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June 6, 2016, Issue 502

Management 101:Leading Radio’s People

Radio’s inherent stresses and reliance on colorful creative types make effective people management and healthy workplace culture critically important parts of doing business. Just ask Cumulus CEO Mary Berner, whose turnaround efforts are sharply focused on improving the employee experience. “Toxic cultures are characterized by muddled thinking and decision making, unresolved internal conflicts, high turnover and an inability to recruit and retain quality employees,” she told investors earlier this year. “And they almost always result in poor performance.” Hard to disagree with that, but how are such cultures mended and what does good management look like? Country Aircheck spoke to three high-profile and highly Dr. Jackie Gilbert effective radio managers and a college management professor to find out. Respect, self-awareness, fairness and positivity are the names of the game, says Dr. Jackie Gilbert of Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Business. A large body of research supports a “people-centered” strategy that’s democratic/supervisory in style and egalitarian in nature. “In other words, ‘I don’t work for you and you don’t work for me, but together we work to accomplish mutual goals,’” she explains. Bones, Hugs And Harmony: It’s a concept Cox KKBQ/Houston PD Johnny Chiang subscribes to. “I equate everything I do to sports and you could probably say I’m a player’s coach,” he says. “Having a harmonious locker room is really important to Johnny Chiang me.” In fact, Chiang doesn’t really view it as managing at all. “I just look for ways to make the people around me – my teammates – more comfortable,” he continues. “Not in the lazy sense, but how can I make them feel like they have everything they need? I (continued on page 8) want them to have all the support they

Rip-Roaring Good Time: Capitol’s Keith Urban (second from left) with WIL/St. Louis’ Bud Ford (l), Becca Walls and Jerry Broadway at the second stop of the RipCord Tour Friday (6/3).

Urban Pulls The Ripcord

Capitol’s Keith Urban rolled into Kansas City Thursday (6/2) to launch his RipCord World Tour 2016, complete with seven tour buses, nine semis and an 8’x66’ high definition video screen. And by all accounts, the tour is off to a big start. KFKF afternooner Ed Walker says from the first chord of opening song “Gone Tomorrow (Here Today),” the show was high energy with lots of crowd participation, and a good mix of recurrent hits and cuts from RipCord. “The crowd seemed very familiar with the new album,” he says. “They were singing along to every song from it.” Ed Walker “Like I usually do, I thought the show screamed Entertainer of the Year contender,” says KBEQ PD Mike Kennedy. “The show is so tight, so energetic, yet he still finds a way to take time to engage the crowd one-on-one.”

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One of the ways he did that was with a second stage at the back of the Providence Medical Center Amphitheater. “He played a couple of songs for the people on the lawn, which I thought was pretty cool,” says Walker. Columbia’s Maren Morris and Atlantic/ WMN’s Brett Eldredge got fans going early. “There was a good early crowd for Maren and she got them singing along to ‘My Church,’” says Walker. “Brett started his set in a straight jacket for ‘Lose My Mind.’” Morris joined Urban for Miranda Lambert’s part of “We Were Us” (watch here) Mike Kennedy and Eldredge came back to duet on “Somebody Like You.” Carrie Underwood and Pitbull made appearances, too ... well, sort of. “For ‘The Fighter’, Urban uses a back screen showing Carrie Underwood singing her parts of the song,” says Walker. “For ‘Sun Don’t Let Me Down.’ Pitbull’s part is on file and played back, but we don’t see him on screen like Carrie.” “It’s early in the season, but it was one of the best shows so far,” says Kennedy. “Just being the kickoff of the tour, it’s hard to imagine it’s going to get any better, but knowing the way Keith operates he’s going to try. It was a phenomenal show.” “The guy just goes like a bat out of hell from start to finish,” adds Walker. “There’s no part of the show where it looks like he’s resting. The energy in the crowd was palpable. I’m really glad I had the chance to see the show. I’m still on a concert high!” –Jess Wright

Chart Chat

Congrats to Thomas Rhett, George Briner and the Valory promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “T-Shirt.” The song is Rhett’s sixth consecutive chart-topper and third from his current album Tangled Up. And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol crew for securing 54 adds for Dierks Bentley’s “Different For Girls,” topping this week’s board.

