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October 9, 2017, Issue 571

Duke Hamilton’s Fire Inside

Country Radio Hall of Famer Duke Hamilton is about to celebrate a huge milestone at Hubbard WUBE/Cincinnati. And while he still has fire in his belly and a passion for radio after 47 years on the air, another fire recently disrupted his life. Here’s more on that ordeal and his incredible radio longevity on the eve of his 40th anniversary at B105. CA: You and your wife Barb lost your home and most of its contents to a fire last year (CAT 1/21/16). Where are you in coming back from that? DH: The station started a GoFundMe page that raised close to $15,000 and that was a big help. There was a lot of feedback from the record community, too. It was a humbling time for me. They say God works in mysterious ways, and a neighbor has a house in his famiDuke Hamilton ly just a quarter mile down the road from our farm. His renters moved out two days before the fire, our church cleaned and painted and we moved in there for about 16 months. It was handy to be that close. We could go over and feed what animals we have left. As for the house, we gutted it – took everything down to the rafters. We kept the same basic floor plan, but did away with the porch and enlarged our bedroom. We changed around a few other little things and have been back in since Memorial Day. What about the animals? For a number of years my wife and I had done mobile petting zoos – going to churches, grand openings and backyard birthday parties with goats, llamas and miniature horses. At one point we even had a camel to take to churches for live nativity scenes during the holidays. As we got older it was a lot of work and we started to downsize. The fire cut off all water and electric to our barn, so then we really had no choice. We still have a few goats and miniature horses, but that’s about it. Your radio story begins where? I started out in Bowling Green, MO. (continued on page 8)

Traveller: Mercury’s Chris Stapleton after playing A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul Saturday (10/7), followed by a sold-out show at the Xcel Energy Center. Pictured (I-r) are KMNB/Minneapolis’ Lauren MacLeash, Country Radio Hall of Famer Mick Anselmo, Maria Anselmo, Kelly Phelan, Stapleton, KEEY’s Kia Becht, KMNB’s Lucas Phelan, Kia’s friend Denise, Mercury’s Charlie Dean, KEEY’s Levi Jesson and Jesson’s husband Dustin Schimmelpfenning.

Streaming Up The Chart

The following piece by Country Aircheck alum and Stone Door Media Lab founder Jeff Green is updated from his recent presentation on airplay-streaming correlation at the NAB Radio Show in Austin. That work is an extension of his report first presented at CRS 2017 (CAW 4/10). See the full NAB presentation here; reach Green here. Jeff Green If a new single is getting a few million on-demand streams nationally a week, is it a hit? And is streaming activity predictive of a hit single? To find out, the Stone Door Media Lab studied streaming activity on Country

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Tori Kelly, featured on Chris Lane’s new Big Loud single “Take Back Home Girl,” discusses her most influential music: 1. P!nk’s The Truth About Love Tour: This woman was singing live while flying across an arena, doing original choreography, and stripping it down to just her and a piano. Every tour, she makes herself learn a new Tori Kelly instrument. She played her most popular songs, even if it was a part of a medley. I left feeling so inspired and stoked about my next show. 2. Crystal Lewis’ Fearless: I grew up listening to a lot of gospel music. I tried to hit every single note and run that Crystal did. I sang “Satisfied” multiple times at singing competitions when I was six. I sang “My Friend” at my fourth grade graduation. 3. Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles: I studied this album front to back when I was first starting to perform. I love the guitar solos and where the stories are placed. The whole flow of the set list feels amazing. 4. India Arie’s Acoustic Soul: This was one of the first artists I listened to when I learned how to play guitar. I loved seeing a female songwriter with a guitar. I had never heard such a soulful spin on acoustic-driven music. 5. J Moss: Definitely one of my favorite voices when it comes to tone and doing tricks. I also just love gospel music; how it’s all about Jesus, and has so much hope, and you can also express yourself with your voice and go crazy! • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I still haven’t gotten around to listening to Adele’s 25 all the way through. I’ve only heard the singles, which are great! • “Important” music you just don’t get: I have a hard time listening to “scream-o.” I appreciate when there’s melody in the song. • An album you listened to incessantly: The J Moss Project by J Moss. I studied every ad-lib on this album. Once I mastered each one, I tried to harmonize with them. It became a fun challenge for me, and still is! • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Wolf” by Skott is one of the coolest, most unique songs, with beautiful melodies and production. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I listen to classical music. Mostly on planes, or when I just want to clear my mind. Current favs are the Lord Of The Rings soundtracks.

