Issue 893 - January 22, 2024 by Country Aircheck

weekly January 22, 2024, Issue 893

Market Deep Dive: Spokane

Nielsen market No. 88 is served by two full-power, current-based Country FMs – Stephens KDRK and QueenB KXLY – and one goldbased – Blue Sky KICR. Each is separately and independently owned. Throw in a fourth signal carrying iHeart national programming via an HD2-fed translator – KISC-HD2 – and Spokane is one of the format’s most interesting battlegrounds. All four stations notched five-year record-high shares in the past year, and April’s 18 shares were the largest sum in the market since 2013. Country Aircheck takes a look under the hood below and in the boxes on pages 9-11. Follow The Bouncing Ball: First, a bit Jay Daniels of Spokane Country’s complex backstory. KXLY “Coyote Country” has topped the market four of the last five months. PD Jay Daniels is half of KXLY’s Jay & Kevin Morning Show, which has been on the air since 1994, first on KDRK, then on then-Country KNFR, then back to KDRK and – since 2009 – on “Coyote.” KDRK has been Country since 1979 and was the format leader into the early 2000s. Two years after Jay & Kevin joined KXLY, KDRK re-branded from Tim Cotter “Cat Country” to “The Mountain.” KDRK PD Tim Cotter joined in Sept. 2022 after 14 years with KXLY. Prior to that, Cotter was at, you guessed it, KDRK. Got it? With its veteran duo, it’s no surprise that mornings are the focus for KXLY. “Kevin [James] and I will have been together 30 years next month,” says Daniels. “That’s unheard of in any format. We’ve had people who’ve listened to us since day one. We’ve all grown up together.” That heritage gives them a latitude Dylan Benefield many don’t have – the show averages just four songs an hour. “We want to be different, have fun, and create a bond with the listeners,” he continues. “I don’t want to be a (continued on page 7)

Small Town Big (D) Time: BMLGR’s Chris Janson visits Big D & Bubba. Pictured (l-r) are the show’s Jonathan Shaffer, Janson and the show’s Garrett Freche, Jessica “Carsen” Humphreville, Derek “Big D” Haskins and Sean “Bubba” Powell.

Harder To Get Played Or Paid?

Music consumers navigate limitless libraries. Artists and labels work tirelessly to cut through the noise. And programmers/curators face a deluge of tracks every week. As challenging as the forward facing aspects of digital music are, the back-end reality for the creators fueling the machine may be even more complex. Nashville-based digital rights management company Muserk is bringing attention to the issue with its recent “Get F’n Paid” campaign. “I was a TV composer for 20 years,” says Muserk Founder/CEO Paul Goldman. “We always got paid upfront, but a friend who worked on the label/ Paul Goldman publishing side asked me about my royalties, which

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January 22, 2024

OFF THE RECORD Singer/songwriter/actor Charles Esten goes Off (The Record): Being my debut album, there’s a real sense in which I’ve been working on Love Ain’t Pretty all the way back to the time I first arrived in Nashville in 2012. Over those years, I’ve written and released a great many singles – including a Guinness World Record (54 in 54 consecutive weeks). All of that, it seems to me, was preparation for this album – my 10,000 hours, if you will, mostly spent in rooms with Music CHARLES ESTEN City’s best, learning the beautiful craft of making great music. And, most importantly, trying to discover the things that I think are most necessary to know when making an album – who I am as an artist, and what it is I’m trying to say. While “Down The Road” is the oldest of the songs on the album, “Love Ain’t Pretty,” which came to be the title track, was actually the very last to be written. In the middle of pre-production, Marshall [Altman] and I, who had never written together before, got together with one of our favorite songwriters, Jimmy Yeary. Jimmy had a great idea that got us started, and soon we realized that it was summing up many of the themes the album seemed to be addressing: life is hard, sometimes hard enough to bring you to your knees, and yet there is great beauty and joy to be found everywhere. When that line finally came out, “Love ain’t pretty. But damn, it’s beautiful,” we knew we’d found the essence of what so many of these songs were trying to say. Over the years, I’ve discovered again and again, that not only do acting and music not interfere with each other, they actually complement and contribute to each other. Acting is an incredibly collaborative endeavor. Writers, directors, editors, on and on; there are so many talented people constantly involved with and always affecting my performances. Those interactions are the work of acting, and I’ve honestly grown to love that. It, is however, a great and healthy balance to have this other thing – music – where although I still interact with so many others, especially in the production of an album, I am, nevertheless, offered a far more direct line between my thoughts and ideas and the audience that will receive them. These are my songs that I’ve written or co-written. I’ve been involved with every part of their pre-production and production. And, eventually, I will stand on a stage at a microphone and sing them to an audience who will, in that moment, respond in the way they are moved to. It’s incredibly direct and a great balance to the TV or film actor’s life where, perhaps months after we finish a production, an audience will watch it all in the privacy of their own homes. The common thread between the two? Truth. Are you saying something truthful that speaks to the audience and their lived experience? In front of the camera or behind the guitar, that is the ultimate goal. The most difficult part about finding my own voice is the fact that I have spent the better part of my life singing in other people’s voices. The role of “Deacon Claybourne” was probably more of a road back to finding my voice than anything else. Deacon is a part of that voice, if you will. The slightly deeper, smoother, sometimes sadder version with a bit more twang. My voice encompasses that too, but tends go a little higher and rock a little more often. In the end, like all singers, the voices I love and have imitated are all somewhere inside of mine, and yet, after all, it’s finally mine.

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had never been on my radar. I went to ASCAP, and they basically had nothing for me. When I dug into it, I realized this industry is really screwed up.” Launched in 2017, Muserk aims to connect the backend dots between music getting played on burgeoning digital platforms and the writers and publishers who own the rights. “The tech companies like Spotify have become so advanced,” Goldman says. “Everyone [in the rights management industry] is chasing them, but they’re so far up the road, you can’t even see them anymore. The music industry let them get away. The haystack’s getting bigger and bigger and the needle’s getting smaller and smaller.” Goldman and his team developed a “distributed computing and machine learning” platform called Blue Matter to identify and claim digital content for rights holders from that haystack of digital music data. The company received a U.S. patent for the platform last March. “It’s an AIbased technology that takes a person’s copyright, scans through databases and finds things that are unlinked,” he says. “A songwriter may be registered everywhere, but the checks might be small because their stuff isn’t linked properly in the database. And a majority of them have no idea.” That’s where the “Get F’n Paid” campaign began. “This was our first foray into hiring an ad agency – GS&F,” Goldman says. “We wanted a strong message because any time I talk to people in a private setting about what we do, there’s a lot of cursing going on. People are pissed off. So we came up with a guerrilla marketing campaign around billboards and signage. We originally wanted a sign in the urinal that said, ‘Stop pissing your royalties away.’” The U.S. is the biggest and most developed market, but globalization cuts both ways. “I knew there were people from outside the country who owned rights and weren’t collecting anything from the U.S.,” he says. “On the other side, someone might be collecting in the U.S., but never see anything from APAC [AsiaPacific], Europe or other territories.” Music is getting played and royalties are being collected – it’s the distribution that can be questionable. “The money is basically in the lost and found – the black box,” Goldman says. “And after

