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April 24, 2017, Issue 547

Cannon Ready To Downshift

“If you rest, you rust.” That saying adorns a coffee cup in the Emmis/Indianapolis break room. Likewise, Country Radio Hall of Famer J.D. Cannon may be stepping away from his MD/afternoon duties, but he is not retiring completely. Nevertheless, a transition is definitely underway and Cannon, his co-workers and long-time industry friends spoke with Country Aircheck as the local radio fixture prepares to get a little less ... fixed. For a small-town farm kid who fell in love with radio and devoted his life to the medium J.D. Cannon and the people of Indiana, that means still spending time at WLHK “Hank FM.” Gone will be the six- or seven-day per week grind and “no more 11pm concerts,” Cannon insists. And it’s Cannon (second from right) and Morgan (r) been quite a run. with Sawyer Brown back in the day. Cannon spent 33 years with WFMS/Indianapolis holding down afternoons and as a passionate MD. He recently marked his sixth anniversary of “firing day” from the station after it was purchased by Cumulus. Cannon recalls phoning crosstown Emmis VP/Programming – and former WFMS compadre – Bob Richards to give him the news. Cannon was relieved when Richards said the non-compete countdown was on, and Cannon was on the air at WLHK exactly six months later. Early Days: Nerve-wracking as that may have been, the good times outweigh the bad. “The early ‘90s were amazing at WFMS,” he says. “We had an awesome airstaff. Charlie Morgan (continued on page 7)

All Love, No War: Arista’s Brad Paisley welcomes the KUAD/ Fort Collins, CO crew, including a couple of incoming Country Radio Hall of Famers, to his Love And War launch event in Nashville Sunday (4/23). Pictured (l-r) are the station’s Justin Tyler, Good Morning Guys’ Brian Gary, Paisley and GMG’s Todd Harding. Not pictured: fellow GMG Hall inductee Susan Moore.

HitsMeUp Follows The Money

With industry vets Skip Bishop and Butch Waugh out front and a bit of misdirection in the press release, it’s easy to miss the real value proposition in the March 3 “soft launch” of HitsMeUp. The pitch is for a website/app platform “that will give music fans access to exclusive content from their favorite artists, including music videos, behind-the-scenes coverage, live streaming concerts, exclusive interviews, special announcements, contests and giveaways, and more.” Savvy observers quickly realize fans can and do get all those goodies any number of other places. So what’s the play? “It’s a media company based in music,” Bishop says. Keyword: advertising. In short, HitsMeUp offers an online platform Skip Bishop for existing and future music-related content

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OFF THE RECORD: James Dupré GrassRoots' James Dupré puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I lived between KRRV/Alexandria, LA and KMDL/Lafayette and there was always a radio on – in the car, in the kitchen. And mostly Country, but every now and then I'd hear James Taylor or The Eagles. Music really took hold when I was James Dupré 12 or 13 and heard Vince Gill for the first time. I was the first person in the family to hear him and I felt like I discovered him. I was just obsessed with his voice and that was when I first became interested in being a singer. There's a station in Eunice, LA – KBON – where I was living when my first album came out around 2010. They played local artists, Cajun, Zydeco and Country, and had me in for an interview. The following week they featured my album and every track. I remember a beautiful day with the radio blaring my songs as I sat in a lawn chair in the backyard drinking a beer. That was an amazing experience. Overall, radio visits have been great. I remember thinking how surprised I was as we pulled up to some stations, though. You think it's going to be this big building with a tower, but that's not always the case. I was trying to find one and GPS directed me straight into someone's backyard. I'm on this gravel road through a field thinking, there's no way a radio station is back here. Sure enough, there it was. A little bitty building and a tower next to it. If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be John Lennon. I'd order Hibachi. I wonder if John Lennon ate Hibachi? I'm sure he did since he married a Japanese woman. The most redneck thing I've done lately is take my brother's lawn mower for a spin. It's jacked up with big tires and really gives you that feeling driving it around. New York is always fun, but if I had to be stuck anywhere other than home it would be more West Coast like Venice Beach. It's very artistic and the people have a laid-back vibe. Kind of like Austin, except it's on the beach.