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singles over the past two years to look for predictive correlations between streaming behavior and airplay in a single’s second chart week. Bottom line: They do appear to exist. (Ed. Note: Study based on Nielsen Music/BDS and Country Aircheck/Mediabase data.) For the first time, it can be submitted that second-week “streamsper-spin” activity (let’s call it “SPS”) is correlated to Country airplay chart outcomes. From August 2015 through last week, singles reaching No. 1 averaged 721 SPS in chart week 2. Those peaking from 2-15 averaged far fewer – 486. Singles topping out from 16-30 came in even lower at 458, and those finishing between 31-50 averaged 411. Meanwhile, the average peak of Country singles generating more than 700 SPS in chart week 2 was 12.1, with 57% reaching No. 1. Those producing 301-699 SPS peaked at 15.4 (45% made No. 1), still outperforming charting singles overall (which peak, on average, at No. 18, with 38% going all the way). Singles with 300 or fewer SPS in chart week 2 peaked at 23.8 (22% reaching the top). While a single with low SPS early on can reach No. 1 (and many do), the high or low level of streams-per-spin is also related to the average airplay pace to No. 1. Of the 71 No. 1s from August 2015 through last week, those delivering 700 or more SPS in their second chart week reached No. 1 in 22.1 weeks. Future No. 1s with 200-699 SPS took 23.5 weeks, and those with fewer than 200 SPS needed 28.5 weeks. And while songs atop the CA/MB airplay chart aren’t always the most-streamed Country singles, there’s a clear pattern here, too: Since August, songs ranking from 1-10 in Country airplay have averaged 3 million streams per week; those from 11-20 averaged 2 million; it’s 935,000 for those from 21-30; about 943,000 for singles between 31-40; and 621,000 for those from 41-50 on the chart. If you think of these as benchmark figures, that new release with three million streams per week is actually already behaving like a top 10 airplay hit. Streaming activity itself shouldn’t be regarded as an infallible statistic, especially when streams-per-spin ratios are low. But Country singles with heavy streaming activity in relation to very early airplay are showing evidence of having the most positive outcomes. They are worth a close look.

Chart Chat

Congrats to Kenny Chesney, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen and the Columbia promotion team on scoring a second week at No. 1 with “All The Pretty Girls.” The song is the second chart-topper from Chesney’s current album Cos-

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mic Hallelujah. Songwriters are Nicolle Galyon, Tommy Lee James and Josh Osborne. And kudos to Josh Easler and the Arista reps for notching 53 adds on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s “The Rest Of Our Life,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes

The FCC established a Hurricane Recovery Task Force to continue the Commission’s work on restoring communications services in areas hit by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Pharis KHGG-FM/Waldron AR flipped to Fox Sports. Bobby Bare, Max T. Barnes and Mary Gauthier will perform in a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Saturday (10/14) at 11:30am CT in the Ford Theater. Seating is limited and the program will be streamed live here. The annual Ray Stevens Charity Golf Classic will be Oct. 12-13 at the Temple Hills Country Club in Franklin, TN. More info here.

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The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com. • Radio, artists and labels react to Las Vegas tragedy (10/2). • Tom Petty died following cardiac arrest (10/2). • Ajit Pai confirmed for five more years as FCC Chairman (10/3). • Angie Coonrod joined Red Light Management/Red Creative (10/4). • Broadway named WDSY/Pittsburgh morning host (10/5). • Patrick Knight added MD duties at KYGO/Denver (10/5). • Jim Nash leaving the KRVF/Corsicana, TX morning show (10/6). • Allen Brown promoted to Sony Music Nashville SVP/Media & Corporate Communications (10/6). • Newman added WRBT/Harrisburg, PA PD duties (10/9).