January 22, 2024

OFF THE RECORD God’s Country podcast hosts Dan and Reid Isbell share their dream soundtrack for hunting: • “A Country Boy Can Survive” by Hank Williams Jr.: I got a shotgun, a rifle and four wheel drive and a country boy can survive. If the playlist was a body, this song would be the backbone of it. • “The Bird Hunters” by Turnpike Troubadours: It’s obvious the writer of this song has lived it. • “Where I Find God” by Larry Fleet: Sometimes you connect with the lyric and it feels like the biography of your life. This one feels like we wrote it, but had nothing to do with it. • “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ THE BROTHERS HUNT Every Day” by Luke Bryan: This is a simple tune that’s easy to understand and it encapsulates the life of a good ol’ boy. • “Country Boy’s Prayer” by Kameron Marlowe: We wrote this song and, as we feel the city creep out into the country, this is a prayer we’ve prayed more than once. Listen here. a legally designated period – three to five years – PROs have to distribute it to somebody. What they usually do is distribute it to the market share of their members, which means, for example, Beyoncé is getting the most. But Beyoncé has a team of people working her stuff and making sure she’s already gotten what she was owed. The middle class people don’t have that, so the money owed to them just goes to her. This is how their money disappears. “In today’s world, especially in the last three or four years, if you’re not working with the kind of high-level technology we’re doing, you might be collecting some of it, but you’re not collecting all of it,” Goldman says. “There are a lot of underserved rights holders out there, and that’s who we’re trying to reach.” Learn more about Muserk here. –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat

Congratulations to Nate Smith, Steve Hodges, Dennis Reese and the RCA promotion team on holding “World On Fire” at No. 1.

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Smith becomes the first artist to have each of their first two singles spend multiple weeks at the top since Darius Rucker’s first two releases did so in 2008-09. Songwriters are Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips, Lindsay Rimes and Smith. Kudos to Adrian Michaels and the Stoney Creek crew on racking up 92 adds for Jelly Roll’s “Halfway To Hell.” This is the largest add Nate Smith date in the 15-year history of the label. Congratulations to Zach Top and the Leo33 records crew, who both make their first chart appearance with the No. 46 debut of “Sounds Like The Radio.” Additionally, WKMK/Monmouth has been temporarily removed from the panel this week due to technical issues.

News & Notes

Nashville-based Lucky Money Entertainment has promoted Callie Ethridge to COO and Cassidy Best to VP, the latter position for its Lucky Money Live events division. Both have been with the company since 2022. Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has become her first song to hit a billion streams on Spotify. Worked by UMG Nashville and UMe, the song spent most of this past holiday season at No. 1 on Spotify’s Top 50 U.S. chart. George Strait has extended his collaboration with Justin Boots with the addition of two caiman options called the Haggard (named for Merle) and two pirarucu variations called the Ocean Front. A portion of proceeds goes to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, which provides financial assistance to professional rodeo athletes. Find the boots here. The North America Country Music Hall of Fame will induct John Berry, Randy Travis, Barbara Fairchild and the late Mel Tillis March 16 at Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge, TN. Call (865) 453-2003 for tickets. Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevens will embark on the final run of shows at his CabaRay Showroom in Nashville beginning March 16. He will continue performing there through December. Tickets here.

Market Deep Dive: Spokane (continued from page 1) jukebox; I want to take everybody through the emotional roller coaster that life is. It’s way more memorable and longer lasting.” Competing against that presents challenges and opportunities for KDRK. “We have a heritage personality in mornings with Jamie Patrick,

January 22, 2024 but he doesn’t have the heritage that Jay and Kevin have, so we tend to be more music-intensive and contest-focused,” explains Cotter. “Each station has its strengths, so we’re playing to what our P1s want.” All Their Rowdy Friends: Speaking of heritage, there’s also 22-year-old Coeur D’Alene, ID-based KICR, which simulcasts on KIBR in the nearby resort area of Sandpoint, ID. “We have the longest running Country brand in the market,” says GM/PD Dylan Benefield. Though 90% gold, the station still embraces currents. “There are already two Hot Country stations, and they do a fine job, but we’re completely different than them. We have an AOR/Triple A COVERAGE: Spokane metro outmindset, where we lined in black (KISC-HD2 is heard on translator K257FX) play gold but mix artists like Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert that match our sound. A song could be a 16-week No. 1, but if it doesn’t match, we won’t play it. If it’s something that fits with Merle or George Strait, then it works.” The local audience’s musical preferences can be distinct. “There is a flavor for artists like Zach Bryan, Warren Zeiders and Ian Munsick here,” adds Cotter. “There’s also an appetite for the more pop stuff. We’ll be quicker on some music, depending on how we want the station to feel. When Zach popped, we wanted to own that. We want to break the new artists we believe in.” Daniels agrees the market has a strong appetite for music discovery. “I love the open mindedness of our audience; it fights the stereotype of Country listeners some people outside of the format have,” he says. “When you look at the range of artists we play, the people here in the Northwest have embraced a wide variety of tastes.” According to Benefield, that embrace extends to KICR. “Someone may listen to the Top 40 station and then flip over to hear us play an old Hank Jr. song,” he says. “It’s hip to them even though it’s not new.”

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RANK, PERSONS 25-54 JUN 23

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KICR

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KISC-HD2 21st (t) 17th (t) 18th (t)

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That level of music appreciation also contributes to a healthy concert scene. “Even though Spokane is kind of out of the way, a lot of acts roll through here,” explains Cotter. “We’re already looking at 17 shows this year.” Benefield says KICR is involved as well. “Gold-based stations aren’t always at the top of the list for partnerships, so playing the currents that fit gives us the ability to still be a part of concerts and events.” Independents Say: The unique situations of the stations are not taken for granted. “We’re well aware of how fortunate we are,” Daniels says. “There are a lot of places where a PD doesn’t have a lot of authority over the programming, or an MD doesn’t have authority over the music. That’s not how we do it here. If you have the title, you have the authority to go do it. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, then we’ll have a conversation.” “Sometimes I have to remind myself I’ve been blessed to work in my hometown for independent radio stations most of my career,” confesses Cotter. “When Jamie and I sit down and do music every week, it’s him and I deciding what we want to do.” As for KICR’s strategy, Benefield believes it is replicable, “In other markets where there are two or three stations just doing the same thing, they might find you can pull a pretty good audience with this kind of mix. I know from programming Triple A that sometimes the audience doesn’t need a song to play 45 times a week.” “In other markets our size, there’s usually one station doing really well and a couple of outliers,” elaborates Cotter. “This market is different. There are two strong mainstream stations and a gold-based station that does well. It’s an interesting dynamic and it makes it fun.” Reach Cotter here, Daniels here and Benefield here. –Chris Huff CAC

SPOKANE P12+ SHARES DEC 2022 JAN 2023 FEB 2023 MAR 2023 APR 2023 MAY 2023 JUN 2023 JUL 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2023 DEC 2023

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KICR

KISC-HD2

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KXLY Stream: https://thebig999coyotecountry.com Owner: QueenB (radio arm of Morgan Murphy Media) Positioner: “Spokane’s Country Leader” PD: Jay Daniels Lineup: 6am-10am: The Jay & Kevin Show Middays are music-intensive 2pm-7pm: Jim Diamond 7pm-Mid: The Big Time with Whitney Allen Facilities: 37,000 watts at 2,999 feet “Coyote Country” launched on Dec. 25, 2008 on 96.9. Format and brand moved to more powerful 99.9 signal on Jan. 1, 2010.

