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August 2, 2010 Issue 203 Red Light’s Foster On Greenlit Awards Red Light Management announced the hiring of veteran label executive Fletcher Foster today, the same day that FOX-TV announced the , for which Foster is co- producer. Country Aircheck spoke to Foster for some ACA insight shortly after his plane landed in Red Light’s home base of Charlottesville, VA this afternoon. But before he offers a more detailed vision for the show, discusses the reception the idea received in Nashville and previews radio’s involvement, a few words about the new day job... Fletcher Foster Beyond his management role at Red Light Field Goal: MMH supporters and a rainbow welcome Jimmy Wayne (c) to Phoenix – which represents Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Capitol newcomer and television star Jennette McCurdy among others Walk Star Jimmy Wayne After breaking his right heel 48 miles from the finish, Jimmy – Foster will be “a key part of [RLM’s] senior management Wayne completed his 1,700-mile Meet Me Halfway walk for team.” He’ll work with company founder Coran Capshaw homeless teens at Phoenix’s HomeBase Youth Services Sunday (Dave Matthews Band) and oversee the Nashville office, which (8/1). “I was literally on my last leg,” Wayne told us Sunday recently relocated to 124 12th Avenue South. (8/1). “[I was] coming down this hill [and] I was in so much pain. As for the awards, Foster explains, “FOX was looking at the I ended up walking 43 miles on this broken foot. The last five synergy they had between American Idol and , miles, I walked in a boot. It was excruciating.” just in terms of how many finalists have gone on to country Several hundred MMH supporters, a marching band and local careers. They wanted a live, fan-voted awards show.” stations KMLE and KNIX encouraged him to push through Securing Nashville’s support was important. “[Producer] to the end. KMLE morning co-host Tim Hattrick documented Tisha Fein and I were in town last week meeting with all the the grand entrance into HomeBase here. KNIX’s ever-present label heads, booking agents and key managers getting feedback Barrel Boy walked much of the final leg with Wayne, keeping a on how to make this show artist friendly,” Foster says. running videoblog here. (continued on page 4) ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 “I really don’t know how to put it into words,” Wayne said afterwards. “It was really inspiring to see all those people My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e walking. When I go back and look at the video content I’m KRYS/Corpus Christi, TX PD Frank going to realize how overwhelming it was.” Wayne will continue Edwards discusses his most important to raise awareness when he returns to Nashville and hopes that songs, artists or concerts: his effort wasn’t in vain. “It’s one step at a time,” he said. “We 1. , Strait Country: This was the first cassette I ever owned. Pretty much just have to keep on pushing. It can’t stop here, that’s for sure.” the greatest piece of music ever recorded. Watch the presentation video, including a Wayne speech and 2. , Kansas City, Nov. homeless youth testimonies, here. 1990: there for the National FFA Convention, and my high school ag teacher Frank Edwards bought us tickets to the show. I can’t DCP Bonds For Sale describe how cool it was. Dick Clark Productions is offering $150 million in first lien 3. Jack Ingram, Livin’ Or Dyin’: I’ve been a huge fan of Jack’s for notes with a Moody’s junk bond rating of B2 to repay some $51 years, and I listen to that one all the time. million in bank loans and fund a $90 million distribution to the 4. Chris LeDoux: He is my favorite singer of all time, and one of company’s parent, Six Flags, Inc and Red Zone my heroes. “Just Look At You Girl,” “Bareback Jack” and “County Capital, the private equity firm of Washington Fair” are some of my favorite songs. 5. , Corpus Christi, March 2010: It was my five-year- Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Dick Clark sold old daughter’s first concert, and I took her back as my guest to his majority stake in the company to Mosaic meet Taylor. When she walked in, my daughter looked at me and Media Group in 2002. DCP produces So You said, “Daddy, Taylor Swift is real.” Think You Can Dance, the Golden Globe Awards, • A highly regarded song or you’ve never heard: The the American Music Awards, Awards next George Strait album. