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Assessing The FCC-Payola Settlement the format,” Jennings says. “WGAR also has Four major broadcasters -- CBS Radio, Citadel, Clear the same legendary legacy. I can’t wait to be Channel and Entercom -- have reportedly entered into a tentative a part of this killer team.” Jennings’ hire fills agreement with the FCC to pay a total of $12.5 million to resolve the position vacated in October with Meg claims of accepting payola. Under the agreement, the broadcasters Stevens’ move to program Clear Channel’s admit no wrongdoing. While the settlement is still subject to WMZQ/Washington and WPOC/Baltimore. approval, a number of individuals and news organizations have Clear Channel recently announced plans to sell weighed-in with their thoughts on the settlement: KZKX to Three Eagles of Lincoln as part of its Future of Music Coalition Executive Dir. Jenny Toomey: broader initiative to sell hundreds of stations. “What was once an aberration [payola] became standard industry practice when radio was consolidated. We’re encouraged to see Lofton Creek Taps Redmond As VP the FCC and the broadcast industry work together to eliminate Label and radio vet Joe Redmond has been a practice which undermines the meritocracy that should be the named VP/Promotion for Lofton Creek, effective public airwaves.” Friday (3/16). Redmond’s previous stops include IvoryTowerz Editor (ivorytowerz.blogspot.com) and a short run with Cupit Records, three years with American University Professor/Journalism & Communication Warner Bros. and hitches with Marco Promotion, Rick Rockwell: “What the cold language in the settlements and Imprint and Young-Olsen. Reach him at the business pages...doesn’t tell you is the real crime. These are [email protected]; cell 615- the companies that killed music radio. This is the answer to why 414-5488. so much junk gets played on the airwaves. But folks mostly don’t care today, unlike the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, radio... Radio News was still a strong presence in American homes. Today, folks Programming: KNTY/Sacramento is currently seeking a PD to have moved away from the polluted pool of radio to their iPods, replace Rick Stewart. Send resumes to GM Larry Lemanski at computers, and other sources for music.” [email protected]. (continued on page 6) In addition to PD/afternoon duties at KRYS/Corpus Christi, Big Frank Edwards has taken on PD duties at sister station Jennings Named WGAR PD News/Talk KKTX-AM. KRYS morning co-host Chris O’Brien KZKX/Lincoln, NE PD Brian Jennings has been named is now MD. PD for Clear Channel sister WGAR/Cleveland, effective April Audience Development Group’s Tim Moore is heading 2. “I’m very proud of KZKX and its decades of leadership in the search for a new PD at WWQM/Madison, WI following last

March 12, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page week’s exit of Mark Grantin. Airchecks and resumes to [email protected]. Grantin, who programmed Date Check WWQM for the last seven years, can be reached at April 24 - Leadership Music Digital Summit [email protected]. (CAT 3/9) www.digitalsummit.org/ Keymarket VP Frank Bell is seeking a PD for WOGI with the departure of Mark Lindow for WSJR/Wilkes Barre-Scranton. May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville Cover letter and resume (no airchecks) to [email protected]; or May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. mail to 100 Ryan Court, Pittsburgh, 15205. (CAT 3/7) www.acmcountry.com