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KDRK Stream: https://937themountain.com/ Owner: Stephens Positioner: “New Country” PD: Tim Cotter Lineup: 6am-10am: Jamie Patrick 10am-3pm: Heather Ryan 3pm-7pm: The Ride Home with TC 7pm-Mid: B-Dub Radio Facilities: 64,000 watts at 2,425 feet Country since Sept. 2, 1979. Re-branded from “Cat Country” to “The Mountain” on Oct. 11, 2011

Sample Hour, Midday

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living JUSTIN MOORE/This Is My Dirt :14 Commercial Break (4:00) MORGAN WALLEN/Everything I Love LEE BRICE/Hard To Love ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Light On In The Kitchen Z. BRYAN f/K. MUSGRAVES/I Remember Everything :33 Commercial Break (4:00) KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It LUKE BRYAN/Play It Again CONNER SMITH/Creek Will Rise THOMAS RHETT f/MORGAN WALLEN/Mamaw’s House :50 Commercial Break (4:00) GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days CHRIS YOUNG/I’m Comin’ Over

NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On MORGAN WALLEN f/ERIC CHURCH/Man Made A Bar :12 Commercial Break (5:00) BROTHERS OSBORNE/Nobody’s Nobody KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT/Drunk (And I Don’t…) LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night TYLER HUBBARD/Back Then Right Now :40 Commercial Break (5:30) DAN + SHAY/Save Me The Trouble C. PEARCE f/C. STAPLETON/We Don’t Fight Anymore JASON ALDEAN/She’s Country DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone

G/R/C Analysis

Most Played Artists

1. Morgan Wallen 2. Luke Combs 3. Jordan Davis 4. Kane Brown 5. Thomas Rhett

1. Luke Combs 2. Morgan Wallen 3. Jason Aldean 4. Kane Brown 5. Luke Bryan

January 22, 2024

KICR

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KISC-HD2

Stream: http://www.k102country.com Owner: Blue Sky Positioner: “The Inland Northwest’s Country Station” GM/PD: Dylan Benefield Lineup: 6am-10am: Michael Kaufman & Jeff McLean 10am-3pm: Billy James 3pm-7pm: JP Bizet 7pm-Mid: Rowdy Yates Facilities: 172 watts at 1,844 feet Signed on Aug. 2001, dropped satellite programming in Aug. 2004.

Stream: https://kix993.iheart.com/ Owner: iHeartMedia Positioner: “Today’s Hit Country for the Inland Northwest”

Sample Hour, Midday

DOLLY PARTON/9 To 5 JON PARDI/Mr. Saturday Night EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That KENNY ROGERS/Lucille :13 Commercial Break (3:00) EAGLES/Tequila Sunrise TOBY KEITH/Red Solo Cup WILLIE NELSON/Whiskey River CLINT BLACK/Notihn’ But The Taillights :30 Commercial Break (3:00) ALABAMA/When We Make Love KENNY CHESNEY/Don’t Blink JOHNNY CASH/I Walk The Line MARTY STUART/Burn Me Down JACKSON DEAN/Don’t Come Lookin’ :50 Commercial Break (3:00) RANDY TRAVIS/Forever And Ever, Amen CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break

RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl ASHLEY COOKE/Your Place :11 Commercial Break (4:00) KENNY CHESNEY/There Goes My Life DUSTIN LYNCH/Stars Like Confetti CODY JOHNSON/The Painter BRANTLEY GILBERT/You Don’t Know Her Like I Do HARDY/Truck Bed MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky :38 Commercial Break (4:00) LUKE COMBS/Where The Wild Things Are LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls THOMAS RHETT f/MORGAN WALLEN/Mamaw’s House JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner LUKE BRYAN/Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset JON PARDI/Last Night Lonely

G/R/C Analysis

Lineup: 6am-10am: The Bobby Bones Show 10am-3pm: Amy James 3pm-7pm: Steve Wazz 7pm-Mid: Kasper Facilities: 99 watts at 230 feet Country since March 2018. “Kix” branding previously existed on full power 96.1 from May 2014 through March 2018.

G/R/C Analysis

Most Played Artists 1. George Strait 2. Hank Williams Jr. 3. Waylon Jennings 4. Toby Keith 5. Garth Brooks

Most Played Artists N/A

January 22, 2024

SEEK & EMPLOY

AVAILABLE JOBS MIDWEST Ingstad/Thief River Falls, MN VP/Broadcasting Jake Weber is looking for a GM to oversee the cluster that includes Country KKDQ & Classic Country KKAQ-AM. Send résumés and cover letters to Weber here. Linder Radio KRUE/Waseca, MN is seeking a PD/afternoon host to succeed Ben Merritt. Send résumés and airchecks here. Mountain Dog Media WFON/Fond Du Lac, WI Brand Mgr. Aaron Carreno is seeking a morning co-host. Send résumés and airchecks to Carreno here. Big Radio WJVL/Janesville, WI is searching for an on-air talent. «The position will be primarily live Saturdays with possible sports producing [and] voice-tracking [on other stations],» PD Justin Brown says. «Previous radio experience preferred, but we will train the right personality.» Send materials to Brown here. Midwest/Wausau, WI VP/MM Rusty James is on the hunt for an OM, a Brand Mgr. and a morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and programming materials to James here. Midwest KWTB/Sioux Falls, SD is looking for a live and local afternoon host. Send audio and résumé here. Midwest/Peoria, IL, which includes Country WXCL, is looking for a full-time on-air split-shift traffic anchor. Send cover letters and résumés to Business Mgr. Shannon Demanes here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI Ops. Dir/PD Jason Addams is seeking an afternoon host. The gig has possible MD/ imaging duties. «If you can be a star between the songs, connect with our target audience and love country music,» send aircheck and résumé to Addams here. MacDonald/Saginaw, MI’s three-station cluster, which includes WKCQ, is also looking for a locally based Dir./Production & Creative Services. Send résumé, three writing samples and aircheck to Addams here. iHeartMedia KQDY/Bismarck, ND has an opening for PD. The position also includes PD duties for sister Rock KSSS and hosting a regional morning show based out of KSSS. See the full posting here. WFMS/Indianapolis is looking for a «content creating, multitasking, modern thinking, detail focused PD.” The position includes a daily airshift, and the winning candidate will receive a pair of tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stop in Indianapolis next November. See complete post and apply here. Hubbard KIKV/Alexandria, MN is seeking a PD/air personality. GM Matt Senne is looking for someone who “wants to be forward facing in the community and help us achieve our dreams of winning a Marconi, Crystal and Small Market station of the year awards at the CMAs and ACMs.” See full job posting here. Max Media WOOZ/Marion-Carbondale, IL has an opening for an afternoon host and Dir./Creative Services. “If you love local radio, having fun, working hard and are a team player, this gig could be what you’re looking for,“ says PD Tracy McSherry-McKown. Send cover letter, résumé, commercial writing and production examples and aircheck to McSherry-McKown here. Brewer WQLK/Richmond, IN is looking for a PD/air talent. “We offer competitive pay for a small market,“ says GM Amy Dillon. The winning candidate will also receive registration and hotel for CRS 2024. See full post here, send résumés and airchecks to Dillon here. Federated WBYT/South Bend, IN PD Jesse Garcia is seeking a morning co-host with a minimum of three years on-air experience who “can create engaging content on multi-platforms.” Send résumé, aircheck and production samples to Garcia here. Zimmer Dir./Operations Trevor Morgan is searching for a PD for KCLR & KATI/Columbia, MO. He seeks someone to “embody our company’s core values” while being “a raving fan of country music [and sharing] our deep passion for the power of radio.” Send résumé, mp3, social sites, and “anything else you feel we need to know about you” here; see full post here. Steel City KBEQ/Kansas City is seeking a midday host. PD Todd Nixon says he is looking for an APD/MD-level talent who can take over the shift. Résumés and airchecks can be sent to him here. Summit/Wichita, KS is seeking a Dir./Programming for the cluster and PD/air talent for KFDI. “This opening is for a proven, strategic programmer who loves music, is passionate about radio, and is an excellent executor,” states the job posting, which can be seen here. Townsquare KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Digital & Radio Content Leader. Find the job posting here. NORTHEAST Community Broadcasters WLFK/Gouverneur, NY Owner/Pres. Jim Leven is searching for a PD/morning host, as well as an OM for its three-station cluster. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Saga Classic Rock WMLL/Manchester, NH is seeking a morning host. Brand Manager Michael Czarnecki is looking for “a quick wit

