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November 21, 2016, Issue 526

Kingsley Joins National League

Fall’s been a winning season for Chicago and the good news continued last week with Bob Kingsley’s National Radio Hall of Fame induction (CAT 11/18). “I don’t think I’ve ever drank that much champagne in my life,” he says. Country Aircheck spoke with him today (11/21) about the honor of a lifetime. CA: You had the largest group of supporters in the room and made a few days of it, from what I understand. What was the schedule? BK: I was surprised how many wanted to come. We just kept saying, “Yeah, come on.” There were eight friends from here in Texas, and other people just showed up. We started Wednesday, had a big dinner Friday and went home Saturday afternoon. I’m still trying to get my head wrapped around it all. Lisa Purcell from the Country Music Hall of Fame had a Hatch Print made up, which just killed me. The first time I saw one of those was the ‘60s. I don’t want to say where it was hanging, but it was in the bathroom of a honkytonk and had Hank Williams on it. To see my name on one was just great. My good grief. This has come real close to being overwhelming. You were inducted with a group of people who have also enjoyed incredible careers. What stood out to you as you listened to your fellow inductees? There are a lot of similarities. I related most to Delilah, who said she counted 20 times she’s been fired. I said, “I think I’ve got you beat by three.” The common thread is if you hang in there long enough Bob Kingsley in this business, something will come together. I sat there listening to everyone talk about all the various stations they worked at and thought, do we realize just how fortunate we all are. The question I get asked most often is what does it mean to me. That’s hard to answer, but when I was a kid I spent a year in bed. Every day I woke up looking forward to that radio beside my bed, waiting for the soap operas to be (continued on page 6)

Gruene Day: MCA’s George Strait and team at New Braunfels, TX’s Gruene Hall for last week’s launch of Strait Out Of The Box: Part 2. Pictured (l-r) are manager Erv Woolsey, UMG/ Nashville’s Mike Dungan, Strait, UMGN’s Cindy Mabe and Messina Touring Group’s Louis Messina.

For The Good Times: Ken Rush

Family trips and solo sightseeing adventures to Chicago, the Florida Keys, and a litany of state and national parks have kept industry vet Ken Rush busy since his July retirement (CAT 7/14), a reality much changed from the decades prior. In 45 years – 20 in radio and 25 in music promotion – the affable and easygoing Texan has witnessed infamous radio contests, renowned rock debauchery and label successes rarely duplicated in country music. Rush’s career started at Baylor’s campus radio station and eventually took him to Galveston, Dallas and Austin, where at KEYI he indirectly helped rewrite radio’s rulebook. “You may not have heard of the station, but you’re familiar with the result of one of our promotions,” he says, referencing the now-routine contesting requirement that winners not be radio employees. In 1986 the station was giving away a Mazda RX-7 and Asst. OM Rush was Ken Rush in the room when morning man Dave Jarrott

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

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Warner Bros./WMN’s RaeLynn discusses her most influential music: 1. Dolly Parton: She’s more than just an artist. She’s somebody who changed and brought some light to this world. That’s who I aspire to be – an artist who does more than just sing on a stage. I want to make a difference. 2. Miranda Lambert’s Kerosene: It was the first record I ever bought with my

own money. 3. Ray Charles at the Houston Rodeo: It was my first concert. I remember my dad telling me I was seeing a legend. I didn’t know what he meant at the time, but I do remember thinking it was such an incredible experience. I got goosebumps so many times. I was so young, but I’ll never forget that moment. 4. Taylor Swift’s Speak Now: It was so cool that she wrote every song on that record by herself. That just doesn’t happen a lot, where an artist is so vulnerable. 5. Dixie Chicks: I’ve always been a big fan of them and their sound, especially growing up in Texas. I just loved all of their songs and they influenced me a lot. • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Everybody knows who she is now, but I remember when Adele won New Artist of the Year at the Grammys. I was so upset because she won over the Jonas Brothers. Little did I know, she was this incredible singer. And then I listened to her songs, like “Chasing Pavements,” and thought, “I’m really glad she won.” (laughs) • “Important” music you just don’t get: Hard rock/metal. I respect it, but I don’t really understand it. • An album you played incessantly: Dierks Bentley’s Riser. I couldn’t get enough of that album. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Hailee Steinfeld’s “Starving.” It is such a cool pop song. The concept is unique and I wish I’d written it. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I love musicals. I have the Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast and Mamma Mia! musicals on my phone.

