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September 6 2016, Issue 515

Radio, Record Reps & Harassment

Sexual harassment of the type that brought down Fox News CEO Roger Ailes has been the subject of much attention. Less understood are the dynamics at play between companies. For instance, the landscape inhabited by reporting radio stations and record label promotion staffers seeking their favor. In more than a dozen off-the-record, background-only and not-for-attribution discussions with female and male regional record reps, label executives and radio pros, Country Aircheck has found an environment where a small number of PDs and MDs may be putting themselves and their companies at risk with unwelcome sexual advances, language and behavior. Further, because of the highly charged business relationships at stake, record companies may be knowingly sending female employees into problematic environments. Ground Level: "When you’re in it you don’t realize how bad it is," says a male former label executive who asked not to be named. "But it’s bad. And it goes deeper than anyone probably wants to admit. I’m no saint and things get pretty loose in this business. There’s no filter. People say and It’s bad. And it goes do things that, deeper than anyone looking back, probably wants to admit. aren’t okay. I was part of that in some way. I knew about things I never did anything about. It’s unspoken, but it’s really prevalent. Even the artists know. They see it." Speaking on condition of anonymity, a female regional recalled her rookie stint in record promotion. "The first time I called [a station decision maker], he asked if he could lick my [genitals]," she says. "I hung up, called my boss and said, 'I'm not doing this, I can't deal with that.'" Given another person at the station to call on, the rep began a very professional relationship

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Philadelphia Seen Him: Capitol’s Keith Urban (c) in Philadelphia with (l-r) WXCY/Wilmington, DE’s Brad Austin, the label’s Diane Lockner, consultant Joel Raab, WXTU’s Shelly Easton, WGTY/York’s Scott Donato and WXTU’s Mark Razz.

that eventually soured after that married radio exec made repeated propositions during CRS. "I had to call the front desk and ask them to put privacy on my phone so he couldn't keep calling," she says. "The next day I told my boss what happened, and he said, 'Oh, you can handle it.' I started to cry because I knew this was beyond okay. It's like something we read Gloria Allred about in our women's magazines where he's going to show up some day with a knife. It was not comfortable and I couldn't laugh it off." In numerous conversations, current and former regionals described unwanted advances, touching and innuendo, though all stressed the vast majority of female rep to male programmer interactions are completely professional. (continued on page 9)

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Chart Chat

Congrats to Jake Owen, Steve Hodges, Keith Gale and the RCA promotion team on landing this week's No. 1 song "American Country Love Song." The chart-topper is the first single from Owen's album American Love, which has been certified platinum by the RIAA. And kudos to Josh Easler and the Jake Owen Arista crew on notching 52 adds for Carrie Underwood's "Dirty Laundry," topping this week's board.

News & Notes

Spotify’s John Marks, BBR Music Group’s Jon Loba and duo Walker McGuire will be panelists at the final 2016 MusicPreneur industry insight speaker series panel “Tech-Yea: How Tech is Changing Access to Music” Sept. 13 at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. More here. Belmont student Anna Vaus has received the inaugural Miranda Lambert "Women Creators" scholarship, honoring a female Belmont student who is majoring in music business, songwriting or entertainment industry studies and is actively working towards pursuing her dream of working in the music industry. Vaus will receive $40,000 in funds, beginning in the coming academic year. Chris Janson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Lindsay Ell, Mo Pitney, LoCash, Tracy Byrd and Ricky Skaggs are among country artists participating in a new Parent Today's Teens PSA campaign. More here.

Songwriter/producer Nathan Chapman has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music. Mark Chesnutt is extending his Tradition Lives Tour into next year. Dates here. Meghan Linsey is the honorary chair of the 25th Annual Nashville AIDS Walk and 5K Run Oct. 1.

