November 23, 2020, Issue 732
CMA’s Deaton On Ratings, Radio, More
54th CMA Awards Exec. Producer Robert Deaton goes deep with Country Aircheck on this year’s show. CA: Our radio readers can empathize, but what can you tell us about how those in your world view the record low ratings for this and similar shows? RD: First of all, I personally want to thank Country radio for their support of me and our show. Reading their feedback (CAW 11/16) was awesome. If there was a criticism or wish for things to be done differently, it was a fair assessment. You tend to stay in your own silo in this business, and I didn’t know many people Robert Deaton at Country radio before getting involved with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital chairing their talent relations committee. I’ve made so many friends – programmers at stations across the country – and really gained perspective on the love they have for this genre and the diligence and work they put into it. As far as ratings, when you’re putting together the show, you know you’re going to be down. The Billboard awards lost 55% of its audience. The Tonys were down. The Emmys had an all-time low last year and were down another 25-30% this year. ACMs were down. To think that we were going to escape that ... I put it out of my mind, because I’ve got to put together a great show whether five million or 20 million people are watching. The other thing we have to remember is these performances go on forever. There are already a million YouTube views of Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber. The younger demos are finding the performances they want to see. The pandemic has also upended how people watch, and I don’t think I realized how much I took for granted the in-house audience. I wanted to put together a beautiful show and do the best I could to represent country music, but it’s still not the spectacle it is when you’ve got 20,000 people in the arena. The question is, when the pandemic is under control, percentage of the TV audience will come back? How do you get them back? (continued on page 9)
You Used To Call Me On My Shell Phone: Dack Janiels/Broken Bow’s Chase Rice (l) with WKRO/Daytona Beach’s DJ Tremble at the Oceanfront Bandshell (inset).
Mountain Road Rides On
Launched in August with a small promotion team (CAT 8/28), Mountain Road Records is doubling down on Rayne Johnson after seeing atypical independent success with his single “Front Seat.” Country Aircheck spoke with President Mark Liggett and Dir./ National Promotion Maurisa Pasick about entering the label fray and what comes next. For industry vet Liggett, the attraction to country started where it typically does. “I’ve been in the record business for 30-plus years, Rayne mostly in Pop and Hot AC,” he says. “I was Johnson around when songs were a bigger deal. Even
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though Pop has never been very song oriented, over the last five or six years it’s become such a production thing. I don’t mean to be cynical or the old guy bitching, but song content was really lacking.” Liggett has long managed rock band Blessid Union of Souls, but two years ago began working with a country songwriter, building a catalog and recording demos. “One of the guys in the band said, ‘Hey, there’s a guy at my church you should use as a demo singer.’ That’s how I met Rayne. I wasn’t even thinking about signing an artist, but my wife got to spend some time around him because of the demo work. He’s a handsome guy, personable and can sing his ass off and she said, ‘He’s an artist.’ That was the first time I’d Mark Liggett considered it.” “Front Seat” was the first foray into the marketplace, with initial promotion efforts led by Studio2Bee. “I couldn’t have made more mistakes,” Liggett admits. “But Skip [Bishop] and Butch [Waugh] did an incredible job getting us started. Now we’re building out the label and think we have some great people. Nashville definitely seems like a prove-it-toMaurisa Pasick me town and Country radio is totally different from Pop and Hot AC. It has definitely been an earn while you learn situation.” Pasick met Johnson and Liggett early this year as her former employer, Riser House, was exploring adding Johnson to their roster. After she left the label, Liggett reached out. “I ultimately decided it was time to put my foot in the ground on the opportunity to create and build Rayne into a superstar,” she says. “In my time in independent promotion I’d helped do that with Zac Brown Band, Lee Brice and other artists who were on other labels. You’d get them over a hill and then move onto the next artist. This is an opportunity to keep that hat on and really grow.” The promotion department is small for now. Pasick and fellow Riser House alumna Tara Shayne are joined by OM and Pop promotion vet Dan Pearson. “We’ve split the country three ways,” Pasick says. “We have every intention of growing the team when it’s appropriate, but each of us has a different approach and the ability to cover a lot of ground.” MRR has also partnered with Verge Records, led by COO Mickey Jack Cones. “We had a need for a strong Nashville based partner, and Mickey and Verge were a perfect fit for our vision and needs,” Liggett says. And Pasick is all-in on Liggett’s vision. “I love his background
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and that he’s unorthodox from a Country format perspective, but he also gets it,” she says. “We can be aggressive and still respect that some things have to be done certain ways.” The focus, for now, is Johnson and new single “Real Dang Good.” “We want to do one thing well before we try to do a few things well,” Liggett says. “’Front Seat’ was bigger than the result on the chart. From what people tell me, independent artists just don’t crack the Top 40, and he did. And then it sold like crazy and was No. 1 on Shazam in several major markets. Now we’ve learned what we need to, and here we are with Mountain Road Records round two.” Reach Liggett here and Pasick here. –Chuck Aly
Chart Chat
Congratulations to Morgan Wallen, Stacy Blythe, Ali Matkosky and the Big Loud promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “More Than My Hometown.” The song is the lead single from Wallen’s forthcoming sophomore studio album, Dangerous: The Double Album. Songwriters are Michael Morgan Wallen Hardy, Ernest K. Smith, Ryan Vojtesak and Wallen. And kudos to Jimmy Rector and the EMI Nashville crew on notching 17 adds for Eric Church’s “Hell Of A View,” landing atop this week’s board.
