Jeff Walker a Friend to Many and a Champion for All of Us Who Love and Work in Country Music and Radio, Jeff Walker Was Laid to Rest Friday (8/28)

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August 31, 2015, Issue 463 In Memoriam: Jeff Walker A friend to many and a champion for all of us who love and work in country music and radio, Jeff Walker was laid to rest Friday (8/28). Several who knew him well remember him here: Campbell Entertainment Group’s Craig Campbell: I was Jeff Walker’s first intern after he started AristoMedia, then Aristo Music Associates. He introduced me to everyone who walked through the door, dragged me to every meeting and invited me to every party. He taught me everything I know about publicity, running a business and balancing work and family. He took great delight in nurturing people and Gotta Hand It To Him: Circa 1986 watching them grow, are (l-r) Jeff Walker, AristoMedia’s whether they stayed with Boston Fan Crowder: Blue Chair/Columbia’s Kenny Darlene Williams, artist Rusty Buddy the company or moved Chesney (c) with WKLB/Boston’s Mike Brophey and Ginny and AristoMedia’s Laurie Larson and Rogers as he closes out The Big Revival Tour with back- Craig Campbell. on to other opportunities. I already miss him. to-back sold out shows at Gillette Stadium, bringing his Keith Urban: Jeff career attendance over 13 shows at the venue to roughly was one of the early believers in me. He was a great guy to have 750,000. Also pictured (inset) is co-headliner Jason on your side, and if he truly felt there was something there for oth- Aldean in a shirt provided by the station. ers to discover, he was a passionate and effective force in getting people to the gig. I know he wrangled plenty to mine when there Blount Force Drama were few to none! My heart and prayers go out to his family and Five years ago, Benton Blount’s radio tour ended abruptly as friends. I love you, Jeff! Golden Music closed its doors (BN 6/21/10). Now his future looks CRB’s Bill Mayne: Through the shock, numbness, sadness and brighter as he heads into tomorrow’s (9/1) semi-finals onNBC-TV ’s everything else we are all experiencing with this tragic loss, I have America’s Got Talent – potentially $1 million, a record deal and a Las realized an amazing truth: Jeff Walker has impacted more lives than Vegas residency kind of bright. Country Aircheck caught up with I could have ever imagined possible. The sheer magnitude of love him between rehearsals to talk about how he got from there to here. and caring I have witnessed is simply staggering. This has led me to Blount had been playing nationally, sometimes barely breaking focus on the incredible impact our always up-beat, positive, impish, even, when an opportunity to audition came to him through a humorous, energetic “spark plug” of a friend has had on a worldwide friend. Blount cleared several levels of online tryouts before being community of friends and colleagues. (continued on page 7) invited to join. “First was the video submission,” he says. “Then

August 31, 2015 Page 3 it was me on Skype playing for a panel of producers, and the third online audition was playing for more decision makers. Then PAGE THREE PIC they finally said, ‘We’d love for you to come to New Jersey and audition in front of a live audience and the judges.’” Three AGT appearances later, Blount says things have already changed for him. “People who already liked the music and what I do actually treat me a little differently now,” he says. “And people who’ve never heard of me before come up and say, ‘Aren’t you that guy from the television show?’ And that was even just after the audition.” Not surprisingly, Blount’s fan base has multiplied, and he’s seeing a lot of online support from friends he made in radio five years ago. “It’s just them saying, ‘I believe in what Benton’s doing and you should too, and at least check it out,’” he says. “Just knowing that they still believe is a pretty awesome thing.” Ultimately Blount wants the ability to support his wife and son doing what he loves, even without radio if he must. “I don’t want to just be the part time weekend musician who goes out never knowing if I’m actually going to bring money back home to my wife,” he says. “I want to establish myself and be successful enough that if she chooses not to work, she doesn’t have to. I just want to know 1,000 people will show up when I play, listen to my music and want me to record more.” Regardless of what happens tomorrow, AGT is a career milestone. “I’ve gotten affirmation that I’m doing the right Oh Say Can You See: Arista’s Lee Roy Parnell with thing,” he says. “When the record label closed right when I felt the uber-patriotic staff of KRMD/Shreveport, LA like something good was about to happen, it left me with these ahead of the station’s 101 Days Of Summer Free questions – would I have been successful? Would I still be playing? Concert in the late ‘90s. Pictured (back, l-r) are Would people have liked it? The show has answered those KRMD’s Shawn McCalister, Jackie Day Whaley, questions. I can live the rest of my life knowing I’m doing what Parnell, Alice Canham, Rick Stephenson; (front, I should be doing.” Watch his quarter-final performance here. l-r) are John Swan, Gary McCoy, Julie Ryan Follow Blount and #TeamBenton here. –Jess Wright and James Anthony. Send your vintage pics to [email protected]. Let Me Be Blount: Benton Blount isn’t sure where to look to acknowledge Chart Chat his cheering fans before Congrats to Sam Hunt, Royce Risser, Katie Dean and he’s named a finalist, and the whole MCA promotion team on landing his inner focus was on his this week’s No. 1 with “House Party.” The reaction. “My raw emotion is like my personality,” he song is Hunt’s third chart-topper in three says. “I’m super excited tries and reaches the pinnacle 62 weeks after about it, but sometimes “Leave The Night On” debuted at No. 36 – my face doesn’t show it. So remarkably fast for a new artist. I was thinking, ‘If they say And kudos to George Briner and my name, don’t just stand the Valory crew for notching 35 adds on there and do nothing.’” Brantley Gilbert’s “Stone Cold Sober,” Watch at 16:58 here. topping this week’s board. Sam Hunt ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