The Week's Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Promotion vet Will Robinson joined Reviver Entertainment Group's 1608 imprint as Mgr./Northeast-Midwest Promotion. (9/6) • iHeartMedia launched "The Big Legend at 98.3" in Nashville. (9/6) • Valory regional Bradford Hollingsworth exited. (9/2) • iHeartMedia's Gator Harrison succeeded Michael Bryan as SVP/Programming and WSIX PD in Nashville. (9/1) • Townsquare/Ft. Collins, CO's Jared Goldberg joined CBS Radio's KMLE/Phoenix as APD/middayer. (9/1) • The 10th Annual ACM Honors were held in Nashville. (8/31) • CMA Broadcast nominees and awards show nominees were revealed. (8/31) • Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing Kristen Kee exited. (8/30)

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.

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Republic Nashville's Brett Young discusses his most influential music: 1. Gavin DeGraw: He's hands down, my most influential artist. I grew up leading worship music, but I never really saw how that would transition into a career. I never thought of pursuing music outside of the church until I heard his first record, Chariot. Brett Young 2. Tim McGraw's "Don't Take The Girl": That song made me realize I loved country music. How do you tell that good of a story in three and a half minutes? 3. Gavin DeGraw's Chariot: I wore out that CD and had to buy another. And then I bought Chariot (Stripped) and wore that out. So I bought four copies in total – and then bought them digitally, too. 4. Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey in Irvine, CA: That was my first concert. I've always been drawn to good singers. 5: Tim McGraw, Dixie Chicks & The Warren Brothers: This was my first country concert. We had lawn seats. We took a cooler and a blanket and me and some of my best friends from high school went. We had a blast. I'm pretty sure it was Tim and Faith's anniversary that night, and he called her from the stage. It was a really cool moment. • Highly regarded music you've actually never heard: There's a band out now that everyone's in love with called Twenty One Pilots. I haven't dove into that record yet, but I plan to. • An "important" piece or style of music you just don't get: I don't get hip-hop. There are some rappers that actually have content in their songs. But for the most part, I feel like it's somebody just talking about having money or hooking up with girls. • An album you listened to incessantly: Edwin McCain's Honor Among Thieves. For whatever reason, when you first start driving you always want to be driving, so I played that in my car. He's one of my favorite singers of all time. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: I'm obsessed with Sean McConnell, who sang the demo of Rascal Flatts' "Here Comes Goodbye." He has a song called "Tell The Truth" which is incredible. • Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: I'm not scared to admit it – but I've always been a Celine Dion fan. Growing up, she was in regular rotation.

UPDATE

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Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small markets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Beasley's WQYK/Tampa has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Tee Gentry here. Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening in afternoons. Three years on-air experience and a four-year college degree is required. Apply here. Adams' WKHI/Salisbury, MD has an opening for a PD/air personality. Five years experience with at least two in Country programming is required. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' KPLX/Dallas has a morning host opening. Materials to PD Mac Daniels here. CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swagger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here. Cumulus/Columbia, MO has an opening for an OM. The cluster includes Country KBBM (Nash FM). Materials to VP/MM Phil Lewis here.

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Cumulus' KATM/Modesto, CA has an opening for a PD. OM Richard Perry is accepting airchecks and resumes here. Valory has an opening for a Southeast Dir./Marketing & Promotion. Materials to SVP/Promotion George Briner here. iHeartMedia/Huntsville has an opening for a PD for Country WDRM and Top 40 clustermate/translator W293AH (Kiss FM). Airchecks and resumes to SVP/Programming Erich West here. Cherry Creek/Helena, MT has an opening for an OM and PD/ morning host for Country KBLL. Airchecks and resumes to Group PD Mark Elliott here. Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Cumulus/Grand Rapids is searching for a cluster OM and Country WTNR (Nash FM) PD (CAT 7/22). Three years of cluster management experience is required; airchecks, resumes and ratings history here. Blakeney WBBN/Laurel, MS has an opening for morning cohost. Resume and MP3 aircheck here. Forever WFGS/Murray, KY is searching for a PD. "We need a strong leader who can continue to grow the Froggy brand across all platforms," says Dir./Programming Jared Mims. Materials to him here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/ PD Stephen Giuttari here. Consultant Phil Hunt has openings for experienced PDs for future openings at client stations. Materials here. Cumulus' WKHX/Atlanta is searching for an experienced Executive Morning Show Producer for the station's Cadillac & Dallas. View an in-depth job description and apply here. CBS Radio KMLE/Phoenix has an opening in mornings, joining existing team Chris & Nina. Submit a resume and video here.

CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD (CAT 6/27). At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

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Doug Montgomery Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. Noncompete has expired. dougmontgomery@icloud.com Kristen Kee Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing kristen.kee@gmail.com Hannah Martin Former ACM Lifting Lives Manager hnmartin21@gmail.com Tonya Campos Former Mt. Wilson KKGO/Los Angeles PD t.campos@sbcglobal.net Dean Warfield Former WSM-AM/Nashville PD deanwarfield@comcast.net Kassidy Stewart Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content kassidy@goncc.com Larry "Big Red" Stevens Former KGRT/Las Cruces, NM PD/morning host breakfastwithbigred@gmail.com Kelley Cash Former KVOO/Tulsa personality kelleycashradio@gmail.com Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD brianhat@aol.com Rick Kennis Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions rick@rickkennis.com

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Radio, Record Reps & Harassment

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One former label executive put the number of reporting stations to which he'd be reluctant to send a new female rep in the high single digits. Others estimate the number of stations where a PD or MD has a poor reputation ranges from just a handful to as much as 10-15% of the panel. "The number of creepy radio folks is minimal," a female regional says. "And let's face it, there are a couple of women who get a little creepy. For the most part, there are good people out there who do stuff for the right reasons. It's just that handful." Label Response: Record company radio promotion looks to be an increasingly egalitarian field, with the percentage of female staffers steadily increasing from 37% in 2010 to 44% this year. On the other hand, with reporting stations still overwhelmingly programmed by men — 91% have a male PD — the opportunities for a sexually charged dynamic have increased. Like most of corporate America and even the legal system, record companies and I told my boss what happened, their HR efforts are focused and he said, ‘Oh, you can handle on harassment it.’ I started to cry because I from an internal knew this was beyond okay. perspective. Policing encounters between employees and counterparts at other companies typically isn't on the radar. "You want to know how we handled it?" says one male label staffer no longer in promotion. "The way we handled it is we never handled it. Everyone was too scared. There was maybe an uncomfortable laugh when it was pointed out. I know of many occasions where if one female rep had gone sideways, it could have brought a whole company down. But they don’t because if they do, radio won’t talk to them. The label can’t have reps that radio is afraid to talk to. So it keeps going and it’s not fair. It’s a no-win situation." "There's always an option," says another male label executive. "If you know they're heading into an uncomfortable situation, you can send someone else to cover or the VP can go with them. You can make sure they're not left alone with the person. I would never knowingly send a rep into an uncomfortable or contentious situation. It's like a lot of other life situations – be smart, use your head." Party People: Radio companies may not be aware of problematic behavior. "Record people don't really want to tell us