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Dr. Dre’s The and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show. Chronic. Chronically what? • An album you played or listened to incessantly: The Essential Chart Chat Keith Whitley album. Hats off to Jerrod Niemann, VP Promotion • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen Skip Bishop, Nat’l Dir./Promotion Lesly Tyson to right now: “Broken Bones” by Kelly Kenning. He’s a local artist, and it is a great song. and the whole Sea Gayle/Arista gang on the singer’s first chart-topper, “Lover, Lover.” The career milestone comes almost two weeks after Triton’s Ando Media Group also will measure Slacker’s Niemann’s album Judge Jerrod & The Hung 15 million desktop and mobile users through its Webcast Jury took the top spot on the country sales chart, Metrics platform. selling close to 34,000 copies its first week, Jerrod Niemann • hosts the latest People Country Special according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers. inventory free, one-hour special for broadcast 8/7-8, 8/14-15, 8/21-22, 8/28 and 9/4-6 (Labor Day Weekend). The special Radio News includes audio from the People Country print issue, which hit • Triton Digital Media, which supports more than 6,000 newsstands Aug. 6. To reserve the market exclusive (first-come, stations with content and applications, has inked a partnership first-serve basis) show, contact Donna Hughes at 615-337-8018 with Slacker Radio, representing the personalized music or here (include your call letters, market and potential air dates). streamer’s inventory to advertisers and handling ad insertion. • Envision Radio Networks’ The Live Ride with Danny Wright

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 can now be heard on WAAO-FM/Andalusia, AL. u b e h e c k • WCYO/Richmond, KY PD Karl Shannon is soliciting is T C soliciting autographed items for a raffle benefiting the Thomson- Tuesday 8/3 - Brother Clyde, Lopez Tonight (TBS); Laura Bell Bundy, Hood Veteran’s Center in Wilmore, KY Aug. 14. Please send Kathy Griffin My Life On The D List (Bravo). items to Shannon, WCYO-FM, 128 Big Hill Ave., Richmond, Wednesday 8/4 - , Hannity (FOX News). KY 40475. Contact Shannon at 859-623-1340 or here. Thursday 8/5 - David Nail, , GAC Nights (re-air). Music News Singer DJ Miller has signed with Evergreen Records and Friday 8/6 - Emily West, (GAC); Craig Morgan, Fox & Friends (FOX News). his debut single “A Little Naughty Is Nice” is already at radio. Promoters handling the single include Jack Pride, Edgehill Saturday 8/7 - Various Artists, CMT Crossroads (re-air). Music and Media, Peter Svendsen, Regina Rawley, Jay Thomas and Kristina Bear. Sunday 8/8 - Sara Evans, Backstory (re-air) (GAC). The Sweet Home Alabama - The Country Monday 8/9 - , Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC). Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd will be featured on TouchTunes Digital Jukeboxes and Barfly TV screens until 2011. announcement that RME has been hired as promoter/operator Universal Music Publishing Group has of events at The Woods at Fontanel. The new alliance can be signed an exclusive, worldwide publishing reached at 615-320-7800. agreement with Darius Rucker. ReTune Nashville’s benefit concert and art auction will be Black River Music Publishing has signed held at Nashville’s Soundcheck Oct. 23. Tickets are $35 in Due West’s Matt Lopez to a publishing deal. advance and $45 day of; more info here. RCA/Legacy will release The Complete Elvis Presley Masters Nominations for role models to participate in the 7th Annual Oct. 19. The 30 CD set features the 711 recordings released Fashion for EveryBODY are open until 5pm Aug. 10. Each role during his lifetime, 103 additional masters, alternate recordings, model is committed to raising $500 for the Eating Disorders session outtakes, demos, rehearsal jams, home recordings, live Coalition of Tennessee. Submissions may be made here. performances and radio recording. Only 1,000 packages will be available for sale worldwide in the limited edition first run. Artist News , Lee Brice, , Chris Young, Industry News Craig Morgan, and