News & Notes
Capitol’s Carrie Underwood will guest host Mt. Wilson KKGO/Los Angeles afternoons Nov. 30-Dec. 25. Additionally, Elsa herself, Idina Menzel, will guest host KKGO middays during the same timeframe. Stream the station here. Entercom has partnered with the Ad Council to provide audio production for Coping-19, a national PSA campaign in conjunction with the CDC, the CDC Foundation, the HHS and the White House in an effort to raise awareness and provide information and resources to help those experiencing mental health challenges during the pandemic. The Independent Broadcasters Association (IBA) has partnered with AnalyticOwl to provide IBA members access to tools with which to optimize live radio campaigns. More here. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Leadership Foundation is accepting applications for its newly created scholarship for women, people of color and individuals representing small market stations entering their first managerial
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WI TH A day in the self-isolated life of Summit WCYQ/ Knoxville, TN Promo Coord./Afternoon Co-Host Carina: At first, I loved quarantine! It forced me to slow down, take a beat and regroup. You don’t realize that you’re so go, go, go until you’re brought to a full-stop. In the thick of it, I completed a 1500-piece puzzle and all of my laundry was done! My house has never been so clean. Now, I wake up and turn on my Christmas lights. Yes, my lights have been up for more than a week. Don’t tell me that Thanksgiving is first; I’m very thankful ... for my Christmas lights! Then, I prep for two shows and go to the studio and record one before heading back home to continue work. Later in the day, I go back to the station for my live afternoon show with Opie. I was able to set up a home studio. I’m still in the process of finishing it up, but it’s nice to know that if something happens where I have to work from home full-time, I’m ready to go! Some days when I go into the station, I’ll just sit at my desk for a change of scenery, though. Not seeing all of my co-workers on a daily basis is bizarre. If you are a face-to-face type person, it is more important than ever to stay connected with friends and family as those in-person interactions are fewer and far between. Social media has been great for staying connected with listeners, too. We want to be there to celebrate life with them and show them there is still good that has come out of
2020. Going live has also been a great connector for us to show our audience that we understand; we can get lonely and miss concerts and our families, too, and we are having the same kind of 2020 they are having. With promotions coming to a complete halt and concerts being non-existent, we can’t lean on those things for talking points on-air and have had to be more creative. Things have been heavy this year, so Opie and I want to be an escape for people. Behind the scenes, we’ve been able to figure out new ways to communicate with the team and execute promotions. My husband Evan and I got married in 2019, so we’ve been newlyweds through quarantine, and it has been awesome! I was nervous at first, but Evan and I have kept from driving each other crazy by allowing for some space. If I’m in the living room working, he goes to another room, or vice versa. We also have a roommate – our 60-pound Rottweiler/Pit mix rescue dog named Rhett Hardy. We just call him Rhett after Thomas Rhett, but we love Hardy, too, so we gave him a middle name. The first thing I want to do when everything reopens is go to a concert! I can’t say that loudly enough! We need live music back so badly. My new hobby is TikTok. Who hasn’t adopted TikTok during quarantine?! I don’t post much, but I can scroll for hours, and I’m not ashamed of it! I have also become a reality show junkie. I
roles, the First Time Managers Fellowship. The scholarship will fund enrollment for 10 fellows in the First Time Managers Series. Information and applications here. BMG has partnered with nonprofit Southern Word to launch the Music Industry & Culture (M.I.C.) Youth Fellowship aimed at engaging Nashville-area high school and college-aged youth in the music industry and having conversations about music culture. Details and fellowship applications here.
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watch all of the Housewives, Below Deck and the Great British Baking Show. I’ve watched Outer Banks twice plus Emily In Paris and almost anything on Netflix. I hate reading, but I did read Camino Island during the summer, and it was a great book. My must-have snack is White Cheddar Cheez Its, for sure! I am so thankful I get to wake up every day and do this, but because I love it so much, I can easily get lost in it and forget that I need personal time, too. I may not be able to see my family as much, but I place more value on the times I do. It has been one heck of a year, but I don’t want to look back on it and see only negatives, because there have been some positive moments, too. It’s important to hold on to those memories. Oh, and not having to wear makeup every day has been awesome! Swap pet pictures with Carina here.
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Gimme Radio has expanded its online offerings with the launch of Gimme Country TV featuring music videos, artistcreated content, music documentaries, movies, live streaming and interactive events. Gimme Country TV is available via iPhone and Android app. The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is co-locating its fall AES Show Vegas 2021 alongside the previously announced NAB Show and will now hold the convention Oct. 9-13, 2021 in Las Vegas.
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TracieLynn joined the Warehouse West Entertainment artist development and management roster. UMG/Nashville artists Darius Rucker, Jon Pardi, Maddie & Tae, Priscilla Block and Kylie Morgan will perform during the Lauren Alaina-hosted I’m On Call for Tennessee virtual concert in partnership with Musicians On Call.
The Week’s Top Stories
Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Radio weighed in on the CMA Awards and Christmas music in last week’s (11/16) Country Aircheck Weekly. • iHeartMedia cutbacks continued. (CAT 11/20) • Jon Loba was elevated to Pres. of BMG/Nashville, and JoJamie Hahr was promoted to SVP. (CAT 11/19) • KSCS/Dallas’ Michelle Rodriguez is segueing to mornings. (CAT 11/18) • Sony/ATV Nashville’s Amy Cranford was upped to SVP/ Admin. (CAT 11/17) • Chris Huff joined Country Aircheck as Sr. Radio Analyst. (CAT 11/16) • Chronicle: Walter C. Miller, Jamie McKibbin.