Thomas Rhett

Rucker Opens Southern Style

The opening night of Darius Rucker’s Good For A Good Time Tour at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL last Friday (6/3) may not have ushered in the city’s current tropical storm warning, but it definitely caused a stir in the atmosphere. “The crowd energy was great,” says WQYK/Tampa APD/

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afternooner Cadillac Jack. “People love live concerts here, compared to other markets I’ve been to. They just go nuts.” “For us, it was the kickoff to our summer concert season,” adds WCTQ/Sarasota PD and WFUS/Tampa APD/afternoons Darius Rucker Ryan Nelson. “It kind of starts the domino effect. They all start coming, one after the other. Everybody was standing during the show, into it and rocking.” Fans benefited from Rucker’s dual status as country star and rock star/lead singer of ‘90s band Hootie & The Blowfish, as Rucker sang hits from both repertoires, including “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” and “Let Her Cry.” “I liked the Hootie and the Blowfish stuff,” says Jack. “It’s great that he did a little bit of everything. Everybody who came to the show got to hear what they Cadillac Jack wanted to hear. I’d never seen him do Garth Brooks’ ‘Friends In Low Places’ before. That was awesome. He did a tribute to Prince with ‘Purple Rain’ in his encore that was cool.” Openers Dan + Shay and Michael Ray impressed as well. “Dan + Shay were really polished and put on a great show,” says Ryan Nelson Nelson. “They exceeded my expectations. And it looks like big things are on the horizon for Michael Ray.” “Darius commands the stage,” adds Nelson. “He’s grown and been around now for more years, and has added to his catalog. It was one song after another of, ‘Oh, I know this song. I love this song!’ It was a well-oiled machine, a good show start to finish.” Reach Jack here; reach Nelson here. –Wendy Newcomer

News & Notes

Alpha WUBB/Savannah’s Tim Leary and the Morning Showgram was voted “Best Morning Radio Show” by readers of Connect Savannah.

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Big Loud regional Dave Kirth discusses his most influential artists, concerts and music: 1. Michael Jackson’s Thriller: The depth of that album; the vision he had for the textures in it! Was it Pop, Urban, Rock, AC? One of the finest creations. 2.Guy’s self-titled album: It was the birth of New Jack Swing. Teddy Riley is the godfather of modern R&B. His mark Dave Kirth is still being felt. 3. Frank Sinatra’s In The Wee Small Hours: There may not be a finer Sinatra album in existence. The collection, the vocals! Wow. 4. Louis Prima (self-titled): As a Sicilian-American I can tell you that this album or eight-track was in every hi-fi of every house on my block. We knew every word to every song. 5. Prince’s Purple Rain: The only collection of Prince music that even came close to this was half of The Black Album and three-quarters of Sign ‘O’ The Times. A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Anything recorded by The Beatles and here comes the industry outrage. I’ve heard it; I just can’t listen to it. Nails on a chalkboard. Love the songwriting; hate the sound. “Important” music you just don’t get: Today’s Rap and R&B. This stuff is unlistenable. Give me anything pre-2002. An album you played incessantly: Tim McGraw’s Everywhere. Front to back. To this day I have four of these CDs; one for every CD player I have. One obscure or non-country song/artist everyone should listen to right now: Leon Bridges. If you don’t know, now you know! Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: New Age spa music. It’s in my wife’s and my music-to-sleep-by rotation. Plus my baby daughter sleeps better with it! Reach Kirth here.

UPDATE

Songwriter Donovan Woods has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell. Bill Anderson has re-signed with Sony/ATV Publishing. He first signed with Tree International, now owned by Sony, in 1958 and currently has 40 studio albums and seven No. 1 singles. His autobiography Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music comes out Sept. 1.

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Nove Entertainment has opened a 14,000 sq. ft. rehearsal space and storage facility at 6705 Centennial Blvd. in Nashville. Warner Music Nashville will present the fifth annual The Warner Sound presented by Cherokee USA at Nashville’s aVenue (120 3rd Ave. South) June 8-12. Among the events are fan parties and performances from WMN artists including Frankie Ballard, Brandy Clark, Chris Janson and Cole Swindell. The Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP) will host a networking event June 15 5-7pm on the BMI rooftop in Nashville. More info here.