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Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame 2017 Inductee: Vern Gosdin We're spotlighting one inductee each week, leading up to the Oct. 23 NSHoF Gala. Alabama native Gosdin wrote many of his hits, including "Today My World Slipped Away" (later covered by George Strait) and 1989 CMA Song of the Year "Chiseled In Stone." Gosdin died in 2009 at age 74. His longtime friend and co-writer Buddy Vern Cannon ("Set 'Em Up Joe" and "I'm Still Gosdin Crazy") remembers Gosdin, who was known as "The Voice." I became a fan of Vern's the first time I heard his records. I was living in Kingston Springs, TN and one of my neighbors told me he had just moved into a little duplex about a quarter mile up on my street. So the next day, I knocked on his door. I told him I was a songwriter and asked if he'd mind if I brought him some songs. He said, "Bring 'em on!" I had eight songs on this cassette, and a song I'd written with Raleigh Squires and Jimmy Darrell called "Dream Of Me" was the last one on it. Vern listened to about half of all of the songs and then he'd skip to the next one. He got to "Dream Of Me" and just lit up. He played it three or four times. He said, "Son, I've gotta cut that." We got to know each other and decided to try writing together. Vern had been on a couple of independent labels by then. Hank Cochran, who wrote for Tree Publishing, took Vern in to sing for Bob Montgomery, and they got him a record deal on Columbia, with Bob producing. The plan was to have Vern, Hank and Max D. Barnes write the album. Vern pulled me in and said, "I want Buddy to be part of this. We write good together." Vern pretty much exploded with that first Columbia record, Chiseled In Stone. It had "Set 'Em Up Joe" and "Do You Believe Me Now" on it. "Set 'Em Up Joe" was written by me, Vern, Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon at Hank's cabin in Gatlinburg, TN. Hank had this picnic table in his kitchen and we were all sitting there, playing guitars and kicking ideas around. That song just kind of fell out of the sky. I don't remember who said what lines, but 45 minutes later, we had it written. (continued on page 8)

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Duke Hamilton’s Fire Inside

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After about a year I got drafted, went ahead and enlisted and ended up doing some radio and television in the Panama Canal Zone. When I got out of Duke Hamilton with the service, I worked temHank Williams, Jr. porarily at an AC station in St. Louis and then went to Little Rock. How did you get to Cincinnati? I was at Country Radio Seminar when it was still out at the Nashville airport and met [then-WUBE PD] Bob English. He and I hit it off famously. I was the PD in Little Rock, so later when things started to go south, I called him. He said, “It’s kind of funny you called. My midday guy is leaving in a couple weeks and I have an opening.” He brought me up here in ’77, just by a chance meeting at CRS. Musically, you’ve seen a lot. The Outlaw movement was just starting to happen when I got to Little Rock. Then you get into the Urban Cowboy era, the late ‘80s and early ‘90s were so explosive and we’re in one of those times now. The music isn’t the same now as when I started, but I feel a sense of pride at having played new material from Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty, and still riding the waves and exposing new talent. People argue whether things are country or not, but there’s good music out now and you have to adapt. Your on-air delivery has to mature and develop along with the music. That’s been fulfilling. What are your favorite memories around the music? The year after I started Duke Hamilton with here Charlie Daniels had Waylon Jennings “Devil Went Down To Geor-

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Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame 2017 Inductee Vern Gosdin I was in the studio with Vern a lot while he was recording. I never did play on any of the stuff, but for some reason he always wanted me to be there, hanging out. He took his time in the studio, but he would go over it so much before he got there. Vern was really good on guitar. He had a feel with his guitar playing that fit the feel of his singing. Vern Vern was a genius at arranging Gosdin harmony parts. That was exciting to him. He'd change the parts and say, "Try this note in that spot." He understood harmony. I think it was a combination of his background and love for bluegrass and gospel music. He loved to write. A lot of people, when they see an artist's name on a song with other writers, assume the artist really didn't have much to do with it, other than being in the room. But Vern wasn't like that. Every time I wrote with him, he was in the middle of the song as it was being written. He was good. He talked in song titles and hooks. He was always trying to find a clever hook or an idea. He would be excited [about the induction] if he were here. I wish he were here. I miss the old guy. We had a lot of fun. And the music speaks for itself. Read inductee Walt Aldridge's profile here. gia.” The original was the “son of a bitch” version and we didn’t play it. One day we get a visit from not just [CBS Records head] Joe Casey but Charlie himself. They came to see why weren’t playing the record. I guess they got the same story from several other stations because it wasn’t long after that visit we got the edited version. George Strait came to the station for his promo tour back in 1980 with no hat. Reba came not long after that. Faith Hill came in barefoot, but she carried her shoes with her. What changes have you seen? We played vinyl when I got here and didn’t switch to cart until two years later. We went to CDs that we dubbed back to carts and announced it as “from compact disc.” (laughs) We went to straight CDs in ‘86 and production was reel to reel with good ol’ splicing