CMA’s Deaton On Ratings, Radio, More
(continued from page 1) We’ve got to look at different ways to promote our show. One way is going to be Country radio. The promotion of network TV historically happens on their own networks, but all the networks are down because of the pandemic. As a fan and viewer, I didn’t even realize the People’s Choice Awards were on. It’s hard to reach people right now, because they’re on streaming services or their phones. We’ve got to evolve, because even when you know
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the number’s going to be lower, it’s still deflating. Meanwhile, I’d rather focus on the positives. I’d rather be talking about how awesome Charley Pride and Jimmie Allen were. I want to talk about Little Big Town and Ingrid Andress and the speeches by Maren Jimmie Allen and Morris, Luke Combs and Charley Pride Eric Church. I know we’re going to talk about our safety protocols, and that’s fine. But I don’t want people to lose the fact that it was an historic night in an unprecedented year. Before we get to any of that, how do you take what’s basically an airplane hangar in the Music City Center and turn it into something that actually looks like the CMA Awards? My a-ha moment was when we [postponed] CMA Music Fest. Like everybody else, I was pretty naïve in the beginning. When we had to move the festival, that’s when it really sunk in that I had to be prepared for both the Christmas show and the CMA Awards. That’s when I started design ideas for both shows. For Christmas, it was going to a soundstage with no audience – kind of a modern-day Andy Williams Christmas special. For the awards show, it had to be adaptable to full-band, no band, acoustic or live-to-track, because I didn’t know where we would be in November. The other thing was not knowing if we’d be able to have an audience, so I had to design it so it would look fantastic either way. We could have easily taken out the tables and done an awesome lighting look, but whatever we did, it needed to feel like country music’s biggest night.
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Then I started designing. I don’t draw, but I got a yellow pad out and drew the opposing stages with the center pod for awards presentations plus the booths and tables. We picked the Music City Center, because hundreds of people work on this show. Prompter, set design, lighting, me – everybody had to have their own station away from everybody else, and that required a massive footprint. When pandemic issues seem all-consuming, how do you separate from that to focus on telling the story of country music for this year? Once we had our design, I fully dove into the music, which I love more than anything. I went back and listened to every Joe Diffie record just to get his whole vibe. And, by the way, I shot all his music videos back in the day. Then, when I looked at the nominees for Best New Artist, it was the first time in a long time every nominee had a monster record. We booked them all, and I don’t think I’ve ever done that. For the tributes, Charlie Daniels Jason Aldean won three CMA Awards and Kenny Rogers won five and was a four-time host. I saw that someone questioned the song choice for Kenny, and I understand that. But you’ve heard “The Gambler” a million times, and we did all those songs a couple years ago on the show when he got the Lifetime Achievement Award. When he was on the show, he was
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that gentle spirit, and I wanted to invoke that in our tribute. Plus, “Sweet Music Man” was one of the few songs he actually wrote. As for Mac Davis, Reba’s manager Clarence Spalding played me “In The Ghetto,” already recorded by Reba and Darius. She’s the host, she can perform what she wants, but I was like, “Of course!” It completely made sense. Then there were two other country shows a month-and-a-half apart, and we had to make ours different. Thank goodness we had a world premiere with Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay, and Maren Morris had never performed “The Bones” anywhere. The music always gives me the answers. How do you take Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires reacting to omissions of John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker? CMA historically does not do In Memoriams and have only done one after the tragedy in Las Vegas over the 25 years I’ve been involved. So, we’re putting together the show, no sleep for two weeks, COVID protocols, a brand-new set in the Music City Center – everything is new. Honestly, it never crossed my mind to do an In Memoriam. I understand the passion from Jason Isbell because, for example, Harold Reid died this year, and I own every Statler Brothers album. I loved him and would have loved to have done something for him. I understand that passion. And not specifically calling out Jason, but I do wish some could be more kind in their responses. It’s a free country, you can and should have an opinion, but I don’t think there’s any reason to tear down the artists that were on the show. At the same time, I don’t disregard those comments. I will give it long and hard thought, and maybe we will do an In Memoriam in the future. I don’t have the answer, but they’re being heard. For those in the know, there’s very little question about the show’s safety protocols. In retrospect, do you think
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An inside look at the new normal for High Valley’s Curtis Rempel and Brad Rempel: C: How have we been spending our time in quarantine? I’ve been doing a ton of woodworking, leather crafting and being a dad. B: I’ve been writing … probably even more than normal. A lot of Zoom, and the occasional socially-distanced, six-feet-apart, actual co-wrote. And building a cottage with my bare checkbook. C: [My wife, baby girl and I] start our day at 6:30am, and the other kids roll out of bed after that, but we try to quickly give our girl some milk. Then Myranda and I have coffee together before the other kids wake up. When they wake up … there is no routine; it’s just life. B: Our kids have been going to school, so my quarantine routine is pretty normal. Take the kids to school, pick the kids up, take them to practice, take them to the other practice, put them in bed, wake them up, rinse and repeat as desired. C: I’ve learned that I’m more of a homebody than I ever thought I was, because I haven’t gotten tired of just being at home, then in the barn, then at home and then in the barn. My wife’s like, “Can we please go to town to pick up milk?” B: I’ve learned that I still love my wife a lot, even though we’ve been quarantined. I still love my family and hanging out with them. Maybe because we got so used to me leaving all the time, we thought that was normal, so we were a bit shell shocked when this first started. Now we’re like, “Hmm … we actually love this.” B: Curtis has new hobby every year or your money back, guaranteed.