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that pays rights holders more and walls off questionable content purveyors to create an advertiser-friendly experience. “The music business is on the verge of a renaissance and new models like this will be part of that as the rest of the world catches up to paying fair and equitable amounts for artists’ content,” Bishop says. “We want to set the pace for coming out of the financial doldrums.” Bishop describes an “organic genesis” between the venture’s five partners – himself, Waugh, Stokes Nielson and marketers Chris King and Chad Little. “Butch and I were brought on to launch Reviver and worked with Comcast on an initiative for LoCash that crisscrossed the five of us,” he says. “We found common ground regarding content owners and artists getting an unbelievably unfair cut of the money disbursed from the current system. The idea was for a new, artist-friendly, aggressive model paying three to four times more than Vevo or YouTube. My question was, ‘Can we do this?’ Comcast’s Jon Ozor, who’s one of the smartest guys around, said, ‘Yes, absolutely we can.’” The lynchpin is HitsMeUp’s relationship with Comcast Spotlight, which will be selling advertising on the platform. “We have what could be the largest digital sales force in America, maybe on planet Earth,” Bishop says. He estimates as many as 2,500 sales professionals across HitsMeUp’s partners will be selling the same video and display advertising consumers are used to seeing on platforms like YouTube. The difference is HitsMeUp is curated or, put another way, walled off from public contributions. “Any yoo-hoo can’t post a video of his pet donkey gnawing on a ukulele,” Bishop says. “The artists and content owners actually approve and oversee the upload process. Our infrastructure protects advertisers from being attached to inappropriate or unapproved material.” The issue has become key as advertisers have begun dropping their support for platforms where their ads might be associated with undesirable content. HitsMeUp is also on the cusp of an aggressive launch campaign that will include TV and digital, with Blake Shelton and ZZ Ward featured. Bringing content owners aboard has been relatively straightforward. Big Machine was the first to ink a deal with HitsMeUp. Warner Music Nashville, Sony RED and The Orchard are also in the fold. “There’s very little resistance from people who find new

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Purple Cow’s Jake McVey discusses his most influential music: 1. The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: It was one of the first albums that I ever had given to me. Start playing that album and try not to move your feet. I don’t think it’s possible. 2. Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson’s Django & Jimmie: It’s just an amazing Jake McVey album, very well done. It’s fun to share even some moment of knowing their history in the lyrics of the songs they’re singing. 3. Brad Paisley’s Play: I’m a guitar player myself, and I do a lot of lead playing. I’m on track number two right now, and I’ve already learned over 100 licks. The guy’s very talented. 4. John Mayer Trio’s Try!: I could listen to that on album repeat. I listen to it all the time driving down the road. I’m excited to hear they’re coming out with a new one. 5. Kenny Chesney’s No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems: That’s a killer album. He really put a lot of fun into that one. • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: It’s kind of funny. The Pink Floyd song “Another Brick In The Wall,” we actually include a piece of it in our show. It fits with another song we play and we kind of morph into it. But I’ve never actually listened to that song in its entirety. • “Important” music you just don’t get: When I was growing up, my mom played piano and my dad played drums. Mom would take me to orchestras and I would literally fall asleep in the beginning drum part, and wake up at the end with the crashing cymbals. I didn’t really get it. Of course now, I definitely get it. My dad would take me to blues clubs and concerts, and if I saw a guy up there playing a guitar, I got that right away. But the orchestra stuff didn’t really sink in. • An album you listened to incessantly: Keith Urban’s Ripcord. • Obsure or non country song everyone should listen to right now: John Mayer Trio does an insane rendition of Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman.” It’s killer. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Justin Bieber’s album Purpose. I hate to say it, but the kid’s got some amazing writers and people around him, and yeah, it’s insane.

