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March 19, 2018, Issue 593

Big Three: Data, Gut, Relationships

As detailed and analyzed more than capably during CRS 2018 (CAW 2/26), programmers have more tools than ever to help them make music decisions. Towering mountains of data are not only daunting, they have the potential to overshadow other aspects of the process. Country Aircheck checked in with PDs in the Midwest, East, West and Texas to find out how things are changing. Maybe the better question is ... if they are changing. Infoverload: Despite the digital utopia’s Bruce Logan promise of actionable insight into consumer behavior, radio programmers aren’t finding many new solutions. “The real problem I face today is just too much data,” says Bruce Logan, Entercom/Houston SVPP and KILT PD. “Every song has a story of some sort, so it’s harder to identify a hit.” Adding new music might only benefit from Grover Collins a limited slice of research. “When it comes to data that moves the needle for me it’s simply an artist’s batting average,” says Logan. “If they have proven success, the decision is much easier. All of my adds are gut and artist history. I don’t put much stock in M-Scores. We toyed with them for a while but couldn’t find DJ Stout any value.” Conversely, conversions are based mainly on research and local callout. “I care about all information, but local research is the most important for me,” Logan says. “I compare it to all the other data ranging from Shazam to streaming and downloads.” Category changes can be art and science Nate Deaton for WUBE/Cincinnati PD Grover Collins. (continued on page 5)

Et Tu, James? Big Machine’s James Marsh does his best Caesar impression on a float in Dallas’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade, celebrating his 50th Birthday. Pictured (l-r) are Big Machine’s Michelle Kammerer, SiriusXM’s J.R. Schumann, Marsh, Big Machine’s Brooke Nixon and wife Melissa.

The Social Media Secret

As the largest social media platform, Facebook has been a focus for artists, publications and radio stations. So much so that when the company recently updated its algorithm, CRS went so far as to title a panel “Facebook: Still Our Strongest Ally.“ Unfortunately, that claim met a lot of skepticism. Perhaps surprisingly,

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as companies adjust to Facebook›s new rules, they are finding the paradigm has shifted in a direction radio pros will find very familiar. Earlier this month, Cox Media announced the shuttering of its Fans 1st Media publications including RareCountry.com. Representatives from the company have tiptoed around how much of that decision has to do with Facebook specifically, but a look at RareCountry traffic on SimilarWeb shows that it received 399.33K total visits in February. That’s down from 630K in January when the change was announced, and well below the six-month high of 930K in October 2017. Understandably, many are wondering if Facebook is damaging the way various entities connect with their audiences. Townsquare Media’s Social Content Strategist Anthony Lauletta, who oversees the digital strategy for Taste of Country and The Boot, has found each Facebook algorithm change to be predictable. “It has become more and more focused on a person-to-person connection and less about how a user interacts with a publication or a brand,” he Anthony says. “For us, especially with Taste of Country Lauletta and The Boot, it’s working in our favor. Country music is something that people connect with each other over. It amplifies our content in a person’s newsfeed [since real people] really talk to each other about it.” In fact, Taste of Country and The Boot have seen an increase in organic reach on Facebook since the change. Concurrently, Cox VP/ Audience & Content for Radio Tim Clarke says their stations› strategies are fitting into the Tim Clarke algorithmic mold. ”We didn›t react in a big way,» he says. ”[Facebook founder] Mark Zuckerberg talked about this change as a move to get Facebook to a place where people can have more meaningful interactions. Radio is different from packaged goods and retail brands: We have actual people at the core of the content we push out. What radio is doing Ashley on social media is right in line with meaningful Alexander interactions.” Personal connection, or in radio parlance, «talking to the listener,» is furthered by content with a positive slant. So says Ashley Alexander of Girlilla Marketing, which works with Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Toby

