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May 7, 2018, Issue 600

Winter 2018: PDs Share Their Insight

Nielsen’s Winter 2018 diary releases began last week and Country Aircheck is taking a closer look at select stations with the help of their programmers. Go beyond the 12+ numbers, including promotions, contesting and market dynamics below. WQMX/Akron VP, Dir./Operations & PD Sue Wilson: One thing WQMX saw is an increase in male listening, both with regard to cume and TSL. Where the station is traditionally more of a 60-40% split female to male, it was closer to a 56-44% split female to male Persons 12+. And when we looked at P25-54 it was closer to a 50-50% split. If we tried to explain that male increase, certainly there has been a shift in the music to a slightly more traditional sound. While there are still a lot of pop artists, Midland, Luke Combs and Sue Wilson Jon Pardi test really well with men here. The Akron radio market is interesting in that we are wedged between two other radio metros with Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south. There are a lot of choices for radio in Northeast Ohio. WQMX shares most audience with WGAR/Cleveland, but we have recently seen an increase in sharing with Top 40 WAKS (Kiss FM)/Cleveland, even more so than with the Country competitor and especially with Women 18-34. Before I came to WQMX 11 years ago I programmed in Cleveland. That market’s signals come in as strong in Akron as those here. We really have to be on our toes and employ tactics that work with both diary and PPM methodologies. It was a long, cold winter and one of our best promotions was a series of giveaways for the summer concert season. Our listeners seem to love to win two things: money and tickets! Overall, we were happy to see improvements from last book to this one. KXKT/Omaha PD Hoss Michaels: The Winter 2018 book was a good start to the year. The station was up year-over-year from Hoss Michaels a 7.9 to a 9.4 12+. (continued on page 8)

Dark Knight Moves: Reviver’s David Lee Murphy (c) with KEEY/ Minneapolis’ Gregg Swedberg (l) and Midwest’s Tom Baldrica at Saturday’s Trip Around The Sun tour stop.

Cocaine, Rhinestones & Country: Oh My! Tyler Mahan Coe spent nine months living off credit cards and recording in his basement to create Cocaine & Rhinestones, arguably the first hit podcast about country music. Debuting last year with an episode about Ernest Tubb trying to shoot longtime Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny, the podcast has topped the iTunes all-genre music podcast chart with its focus on pre-2000 behind-the-scenes stories and analysis of country music. The son of singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, the younger Coe’s concept was to create a podcast he wanted to hear. Namely, an Tyler Mahan in-depth look at the genre’s history through Coe

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OFF THE RECORD: Ashley Campbell Whistle Stop’s Ashley Campbell puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I haven’t had that moment yet where I’m in my car or in a store and hear my music. But lots of my friends have heard me on the radio in their car or shopping at a Ashley Walgreens and texted me about it! I don’t Campbell count the times where I’ve been at the radio station and they play my song. I want a real live bonafide just-hear-it-somewhere-in-my-everyday-life experience! I’m sure I’ll catch myself off guard someday! I had the best steak of my life while on radio tour in Portland, OR. A huge ribeye and I ate every bite. I still daydream about the perfect marbling and how it just melted in my mouth. Can you tell I’m a major foodie? My fiddle player Eli Bishop is so much fun to travel with. He’s responsible and always up for an adventure. Every time I’m at a truck stop, I get Fiji water and pistachios. Sometimes I throw some gummy worms into the mix. I would love to have dinner with Dolly Parton – and I’d order fried chicken. My new album The Lonely One holds fast to my country roots but it also has a sharp edge to it. It definitely showcases my eclectic taste in music. My last impulse buy while out on the road was a jump rope. I wanted to get in some cardio but the ceilings of my hotel rooms were always too low so I couldn’t use it. The most redneck thing I’ve done lately? Eat ice cream at home after going out for ice cream. I wish I’d written “In My Life” by the Beatles. I’m constantly looking for ways to tell the people I love just how much they mean to me. That song does it perfectly. I have to have ear plugs, a travel pillow and a sleep mask on the road. It helps me get a good night’s sleep just about anywhere! There’s lots of rickety old hotel air conditioners out there. My least favorite interview question? “Where do you see yourself in five years?” I try not to define success anymore. Let’s just see where the road takes me. I’d love to be stuck in Malibu, CA. I could spend all day on the beach with some rosé and completely forget about flight delays and cancellations.

