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September 14, 2020, Issue 722

Country Rides Out The Cume Storm

While a cursory glance at Country Aircheck’s August 2020 PPM Scoreboard (here, pg. 14) shows a drop in overall cume – down 1.37% (359,800) compared to the previous month and 21.66% year-over-year – a review of Country and all-format cume data shows a slight rebound occurring from the earlier pandemicladen months of 2020. Rewind and revisit an in-depth analysis of the early coronavirus cume crater in the May 26 Country Aircheck Weekly, then read on for a look at how the format has performed in recent months. Wave On Wave: Taking a wide-angle look at cume numbers for all formats in PPM rated markets, including HD and streaming stations where monitored, radio listening as a whole was off 31.34% from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 477,823,000 to 328,063,200. Country’s fall-off was notably less severe, dropping 20.03% from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 33,758,800 to 26,996,900. Breaking down the all-format cume numbers into AM/FM terrestrial, HD and streaming silos, terrestrial-only decreases match the aggregated totals, showing a 31.33% decrease from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 470,600,700 to 323,167,200. Taking a look at HD-only cume numbers, the dip was less severe than terrestrial, showing a 26.65% decline from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 5,063,400 to 3,713,800 – while the segment showing the largest cume erosion is streaming, which saw a 42.96% decrease from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 down to 1,231,400 from 2,158,900. The long-term trend for streaming cume is far more telling than earlier views, where results from March to April showed a 2.8% increase, up from 1,683,100 to 1,729,800. Moving into 2020, radio listening as a whole was off 25.14% January-August (438,224,200 to 328,063,200). During the same period, Country formats only experienced a 12.43% dip, 30,828,200-26,996,900 compared to all other formats, which cumulatively dropped 26.10% from 407,396,000 to 301,066,300. A high-level look at all-format totals in terrestrial, HD and streaming cume numbers show 25.10%, 25.62% and 31.29% declines, respectively, from January to August. Of note is an increase in cume for terrestrial (15.24%) and HD (8.35%) (continued on page 5)

Sweet Streams (Are Made of This): Columbia’s Tenille Townes and BMLGR’s Riley Green were surprised with their ACM New Male Artist and New Female Artist trophies Saturday (9/12) during The Opry Livestream. Watch here. Pictured (l-r) are the Opry’s Dan Rogers, Warner/WMN’s Ashley McBryde, Townes, Green, Opry member Mark Wills and the ACM’s Damon Whiteside.

Updating The Interview: Tim Roberts

When he spoke with Country Aircheck for The Interview (in the September print issue here), Entercom Format Captain & VP/ Country Tim Roberts was in early planning for a format-wide restructuring (Breaking News 9/10) and didn’t broach the subject. With his programming team announced earlier today (9/14), Roberts offers this supplement to The Interview. CA: How did this reimagining of Entercom Country unfold, and was it in response to audience changes brought on by the pandemic? TR: No, it’s not at all related to the pandemic. Tim Roberts We thought it was time for a really different way of looking at the business and how it’s changing. People are consuming media differently and we wanted to adapt to what listeners want. This was all targeted to the listener.

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The process was extremely collaborative, as well as complex, and involved a lot of people from the tech side to programming. We pulled in different brand managers and other people along the way including, of course, the senior leadership team – President/ Programming Pat Paxton and EVP/Programming Jeff Sottolano. What was the listener-focused vision you all came up with? It’s really about upgrading talent on every level for a better listener experience. Katie Neal in middays will have more artist interaction, offer more fun things to listen to and lots of snackable content for listeners, clients and country fans. It’s just a better way to deliver content and lets us do things we’ve never done before. For instance, today we have Luke Bryan on every one of our radio stations. That wasn’t possible before. Breaking it out, it looks like each station will have local mornings and afternoons, with national middays and nights with Rob & Holly. Is two live-and-local and two national airshifts the model? Each brand is evaluated differently. I don’t want to make a global statement on that. We know the drive time experience is very important and understand the value of being live and local in mornings. Afternoon shows will vary by market based on its own needs. In a lot of cases that will be local, and in some there will be other great talents hosting from elsewhere. This isn’t meant to be one-size-fits-all, and we’ve kept the local brands in mind with local music, content and imaging across the platform. The way we approached this with our team, it was really important to pay attention to the needs of the market. Country music in Houston is different than New York. Your team is built around three regions, with a VP and a manager – can you lay out which stations are in each? Not sure I want to get that granular. As for the team, these are people with a good understanding of the format, how to execute ... and it’s really an expansion of resources in bringing these centers of excellence to our individual brands The best people are getting expanded roles and, in some cases, being promoted to handle more responsibility because they’re very good at what they do. There’s a lot of opportunity for strong, talented people in this company. And, I have to say, a positive opportunity for a lot of air talent, as well. Still a difficult task when it comes to people departing, though... I have to defer on questions about personnel, but I will say that as this business changes, radio means different things. There is more opportunity than before, just a different kind. The digital division at Radio.com didn’t exist at one time. Podcasting is another platform where strong personalities can be recognized and monetized. Every time we turn around there’s something new and,