and an upbeat, positive personality” who is also a “super supportive team member.” Send resume, social media links, and airchecks to Czarnecki here. Townsquare’s WQCB/Bangor, ME is seeking morning host with potential programming duties. Find the job posting and apply here. SOUTHEAST Listen Up Y’all Media/Natchez, MS Group PD Kidd Conley is looking for a five-station APD for the cluster that includes WQNZ. Send résumés, cover letters, production demos and airchecks here. Saga Classic Country WSIG/Harrisonburg, VA OM Brandy Lindsey is seeking a morning host. Send résumés and airchecks to Lindsey here. Midlands Media WUDE/Columbia, SC is searching for on-air talent with production and light engineering skills. VP/COO Marie Stover adds, “Tired of corporate radio? If you love the south, country music and serving local clients and community, let’s talk.” Send résumés and airchecks to Pres./CEO Keith Stover here. West Virginia Radio WKKW/Morgantown, WV is looking for a nighttime host. Shifts on other WVRC Media stations may also be included. Send materials here. Mississippi Broadcasters WOKK/Meridian, MS PD Todd Berry is looking to relaunch the morning show with a live and local host or existing team. Applicants will preferably have production or promotions experience. Send cover letters, airchecks and résumés to Berry here. Southern Stone WKRO/Daytona Beach VP/ Programming Jonathan Wiley (DJ Tremble) is looking for an APD/ MD who is willing to “go to a lot of country shows, meet the biggest and newest artists in the genre and represent the station in Nashville a couple of times a year.” Social media skills are a must; send résumés to Tremble here. Midwest WNFN/Nashville Brand Manager Ron Allen is seeking a full-time air personality for the station, which flipped to Classic Country as “Y’all 106.7” in June 2023 (CAT 6/8/23). He’s looking for a high-energy, creative person who loves ‘80s and ‘90s country music. Send cover letter, resume and aircheck to Allen here. SummitMedia WZZK/Birmingham has an immediate opening for PD/on-air talent. The job is based in Birmingham and an aircheck is required; full details here. Renda/Fort Myers is looking for a Dir./Production for its fourstation cluster, which includes Country WWGR. Requirements include knowledge of Zetta, vCreative, vPromo and Adobe Audition software, as well as being based in or near southwest Florida. Send résumés and work samples to OM/PD Randy Savage here. Consultant Joel Raab is seeking a regional programmer for Community Broadcasters/South Carolina who will oversee music programming for stations in various formats including Country, Hot AC and Adult Hits. Raab adds, «This well-financed private company will pay well for the right person.» Send résumés and airchecks to Pres. Jim Leven here. Beasley WQYK/Tampa PD Rick Thomas is seeking an afternoon host. Reach Thomas here. Hoxeng Trust WYCT/Pensacola is seeking an afternoon host who «is exceptional with imaging and production and understands how to sell our brand.» Send aircheck, résumé, social media links and «your personal description of success in radio today» to OM Kevin King here. Holston Valley Broadcasting is looking for a Promotions Dir. for its cluster in Tri-Cities, TN/VA, including AC WTFM, Classic Hits WVEK and Rock WRZK. This opening is for a proven professional who loves music, is passionate about radio and an excellent executor. Send resume and a sample of your social media work to PD Mike Sanders at hr@hvbcgroup.com. SOUTHWEST LKCM Classic Country KTFW/Fort Worth OM Mark Phillips is seeking a midday host who can handle a “personality intensive daypart with a lot of phones, contests and appearances.” Reach him here. Depot KDPM/Marshall, TX is looking for a local on-air talent/ marketing representative. Send materials to PD Chip Arledge here. Bryan Broadcasting has an opening for a full-time Dir./ Production based in College Station, TX for its 12 radio stations. Send résumé with examples of produced and voiced audio or spots here. Stephens Media Group KKAJ/Ardmore, OK is seeking a PD/ morning host. The company says, “This is a tremendous opportunity with a strong cluster that dominates the market in sales, promotions and on-air. KKAJ is a heritage country station with a little red-dirt heritage for flavor.” Send resume, aircheck and references to SVP/Programming Bob Thornton here.