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the end of the 20th century, a demarcation he chose because “I stopped paying attention there,” he says. “I can’t tell you who has the top 10 songs on Country radio right now.” (Ed. Note: We can help him with that in this issue.) Coe landed on the title because those two words summed up the genre for him. “It’s two of the themes that always come up about country music, especially when you talk about modern country not being what it used to be,” he says. “You’ll hear, ‘Back in the good ole days everybody was on cocaine and wearing rhinestone suits.’” In fact, drug and fashion references are few and far between in the 15 episodes of the first season, with the exception of each episode’s outro music. “Dick Justice’s version of ‘Cocaine’ ends every episode because it’s an inside joke with myself about the intersection of country and blues,” Coe says. “The only thing that makes it a country song is the way that he’s playing his guitar. It’s a blues song if someone else is playing.” Coe spent roughly $1,500 – “if you don’t count groceries and living expenses” – to produce the first season. Purchases were limited to a Rode NT1 condenser mic, a lesser quality dynamic mic, a legacy edition of Adobe Audition, books for research and server fees. Music licensing was not in his budget. “I believe it’s fair use,” he says of the song clips included in his shows. “One [consideration for infringement] is whether or not it competes with the original work commercially. People would have to argue that consumers are not buying the original because they’re listening to my two-hour podcast episode to hear 13 seconds. I’m basically making commercials for this music.” While other podcasts influenced his style and production, Coe was inspired by radio personalities when developing the format. The bulk of the show is a straight script recitation, followed by more off-the-cuff “liner notes,” wherein he clarifies details and adds color to each story. “I’m straight up ripping off several oldschool DJs,” he admits. “Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story is the biggest influence. The second is the radio show Bob Dylan had on satellite radio, Theme Time Radio Hour. And Art Bell. I wanted to bring that spirit to the proceedings.” Coe dissects a controversy or untold story in each episode, often putting the issue into heavily researched context. For instance,

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One Year Wonders: 117 Entertainment Group celebrates their first anniversary at Nashville’s South Wednesday (5/2). Pictured (l-r) are 117’s Max DaCosta and Heather Trotter, Bobby Bare, Lee Roy Parnell, Cherish Lee, John Berry, Exile’s Marlon Hargis, Jeannie Seely, The Frontmen’s Tim Rushlow, Kendall Gary, Shane Owens, Exile’s Sonny Lemaire, 117’s Bev Moser, Scooter Brown Band’s Scott Brown, Exile’s Steve Goetzman and JP Pennington and 117’s Zach Farnum (front).

in an episode devoted to “The Pill,” he asserts that Loretta Lynn “has more songs banned by Country radio than all men in the 20th century.” While looking into the creation of “Harper Valley PTA,” he found an inaccuracy in Jeannie C. Riley’s autobiography. “I have a pretty good nose for bullshit,” he explains. “I knew the guy she was talking about and he didn’t talk like that. Without spoiling anything in that episode, there’s a huge, crazy lie she uses to cover up something else that I think really did happen. I found out what she was trying to cover up and I put that in the episode. I went and found court documents that verify my suspicions so I felt comfortable talking about it.” As successful as the first season was – even profiled in the New Yorker – Cocaine & Rhinestones had no advertising support. Now hard at work on season two, Coe is turning the corner on revenue. Labels have reached out about buying advertising and he’s in talks with podcast networks. He even has more than 480 monthly Patreon donors contributing financially to the future of the show. No release date has been set for the next season, but his

content plans are well underway. “I’m going to be talking about George Jones a lot,” Coe teases. “That’s the most I can say about it. If I do it right, and I don’t blow it, it’ll turn a lot of heads. I never in a million years thought the New Yorker would write about my podcast about country music. It’s a testament that [country music] is so much more interesting and cooler than the mainstream has given it credit for.” –Erin Duvall

Chart Chat

Congrats to Jason Aldean, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow promotion staff for holding a second week at No. 1 with “You Make It Easy.” The song is the first single from Rearview Town. Writers are Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt. And congrats to Katie Dean and the Jason Aldean MCA crew for landing 52 adds on Jordan Davis’ “Take It From Me,” topping this week’s board.