Personalities: Former KFKF/Kansas City air talent Tim Peters June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. has been hired for mornings at Journal’s Classic Country KFTI/ www.cmafest.com Wichita. The move is a homecoming for Peters, who hosted top rated morning shows in Wichita in the mid-eighties. WGZR/Savannah, GA has changed its handle from CRB Beaches Out “Gator 106.9” to “Lucky Dog Country 106.9” and shuffled its CRB’s new Radio Outreach program is set for April 20 at airstaff. PD Brad Hansen joins Laura Anderson for mornings, the Courtyard by Marriot in Virginia Beach, VA. Panel topics Matthew James takes middays and MD Mike “Sandman” at this free, one-day event include On-Air Talent, Program Sanders joins for afternoons. The “Lucky Dog” will premier Management, Revenue & Sales, How to Make Your Station a new concept in nights on Wednesday (3/14) with “Big Star Sound Bigger, Labels and Networking. Confirmed panelists Nights” where according to Sanders, “the listener is the jock.” include Blair Garner, John Zarling, John Shomby, Vonneva Clear Channel KEEY/Minneapolis PD Gregg Swedberg is Carter, Robynn Jaymes, David Haley, Mark McKay and seeking a morning host with the impending move of John Hines Royce Risser with a luncheon performance by Dusty Drake. to local Talk sister KTLK-FM. Airchecks, resumes and photos to [email protected], and keep everything under Industry News 2MB. (CAT 3/7) Sony BMG has upped Senior Director/Finance Tom Banks to VP/Finance. Prior to SBMG, Banks was the state of Sales: Cox Radio has named Rick Collier National Sales Kentucky’s Auditor/Corporate Income Tax. Manager of its five-station Tulsa, OK cluster, which includes Webster & Associates have added Darryl Worley and Country KWEN. What A Trip! Entertainment & Sports to its roster for media Promotions: Citadel Country KIZN & CHR/Pop KZMG/Boise representation. ID OM Rich Summers is seeking a Promotions Director to The season finale ofNashville Star, which aired March 1, replace Shelly Williams who left the stations Friday. Resumes to was the No. 1 most watched program in basic cable primetime [email protected]. (CAT 3/8) with more than 3 million total viewers. It was the only show of the night with more than 1 million adults viewers, ages 25-54.

Morris Management Group Exec. Assistant Jane Country Crystal Finalists Messmore left the company after four-and-a-half years. Reach The NAB has announced finalists for the 2007 Crystal her at [email protected] or 615-545-1529. (CAT 3/9) Radio Awards to be handed out April 17 during NAB2007 in The CMA Songwriters Series is returning to New York City Las Vegas. Country finalists: WGOH-A/Grayson, KY; WIVK/ with four unique shows at Joe’s Pub over the next nine months. Knoxville; KLGR-A/Redwood Falls, MO; WPAP/Panama City, Themes include “The Men of Country Music” on March 29, “25th FL; WQNZ/Natchez, MS; KYKX/Tyler-Longview, TX; WYCT/ Anniversary of the Bluebird Café” on May 31, “The Women of Pensacola; and WFYR/Peoria, IL. Country Music” on October 4 and “Groups and Duos of Country Music” on November 29. Details at www.joespub.com.

Tube Check Tuesday (3/13) – Little Big Town, ACM and GAC Presents; Rodney Atkins, John Anderson, Neal McCoy, Bucky Covington, Craig Morgan, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Montgomery Gentry, Cowboy Troy, GAC Nights; Alan Jackson, Steve Holy, Ricky Skaggs, Mel Tillis, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Dierks Bentley, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, (CBS).

Wednesday (3/14) – Sam Bush, The Edge of Country, (GAC); Hank Williams Jr., Crossroads, (CMT).

Thursday (3/15) – Dierks Bentley, Live and Loud at the Fillmore, (CMT).

Friday (3/16) – Dierks Bentley, Fox & Friends, (FOX News).

Saturday (3/17) – John Anderson, Big & Rich, CMT Cross Country; Aaron Tippin, BackLand Country, (GAC).

Sunday (3/18) – Gretchen Wilson, Loretta Lynn, Trent Tomlinson, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Josh Turner, Master Series, (GAC).

Monday (3/19) – Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson Uncut: 60 Minutes Special, (CMT); Taylor Swift, ACM & GAC Presents.

Artist News Arista’s Carrie Underwood will be the musical guest on the March 24 Saturday Night Live. She will be the fifth Country artist to appear on the show in 20 years. Capitol’s Trace Adkins will receive the 2007 USO Merit Award at the March 27 USO-Metro Awards Dinner in Arlington, VA. Adkins is being honored for his charitable works and USO tour participation. GAC is sponsoring Emerson Drive’s tour, which opens at Oregon State University on March 14. The “GAC Presents Emerson Drive College Moments Tour” will travel to 20 collegiate venues across the US. Details at www.emersondrive.com. Darryl Worley is slated to perform the national anthem at Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Busch Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 10 and again at the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 18. Big Machine’s Taylor Swift will perform a 30-minute full- band set at center field in Dodger Stadium on baseball’s opening day, April 9. Montgomery Gentry will perform “Some People Change” with the Fisk Jubilee Singers prior to Maya Angelou’s Nashville appearance at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on May 21. Garnier Nutrisse has begun offering specially marked packages of hair color that include a Rising Stars of Country Music CD sampler, featuring Sony BMG newcomers Ashley Monroe, Catherine Britt, Sarah Johns and Crystal Shawanda. The packages also direct consumers to cmt.com for a chance to win a trip to the 2007 CMT Music Awards. BNA’s Kellie Pickler is featured as the cover story for the April issue of inspirational magazine Guideposts. ExxonMobil has renewed its sponsorship deal with Steve Azar, which will support his tour dates throughout 2007.