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Keith and the Hemsworth brothers, to name a few. “When the news came out about the algorithm changes, the first thing we did was go to Zuckerberg’s post and try to dissect it as much as possible,” she says. “You can read through and pick out what you think he’s trying to say and adjust your strategy. What we saw was that posts from businesses, brands and media were crowding personal moments that people expect to see. He wants to make Facebook a better place.” Next week in part two, more on social media strategy and examples from those who are winning. –Erin Duvall

Chart Chat

Congrats to Chris Stapleton, Royce Risser, Damon Moberly and the Mercury promotion team for securing this week’s No. 1 with “Broken Halos.” Writers are Stapleton and Mike Henderson. And kudos to Kris Lamb and the Big Machine reps on landing 53 adds for Trent Harmon’s “You Got ‘Em All,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes

Grayscale Marketing’s Tim Gray has launched web series The Golden Rules, with season one guests including Justin Levenson, Rusty Gaston, Al McManus, John Ozier, Derek Crownover, John Folk, Michelle Tigard Kammerer, Mike Molinar and Pam Matthews. More here. The Merle Travis 100th Birthday Celebration Concert, presented by Bigsby and the Grammy Museum, will be at Nashville’s City Winery April 18 with performances by Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Wariner, Pat Bergeson, John Jorgenson and Thom Bresh, among others. Proceeds will benefit the Grammy Museum’s Music Education Programs. More here. Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc. promoted Danielle DeMaso and Brian Gordner to Account Managers, Chris Scott to Account Executive and Laramie Lomanto to Sr. Account Assistant. SOLID’s annual Music Row Madness event will be April 25 at Nashville’s Topgolf. The tournament will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. Details here.

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Jordan Walker and Johnny McGuire of Wheelhouse’s Walker McGuire discuss their most influential music: 1. Blake Shelton’s “Austin:” (JW) It’s my favorite song. The first time I heard it, I was 10 and Walker McGuire my family and I were on the way to the bowling alley. I was blown away. What a cool story song. 2. Keith Whitley: (JW) The best voice in the history of music. 3. Keith Urban’s Get Closer: (JW) I listened to that while delivering pizzas, all summer long in college. I could tell you every note on that record. It changed my life. 4. Neal McCoy at Billy Bob’s: (JW) I was seven years old when I saw him. He was crazy. He was climbing the trusses, running all over the stage, sweating like crazy. He was working the stage but you could tell he was having a blast. 5. The Great Divide: (JW) I saw them when I was 10 years old. My mom told the lead singer, Mike McClure, that I wanted to be a singer. He gave me a hat, signed it and talked to me for a few minutes. I always thought that was so cool. He didn’t have to spend that much time with me, but I’ll never forget it. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: (JM) Jordan’s been telling me how awesome the latest Bruno Mars album is. I need to check it out. • “Important” music you just don’t get: (JM) EDM. I’m interested in how DJs make that music, but I’ve always just been an old-school “guitars, amps, bass, drums” guy. • An album you listened to incessantly: (JM) Tom Petty’s Wildflowers. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: (JM) There’s a band called The War On Drugs. Their song “Holding On” is a brilliant record. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: (JM) Savage Garden and boy bands. I grew up in the ‘90s and heard so much of that stuff. I really dug the melodies.

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Big Three: Data, Gut, Relationships