Artist News

Capitol artist Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” has been certified gold by the RIAA ahead of the June 17 release of California Sunrise. Red Bow’s Joe Nichols is among the performers at Clay Walker’s annual Chords of Hope benefit June 8 as WSIX/ Nashville’s Tige & Daniel host. Capitol’s Eric Church returns with his Pop Up Store in East Nashville during CMA Music Festival (6/9-12). Warner Bros./WMN’s Brandy Clark will headline Nashville’s July 3 lineup at Riverfront Park as the city’s Independence Day festivities expand to two days and three stages. Sheryl Crow headlines the next day’s Let Freedom Sing! show. Both shows close with fireworks, though July 3’s will last only five minutes. EMI Nashville’s Gary Allan is holding trunk shows at his boutique The Label June 8 and 10 during CMA Music Fest. More here. Alan Jackson will perform at downtown Nashville’s Acme Feed & Seed June 7 as part of the venue’s songwriter series Acme Unplugged Presented by Wrangler. The show will stream live on WranglerNetwork.com, AcmeRadioLive.com and the TuneIn app. Lauren Alaina, David Nail, Easton Corbin, Canaan Smith and guests will perform during Sounds Like Nashville Late-Night Concert Series at Tootsie’s Honky Tonk Alley in Nashville. The event starts immediately after the CMT Music Awards Wednesday (6/8) and continues each night through Saturday (6/11). More here. Kellie Pickler will compete for the charity United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) on the new season of ABC-TV’s Celebrity Family Feud, premiering June 26. Her team includes husband Kyle Jacobs and other relatives. Big & Rich will test the Ally Financials app Splurge Alert and share how they spend their money through a series of videos and social media posts. More here.

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The Week’s Top Stories

OFF THE RECORD: Sister Hazel Drew Copeland from Croakin’ Poets’ Sister Hazel puts an industry spin on the artist interview: We were on tour and made the superwise decision of buying our own tour bus, a 1963 Silver Eagle. It didn’t have reverse. The frame had a lot of rust damage and one day at a truck stop, a guy said, “You guys are crazy if you put this thing back on the road.” Drew So we ended up in a Ryder truck, with all our Copeland gear and some lawn chairs in the back with a couple beer coolers. One day our sound engineer said, “You guys, shut up and listen!” He turned up the radio and we heard, “This is Casey Kasem and coming in at No. 38, a little band out of Gainesville, Florida. Here’s Sister Hazel with ‘All For You.’” We were all screaming and laughing. We couldn’t believe it. I remember us going, “We’ll never be in a Ryder truck again!” And of course we were, plenty of times after that. One time on our radio tour we had two shows on the same day. The first was in Knoxville and then we had to fly somewhere in this little private plane. That was a pretty scary adventure, climbing up in the air with all that gear, the crew and the band in this little prop plane. My favorite people to travel with are my family. My wife and kids are home to me. But they’re my least favorite to travel with too, because on my own, I know how to get from gate to gate and what needs to happen if I’m running short on time. When they were little I’d find myself carrying My Little Pony and Star Wars backpacks plus two other suitcases, trying to make it through the airport. None of us can go to a truck stop and not spend at least three dollars. I don’t care if it’s three in the morning, you go in there knowing you’re going to drop some money on something stupid. The most redneck thing I’ve done lately? Taking two Solo cups, putting a paper towel between them and drinking my coffee out of it. That’s my insulated coffee mug. I have to tell the truth. I have a blanket from home that I have to take with me on the road. The guys would call me out on it if they saw this article and I didn’t say that. Yes, I have a “blankie.” Don’t judge me.

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Evans/Reno, NV’s “Big” Chris Hart has added PD/MD duties and moved to afternoons on Country KWFP. (6/6) • iHeartMedia/Dayton programmer/personality Jeff Stevens has been promoted to SVP/Programming. (6/6) • Adams/Valparaiso, IN PD Scott Smith was promoted to VP/ Country Programming. (6/3) • Leadership Music’s Class of 2017 was revealed. (6/3) • iHeartRadio SVP/GM Owen Grover was promoted to EVP & GM/Content Development & Distribution for iHeartMedia. (6/2) • Radio vets Jay Lawrence, John Quinn and Nikki Mckie joined Aloha Station Trust’s WFRE/Frederick, MD for weekends. (6/2) • Alpha Mgr./Corporate Product Robert “Cisco Kidd” Mueller was named MM for Alpha/Amarillo, TX. (6/1) • Star Farm Sr. Dir./Promotion Chris Borchetta left the company. (6/1) • Randy Travis and former CBS Radio WKIS/Miami GSM Carole Bowen will be honored at the Country Radio Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards ceremony June 22. (5/31)