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Page 9 about things that happen because they're afraid they'll get outed," says a male radio executive. "The PD will hear about the label complaining and there will be ramifications with airplay. I would never burn the source, but I understand there's that fear." For his part, he asserts zero tolerance for programmers behaving unprofessionally. "If I hear that stuff, I put people on notice," he says, noting over-imbibing is something he's had to address. "I'll call the PD and say, 'I don't know if this is true or not, but you're getting quite the rep for [a certain behavior]. If it is true, you need to knock it off or you're going to get fired. If it's not true, you need to go above and beyond to change minds and attitudes.'" Perhaps unique to the music space, the working environment is what civilians might consider a party. Dinner and drinks, backstage at a show with more drinks ... lines can get blurred. A female promotion rep recalls being startled in her greener days. "I remember going to dinner [with a programmer] and all of a sudden I was like, 'Oh, he thinks it's a date,'" she says. "I went to the bathroom, called my boss and said, 'I will never come back here for dinner. It will be lunch only, and you will be coming with me.'" "It’s probably worse because it’s the music business," a male former label rep says. "We’re all having fun. We’re up late, drinking and having a good time. Yeah, he stood on the table and said something he shouldn’t, but he was drunk. 'Oh, you know-soand-so. He’s so dirty.'" One male promotion executive says the party atmosphere's boundaries are well-defined at his company. "We talk about it all the time. Part of our job is being good hosts, but it's also knowing where the line is. We don't want any of our people to be drunk in front of radio people, regardless of how comfortable or close they may be. That's just unprofessional." Legally Speaking: Nashville attorney Anne Martin with Bone McAllester Norton concentrates her practice in part on employment law, representing employers and employees. "It's not that unusual a situation, although I think there are parts of it that are unique to the industry," she says. "The sort of captive power [radio executives] have in being the client, and because there's a small number of customers, if you have a poorly behaving or unreasonable customer, the choice of just not doing business with them Anne Martin doesn't exist." For radio companies, employees who are out of line with staffers from other companies are a significant risk, according to

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Martin. "If the programmer is doing that to people outside of their business, there is some likelihood it's also occurring internally," she says. "Under Title 7 of the Tennessee Human Rights Act, because there's not an employer-employee relationship, there isn't necessarily liability. But it does trigger an obligation for that employer to do something about it because they're now on notice that they've got a problem employee." As for labels, once they've been notified of a problem, they may have liability. "If they find out about it, they have an obligation not to put her at risk," Martin says. "And also not to retaliate against her. If they take her off that account or restrict her role, that could be seen as retaliation." According to Los Angeles-based discrimination attorney Gloria Allred, whose clients include alleged victims of Bill Cosby, speaking up is as important as it is difficult. "Fear is the main weapon that is used to continue to victimize women," she says. "They live in fear of taking any action, and then the sexual harassment just continues. " In some states including California, companies can be sued when an employee subjects a sales person to sexual harassment. "It really depends what the facts are," Allred says. "If a person is physically sexually harassed, there may be other legal action that can be taken against the harasser." Fear of getting a reputation for stirring up trouble shouldn't dissuade anyone from seeking advice. "Consult with an attorney to see what seems to make sense under the circumstances," Allred says. "We do a lot of confidential settlements, and because it is confidential, future employers or other PDs would not know about what the facts were that led to the settlement, or even that there was a settlement." Martin agrees that lawsuits aren't necessarily the best solution. "Filing a charge with the EEOC or filing a lawsuit is not a great way to resolve problems," she says. "We have the best [legal] system in the world, but it's risky, expensive, time-consuming and public. It's disruptive to your life and your profession. Employers really should have a good leadership chain, HR department, open door policy and management structure so people feel they can complain and give the employer an opportunity to fix it. Do everything you can internally before going externally." Tough Choices: Martin is mindful of just how difficult the situation can be. "Employers are looking at their revenue streams, the person's role in the company, how much power they have, how replaceable they are, how important the customer is, how delicate the relationship is, whether managers on the radio station side are