WEST COAST Momentum KJUG/Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil is looking for an APD/midday personality. Complete job posting here; send résumés, social media profiles, mobile content, examples of past success and airchecks to McNeil here. RWPC Pres. Scott Huskey and McKenzie River KKNU/Eugene, OR PD Jim Davis are searching for a morning host for KKNU. Send résumés and airchecks to Huskey here or Davis here. Sticks Media KTNK-AM & K279CY/Lompoc, CA owners Todd Nixon and Liz Hallam are looking for a local afternoon host for the re-launched “Y’all 103.7.” Reach Nixon here. Consultant Joel Raab is seeking a PD/morning host for Bee Broadcasting KDBR/Kalispell, MT. Raab says, “If you can entertain, program your own station, and be a pillar of the community, here’s an opportunity to program local radio the way it was meant to be, working for broadcasters who still do it ‘right.’ Good money for the right person.” Rush an aircheck, resume, references and salary requirements to Raab here. Townsquare/Billings, MT is looking for Dir./Content for the fivestation cluster, which includes Country KCTR. See the full posting here. Townsquare KUAD/Fort Collins, CO is looking for a morning co-host. See the full posting here. Cumulus KATM/Modesto, CA has a Dir./Promotions opening. «Among your friends are you usually the one planning and throwing the parties? Do you love creating interesting promotions and events?» asks PD Andy Winford. “If you love being on the air and connecting with the audience, there is also a possible morning show role as well.” See the full post here. Cumulus KATC/Colorado Springs is seeking an experienced drive time host and Promotions Dir. Find the job posting here. RECORD LABELS Red Street Records is seeking a Dir./Field Promotion. Contact SVP/Country Promotion Andy Elliott about the position here. River House Artists Dir./Digital Strategy Kristin Watson Byrne is looking for a Coord./Digital. Send résumés to her here. UMG Nashville EVP/A&R Chelsea Blythe is seeking a VP/A&R as she builds her team. The gig requires a «minimum 10 years music industry experience, with a demonstrated track record of finding new songs for existing talent and finding emerging artists that fit in with label›s musical direction» as well as «experience with the different steps in the recording, production, mastering, sequencing and release of a record,» and an understanding of the «artist lifestyle.» Find the job posting and apply here. Warner Music Nashville is seeking a VP/Streaming. Candidates must have at least seven years of music industry experience, at least three of those preferably working directly with DSPs, plus a «deep understanding of all music streaming platforms» and knowledge of country music. Find the job description and apply here. Warner/WMN is seeking a Dir./National Radio. Apply to Warner VP/Radio Accounts Tom Martens here. OTHER The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has multiple openings in its Nashville office, including: Dir./Digital Marketing & Social Media and Asst./Marketing. See full postings here; candidates can send résumés and cover letters here. Nashville-based Country Thunder Music Festivals is searching for a Show Accountant to join its team. The ideal candidate will «thrive in a constantly evolving environment, have exceptional accounting skills and be a positive team player;» full description here and send résumés here. Midwest Communications is looking for a Radio & Digital Sales Marketing Consultant, a Digital Support Specialist and Street Team members. For the consultant and street team positions, send your cover letter and résumé here. For the specialist opening, email Mgr./Digital Systems Support Brandon Wickwire here. See all postings here. Rogers CKXC/Kingston, ON is looking for an evening announcer to host a national show across the company›s eight Country stations. Job perks list 50% off Rogers services, including Toronto Blue Jays tickets. See full posting here. PR firm Shore Fire Media is seeking an Account Exec./Publicity who has the desire to handle a “multi-faceted client roster that will include the following and more: artists and creators; tours and events; music industry companies; start-ups and nonprofits.” Apply to join its Nashvillebased team here.

January 22, 2024

SEEK & EMPLOY

SEEKING JOBS •Chuck Akers Former KTHT/Houston morning co-host chuckakers@comcast.net

•Aaron “Gator” Glass Former WQNU/Louisville mornings GatorGlass.53@gmail.com

•Mark Allen Former OM for Schurz/Lafayette, IN and Wiregrass/Dothan, AL Markontheradio7661@gmail.com 574-520-8226

•J.R. Gonzalez Former East Texas Results Radio/Tyler, TX OM and WRSA/Huntsville, AL Production Dir. jrgonzalezradio@gmail.com 713-853-7385

•Donnie “Hollywood” Andrews Former WKXD/Cookeville, TN OM/PD/mornings hollywoodandrews939@gmail.com 931-267-2468

•Jen Heaton Former Academy of Country Music VP/Partnerships jennifer.lori.heaton@gmail.com

•Kim Brixton Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays KimBrixton@gmail.com •JC Coffey Former Show Dog Dir./Midwest-Northeast Regional Promotion radiojc83@gmail.com 269-806-6865 •Greg Cole Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD GCole27000@gmail.com 916-502-4734 •Jared “Banks” Danielson Former KUBL/Salt Lake City mornings JaredDanielson1@gmail.com •Scott Davidson Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/on-air host Davidson1023@gmail.com •David Dean Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons DaviDean5@gmail.com •Jimmy Elliott Former WOVK/Wheeling, WV VPP/PD/MD/mornings JimmyElliottSchlosser@gmail.com •Alexa Fasheh Former Academy of Country Music VP/Finance & Operations Alexafash75@gmail.com •Rosey Fitchpatrick Formerly worked in event and artist management, and radio promotion roseyfitch99@gmail.com •Scott Gaines Former Summit/Knoxville OM & WCYQ PD GainesRadio@gmail.com

•Bill Hickok Former KBMR/Bismark, ND morning host BillHickok1950@gmail.com •”Big” John Horton Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com •Caitlin “CJ” Johnson Former KKBQ/Houston afternoons Caitlin.M.Johnson25@gmail.com •Bryant “Ryder” Konold Former KDBL/Yakima, WA Brand Mgr./mornings BryantRyderKonold@gmail.com •Brian “Wookie” Kostek Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons BKostek24@gmail.com •Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus) Former on-air talent ZimaGuy@gmail.com 401-467-6737 •Christopher “Boomer” Layfield Former Cumulus/Indianapolis OM and WFMS PD boomeradio@gmail.com 704-577-6322 •Jeff Lynn Former All Access Country Editor/Promotion and Rubber City/Akron OM/PD jeff.lynn@gmail.com 262-389-0687 •AJ McCloud Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoons AJ.McCloud@charter.net 256-503-2301

•Melissa Moldovan Former Academy of Country Music Dir./ Communications, Media Relations & Radio melissamoldovan86@gmail.com •Lexi Papadopoulos Former KUBL/Salt Lake City mornings LexiOnTheRadio@gmail.com •Jim Pearson Former KDBL/Yakima, WA PD/mornings JimsCoolEmail@gmail.com 831-261-1822 •Carly Quinn Former WGH/Norfolk morning co-host NewEnglandClamChowder2021@yahoo.com 863-388-9606 •Robb Rose Former Zimmer Country Format Captain, KCLR/ Columbia, MO and KATI/Jefferson City, MO PD radiorob98@gmail.com •Maddy Stessman Former Academy of Country Music Dir./Industry & Talent Relations mlstessman@gmail.com •Jake Thomson Former Dick WUBB/Savannah, GA Prod. Dir./ Midday Host jakethomson.dj@gmail.com •Brad Thornton Former Southern Stone WKRO/Daytona Beach APD/MD randawg_23@yahoo.com •Jonathan Wier Former WKLB/Boston morning co-host JonWierWLCA@gmail.com •Wingnut Former KNUC/Seattle APD/MD/midday personality Wingnutt@me.com • Cadillac Jack (a.k.a. Tom Kapsalis) Former WDSY/Pittsburgh afternoon host Cadillacjackk@gmail.com

•Mike McKay Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI Brand Mgr./mornings McKProd@charter.net •T.J. “J.T.” Michaels Former WCPV/Burlington, VT PD/afternoons TJMichaelsRadio@gmail.com 802-249-3570

January 22, 2024 LW

NATE SMITH World On Fire (RCA)