C: Yeah, one of my hobbies is collecting hobbies. B: I’ve been writing a lot more, or at least equal to what I did before, with a lot of Zoom action. I actually love it. I can write from the comfort of my home, and if I’m a little ADD and want to walk around, I just pick up my phone and have the people on Zoom follow me around to wherever. B: We’ve done a bunch of quarantine videos where Curtis hangs out on the wrong side of my door, and we’re separated. C: His doors all have a right side and a wrong side. B: We did a “Grew Up On That” video where people thought Curtis was a long ways away, but he was just on my front porch. It was “Grew Up On That” quarantine edition, and it was awesome because a lot of people cried. People were saying “you guys had me crying” and “sorry you can’t see each other.” We thought it was funny, and we were like, people will think it’s hilarious when it pans out and they realize that we’re at the same house, but it didn’t have the desired C: It didn’t quite translate that way. Hey, swing and a miss. Can’t win them all. (Watch here) B: You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. B: I’m bingeing the presidential election. C: I started watching Anne with an E. B: My oldest son is 11 now, so he watches SNL with me on — you guessed it — Sunday afternoons, because it’s too late on Saturdays. B: My go-to snack is Lily’s chocolate chips made with Stevia. We don’t even turn them into
the blowback was about optics? It did seem like later in the show some audience members began wearing masks. Was that a production team reaction in real time to social media? That’s just how it played out. Once you got to your table, just like going to a restaurant, you had the option. Nobody said, “Take off your mask,” and nobody said, “Put it on.” All we said was, “When you get to your table, you have the option.” We also had “hall” monitors placed throughout Zone A, which was basically anything you could see on TV. If two people were too close to each other, they would come up and ask them to take a few steps back. A producer who’s got a big show coming up asked me afterward, “Did you think about [having the hosts] explaining the protocols?” You know what? It never came up. I never thought about it, and neither did all the people who read that script. This producer said, “I don’t think
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#My Brother Half dessert anymore. We just eat them out of bag. C: I’ve been doing that a lot lately too, but ours definitely have sugar in them. the ALDI chocolate brand, what’s it, Mos B: Más tacos, por favor. C: Nope, but it’s really good, whatever it is. C: The family time’s been really awesome, and I realized I actually love being home 98% of the time. It’s been great. B: I echo that echo and desperately C: You just want to echo that echo? B: I echo that sentiment. There’s definitely a silver lining. Obviously, we love being on the road. We love touring, but it’s been great being with family and slowing down to remember what that feels like. I’ve been on the road since I was 12 years old — and I’m 19 now, it’s been seven years — so this has been good to get a little break. We’ll see you guys out there soon.
I’d have thought about it either, but we’ll learn from you and have the host announce the protocols.” Looping back around to your first response, this is the first CMA show in a while I can remember radio winners not getting an on-air mention. How does that get decided? I don’t think they were mentioned last year, either. Some years in pre-tel, we’d take a picture of the radio winners’ group and show that, but they couldn’t be in the room, so there was no picture. We referenced Musical Event just before Carly Pearce’s performance. We didn’t announce Music Video. Final thoughts? We didn’t want a great show in the pandemic era, we just wanted it to be a great show. Ultimately, it’s up to fans, radio – your readers – to decide whether we did that or not. But we tried. –Chuck Aly
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SEEK & EMPLOY
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AVAILABLE JOBS MIDWEST Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is searching for a morning co-host. See the complete posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here. Federated WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN OM Jimmy Knight is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Josh Michaels. Send résumés and airchecks to Knight here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD Jason Addams is looking to add a full-time on-air personality for nights. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Midwest/Evansville, IN OM Aaron Santini is seeking a Prod. Asst./on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country WLYD. Send cover letters, résumés and airchecks to him here. Townsquare KOEL/Waterloo, IA PD/morning host Johnny Marks is looking for a morning co-host who is “social media savvy and regularly contributes content to the station’s website and social media account. See the complete job description and apply here.
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Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a full-time morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and salary requirements here. WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for weekend and fill-in positions. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for a Market Mgr. for the cluster, which includes Country WFLS. Interested candidates can see a complete job description and apply here. Alpha WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA Dir./ Content Bill West is searching for a morning cohost to succeed the retiring Jessica Cash. Apply here; reach West here.
SOUTHEAST Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA PD Bill Dollar is
looking for an afternoon personality/Production Dir. Apply here. Cumulus/Shreveport, LA is searching for a VP/MM to succeed Aaron Criswell. See the complete job posting and apply here. Sun WXNX (Trump Country 93.7)/Fort Myers, FL has an immediate need for on-air and programming talent to join the private, familyowned television and radio company. Send résumés and airchecks here. Hall VP/Programming & Country WPCV/ Lakeland, FL OM/PD Bob Walker is seeking a morning co-host to join incumbents Julie Kay and Dale Roberts (a.k.a. DJ Thee Trucker). Send résumés, cover letters, social media links and airchecks to Walker here. Golden Isles/Brunswick, GA Dir./ Programming Mark “The Shark” Ediss is looking to add a utility player to the four-station cluster that includes Country WRJY. Duties include traffic, front desk, promotions and on-air. Send résumés and airchecks to Ediss here. Saga WVVR/Clarksville, TN Dir./Group Programming Scott Chase is seeking a morning co-host to join incumbent Fletch. Send résumés and airchecks to Chase here.