reasonable adults who will take it seriously – all of those things will affect [the process]," she says. "Most employers want to do the right thing, and people who run companies are just people. Even the good ones struggle. It's complicated." Likewise, speaking up is a tough call for someone who's being mistreated. "If you don't stand up for yourself, it may not be your fault, but you're essentially perpetuating [sexual harassment]," she says, noting the offender will likely continue their behavior until someone calls them out. "But when you have a career, bills to pay, a family to raise and you've worked hard to get where you are, that's a hard decision to make." The female regional who received a terrible response on her first call to a station says experience has been a great teacher. "I have guys who will float it out there, half joking, but now I immediately nip it in the bud," she says. "I got to the point where I'd laugh and say something like, 'You know we're not dating, right?' They laugh, they're immediately comfortable and there's no weirdness." She has other suggestions for her peers. "Make friends with other regionals. Meet for lunch, not dinner, or at least try to have somebody else with you. There are great reps, male and female, who will insist on sharing a dinner with you. Everybody watches out for one another. And always listen to your gut. If you're wrong – great. If you're not wrong and you're in a situation where it's really awkward and you're not able to deal with that person anymore, it's a drag." The world of radio promotion hasn't had its Fox News moment ... yet. And the female reps Country Aircheck spoke with seem to have ways for coping with a few overly entitled bad apples. But that doesn't mean they should have to. "It's a fun business and should be, but that doesn't give anybody the right to take liberties," a male label executive says. "This is still a business and we're all still people. How we treat each other needs to reflect that." –Jess Wright, Chuck Aly Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Russ Penuell, russ@countryaircheck.com Jess Wright, jess@countryaircheck.com Wendy Newcomer, wendy@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

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August 2016 PPM Scoreboard Country radio shares were down 3% compared to last month and down 7.9% compared to August 2015. Of the 88 subscribing stations listed, 30 increased, 50 decreased and nine were flat.

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

July 6+ Share

July Cume

August Cume

11 582,700 12 684,900 7 350,500 3 344,200 17 101,800 4 521,300 6 785,100 17 530,500 22 184,200 3 464,900 1t 473,100 16 966,400 12 1,227,200 13 308,700 2 521,100 18 172,000 6 494,400 2 469,700 2 1,236,800 11 1,066,200 19 257,500 5 559,600 14t 597,700 9 803,300 7 237,400 4 296,800 2 306,600 14 946,000 5 1,098,800 16 543,300 5 342,800 8t 350,400 17 113,400 8 238,600 4 294,000 10t 286,000 13t 324,100 12 306,400 14 231,900 7t 238,200 17t 1,148,200 9 201,700 13 132,800

630,200 640,200 331,500 313,900 99,800 518,300 800,100 564,500 172,600 451,300 480,800 887,300 1,216,700 273,100 562,800 154,500 456,700 488,900 1,240,400 1,003,000 278,900 527,800 540,600 814,600 216,700 261,800 302,100 934,300 1,079,000 604,800 324,900 328,900 103,900 234,300 282,200 295,600 305,300 306,200 229,500 219,200 1,244,700 199,000 123,400

6+ Rank Rank August Share

3.5 13 3.9 4.6 7 3.8 5.3 6t 5.1 5.9 3 5.7 2.3 16t 2.2 6.8 4 6.8 4.4 6 4.7 2.3 16 2.5 1.2 21 1.0 6.4 3 6.0 7.5 1t 7.3 2.4 18t 2.5 3.0 12 2.9 3.4 12 3.2 7.6 3 8.9 1.1 18 1.1 7.2 4 6.3 12.6 1 11.8 5.1 3 5.7 3.3 9t 3.3 1.7 20t 1.8 6.0 3 5.9 2.8 17 3.0 4.7 9 4.6 4.8 6 4.5 7.2 5 7.0 9.5 2 10.1 3.6 11t 3.3 5.9 5 5.2 2.8 17t 3.1 5.6 6 5.7 5.1 7 4.7 1.0 17t 0.9 6.1 5t 5.0 7.7 4 7.7 4.5 8t 4.1 3.8 14 3.8 4.2 10 3.9 3.1 13 3.2 5.6 4 4.3 2.4 17t 2.4 4.6 8 4.4 3.3 10 2.7

The cume leader was Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles with 1,244,700. Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas was second with 1,240,400. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates coowned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