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Nothing But Treble: BMLG Records’ Riley Green takes a break from recording his upcoming label debut. Pictured (back, l-r) are musicians Steve Marcantonio, Chris McHugh, Charlie Judge, Ilya Toshinskiy and Seth Morton, Green, musicians Rob McNelly, Jimmy Lee Sloas and Dan Dugmore and producer Dann Huff; (front, l-r) the label’s Jimmy Harnen and Matthew Hargis.

News & Notes

Entercom took home six marketing and PR Stevie Awards at the 16th Annual American Business Awards. See the full list of winners here. Molly Adele Brown has signed with StarPro Public Relations for exclusive PR representation. Curb’s Rodney Atkins received the Walters State Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary associate’s degree, as well as a music scholarship named in his honor, from his alma

mater at the annual Walters State Foundation meeting of the trustees April 30. Love and Theft, Mo Pitney, Andy Griggs and Kylie Frey are among the performers for the inaugural Hope For Horses benefit concert at Rock Bottom Stables in Mount Juliet, TN May 16. Proceeds from the event, hosted by the Opry’s Juliette Vara, will benefit Hickory Hill Farm, a non-profit specializing in rescuing livestock and equine animals from abusive conditions, then rehabilitating, retraining and rehoming those animals. Tickets and more info here.

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The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Dan Anderson joined Big Label Records as VP/Sales & Marketing. (BN 5/3) • WFUS/Tampa APD/MD/afternoon personality Ryan Nelson exited. (CAT 5/2) • Ben Roy was upped to VP/Programming & Development at Dick Clark Productions. (CAT 5/2) • Ginny “Rogers” Brophey was named PD at WBWL/Boston. (BN 5/1) • Scott Porretti was elevated to EVP/Digital at Katz Media Group. (CAT 5/1)

Winter 2018: PDs Share Their Insight (continued from page 1)

Cume was also up year-over-year and from the fall book. Steve & Gina in the Morning started strong going from 7.7 last Winter to 9.1. Promotionally, we started the year with our corporate cash contest by giving away $1,000 16 times each weekday, and we had multiple local winners for that contest. Local promotions included our annual Canfest concert to benefit Food Bank for the Heartland. David Lee Murphy, Michael Ray, Carly Pearce and Brandon Lay all performed. Through ticket sales our listeners helped us raise more than $10,000, along with four 50-gallon drums of non-perishable food items. Other promotions included giveaways for the Zac Brown Band concert later this year in Lincoln; Miranda Lambert tickets for her show here in March; and Cole Swindell tickets for a show this summer. We were also out with listeners as Omaha hosted the Midwest Regional NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. Kevin King WCYQ/Knoxville PD Kevin King: We were pleased to see growth in several areas, particularly in younger demos. The Q is now – and for the first time – the No. 1 Country station Persons 18-34 in morning drive (Opie & Carina), and within a share of No. 1 in Knoxville. We continued to be highly active promotionally during the book, starting with a return of our “Q All Access Pass” promotion around several big shows in town – Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and Brantley Gilbert among them.

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KHLR/Little Rock PD Mike Kennedy: It was a great book for 106.7 The Ride. We saw some really nice gains in Women, especially W18-34, where we went from 3.8 to a 6.7 Monday-Sunday 6am-Mid, and 2.8 to 6.9 in mornings. The day in, day out hard work of The Ride staff – Amber Glaze and Luke Kelly in mornings, Shawn Reed in afternoons, AJ and McKenzie in promotions – are getting the Mike Kennedy job done. They have a passion for country music and love to be tied in to the community, and the fact that they’re live and local makes a big difference. We’re still a relatively new station, and our competitor has a 37-year head start on us. It’s an uphill battle, but we’re ready to fight. Amber and Luke have been on the air together for almost a year, and they’re starting to connect with the audience. We’re also trying to connect with listeners more on social media. Listeners love our midday and afternoon “Commercial Free Rides” and it doesn’t hurt that we played 3,027 more songs than the competition in April. WUSY/Chattanooga SVPP/PD Justin Cole: WUSY was No. 1 in all dayparts Persons 12+ and P25-54. One hundred percent of the credit goes to my team, the most engaged listener advocates ever. They come into this Justin Cole building every day giving 100% and leave with aspirations of being even better tomorrow. Passion and dedication are the foundation of success and they have both. I am really proud of all this group accomplishes on a daily basis, and thrilled with the outcome of this book. KFDI/Wichita OM/PD Justin Case: In fairness, Country as a format had a soft book in the fall. Winter is much more representative of the strength of the format and KFDI. Our weekly cume continues to lead the market. Our morning show JJ & Tiny are No. 1 12+ and continue to grow cume. [Middayer] Carol Hughes is No. Justin Case 1 12+ and Adults 25-54. Bobby Knight is No. 1 12+ in afternoons, and nights and weekends are in the top two. Solid performance for a station that plays country music in addition to having a breaking news and severe weather image. Share good news from your market here. –CA Staff