UPDATE

Working Stiffs: MCA’s Ken Rush (l) and “Bubba” Wayne McManners show off their Biassed Programmers Award, circa 1977. “About the only record of Wayne’s I never would play was ‘Depot Street’ by Mudcrutch,” Rush says. “He always joked it was just biased programmers that kept it from being a hit.”

took the winning call. “Dave said, ‘You’re the 103rd caller – you win! Who’s this?’” Rush recalls, along with a brief silence. “Then we heard, ‘Um, Bob Cole.’” Cole, now a Country Radio Hall of Famer, was the morning man at the competition and supposedly was only wondering if he could get through. Cole famously got his car, though he had to sign a release allowing KEYI to use his name and likeness for promotional purposes. “We never made him do anything for us,” Rush says, explaining the affair had already sparked a torrent of publicity for the station. They did, however, have an ad agency contact Cole telling him to report to an Austin tailor so he could be fitted for a tuxedo for a starring role in the station’s new television commercial. “We were just jerking his chain,” Rush chuckles. Radio was supposed to be fun. Programming Top 40 in Galveston, Rush was invited by promotion vet “Bubba” Wayne McManners to sit fifth-row for The Who’s 1975 North American tour open in Houston. Rush was also present for the nowinfamous after-party, which McManners had organized for 2,000 at the Houston Oaks Hotel themed after the band’s new single “Squeeze Box.” “As the night went on, some articles of clothing came off, the cops showed up and [The Who bassist] John Entwistle got hauled to jail for punching a Houston police officer,” Rush muses. “A legendary, unforgettable party.”

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Rush again found himself at the center of music history almost 20 years later when in 1993 he left KPLX/Dallas for his second job in record promotion (he’d worked for MCA in the late ‘70s). PD Bobby Kraig had just left for Arista and tapped Rush as a Dallasbased regional. “I’ve never seen anything like what was going on there,” Rush says of the label’s early days. “Alan Jackson’s Here In The Real World had exploded, and in pretty quick order came Diamond Rio, Pam Tillis, Brooks & Dunn, Radney Foster – just one right after the other. The batting average was unheard of.” There were No. 1s and favorite No. 1s. “Lee Roy Parnell’s ‘Tender Moments’ was special,” Rush says. “[Arista President] Tim DuBois was just committed to the idea that his music needed to be on the radio and it didn’t matter if we made a dime. He just loved that guy. We all did.” Other fruitful stops included Equity, where in the mid-2000s he helped secure Little Big Town’s first hits, and Thirty Tigers, from which he just retired. “I was fortunate to work with some great people,” Rush summarizes. “And four of the best VPs ever in Bobby Kraig, David Haley, Bill Macky and Pam Newman.” The business was changing, however, and so was Rush. “I remember being in radio in Galveston in my mid-20s and these two older record guys, Al Mathias and Norris Green, telling me how they’d carried around their own record player when they’d started because some of the stations they called on didn’t have one outside the control room,” he says. “And I thought, ‘Man, these dudes have been doing this a long time; how can they relate to me?’ I finally started thinking that some of these young programmers must think the same thing about me.” And, Rush laughs, “I just don’t give a shit anymore about all those numbers.” Reach him here. –Russ Penuell

Chart Chat

Congrats to Jason Aldean, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow promotion staff on the No. 1 ascension of “A Little More Summertime.” The song is the second consecutive chart-topper from his They Don’t Know album. And kudos to Damon Moberly and the Mercury staff for securing 36 adds on Billy Currington’s “Do I Make You Wanna,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes

Jason Aldean

CCB/Cape Cod, MA OM Wayne White has been honored with the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association’s inaugural

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Above and Beyond award. More here. The Country Network (TCN) is now streaming on Roku. Warner Bros./WAR’s Dan + Shay have added 24 dates to their 2017 Obsessed Tour here. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reached the milestone of distributing one million books each month to children around the world. Red Bow’s Craig Campbell will perform at the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago Nov. 24. Atlantic/WEA’s Michael Ray has added 10 dates to his 2017 Think A Little Less Tour here. Crystal Gayle will kick off the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Deck The Hall festivities Nov. 25. More here. Shooter Jennings and Jason Boland will open an acoustic tour Dec. 9 in Philadelphia. Dates here. Songwriter/producer Cameron Montgomery has signed with Big Loud Mountain and Tree Vibez Music. Alan Jackson, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett and Bret Michaels will headline the Tree Town Music Festival May 25-28 in Forest City, IA. Full lineup here.