(2nd Week at No. 1) (Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips, Lindsay Rimes, Nate Smith)

35242

-1089

9391

-309

41.903

-1.128

156

CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse (Mercury) 4

29423

2572

8162

758

34.758

3.641

156

JELLY ROLL w/LAINEY WILSON/Save Me (BMG/Stoney Creek)

25861

-970

6976

-246

32.532 -0.909

154

R. GREEN f/L. COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR) 4

25471

1407

7046

399

27.948

1.781

155

LUKE COMBS/Where The Wild Things Are (River House/Columbia)

23648

160

6492

25.639 -0.229

156

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA) 4

23515

1810

6526

571

25.472

1.503

155

CHRIS JANSON/All I Need Is You (BMLGR)

22514

578

6068

115

24.128

0.317

155

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 4

22418

2225

6044

686

27.17

3.325

155

KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It (RCA)

20282

429

5431

104

23.02

-0.151

156

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

20268

1287

5627

374

22.725

1.269

151

DAN + SHAY/Save Me The Trouble (Warner/WAR)

19486

-4248

5100

-1182

27.021

-4.452

155

CHAYCE BECKHAM/23 (Wheelhouse)

17358

915

4705

262

17.643

0.629

155

CONNER SMITH/Creek Will Rise (Valory)

16376

259

4441

16.067

0.517

156

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Burn It Down (MCA)

16189

846

4290

185

17.845

1.505

154

T. RHETT f/M. WALLEN/Mamaw's House (Valory/Big Loud) 4

13240

1912

3719

517

14.627

1.908

149

JACKSON DEAN/Fearless (Big Machine)

12432

461

3372

11.597

0.686

155

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo (Triple Tigers)

12000

1083

3342

293

12.072

1.335

156

JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late (MCA)

11272

744

3017

206

11.27

0.847

150

GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days (Warner/WAR)

11057

385

3087

153

10.632

0.68

155

M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville) 10901

1036

2824

308

12.336

1.273

141

LAINEY WILSON/Wildflowers And Wild Horses (Broken Bow)

10780

180

3032

135

11.622

0.114

155

C. PEARCE f/C. STAPLETON/We Don't Fight... (Big Machine)

10718

-7

2906

10.57

0.225

153

TYLER HUBBARD/Back Then Right Now (EMI Nashville)

9537

673

2681

198

9.715

0.519

149

KENNY CHESNEY/Take Her Home (Warner/WEA)

8781

621

2332

173

8.812

0.617

153

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Out Of That Truck (Capitol)

8568

270

2237

8.361

0.626

144

Artist/Title (Label)

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

Chart Page 1

January 22, 2024 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Nobody's Nobody (EMI Nashville)

7489

-1382

2120

-381

6.343

-0.681

151

MEGAN MORONEY/I'm Not Pretty (Columbia)

7297

306

1981

6.066

0.343

140

OLD DOMINION f/M. MORONEY/Can't Break Up Now (Columbia)

7207

287

1968

7.113

0.189

146

ZACH BRYAN f/K. MUSGRAVES/I Remember... (Warner/WAR)

7017

406

1987

185

5.781

0.214

120

ASHLEY COOKE/Your Place (Big Loud)

6618

721

1832

191

6.263

0.697

118

SAM HUNT/Outskirts (MCA)

6441

158

1742

6.359

0.825

132

CHASE MATTHEW/Love You Again (Warner/WAR)

5677

-373

1606

-107

4.059

-0.239

116

JASON ALDEAN/Let Your Boys Be Country (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

5395

377

1411

5.606

0.749

127

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Where It Ends (Elektra/Warner/WEA)

5000

514

1315

103

5.16

0.629

102

DILLON CARMICHAEL/Drinkin' Problems (Riser House)

4818

118

1408

2.56

-0.048

124

CHRIS YOUNG/Young Love & Saturday Nights (RCA)

4498

199

1142

4.804

0.467

GARTH BROOKS & RONNIE DUNN/Rodeo Man (Big Machine)

4491

1234

2.236

-0.006

139

JON PARDI & LUKE BRYAN/Cowboys And Plowboys (Capitol)

4330

186

1044

4.14

-0.199

129

BRYAN MARTIN/We Ride (Avg Joes/New Revolution)

4317

209

1119

3.379

0.302

MICHAEL RAY f/M. PATRICK/Spirits... (Warner/WEA/Riser House)

4275

361

1078

2.496

0.365

112

COREY KENT/Something's Gonna Kill Me (Combustion/RCA)

3653

-25

952

3.536

-0.075

PARMALEE/Gonna Love You (Stoney Creek)

3349

-24

1029

2.123

-0.116

JUSTIN MOORE/This Is My Dirt (Valory)

3136

488

907

192

2.907

0.442

117

BRETT YOUNG/Dance With You (BMLGR)

2903

832

1.54

0.011

LADY A/Love You Back (BMLGR)

2714

115

727

1.339

0.302

109

ZACH TOP/Sounds Like The Radio (Leo33)

2566

936

710

250

1.44

0.418

Debut 46

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

CHRIS LANE/Find Another Bar (Red Street)

2427

228

676

1.54

0.142

DUSTIN LYNCH f/JELLY ROLL/Chevrolet (Broken Bow)

2279

216

692

1.354

0.269

TYLER CHILDERS/In Your Love (Hickman Holler/RCA)

2224

175

722

1.116

0.179

JOE NICHOLS/Brokenhearted (Quartz Hill)

2154

656

0.802

-0.048

Chart Page 2

January 22, 2024

Country Aircheck Add Leaders

JELLY ROLL/Halfway To Hell (BMG/Stoney Creek) TIM MCGRAW/One Bad Habit (Big Machine) TIGIRLILY GOLD/I Tried A Ring On (Monument) JASON ALDEAN/Let Your Boys Be Country (Macon Music/Broken Bow) TYLER CHILDERS/In Your Love (Hickman Holler/RCA) ASHLEY COOKE/Your Place (Big Loud) M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville) BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Where It Ends (Elektra/Warner/WEA) ZACH TOP/Sounds Like The Radio (Leo33) DUSTIN LYNCH f/JELLY ROLL/Chevrolet (Broken Bow) D. MARLOWE & D. SCOTT/Boys Back Home (Columbia/Curb) LADY A/Love You Back (BMLGR)

Adds

92 67 44 13 11 10 9 6 6 5 5 5

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse (Mercury)

2572 4

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (Warner/CoJo/WMN)

2225 4

THOMAS RHETT f/M. WALLEN/Mamaw's House (Valory/Big Loud)

1912 4

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA)

1810 4

R. GREEN f/L. COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)

1407 4

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

1287

JELLY ROLL/Halfway To Hell (BMG/Stoney Creek)

1102

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo (Triple Tigers)

Activator Top Point Gainers CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (CoJo/Warner/WMN)

1078 4

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA)

843 4

M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville)

774 4

Z. BRYAN f/K. MUSGRAVES/I Remember ...(Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR)

763 4

JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late (MCA)

566 4

TIM MCGRAW/One Bad Habit (Big Machine)