August 31, 2015 Page 5 News & Notes MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Premiere’s Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase will interview Steven Tyler during the “Music And Mimosas” event Streamsound’s Austin Webb discusses at the NAB/RAB’s 2015 Radio Show in Atlanta. The Oct. 2 his most influential music: discussion will focus on Tyler’s career journey, the importance of 1. Kris Kristofferson: He will always developing as an artist and staying relevant through changes in be my biggest influence as a songwriter. media and music consumption. More here. His delivery was honest. He was the real Forever Media will purchase four Dix deal. He was also a renaissance man, Communications/Cumberland, MD stations, including which I aspire to be. Country WFRB. The deal will bring Forever’s Country station 2. Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde: count to seven, including WFGE/State College, PA; simulcast It’s one of the best records ever made. WGYY & WGYI/Meadville, PA; WFGI/Johnstown, PA; WWGY/ 3. Tom Douglas: In May 2010 I Newcastle, PA; and WFGY/Altoona, PA. The sale is pending Austin Webb was smoking a cigarette on a tractor FCC approval. in my overalls in my dad’s barn. I Envision has launched The Stories That Made The Music heard Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” [written with creator Nick Michaels as host. The one-minute vignettes by Douglas and Allen Shamblin] on WSSL/Greenville, SC. I’d focus on artists including Lady Antebellum, Garth Brooks, spent the last seven years on the road, touring the Americana George Strait, Reba, Blake Shelton and Shania Twain. circuit. When I heard that song, something hit me and I knew I More here. wanted to be on Country radio. About a year later I moved to Nashville and I got to write with Tom. Artist News 4. Guy Clark: “Texas 1947” is one of the best songs ever Valory’s Justin Moore was honored Aug. 23 with the written. “The Randall Knife” is incredible. Arkansas Traveler Award, presented by Governor Asa 5. Joe Cocker: His voice and the way he held himself onstage Hutchinson during a hometown celebration in Poyen, AR. – he was the coolest guy ever. Big Machine’s Tim McGraw will headline the 2016 Carolina • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach June 10-12. More here. don’t know anything about Skrillex but I hear people talking Ralph Stanley has signed with New Frontier Touring for about him. booking representation. • An “important” piece or style of music you just don’t Sixteen-year-old singer/songwriter Jackson Nance has get: Electronic Dance Music. I haven’t even heard it outside of signed with Warner/Chappell for publishing and with BMI for Vegas. And when I’m in Vegas, that’s usually just background catalog representation. noise for me to get drunk. Songwriter Carly Pearce has signed a worldwide joint • An album you listened to incessantly: Travis Meadows’ publishing agreement with BMG and busbee. Killin’ Uncle Buzzy. It’s the best album Nashville’s seen in 25 Warner Bros./WMN’s Kenny Rogers will release Once Again It’s years. He’s one of the best songwriters I’ve ever met. I was Christmas Sept. 25. fortunate enough to write with him twice. Michelle Wright has signed with Thompson • An obscure or non-country song everyone should Entertainment Group for management. Songwriters Mark and Cherie Oakley have signed with listen to right now: “Dinosaurs” by an indie rock band in MV2 Entertainment for publishing. Nashville called Realms. It’s tastefully dynamic. Phil Vassar will kick off the fall leg of his 2015 #noPHILter • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I’m a big Tour Sept. 4 in Millersport, OH. Backstreet Boys fan. I love pop music. You may find me on a Rainman Records will release the British Live Performance Saturday night drinking a glass of wine and listening to a little Series Sept. 18, including a Glen Campbell live show from 1990 Mariah Carey. I’ve been there. at the Dome in Doncaster, England.