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Townsquare KQBR/Lubbock, TX Brand Mgr. Lance Ballance is seeking an APD/on-air personality to succeed Jan Miller. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Cox Country Format Leader & Country KKBQ/ Houston PD Johnny Chiang is seeking a midday personality for KKBQ to succeed Christi Brooks. Complete job description and application here.
WEST COAST Badlands/Rapid City, SD is searching for a GM/DOS who can build, train and motivate a team for the cluster that includes Country KRKI. Interested parties can send résumés and references here.
Bonneville KYGO/Denver PD Brian Michel is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Tracy Dixon. Reach Michel here, and apply here. Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with references and an aircheck to Curry here. Entercom is now searching for a Regional Dir./ Promotions for the Mountain Region, including Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix markets. The position will manage all promotions and related activity for all brands in the region, including Country KMLE/Phoenix. See the complete job description and apply here.
OTHER Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for future openings. The company’s Country properties include KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, UT; KMON/Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; KKXK/Montrose, MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/ Wenatchee, WA; KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Country KMON-AM/Great Falls, MT. Candidates with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience and a background in programming multiple formats in small to medium sized markets can send résumés, airchecks and programming philosophies to Elliott here. PLA Media Exec. Dir. Mark Logsdon is seeking a part-time Coord./Publicity to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Send résumés, references and writing samples here. RWPC Pres. JJ Jobe is looking for a hands-on GM for a small Southeast market. Send cover letters and résumés to him here. Kobalt Music Group is searching for a Mgr./ Midwest Promotion for the In2une team to handle multiple formats, including Country, Pop, Hot AC, Rhythmic, Alternative and Active Rock. See the complete job posting and apply here.
SEEKING JOBS •Cactus Jack Former Entercom/Phoenix Dir./Production GoGoJack@msn.com 602-430-5908 •Heather Stevens Former WQXK/Youngstown, OH middays Heather.Stevens2019@gmail.com
•Denis “Catfish” Miller Former KSNI/Santa Maria, CA afternoons DenisMil@hotmail.com
•Mac Daniels Former KPLX & KSCS/Dallas PD MacDaniels@me.com
•Lee France Former KAGG/Bryan, TX PD/middays LeeFranceWV@gmail.com
•Cory Mikhals Former KIZN/Boise morning co-host CoryProductions@icloud.com
•Tom Travis Former iHeartMedia/Oklahoma City SVPP TomTTravis@gmail.com
•Scott Davidson Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/ on-air host Davidson1023@gmail.com
•”Big” John Horton •Tony Kelly Former WUSN/Chicago morning producer Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com KellyT_60468@yahoo.com 708-642-8518 •Kris Richards Former WKJO/Smithfield, •Greg Cole NC afternoons Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD FireCop947@yahoo.com GCole27000@gmail.com 916-502-4734 •AJ McCloud Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoons •Jonathan West AJ.McCloud@charter.net Former WKTI/Milwaukee afternoons 256-503-2301 JSWest33@yahoo.com 320-774-9300 •Kristin Monica •Doug Dodds Former WQNU/Louisville Former ZFKY/Grand Cayman PD/mornings APD/mornings DougDoddsEmail@gmail.com Kristin@RadioKristin.com •Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus) Former on-air talent ZimaGuy@gmail.com 401-467-6737
•Paul Cannell Former WRKN/New Orleans PD PFCannell@gmail.com
•Dave Schaefer Former iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM SVPP •Trace Hamilton & Country KTRA PD Former WEBG/Chicago night host DRSchaefer@gobrainstorm.net TheTraceHamilton@gmail.com •Brittany Tully Former WYNK/Baton Rouge PD BriLynn718@gmail.com
•Daryl Thomas Ledyard Former WBBS/Syracuse on-air talent DarylLedyard@gmail.com
•Steve Knoll Former KMAG/Ft. Smith, AR PD/on-air talent SteveKnoll@cox.net
•Shawn Carey Former KXXY/Oklahoma City on-air talent Shawntze@sbcglobal.net
•Bill Hickok Former KBMR/Bismark, ND mornings BillHickok1950@gmail.com
•Ryan McCall Former WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoons RyanMcCall@yahoo.com
•Amy Nic Former WAMZ/Louisville afternoon host AmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com
•David Dean Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons DaviDean5@gmail.com
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November 23, 2020
SEEKING JOBS
(continued)
•Brian “Wookie” Kostek Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons BKostek24@gmail.com
•Steve Richards Former Townsquare/Albany, NY OM SVal622@sbcglobal.net 901-481-2669
•Chuck Edwards Former WYCD/Detroit mornings ChuckOn995@yahoo.com
•Jody Wheatley Former WQMX/Akron MD/Promotions Dir. JodyWheatley13@gmail.com
•Terry Phillips Former Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative Services Terry@TerryPhillips.com
•Kelley Bradshaw-Brock Former WKDF/Nashville afternoons KelleyBra13@gmail.com 423-802-4987
•Bernadette Gibbons Former Entercom/New York Coord./Promotions BernGibbons23@gmail.com
•Tim Taylor Former KWJJ/Portland afternoons Tim.Taylor1@comcast.net
•Blair Thomas Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE mornings BThomas330@yahoo.com
•Tim Richards Former Entercom/Phoenix VP/Branding, KMLE PD Tim915@gmail.com
•Brad King Former WBYT/South Bend, IN APD/MD/ middays BradKingRadio@yahoo.com and here
•Alek Halverson Former KKWF/Seattle Interim PD/afternoons AlekHalverson22@gmail.com
•Dr. Don Carpenter Former WYCD/Detroit mornings Dr.DonCarpenter@gmail.com •Jake Byron Former KUPL/Portland mornings JakeByronMedia@gmail.com •Adam Rondeau Former WCVL/Charlottesville, VA mornings BrondeauShow@gmail.com •Corey Dillon Former KNUC/Seattle afternoons/Social Media Mgr. CoreyDillonRadio@gmail.com •Brian McKay Former WXTU/Philadelphia middays, Dir./Production BMackDJ@gmail.com
•Mandy James Former KMNB/Minneapolis mornings MandyJKDSN@gmail.com •Ginny Harman Former KFRG/Riverside mornings GinnyHarmanVO@gmail.com •Nina D. Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoons MissNinaD@gmail.com •Erin Austin Former KILT/Houston Asst. MD/middays ErinAustinOnline@gmail.com •Greg Raneiri Former KSON/San Diego APD/MD/nights G.Raneiri@gmail.com •Amber Rainey Former KSON/San Diego middays AmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.com