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if you have the adaptability, there is opportunity. Despite tough decisions and a lot of change, it sounds like you’re still bullish on Country radio and country music. I’m extremely positive about this business. Our artists are creating great music fans are excited to hear. And that means there’s tons of opportunity. Read more from Roberts in The Interview here. –Chuck Aly

Chart Chat

Congratulations to Luke Combs, Shane Allen, Lauren Thomas and the Columbia promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “Lovin’ On You.” The song is the fourth single from Combs’ second studio album, What You See Is What You Get. Songwriters are Thomas Archer, Ray Fulcher, James Luke Combs McNair and Combs. And kudos to Matthew Hargis and the BMLGR crew on notching 88 adds for Florida Georgia Line’s “Long Live,” landing atop this week’s board for a second consecutive week.

News & Notes

Sonia Leigh’s “Jack Is Back” won the Country category of the 2020 Unsigned Only Music Competition, while Buck Twenty took home second place for “All I Can Do.” Eight country artists received honorable mentions; full list here. John Berry and wife Robin’s new podcast, Faith, Family & Friends, will debut Friday (9/18) here.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • The 2020 Fantasy Label Draft kicked off and the September print issue was previewed in last week’s (9/8) Country Aircheck Weekly. • Country Aircheck checked in with radio affected by the West Coast wildfires. (CAT 9/11) • Entercom restructured its Country format, resulting in layoffs. (CAT 9/10) • WKLB/Boston’s Dawn Santolucito was elevated to APD/ Marketing Dir., and Jim Clerkin added MD duties. (CAT 9/9) • Sun Broadcast Group Pres./Founder Jason Bailey is departing; Warren Friedland is taking on Pres. role. (CAT 9/8) • Chronicle: Bill Pursell, Dave Holmes.

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from May to August, while streaming cume continued to fall (down 13.37%) in the same window. Deep Dive: Drilling down on terrestrial cume statistics, the 57 Nielsen-reported formats have been aggregated into 11 broad formats: AC, Classics, Country, News/Talk/Sports, Religious, Rhythm, Rock, Spanish Language, Top 40, Urban and Misc. Looking at those aggregated formats on a terrestrial-only basis, Country – an amalgamation of stations reported as Country, New Country or Classic Country by Nielsen – ranks last in cume loss from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 (down 19.76%), Jan.-Aug. (dipping 12.38%) and March-Aug. (dropping 5.35%). As a format, Country

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has maintained the greatest consistency in audience levels and has shown the highest amount of audience retention. All aggregate terrestrial formats began to show a rebound in cume from May to August, and while Country showed the smallest percentage of growth (up 10.19%) during that time frame, the format has also experienced the least impact on cume – a total of 14.21% loss to date – during the pandemic, measured Feb.-Aug. Meanwhile, Country’s most frequent audience share competitors, AC and Top 40, have been among the hardest hit during coronavirus, as aggregate AC formats experienced a 41.51% loss – the highest among all aggregate formats – and Top 40 placed third with a 30.91% drop. Classic formats, including Classic Hits, Oldies and ‘80s, were second-most impacted with 37.42% erosion in cume during COVID-19. AC (43.79%), Classic (41.20%) and