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SEEK & EMPLOY Available Jobs Here’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update: iHeartMedia/Nashville’s WSIX and WSIX-HD2 & W252CM has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here. NRG WYTE/Wausau, WI is searching for a PD/morning host. Airchecks and résumés to OM Tony Waitekus here. Riverbend KTHK/Idaho Falls, ID has an opening for an afternoon personality. Airchecks and résumés here. Cumulus’ WIOV/Lancaster, PA has an opening in afternoons. Three to five years on-air experience is required. Apply here. Scripps’ KVOO/Tulsa has an opening for an APD/on-air personality. Apply here. Entercom’s WPAW/Greensboro, NC has a newly created opening for a morning co-host. At least three years on-air experience is required. Apply here. Dick Broadcasting’s WRNS/Greenville-New Bern, NC has an afternoon drive opening. Airchecks and résumés here. KSE Radio Ventures/Denver is searching for an engineer. Apply here. Arista/Nashville is seeking a Regional Mgr./Promotions. Apply here. Binnie/Portland, ME has an opening for an on-air promotions asssistant. The cluster includes Country WTHT. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Stan Bennett here. CMA is seeking applicants for a newly created Strategist/Integrated Marketing & Sales position. See more here; cover letter and résumé here. Buck Owens Productions’ KUZZ AM & FM/Bakersfield is searching for a Sales Assistant in the Radio Sales and Camera Ads departments. Send résumés here. Saga’s WPOR/Portland, ME has an opening for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés to PD Crash Poteet here. iHeartMedia’s KNIX/Phoenix has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Dick WRNS/Greenville, NC is looking for a morning host. Send airchecks and résumés here. Cumulus’ WIOV/Lancaster, PA is searching for a morning co-host. Apply here. Vallie Richards Donovan Consulting has an immediate PM drive opening at a legendary east coast Country station. Send airchecks and résumés to “Country Jobs” here. DBC Radio’s WUBB/Savannah, GA has a morning show opening. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Gabe Reynolds here. Entercom’s KMNB/Minneapolis is searching for an OM/PD. Apply here. iHeartMedia has a number of key PD openings including WQIK/Jacksonville and KBEB/Sacramento. Send materials to iHeartCountry format captain Rod Phillips here. Entercom’s WKIS/Miami is searching for an evening host. Apply here. Beasley’s WQYK/Tampa is looking for a PD. Send materials here. Binnie Media/Maine is searching for a Dir./Traffic and a part-time Sales Assistant in Portland, for its stations which include Country WTHT and WBQQ. Send materials here. Midwest’s KVOX/Fargo has an unspecified on-air opening. Send airchecks and résumés here. Cumulus’ KQFC/Boise is looking for an afternoon host who

can also handle afternoon traffic and production for the five-station cluster. Details here. Consultant Joel Raab has two client stations looking for a PD and an APD/MD in two different Top 100 markets. Send materials here. iHeartMedia’s WMZQ/Washington is looking for an MD/evening host. Send materials here. iHeartMedia/Tampa is looking for a Sr. Dir./Promotions. Apply here. Summit’s WQNU/Louisville is looking for an APD/MD/on-air host. Submit materials here. Scripps’ WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a morning show host here. CMA is looking for a Market Research Analyst and a Creative Content Project Manager. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here.