(continued from page 1) “Every song should be treated differently when it comes to moving No. 1s to recurrent,” he says. “If the research was only medium and it went to the top, I won’t keep it around.” Beasley Country Format Captain and WSOC/Charlotte OM/PD DJ Stout also widens the array of inputs once music has reached significant airplay levels. “It’s a combination of research, record sales, iTunes, streaming numbers, Shazam and my gut,” he says. “If a No. 1 isn’t burning yet, sometimes I’ll packet the song so it still plays quite a bit. If there’s something ready to pop behind it, I’ll move it out.” Guts Like A Knife: KRTY/San Jose GM Nate Deaton combines elements of a research focus group with gut instinct. “I have an 18-person music team mainly composed of real-life everyday listeners,” he says. “Whichever song gets the most votes wins, whether it’s an add to KRTY’s playlist or conversion to a better category. We look at research, the chart and the sound of the station. Plus, if that artist just had a sold-out show, that has a huge influence on the record for us.” Collins tempers his view of show attendance. “Let’s say an artist is sold out here but the song isn’t testing local. I remind myself that 20,000 people in a sold-out venue is only a small representation of my total cume, so I must remain steady. One reactive measure programmers actively avoid is fear. “Take chances,” Deaton says. “I compete against Silicon Valley and all the streaming services, so I’ve got to be early on stuff. KRTY needs to be the place people go for country music discovery. Your audience always returns when your choices for new music are right. We’ve been taking chances for 20 years and I’ve seen six competitors come and go. You won’t always be right but, when you win, you win big.” By contrast, there’s at least one leap Deaton won’t make. “If somebody is unsigned, I’m not interested in making a regional star,” he says. “That’s a risk I won’t take. Artists need a national backing.” Stout agrees with bold decision making, but isn’t opposed to unsigned artists. “Programmers shouldn’t be afraid to play new music,” he says. “We need to be exposing these new artists to grow the format while cultivating relationships with the artists and labels. You can do that without hurting your radio station.” He adds, “Unsigned artists don’t scare me. I played Kane Brown

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Beer Pressure: Sony Music Nashville staff and artists in Austin at the label group’s South By Southwest (SXSW) showcase, sponsored by Budweiser. (l-r) SMN’s John Zarling and Randy Goodman, Anheuser-Busch’s Ryan Mortimer, RCA/Nashville’s Kane Brown and RCA’s Elle King, Anheuser-Busch’s Taylor Eickenhorst and SMN’s Nicole Marinake.

before he was signed and we sold out two shows.” Visitour: Perhaps the best indication of how important relationships are to music decisions is the considerable investment labels continue to make in station visits. “An artist really needs to resonate in person,” Collins says. “You like to know if they have the full package before you’re going to invest in them with airplay. If the song they present is good, I’ll play it, but if the presentation is bad, that just backfires.” Deaton agrees. “An artist has a 1,000-times greater chance of being played if they make the effort to do a station visit versus sending me product,” he says. “A visit lets you see the artist play live so you can assess the reality of their potential. Save your five-song samplers.” “Visits sometimes speed up the process of adding the record,” echoes Stout. “You can tell if an artist has something and, if they

do, play the song and then bring them back to the market for [a listener show]. That’s the most reliable process.” A programmer armed with the right information – from the statistical to the visceral – is a programmer primed for success. And that never really changes. “It always trips me out when I hear stories from my record reps about programmers who don’t listen to the music,” Stout says of those who skip at least one crucial step. “They’re making their decisions based solely on research and consultants.” Guest columnist Tyler Reese is a 15-year radio vet whose programming and on-air stops include WMAD/Madison, WKKT/Charlotte, WSIX/Nashville and WEZL/Charleston, SC. Reach him here. 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: Buck Owens Productions KUZZ AM & FM/Bakersfield is searching for a Sales Assistant in the Radio Sales and Camera Ads departments. Send résumés here. Saga WPOR/Portland, ME has an opening for a morning cohost. Airchecks and résumés to PD Crash Poteet here. iHeartMedia KNIX/Phoenix has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Dick WRNS/Greenville, NC is looking for a morning host. Send airchecks and résumés here. Cumulus WIOV/Lancaster, PA is searching for a morning cohost. Apply here. Scripps KTTS/Springfield, MO is seeking a morning show cohost. Apply here. Vallie Richards Donovan Consulting has an immediate PM drive opening at a legendary east coast Country station. Send airchecks and résumés to “Country Jobs” here. Ingstad KXDD/Yakima, WA is searching for a MD/morning co-host. Send airchecks, résumés, social media samples and a cover letter here. Leighton KZPK/St. Cloud, MN is searching for a PD/morning host. Send airchecks and résumés to OM JJ Holiday here. DBC Radio WUBB/Savannah, GA has a morning show opening. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Gabe Reynolds here. Entercom KMNB/Minneapolis is searching for an OM/PD. Apply here.