Ricky Skaggs lead Nashville attorney Rob Baker has joined Bone McAllester mainstream country nominees for the 16th Annual Inspirational Norton PLLC to lead the firm’s new entertainment law group. Country Music Awards. Inside Edition’s Baker was a founding member of Baker & Kelley, PLLC, Megan Alexandar will host the Oct. 14 event. where he concentrated on entertainment and intellectual property Details and full nominees list here. practice and representing artists, , producers, John Anderson, Lane Brody, Cerrito, publishers, managers and labels. Rodney Crowell and the Notorious Cherry Red Mountain Entertainment has formed a strategic Bombs, Jypsi, Victoria Shaw, Keni Thomas, alliance with Blue Deuce Entertainment and Green Emily West, HLN-TV’s Robin Meade and Machine Concerts. The move follows last month’s others will appear during Walden’s Puddle Trace Adkins

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August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5 Puddle-Palooza benefit concert Aug. 21 at Nashville’s Yogi Bear Jellystone Park. Details here. Ch e c k Ou t : 8/3 Aaron Tippin will headline the CAF’s Red, White & Jason Sturgeon That’s Me (Toolpusher) Loud Tour beginning Aug. 28. Tippin will fly a Boeing B-29 Sturgeon’s 11-track debut featuring single Superfortress to the shows. Details here. “Simple Life” is a musical biography tracing will embark on the 21-date second leg of her his journey from Petersburg, IN to the music business. He co-wrote and co-produced all the Unplugged And Alone tour beginning Sept. 25 in Kansas City. songs on the collection with Dane Clark. Complete list of dates here. A Big Kenny-headlined benefit concert and auction raised $15,000 for Operation Heart FELT: Feeding Empty Little Aug. 10 Band Land That I Love (Legendary Blue Hat/E1) Tummies last month. The non-profit helps feed local homeless Blake Shelton All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) children in the Tampa area. Aug. 17 Trace Adkins Cowboy’s Back In Town (Show Dog-Universal) Jo Dee Messina will appear during Glenn Beck’s Restoring The McClymonts Chaos And Bright Lights (Executive/CO5) Honor event Aug. 28 on the Lincoln Memorial steps in Washington, DC. Confirmed speakers include Beck, Sarah Palin Aug. 24 The Reason Why (Capitol) and Marcus Luttrell. (MCA) Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) (Superlatone)

The Week’s Top Stories Aug. 31 Better Than I Used To Be (Big Hit) Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. Sept. 14 The Guitar Song (Mercury) • Big Machine is now the musical home of . The Shake What God Gave Ya (Warner Bros./WMN) group’s Dann Huff-produced album Nothing Like This will be released Nov. 16 and the single “Why Wait” is at radio now. Album release info to [email protected]. (Breaking News 7/29) • Disney’s Lyric Street announced that Aug. 20 will be the promotion staff’s last day in place, ending the company’s run • Double O Radio/Columbia, SC OM and Country WWNU PD/ after 13 years. Individual contact info here. (CAT 7/30) morning host Charlie James exited the company Friday (7/23). • VP/Marketing Tom Baldrica exited. Reach James at 803-634-5470 or here. (CAT 7/27) Reach him here. (Breaking News 7/29) • Clear Channel’s Top 40 KSME, N/T KCOL & Oldies KIIX/Ft. • The two-hour, fan-voted American Country Awards will debut Collins, CO PD Chris Kelly added PD duties for sister Country Dec. 6 on FOX-TV live from Las Vegas. The show is executive KXBG (Big Country). Reach Kelly here. (CAT 8/2) produced by Bob Bain, produced by Paul Flattery and Tisha • CBS Radio’s AC WEAT/West Palm Beach personality Peter Fein and co-produced by Fletcher Foster. (CAT 8/2) de Graaff is the new PD at Cox Radio’s WNGC/Athens, GA. • Former Arbitron Sr. Acct. Mgr. Patrick Pendergast is now (CAT 7/30) GM for NextMedia’s five-station Joliet-Aurora, IL cluster, • Word COO Rod Riley was named Pres./CEO, reporting which includes Country WCCQ. (CAT 7/27) to Warner Music Nashville Pres./CEO John Esposito. He • Max Media’s WWBE/Sunbury, PA PD Dawn Marie was succeeds Mark Bright, who will continue to work under named OD for sister Cape Girardeau, MO’s eight-station cluster the terms of his existing production deal with Warner Bros./ and PD of Country KEZS. (CAT 8/2) Nashville. (CAT 7/28)