542

RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)

527

GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days (Warner/WAR)

440

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Where It Ends (Elektra/Warner/WEA)

396

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

370

Activator Top Spin Gainers CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (CoJo/Warner/WMN)

246

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA)

198

M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville)

180

Z. BRYAN f/K. MUSGRAVES/I Remember... (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR)

149

RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)

130

JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late (MCA)

123

TIM MCGRAW/One Bad Habit (Big Machine)

120

1083

GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days (Warner/WAR)

M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville)

1036

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

ZACH TOP/Sounds Like The Radio (Leo33)

936

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Where It Ends (Elektra/Warner/WEA)

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse (Mercury)

758

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (Warner/CoJo/WMN)

MORGAN WALLEN/Thinkin' Bout Me (Big Loud)

21713

686

GEORGE BIRGE/Mind On You (Records Nashville)

18225

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA)

571

LUKE COMBS/Fast Car (River House/Columbia)

16949

THOMAS RHETT f/M. WALLEN/Mamaw's House (Valory/Big Loud)

517

MORGAN WALLEN/Last Night (Big Loud)

15423

R. GREEN f/L. COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)

399

JELLY ROLL/Need A Favor (BMG/Stoney Creek)

13033

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

374

DUSTIN LYNCH/Stars Like Confetti (Broken Bow)

12482

M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville)

308

TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin' In The Country (EMI Nashville)

12203

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo (Triple Tigers)

293

JASON ALDEAN/Try That In A Small Town (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

10529

CHAYCE BECKHAM/23 (Wheelhouse)

262

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA)

10411

JELLY ROLL/Halfway To Hell (BMG/Stoney Creek)

254

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

10175

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January 22, 2024 AIRPLAY BY STATION OWNER

OVERALL LW TW ARTIST/Title

iHeart (52)

Audacy (17)

Rank

Plays

Avg/ Sta

Rank

Plays

Avg/ Sta

Cumulus (15) Rank

Plays

Summit (6)

Avg/ Sta

Rank

Plays

Avg/ Sta

1 NATE SMITH/World On Fire

3,578

68.8

1,161

68.3

781

52.1

396

66.0

2 CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse

3,201

61.6

724

42.6

678

45.2

376

62.7

3 JELLY ROLL w/L. WILSON/Save Me

3,357

64.6

537

31.6

756

50.4

253

42.2

4 R. GREEN f/L. COMBS/Different Round Here

2,624

50.5

678

39.9

571

38.1

267

44.5

5 LUKE COMBS/Where The Wild Things Are

2,373

45.6

559

32.9

524

34.9

163

27.2

6 WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison

2,219

42.7

591

34.8

720

48.0

461

76.8

7 CHRIS JANSON/All I Need Is You

2,303

44.3

488

28.7

512

34.1

235

39.2

8 CODY JOHNSON/The Painter

1,945

37.4

503

29.6

529

35.3

387

64.5

9 KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It

1,992

38.3

543

31.9

544

36.3

14.5

2,413

46.4

470

27.6

403

26.9

167

27.8

12 10 HARDY/Truck Bed 11 DAN + SHAY/Save Me The Trouble

1,751

33.7

414

24.4

741

49.4

203

33.8

13 12 CHAYCE BECKHAM/23

1,492

28.7

483

28.4

278

18.5

338

56.3

14 13 CONNER SMITH/Creek Will Rise

1,628

31.3

569

33.5

337

22.5

7.8

15 14 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Burn It Down

1,332

25.6

399

23.5

446

29.7

132

22.0

17 15 THOMAS RHETT f/M. WALLEN/Mamaw's House

1,470

28.3

292

17.2

210

14.0

251

41.8

16 16 JACKSON DEAN/Fearless

1,135

21.8

271

15.9

283

18.9

174

29.0

18 17 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo

920

17.7

350

20.6

362

24.1

141

23.5

22 18 JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late

764

14.7

240

14.1

442

29.5

163

27.2

20 19 GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days

1,155

22.2

266

15.6

260

17.3

12.3

23 20 M. WALLEN f/E. CHURCH/Man Made A Bar

598

11.5

422

24.8

181

12.1

1.0

FLASHBACK No. 1s

MARKET AIRPLAY PROFILE - SPOKANE Rank

KDRK

KICR

KXLY

Total

CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse

112

LUKE COMBS/Where The Wild Things Are

112

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter

101

NATE SMITH/World On Fire

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison

RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here

KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It

HARDY/Truck Bed

LAINEY WILSON/Wildflowers And Wild Horses

JACKSON DEAN/Fearless

11t

CONNER SMITH/Creek Will Rise

11t

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Burn It Down

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo

GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days

15t

THOMAS RHETT f/MORGAN WALLEN/Mamaw's House

15t

CARLY PEARCE f/CHRIS STAPLETON/We Don't Fight Anymore

17t

CHAYCE BECKHAM/23

17t

MORGAN WALLEN/Everything I Love

19t

DUSTIN LYNCH/Stars Like Confetti

19t

JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late

1 YEAR AGO

JORDAN DAVIS What My World Spins Around 5 YEARS AGO

THOMAS RHETT Sixteen

10 YEARS AGO

ZAC BROWN BAND Sweet Annie 15 YEARS AGO

BILLY CURRINGTON Don’t

20 YEARS AGO

KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (5th week)

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January 22, 2024

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY LADY A/Love You Back (BMLGR) Moves 46-45* 2714 points, 727 spins 5 adds: KASE, KUZZ, WBWL, WGNE, WWYZ

ADD DATES Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

JANUARY 29

RESTLESS ROAD/Last Rodeo (RCA)

ZACH TOP/Sounds Like The Radio (Leo33) Debuts 46* 2566 points, 710 spins 6 adds: KHKI*, WAVW, WKHX*, WSIX, WUBL, WYNK

DAN + SHAY/Bigger Houses (WAR)

CHRIS LANE/Find Another Bar (Red Street) Remains at 47* 2427 points, 676 spins 1 add: KHKI*

None Listed

DUSTIN LYNCH f/JELLY ROLL/Chevrolet (Broken Bow) Moves 50-48* 2279 points, 692 spins 5 adds: KKGO, KKWF, WGTY, WKKT, WUSY TYLER CHILDERS/In Your Love (Hickman Holler/RCA) Remains at 49* 2224 points, 722 spins 11 adds, including: KBQI, KCYY, KMLE, KSON, KWJJ, WBBS, WBEE, WKIS, WPAW, WUSY JOE NICHOLS/Brokenhearted (Quartz Hill) Moves 48-50* 2154 points, 656 spins 1 add: KCYY DREW BALDRIDGE/She’s Somebody’s Daughter (Lyric Ridge) 1779 points, 609 spins 1 add: KSON HUNTERGIRL/Ain’t About You (19 Recordings/Wheelhouse) 1777 points, 532 spins; No adds HAILEY WHITTERS/I’m In Love (Big Loud) 1767 points, 487 spins 1 add: KAWO JELLY ROLL/Halfway To Hell (BMG/Stoney Creek) 1609 points, 409 spins 92 adds, including: KBEQ, KFDI*, KILT, KJUG, KRYS, KWNR, WIRK, WKSJ, WQIK, WUSJ