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tape. I thought I’d never master digital systems, and now look back wondering how we did it the old way. (laughs) This is the third facility we’ve been in, and I’ve been through nine or 10 companies, but not as many PDs. Tim Closson was here for 14 years, and I was PD at one time. A new GM came in and really wanted an off-air PD. He gave me the choice Duke Hamilton with and I chose to stay on Clint Eastwood the air. My talent is on air and not programming so much, that was in ‘85. I started in middays, went to afternoons and then back, and did mornings for a while. I’ve been in middays for the last 12 years. How long will you keep going? As long as they’ll keep me, I can drive myself and still talk. The thing is, I still really enjoy it. I feel sorry for people that get up in the morning and dread going to work. This has always been a dream and all I ever wanted to do. It’s like the line in the Old Dominion song: “Chase after the dream, don’t chase after the money.” I didn’t care about being paid. Of course that changed when I got married. Had to have some money then. (laughs) People ask me what I’ll do when the time comes to walk away. I don’t know if I’ll be able to completely. I’d like to be able to send it in from home or do some kind of podcast. And I’ve got plenty of stuff on the farm to keep me busy. But I like radio so much. Hubbard is such a great people-oriented company. We have such a great crew here and the station is doing so well. [PD] Grover [Collins] is a great guy to work for. I’d be foolish to walk away from it right now. It’s been a good ride. Reach Hamilton here. –Paul Williams Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Wendy Newcomer, wendy@countryaircheck.com Paul Williams, paul@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

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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: LCKM KRVF/Corsicana, TX is looking for a morning show cohost. Send aircheck and résumé here. Scripps KVOO/Tulsa is looking for a morning show co-host. Apply here. Saga WPOR/Portland, ME is looking for a PD. Details here. CBS Radio KILT/Houston is looking for part-time weekend and fill-in talent. Send Airchecks here and apply here. SiriusXM is looking for an Asst. Music Programmer based in Nashville. Details here. Scripps WCYQ/Knoxville is seeking a new morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés here. iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an APD/onair host. More here. Cox KKBQ & KTHT/Houston are looking for a National Sales Assistant and Account Executives for the cluster. Apply here. Mountain Dog WFON/Fond Du Lac, WI is looking for a morning host. Send materials here. The Academy of Country Music is seeking a Mgr./Strategic Partnerships and accepting applications for interns. Details here. CMA is looking for a Sr. Mgr./Market Research. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements here.

Searching •Kris Stevens Former WKKT/Charlotte afternoon host 610-762-8332 radiobigkat@gmail.com •Big Chris Hart Former KUUB/KWFP PD/MD/Prod. Dir./afternoon host 775-830-1320 bigchrishart@hotmail.com •Crash Poteet Former KVOO/Tulsa and WKWS/Charleston/WV PD 417-499-4046 okccrash@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 • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD/on-air 704-604-6554 hatfield99@gmail.com • Blake Nixon Former In2une Regional 615-498-0988 blake.nixon@comcast.net

Singers In Black Hats: Curb’s Jackson Michelson (l) and Dylan Scott (r) coordinate headgear at WHKO/Dayton’s Concert For A Cause, raising $11,000 for the Pink Ribbon Girls. The label’s Samantha DePrez (front row, left) is with station staffers (l to r) Nancy Wilson, Emily Naff, Liz Goshert, Karen Kelly Brown, Kelsey Colwell, Jimmy Larrabee, Christian Davell and Frye Guy. ©2017 Countr y Aircheck™ — All r ights reser ved. Sign up free at w w w.countr yaircheck .com. S end news to news@countr yaircheck .com

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September 2017 PPM Scoreboard

Country radio shares were down by 2% compared to last month. Of the 88 subscribing stations listed, 32 increased, 50 decreased and six were flat. The cume leader was Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles with

