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HAPPY HOLIDAYS • December 19, 2016, Issue 531

Happy Do Year: Consultant To-Do List

An English artist once said, “I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.” The same can often be said of radio programmers, but not because they have some noble desire to live life a day at a time. Programming today is a tough lesson in ball juggling that offers little time for reflection, evaluation and planning for the long term. With that in mind, Country Aircheck enlisted three Country consultants to drive home the importance of finding that time and to explain why it might be right now. Scott Huskey New Horizons: An end-of-year station evaluation and potential freshening make sense for a lot of reasons. “Fewer folks are around for one thing and you can get a lot done with limited interruption,” notes RWPC’s Scott Huskey. “There are very few times during the year with actual downtime and this is as close as it gets.” More importantly, people have their eyes Joel Raab on the horizon. As Country Radio Consultants’ Joel Raab puts it, “The beginning of the year is a really good time to introduce new concepts on a radio station because people are just more open to it.” Foundations First: Start with the broad view. “Think strategically rather than tactically,” Huskey suggests. “You’ve had your nose to the grindstone all year, so use this time to sit back and look at the station from a Phil Hunt holistic perspective.” Revisit the station’s position relative to the marketplace. “The keys to an effective position are to be (continued on page 5)

Twice Is Nice: The WGKX/Memphis crew hoists a check for their second Country Cares For St. Jude Kids Radiothon of the year, this one for $302,145. The station shifted from a February to December schedule, which led to doubling up in ’16. Pictured (l-r, front) are Duane Shannon, Kay Manley, Scott Gaines and Marvin Emilien; (back, l-r) are Rachel Muller, Abby Summers, Lana DeLuca and Ariel Sawyer.

The Year In Music ... And More The No. 1 airplay artist of 2016 is Valory’s Thomas Rhett, powered in large part by the three-week No. 1 and overall No. 1 Song of the Year “Die A Happy Man.” The full breakdown of The Year In Music can be found in Country Aircheck’s December print issue, out this week. BMLGR’s Florida Georgia Line and 19/ Arista’s Carrie Underwood are the second and third-place finishers, with Reviver’s

Thomas Rhett

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LoCash the top-ranked new artist. Rankings are based on singles that spent at least one week in the Country Aircheck/ Mediabase 24/7 Top 50 during the 2016 chart year, which ran Nov. 17, 2015-Nov. 7, 2016. See the overall and new artist top 5 below.

stations, putting events together and figuring out how it worked,” she says. “But being a regional was not a life I wanted. I love marketing and it’s where I always wanted to be.”

Overall

Congrats to Brett Eldredge, Kristen Williams, Chris Palmer, Katie Bright and the entire WMN promotion team on securing this week’s No. 1 with “Wanna Be That Song.” Songwriters are Eldredge, Ross Copperman and Scooter Carusoe. The tune is the sixth consecutive chart-topper for Eldredge and the third off his current album Illinois.

1 2 3 4 5

THOMAS RHETT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CARRIE UNDERWOOD LUKE BRYAN JASON ALDEAN

New Artists

1 LOCASH 2 GRANGER SMITH 3 MAREN MORRIS 4 CHRIS LANE 5 CHRIS STAPLETON

Valory BMLGR 19/Arista Capitol Broken Bow Reviver Wheelhouse Columbia Big Loud Mercury

Also in the issue, Capitol takes its eighth consecutive Label of the Year title in a year that saw significant staff and leadership changes. “We’re able to bump up people from within because of the caliber of people we have in the field,” says recently promoted VP/Promotion Bobby Young. “And being part of Universal, we’re fortunate that when good people become available, we’re going to get them. They want to work with us.” The 50th Annual CMA Awards and all associated festivities – post-parties, songwriter honors and more – are recapped in photos. CMA Broadcast Award winners give their take: “At one point I was standing next to Charley Pride, Charlie Daniels and Brad Mark Grantin Paisley, who was wearing his Buck Owens jacket and getting ready for the open,” says KTTS/Springfield, MO PD Mark Grantin. “For a moment there I definitely stopped being a radio guy and went back to being a fan.” And in The Interview, UMG/Nashville President Cindy Mabe discusses country’s fast-changing business landscape, the side of Chairman/CEO Mike Dungan we don’t see and her start in the industry. “My first job where I was hired technically was promotion Cindy Mabe coordinator and I enjoyed learning the