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] July 26, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 minute performance can an artist give that will help sell some i r t h d a y s B record going into the primetime sales month. Tuesday (8/3) - Dean Sams, Randy Scruggs, Tony Conway (tcagent@ “People were reluctant at first and there’s certainly the ‘why aol.com), Ted Wagner ([email protected]), Shanna Strassberg do we need another awards show’ reaction, but everyone was enthusiastic by the end. This does not compete with the ACMs Wednesday (8/4) - Les Acree, Tammy Brown and CMAs. Look at the FOX demo: The key is to create a show that doesn’t look like those other shows and connects with a demo Thursday (8/5) - the late Vern Gosdin; Terri Clark; Mark O’Connor; that skews to people in their twenties and thirties. That’s the demo the late Sammi Smith; Larry Franklin; Austin James; ; Matt Valley ([email protected]); Tim Wilson you want to reach as you’re going into the buying season.” ([email protected]); Sherri Garrett ([email protected]) The Dec. 6 air date offers advantages beyond proximity to holiday sales. NASCAR’s Cup Series Championship Week Friday (8/6) - Mark Dufresne (Confederate Railroad), Peggy and precedes the awards, which are also right in the middle of the Patsy Lynn, Lisa Stewart, Kathy Best (kathy@frontpagepublicity. annual National Finals Rodeo. “Those are key cross-marketing com), Brad Helton ([email protected]), Damon Moberly ([email protected]) opportunities,” Foster says. “NASCAR has gotten away from its core a little bit and sees this as a great opportunity to get back Saturday (8/7) - Rodney Crowell, Raul Malo (The Mavericks), that country and racing fan. We’ll probably see some specialty Michael Peterson, B.J. Thomas, Greg Carmichael, Charlie Cook programming on the Speed network and FOX Sports to support ([email protected]), Kirt Webster ([email protected]) the awards.” Sunday (8/8) - Phil Balsley (Statler Bros.), Jamie O’Hara, the late The venue will likely be one of the major casinos; ; ; ; Michael Johnson; Stephanie negotiations with several are underway now. And radio will be Maynard; Greg McCarn ([email protected]); Heidi Tieslau there. “We’ve talked about radio being key in driving the voting, having flyaway promotions and radio remotes,” Foster says. Monday (8/9) - the late Merle Kilgore; Teresa Vinson; Diane Williams “FOX is already putting together a plan for that, because radio is Tuesday (8/10) - the late Jimmy Dean; Gene Johnson (Diamond that direct line to consumers and they’ll give it that reality check Rio); Bob Burwell; Jerry Crutchfield ([email protected]); with the voting.” Whitney Cheshier ([email protected]) Categories already announced include Artist, Album, Touring Artist and by a Breakthrough Artist. Don’t expect other categories to hew to traditional forms. “We don’t need • Capitol/Nashville Sr. Dir./A&R Autumn House was upped another entertainer of the year or male and female vocalists,” to VP/A&R after a decade with the label. (CAT 7/28) he says. “We may look at things like Best Tour Package or Best • promoted Nancy Deitemeyer to EVP/ Summer Song as a way to be relevant and reflect what has gone Operations and Alissa Pollack to EVP/Integrated Music on in the past year. And the host will be someone from country, Marketing. (CAT 7/27) but we’d like to give an opportunity to somebody who hasn’t hosted before.” Red Light’s Foster On Greenlit Awards Foster also says FOX is committed to the concept beyond this (continued from page 1) year. “Next year’s big fall series will be X-Factor, and they’re “We described at as more of a variety show that happens to give really setting the [ACA] show up this year with the idea of it away some awards. It’s really about what kind of three- to four- getting a tremendous amount of promotion from that next year.” CAC

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 7 No. 1s: KKNU, KUAD, WACO, WDRM, WHKR, WJCL, WOGK, WPCV, WWQQ, WYRK Here are more of the Spring 2010 diary Arbitron ratings, recapping the markets as they came in to Country Aircheck Today last week. With a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are not available, or a station programming another format during that ratings period. Client-exclusive ratings are embargoed from publication.