Management 101:Leading Radio’s People

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could ever want so they can do the absolute best they can.” Emmis/Indianapolis SVP/MM and Interim New York MM Charlie Morgan has actively studied leadership since his days as a programmer. When in his late 20s and newly named as PD for WFMS, Morgan found himself at a management crossroads of sorts. “It wasn’t a particularly proud moment,” he recalls. “I was definitely stressed to the max and probably barking at people. I thought that working hard and being of average intelligence was kind of all you needed to be successful, and you do achieve a certain level of success if you have those things. But it literally dawned on me that I can’t work any harder and I’m not getting any smarter, so If I’m going to have more impact, I’ve got to find a way to be a catalyst for others to be successful.” Rules Of Engagement: Chiang, too, was shaped by earlier experiences. Specifically, he saw the corrosive effects of staff disengagement. “I learned a lot of good things from a highprofile PD I once worked for, but I also learned things that weren’t so good,” he says, noting his boss’ harsh, uniform approach to staff. “We had a great afternoon drive guy who was very sensitive

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and you had to be aware of that in how you critiqued him. You couldn’t do it while he was on the air, for example, because you’d lose him for the rest of his show.” A good talkingto immediately after a bad break wasn’t an issue for the morning guy, however. “He might give you the middle finger, but he’d be okay with it and move on,” Chiang continues. Charlie Morgan “This PD approached everyone in the same way; undressing them in the hallway – name it. It got to where this highly compensated team of air talents was just there for the paycheck and I made a conscious decision not to be like that.” Disengaged employees have lost emotional connection to their work and tend to perform with minimal effort, which can be costly. Gallup’s 2013 State of The American Workplace shows that disengaged workers have 37% higher absenteeism, 49% more accidents and 60% more errors in their work. The estimated financial cost to the American economy annually tops $450 billion. Engagement is the obvious goal and just one reason motivation efforts are so important. “Non-monetary motivators are powerful and require little time to administer,” Gilbert contends, though no one is suggesting radio’s bonuses should be taken away. “Things like early morning pleasantries, heartily thanking employees for a job well done, occasionally and genuinely inquiring as to how they’re doing, and getting to know them in less formal settings like group lunches and outings can be very effective.” Some Beach: Both Chiang and Beasley WQYK/Tampa OM/PD Tee Gentry make a point to schedule group outings to recognize accomplished goals and sometimes for no reason at all. “Our marketing director Hillary Hatch recently helped us put together a beach party for programming,” Gentry notes (pictured). “We had some beer, cooked out and even had a boat. You can tell in the pictures it was a great time and things like that really help.” Staff outings are particularly good opportunities to recognize

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good work. “I try to plan something four or five times a year,” Chiang says. “And I point out positive things my teammates did or even time someone sacrificed to be at a station event.” Organizations who give regular thanks to employees far outperform those who don’t, according a 2012 study by management research firm Bersin by Deloitte. The State of Employee Recognition shows that “recognition-rich” cultures have a 31% lower voluntary turnover rate, for example. To Chiang’s point, recognition should celebrate specific behavior and be accompanied by some degree of public description. Unfortunately, the report also shows that nearly 70% of employees are recognized annually or Tee Gentry not all. Specificity matters because it illustrates genuine, personal interest. “I’m a huge believer in personal, handwritten notes,” Morgan offers. “When you walk around a building where someone has done that, they’re thumb-tacked up to peoples’ workspace. Now it has to be more than, ‘Hey, nice job!’ It’s about knowing someone personally and being able to say, ‘Wow. You told me that was your goal and I know you’ve been working on that for six months; I saw today you achieved it and just wanted to say well done and I’m so proud of you.’ That’s the stuff. I have a few of those notes from my own career and that matters to me.” More Like It: Management isn’t always sunshine and rainbows, of course, especially in radio. Difficult situations and personalities come with the territory and the way they’re handled carries significant implications for the individual and the group. Country Aircheck explores the best way to handle those issues next week while also examining the importance of self-awareness, benefits of dealing with people as individuals, and effective time management and decision-making techniques. Reach Chiang here, Morgan here and Gentry here. Explore the aforementioned management issues and many others via Dr. Gilbert’s searchable blog here. –Russ Penuell CAC

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

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

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) ✔

28192

2325

8932

718

60.742

BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget (Warner Bros./WMN)

25798

-1389

8168

-424

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

25300

1105

7917

TIM MCGRAW/Humble And Kind (Big Machine)

23721

945

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol)

21762

158

55.843 -2.989

158

373

54.652 2.004

158

7391

245

51.881 2.172

158

1335

6712

560

158

OLD DOMINION/Snapback (RCA)

21237

-4943

6733

-1509

44.524 -10.686

158

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) ✔

19788

2893

6094

884

43.756 5.627

158

MAREN MORRIS/My Church (Columbia)

19580

606

6245

279

41.063

1.57

158

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) ✔

17373

2404

5156

577

38.214

4.67

158

KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia)