Mid-West’s WRTB/Rockford, IL has newly created on-air opening. Airchecks and résumés to PD Steve Summers here. Beasley WQYK/Tampa is looking for a PD. Send materials here. Cumulus KSCS/Dallas is looking for an APD/MD/afternoon host. Send materials here. Binnie Media-Maine is searching for a Dir./Traffic and a part-time Sales Assistant in Portland, for its stations which include Country WTHT and WBQQ. Send materials here. Midwest KVOX/Fargo has an unspecified on-air opening. Send airchecks and résumés here. Hubbard KVRQ/Seattle is looking for a Program Director, morning show and on-air host here. Cumulus KQFC/Boise is looking for an afternoon host who can also handle afternoon traffic and production for the five-station cluster. Details here. Townsquare WXXQ/Rockford, IL is looking for an afternoon host who also has social media skills. Send materials here. Consultant Joel Raab has two client stations looking for a PD and an APD/MD in two different Top 100 markets. Send materials here. iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an MD/evening host. Send materials here. iHeartMedia/Tampa is looking for a Sr. Dir./Promotions. Apply here. Cumulus WIVK/Knoxville is looking for a morning show Exec. Producer. Apply here. Summit WQNU/Louisville is looking for an APD/MD/on-air host. Submit materials here.

iHeartMedia has a number of key PD openings including WQIK/Jacksonville and KBEB/Sacramento. Send materials to iHeartCountry format captain Rod Phillips here.

Entercom KKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show cohost. Details here.

MWC Media Knoxville’s WIMZ Classic Rock is searching for a full-time night personality. Send airchecks and résumés to Brand Mgr. Randy Chambers here.

Saga WPOR/Portland, ME is looking for a PD. Details here.

iHeartMedia/Huntsville is searching for a Dir./Promotions, a newly created position for the cluster that includes Country WDRM. Apply here. W&B WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY has an opening for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés can be sent to Managing Partner/GM René Bell here. Entercom KFRG/Riverside has a full-time on-air opening. Apply here. Southern Stone WKRO/Daytona Beach, FL has an opening for a PD/morning host. Send résumé, aircheck and success stories to consultant Jeff Sanders here and OM Tremble here. Entercom KMLE/Phoenix has an opening for a morning host. Apply here. Entercom WKIS/Miami is searching for an evening host. Apply here.

Scripps WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a morning show host here.

CMA is looking for a Market Research Analyst and a Creative Content Project Manager. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here.

Searching

•Jeremy Guenther Former KSSN & KMJX/Little Rock MD, on-air; Capitol SW Regional 501-590-4878 jguenther01@gmail.com •Kris Stevens Former WKKT/Charlotte afternoon host 610-762-8332 radiobigkat@gmail.com • Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com • Blake Nixon Former In2une Regional and WMN Coordinator 615-498-0988 blake.nixon@comcast.net

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

CHRIS STAPLETON

22931

540

8755

108

57.972 1.031

157

THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory)

21600

-1840

8029

-665

55.579 -4.352

157

LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) ✔

21131

1501

7961

554

54.027 5.353

157

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

18803

360

7116

134

47.578 1.259

157

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

18683

678

6777

211

47.501 2.062

157

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) ✔

18389

844

6794

379

45.035 2.474

156

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

17348

1548

6253

585

42.299 4.026

152

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

16805

167

6434

117

41.216 0.372

154

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow)

14981

535

5545

220

1.717

157

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

13827

465

5173

133

34.496 1.303

157

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

13284

705

4918

362

33.083 2.516

157

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

11807

-153

4374

-51

27.624 -0.024

157

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

11454

584

4224

216

29.164

2.12

156

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

10161

531

3602

160

24.61

1.617

156

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

10159

-293

3795

-6

23.274 0.315

154

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

9951

369

3728

24.787 1.255

149

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

9520

3624

20.933 0.087

155

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

8631

289

3249

151

19.784 1.098

148

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

8452

835

3056

324

1.724

154

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

7180

-65

2777

-33

16.075 0.279

145

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

7091

303

2377

126

15.064 1.397

127

LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek)