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KASE/Austin^ 5.0 6.2 4 2 KXBG/Ft. Collins, CO 2.2 2.0 14t 12t WEGX/Florence, SC 1.7 1.6 16t 17t KVET-FM/Austin^ 4.9 5.2 5 4 KYGO/Denver 1.4 1.2 22t 26t Myrtle Beach, SC Arbitron KYKR/Beaumont, TX 6.4 6.6 4 5 KOLZ/Cheyenne, WY 0.8 1.2 30t 26t WNOE/New Orleans 4.2 6.3 7t 5 KTHT/+ 3.6 4.3 8 7 KYGO, KOLZ are for Ft. Collins, CO Arbitron WWKA/Orlando 4.5 4.7 7 7t Beaumont, TX Arbitron WAVW/Ft. Pierce 6.0 4.6 3 4 WPCV/Lakeland 1.3 1.5 18 18 KAYD/Beaumont, TX^ 3.8 3.7 7 8t WIRK/West Palm Beach 2.9 2.4 11 13 Orlando Arbitron KYKZ/Lake Charles, LA^ 1.0 0.9 17t 16 Ft. Pierce Arbitron WRWD-FM/Poughkeepsie, NY Beaumont, TX Arbitron WOGK/Gainesville 14.2 9.2 1 1 6.3 5.4 3 3t KOGT-AM/Beaumont, TX 1.0 0.7 17t 18t WTRS/Gainesville 4.7 4.2 5t 7t WKXP/Poughkeepsie, NY 2.4 2.2 12t 11t WYRK/Buffalo 9.9 11.1 1 1 WDVH-AM/Gainesville+ 0.7 1.3 21t 16 WBEE/Rochester, NY 9.6 10.2 2 1 WZZK/Birmingham^ 7.0 8.0 3 3 WDRM/Huntsville, AL 9.9 13.5 1 1 WYRK/Buffalo 1.2 0.5 14t 21t WDXB/Birmingham 5.6 6.1 5 4 WQAH/Huntsville, AL+ 5.3 4.3 5 9 Rochester, NY Arbitron WNCB/Birmingham^ 1.5 1.6 16 15 WWFF/Huntsville, AL 1.5 1.8 15t 13t WWFG/Salisbury, MD 6.6 6.7 1 2t WXRL-AM/Buffalo 0.5 1.3 20t 16 WFMS/Indianapolis 10.1 7.9 na na WKTT/Salisbury, MD 4.0 4.5 7 7t WSOC/Charlotte 5.3 5.7 3 3 WLHK/Indianapolis 3.2 5.5 na na WCTQ/Sarasota^ 4.5 4.9 4 4 WKKT/Charlotte 5.1 5.1 4 4 WACO/Waco, TX 14.8 14.9 1 1 WIKX/Charlotte Harbor, FL^ 1.7 2.9 15t 6t KCCY/Colorado Springs 6.1 7.0 4 3 Killeen, TX Arbitron WFUS/Tampa^ 1.6 2.8 18t 8 KATC/Colorado Springs 4.2 4.7 9t 9t KUSJ/Killeen, TX 7.0 7.2 3 4 WIKX, WFUS are for Sarasota Arbitron WCOL/Columbus, OH 7.0 6.4 na na KVET-FM/Austin, TX 2.4 1.5 10t 11t WJCL/Savannah, GA 6.8 7.1 4 1t WHOK/Columbus, OH^ 4.5 4.0 na na Killeen, TX Arbitron WGZR/Hilton Head, SC 3.0 1.4 13 16t WCLT-FM/Columbus, OH 2.3 2.1 na na WPCV/Lakeland 11.4 11.3 1 1 Savannah, GA Arbitron WNKK/Columbus, OH^ 1.2 0.9 na na WFUS/Tampa 1.2 1.5 21t 17t KRMD-FM/Shreveport, LA WWKA/Orlando 4.6 5.5 7 3 WWKA/Orlando 1.1 1.0 23t 25t 6.4 8.2 4 3t WOGK/Gainesville 1.4 3.3 18t 10t WQYK-FM/Tampa 0.8 1.0 30t 25t KXKS-FM/Shreveport, LA^ WWKA, WOGK are for Daytona Beach Arbitron WFUS, WWKA, WQYK-FM are for Lakeland Arbitron 3.8 3.0 9t 11 WKRO-FM/Daytona Beach 1.8 2.1 16 15t WAMZ/Louisville 8.9 10.1 na na KWKH-AM/Shreveport, LA^+ KKNU/Eugene, OR 13.3 10.8 1 1 WQNU/Louisville^ 3.3 3.5 na na 2.1 2.2 15 13t WKML/Fayetteville, NC 10.6 10.6 2 2 WRKA/Louisville^+ 3.8 3.4 na na KNUE/Tyler, TX 7.5 7.5 3t 2 WQDR/Raleigh 2.1 1.6 12 12t WDEN/Macon, GA 8.6 7.3 4 3 KKUS/Tyler, TX^+ 5.3 4.9 7 8 WEGX/Florence, SC 1.1 1.2 19t 15t WMCG/Milan, GA+ 1.2 0.8 13t 15t KYKX/Tyler, TX^ 2.9 4.4 10 9t WQDR, WEGX are for Fayetteville, NC Arbitron Macon, GA Arbitron WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.4 5.1 4t 3 KSKS/Fresno 3.4 4.1 8t 7 WHKR/Melbourne 4.1 6.1 8t 1 WKIS/Miami 1.0 1.1 24t 23 West Palm Beach Arbitron KHGE/Fresno 1.3 1.7 20t 18 WWKA/Orlando 6.4 5.7 1 2 Melbourne Arbitron WWQQ/Wilmington, NC 7.5 10.1 2 1 KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 5.7 5.2 1 1t WGTR/Myrtle Beach, SC 6.0 7.3 4 2 WRNS/Greenville, NC 0.0 1.0 0 18t KWOF/Denver 2.4 2.0 11t 12t Ft. Collins, CO Arbitron WLFF/Myrtle Beach, SC 2.6 3.2 13t 10t Wilmington, NC Arbitron

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August 2, 2010 Chart Page 1

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

2 1 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 14745 921 5201 311 36.971 2.407 126 0 3 2 /Free (Southern Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 14395 796 5029 206 36.294 2.015 125 0 1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 14231 -599 4939 -226 35.537 -1.877 126 0 5 4 /I'm In (Capitol) 13843 883 4794 272 34.976 2.396 126 0 6 5 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 4 13433 1435 4759 538 33.454 2.172 126 0 7 6 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 12406 478 4489 132 31.029 1.73 126 0 8 7 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 11489 1071 3959 373 29.55 2.958 125 0 4 8 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 11360 -1766 3869 -676 28.592 -4.398 126 0 9 9 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 11036 697 3884 229 28.187 1.871 126 0 10 10 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 10047 445 3493 162 25.59 1.24 117 0 11 11 /All Over Me (MCA) 8628 577 3084 194 21.394 1.478 121 0 15 12 /The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 4 8513 1912 2876 692 21.496 3.872 124 3 14 13 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 8215 785 2908 240 20.481 2.467 125 0 12 14 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 8127 422 2962 154 20.12 0.938 122 0 13 15 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 7726 119 2834 30 19.043 0.306 121 