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Randall King Into The Neon (Warner/WAR) “You grow wiser with age, you grow wiser while you’re working and experiencing life, and I feel like I have a deeper understanding of what my music really is,” King reflects of the growth he’s experienced since his 2022 release, Shot Glass. “We’re moving into the neon era of country music. The pendulum is swinging, and you’re watching it happen … Now I just hope people get their mind blown.” Conner Smith Smoky Mountains (Valory) Featuring gold-certified “Take It Slow,” “I Hate Alabama” and current single “Creek Will Rise,” Smith co-penned all but one of the 12 songs on his Zach Crowell-produced, full-length debut alongside writers including Chase McGill, Thomas Rhett, Mark Trussell and Parker Welling. Charles Esten Love Ain’t Pretty (--) More than 10 years in the making, Esten’s Marshall Altman-produced debut album began taking shape when he first arrived in Nashville to play Deacon Claybourne on “Nashville.” Working with Jon Nite, Eric Paslay, Gary Burr, Leslie Satcher and more, Esten co-wrote all 14 songs.

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January 22, 2024

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

+/- Points

Plays

No. 1 at No. 1 World On Fire (RCA) 3 Week2at Week

NATE SMITH

14144

-389

2960

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

-77

CHRIS STAPLETON/White Horse (Mercury)

13309

-30

2813

-1

LUKE COMBS/Where The Wild Things Are (River House/Columbia)

12777

2622

JELLY ROLL w/LAINEY WILSON/Save Me (BMG/Stoney Creek)

12138

-670

2547

-126

RILEY GREEN f/LUKE COMBS/Different Round Here (BMLGR)

11943

527

2510

130

CODY JOHNSON/The Painter (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 4

11855

1078

2497

246

KANE BROWN/I Can Feel It (RCA)

10137

201

2103

WARREN ZEIDERS/Pretty Little Poison (Warner/WEA) 4

9894

843

2121

198

DAN + SHAY/Save Me The Trouble (Warner/WAR)

9892

-1314

2070

-264

CHRIS JANSON/All I Need Is You (BMLGR)

9314

196

1985

HARDY/Truck Bed (Big Loud)

8962

370

1886

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Burn It Down (MCA)

8338

154

1765

THOMAS RHETT f/MORGAN WALLEN/Mamaw's House (Valory/Big Loud)

7774

233

1584

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Cab In A Solo (Triple Tigers)

7242

104

1482

CONNER SMITH/Creek Will Rise (Valory)

6866

-306

1449

-48

LAINEY WILSON/Wildflowers And Wild Horses (Broken Bow)

6634

201

1348

JORDAN DAVIS/Tucson Too Late (MCA) 4

6414

566

1318

123

CHAYCE BECKHAM/23 (Wheelhouse)

6343

193

1379

KENNY CHESNEY/Take Her Home (Warner/WEA)

5997

212

1183

20 19

MORGAN WALLEN f/ERIC CHURCH/Man Made A Bar (Big Loud/EMI Nashville) 4

5895

774

1225

180

24 21

GABBY BARRETT/Glory Days (Warner/WAR)

5349

440

1150

22 22

JACKSON DEAN/Fearless (Big Machine)

5106

142

1124

23 23

TYLER HUBBARD/Back Then Right Now (EMI Nashville)

4880

-75

1015

27 24

Z. BRYAN f/K. MUSGRAVES/I Remember Everything (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR) 4

4224

763

861

149

25 25

C. PEARCE f/C. STAPLETON/We Don't Fight Anymore (Big Machine)

3879

-203

827

-35

26 26

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Nobody's Nobody (EMI Nashville)

3632

-297

771

-54

30 27

JASON ALDEAN/Let Your Boys Be Country (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

3369

254

660

28 28

MEGAN MORONEY/I'm Not Pretty (Columbia)

3344

725

29 29

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Out Of That Truck (Capitol)

3245

682

OLD DOMINION f/MEGAN MORONEY/Can't Break Up Now (Columbia)

3207

141

673

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January 22, 2024 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

32 31

GARTH BROOKS & RONNIE DUNN/Rodeo Man (Big Machine)

2853

-152

587

-29

34 32

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Where It Ends (Elektra/Warner/WEA)

2459

396

463

35 33

ASHLEY COOKE/Your Place (Big Loud)

2206

165

439

33 34

JON PARDI & LUKE BRYAN/Cowboys And Plowboys (Capitol)

2204

-111

464

-17

36 35

DILLON CARMICHAEL/Drinkin' Problems (Riser House)

1803

388

-4

37 36

CHRIS YOUNG/Young Love & Saturday Nights (RCA)

1674

-20

308

-11

38 37

JUSTIN MOORE/This Is My Dirt (Valory)

1520

301

39 38

CHASE MATTHEW/Love You Again (Warner/WMN)

1519

100

315

40 39

SAM HUNT/Outskirts (MCA)

1427

304

42 40

SAWYER BROWN/Under This Ole Hat (Curb)

1210

240

HANNAH ELLIS/Wine Country (Curb)

1187

-111

246

-17

46 42

DUSTIN LYNCH f/JELLY ROLL/Chevrolet (Broken Bow)

1166

214

245

44 43

BRYAN MARTIN/We Ride (Average Joes/New Revolution)

1056

221

43 44

MICHAEL RAY f/MEGHAN PATRICK/Spirits And Demons (Riser House/Warner/WEA)

991

-135

209

-26

45 45

BRETT YOUNG/Dance With You (BMLGR)

989

190

52 46

CODY JOHNSON/Dirt Cheap (CoJo/Warner/WMN)

852

206

49 47

TYLER CHILDERS/In Your Love (Hickman Holler/RCA)

765

158

48 48

DYLAN MARLOWE & DYLAN SCOTT/Boys Back Home (Columbia/Curb)

752

-2

TIM MCGRAW/One Bad Habit (Big Machine)

687

542

151

120

Debut 49 58 50

ALEX MILLER/Puttin' Up Hay (Billy Jam)

680

122

131

57 51

CHASE MATTHEW/Where There's Smoke (Warner/WAR)

660

47 52

JOE NICHOLS/Brokenhearted (Quartz Hill)

644

-156

120

-28

50 53

DYLAN SCOTT/This Town's Been Too Good To Us (Curb)

640

-20

-2

56 54

LAURA BRYNA/Certified (LTD Entertainment)

636

126

ZACH TOP/Sounds Like The Radio (Leo33)

623

299

129

Debut 55 51

SHENANDOAH & LUKE COMBS/Two Dozen Roses (8 Track)

617

-38

124

-8

RILEY GREEN/Mississippi Or Me (BMLGR)

570

110

55 58

RESTLESS ROAD/Last Rodeo (RCA)

566

-56

-2

53 59

CHRIS STAPLETON/What Am I Gonna Do (Mercury)

530

-110

-11

60 60

LEWIS BRICE/Product Of (Pump House)

525

104

Debut 57

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