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streams of income attractive,” Bishop says. “It’s simply another sizeable chunk of money for artists and companies. They’ve already got the content, they’re creating more all the time and this is just one more place to put it – another source of income. The line we hear a lot is, ‘Why wouldn’t we do this?’” The flip side of offering a more artist-friendly experience than industry bogeyman YouTube is that HitsMeUp seems to be a competitor with label-owned Vevo. “We’re in constant communication with executives at Universal and Sony, who own part of Vevo,” Bishop says. “They are interested. We know there are hurdles there, but we’re getting past those.” While HitsMeUp started with Nashville-based content, multi-format content is quickly coming online. Bishop points to behind-the-scenes and episodic content as the service’s top offerings. Channels will direct viewers to specialized silos, with new artists/ music and singer-songwriter collections already planned. HitsMeUp is even finalizing a deal for exclusive online distribution of a music-related feature film. “In a month, this is really going to look different and we’ll see that tsunami of marketing and promotion.” Hit up HitsMeUp here. Reach Bishop here. –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat

Congrats to Josh Turner, Royce Risser, Katie Dean, David Friedman and the whole MCA promo staff on landing this week’s No. 1 with “Hometown Girl.” The song is the second single from Turner’s album Deep South. Writers are Marc Beeson and Daniel Tashian. And kudos to Josh Easler and the Arista team on landing 50 adds for Brad Paisley’s “Last Time For Everything,” topping this week’s board.

Josh Turner

News & Notes

The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp will honor businessman Steve Turner and industry vet, the late Kitty Moon Emery, at Nashville’s National Tourism Week Hospitality Industry Celebration May 9 at the Omni Hotel. George Strait has added two dates to his 2 Nights Of Number 1s, July 28 and 29, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. More info here. Clint Black has extended his On Purpose Tour with late summer and fall dates. Schedule here. John Berry will launch his TV show Songs And Stories with John Berry in July on Heartland TV, The Family Channel, The Country Network, the Angel Two Network, AMG TV and the

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VTN Network. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Radio Network moves flagship station from iHeartMedia WFUS/Tampa to sister station Rock WXTB. The games will also be carried on Buccaneers.com and on the team’s new mobile app. Allegiant has launched the global Country internet station My Radio Dial (MYRD). Listen here. Rooms To Go has accepted Matt Gary’s “Back” lyric video and will start airing it in all 226 stores May 1.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com. • Brittany Tully was named PD at WYNK/Baton Rouge (4/18). • John Shomby added WKDF Nashville PD duties (4/19). • Steve Powers returned to iHeartMedia/Mobile (4/19). • Jeff Wyatt was named PD at WPOC/Baltimore (4/20). • Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett were named co-hosts for CMA Fest 2017 (4/20). • Nielsen released March PPM ratings (4/21).

Cannon Ready To Downshift

(continued from page 1) and Jim in the morning, Karen James middays, Darren Tandy at night and Terry Fullen overnights. Live radio 24 hours a day.” The station won numerous CMA and ACM awards, launched its iconic Country Music Expo, and Cannon ballparks his Indiana State Fair broadcasts at 284. Four years ago, he was named the official voice for the fair’s public address system. Morgan, now SVP/MM for Emmis/New York, worked with Cannon at both stations. “To know J.D. is to know his passions, and at the top of that list is traditional country music,” he says. “Oh