Chart Chat

Brett Eldredge

News & Notes

Country Music Hall of Fame Sr. Dir./Producer/Writer Peter Cooper’s book Johnny’s Cash & Charlie’s Pride: Lasting Legends and Untold Adventures in Country Music will be released April 25 by Spring House Press. Songwriter Gordie Sampson has signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with Nashville publishers Still Working Music and Kobalt. The Journey Home Project (co-founded by Charlie Daniels) donated $100,000 to Nashville Veterans Virtual Welcome Center through Nashville Serving Veterans and Operation Stand Down.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • CBS Radio/Pittsburgh’s Mark Anderson was promoted to VP/ Programming. (12/19) • Programmer A.J. McCloud has joined WWFF/Huntsville, AL as APD/afternooner. (12/19) • Radio exec Derek Falter joined Hubbard/Alexandria & Wadena, MD as GM (12/16) • Beasley/Charlotte Dir./IT Nick Pinto was promoted to VP/IT for the company. (12/16) • Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountains Rise raised $9 million for wildfire victims. (12/15) • Programmer Dale O’Brian joined Entercom’s WPAW/ Greensboro as PD. (12/15) • Sony/Nashville’s Paul Barnabee is exiting after 22 years. (12/14)

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Sony/Nashville Sr. Dir./A&R Taylor Lindsey discusses her most influential music: 1. Hillary Lindsey: My sister is a prominent songwriter. She’s about 10 years older than me so she would send us tapes of all her demos when I was a kid. When my peers were listening to the Backstreet Boys, I was listening to uncut songs by all the writers in Taylor Lindsey Nashville. It definitely helped shaped my ears for A&R. 2. James Taylor at the Fox Theater, Atlanta: It was my first concert. He had such a knack for storytelling through songs and I was hooked. 3. ‘90s country: Alan Jackson, early Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina, Dixie Chicks, Randy Travis. You name it – I loved it. 4. Temptations or anything Motown: Growing up my parents had a lot of dinner parties at our house with their friends. Motown was always playing in the background and my dad and I would always have a dance party in our kitchen (and we still do when I go home). 5. Hymns: I grew up in a very small town in Georgia singing in the church choir. I learned harmony and pitch and tone from singing hymns. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I haven’t actually heard the new Beyoncé record in its entirety. Kind of ashamed of that one. • “Important” music you just don’t get: I don’t really get heavy metal. I understand its relevance in the history of music and how some important guitar tones and sounds used today are a derivative of it, but it’s not something I’ll ever willingly listen to. • An album you listened to incessantly: Maren Morris’ Hero. (Not intended to be a shameless plug. I love this album – it’s my weekend jam.) • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Ben Rector’s “The Men That Drive Me Places.” It’s a song about being aware of the journey those around us are on – about having empathy and being grateful. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Don’t like to admit it, but I’m totally a Belieber.

UPDATE

Reach Lindsey here.

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• Former WEA staffer Blake Nixon joined In2une as a regional. (12/14) • iHeartMedia and Cumulus sued some of its creditors. (12/13) • Radio vet Johnny Vincent joined Neuhoff/Springfield, IL as OM/PD. (12/14)