Station/City WKHX/Atlanta WUBL/Atlanta KASE/Austin^ KVET/Austin^ KOKE/Austin WPOC/Baltimore WKLB/Boston WBWL/Boston WCTK/Providence (Boston) WKKT/Charlotte WSOC/Charlotte WEBG/Chicago WUSN/Chicago WNNF/Cincinnati WUBE/Cincinnati^ WYGY/Cincinnati^ WGAR/Cleveland WCOL/Columbus, OH KPLX/Dallas^ KSCS/Dallas^ KWOF/Denver KYGO/Denver WDRQ/Detroit WYCD/Detroit WPAW/Greensboro WTQR/Greensboro WWYZ/Hartford KILT/Houston KKBQ/Houston^ KTHT/Houston^+ WFMS/Indianapolis WUBLWLHK/Indianapolis WGNE/Jacksonville WQIK/Jacksonville KBEQ/Kansas City^ KFKF/Kansas City^ WDAF/Kansas City KCYE/Las Vegas 500 KWNR/Las Vegas KKGO/Los Angeles WGKX/Memphis WLFP/Memphis WKIS/Miami

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13t 3.6 14 643,200 631,200 9t 3.8 13 695,200 702,500 8 4.8 7 285,300 302,600 2 6.5 3 330,900 326,700 17 2.4 17t 119,200 104,300 2 7.2 3 431,300 471,800 7 4.6 7 660,200 669,300 14 2.6 15 513,300 490,600 24 0.5 24 145,200 147,000 1 5.6 3t 497,200 496,600 5 5.5 6 445,000 438,000 21t 2.3 21t 812,400 786,100 4 3.8 5t 1,199,100 1,153,300 15 2.5 15 236,000 237,000 3 7.8 3 499,400 440,200 19 1.0 20 140,000 130,300 5 6.5 7 477,400 449,400 1 11.2 1 522,900 502,000 1 5.7 1 1,333,400 1,219,000 5 4.7 4 1,028,100 1,064,200 18 2.2 19 280,600 245,800 1t 6.1 2 570,500 514,800 18 2.4 17t 481,800 460,900 5t 5.1 6 768,700 726,400 4 7.2 4 272,500 254,900 6 7.8 3 278,300 292,500 2 7.8 3 261,800 243,800 11 3.7 13 888,600 834,100 8t 4.1 11 1,010,200 909,000 20t 2.2 21 486,400 440,900 5 7.1 2 350,500 362,400 6t 6.3 6 356,100 355,600 9 3.9 10 219,900 216,400 1 11.7 1 286,700 298,500 15 3.8 12t 325,100 341,000 3 6.9 3 357,000 394,300 5t 4.4 7 299,500 298,000 13t 3.6 10 216,800 221,800 6 4.9 4 277,800 258,800 12t 2.8 15t 1,230,100 1,248,100 5t 5.5 6 188,600 179,400 10 2.8 12 129,600 119,100 18 2.3 18t 436,100 410,100

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1,248,100. Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas was second with 1,219,000. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates coowned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

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WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.8 WKTI/Milwaukee 4.8 WMIL/Milwaukee 6.5 KEEY/Minneapolis 5.5 KMNB/Minneapolis 3.9 WKDF/Nashville^ 4.3 WSIX/Nashville 5.6 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 4.5 WSM-AM/Nashville 1.7 WSIX HD2/Nashville 1.0 WNSH/New York (Nassau) 1.5 WNSH/New York 1.8 WWKA/Orlando 4.0 KMLE/Phoenix 3.7 KNIX/Phoenix 3.3 KSWG/Phoenix 0.7 WXTU/Philadelphia 3.7 WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.5 WPGB/Pittsburgh 3.7 KWJJ/Portland 5.2 KUPL/Portland 4.9 WCTK/Providence 7.9 WNCB/Raleigh 3.8 WQDR/Raleigh 7.4 KFRG/Riverside 4.9 KBEB/Sacramento 2.3 KNCI/Sacramento 5.4 KNTY/Sacramento 2.5 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.6 KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 4.9 KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ^+ 0.8 KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.1 KAJA/San Antonio 4.7 KCYY/San Antonio^ 5.6 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.4 KSON/San Diego 5.2 KRTY/San Jose 4.3 KKWF/Seattle 3.3 KMPS/Seattle 4.2 KSD/St. Louis 3.9 WIL/St. Louis 6.8 WFUS/Tampa 4.5 WQYK/Tampa 4.9 WMZQ/Washington 3.3 WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.8