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Top 40 (35.03%) have also experienced the biggest decreases in terrestrial cume since November. Among Country’s competitors, Spanish (16.53%), Urban (17.33%), Religious (17.49%), Rock (17.91%), News-Talk (18.82%) and Rhythmic (19.81%) each experienced more leveled cume decreases from Feb.-Aug., with Rock claiming the biggest cume increase from May-Aug. with a 19.66% gain. Surf’s Up: All-format terrestrial cume reached its lowest point in April with a total of 266,190,800 but has since rebounded 15.47% to 323,167,200 in August. While no format has hit its pre-pandemic cume levels, audience has been on the rise Cume since totals bottomed out in April and May, during which Country hit lows Comparison of 20,918,500 and 24,297,900, By Format respectively. In a year of rapid change, (by percentage) Country radio continues to outperform radio as a whole, maintaining the steadiest audience levels among all formats during the most volatile months. As reported via the most recent PPM Scoreboard, aggregated Country shares for Feb. through Aug. were 349.7, 355.6, 369.1, 381.8, 387.0, 382.0 and 366.6, showing incremental growth in share throughout the pandemic, as well. Direct questions, concerns or thoughts about Country’s relative strength in the audio entertainment marketplace here. –Monta Vaden

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All-Format vs. Country Cume Comparison (in millions)

SEEK & EMPLOY

September 14, 2020

AVAILABLE JOBS MIDWEST Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is searching for a morning co-host. See the complete posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here. Hubbard WIL/St. Louis OM Tommy Mattern is looking for an MD/afternoon personality with a minimum of two years on-air experience, demonstrable ratings success stories and impeccable references. See the complete posting and apply here. Federated WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN OM Jimmy Knight is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Josh Michaels. Send résumés and airchecks to Knight here. Griffin KVOO/Tulsa OM Steve Hunter is seeking a morning show host or team. See the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hunter here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD Jason Addams is looking to add a full-time on-air personality for nights. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

NORTHEAST

Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a fulltime morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and salary requirements here. WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for weekend and fill-in positions. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. iHeartMedia/Baltimore RSVPP Jeff Kapugi is seeking a Dir./Creative Services for Country WPOC; programming duties and weekend/fill-in airshifts are also possible. Apply here; send résumés and creative composites to Kapugi here. Pamal WKLI/Albany, NY PD Jon Reilly is

Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA PD Bill Dollar is looking for an afternoon personality/Production Dir. Apply here. Cumulus WKDF/Nashville PD Paul Williams is looking for an afternoon personality with five-plus years of experience. See the complete job posting and apply here. Cumulus/Shreveport, LA is searching for a VP/MM to succeed Aaron Criswell. See the complete job posting and apply here.

for the cluster that includes Country KRKI. Interested parties can send résumés and references here. Ruby Radio/Elko, NV VP/Programming Tom Chase is seeking on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KBGZ and Classic Country translator K263BD. Applicants can send cover letters, résumés and airchecks to Chase here. Bonneville KYGO/Denver PD Brian Michel is searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent Tracy Dixon. Reach Michel here, and apply here. Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with references and an aircheck to Curry here. Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Dir./Content Brad Hansen is looking for a morning host or team to succeed Jordan Soto and Michael Mason. View the complete job description here; send résumés and airchecks to Hansen here. Marker KPLM/Palm Springs, CA PD Kory James is looking for a morning host or team to succeed outgoing 17-plus year host Randy Houston. Send résumés and airchecks to James here.

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looking for a morning co-host to join incumbent Pete Kelly. Send résumés and airchecks here. Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for a Market Mgr. for the cluster, which includes Country WFLS. Interested candidates can see a complete job description and apply here. Alpha WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA Dir./Content Bill West is searching for a morning co-host to succeed the retiring Jessica Cash. Apply here; reach West here.

SOUTHEAST

Radio Ranch KRNH/Kerrville, TX is in need of a PD/morning host with a strategic programming mind and strong on-air skills. Send résumés and airchecks here. Townsquare KQBR/Lubbock, TX Brand Mgr. Lance Ballance is seeking an APD/on-air personality to succeed Jan Miller. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

WEST COAST Badlands/Rapid City, SD is searching for a GM/DOS who can build, train and motivate a team

Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for future openings. The company’s Country properties include KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, UT; KMON/Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; KKXK/Montrose, MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/ Wenatchee, WA; KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Country KMON-AM/Great Falls, MT. Candidates with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience and a background in programming multiple formats in small to medium sized markets can send résumés, airchecks and programming philosophies to Elliott here.

