) 7807 -925 1547 -194 43 0 8 8 JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine) 7600 308 1485 76 47 0 11 9 THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR) 4 7595 716 1454 122 48 0

17 18 DUSTIN LYNCH/Party Mode (Broken Bow) 4460 106 833 3 45 0

September 19, 2022 Chart Page 7 ©2022 Country Aircheck™ All rights reserved. Sign up at countryaircheck.com • Send news to news@countryaircheck.com 4 =Top 5 Point Gainers LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds Debut 30 31 BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't (BMLGR) 2229 -26 435 10 42 1 34 32 PRISCILLA BLOCK/My Bar (InDent/Mercury) 2203 176 486 53 40 0 35 33 KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol) 2127 323 346 54 36 1 33 34 CODY JOHNSON/Human (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 2110 48 388 7 30 0 36 35 HARDY f/LAINEY WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Big Loud/Broken Bow) 4 2092 772 392 138 33 9 37 36 WALKER HAYES/Y'all Life (Monument) 1255 -58 244 -4 28 0 39 37 CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do (Big Machine) 1217 19 234 13 30 1 42 38 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA) 1209 183 183 17 19 0 38 39 RANDY HOUSER/Note To Self (Magnolia) 1208 5 244 3 31 0 40 40 TIM DUGGER/Heart Of A Small Town (Curb) 1131 52 206 7 26 0 41 41 ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Warner) 1102 26 199 9 9 1 43 42 MICHAEL RAY/Holy Water (Warner/WEA) 963 14 206 5 31 0 45 43 ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville) 856 29 135 0 10 0 44 44 THOMPSON SQUARE/Country In My Soul (Quartz Hill) 848 -11 154 -1 12 0 46 45 MIDLAND f/JON PARDI/Longneck Way To Go (Big Machine) 788 51 118 9 8 0 47 46 JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living (Quartz Hill) 695 -38 139 -6 28 0 48 47 COREY KENT/Wild As Her (Combustion/RCA) 683 -37 107 -6 8 0 51 48 DAN + SHAY/You (Warner/WAR) 662 80 106 15 17 1 54 49 DREW GREEN/Good Ol' Man (RCA) 660 100 66 10 1 0 49 50 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Warner/WEA) 660 10 66 1 1 0 50 51 BRETT ELDREDGE/Songs About You (Warner/WMN) 639 16 82 2 10 0 52 KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 635 485 113 79 20 8 52 53 CASEY DONAHEW/Telling On My Heart (Almost Country) 541 -38 98 -6 9 0 55 54 ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia) 512 -14 58 -9 3 0 56 55 PAIGE KING JOHNSON/Famous Enough (PCG) 486 -19 93 -2 7 0 58 56 SMITH & WESLEY/Caught Up On My Drinkin' (Dream Walkin') 481 14 86 2 7 0 59 57 HAILEY WHITTERS/Everything She Ain't (Pigasus/S&D/Big Loud) 474 16 62 2 4 0 57 58 CJ SOLAR/All I Can Think About Lately (Raining Bacon) 474 -2 84 -1 8 0 59 BRELAND f/LADY A/Told You I Could Drink (Bad Realm/Atlantic/Warner) 460 60 46 6 1 0 60 TIFFANY WOYS/I Don't Want You Back (Tiffany Woys) 440 -4 84 0 7 0DebutDebut

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