Benefit News Check Out Keith Anderson, Dierks Bentley, Big Kenny, Carolina Upcoming releases: Rain, Emerson Drive, Cory Gierman, Josh Gracin, March 27 Alabama Songs of Inspriation Volume II (RCA) Heartland, Steve Holy, Buddy Jewel, Little Texas, Craig Jack Ingram This Is It (Big Machine) Morgan, Heidi Newfield, Jon Nicholson, James Otto, The Tim McGraw Let It Go (Curb) Road Hammers, Ray Scott, Trent Tomlinson, Trick Pony, Two Foot Fred, The Warren Brothers and Trent Willmon April 3 Alison Krauss A Hundred Miles Or More: will participate in the ACM’s 4th Annual Motorcycle Ride in A Collection (Rounder) Las Vegas on May 13. Montgomery Gentry host the event, Martina McBride Wake Up Laughing (RCA) which benefits the ACM’s charitable fund. Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, George Strait Warner Bros.’ Blake Shelton has announced his second Live At Texas Stadium (MCA) annual Raindance charity event to be held in Ada, OK April April 17 Bucky Covington Bucky (Lyric Street) 22-24. The event benefits victims of Oklahoma’s drought and Clay Walker Fall (Curb/Asylum) wildfires, and ends with a concert from Shelton,Steve Holy, Neal McCoy and Craig Morgan. May 1 Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Columbia) Blake Shelton Pure BS (Warner Bros.) Life Notes: Congrats to Monterey Peninsula Artists/Paradigm agent May 15 John Anderson Easy Money (Warner Bros./Raybaw) Brian Hill and his wife Steffany on last week’s birth (3/6) of Jason Meadows 100% Cowboy (Baccerstick/CO5) son Aidan Christopher, who joins big brother Jack. Gretchen Wilson One of the Boys (Columbia) Congrats to Vector Management’s Michelle Owens and husband Steve on last week’s birth (3/8) of baby Connor Edgar Owens. May 29 Jason Aldean Relentless (BBR) June 5 Big & Rich Between Raising Hell And Chronicle Amazing Grace (Warner Bros.) A celebration of Joni Foraker’s life is set for Thursday (3/15) at the Cannery Row Ballroom in Nashville at 6pm. June 12 Toby Keith Big Dog Daddy (Show Dog) Foraker, most recently a VP with Borman Entertainment, passed away Friday (3/9) after a long battle with cancer. In June 19 Cowboy Troy Black In The Saddle (Raybaw) lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Jackson Foraker Fund, set up for her 9-year-old son, c/o Flood, Bumstead, Send album release information to [email protected]. McCready & McCarthy at P.O. Box 331549, Nashville, 37203; or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (1305 16th Ave. S., • Cumulus WSM-FM (The Wolf)/Nashville PD Buddy Van Nashville, 37212) in her name. Arsdale was named PD for Cox Country WKHK/Richmond, Our condolences are extended to family and friends of VA, effective March 26. He replaces exiting WKHK PD Jim Country Music DJ Hall of Fame member Billy Cole, who Tice. (CAT 3/8) passed away Wednesday evening (3/7). Services were held today. • Keymarket WOGI/Pittsburgh PD Mark Lindow was named PD for Citadel WSJR/Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA, filling the The Week’s Top Stories position left open with Jim Dorman’s exit in January. (CAT 3/7) Here are some of the biggest stories featured in Country Aircheck Today since our last Music Edition. Visit the • Citadel KBUL/Reno, NV MD/Promotion Director Derek archives section of our website for complete coverage of these Gunn was named interim PD with the departure of Cleveland stories and more: www.countryaircheck.com. Wheeler, who joined the station in January of this year. Gunn ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] March 12, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page was promoted to MD Jan. 15, roughly a week after Wheeler officially assumed KBUL’s PD post.