SEEKING JOBS •Cactus Jack Former Entercom/Phoenix Dir./Production GoGoJack@msn.com 602-430-5908 •Heather Stevens Former WQXK/Youngstown, OH middays Heather.Stevens2019@gmail.com

•Denis “Catfish” Miller Former KSNI/Santa Maria, CA afternoons DenisMil@hotmail.com

•Mac Daniels Former KPLX & KSCS/Dallas PD MacDaniels@me.com

•Steve Knoll Former KMAG/Ft. Smith, AR PD/on-air talent SteveKnoll@cox.net

•Cory Mikhals Former KIZN/Boise morning co-host CoryProductions@icloud.com

•Tom Travis Former iHeartMedia/Oklahoma City SVPP TomTTravis@gmail.com

•Bill Hickok Former KBMR/Bismark, ND morning host BillHickok1950@gmail.com

•Chuck Knight Former iHeartMedia/Austin-San Antonio RSVPP ChuckKnightMedia@gmail.com

•Dave Conrad Former WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI afternoons DConrad82@gmail.com

•”Big” John Horton •Tony Kelly Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host Former WUSN/Chicago morning producer BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com KellyT_60468@yahoo.com •Kris Richards 708-642-8518 Former WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoons •Greg Cole FireCop947@yahoo.com Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD •Jason Ryan GCole27000@gmail.com Former WWQM/Madison, WI nights 916-502-4734 JROnTheAir@gmail.com •Jonathan West •AJ McCloud Former WKTI/Milwaukee afternoons Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL JSWest33@yahoo.com APD/afternoons 320-774-9300 AJ.McCloud@charter.net •Doug Dodds 256-503-2301 Former ZFKY/Grand Cayman •Kristin Monica PD/morning host Former WQNU/Louisville APD/mornings DougDoddsEmail@gmail.com Kristin@RadioKristin.com •Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus) •Paul Cannell Former on-air talent Former WRKN/New Orleans PD ZimaGuy@gmail.com PFCannell@gmail.com 401-467-6737

•Amy Nic •Dan Mason Former WAMZ/Louisville afternoon host Former iHeartMedia/Mobile, AL-Pensacola, AmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com FL SVPP DLafayette@yahoo.com •Ron “Keyes” Stevens Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoons •Dave Schaefer Former iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM SVPP RonStvns@yahoo.com & Country KTRA PD DRSchaefer@gobrainstorm.net •Ginny Rogers Brophey Former WBWL/Boston PD GinnyBrophey@gmail.com •Brittany Tully Former WYNK/Baton Rouge PD BriLynn718@gmail.com •Brian Cleary Former WEZL/Charleston, SC PD BRCleary@aol.com

•Lee France Former KAGG/Bryan, TX PD/midday host LeeFranceWV@gmail.com •Scott Davidson Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/ on-air host Davidson1023@gmail.com •Trace Hamilton Former WEBG/Chicago night host TheTraceHamilton@gmail.com

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SEEKING JOBS

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•Daryl Thomas Ledyard Former WBBS/Syracuse on-air talent DarylLedyard@gmail.com

•Jake Byron Former KUPL/Portland mornings JakeByronMedia@gmail.com

•Shawn Carey Former KXXY/Oklahoma City on-air talent Shawntze@sbcglobal.net

•Adam Rondeau Former WCVL/Charlottesville, VA mornings BrondeauShow@gmail.com

•Christian “CHoff” Hoffer Former WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI weekender Christian@heychoff.com •Ryan McCall Former WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoons RyanMcCall@yahoo.com •David Dean Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons DaviDean5@gmail.com •Dan Jessop Former KKUT/Pleasant, UT Station Mgr. DanJessop@msn.com •Kasper Former WUSN/Chicago afternoons KasperShow@gmail.com and www. KasperShow.com •Toni Marie Former KWJJ/Portland APD/middays ToniMarieRadio@gmail.com •Brian “Wookie” Kostek Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons BKostek24@gmail.com •Chuck Edwards Former WYCD/Detroit mornings ChuckOn995@yahoo.com •Terry Phillips Former Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative Services Terry@TerryPhillips.com •Bernadette Gibbons Former Entercom/New York Coord./Promotions BernGibbons23@gmail.com •Jeff Pierce Former Saga/Portland, ME OM JefferyPierce@me.com •Blair Thomas Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE mornings BThomas330@yahoo.com •John Shomby Former Nash Dir./Programming & WKDF/Nashville PD JohnShomby@gmail.com •Brad King Former WBYT/South Bend, IN APD/MD/middays BradKingRadio@yahoo.com