Searching •April Rider Former RPM Pres., Stoney Creek GM, Curb VP/Promotion aprilriderhelm@me.com (615) 714-1749 •Rosey Fitchpatrick Promotion/Marketing industry vet (MCA, Decca, Indie promo, WME) roseyfitch99@gmail.com 615-944-7033 •Tommy & Joe Johnson Former KUBL/Salt Lake City morning co-hosts tommyjohnsonmail@gmail.com •Pam Russell Former UMG/Nashville VP/National Sales Pamwrussell@icloud.com •Shane Collins Former Summit Media/Louisville OM ShaneC1234@gmail.com •Natalie Kilgore Former SouthComm VP/Marketing NatalieKilgore@outlook.com •Ron “Keyes” Stevens Former KEKB/Grand Junction, CO morning host ronstvns@yahoo.com •Jeremy Guenther Former KSSN & KMJX/Little Rock MD, on-air; Capitol SW Regional 501-590-4878 jguenther01@gmail.com • Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com

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Winter Diary Scoreboard Here are Winter 2018 (1/4-3/28) Nielsen Audio diary ratings results listed alphabetically by market. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Non-subscribing stations in published markets are excluded Station/City

WQMX/Akron WGNA/Albany, NY WKLI/Albany, NY KCWR/Bakersfield, CA KRJK/Bakersfield, CA KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA WYNK/Baton Rouge WDXB/Birmingham WZZK/Birmingham WYRK/Buffalo WCKN/Charleston, SC WEZL/Charleston, SC WUSY/Chattanooga, TN WUUQ/Chattanooga, TN KATC/Colorado Springs WCOS/Columbia, SC WCLI/Dayton, OH WHKO/Dayton, OH WYDB/Dayton, OH WCKT/Ft. Myers KHGE/Fresno KSKS/Fresno WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI WTNR/Grand Rapids, MI WRHT/Greenville, NC WESC/Greenville-Spartanburg WSSL/Greenville-Spartanburg WDRM/Huntsville, AL WHJT/Jackson, MS WMSI/Jackson, MS WUSJ/Jackson, MS WCYQ/Knoxville WDKW/Knoxville WIVK/Knoxville

12+ Share Last Book

5.1 (3) 7.1 (1t) 3.1 (10) 3.3 (11) 2.4 (14) 8.2 (2) 4.2 (5) 3.8 (9) 5.6 (3) 10.7 (1) 3.1 (11) 5.1 (4t) 11.9 (1) 5.0 (5t) 3.2 (8) 6.2 (2) 2.5 (9) 10.9 (1) 1.7 (13) 4.1 (5) 2.7 (12t) 4.1 (6t) 8.7 (1) 2.5 (11) 1.3 (10) 6.1 (3) 6.2 (2) 10.2 (1) 1.5 (5t) 4.6 (5t) 4.6 (5t) 3.4 (8) 3.1 (9) 13.1 (1)

12+ Winter Share

6.3 (1) 7.8 (1) 2.3 (12) 2.4 (9t) 0.8 (14t) 7.2 (2) 5.2 (1) 5.5 (5) 6.3 (3) 8.2 (2) 2.8 (9t) 4.1 (5) 13.3 (1) 4.9 (5) 4.9 (6) 7.8 (2) 2.0 (11) 11.0 (1) 1.8 (12) 3.1 (8) 3.3 (10t) 5.6 (3) 8.4 (1) 2.9 (9) 1.4 (7) 7.3 (2) 5.5 (4t) 8.6 (1) 2.5 (7) 2.7 (6) 3.3 (3) 4.2 (7) 3.6 (8) 9.9 (2)

Station/City

WMYL/Knoxville KHLR/Little Rock KMJX/Little Rock KSSN/Little Rock WAMZ/Louisville WQNU/Lousiville, KY WRKA/Louisville, KY WMAD/Madison WKSJ/Mobile KTOM/Monterey WGUO/New Orleans WNOE/New Orleans KJKE/Oklahoma City KNAH/Oklahoma City KTST/Oklahoma City^ KXXY/Oklahoma City KFFF/Omaha KXKT/Omaha WKHK/Richmond WBEE/Rochester, NY KRMD/Shreveport, LA KXKS/Shreveport, LA KDRK/Spokane KXLY/Spokane WRNX/Springfield, MA WBBS/Syracuse WOLF/Syracuse WCKY/Toledo WKKO/Toledo KTGX/Tulsa, OK KVOO/Tulsa, OK KWEN/Tulsa, OK KXBL/Tulsa, OK KFDI/Wichita KFTI-AM/Wichita KKGQ/Wichita KZSN/Wichita WGGY/Wilkes Barre, PA