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KANE BROWN/What Ifs f/Lauren Alaina (RCA)

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

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KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) ✔

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THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

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

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

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JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

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448

3989

121

1.346

153

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

11062

861

3692

251

22.899 1.751

157

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

9476

728

3047

259

19.745 1.517

154

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

9049

771

2887

269

17.893 1.697

156

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

8652

495

2917

172

18.112 1.684

155

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

8360

3006

15.656 0.237

155

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

7795

224

2635

105

15.651 0.037

145

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

7401

505

2327

179

13.871 1.208

139

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

7220

424

2637

119

11.485

147

All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

2.95

0.79

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October 9, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

7204

1113

2501

407

13.188 1.535

125

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

6124

140

1990

10.243 0.759

136

KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

5333

487

1721

185

10.335 1.209

140

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

4410

296

1556

0.539

140

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

4355

-4884

1389

-1758

11.833 -7.704

158

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

4016

324

1353

129

7.25

0.539

125

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

3908

150

1429

6.01

-0.011

116

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

3775

178

1274

6.58

0.321

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

3685

320

1224

120

6.241

0.451

110

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

3631

297

1234

128

5.637

0.123

101

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

3562

455

1211

134

5.139

0.914

119

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

3024

941

931

312

5.886

1.945

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

6.412

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

2932

479

1057

133

4.443

0.814

107

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

2880

732

843

256

5.57

1.342

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

2879

422

882

4.677

0.861

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

2856

283

889

5.129

0.532

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

2671

295

946

102

3.411

0.317

102

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) ✔

2284

754

5.806

Debut 43 44

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

2199

150

817

2.116

0.04

104

PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek)

1968

133

729

2.605

0.322

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

1904

355

637

2.904

0.439

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

1792

-22

732

104

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

1739

592

2.28

-0.059

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

1716

216

559

2.016

0.224

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

1694

566

1.863 -0.018

Debut 49 49

2.007 -0.374

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October 9, 2017 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista)

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN)

972 ✔

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia)

732 ✔

JACKSON MICHELSON/Rollin' (Curb)

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

479 ✔

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

454 ✔

DREW BALDRIDGE/Guns & Roses (Cold River)

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

434 ✔

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

431

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

412

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

JAY ALLEN/Sounds Good To Me (Treehouse)

410

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

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

407

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

369

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia)

2284

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

1861

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN)

1745

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

1259

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

1212

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

1119

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

1113

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN)

169

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia)

156

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

120

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

108

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

106

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

941

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

871

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

861

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Points

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

21366

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

15648

568

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

13444

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

456

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

13188

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

407

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

10522

403

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

10329

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

342

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

10302

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

312

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

9341

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

300

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

7089

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

289

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

7050

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia)

754

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN)

639

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

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

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October 9, 2017 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) Remains 45* 1968 points, 729 spins 3 adds: KWNR, KUZZ, KAWO

COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) Moves 50-46* 1904 points, 637 spins 6 adds: KKBQ*, KKWF, KNIX, WFUS, WWKA*, WKDF* LAUREN ALAINA/Doin’ Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) Moves 46-47* 1792 points, 732 spins 2 adds: WBEE, WYNK DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) Moves 47-48* 1739 points, 592 spins 3 adds: WQDR, WNOE, KJUG

CHECK OUT 10/13

Carly Pearce Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

Pearce’s busbee-produced debut features her first single/title cut, plus songs including “If My Name Was Whiskey,” “Color,” “Dare Ya” and “Everybody’s Gonna Talk.” She wrote eight of the 13 tracks; other writers include Hillary Lindsey, Shane McAnally and Natalie Hemby. Russell Dickerson Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony) Dickerson co-wrote all 10 tracks on his debut album, produced by Casey Brown and including the lead single/title cut. The album features tracks from his EP including “Blue Tacoma” and “MGNO,” plus a special “wedding edition” of “Yours.”

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) Debuts 49* 1716 points, 559 spins 7 adds: KKBQ*, WDRQ*, WGNE*, WGKX*, WDXB, KVOO, WQMX

Dolly Parton I Believe In You (RCA/Dolly) The Country Music Hall of Famer’s first children’s album features 14 songs written by Parton. Among the tracks are a new recording of her classic “Coat Of Many Colors,” plus titles including “You Can Do It,” “Chemo Hero” and “Makin’ Fun Ain’t Funny.” All proceeds will go to Parton’s Imagination Library.

CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) Moves 49-50* 1694 points, 566 spins 3 adds: WWGR, WQMX, WSLC Delta Rae/No Peace In Quiet (Valory) Ashley McBryde/A Bar in Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) JOSH TURNER/All AboutLittle YouDive (MCA) Chris Kelly/Take 1693 Lane points,f/Tori 654 spins; no adds Back Home Girl (Big Loud)

Travis Meadows First Cigarette (Blaster) Hit songwriter Meadows, with cuts by Eric Church, Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen, worked with exec. producer Jay Joyce and producer Jeremy Spillman on an album that examines themes of recovery and survival, and includes lead single “Pray For Jungleland.”

LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) CRAIG WAYNE BOYD/Stuck In My Head (Copperline/1608) 1532 points, 569 spins DUSTIN LYNCH/I’d Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 1 add: WCOS JAMES BARKER BAND/Chills (UMGC/New Revolution) MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) JON PARDI/She Ain’t In It (Capitol) 1383 points, 496 spins 4 adds: KKGO, WDRQ*, KNIX, KCCY Delta Rae/No Peace In Quiet (Valory)

Kendell Marvel Lowdown & Lonesome (ONErpm) Marvel has penned songs for Chris Stapleton, George Strait and Blake Shelton, among others. For his first solo project, he wrote 7 of the 10 tracks with producer Keith Gattis, and others with Stapleton and Randy Houser. The last song was written by Charlie Daniels and features guest vocals by Jamey Johnson.

A D D DAT E S October 16 October 23

October 30

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October 9, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

KENNY CHESNEY

All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

3rd Week at No. 1

Points

+/- Points

Plays

10260

-765

2269

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

-190

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

10004

270

2289

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

9835

-263

2241

-68

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

9424

434

2109

106

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

9190

412

2052

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

8483

292

1880

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

8119

369

1726

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

7712

284

1735

10 9

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

6705

-568

1514

-108

11 10

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol)

6485

198

1397

15 11

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) ✔

6366

454

1400

108

12 12

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

5948

-68

1273

-19

14 13

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

5740

-200

1302

-42

13 14

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

5726

-283

1256

-62

18 15

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

5682

972

1202

169

16 16

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

5224

300

1155

20 17

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

4585

431

943

19 18

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

4465

949

21 19

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR)

4374

335

962

22 20

CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

4046

338

850

23 21

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3659

-6

800

17 22

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

3333

-1386

681

-319

24 23

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

3026

165

699

25 24

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

3017

344

672

27 25

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) ✔

2898

479

612

120

26 26

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

2696

188

634

28 27

KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River)

2448

477

-2

29 28

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

2137

433

30 29

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

1946

438

32 30

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

1829

157

352

Chart Page 6

October 9, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

33 31

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

1806

407

Plays

358

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

31 32

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

1748

343

-6

34 33

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

1484

152

247

35 34

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

1422

159

314

36 35

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

1305

307

39 36

MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)

1189

328

199

38 37

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

1170

245

195

37 38

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

1059

132

173

42 39

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

945

136

162

41 40

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

916

230

44 41

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

783

136

43 42

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

777

-32

134

-2

Debut 43

MAREN MORRIS/Dear Hate (Columbia) ✔

732

156

48 44

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

650

100

45 45

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

622

-100

143

-8

51 46

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

622

119

47 47

LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek)

616

49 48

JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA)

566

111

50 49

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR)

542

52 50

MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Better Me (Average Joes)

527

54 51

DUSTIN LYNCH/Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (Broken Bow)

450

53 52

BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville)

443

BROWN & GRAY/Top Down (NHMM)

440

240

JANA KRAMER/I've Done Love (---)

420

Debut 55

JAY ALLEN/Sounds Good To Me (Treehouse)

410

Debut 56

RYAN HURD/Love In A Bar (RCA)

344

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

337

Debut 58

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Tired Of Being Happy (Atlantic/WAR)

310

140

Debut 59

RAELYNN/Lonely Call (Warner Bros./WMN)

302

ADAM DOLEAC/Some Girls (287)

300

Debut 53 55 54

59 57

Re-Enter 60

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