(CAT 3/8) Birthdays Tuesday (3/13) – Liz Anderson, Jan Howard, Billy • CMA donated $368,502 to the Metro Nashville School District Yates, Steve Armstrong, Kay Smith as part of CMA’s “Keep the Music Playing” initiative to improve ([email protected]) music education. (CAT 3/7) Wednesday (3/14) – Michael Martin Murphy, Sam Arista/Nashville Sr. Dir/Marketing & Artist Development • Cerami ([email protected]) Cindy Mabe joined Capitol as VP/Marketing reporting to President/CEO Mike Dungan. (CAT 3/6) Thursday (3/15) – Carl Smith, Teddi Bonadies ([email protected]), Mike Dungan (mike. FCC Payola Settlement (continued from page 1) [email protected]), Mike Wilson (mwilson@ Wilmington News Journal (DE) editorial: “[The settlement] montagemusicgroup.com), Rondal Richardson should be a boom for new and untried talent that have been kept ([email protected]), Shar’n Clark (shakem8@ out of the major radio mix because of payola. As for whether the bellsouth.net) fines and settlement completely eliminate payola, only another 50 Friday (3/16) – Allison Smith, Jerry Jeff Walker years will tell.” Former broadcaster and Inside Radio founder Jerry Del Saturday (3/17) – Paul Overstreet Colliano (insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com): “Early reaction to the deal seems to be positive. I wish I could share their enthusiasm. Sunday (3/18) – Charley Pride, John Huie, Lisa I’m seeing the FCC settlement as the ultimate hypocrisy. Austin ([email protected]) “It was the consolidators themselves who created the climate Monday (3/19) – Bob Kingsley ([email protected]), for modern-day payola when they trumped up a system whereby Nathan Cruise ([email protected]) labels and independent promotion companies could get access to the music their stations ‘added’ a few hours before the music reported payola consent decree does nothing to slow...the pay for trade publications were notified -- a dubious reason to spend play system.” millions of dollars. Jeff Leeds wrote in the New York Times: “Porter … said “If everyone was so concerned with fresh music, new artists that compared with the settlements extracted by Mr. Spitzer, the and the health of indie labels, they’d be fighting the new internet FCC settlement ‘basically lets the four biggest companies off royalty rates that threaten to impede the growth of internet radio the hook for peanuts.’ Mr. Porter said he did not believe that the by charging small operators more money than they can afford to separate pledge to broadcast more independent music would play the music.” amount to much. ‘It sounds great, but it’s business as usual,’ Mr. AP reporter John Dunbar, whose piece was carried in a Porter said. ‘Only a fool would believe differently.’” number of major newspapers under various headlines, began this way: “Exasperated listeners weary of hearing the same songs over and over on the radio may have something to cheer about: a - Lon Helton, [email protected] pair of innovative deals that could shake up the music playlists of Chuck Aly, [email protected] some of the nation’s largest radio-station chains.” Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] Media research organization Industry Ears co-founder Paul Porter: “Industry Ears is disappointed that the FCC settled their (615) 244-4484 investigation before they even began; ignoring the severity of corruption in the music industry. The new payola is corporately overseen and driven -- a multi-million dollar business. The