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1.4 (11) 2.2 (12t) 5.7 (6) 5.9 (4t) 5.6 (3) 4.1 (9) 2.3 (12) 2.8 (6) 7.3 (3) 2.9 (8) 1.5 (10) 4.1 (8) 4.0 (5) 1.8 (15) 5.3 (4) 3.0 (9) 2.8 (11) 9.9 (1) 6.7 (2) 9.4 (1) 4.6 (4t) 3.6 (6) 3.4 (12) 5.0 (6) 5.4 (2t) 9.9 (1) 3.1 (7) 1.0 (1) 11.0 (1) 3.9 (9) 3.8 (10) 6.5 (3) 5.4 (6) 7.8 (1) 1.4 (14) 3.0 (13) 5.7 (5) 7.0 (2)

12+ Winter Share

1.4 (11) 2.8 (6) 4.9 (2) 5.2 (1) 6.7 (1) 4.2 (7t) 2.7 (11) 2.9 (6) 7.1 (1) 4.2 (4t) 1.1 (11) 4.4 (6t) 4.4 (5) 1.6 (15t) 5.9 (3) 3.3 (8) 2.7 (11t) 9.4 (1) 6.1 (5) 9.1 (1) 5.1 (4) 6.9 (3) 2.9 (12) 5.5 (4t) 4.0 (4) 8.9 (1) 2.1 (7) 1.4 (10) 9.2 (1) 3.8 (8t) 3.8 (8t) 6.0 (3) 4.3 (7) 9.3 (1) 0.9 (15) 2.0 (13) 6.7 (3) 7.2 (3)

May 7, 2018 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

JASON ALDEAN

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 2nd Week at No. 1

24632

9134

63.698 0.205

157

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

22827

688

8514

244

58.156

157

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) ✔

18908

1630

7094

564

46.247 3.933

157

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

18616

461

7055

219

46.737 1.479

157

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR)

17675

-2293

6539

-827

48.44 -4.603

154

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

16620

752

6083

373

42.324 2.282

157

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN)

16464

1224

6104

472

41.252 2.646

157

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair)

15830

1108

5891

443

2.429

157

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) ✔

13943

1373

5253

515

34.279 2.943

157

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA ) ✔

12567

1521

4660

599

32.983 4.192

157

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud)

12557

631

4633

173

32.978 2.103

156

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔

11304

1848

3893

633

26.778 5.025

156

CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud)

9952

324

3526

126

22.627 1.304

142

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

9636

-6734

3447

-2606

157

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

9382

180

3488

101

20.981 0.373

154

MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA)

9319

374

3383

110

19.936 1.039

148

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol)

9176

891

3339

270

23.453 2.743

155

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

8398

576

3109

195

18.549 1.206

151

LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek)

8088

3082

17.608 0.202

149

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol)

7861

1073

2877

314

17.938 2.361

154

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

7803

289

2840

119

0.597

146

JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol)

7563

555

2971

239

16.496 0.339

152

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

6774

142

2391

-23

14.711 1.372

149

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR)

6730

834

2406

309

14.964 2.044

145

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

6561

174

2576

145

You Make It Easy (Broken Bow)

38.65

1.84

29.74 -13.757

16.05

14.48

0.718

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN)

5958

429

2205

129

11.709 0.885

138

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

5519

-100

2151

-50

10.338 -0.189

141

THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

4983

1204

1807

401

11.268 3.543

136

CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR)

4828

-186

1874

8.609 -0.671

140

CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine)

4209

1648

7.238

0.098

140

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR)

4110

1416

-15

9.873

0.474

107

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville)

3979

163

1503

6.921

0.335

132

LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista)

3629

628

1268

246

5.91

1.082

127

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine) ✔

3591

1421

1246

537

7.627

2.608

115

OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA)