0 16 16 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 4 7587 1447 2674 554 18.164 2.168 125 0 18 17 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 6334 432 2205 154 14.677 1.593 118 1 17 18 /Hard Hat And A Hammer (Arista) 6320 330 2345 126 15.695 0.683 117 0 19 19 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 5615 8 2011 11 12.625 -0.176 119 0 21 20 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 5084 368 1937 148 12.448 0.935 117 0 20 21 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 5053 295 1911 119 12.32 0.894 110 3 23 22 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 4433 415 1614 168 10.507 0.805 107 9 25 23 /Trailerhood (Show Dog-Universal) 3889 367 1412 131 9.203 1.035 109 7 24 24 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 3790 185 1519 58 8.666 0.288 103 1 26 25 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 3748 676 1420 220 8.627 1.465 112 6

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

29 26 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 3702 834 1362 322 9.291 1.894 101 17 44 27 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 4 3686 2705 1180 872 10.023 6.909 96 33 22 28 /Up On The Ridge (Capitol) 3549 -983 1238 -339 9.419 -2.205 108 0 27 29 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 3223 240 1252 108 7.651 0.67 103 7 28 30 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 3140 180 1218 48 7.55 0.501 86 4 30 31 KELLIE PICKLER/Makin' Me Fall In Love Again (19/BNA) 2916 113 1084 67 6.215 0.189 99 0 33 32 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 2867 853 940 268 6.793 1.899 97 21 31 33 /While You're Still Young (Columbia) 2237 -59 885 -28 5.059 -0.219 84 1 35 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 2123 448 735 176 4.757 0.919 70 9 32 35 KEVIN FOWLER/Pound Sign (#?*!) (Lyric Street) 2074 -127 760 -43 4.677 -0.189 74 2 36 36 /Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 1798 222 723 86 3.728 0.464 68 2 34 37 RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 1764 -51 656 -25 3.254 -0.073 74 0 38 38 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 1729 379 629 134 3.36 1.047 77 2 37 39 TROY OLSEN/Summer Thing (EMI) 1586 140 606 49 3.078 0.326 59 3 39 40 /I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) 1424 154 520 38 2.35 0.311 66 4 45 41 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 1384 495 449 174 2.666 0.973 58 11 40 42 CHUCK WICKS/Hold That Thought (RCA) 1208 90 544 18 2.102 0.22 64 2 42 43 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 1191 93 487 32 2.163 0.172 56 2 43 44 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 1105 55 440 25 1.796 0.065 60 1 Debut 45 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 4 1081 1081 405 405 0.569 0.569 9 9 Debut 46 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 1017 1017 333 333 3.252 3.252 73 73 48 47 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 874 44 352 18 1.634 0.098 43 4 47 48 RANDY ROGERS BAND/Too Late For Goodbye (MCA) 821 -37 316 0 1.107 -0.259 45 0 49 49 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 783 19 327 13 1.519 -0.051 37 6 50 50 JOHN RICH/Country Done Come To Town (Reprise/WAR) 757 23 253 28 1.473 -0.162 41 6

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Country Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 73 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 770 4 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 33 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 643 4 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 21 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 512 4 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 17 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 446 4 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 15 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 436 4 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 13 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 321 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 11 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 302 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 11 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 284 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 255 JOSH GRACIN/Cover Girl (Average Joes) 11 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 201 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 9 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 194 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 9 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 9 Activator Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 478 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 2705 4 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 434 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 