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sure, there’s Iowa, gambling, wine, gambling, Las Vegas, gambling. But nothing tops his true passion for the purity of country music. That love has carried him and connected him to his listeners for four decades. It is genuine and it is contagious.” “I listened to J.D. in high school,” says Richards, Charlie Morgan who has worked with Cannon for more than 20 years at WFMS and WLHK. “When I was promoted to PD, I just observed the master at work. He taught me how to treat people with respect. He showed me how to listen and to always take people’s feelings into consideration.” Bob Richards Wild Side: Asked about his role as MD and stories about his label friends, Cannon warned, “I have a ton, but none for print.” There’s a lot of that. “A telltale sign of J.D.’s success is that there aren’t many truly embarrassing J.D. stories,” Morgan says. “I am sure there are actually countless J.D. adventures, but somehow he just manages to smile, chuckle, and say nothing of the trouble he actually got into. And those who were with him in those moments love him so much, they don’t speak a word either.” Many of those stories likely involve Sin City. “I went to Vegas for the very first time with J.D. when I was 22,” says his current PD Fritz Moser. “He taught me how to play craps and blackjack. I lost a lot of money.” Richards adds that in Cannon’s universe, “Disney is not the happiest place in the world, Vegas is. “What people don’t know about J.D.,” Richards says, turning serious, “is how Fritz Moser

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much he truly cares for the listeners.” A few fans call the station every day to check in ... “and J.D. takes his time with them,” Richards adds. Thanks For... WDKN/Dickson morning show host and label vet Dale Turner remembers the first time he brought Rascal Flatts to Indianapolis. “J.D. loves traditional country music and he was always polite, no matter what kind of act we were introducing,” says Turner. After the conference room pitch, Turner asked Cannon if he would meet the guys later for dinner. Dale Turner Cannon declined as he didn’t want to miss Merle Haggard, who was playing 8 Seconds Nightclub. “So we all went,” Turner says. “And with the help of Frank Mull that night, Jay, Gary and Joe Don met Merle for the first time.” Twin Cities based Mercury Regional Charlie Dean remembers many a night at St. Elmo’s Fire in downtown Indianapolis sharing their world famous shrimp cocktail. “One night after Country Music Expo when Blake Shelton was a new artist, he and J.D. went toe to toe on Name That Classic Country Tune. It was epic.” Cold River SVP/Promotion & Artist Development John Ettinger remembers getting kicked out of a State Fair show with Cannon. After Ettinger’s act finished on the free stage they rode the tricked-out station golf cart – complete with steer horns on the front – to see the main stage headliner. “We drove right past security and parked within five feet of the stage,” recalls Ettinger. When the artist’s head of security told them to leave, Ettinger pleaded, “He’s the king of Indianapolis!” After being thrown out, Cannon received a flurry of John Ettinger telephone apologies the next Monday from the

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horrified artist, manager, regional, VP and label head. “J.D. was one of the first major music directors I ever met,” says BMLG President/CEO Scott Borchetta. “In the early ‘80s, before I was even doing promotion, my dad and I went up for my first Indy 500.” Borchetta goes on to explain he assumed Cannon would be a fan of the sport. “When we met, he was as nice as could be and I immediately started asking him about the Indianapolis 500,” Borchetta remembers. “He looked at me with a bit of a blank stare and said, ‘Yeah, I’m really not much of a fan.’” Borchetta continues, “You don’t replace a J.D. Cannon – you relish the fact that you got to work with him, be his friend and hope that you made anywhere near Scott Borchetta as good as an impression on people as he made on everyone else.” Up Next: Cannon and his wife Sylvia will take the month of May to cruise through the Panama Canal and visit friends out west. “Other than being fired, I’ve never taken two weeks off,” he says. He will be back at it part-time on WLHK in June. Asked what he’d miss most, he replied, “Cracking the mic every day” and meeting the new artists. “It gets in your blood,” he says. Moser asked him to come up with 30 of his all-time favorite tunes for a J.D. Cannon Superstar Weekend to mark the occasion. “Problem is there’s way more than 30,” chuckles Cannon. Morgan ties a bow on the discussion: “As I look at my 38 years in radio, J.D. Cannon is in that picture with me for over 30 of them. No wonder the man is tired. He’s been carrying me for three decades!” Reach Cannon here. –Paul Williams CAC