3372

489

1173

183

6.972

1.172

108

MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia)

3183

352

1094

126

5.947

0.674

105

KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA)

3082

109

1182

4.93

0.226

121

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA)

2764

987

4.969

0.089

TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine)

2554

957

3.715

0.109

117

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)

2541

222

949

4.416

0.599

101

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers)

2453

476

909

171

3.683

0.15

112

JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek)

2423

973

3.691

0.079

105

MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia)

2412

388

855

5.931

2.597

101

JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb)

1802

599

5.24

-0.083

LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver)

1624

-18

639

-16

2.555 -0.036

MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine)

1418

206

539

2.404

0.338

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR)

1309

529

2.432

0.218

Debut 48

RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb)

1181

464

435

174

1.504

0.151

Debut 49

CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury)

1181

290

532

120

1.939

0.413

Debut 50

CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Try (Red Bow)

1070

111

456

1.607

0.367

Chart Page 2

May 7, 2018 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

JORDAN DAVIS/Take It From Me (MCA)

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA ) 1422 ✔

GRANGER SMITH/You're In It (Wheelhouse)

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

1212 ✔

SCOTTY MCCREERY/This Is It (Triple Tigers)

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR)

1066 ✔

RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb)

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN)

1062 ✔

DUSTIN LYNCH/Good Girl (Broken Bow)

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol)

949 ✔

RADIO ROMANCE/The Weekend (Big Machine)

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia)

919

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud)

917

OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA)

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

900

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers)

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud)

899

THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

877

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR)

1848

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia)

1630

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (BlueChair/Warner Bros./WEA)

1521

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

1421

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud)

1373

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN)

1224

THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA )

307

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

272

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR)

246

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

225

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN)

217

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud)

201

1204

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol)

191

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Blue Chair/Reviver)

1108

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia)

185

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol)

1073

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

182

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud)

168

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol)

891

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR)

633

LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol)

17287

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA)

599

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

13052

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia)

564

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

10014

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

537

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

9465

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud)

515

THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory)

8719

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN)

472

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

8520

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Blue Chair/Reviver)

443

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

8491

THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

401

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

8374

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

373

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

7005

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol)

314

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

6929

Chart Page 3

May 7, 2018

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY LOCASH/Don’t Get Better Than That (Reviver) Moves 48-45 1,624 points, 639 spins; No adds MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine) Moves 50-46* 1,418 points, 539 spins 5 adds: KBEB, KBQI, KCYE, KDRK, WUSY DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) Moves 49-47* 1,309 points, 529 spins 4 adds: KBQI, KRYS, WGKX*, WWKA RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb) Debuts at 48* 1,181 points, 435 spins 17 adds including: KATC*, KATM*, KHKI*, KIIM*, KIZN*, KPLX*, KRST*, KUBL*, WCTO*, WFMS* CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) Debuts at 49* 1,181 points, 532 spins 5 adds: KAJA, KJUG, KWJJ, WCKN, WGNA CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Cry (Red Bow) Debuts at 50* 1,070 points, 456 spins 5 adds: KDRK, WCOL, WNOE, WPCV*, WQHK TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 1,061 points, 416 spins 6 adds: KATM*, WKIS, WKLI, WQHK, WUSH, WWYZ AARON WATSON/Run WId Horses (Big Label) 1,059 points, 424 spins 1 add: WYCD KID ROCK/American Rock’n’Roll (BBR/BMG/Red Bow) 988 points, 437 spins 1 add: KKIX

A D D DAT E S May 14 MADDIE & TAE/Friends Don’t (Mercury) JASON ALDEAN f/M. LAMBERT/Drowns The Whiskey (Broken Bow)

May 21 DUSTIN LYNCH/Good Girl (Broken Bow) KRYSTAL KEITH & LANCE CARPENTER/Anyone Else (Show Dog) TYLER FARR/Love By The Moon (Columbia) ABI/A Day Without (One Country/Nine North)

May 29 JOE NICHOLS/Billy Graham’s Bible (Red Bow) Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