•Guy David Former KYGO/Denver mornings GuyDavid02@gmail.com Agent: David Brody, 877-888-1267
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•Jason Pullman Former WUSN/Chicago mornings PimpYourPromo@gmail.com
•Tami Rumfelt Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons TamiRumfelt@gmail.com
•Jeff Hunt Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE MD/evenings JeffreyJHunt@gmail.com 570-309-4698 •Brent Jones Former Capitol Dir./Midwest Promotion DBJones615@gmail.com 615-482-5653 •Kim Brixton Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays KimBrixton@gmail.com •Mark McKay Former Riser House Dir./Southeast Promotion MMcKay973@gmail.com •Fletcher Keyes Former WWQM/Madison, WI PD KeyesCreative@gmail.com www.FletcherKeyes.com
•Mike Allan Former WNSH/New York nights MikeAllanRadio@gmail.com •Darlene Evans Former WKIS/Miami middays DarleneInc@yahoo.com •Nathan Cruise Former In2une Dir./Regional Promotion NCruise27@gmail.com 615-496-6356 •Mark “Skid” Lavin Former WOTW/Orlando Dir./Production & On-Air MarkLavin@yahoo.com 407-619-5346 •“Wes McShay” Gardipe Former Appaloosa Dir./Western Region Programming WesGardipe@gmail.com 307-899-0007
SEEKER SPOTLIGHT •RON “KEYES” STEVENS Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoon host RonStvns@yahoo.com Listen to his aircheck here. “What I bring to a station and its team is my passion for this business, which drives me to get better each day. I enjoy thinking of new promotions, contests, breaks, production and imaging pieces. I never rest on being content and am always looking for new ways to connect to listeners and clients. You have to evolve, especially in the age of social media.”
•JD Justice Former KCTO/Duluth, MN Brand Mgr./ mornings JDJusticeVoice@yahoo.com •Nicholas Nixon Former KFRG/Riverside personality Kn3ick@outlook.com 909-754-3031 •Kerry Wolfe Former WMIL/Milwaukee SVPP & PD KerryLWolfe@hotmail.com 414-788-3764 •Chase Daniels Former WRWD/Poughkeepsie, NY PD/ afternoons ChaseDaniels106@gmail.com •Keith Abrams Former iHeartMedia/Cleveland OM KeithAbrams961@gmail.com •Mark Lillie Former iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM Cluster PD Lillie.Mark@gmail.com 303/704-0700 •Michael Rivera Former KHEY/El Paso, TX & KBQI/ Albuquerque PD MJRivera1980@gmail.com
•Anthony “The AntMan” Allen Former KASE & KVET/Austin PD TheAntMan@TheAntMan.co •Steve Powers Former iHeartMedia/Mobile, AL SVPP StevePowers961@yahoo.com •Jim Dorman Former iHeartMedia/Wichita SVPP & Country KZSN PD/middays JimDorman2@aol.com •Eddie Rupp Former iHeartMedia/Sarasota, FL SVPP/ OM & Country WCTQ middays ER-1001@hotmail.com •Mike Rowe Former WAMZ/Louisville nights MikeRoweRadio1@yahoo.com •Mike Tyler Former WCKT/Ft. Myers, FL PD/ afternoons RadioGuy.101@gmail.com •Amy Lynn Former WCKT/Ft. Myers, FL middays AmyLynnRadio@gmail.com •Jake McBride Former KKIX/Fayetteville, AR afternoons MrJakeMcBride@gmail.com
•Mike McKay Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI Brand Mgr./mornings McKProd@charter.net
•Bill “Stu” Stewart Former KASH/Anchorage, AK PD/ morning co-host BStu1013@gmail.com
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•Doug Kramer Former KHLR/Little Rock, AR mornings DougKramerLive@gmail.com
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TW
2
1
1
November 23, 2020
Artist/Title (Label)
MORGAN WALLEN
Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
✔
More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)
26719
2635
8730
927
47.944 4.083
159
0
2
RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)
24253
-2269
7773
-731
45.469 -3.78
158
0
3
3
B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) ✔
23529
1302
7512
423
42.013 3.423
159
0
4
4
HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
23156
973
7488
347
40.344 2.377
159
0
5
5
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) ✔
22569
1199
7382
405
40.297 2.334
156
0
6
6
PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)
20257
550
6483
200
34.879 1.188
157
0
7
7
JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)
18299
695
5793
207
32.859 0.919
159
0
8
8
DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) ✔
17507
1217
5595
413
29.932 0.832
156
0
10
9
LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR)
15379
559
4837
199
26.777
159
0
11
10
KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)
15080
372
4801
103
26.692 0.383
159
0
12
11
KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River)
13263
32
4420
57
20.832 -0.053
158
0
13
12
LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia)
13186
865
4138
299
23.041 1.479
157
0
14
13
DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol)
12526
295
4133
83
21.584 1.102
159
0
16
14
NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
12189
876
4051
334
17.873 1.373
153
1
15
15
CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)
11600
-30
3774
37
1.007
157
0
17
16
RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine)
11023
560
3509
157
0
18
17
DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow)
10660
374
3469
185 17.921 0.994 -84 16.787 0.907
158
0
19
18
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)
9984
484
3210
152
15.916 1.351
156
1
21
19
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) ✔
9096
1353
2755
463
15.064 1.894
150
5
20
20
TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand)
8443
31
2691
35
10.894 0.034
156
0
22
21
JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA)
8015
568
2625
195
11.192 0.412
149
1
23
22
BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville)
6963
-31
2293
-8
10.049 0.656
151
1
26
23
DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb)
6667
130
2212
66
9.449 -0.033
148
2
27
24
PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek)
6656
485
2159
149
9.18
0.876
128
2
28
25
GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR)
6523
687
2133
200
8.694
1.163
147
4
19.68
1.37
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Chart Page 1
November 23, 2020 LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
24
26
MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)
6396
-258
1931
-83
11.093 -0.155
127
0
25
27
THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory)
6024
-591
1802
-228
11.11 -2.872
153
11
30
28
BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR)
5379
342
1566
104
8.346
0.242
126
1
29
29
MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia)
5336
66
1777
23
6.482