1912 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 305 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 1447 4 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 276 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 216 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 1435 4 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 168 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 1081 4 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 162 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 1071 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 159 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 1017 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 135 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 921 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 130 KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 883 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 104 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 853 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 834 Vi d e o Ad d s Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT Chris young/Voices (RCA) SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 872 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 692 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 554 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 538 CMT PURE SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 405 BOMSHEL/Just Fine (Curb) KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 373 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 333 GAC GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 322 DANNY GOKEY/I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 311 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 272 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 268 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 2, 2010 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s August 9 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) Debuts at 45*; 1081 points, 405 spins josh kelley/Georgia Clay (MCA) 9 ADDS: KNCI*, KTEX*, KTST, WAMZ*, WDSY*, WEZL, WITL*, kenny chesney/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) WQIK*, WSSL Laura Bell Bundy/Drop On By (Mercury) RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) August 16 Debuts at 46*; 1017 points, 333 spins Emerson /That Kind Of Beautiful (Amdian/Nine North) 73 ADDS including: HCDG, KBWF, KKBQ*, KKGO, KKWF, Gretchen Wilson/I Got Your Country Right Here (Redneck/CO5) KMLE*, KKGO, KPLX, PCCO, WKHX, WMZQ Jason Aldean/My Kinda Party (BBR) TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) Moves 48*-47*; 874 points, 352 spins 4 ADDS: KCYE, KXKT, WGNE, WWYZ August 23 Burns & Poe/ How Long Is Long Enough (Blue Steel) RANDY ROGERS BAND/Too Late For Goodbye (MCA) Gwyneth Paltrow/Country Strong (RCA) Moves 47-48*; 821 points, 316 spins; 0 ADDS Trailer Choir/Shakin’ That Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal) SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) Stays at 49*; 783 points, 327 spins 6 ADDS: KNTY, WCTK*, WGGY, WGH-FM, WGNE, WTQR Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points /Water (Arista) 8667 JOHN RICH/Country Done Come To Town (Reprise/WAR) Stays at 50*; 757 points, 253 spins MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 8215 6 ADDS: KCCY, KNTY, KZSN, WGNE, WIWF, WWYZ JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 7368 LOCASH COWBOYS/Here Comes Summer (Stroudavarious) CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 6690 646 points, 256 spins; 0 ADDS JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 6461 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I’m In (Show Dog-Universal) CHRIS YOUNG/ (RCA) 5688 638 points, 260 spins EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 4415 7 ADDS: KASE, KHKI*, KIZN, KRST, WTQR, WUBL, WYPY LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4219 DARRYL WORLEY/Keep The Change (Stroudavarious) JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 3953 509 points, 186 spins; 0 ADDS BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Reprise/WMN) 3617

JULIANNE HOUGH/Is That So Wrong (Mercury) CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 445 points, 173 spins; 0 ADDS 355 points, 144 spins THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 15 ADDS including: KATM*, KCYE, KNTY, KUBL*, WBCT, 408 points, 203 spins WGGY, WTQR, WUBL, WXTU, WYCD* 6 ADDS: KATC*, KIZN*, WIL, WIRK*, WKSJ, WRNS LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) 334 points, 137 spins 404 points, 170 spins 13 ADDS including: KAJA, KIXZ, KJUG, KRTY, WGNA, 2 ADDS: KSOP, WIVK* WKHX, WKMK, WRNS, WYCD*, WYPY