C HECK OUT 5/11 Ashley Campbell The Lonely One (Whistle Stop Records) Recorded at Cal’s Agoura Borealis studios in Los Angeles, the debut album features 13 songs all co-written by the daughter of the late Glen Campbell. She also co-produced the project with her brother Cal Campbell and wrote the track “Looks Like Time” with her brother Shannon Campbell, who contributes vocals and guitar. Brent Cobb Providence Canyon (Low Country Sound/Elektra Records) Following his 2016 major label debut, Shine On Rainy Day, Cobb’s third studio album was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A and produced by his cousin, Dave Cobb. It features 11 songs, including “Come Home Soon,” “Mornin’s Gonna Come,” “King of Alabama” and “Ain’t A Road Too Long.” Justin Adams Horizon (—) Adams’ eight-song sophomore album follows the release of his 2013 self-titled EP and his recent first major cut as a songwriter with Granger Smith’s “You’re In It.” The lead single “How It Rolls” was written by Eric Arjes and Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi, and the album was produced by guitarist Derek Wells.

Chart Page 4

May 7, 2018 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

JASON ALDEAN

Points

+/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

12037

2631

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

12023

877

2544

225

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia)

10614

919

2279

185

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

10098

1062

2117

217

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

9701

282

2098

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) ✔

9092

1212

1924

272

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Blue Chair/Reviver)

8732

362

1851

You Make It Easy (Broken Bow)

4th Week at No. 1

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR)

8187

-1276

1843

-235

10 9

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud)

8102

917

1720

201

11 10

JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud)

7819

899

1600

168

13 11

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA ) ✔

7447

1422

1545

307

16 12

KEITH URBAN f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol)

5935

857

1231

164

15 13

MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA)

5592

474

1128

18 14

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol) ✔

5541

949

1169

191

17 15

LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek)

4852

213

998

21 16

CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud)

4803

554

979

109

23 17

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔

4787

1066

1017

246

20 18

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

4619

369

991

19 19

JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol)

4560

238

989

22 20

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

4481

422

941

107

24 21

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

3639

119

741

26 22

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

3547

441

734

25 23

COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN)

3510

110

697

29 24

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR)

2842

403

637

110

27 25

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

2787

620

31 26

THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory)

2755

844

491

152

28 27

CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR)

2488

-12

524

30 28

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR)

2356

554

-9

33 29

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville)

1891

387

41 30

SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine)

1869

900

384

182

Chart Page 5

May 7, 2018 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

32 31

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

1798

-54

Plays

403

+/- Plays

-8

Stations Adds

39 32

OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA)

1766

594

328

105

37 33

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA)

1413

139

249

34 34

CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine)

1404

-13

303

-2

36 35

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)

1380

248

35 36

STEPHANIE QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine)

1344

246

-1

38 37

AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label)

1221

249

40 38

MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia)

1199

246

46 39

LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista)

918

274

211

48 40

MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia)

912

325

246

43 41

KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA)

807

201

42 42

CJ SOLAR/Airplane (Sea Gayle)

803

-46

142

-1

54 43

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers)

714

236

168

44 44

TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine)

650

-15

154

-2

47 45

MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine)

640

51 46

JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek)

590

144

53 47

TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory)

590

100

52 48

RAELYNN/Queens Don't (Warner Bros./WMN)

556

Debut 49

CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury)

533

220

49 50

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR)

533

-52

-5

50 51

LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver)

522

-59

102

-12

55 52

LUCAS HOGE/Power Of Garth (Forge)

513

JASON ALDEAN f/M. LAMBERT/Drowns The Whiskey (Broken Bow)

490

340

RYAN HURD/Diamonds Or Twine (RCA)

467

Debut 53 56 54

Debut 55

RADIO ROMANCE/The Weekend (Big Machine)

462

400

125

107

Debut 56

RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb)

459

248

118

58 57

BRETT ELDREDGE/Haven't Met You (Atlantic/WMN)

430

WILD FEATHERS/Big Sky (Warner Bros.)

420

Debut 58 59 59

SOUTHERN HALO/Anything Is Possible (Southern Halo)

418

56 60

DENNY STRICKLAND/California Dreamin' (Red Star)

404

-9

-2

Chart Page 6