0.146
134
0
31
30
KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol)
5097
207
1676
58
7.164
0.275
130
3
32
31
SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s (MCA)
5022
379
1503
67
7.583
1.097
124
6
33
32
DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol)
4911
361
1561
108
7.816
0.452
137
3
34
33
TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA)
4280
145
1366
73
5.765
0.068
128
0
35
34
BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory)
3848
-81
1274
-21
3.664
0.063
135
5
36
35
RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse)
3697
123
1220
14
4.558
0.382
126
5
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA)
3579
104
1120
15
5.035
0.663
97
4
39
37
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol)
3452
164
1159
60
3.215
0.089
114
4
41
38
CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine)
3246
190
995
56
3.47
0.348
117
5
40
39
JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud)
3087
-149
988
-58
3.516 -0.184
100
5
ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville)
2785
-788
970
-139
3.441 -2.175
99
17
42
41
J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek)
2661
82
957
22
2.05
0.092
105
1
43
42
COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN)
2628
133
795
24
3.877
0.3
81
2
SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers)
2490
1196
727
319
3.79
2.699
62
4
2.932 -0.138
71
3
80
7
Debut 43 44
44
PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury)
2451
41
727
32
45
45
JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory)
2428
37
794
2
47
46
ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista)
2411
84
784
57
2.176 -0.184
86
1
46
47
KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA)
2399
63
691
38
2.986
0.087
75
4
48
48
OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA)
2242
92
701
43
2.706
0.304
69
2
LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb)
2191
438
599
142
3.51
0.289
75
6
CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat)
2005
79
775
32
1.212
0.193
90
1
Re-Enter 49 49
50
4.78
0.36
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November 23, 2020 Country Aircheck Add Leaders
Activator Top Point Gainers
Adds
ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville)
17
THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory)
1550 ✔
LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse)
14
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)
1055 ✔
THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory)
11
ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville)
599 ✔
JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow)
9
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol)
445 ✔
JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory)
7
PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)
434 ✔
LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb)
6
NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
414
SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90's (MCA)
6
PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek)
393
BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory)
5
LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia)
388
CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine)
5
DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol)
352
GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWOOD/Shallow (Pearl)
5
HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
325
Activator Top Spin Gainers
Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)
2635
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol)
1353
BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)
1302
DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)
100
PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)
79
973
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol)
78
876
PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek)
74
865
DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)
66
737
HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
63
Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)
190
NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
97
1196
JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow)
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)
82
1199
LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia)
267
BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)
1217
SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory)
ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville)
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents
Points
927
LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)
21329
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol)
463
LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia)
16886
BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)
423
JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow)
15819
DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)
413
MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista)
12618
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)
405
JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)
11751
HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
347
GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)
11337
NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
334
MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)
8305
SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers)
319
LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol)
7996
LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia)
299
MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury)
7952
217
MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)
7867
JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow)
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November 23, 2020
COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn’t Have Much (Valory) Remains at 45* 2,428 points, 794 spins 7 adds: KILT, KNIX, *KWEN, *WGKX, *WQHK, WTGE, WWGR
A D D DAT E S November 30 FAITH SCHUELER/Hey Christmas (Gulko)
December 7
ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) Moves 47-46* 2,411 points, 784 spins 1 add: WKRO
CHRIS BANDI/Would Have Loved Her (Records) JAMESON RODGERS f/LUKE COMBS/Cold Beer Calling My Name (River House/Columbia)
KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) Moves 46-47* 2,399 points, 691 spins 4 adds: KMLE, KSON, KYGO, WNSH
None Listed
OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) Remains at 48* 2,242 points, 701 spins 2 adds: WUSY, WYCD