•Corey Dillon Former KNUC/Seattle afternoons/Social Media Mgr. CoreyDillonRadio@gmail.com •Jeff “Reyn” Reynolds Former Brewer WQLK/Richmond, IN mornings JNolds0509@gmail.com 765-465-0568 •David Sommers Former WDJR/Dothan, AL PD DSommers997@yahoo.com •Tricia “TJ” Jenkins Former Cumulus/Westwood One nationally syndicated The Ty Bentli Show morning host Tricia.Jenkins21@gmail.com •Brian McKay Former WXTU/Philadelphia middays, Dir./Production BMackDJ@gmail.com •Guy David Former KYGO/Denver mornings GuyDavid02@gmail.com Agent: David Brody, 877-888-1267 •Joe Cassady Former Pritchard/Burlington, IA OM/ middays Joseph.Cassady215@gmail.com •Jason Pullman Former WUSN/Chicago mornings PimpYourPromo@gmail.com •Presleigh Webb Former KTCS/Fort Smth, AR mornings PresleighWebb@gmail.com •Jeff Hunt Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE MD/evenings JeffreyJHunt@gmail.com 570-309-4698 •Brent Jones Former Capitol Dir./Midwest Promotion DBJones615@gmail.com 615-482-5653 •Kim Brixton Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays KimBrixton@gmail.com •Mark McKay Former Riser House Dir./Southeast Promotion MMcKay973@gmail.com

•Dr. Don Carpenter Former WYCD/Detroit mornings Dr.DonCarpenter@gmail.com

•Fletcher Keyes Former WWQM/Madison, WI PD KeyesCreative@gmail.com www.FletcherKeyes.com

•Tony Russell Former KUPL/Portland mornings Tony@TonyRussellInsurance.com 425-999-6127

•Steve Richards Former Townsquare/Albany, NY OM SVal622@sbcglobal.net 901-481-2669

SEEKER SPOTLIGHT TERRY PHILLIPS Former Entercom/Detroit Dir./Creative Services Terry@TerryPhillips.com Check out his website here, connect with him on LinkedIn here and hear his demos here. “I bring a solutions-based, can-do attitude and a focus on creative ways to get the job done, fix the problem and make it all work without getting bogged down. Creativity? Yeah, you hear that a lot. But from promotion meetings, client CNAs, programming and sales strategy meetings to station launches and events, I’m one of the people bringing new ideas, angles or approaches. I’ve been called on more than once to fix a sales promotion that wasn’t working, and I have been referred to as the ‘head of the idea department.’”

•Ken Steel Former WQMX/Akron PD/afternoons KenSteelRadioGuy@gmail.com

•Ginny Harman Former KFRG/Riverside mornings GinnyHarmanVO@gmail.com

•Jody Wheatley Former WQMX/Akron MD/Promotions Dir. JodyWheatley13@gmail.com

•Nina D. Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoons MissNinaD@gmail.com

•Kelley Bradshaw-Brock Former WKDF/Nashville afternoons KellyBra13@gmail.com 423-802-4987 •Sean McMaster Former Pamal/Albany, NY on-air SMC1167@gmail.com •DeAnna Lee Former KKWF/Seattle middays DeAnnaLeeDance@gmail.com

•Chris Huff Former KILT/Houston PD CHuff73@hotmail.com •Erin Austin Former KILT/Houston Asst. MD/middays ErinAustinOnline@gmail.com •Greg Raneiri Former KSON/San Deigo APD/MD/nights G.Raneiri@gmail.com

•Tim Taylor Former KWJJ/Portland afternoons Tim.Taylor1@comcast.net

•Amber Rainey Former KSON/San Deigo middays AmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.com

•Tim Richards Former Entercom/Phoenix VP/Branding, KMLE PD Tim915@gmail.com

•Jared “Marshall” Goldberg Former KMLE/Phoenix APD/middays & Cluster Dir./Digital Programming ImJaredGoldberg@gmail.com

•Marty Brooks Former WLFP/Memphis MD/afternoons Marty.Headrick@gmail.com

•Tami Rumfelt Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons TamiRumfelt@gmail.com

•Alek Halverson Former KKWF/Seattle Interim PD/ afternoons AlekHalverson22@gmail.com

•Mike Allan Former WNSH/New York nights MikeAllanRadio@gmail.com

•Mandy James Former KMNB/Minneapolis mornings MandyJKDSN@gmail.com •Chris “Fish” Shatek Former KMNB/Minneapolis middays/Dir. Creative & Imaging ChrisShatek@gmail.com