Kingsley Joins National League (continued from page 1) over and the good stuff to start around 4pm. As I walked around the hall of fame I thought, my God, there’s everybody I listened to as a kid and I’m here with them. So you spent some time in the hall itself. What was that like? It’s grand ... a wonderful place. They didn’t have much of a building for a long time, but I recommend it to anyone who has anything at all to do with radio and finds themself in Chicago. Now you’ll be immortalized there, too. I’ll have to go back and see that. I did see Blair Garner’s picture. I don’t know whether I should admit this or not, but when I was at Full Service KFI/Los Angeles the station took a billboard saying I was the new Country guy. Sometimes I would drive down Sunset to see it. I’d stop and point it out to people walking by. Only one time did someone look and say, “Is that you?” From marveling at your name in lights to seeing it in the Hall of Fame... A dream come true.

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Page 10 Hall We Have To Give: At the 28th Annual National Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony last week are (l-r) MBC’s Bruce Dumont, Mix Group’s Jason Garte, Tony Roberts, Delilah, Bob Kingsley, Kathy Hart, Eric Ferguson, Tommy Sablan, Jeff Detro and Jerry Cesak, and NRHOF’s Kraig Kitchin.

Blair and the Opry’s Pete Fisher did your induction. What is your connection with them? Blair is one of America’s great broadcasters. After MidNite was something that had never been done before. I watched that come to fruition and have always had great regard for him. On top of it he’s truly a nice man. With Pete, here’s the man in charge of the country music institution and he’s up there talking about me? If there’s ever any doubt that you’ve arrived, that cements it. I really got to know him a couple of years ago when they did the Living Legend event. He was coming, so I asked if he would mind saying a couple of words and he said a lot of words. So you had no idea what he and Blair would be saying? None. I was hopeful it would be positive. (laughs)

We’ve covered your acceptance already (CAT 11/18), but now that you’ve had a few days to reflect, what stands out? I was so hopeful to get through it without having any sort of breakdown, but I was not successful. I wanted to make my point, say thank you and cover everybody I’ve worked with all these 40 years, particularly my wife Nan. That’s the one that got me. At least I didn’t lose my place. My parents never had a whole lot of faith in my chosen endeavor – “Bobby, you should be giving some thought to a real job,” they said, and this was after the 15th time I was fired. When I got to the podium I stood there and stared out at the room for a few moments. I thought, this is where I would say to my folks, “This is what perseverance brings.” God in heaven, it really is true. Here I am. –Chuck Aly

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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. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN has is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Entercom's WPAW/Greensboro, NC has an opening for a PD. Materials to Dir./Country Programming Mike Moore here or OM Brian Douglas here. Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. Beasley's WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/ morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/ MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here. Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/ middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus' WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Steel City's KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Materials here. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend opening. Apply here. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda's WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday opening. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Townsquare/Yakima, WA has an opening for an OM. Apply here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Programming & Operations Keith Clark here. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small markets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Beasley's WQYK/Tampa has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Tee Gentry here. Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swagger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here.

Cumulus' KATM/Modesto, CA has an opening for a PD. OM Richard Perry is accepting airchecks and resumes here. Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Stephen Giuttari here. Cumulus' WKHX/Atlanta is searching for an experienced Executive Morning Show Producer for the station's Cadillac & Dallas. View an in-depth job description and apply here. CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD (CAT 6/27). At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

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• Jeff Miles Former WKLB/Boston morning host radiojeff@icloud.com • Jessilynn Kidd Former Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social Media jessilynnkiddmusic@gmail.com • Chappel Fisher Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham djonair@aol.com • A.J. McCloud Former WDRM/Huntsville PD aj.mccloud@charter.net • Blake Nixon Former Warner Music Nashville Coord./Promotion blake.nixon@comcast.net • Brian Rickman Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD brian.c.rickman@gmail.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Dale O'Brian Former Cumulus WLXX & WVLK/Lexington PD dalevaught@windstream.net • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com • Doug Montgomery Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. dougmontgomery@icloud.com • Kristen Kee Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing kristen.kee@gmail.com • Hannah Martin Former ACM Lifting Lives Manager hnmartin21@gmail.com • Kassidy Stewart Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content kassidy@goncc.com • Kelley Cash Former KVOO/Tulsa personality kelleycashradio@gmail.com • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD brianhat@aol.com • Rick Kennis Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions rick@rickkennis.com