Station/City

July 6+ Share

6+ Rank Rank August Share

July Cume

August Cume

WKIS/Miami 2.2 18 2.0 20 426,200 413,900 WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.8 9t 3.9 9 195,900 192,600 WKTI/Milwaukee 3.0 14 3.4 12 286,100 297,000 WMIL/Milwaukee 6.3 3 5.7 5t 403,000 379,800 KEEY/Minneapolis 5.8 5t 5.5 7 714,000 682,800 KMNB/Minneapolis 4.7 11 4.3 13 661,800 630,800 WKDF/Nashville^ 3.7 12t 3.2 13 263,100 238,900 WSIX/Nashville 4.0 10t 4.5 10 255,100 264,900 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 7.3 2 6.6 3 297,800 289,900 WSM-AM/Nashville 2.0 16t 2.3 16 49,600 46,800 WNSH/New York (Nassau) 2.6 16t 2.5 19t 189,800 197,700 WNSH/New York 2.1 18 2.0 17t 1,175,200 1,082,400 WOTW/Orlando 1.0 19 1.2 18 99,900 117,300 WWKA/Orlando 3.7 12 4.0 12 216,300 223,100 KMLE/Phoenix 4.1 7t 4.0 8 655,800 581,500 KNIX/Phoenix 3.8 9 4.3 7 639,100 613,700 WXTU/Philadelphia 5.2 6 5.3 6 934,200 861,700 WDSY/Pittsburgh 7.0 3t 6.6 7 413,100 415,200 WPGB/Pittsburgh 4.6 9 3.7 10 338,600 311,700 KWJJ/Portland 6.7 2t 6.0 3 559,900 527,300 KUPL/Portland 5.5 1 5.0 6t 494,200 447,500 WCTK/Providence 8.2 3 7.0 4 393,100 389,400 WNCB/Raleigh 3.7 11t 3.5 13 223,300 219,000 WQDR/Raleigh 5.6 6 6.2 6 322,900 336,500 KFRG/Riverside 3.2 6 3.4 6 342,500 342,100 KBEB/Sacramento 3.5 10t 3.0 14 235,000 220,800 KNCI/Sacramento 4.4 7 4.7 4t 335,800 344,700 KNTY/Sacramento 2.1 17 2.1 17 192,400 175,900 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.6 19t 1.7 20 199,400 206,100 KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 5.9 5t 4.8 9t 335,200 296,000 KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ^+ 1.5 21 1.0 22 44,500 46,900 KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.3 8t 5.5 5 399,800 409,500 KAJA/San Antonio 5.7 4 5.5 3 583,600 547,000 KCYY/San Antonio^ 6.0 2 7.0 2 620,800 655,900 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.8 18t 1.6 20 142,300 143,400 KSON/San Diego 4.2 6 4.1 7t 439,400 414,400 KRTY/San Jose 4.7 5 5.0 4 186,100 218,000 KKWF/Seattle 3.9 8t 3.3 12 525,400 496,700 KMPS/Seattle 3.9 8t 3.6 10t 517,000 540,200 KSD/St. Louis 4.4 13 4.1 13 539,000 522,300 WIL/St. Louis 5.2 6t 5.8 5 514,500 516,300 WFUS/Tampa 4.3 9 4.0 11 454,500 429,300 WQYK/Tampa 4.8 5 4.7 8 438,400 459,300 WMZQ/Washington 3.4 12 3.4 10t 577,400 525,200 WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.5 6 4.7 4 163,700 165,800

Format-Wide PPM Aggregate share for Nielsen Audio subscribing stations month to month.