March 12, 2007 Chart Page

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 3 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 4 13334 1074 4205 335 36.57 1.318 121 0 2 2 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 12899 326 4082 117 35.793 0.736 121 0 1 3 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 12778 -931 4221 -258 35.39 -2.706 121 0 5 4 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 4 11750 656 3731 185 33.777 1.776 121 0 4 5 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 11536 179 3693 96 31.225 0.778 121 0 6 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 11152 441 3478 207 31.425 1.003 121 1 8 7 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 10167 314 3171 123 28.896 1.122 121 0 9 8 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 9986 341 3152 116 27.723 1.299 121 0 12 9 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 9465 290 3297 59 26.723 1.213 121 0 13 10 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 8603 400 2757 134 23.586 1.315 121 0 14 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 7598 190 2501 64 19.457 0.644 121 0 15 12 SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 7293 63 2489 5 19.853 0.459 120 1 16 13 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 7105 -4 2363 60 18.321 0.068 120 0 17 14 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 7011 207 2326 92 18.648 0.937 120 0 18 15 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 6622 457 2228 144 17.53 1.375 121 2 19 16 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 6438 447 2221 140 16.486 1.277 120 2 20 17 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 6148 166 1932 43 15.861 0.229 120 1 23 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 5062 261 1669 134 12.448 0.181 120 5 22 19 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 5048 204 1719 82 12.786 0.489 120 3 21 20 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 4990 -152 1691 -9 12.535 -0.231 119 0 24 21 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 4762 340 1656 148 12.371 1.15 120 5 28 22 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 4 3764 664 1245 200 10.255 1.367 114 8 26 23 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 3706 387 1254 155 9.433 1.476 116 8 25 24 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 3696 341 1297 153 10.175 0.852 108 8 27 25 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 3566 284 1134 95 8.5 0.597 117 3

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 29 26 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 3326 284 977 100 8.93 0.648 115 5 30 27 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 3144 638 956 242 8.287 1.89 107 16 32 28 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 2746 306 932 110 7.618 1.102 104 10 31 29 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2537 43 819 -1 6.129 0.201 101 2 33 30 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 2225 122 789 47 5.558 0.473 101 6 38 31 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 2064 519 613 152 4.682 1.057 86 10 62 32 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 4 1892 1706 599 548 5.437 4.791 76 52 35 33 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1878 104 633 55 4.572 0.3 96 4 37 34 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 1841 164 577 58 4.885 0.406 76 8 34 35 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1821 -131 576 -40 4.612 -0.458 92 1 39 36 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 1662 238 591 85 4.2 0.886 97 1 36 37 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1576 -119 629 -26 3.527 -0.291 104 0 40 38 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1504 82 522 22 3.031 0.204 77 3 44 39 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 1155 225 356 76 2.445 0.371 61 6 41 40 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1084 -202 321 -20 3.022 -0.441 77 2 42 41 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 1006 5 363 12 2.183 -0.013 40 1 43 42 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 964 -9 321 -12 1.784 0.14 44 0 45 43 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 912 143 298 47 1.997 0.36 39 8 47 44 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 904 247 286 67 1.804 0.704 38 5 46 45 BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) 773 32 252 -7 1.528 0.057 28 0

Debut 46 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 4 735 674 212 197 2.18 2.064 49 42 48 47 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 613 -20 249 -3 1.205 -0.019 41 1

Debut 48 BOMSHEL/Bomshel Stomp (Curb) 392 91 115 26 0.921 0.185 16 1 49 49 MARK WILLS /Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 376 -149 166 -61 0.74 -0.22 27 0 50 50 HANK WILLIAMS, JR./A Country Boy... (Curb/Asylum) 357 29 126 6 1.184 0.165 58 0

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page March 12, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Point Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 52 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 1609 4 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 42 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 976 4 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 16 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 963 4 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 13 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 911 4 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 882 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 10 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) 9 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 867 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 8 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 710 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 8 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 694 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 8 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 683 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 8 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 645 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 8 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 8 Activator Spin Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 371 Aircheck Point Gainers GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 221 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 1706 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 212 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 1074 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 209 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 674 4 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 196 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 664 4 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 183 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 656 4 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 163 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 638 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 158 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 519 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 147 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 457 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 145 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 447 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 441 Video Adds

CMT Aircheck Spin Gainers ALAN Jackson/A Woman’s Love (Arista) BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 548 John Anderson w. Big & Rich/Seminole Wind KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 335 (Raybaw/Warner Bros.) BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 242 CMT PURE COUNTRY CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 207 ALAN Jackson/A Woman’s Love (Arista) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 200 Eric Church/Guys Like Me (Capitol) John Anderson w. Big & Rich/Seminole Wind GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 197 (Raybaw/Warner Bros.) TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 185 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 155 GAC ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 153 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 152

BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) Moves 46*-45*; 773 points, 252 spins 300 points, 76 spins 0 ADDS 3 ADDS: KATM*, KSOP, WQYK*

GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 45-50 on this Debuts at 46*; 735 points, 212 spins week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a 42 ADDS: KAJA, KATM*, KBEQ, KBQI, KCCY, minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in KCYE, KFDI, KFKF, KHEY, KIIM*, KIXZ, two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) KJUG, KKNG, KMDL, KSCS*, KSOP, KSSN, KTOM, KUZZ, KVOO, KXKT, KZSN, WAMZ, WCKT, WGAR, KGH, WGKX*, KGNA, Aircheck Add Dates WKDF, WKKO, WKKT, WMIL, WOGK, March 19 WQHK, WRNS, WSIX, WTQR, WUBE, RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) WUSY, WXTU, WYNK, WYPY George Strait/Wrapped (MCA) CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) Moves 48*-47; 613 points, 249 spins March 26 1 ADD: KFDI John Mellencamp/The Americans (Universal Republic) JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) BOMSHEL/Bomshel Stomp (Curb) TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her Radio On Debuts at 48*; 392 points; 115 spins (Lyric Street) 1 ADD: KATM Darryl Worley/Living in the Here & Now (903) HANK WILLIAMS, JR./A Country Boy Can Survive (Curb/Asylum) April 2 Stays at 50*; 357 points, 126 spins Halfway to Hazard/Daisy (Mercury) 0 ADDS Vince Gill/What You Give Away (MCA) RANDY ROGERS BAND/One More Goodbye (Mercury) 356 points, 106 spins 1 ADD: KSCS* Aircheck Top Recurrents RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 12404 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 8506 342 points; 98 spins CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 8214 7 ADDS: KWJJ, KXKC*, WIL, WRNS, WUSY, WWNU, WYRK BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 8112 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 7946 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 6618 303 points, 68 spins CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 6421 9 ADDS: KBEQ, KJUG, KKWF, KSCS*, KSD, JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 5947 KSOP, KTOM, KXKT, WKLB SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 4823 RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb) 4353

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays

4 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 4 13290 976 3024 212 1 2 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 12845 -951 2882 -196 2 3 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 12826 -217 2920 -48 5 4 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 12268 694 2752 163 3 5 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 12195 -482 2765 -112 8 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 4 11607 882 2614 209 10 7 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 10571 425 2385 85 12 8 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 10506 867 2334 183 11 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 10467 506 2335 137 14 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 9029 645 2027 145 17 11 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 4 8996 911 2018 196 15 12 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 8724 437 1929 104 13 13 SARA EVANS /You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 8518 -18 1907 15 18 14 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 8331 710 1857 158 16 15 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 8153 -89 1882 -7 19 16 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 6917 -45 1591 -5 20 17 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 6710 295 1460 68 21 18 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 6245 92 1434 20 22 19 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 6107 597 1356 126 24 20 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 6052 683 1317 127 23 21 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 5685 257 1212 53 25 22 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 5139 564 1098 113 26 23 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4787 458 1027 104 29 24 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 3618 476 817 115 28 25 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 3571 357 743 56

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays

27 26 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 3507 229 789 35 32 27 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 3284 628 722 147 31 28 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2902 101 648 27 30 29 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 2770 -56 633 -5 33 30 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 2695 144 583 33 34 31 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 2351 174 533 42 37 32 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 2204 355 483 80

Debut 33 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 4 1939 1609 432 371 36 34 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 1938 79 403 6 39 35 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1829 88 393 13 38 36 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1821 -11 403 -2 35 37 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1709 -268 415 -51 42 38 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 1397 216 261 37 40 39 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 1377 -74 294 -12 43 40 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 1324 152 299 34 45 41 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 1296 260 283 57 46 42 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 1283 338 279 67 41 43 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1216 -74 292 -14 44 44 LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA) 1024 -131 227 -33

Debut 45 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 4 962 963 221 221 48 46 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 804 -2 152 0 47 47 MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 693 -114 117 -27 50 48 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 673 79 150 17 49 49 BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) 645 -45 138 -13

Debut 50 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 641 199 126 46