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

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

JASON ALDeAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

29533

771

8891

322

62.192 0.939

158

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) ✔ 27035

1881

8186

460

58.325 4.821

158

BReTT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

26608

736

8092

224

1.438

158

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

24257

1516

7419

416

51.257 3.193

158

COLe SWINDeLL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

22874

-7602

6833

-2277

49.997 -14.624

158

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) ✔

22302

2292

6703

715

47.555

158

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔

21551

1937

6582

572

46.862 3.235

158

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

20126

1192

6252

432

42.328 1.072

158

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

19118

-5533

5998

-1564

41.503 -9.636

158

CARRIe UNDeRWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

17008

1087

5232

297

37.584 2.894

158

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

15336

646

4627

187

32.224 2.112

158

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

14300

1880

4371

627

31.471 4.095

158

MAReN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

14094

366

4170

158

THOMAS RHeTT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

13395

503

4068

190

30.086 1.237

158

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

12144

1018

3777

263

25.588 2.826

156

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

11632

1662

3512

487

24.102

152

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury)

11009

763

3443

223

21.291 2.621

157

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

10223

444

3099

134

20.449

158

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

10028

-6028

2834

-1935

22.426 -10.208

157

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

9687

643

3105

133

17.203 1.286

149

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

9379

1113

2790

320

20.332 2.307

155

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

9252

1122

2737

295

15.502 1.414

148

BROTHeRS OSBORNe/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

8770

2762

-29

14.929 0.146

154

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

8501

346

2621

14.804 0.957

149

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

8042

971

2428

323

15.175 1.371

141

56.71

29.01

5.36

1.47

4.16

1.12

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 2

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

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔

7922

2970

2272

763

15.737 8.102

143

JeRROD NIeMANN & Lee BRICe/A Little More Love (Curb)

7689

-56

2393

-12

11.528 -0.037

145

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

7608

450

2270

160

14.356 0.886

151

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

7110

2263

11.189 0.577

145

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

7046

807

2032

271

12.673 1.558

146

JOSH TURNeR/Hometown Girl (MCA)

6702

314

2113

107

11.335 0.611

143

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

6257

801

1823

262

12.667 0.828

140

TReNT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

4918

317

1523

120

10.202 0.602

124

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

4730

120

1653

10.102 0.635

123

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

4560

303

1449

6.084

0.612

133

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

4191

444

1371

138

7.473

1.022

129

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

4020

-18

1018

6.95

0.108

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

3007

269

951

107

3.991

0.454

111

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

2509

106

913

3.124

0.19

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

2473

782

2.873

0.026

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

2372

817

2.534

0.215

JAKe OWeN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

2104

274

606

108

2.695

0.255

RONNIe DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 2096

162

523

4.002

0.289

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

2004

150

687

2.16

0.166

103

KANe BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA)

1997

578

2.247 -0.089

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

1865

1038

552

336

3.155

1.692

Debut 46 48

THOMPSON SQUARe/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek)

1789

623

2.748

-0.13

JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

1668

234

570

2.181

0.456

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

1666

475

2.185

0.144

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia)

1547

483

1.269

0.117

Debut 50

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) WILLIAM MICHAeL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

Chart Page 3

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds 36 20 20 13 12 12 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

1229 ✔

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

1027 ✔

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

1023 ✔

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

1005 ✔

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

832 ✔

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

817

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

688

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

642

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

622

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury)

609

Activator Top Spin Gainers

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

2970

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

2292

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

1937

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/ T.MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

1881

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

1880

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

1662

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

250

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

221

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

201

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

200

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

168

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

165

1516

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

141

1192

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

140

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

1122

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

133

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

1113

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

128

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

763

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

15428

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

715

BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury)

12473

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

627

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

11277

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

572

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Vice (RCA)

10464

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

487

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

9542

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

460

WILLIAM MICHAeL MORGAN/I Met A... (Warner Bros./WMN)