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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: Albany Broadcasting WKLI/Albany is looking for a morning show co-host. Send materials here. Cox WWKA/Orlando seeks a Dir./Branding & Programming. Apply here. Ryman Hospitality Properties seeks a Dir./ Opry Programming & Artist Initiatives. Apply here. The CMA has an opening for an Executive Assistant/Marketing. Materials to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here. GCC Bend’s KSJJ/Bend, OR is searching for a morning show producer/air talent. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus’ WIVK/Knoxville has an opening in middays. Apply here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. WFON/Fond du Lac, WI has an opening for a morning show co-host. Aircheck, social media samples, and resume to Barry Mardit Media Consulting here. BiCoastal Media is searching for a PD/on air host to launch a new station in the Pacific Northwest. Send materials here.

Searching •Rob Stark Former PD/Morning host KACT/Panama City, FL 850 775-7451 rstarkccm@gmail.com •Eddie Haskell Former KYGO/Denver PD 505 886-1418 haskell99@gmail.com

•Cheri Cranford Former GM Streamsound/Red Vinyl Music 615 473-6837 cheri.cranford@comcast.net • Bethany Linderman Former WGNA/Albany morning co-host 727 460-2389 linderman.bethany@gmail.com • Mike Preston Former KKWF/Seattle PD 206 979-2500 pljpreston@aol.com • Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com • Jim Day Former WIL/St. Louis morning host 314-258-4365 jimdayshow@gmail.com •Wes McShay Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD 208-758-5435 wesgardipe@gmail.com • Jeff Miles Former WKLB/Boston and KCYY/San Antonio morning host 469 667-3890 radiojeff@icloud.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

JOSH TURNER

26520

4144

8805

1292

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

26184

1052

8526

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) ✔

22418

2154

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

22216

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

58.715 7.874

159

303

59.405

157

7466

684

50.493 5.064

159

-4797

7275

-1560

51.715 -9.42

159

21457

853

7104

224

48.552 2.119

159

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) ✔

19950

1599

6452

525

44.981 2.565

159

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

19224

1518

6081

466

44.211 4.495

159

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

18418

446

6260

117

40.951 0.853

158

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

15731

470

5060

122

35.604 1.062

159

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

15614

-52

5160

-31

36.273 -0.171

159

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

13882

743

4526

193

31.135

156

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

12738

806

4245

223

28.693 1.983

157

KEITH URBAN F/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol)

12625

754

4043

190

29.423 2.354

157

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

12382

-6595

4136

-2115

29.621 -15.577

159

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

12280

831

3915

136

27.669 1.697

159

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

12169

818

3863

264

27.105 2.025

157

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

11773

568

3786

134

25.463 2.856

154

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

10877

-68

3648

-14

22.969 -0.548

155

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN)

10189

825

3431

189

22.958 2.206

155

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

9980

796

3259

209

21.017 3.249

151

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

9974

296

3403

21.203 0.674

156

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

8986

280

3125

18.045 1.276

156

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔

8650

1176

2692

364

20.463 3.219

145

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

8477

914

2751

277

16.882 2.659

155

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

8191

246

2628

111

17.988 0.207

155

Hometown Girl (MCA)

✔

2.72

1.77

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Chart Page 2

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

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

6670

107

2269

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

6476

123

2206

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

6471

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken He (RCA)

6110

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

11.19

0.393

144

11.472 1.916

145

2141

12.908 0.248

131

529

1927

196

12.159 1.428

126

5755

222

1833

103

12.218

0.67

137

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

3821

-46

1268

6.83

-0.153

115

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

3572

165

1194

6.314

0.638

124

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

3368

191

1136

5.617

0.752

110

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

3357

1082

5.562

0.291

100

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3275

1146

4.95

0.327

112

MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

3153

429

1011

114

5.707

0.857

109

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

3047

255

1063

5.844

0.732

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

3046

1080

3.813 -0.153

120

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

2865

392

974

105

4.176

0.788

107

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

2803

285

921

4.535

0.478

102

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

2621

210

932

3.397

0.488

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

2463

254

903

4.318

0.752

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

2249

638

777

167

3.797

0.975

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CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