December 14
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LEE BRICE/Memory I Don’t Mess With (Curb) Moves 52-49* 2,191 points, 599 spins 6 adds: KCCY, KFRG, KKBQ, KVOO, WQDR, WSIX CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) Moves 49-50* 2,005 points, 775 spins 1 add: KKBQ ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 1,991 points, 702 spins 2 adds: WGGY, WKRO C. JOHNSON & R. MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 1,800 points, 439 spins 1 add: WKRO LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 1,694 points, 548 spins 14 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KPLX, *KRST, *KUBL, *WCTO, *WFMS
CHECK OUT 11/27 Granger Smith Country Things, Vol. 2 (Wheelhouse) The second half of Smith’s 10th studio album brings the total sum to 16 tracks (plus two bonus tracks on the physical album). While Earl Dibbles Jr. made an appearance on Vol. 1, he makes his presence known on two songs featured on Vol. 2. Smith is running a contest to giveaway his own truck through Dec. 4 here. December 4 Russell Dickerson Southern Symphony (Triple Tigers) December 11 Randall King Takin’ It As It Comes (Warner Music Nashville)
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Chart Page 4
November 23, 2020 LW
TW
1
1
2
2
4
3
Artist/Title (Label)
Points
MORGAN WALLEN
+/- Points
Plays
+/- Plays Stations ADDS
11230
-28
2393
-14
47
0
BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)
10895
135
2313
82
47
0
HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)
9676
325
2102
63
47
0
More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 3
rd
Week at No. 1
3
4
RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)
9356
-496
2044
-124
46
0
7
5
CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) ✔
9061
1055
1890
190
46
0
6
6
PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) ✔
8556
434
1790
79
46
0
5
7
JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)
8219
57
1696
22
46
0
9
8
DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)
7194
302
1484
66
47
0
11 9
LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR)
6880
159
1414
32
47
0
10 10
KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)
6856
-1
1370
32
47
0
13 11
LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia)
6556
388
1305
61
47
0
12 12
DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol)
6530
248
1254
33
47
0
14 13
CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)
6141
11
1232
8
48
0
15 14
KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River)
5489
-116
1189
-22
47
0
16 15
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)
5459
97
1076
9
47
0
18 16
LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) ✔
4718
445
881
78
46
1
17 17
RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine)
4455
-100
955
-10
44
0
19 18
DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow)
4115
208
899
44
43
0
21 19
NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)
4004
414
858
100
45
4
20 20
BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville)
3671
-90
717
-20
46
0
22 21
JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA)
3628
129
697
28
43
2
23 22
DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol)
3314
352
677
55
45
1
32 23
THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) ✔
3209
1550
620
267
37
14
24 24
KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol)
3100
223
603
44
46
3
25 25
MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)
2742
-62
529
-5
46
0
26 26
TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand)
2614
-38
548
-16
44
0
27 27
GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR)
2326
120
560
30
41
2
31 28
ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) ✔
2316
599
410
97
29
1
28 29
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA)
2048
58
358
7
31
0
29 30
MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia)
1981
70
382
16
42
0
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November 23, 2020 LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Points +/- Points
DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb)
1826
73
395
15
41
0
38 32
PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek)
1561
393
333
74
38
1
33 33
SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s (MCA)
1506
138
289
29
40
3
34 34
BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory)
1428
62
245
4
33
0
37 35
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol)
1264
56
249
14
33
2
36 36
BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR)
1256
11
263
19
33
1
35 37
TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA)
1225
-68
285
2
37
0
39 38
JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory)
1191
27
213
4
18
0
41 39
ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse)
1183
111
223
22
20
0
Re-Enter 31
Plays
+/- Plays
Stations Adds
40 40
LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud)
1153
14
176
-2
19
0
42 41
CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine)
1116
111
204
24
23
1
43 42
RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse)
903
-25
201
-3
33
0
44 43
PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury)
892
4
159
11
13
0
45 44
JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud)
783
-87
191
-33
25
1
51 45
MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA)
684
172
117
18
12
0
47 46
JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek)
670
38
125
5
22
0
53 47
LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb)
632
138
106
19
7
2
54 48
KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA)
612
132
86
17
8
1
48 49
DALLAS REMINGTON/Uncommon Man (Road Warrior)
591
-4
113
-1
6
0
46 50
CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR)
589
-80
92
-12
15
0
59 51
OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA)
579
142
98
20
23
0
57 52
LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia)
533
66
80
25
7
0
50 53
BOBBY MCCLENDON/Maybe Tonight (Star Farm)
521
-2
100
-1
6
0
49 54
RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA)
510
-40
51
-4
1
0
58 55
GONE WEST/I'm Never Getting Over You (Triple Tigers)
470
30
47
3
1
0
52 56
CODY JOHNSON & REBA MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN)
460
-42
91
-7
9
0
60 57
CASEY DONAHEW/Bad Guy (Almost Country)
452
22
88
4
9
0
55 58
PARKER MCCOLLUM/Like A Cowboy (MCA)
440
-32
44
-9
1
0
56 59
DREW PARKER/While You're Gone (Make Wake)
430
-40
43
-4
1
0
LAUREN ALAINA f/L. GRAHAM/What Do You Think Of (Mercury)
420
40
42
4
1
0
Re-Enter 60
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