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Chart Page 1

Artist/Title (Label)

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

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) ✔

30234

3115

8833

796

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

29489

1668

8561

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

25322

-4487

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

24447

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

59.73

6.248

159

432

58.478 3.438

159

7327

-1380

50.834 -7.729

159

1206

7074

295

48.282 2.275

159

23505

1067

7010

325

45.507 1.959

159

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A... (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 19224

2428

5689

648

37.604 4.664

158

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

18941

1733

5706

551

37.283 3.879

151

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

18569

5461

110

36.18 -0.115

155

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

18263

1709

5198

462

37.544 3.915

158

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

17730

2021

5228

650

34.982 2.935

158

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

17287

1616

5140

502

34.838 3.911

156

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

16780

-6733

4891

-2007

33.718 -11.466

159

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

15657

1295

4436

353

32.132 3.665

159

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

15503

1275

4365

333

31.194 2.488

157

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

14978

881

4208

211

28.994 2.089

155

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

14665

255

4381

111

28.832 0.102

155

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

13649

1127

3984

287

27.344 4.388

158

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

13047

-51

3989

24.475 -0.179

153

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Vice (RCA)

12952

401

3626

169

26.58

0.903

155

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

11230

312

3092

20.093

0.77

156

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

11102

1293

3204

395

20.348 2.996

152

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) ✔

11069

1773

3201

519

21.581 3.471

157

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

10153

1313

2916

369

17.515 1.323

155

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

9514

843

2846

256

15.587 1.253

155

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

7899

873

2216

254

14.384 1.538

143

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 2 Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

7480

308

2283

10.936 1.014

150

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/TIM MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 7300

1421

2141

448

14.584 3.177

131

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

6494

436

1962

139

1.026

146

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔

5635

1863

1523

418

11.576 4.221

134

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

5355

112

1524

7.438

0.279

124

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

5051

126

1445

7.32

-0.141

121

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

5019

1241

1581

389

8.557

1.838

THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory)

4889

141

1468

7.88

0.398

116

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

4381

636

1238

178

7.95

2.196

110

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

4203

1296

5.687

0.126

119

LANCO/Long Live Tonight (Arista)

4045

368

1024

5.666

0.588

102

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

3870

413

1120

4.903

0.731

109

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

3827

353

1132

6.069

0.481

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

3469

491

1074

106

5.123

0.603

108

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

3287

486

956

106

3.965

1.099

101

0.813

9.138

THE BAND PERRY/Comeback Kid (Interscope/Mercury)

3283

905

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

3190

468

879

121

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

2903

-38

992

-4

4.218 -0.062

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

2796

383

832

4.751

0.879

EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury)

2641

126

818

2.885

0.312

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

2379

265

758

2.193

0.325

3.326

0.176

DEBUT

4.308 -0.121 5.87

ELI YOUNG BAND/Saltwater Gospel (Valory)

2190

592

-19

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

2089

-48

669

-8

2.477 -0.157

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

2082

-105

503

-3

3.866 -0.081

GARY ALLAN/Do You Wish It Was Me? (EMI Nashville)

1946

562

-4

Re-Enter 50

1.57

0.015

September 6, 2016

Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Chart Page 3

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met... (Warner Bros./WMN) 1059 ✔

ERIC CHURCH f/RHIANNON GIDDENS/Kill A... (EMI Nashville)

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

905 ✔

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/TIM MCGRAW/May We... (BMLGR)

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

819 ✔

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

766 ✔

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

737 ✔

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

683 655

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

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

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

ERIC CHURCH f/RHIANNON GIDDENS/Kill... (EMI Nashville)

FRANKIE BALLARD/Cigarette (Warner Bros./WAR)

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

648

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

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

624

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

615

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA)

3115

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

2428

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

2021

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

1863

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

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

224

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

190

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

172

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

171

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 150

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

1773

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

1733

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

146

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

1709

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

142

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

1668

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

126

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

1616

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

124

1421

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

122

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/TIM MCGRAW/May... (BMLGR)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA)

796

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (BMLGR)

13448

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

650

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

12922

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

648

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville)

11687

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

551

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista)

11529

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

519

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol)

11472

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

502

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory)

11273

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

462

CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud)

10917

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/TIM MCGRAW/May... (BMLGR)

448

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol)

10525

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

432

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol)