17344

805

5511

267

38.282 2.012

158

DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow)

17305

-6420

5270

-2002

38.105 -12.625

158

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol)

16518

1044

5170

227

35.213 2.579

158

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) ✔

15221

2515

4524

728

35.127 6.558

158

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

14994

1344

4791

368

32.665 3.431

158

CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud)

12696

583

3982

168

27.531 1.555

153

DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA)

12643

880

4036

224

2.052

158

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA)

12145

690

3832

236

27.186 1.904

156

DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR)

11663

1028

3632

273

24.114 2.761

157

FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 11530

487

3735

160

23.316 1.044

158

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory)

11255

631

3535

242

23.505 1.388

156

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

10999

1022

3306

300

22.533 1.961

156

KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA)

10080

-70

3192

18.77 -0.292

154

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

8464

1239

2617

384

16.712 2.843

153

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

8192

259

2676

16.937 0.412

129

CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury)

8013

-1294

2546

-430

16.689 -2.759

156

47.59

26.81

4.34

3.339

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 3

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

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot)

7195

895

2246

292

JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine)

6933

159

2080

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 6851

377

BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution)

6800

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) ✔

1.681

144

12.527 0.615

153

2332

141

13.585 1.035

130

2214

12.435 0.282

142

6743

1532

2021

453

14.146 4.213

152

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

5659

-43

1760

-13

9.508

0.07

133

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

5100

459

1638

138

8.892

0.553

131

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

4635

640

1403

222

8.552

1.443

116

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville)

4625

627

1229

154

8.129

1.154

113

CAM/Mayday (Arista)

4042

131

1315

5.65

0.09

131

KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober (RCA)

3862

315

1126

6.027

0.486

118

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

3666

455

1092

121

5.869

1.02

110

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

3583

579

1022

146

6.815

1.121

111

JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow) 3238

247

1065

4.96

0.3

115

BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN)

2936

139

843

4.406

0.071

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

2777

254

933

4.087

0.215

112

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

2675

193

790

3.978

0.453

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

2478

273

826

3.648

0.642

JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb)

2288

487

694

168

3.216

0.793

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

1946

677

575

190

3.524

1.285

DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (Cold River)

1895

765

2.076 -0.031

RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek)

1832

101

614

2.045

0.01

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

1788

665

2.33

0.145

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol)

1711

-1596

513

-602

3.695 -4.336

CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA)

1617

565

1.515

Debut 45 46

Re-Enter 50

15.05

0.037

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Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol)

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

1228 ✔

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

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista)

1012 ✔

JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow)

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville)

738 ✔

CASSADEE POPE/Summer (Republic Nashville)

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot)

648 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way With... (Warner Bros./WMN)

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

642 ✔

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville)

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

636

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

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

634

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory)

554

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

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

520

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista)

508

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

2893

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville)

2515

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista)

2404

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory)

2325

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista)

1532

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

261

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista)

223

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville)

163

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot)

142

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

141

1344

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

124

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol)

1335

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

120

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

1239

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory)

113

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

1105

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista)

107

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol)

1044

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

884

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol)

20506

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville)

728

C. YOUNG & C. POPE/Think Of You (RCA/Republic Nashville)

15318

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory)

718

THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (BMLG/Republic)

9523

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista)

577

RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine)

9421

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol)

560

COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here (Warner Bros./WMN)

8981

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista)

453

LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver)

8387

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

384

GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse)

8169

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

373

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville)

8118

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

368

CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow)

7164

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

300

BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN)

6758

June 6, 2016

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts at 45* 1,946 points, 575 spins 11 adds including: KCCY, KCYE, KDRK, KILT, KMLE, WCKN, WDRM, WIRK, WQMX, WRNX DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (Cold River) Remains at 46* 1,895 points, 765 spins 1 add: WGAR RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek) Moves 49-47* 1,832 points, 614 spins 2 adds: KJKE, WQMX CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts of Heaven (Red Bow) Moves 50-48* 1,788 points, 665 spins 1 add: KBEQ

A D D DAT E S June 13

Gary Allan/Do You Wish It Was Me? (EMI Nashville) thompson square/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Scott Brantley/How Summer Goes (Studio Gold) Thomas Rhett/Vacation (Valory) Blake Shelton/She’s Got A Way With Words (Warner Bros./WMN))