Happy Do Year: Consultant To-Do List

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unique, be based on a key benefit area and be credible in the mind of the listener,” says Phil Hunt Consulting’s Phil Hunt. “So ask yourself where you fit into the marketplace, what your station’s story is and whether or not you’re telling it well.” Not sure? Listen. “It’s always a great exercise to get out of the station and listen to it,” Raab says, noting that many programmers have time off at the end of the year anyway. “It’s still a good opportunity to listen more as a listener than a programming professional. What would you like to hear more of and less of? What’s working and what isn’t working?” Plan To Win: If changes are warranted, make them as part of a broader, well-formulated plan. “I can’t over-emphasize the importance of planning,” Hunt says. “There are only three ways to increase ratings and those are to get more listeners, get them to listen longer and create more sittings per listener. If you don’t have a specific plan in each of those areas then you don’t have a plan.” That requires understanding the station’s ratings successes and challenges over the past year, among other things. “Programming isn’t a set it and forget it king of thing,” Hunt stresses. “Maybe you need to add to TSL or occasions. Maybe you need to do a more efficient job of moving your audience from one day to the next or from the weekend to Monday. Look at and include all of those things.” Promotions, events, ratings opportunities, research deadlines and periodic housekeeping chores can often be mapped out well in advance. “Get your calendar filled out for at least the next six months,” suggests Huskey, who encourages programmers to think of the process as establishing an “emergency fund.” “You’ll feel much more comfortable knowing you have some things planned months in advance because it lets you devote time to things that happen in the moment.” Budgets obviously loom large. “Everybody wants to go to the moon, so you have to know what kind of fuel to put in the

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rocket,” Hunt says. “You might need a shot of cume and it’s helpful to be able to go in and say, ‘Okay, here’s how we’d like to do it.’” Further, if promotional budgets are tight or just nonexistent, view the planning process as an opportunity to huddle with management and sales to identify ways to monetize some initiatives to help cover expenses. Extra work now always pays off later, Huskey promises. “It’s tremendously important to try to hit the ground running in the New Year because it sets the tone for the rest of the year,” he says. “You won’t have to play catch up as often and you can minimize the ‘I meant to do that but ran out of time’ syndrome.” Music Rules: Any evaluation should include music. “The primary reason people listen to a Country radio station is because they love country music,” Raab says. “So you’d better make sure that product is as pristine as it can be.” That entails running audits, revisiting rotations, rules and mix ratios with current or revised station goals in mind. “Maybe you’ve always run seven powers,” Hunt says. “So what? Maybe it’s time to have five.” “Tackle the database,” Huskey suggests. “Over the course of the year when we’re rushing, items can get put into the scheduler without proper coding. Go through and make sure everything is correct.” Drop “dead wood,” Huskey says, referring to short-term items that are no longer useful or weaker songs that have bloated categories. “You’ll be surprised at what you find.” Evaluate where the format stands as a whole. Country appears to be softening, especially among Persons 18-34 (CAW 8/8), for example. As Raab quizzes, “What steps are being taken to maintain or to rebound in 2017? What are you doing to compensate?” “No one has a crystal ball,” Hunt acknowledges. “But Rusty Walker used to say it’s about taking advantage of the prevailing wind. So what is the prevailing wind and where is it blowing from? Set your sails to maximize the prevailing wind.” Full Strength: Automation systems, creative, imaging, special programming and on-air lineups come next. “Take the same approach as with the database,” Huskey suggests with regard to automation. “Clean out promos and imaging elements you aren’t using. Revisit numbering systems as well to make sure everything is correct.” The idea with everything is to maximize strengths and minimize or eliminate weaknesses. “Even if you think everything you’re doing is really good, you can use Disney’s ‘low ride out’ theory,” Raab says. “That basically means the ride that’s attracting least

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people – even if it’s a great ride – gets rested and possibly replaced for a time by another. So identify the things people will miss the least and replace them with a new thing. Great radio stations need to have new things happening to stay interesting.” What Matters Most: The overall point is to address the things that so often get ignored, but that matter most. “Everyone is so busy and it’s easy to lose focus on what’s most important,” Hunt says, recalling football coach and commentator Lou Holtz’s message to CRS attendees several years ago. “He said the key to success in life is understanding what’s important now and doing it. So what’s important now? Assess where you’ve been and make sure you’ve got a plan for where you want to be. True success doesn’t just happen.” And finally, when everything is in order, take a long, deep breath. “This is a great time to recharge the batteries,” Huskey promises. “Take a few days for yourself if you can.” Reach Raab here, Huskey here and Hunt here. –Russ Penuell