10102

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

418

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

8603

September 6, 2016

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury) Moves 46-45* 2,641 points, 818 spins 1 add: WSLC DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) Debuts at 46* 2,379 points, 758 spins 5 adds: WGKX*, WHKO*, WQNU, WUSJ, WYRK ELI YOUNG BAND/Saltwater Gospel (Valory) Moves 50-47* 2,190 points, 592 spins; no adds PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) Moves 49-48* 2,089 points, 669 spins 1 add: KKBQ JOSH ABBOTT BAND w/CARLY PEARCE/Wasn’t That Drunk (PDT/1608) Moves 48-49 2,082 points, 503 spins 1 add: WQNU GARY ALLAN/Do You Wish It Was Me? (EMI/Nashville) Re-enters at 50* 1,946 points, 562 spins 2 adds: KKIX, WQDR RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 1,880 points, 544 spins 2 adds: WEZL, WKMK DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 1,839 points, 485 spins 2 adds: KKIX, WPAW MICKEY GUYTON/Heartbreak Song (Capitol) 1,827 points, 558 spins; no adds THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) 1,632 points, 513 spins; no adds

Chart Page 4

A D D DAT E S September 12

Brandy Clark/Love Can Go to Hell (Warner Bros./WMN) Luke Combs/Hurricane (River House/Thirty Tigers) David Nail f/Brothers Osborne/Good at Tonight (MCA) Morgan Wallen/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

September 19

Jordan Rager/Now That I Know Your Name (BBR)

September 26

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September 6, 2016

Chart Page 5

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

11581

126

2405

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA)

11346

119

2350

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

11118

211

2265

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

10088

-1885

2030

-413

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

9613

274

2007

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

9213

362

1951

TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot)

8389

514

1726

120

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

8162

1059

1717

224

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The World On... (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔

7683

737

1564

150

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

7255

905

1431

190

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

7238

547

1486

124

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

6936

624

1376

142

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

6818

-253

1376

-53

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

6412

615

1298

122

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

6360

-2229

1300

-459

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Vice (RCA)

6264

428

1256

113

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

5735

309

1164

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

5343

378

1121

104

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) ✔

4996

766

1019

171

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) ✔

4898

819

995

172

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

4758

-2

933

-4

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

4611

648

937

126

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

3659

435

749

110

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

3611

262

730

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

3498

139

728

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

3301

357

694

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/May We All f/Tim McGraw (BMLGR)

3249

297

652

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

2978

548

563

117

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

2652

436

553

THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory)

2199

-37

436

Re-Enter 30

September 6, 2016

Chart Page 6

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

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

1829

307

Plays

326

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

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

1666

-7

339

-1

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

1646

683

331

146

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

1484

-88

299

-11

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

1452

387

261

ERIC CHURCH f/RHIANNON GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

1387

655

278

110

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

1364

250

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

1304

187

226

THE BAND PERRY/Comeback Kid (Interscope/Mercury)

1155

-39

227

-5

EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury)

999

170

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

995

209

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

949

188

195

ELI YOUNG BAND/Saltwater Gospel (Valory)

936

122

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

874

106

159

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

726

155

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

724

-29

102

-1

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

656

112

129

TOBY KEITH/A Few More Cowboys (Show Dog)

640

126

Debut 49

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Thirty Tigers)

570

209

LANCO/Long Live Tonight (Arista)

543

114

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

491

-128

121

-39

GARY ALLAN/Do You Wish It Was Me? (EMI Nashville)

484

KEITH WALKER/Friends With Boats (---)

482

111

MICKEY GUYTON/Heartbreak Song (Capitol)

479

110

Debut 55

RONNIE DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon)

478

130

103

STEVE MOAKLER/Love Drunk (Creative Nation)

470

CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo)

463

100

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

440

-40

-4

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

432

AARON LEWIS/That Ain't Country (Dot)

428

-30

-3

Debut 59 55