6238

235

2424

11.958 0.393

146

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

6118

282

2416

14.113 1.136

142

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

5730

342

2248

129

0.795

128

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

5724

595

1977

178

10.905 1.427

132

Broken Halos (Mercury)

38.45

20.58

12.37

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Artist/Title (Label)

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

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

5508

190

1942

9.695

0.441

146

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

5229

208

1920

9.708

0.752

142

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

5194

1959

1951

799

11.602 4.559

141

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

4528

213

1743

10.05

1.601

129

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

4460

147

1666

8.476

0.321

138

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

3806

150

1456

115

6.78

-0.034

124

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

3361

319

1161

133

7.724

0.604

113

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

3238

133

1083

8.489

0.45

CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine)

3149

103

1171

5.132

0.467

131

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

3127

1208

5.789

0.408

113

RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse)

3051

-42

1161

-3

4.551 -0.199

112

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR)

3008

216

1075

6.101

0.778

107

DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow)

2797

1060

4.352

0.427

108

SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMG/Big Machine)

2633

1087

3.062 -0.025

122

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville)

2448

975

4.393

0.121

103

KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA)

2252

-56

883

-13

3.365

0.08

103

BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers... (EMI Nashville)

2177

833

2.812

0.216

108

CAM/Diane (Arista)

2054

761

2.958

-0.22

MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia)

1967

242

659

3.8

0.864

JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb)

1961

-214

693

-64

4.956

-0.71

LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista)

1728

599

2.778

0.225

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

1610

-42

616

-14

2.564 -0.207

JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek)

1555

651

-3

2.49

0.089

Debut 49

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA)

1346

420

554

176

1.808

0.394

Debut 50

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers)

1201

321

467

134

1.697

0.289

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March 19, 2018 Country Aircheck Add Leaders TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) TRAVIS DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista)

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds 53 40 15 13 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

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

1552 ✔

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

1309 ✔

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

832 ✔

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

691 ✔

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

676 ✔

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

590

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

565

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

508

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

508

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

492

Activator Top Spin Gainers

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

1959

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

1548

LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol)

1501

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

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

341

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

274

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

162

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

125

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

844

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

835

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

119

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

705

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

112

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

678

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

108

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)

616

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

105

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

595

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

104

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

584

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

101

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

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

799

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

14695

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

585

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

10178

LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol)

554

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

10139

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

379

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA)

362

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

9029

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

324

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)

8680

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)

250

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

8605

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow)

220

KANE BROWN f/L. Alaina/What Ifs (RCA)

8424

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

216

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

8420

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

211

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

7979

9740

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March 19, 2018

A D D DAT E S

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) Moves 44-45 1,961 points, 693 spins 1 add: KUPL LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) Moves 48-46* 1,728 points, 599 spins 5 adds: KCYE, WGTY, WLHK, WPOR, WSSL LOCASH/Don’t Get Better Than That (Reviver) Moves 49-47 1,610 points, 616 spins 2 adds: KCYY*, WMAD JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) Moves 50-48* 1,555 points, 651 spins 2 adds: KSSN, WMAD CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin’ On (RCA) Debuts at 49* 1,346 points, 554 spins 8 adds: KBEB, KCYY*, KFRG, KHEY, WAVW, WCTK, WNCY, WYRK RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) Debuts at 50* 1,201 points, 467 spins 7 adds: KHEY, KUBL*, KYGO, WCTQ, WGAR, WMAD, WUSH DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 1,110 points, 394 spins 5 adds: KBEQ, KMNB, KTTS, KXLY, WDSY KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 1,070 points, 452 spins 15 adds including: KBEB, KBQI, KJUG, KKGO, KSSN, KWNR, WBEE, WDRM, WDRQ*, WFUS KID ROCK/American Rock’n’Roll (BBR/BMG/Red Bow) 913 points, 388 spins 1 add: WYCT