June 20

the last bandoleros/Where Do You Go? (Warner Bros./WAR) sarabeth/You Rock My Rodeo (Circle S) Mickey guyton/Heartbreak Song (Capitol) Old Dominion/Song For Another Time (RCA)

June 27

maren morris/80s Mercedes (Columbia) Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

Chart Page 5

CHECK OUT 6/10

Frankie Ballard El Rio (Warner Bros./WMN)

Ballard and producer Marshall Altman left Nashville to record at famed studio Sonic Ranch outside El Paso. His second album includes current single “It All Started With A Beer” plus the Chris Stapletonpenned “El Camino” and “Cigarette” and a cover of Bob Seger’s “You’ll Accomp’ny Me.” Little Big Town Wanderlust (Capitol) “It’s not a country record and it’s not like anything we’ve ever done,” says LBT’s Karen Fairchild of the eight-song project produced by Pharrell Williams. The album is being released digitally and includes “One Of Those Days” which they recently performed on The Voice. Kris Kristofferson The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection (Legacy/Sony) In celebration of Kristofferson’s 80th birthday, the set brings together 11 essential studio albums recorded from 1970 through 1981, individually packaged in a sleeve reproducing the original album artwork. It also includes five bonus discs of unreleased and hard-tofind live and studio material. Brandy Clark Big Day In A Small Town (Warner Bros./WMN) Clark worked with producer Jay Joyce for her second album and describes it as “12 Stories’ cousin,” referring to her debut. She wrote 11 songs including current single “Girl Next Door” and her co-writers include Shane McAnally, Lori McKenna and Josh Osborne. Drew Baldridge Dirt On Us (Cold River) The Illinois native co-wrote 11 of the 13 tracks, including debut single “Dance With Ya.” Guests include co-writer and duet partner Emily Weisband (“Rebound”); and Baldridge also puts his spin on the gospel classic “It Is Well With My Soul.” Tara Thompson Someone To Take Your Place (Valory) The self-described “hillbilly from East Tennessee” wrote each of the five songs on her debut EP and her cowriters include Leslie Satcher, Erin Enderlin and producer Alex Kline. “Someone To Take Your Place” is the first single.

June 6, 2016

Chart Page 6

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol)

11623

634

2443

120

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory)

11064

285

2383

BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget (Warner Bros./WMN)

10716

-996

2265

-191

TIM MCGRAW/Humble And Kind (Big Machine)

10465

-85

2203

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol)

9833

372

2060

MAREN MORRIS/My Church (Columbia)

9454

303

1992

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) ✔

8415

1228

1765

261

KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia)

8369

294

1766

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

8028

636

1670

141

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) ✔

7850

1012

1638

223

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol)

7113

283

1486

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) ✔

6625

738

1348

163

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA)

6474

231

1325

DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA)

5862

261

1228

DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR)

5689

306

1195

Re-Enter 16

FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR)

5576

1137

Re-Enter 17

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory)

5509

554

1151

113

CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud)

5373

1063

KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA)

4579

245

1002

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) ✔

4550

642

935

124

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

4405

383

951

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

3692

738

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) ✔

3364

648

713

142

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista)

3296

508

716

107

CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury)

3158

-314

646

-76

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

2754

173

577

BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution)

2645

548

JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine)

2642

103

510

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

2207

388

428

CAM/Mayday (Arista)

2021

-219

419

-26

June 6, 2016

Chart Page 7

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

2016

423

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

2006

243

423

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

1941

232

359

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

1578

117

325

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol)

1502

508

294

KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober (RCA)

1423

273

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville)

1411

108

248

JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb)

1125

147

212

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

1068

245

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

954

199

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

928

308

159

OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine (Big Spark)

886

184

AARON WATSON/Bluebonnets (Big/Thirty Tigers)

826

184

-10

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

768

CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA)

707

-25

123

CHRIS STAPLETON/Fire Away (Mercury)

660

-70

-7

THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory)

656

-24

RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek)

611

129

JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow)

611

135

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

592

520

EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury)

590

104

Debut 50 54

JOSH ABBOTT BAND w/C. PEARCE/Wasn't That Drunk (PDT/1608)

560

-35

101

-5

BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN)

540

113

MAREN MORRIS/80's Mercedes (Columbia)

520

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

506

119

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

479

-14

-2

BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way With Words (Warner Bros./WMN)

433

399

Debut 57 60

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

415

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

407

-24

102

-4

SMITHFIELD/Nothing But The Night (---)

400

Debut 60