•Darlene Evans Former WKIS/Miami middays DarleneInc@yahoo.com •Josh “JT” Holleman Former WIL/St. Louis afternoons JHolleman1015@gmail.com

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Artist/Title (Label)

LUKE COMBS

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Lovin’ On You (River House/Columbia)

27112

2328

8519

730

49.922 3.805

155

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)

23939

2271

7556

737

44.055 4.653

156

KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA)

22805

1167

7129

366

40.907 1.758

156

JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) ✔

21132

2346

6674

714

4.988

156

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔

18669

2513

5863

803

32.928 4.175

156

KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol)

17550

-1268

5419

-395

33.158 -3.13

156

TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine)

17506

952

5528

288

33.644 2.333

156

T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory) 14831

-3245

28.514 -17.358

155

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista)

14796

796

4627

222

27.885 1.799

156

CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow)

14303

698

4337

210

24.696 0.864

153

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)

14104

1174

4461

407

23.752 1.883

152

BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)

13943

1242

4404

442

24.801 1.741

156

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)

12865

786

4002

326

0.744

152

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔

12438

2348

3896

753

23.191 5.128

154

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

11962

1954

3725

709

22.095 3.183

151

JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)

11526

1328

3754

154

CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)

10205

749

3186

517 20.85 2.908 -181 16.563 1.538

144

KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA)

10069

172

3178

17.325 0.387

153

DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)

9937

457

3112

178

17.537 1.378

153

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)

9908

1413

3026

448

17.379 2.158

151

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN)

9476

-7236

2930

-2379

19.325 -9.502

154

LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR)

8579

451

2635

134

13.813 0.923

154

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔

7854

-8599

2788

-2834

14.096 -12.644

156

BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista)

6992

-1521

2296

-486

11.167 -2.48

153

DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow)

6843

952

2046

322

10.041 1.445

149

-10396 4906

38.84

21.42

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ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville)

6358

565

2084

182

8.463

0.811

145

MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine)

5950

-1131

1855

-303

9.352 -1.877

148

NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)

5731

675

1759

247

7.695

0.724

124

RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine)

5610

445

1661

119

8.384

0.818

150

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol)

5494

882

1714

344

8.731

1.097

140

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

5441

1989

1695

678

9.727

3.394

122

KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River)

5062

582

1612

235

6.994

0.923

143

LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury)

5042

340

1718

5.256

0.56

134

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

5040

1491

Debut 34

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

10.497 10.497

TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand)

4659

335

1491

5.755

0.749

137

DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb)

4082

366

1355

114

5.35

0.479

120

BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville)

4050

212

1300

4.546

0.066

120

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA)

4002

320

1276

111

5.733

0.674

129

BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN)

3610

1090

5.346

0.606

109

TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA)

3427

433

1044

165

4.226

0.345

107

MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia)

3062

199

996

3.259

0.512

106

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)

2994

862

880

237

4.845

1.291

GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR)

2886

164

976

3.222

0.061

BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR)

2851

135

879

5.563

0.455

RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse)

2759

871

2.809 -0.056

PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek)

2663

956

2.953 -0.066

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory)

2578

-9

829

-6

2.997 -0.126

103

J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek)

2397

121

825

2.105

0.131

ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand)

2128

783

2.17

-0.027

COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN)

2098

186

612

2.796

0.195

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September 14, 2020 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

1219 ✔

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR)

B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 1023 ✔

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

970 ✔

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)

935 ✔

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol)

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

844 ✔

GARY ALLAN/Waste Of A Whiskey Drink (EMI Nashville)

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)

830

ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista)

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

815

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA)

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)

732

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol)

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)

675

TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA)

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)

626

Activator Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

5040

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

2513

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)

2348

JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

2346

LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia)

2328

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

257

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)

235

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

188

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)

174

B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN)

170 161

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)

2271

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

1989

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

147

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

1954

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)

141

1413

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)

119

1328

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)

109

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents 1491

Points

MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury)

16850

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

803

LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol)

15672

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)

753

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)

13198

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb)

737

SAM HUNT/Hard To Forget (MCA)

12076

LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia)

730

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

12041

JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

714

CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR)

11632

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

709

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN)