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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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. Townsquare/Duluth, MN has an opening for a GM. Apply here. CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Mid-Way’s WRTB/Rockford, IL is searching for an afternoon personality. Reach Steve Summers about the position, which includes imaging duties, here. West Virginia Radio’s WKWS/Charleston, WV has an opening for a PD/air personality. Materials to MM Bob Visotcky here. Beasley’s WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Leighton’s KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. Beasley’s WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/ morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. W&B’s WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/ MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia’s WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./ Promotions. Apply here. Scripps’ WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams’ WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol’s WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus’ WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/ afternoon personality. Apply here. Steel City’s KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Materials here. Zimmer’s KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus’ WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda’s WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday opening. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands’ WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Programming & Operations Keith Clark here. Townsquare’s WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. AJG’s WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Cox’s KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply 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. 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’ WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a “live and local”midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/ PD Stephen Giuttari here. CBS Radio’s KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD. At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

Searching

•Wes McShay Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD 208-758-5435 wesgardipe@gmail.com • Derek Gunn Former Stoney Creek regional and KBUL/Reno, NV PD Gunnderek@hotmail.com • Jeff Miles Former WKLB/Boston morning host radiojeff@icloud.com • Jessilynn Kidd Former Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social Media jessilynnkiddmusic@gmail.com • Chappel Fisher Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham djonair@aol.com • Brian Rickman Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD brian.c.rickman@gmail.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com • Doug Montgomery Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. dougmontgomery@icloud.com • Kristen Kee Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing kristen.kee@gmail.com • Hannah Martin Former ACM Lifting Lives Manager hnmartin21@gmail.com • Kassidy Stewart Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content kassidy@goncc.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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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

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

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

29028

2059

8711

605

61.386

3.54

157

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

26802

-1356

8170

-391

56.627 -3.15

157

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

26725

1167

8141

179

3.173

157

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔

24739

1429

7598

405

52.912 3.617

157

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

23643

-4054

6974

-1352

51.977 -6.755

157

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

23512

988

7359

328

49.223 1.828

157

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

21841

2486

6744

780

47.189 4.654

157

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

17243

-86

5367

36.306 0.056

157

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

16959

496

5184

222

37.688 1.035

157

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) ✔

16675

2198

5000

644

33.852 3.891

156

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

14897

-125

4542

-46

31.206 0.034

157

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

14720

1259

4337

374

30.838

2.65

157

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

14406

172

4471

30.93

0.026

157

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

14063

1093

4242

363

30.208 3.171

156

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

13205

765

3987

255

28.977 1.024

157

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

11986

3697

24.818 0.585

154

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

11729

3642

-45

23.847 0.296

157

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

11445

-253

3700

-9

22.538 -0.385

150

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

11019

564

3403

216

22.489 1.482

154

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

10370

3187

21.279 0.269

148

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

9845

-119

3035

-1

18.091 0.021

151

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

9428

228

2907

0.701

151

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

8459

1035

2567

304

16.402 1.059

152

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

8311

-200

2667

-53

13.134 -0.243

151

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

8219

129

2631

14.921 0.018

150

56.94

18.08

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 2

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

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔

6418

1941

2024

638

12.512 3.666

130

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

6342

197

1956

12.507 0.075

139

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

5414

603

1772

164

0.968

134

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

5334

574

1581

138

11.102 0.976

121

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

5275

183

1685

0.376

137

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

5056

-102

1788

-10

10.771 -0.241

131

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

4604

557

1411

112

8.244

2.23

124

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

4568

1263

7.916

0.148

104

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

4545

1371

1423

469

7.946

2.334

111

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

3649

713

1095

209

5.76

0.951

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

3206

1111

-5

4.025

0.105

117

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

3083

-53

965

-11

4.419 -0.117

100

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

2761

132

924

3.561

0.373

105

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

2620

158

801

3.889

0.391

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

2543

841

2.953

0.259

111

RONNIE DUNN w/K. Brooks/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory)

2472

165

634

4.819

0.612

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

2471

123

812

4.021

0.187

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

1888

553

2.81

0.129

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

1882

-67

518

-31

2.613

-0.09

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN)

1867

509

2.396

0.186

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

1840

593

2.724

-0.05

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia)

1773

-25

563

-3

1.452 -0.028

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

1741

147

539

-10

2.632

0.573

THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek)

1623

-143

608

-50

2.225 -0.178

9.018

7.612

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Chart Page 3

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

Adds return January 3rd.