8987

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

432

JASON ALDeAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

7692

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

416

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

7569

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

336

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

7349

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

323

THOMAS RHeTT/Die A Happy Man (Valory)

7309

November 21, 2016

CoUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy KANe BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA) Remains at 45* 1,997 points, 578 spins 1 add: WNOe

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) Debuts at 46* 1,865 points, 552 spins 20 adds including: KATM*, KAWO, KBeQ, KCYe, KCYY*, KFRG, KMDL, KRST*, KTST, WDRQ* THOMPSON SQUARe/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Moves 48-47* 1,789 points, 623 spins 1 add: KCYE JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory) Debuts at 48* 1,668 points, 570 spins 4 adds: KHEY, KTTS, WFUS*, WUBE

Chart Page 4

A D D DAT E S November 28 None Listed

December 5

Seth Ennis/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) Ryan Kinder/Close (Warner Bros./WEA) DRAKE WHITE/Makin’ Me Look Good Again (Dot) Jason Aldean/Any Ol’ Barstool (BBR)

December 12

Jackie Lee/Getting Over You (BBR) Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) Remains at 49* 1,666 points, 475 spins 2 adds: KRST*, WNOe TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Debuts at 50* 1,547 points, 483 spins 3 adds: KCCY, KHEY, WYRK JOe NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 1,501 points, 506 spins No adds JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,455 points, 498 spins No adds DAVID NAIL f/BROTHeRS OSBORNe/Good At Tonight (MCA) 1,266 points, 436 spins 1 add: KBQI

CHECK OUT 11/25

Garth Brooks Gunslinger (Pearl) Brooks’ 11th studio album includes the first single “Baby, Let’s Lay Down And Dance” and songs “Honky-Tonk Somewhere” and “Whiskey To Wine,” featuring wife Trisha Yearwood. Additional tracks appear on the Gunslinger version included with Brooks’ Target-only boxed set, The Ultimate Collection.

November 21, 2016

Chart Page 5

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe F/TIM MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

12080

260

2434

JASON ALDeAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

12071

-465

2395

-86

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

11396

297

2259

BReTT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

11253

338

2268

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) ✔

10824

1027

2154

201

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

10733

688

2161

141

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) ✔

10104

1005

2026

221

CARRIe UNDeRWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

9148

480

1766

COLe SWINDeLL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

8262

-3662

1618

-773

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

7653

-2159

1498

-375

BLAKe SHeLTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

7439

1023

1428

200

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

7377

288

1406

THOMAS RHeTT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

6790

192

1302

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

6738

1358

MAReN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

6624

-13

1320

-6

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

5743

622

1110

128

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Parachute (Mercury)

5730

609

1132

121

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. Gill/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

5640

436

1113

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) ✔

5305

832

988

168

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

5195

194

983

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

4682

460

876

LITTLe BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔

4558

1229

893

250

BROTHeRS OSBORNe/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

4392

-187

846

-48

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

4191

-2179

814

-461

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

3906

439

702

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

3564

242

633

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

3368

159

664

JeRROD NIeMANN & Lee BRICe/A Little More Love (Curb)

3356

-14

644

-2

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

3216

232

609

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

3037

599

591

133

November 21, 2016

Chart Page 6

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

2850

272

Plays

565

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

JOSH TURNeR/Hometown Girl (MCA)

2496

274

492

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

1961

189

363

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

1817

817

352

165

LUKe COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

1719

-28

262

-3

TReNT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

1547

274

282

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

1372

287

230

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

1168

-23

213

-5

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia)

1019

182

JAKe OWeN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA Nashville)

1004

179

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

947

156

JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

841

235

164

CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo)

817

168

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

736

149

RYAN FOLLeSe/Put A Label On It (BMLGR)

680

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot)

664

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

664

RONNIe DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory)

655

-21

134

-2

Debut 49

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

642

140

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

620

119

DAVID NAIL f/BROS.OSBORNe/Good At Tonight (MCA)

602

-1

121

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

579

116

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

563

-24

-3

MORGAN WALLeN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

506

Debut 56 59

Debut 58 58

Debut 60

GeORGe STRAIT/Goin' Goin' Gone (MCA)

475

-74

-15

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Whiskey And You (Mercury)

450

170

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

446

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---)

430

340

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

430

CAROLINe JONeS/Tough Guys (Faction/Kobalt)

410