11559

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury)

678

JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory)

10629

JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)

517

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

8163

448

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA)

8028

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)

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September 14, 2020

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) Moves 44-45* 2,759 points, 871 spins; no adds PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) Moves 45-46* 2,663 points, 956 spins 4 adds: WBWL, WGAR, WIL, WKSJ BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) Moves 46-47 2,578 points, 829 spins 1 add: *KHKI J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) Moves 47-48* 2,397 points, 825 spins; no adds ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Grown Music/19th & Grand) Remains at 49* 2,128 points, 783 spins 3 adds: *KHKI, *KUBL, WRNS COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) Remains at 50* 2,098 points, 612 spins 3 adds: KHGE, *KHKI, WBUL LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 2,083 points, 648 spins 15 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KRST, *WCTO, *WDRQ, *WFMS, *WGKX JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 1,973 points, 582 spins; no adds ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 1,820 points, 530 spins 14 adds including: *KATC, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KPLX, *KRST, *WCTO, *WFMS, *WGKX, *WIVK

A D D DAT E S September 21

HIGH VALLEY/Grew Up On That (Warner/WEA) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) CAYLEE HAMMACK/Just Friends (Capitol)

September 28 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine)

October 5

REBEL HEARTS/Good To Go (RHR) LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (WMN/WEA)

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September 14, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

LUKE COMBS

+/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

12103

185

2375

LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) ✔

11009

935

2124

235

JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

9906

472

1921

100

Lovin’ On You (River House/Columbia)

2nd Week at No. 1

T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory)

9748

-2139

1907

-405

KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA)

9044

-59

1755

-2

TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine)

8642

426

1611

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔

8511

844

1607

147

12 8

BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) ✔

7925

1023

1446

170

14 9

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud)

7276

675

1403

141

13 10

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista)

6957

208

1329

11 11

KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol)

6901

-116

1373

-21

15 12

JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol)

6785

469

1218

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN)

6609

-1399

1248

-313

16 14

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)

6264

-7

1202

17 15

CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow)

5503

317

1047

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔

5422

-3260

998

-722

22 17

MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud)

5363

815

1003

161

20 18

DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR)

5358

552

991

21 19

KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA)

5280

732

975

119

18 20

KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA)

5222

142

1002

25 21

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers)

4543

830

845

174

23 22

ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville)

4526

321

793

19 23

BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista)

4234

-701

817

-139

24 24

LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR)

4122

815

29 25

CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) ✔

3397

1219

621

257

27 26

DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol)

3372

473

594

26 27

MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine)

2840

-223

510

-32

28 28

CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)

2834

201

599

32 29

KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River)

2099

133

408

31 30

RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine)

1924

-55

382

-11

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September 14, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

30 31

BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville)

1877

-139

Plays

333

+/- Plays

-4

Stations Adds

37 32

DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow)

1783

442

378

100

33 33

LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury)

1702

363

35 34

JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA)

1608

275

34 35

BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN)

1553

-46

283

-5

39 36

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol)

1399

217

230

36 37

BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR)

1344

-176

195

-28

38 38

TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA)

1275

255

40 39

MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia)

1086

138

211

42 40

TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand)

1033

211

225

Debut 41

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR)

1031

970

201

188

Debut 42

MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud)

1015

626

193

109

41 43

NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA)

981

155

212

50 44

DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb)

810

212

173

43 45

RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse)

810

170

45 46

OLD DOMINION/My Heart Is A Bar (RCA)

720

-10

-1

44 47

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory)

704

-47

104

-7

49 48

GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR)

689

153

46 49

JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek)

651

-24

102

-2

47 50

ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 633

-36

132

-3

48 51

COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN)

616

-52

-8

51 52

RANDALL KING/Hey Cowgirl (Warner/WEA)

600

115

52 53

KYLIE FREY/Spur Of The Moment (Deep Frey'd)

530

-5

101

-2

55 54

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Never Have I Ever (Big Machine/BMLGR)

515

59 55

BRELAND/My Truck (Atlantic)

470

Debut 56

LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud)

462

56 57

CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat)

445

112

53 58

TIFFANY WOYS/Loved By You (Tiffany Woys)

443

-78

-18

58 59

CAM/Till There's Nothing Left (RCA/Triple Tigers)

430

60 60

JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud)

418

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