BOMSHEL/Just Fine (Curb) Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or 398 points, 175 spins; 1 ADD: WCTK* are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 2, 2010/Chart Page 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 1 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Southern Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 4532 0 2806 -32 2nd Week at No. 1 3 2 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 4307 -101 2646 -69 4 3 KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 4229 45 2632 10 5 4 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 4187 321 2590 162 2 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 4159 -284 2562 -244 6 6 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 3748 137 2295 11 8 7 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 3483 284 2177 135 7 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 3315 -14 2078 -6 11 9 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 2980 201 1837 104 9 10 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 2938 -17 1789 -38 10 11 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 2931 116 1770 51 12 12 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 2723 103 1668 53 18 13 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 4 2495 643 1514 434 13 14 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 2486 38 1421 -16 14 15 ALAN JACKSON/Hard Hat And A Hammer (Arista) 2458 18 1511 -7 16 16 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 4 2404 512 1468 305 15 17 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 1993 71 1226 27 17 18 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 1942 79 1180 12 20 19 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 1831 91 1131 59 19 20 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 1733 -41 1068 -37 21 21 TOBY KEITH/Trailerhood (Show Dog-Universal) 1666 162 1033 99 23 22 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 4 1625 436 1045 216 22 23 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 1428 27 900 -6 25 24 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 1304 167 838 90 24 25 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 1177 31 735 -3 27 26 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 1170 182 675 64 28 27 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 1030 62 681 54 33 28 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 4 1011 446 680 276 26 29 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/While You're Still Young (Columbia) 988 -22 589 -27 44 30 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 4 967 770 564 478 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 August 2, 2010/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 30 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 950 194 627 130 29 32 KELLIE PICKLER/Makin' Me Fall In Love Again (19/BNA) 781 -30 445 -23 31 33 KEVIN FOWLER/Pound Sign (#?*!) (Lyric Street) 741 -11 441 -10 32 34 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 660 73 400 42 35 35 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 497 78 315 56 34 36 TROY OLSEN/Summer Thing (EMI Nashville) 406 -15 266 -10 36 37 RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 353 -37 205 -34 39 38 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 351 65 227 44 39 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 302 302 159 159 43 40 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 294 88 191 51 38 41 DARRYL WORLEY/Keep The Change (Stroudavarious) 283 -40 191 -20 41 42 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 266 29 190 16 Debut 43 SARAH MARINCE/In The Mean Time (Unsigned) 255 255 168 168 40 44 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 219 -33 122 -6 42 45 DANNY GOKEY/I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) 212 0 147 3 45 46 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 194 -3 109 1 46 47 RANDY ROGERS BAND/Too Late For Goodbye (MCA) 188 8 139 7 Debut 48 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 176 141 126 95 47 49 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 169 -6 104 -2 49 50 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 125 -8 90 -6 50 51 CHUCK WICKS/Hold That Thought (RCA) 122 18 92 14 53 52 BOMSHEL/Just Fine (Curb) 116 22 79 13 48 53 LOCASH COWBOYS/Here Comes Summer (Stroudavarious) 106 -42 70 -33 52 54 ZONA JONES/Prove Me Right (Rocky Comfort) 106 11 73 4 51 55 GWEN SEBASTIAN/V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl) (Open Road/Lofton Creek) 92 -11 47 -14 54 56 DARREN KOZELSKY/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Major 7th/Spinville) 82 -10 53 -10 56 57 JAMEY JOHNSON/Macon (Mercury) 75 5 15 1 57 58 KATIE ARMIGER/Leaving Home (Cold River) 73 3 52 -1 55 59 JULIANNE HOUGH/Is That So Wrong (Mercury) 66 -4 46 -3 60 60 JESSIE JAMES/Boys In The Summer (IDJMG/Mercury) 59 3 41 2 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com