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

543 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

508 ✔

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

459 ✔

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

442 ✔

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

417 ✔

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

364

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

353

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

314

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

257

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

237

Activator Top Spin Gainers

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

2486

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

2198

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

2059

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

1941

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

1429

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

1371

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

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

1259

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

1167

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

1093

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

1035

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

780

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

13180

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

644

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

12313

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

638

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

11828

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

605

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

10986

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

469

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

9887

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

405

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

9766

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

374

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

8346

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

363

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol)

7920

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

328

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

6910

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

304

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

6646

December 19, 2016

CoUNTRY AIRCHECk ACTIVITY HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday’s Song (Atlantic/WMN) Moves 48-45* 1,867 points, 509 spins BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make Ya Wanna (Mercury) Moves 45-46* 1,840 593 spins

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A D D DAT E S January 3

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia)

January 9 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn’t Know (BMLGR)

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Remains at 47 1,773 points, 563 spins

January 17

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) Moves 50-48* 1,741 points, 539 spins

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THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Remains at 49 1,623 points, 608 spins JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) Debuts at 50* 1,516 points, 504 spins TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) 1,373 points, 476 spins MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 1,301 points, 423 spins

Brothers Osborne/It Ain’t My Fault (EMI Nashville)

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Jan. 6 Ray Benson & Dale Watson Dale & Ray (Ameripolitan/ Home Records) Jan. 13 Natalie Hemby Puxico (CN Records) Jeannie Seely Written In Song (Smith Music Group) Jan. 27 Brantley Gilbert The Devil Don’t Sleep (Valory) Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope Mercury)

JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 1,271 points, 424 spins

Feb. 3 Reba McEntire Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope (Nash Icon/Capitol Christian)

DAVID NAIL f/BROS. OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA) 1,225 points, 443 spins

Feb. 10 Brett Young Self-Titled (BMLGR)

RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR) 1,170 points, 356 spins

Feb. 17 Jenny Gill The House Sessions (—) Feb. 24 Little Big Town The Breaker (Capitol) Aaron Watson Vaquero (BIG Label)

December 19, 2016

Chart Page 5

Artist/Title (Label)

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

11880

-510

2325

-134

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

11879

151

2367

-28

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

11854

-26

2348

-36

2nd Week at No. 1

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔

11648

459

2280

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

10925

134

2174

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

10127

508

1948

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

8542

-65

1635

-28

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔

7662

543

1453

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

7463

1459

-22

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

7315

-486

1454

-106

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

7282

257

1378

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

7253

314

1358

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

6677

113

1313

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

6574

-136

1315

-44

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

6381

-123

1248

-37

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

6068

-56

1134

-22

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

5662

186

1055

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

5467

-131

1033

-12

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

4891

917

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

4409

213

847

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

4254

782

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

4237

828

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

3864

161

709

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

3572

-70

683

-10

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) ✔

3352

417

613

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

3227

625

-3

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔

2581

442

523

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

2405

-162

444

-10

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

2320

353

401

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

2092

364

385

December 19, 2016

Chart Page 6

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

1942

-39

339

-10

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

1537

271

-5

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

1429

171

262

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

1354

201

268

RONNIE DUNN w/K. BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory)

1264

-12

229

-8

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

1124

199

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

982

143

170

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

917

181

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

876

-10

168

-6

CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo)

869

-51

180

-10

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

807

-30

166

-5

RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR)

743

-24

103

-1

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

730

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

648

112

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia)

638

237

Debut 45

Stations Adds

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---)

590

150

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

584

-46

120

-14

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

572

106

-1

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

530

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

520

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

511

-20

105

-6

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot)

460

-247

-24

CHRIS STAPLETON/Whiskey And You (Mercury)

460

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

447

Debut 54

LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House)

420

-30

-3

Debut 56

CAROLINE JONES/Tough Guys (Faction/In2une)

400

-10

-1

Debut 57

CANDI CARPENTER/Burn The Bed (Sony)

374

102

JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR)

357

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

330

-90

-9

ALEX SMITH/Load It Up (Lila)

294

Re-Enter 58 60

Debut 60