2237

154

653

3.765

0.361

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

2104

-60

480

-11

4.652 -0.116

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

1910

681

2.549

0.089

REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Valory/Nash Icon)

1836

485

3.829

0.063

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI)

1768

648

632

231

2.797

0.895

2.56

0.132

3.082 -0.196

Debut 48 49

KANE BROWN f/LAUREN ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

1751

611

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol)

1701

560

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Country Aircheck Add leaders

Chart Page 3

Activator Top point Gainers

Adds

1185 ✔

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

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

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

751 ✔

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

660 ✔

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol)

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

582 ✔

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

571

CANAAN SMITH/Like You That Way (Mercury)

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

458

JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

405

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

403

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

396

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

Country Aircheck Top point Gainers

845 ✔

Activator Top Spin Gainers

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

4144

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

2154

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

1599

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

1518

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

1176

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

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

257

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

186

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

174

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

132

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

126

1052

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

124

TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next /Valory)

937

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

914

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

853

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

831

TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory)

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

points

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

17521

684

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

15959

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

525

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

11984

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

466

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

9898

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

364

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

9798

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

303

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

9211

TODD O’NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next /Valory)

278

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

9082

MIDLAND/Drinkin’ Problem (Big Machine)

277

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

8216

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

264

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

6469

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

231

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

6267

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

1292

April 24, 2017

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April 24, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

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

SAM HUNT

Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔

2nd Week at No. 1

12183

582

2433

124

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) ✔

11241

845

2313

174

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

10823

154

2193

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) ✔

10595

751

2141

186

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) ✔

9256

660

1921

132

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

9161

-1802

1853

-379

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

9160

1185

1876

257

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

9041

396

1815

10 9

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

7743

154

1518

11 10

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

7419

280

1497

12 11

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

7111

247

1444

14 12

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

6806

222

1354

15 13

KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol)

6684

189

1335

13 14

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

6564

-34

1262

-18

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

6051

-3975

1223

-804

17 16

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

6036

285

1217

16 17

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

5995

1128

18 18

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

5757

329

1168

21 19

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

5118

386

1023

20 20

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear That Song (Warner Bros./WMN)

5105

326

994

19 21

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

4992

212

993

22 22

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

4932

312

942

23 23

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

4508

282

864

24 24

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

4220

571

797

126

25 25

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

4058

458

769

26 26

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

3758

272

675

27 27

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

3510

273

675

28 28

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

2947

529

29 29

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

2519

296

500

30 30

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

1988

393

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Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

31 31

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

1863

Plays

352

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

32 32

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

1821

314

34 33

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

1703

123

346

33 34

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

1693

354

39 35

MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

1691

403

285

38 36

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

1522

200

236

35 37

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol)

1478

253

36 38

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

1465

137

245

37 39

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

1319

-5

246

-2

42 40

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

1219

266

203

41 41

REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory)

1098

135

199

43 42

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

1021

189

40 43

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

958

-312

144

-25

44 44

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

954

181

46 45

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

665

Debut 46

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

658

405

101

50 47

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

646

141

120

45 48

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

646

-7

118

-3

47 49

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

634

120

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

572

352

132

ELI YOUNG BAND/Skin And Bones (Valory)

537

Debut 52

TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory)

533

376

110

Debut 53

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

504

354

53 54

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

484

52 55

JO SMITH/Old School Groove (Smack)

480

-10

-1

JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)

478

219

54 57

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

411

-30

48 58

DELTA RAE/A Long And Happy Life (Valory)

396

-148

-11

56 59

CHUCK WICKS/Whole Damn Thing (Blaster)

376

51 60

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

362

-142

-19

Debut 50 49 51

Debut 56