March 26 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia) Smithfield/Hey Whiskey (Deluge/in2une) CALE DODDS/Take You Back (Warner Bros./WMN) KEITH URBAN f/Julia Michaels/Coming Home (Capitol)

April 2 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory)

April 9

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Jordan Davis Home State (MCA) The singer/songwriter’s debut album was produced by Paul DiGiovanni and features 12 songs co-written by Davis, including the lead single “Singles You Up” and previously-released tracks “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” and “Take It From Me.” High Valley Farmhouse Sessions (Atlantic/WEA) Recorded in their farmhouse outside of Nashville, the aptly-titled project features acoustic versions of songs from their debut album, Dear Life, including “Make You Mine,” “I Be U Be” and “She’s With Me.” March 30 Ashley McBryde Girl Going Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR) Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (MCA) Mary Chapin Carpenter Sometimes Just The Sky (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers) Lindi Ortega Liberty (Shadowbox Music Co.)

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March 19, 2018 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

+/- Points

Plays

LUKE BRYAN

11837

365

2524

Most People Are Good (Capitol)

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

11204

-753

2497

-148

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

10532

565

2285

112

THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory)

10274

-535

2344

-49

DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

10162

-84

2312

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

9541

492

2057

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow)

8525

453

1795

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

8261

489

1780

108

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

7973

1309

1715

274

DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol)

7730

272

1660

10 9 9

12 11

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) ✔

7210

832

1426

125

11 12

LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb)

6829

295

1434

13 13

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

6821

590

1448

105

14 14

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) ✔

6730

691

1417

15 15

DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol)

6368

402

1316

16 16

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

5814

359

1233

17 17

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

5701

508

1261

104

18 18

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

5475

676

1121

162

20 19

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

4298

389

967

119

19 20

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

4178

166

883

24 21

LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek)

3394

474

677

22 22

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

3360

315

680

21 23

MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

3224

631

23 24

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

3191

155

663

33 25

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

3133

1552

644

341

25 26

LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

3092

439

681

27 27

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

2810

484

560

28 28

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

2294

243

411

26 29

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

2241

-108

397

-7

29 30

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

2012

164

430

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March 19, 2018 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

31 31

JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

1956

236

Plays

405

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

34 32

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb)

1934

508

408

101

30 33

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

1794

441

-1

32 34

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

1778

183

385

36 35

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR)

1311

147

260

37 36

CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine)

1196

246

35 37

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville)

1178

-40

222

-14

38 38

STEPHANIE QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine)

1100

201

39 39

AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label)

1013

206

-3

42 40

MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia)

994

199

41 41

CAM/Diane (Arista)

989

206

43 42

LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista)

976

141

44 43

DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow)

934

192

45 44

RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse)

873

200

46 45

SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMGN/Big Machine)

863

130

208

40 46

JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb)

841

-145

187

-44

48 47

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)

830

125

127

53 48

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA)

757

236

147

47 49

BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville)

680

-38

155

-10

49 50

CJ SOLAR/Airplane (Sea Gayle)

669

-10

122

-1

54 51

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

614

115

128

52 52

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR)

597

50 53

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Reason (Atlantic/WMN)

560

-80

-8

51 54

THOMAS RHETT/When You Look Like That (Valory)

540

-70

-7

58 55

C. UNDERWOOD f/LUDACRIS/The Champion (Capitol)

478

55 56

SIR ROSEVELT/Something 'Bout You (Elektra/WAR)

478

56 57

TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory)

460

57 58

KEITH URBAN/Parallel Line (Capitol)

440

59 59

OLD DOMINION/Stars In The City (RCA)

420

60 60

DEVIN DAWSON/Dark Horse (Atlantic/WEA)

370

-40

-4

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