August 31, 2015 Page 7 The Week’s Top Stories OFF THE RECORD: Thomas Rhett Full coverage at countryaircheck.com • Nielsen Audio released August 2015 PPM ratings. (8/31) Valory’s Thomas Rhett puts an • iHeartMedia promoted Brad Hardin, Jon Zellner and industry spin on the artist interview: Maynard. (8/28) I grew up listening to Nashville’s • Longtime WGTY/York, PA personality Paesan Pellegrini WSIX-FM and WRVW-FM. Me and my retired. (8/28) sister were either listening to country or • Former WRNS/Greenville, NC personality Wayne Carlyle *NSYNC and Britney Spears. returned as host of Y2K Country. (8/27) The first time I heard myself on • Former KUPL/Portland personality Matt “Sparx” Ethridge the radio I was driving from Los Angeles joined KUAD/Fort Collins, CO for afternoons. (8/26) to Las Vegas. I still have a video of that • Radio vets Dayton Kane and Jillene Kahn joined WKTI/ moment. Sometimes I watch it and Milwaukee. (8/25) Thomas Rhett remind myself what that felt like. There really is nothing like hearing your voice coming out of those speakers. In Memoriam: Jeff Walker One time my radio rep JoJamie Hahr and I went through a (continued from page 1) McDonald’s drive-thru at six in the morning. As she was leaving In addition to his personal gift of spirit to all of us, Jeff was she drove for a solid 50 yards right down the median. Everything the most passionate promoter and guardian of the country music was flying everywhere. From then on, I offered to drive. community and genre. He took the greatest pride in his decades The funny thing about a radio tour is, all they know about of service to the industry with the CRB, CMA and CCMA boards you is you just released a single, you have a record deal and and many other organizations and projects over the years. hopefully you can sing. They were fun times, hard times and the He was always one of the first and the few to step up when most sleep-deprived I’ve ever been in my whole life. But it’s worth it. times got tough for our industry. Jeff believed in the power we I would love to have dinner with Frank Sinatra at some have within ourselves to solve our most difficult problems; there Italian restaurant in New York City. I’d order lasagna. It would was always a solution to be found. Jeff was determined to be a be nice to pick his brain: “Hey Frank, we have this thing called part of that solution for everyone. Twitter now. How did you ever get the word out that you were He cared about the music, the people and our community, a big deal? And if you could come to one of my shows, how and in so doing provided a path of inspiration for us all. As tragic UPDATE events always do, we are reminded to appreciate and love every would you say fans have changed?” I wish I had written Blake Shelton’s “Honey Bee.” Dad day, person and gift in our lives. I know we have not even begun [Rhett Akins] wrote it [with Ben Hayslip]. I’m very envious – first to understand all of the ways we will miss Jeff. of all, of the check he received. But second, that’s one of my Stone Door Media Lab’s Jeff Green: Jeff became one of favorite country songs of the whole decade. my first and best friends in the Nashville music industry in 1993 I have to have chocolate flavored coconut water with me when I joined the CMA to head their international department. on the road. I have about a hundred of them on the bus. Putting his well-known mas- My least favorite interview question is, “Tell me about ter talent at puns to work, he your dad.” I love my dad with all my heart. But that’s one of the immediately and forever began main questions I’ve been asked since I became an artist. To this introducing me to colleagues day, every phoner I do for a radio station, one of the first things as “Double Jefferdy,” gener- is, “I played your daddy’s songs back in 1995.” ating a smile every time. Jeff I’d love to be stuck in Chicago. It’s like Nashville on worked tirelessly to develop steroids. You can feel like you’re in a big city but you can also country music’s global growth feel like you’re in the country a little bit. The people are kind – from helping secure a nearly and the food is good. unknown Keith Urban for an international show at Fan Fair, Jeff and wife Terri

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to countless show- was the man to help me and he has done it for over three decades. cases and parties Thanks to Jeff, I did not have go through with the audit. he orchestrated, Maverick’s Chris Parr: “G’day, mate.” That’s the way my to behind-the- favorite Aussie and I greeted each other for the better part of 28 scenes advocacy. years. Kinda cheesy, but when Jeff gave me my start as a college He spearheaded intern/part-timer in this biz back in the late ‘80s I thought it was delegation trips to oh-so-clever. Maybe it also set the tone for the first pun out of Australia, Can- his mouth – the kind he would whip out on a moment’s notice ada and Europe and make you almost grimace because it was so corny, but you to promote U.S. laughed anyway. No one loved to have fun more than Jeff Walker and international in the midst of getting business done. artists (and broad- One of the many fun trips we took was my first ever visit to New casters), and was York City for the New Music Seminar. For a 20-something music-lov- Clockwise l-r starting with Jeff: wife Terri, eager to persuade ing kid from Lincoln County, TN, it was mecca. We were barely on daughter Christy Walker Watkins and sometimes skeptical the escalators before Jeff introduced me to two or three people he son-in-law Matt Watkins, son Jon and industry executives. knew. After schmoozing our way through the Marriott Marquis bar, we daughter-in-law Tessa, father Bill and It was a thrill to proceeded to take a long, expensive cab ride downtown like we were stepmother Jeanine. receive the CMA’s going on an overseas adventure – Jeff grinning from ear to ear all the Jo Walker-Meador way and experiencing every new NYC moment with me. When we got Award in 2004 there, I thought the least I could do is offer to buy Jeff a beer since he from Jeff, who was recognized himself in 2013. But more can had been shelling out money since we left Nashville. The bartender and should be done: The CMA has international artist awards brings me two and yells $8 over the wailing band. I couldn’t hear him for both U.S. and global artists. It would be fitting if one of and thought, “He said, ‘Eight dollars?’ For two beers? What the hell? them were to bear Jeff’s name in his honor. I could buy a 12 pack of the Beast back in the ‘Boro for that.” Jeff Monk Family Music Group’s Charlie Monk: For the first few was laughing out loud as he saw the shock on my face, but I followed years, CRS was functionally run out of my office with my assistant, through. Looking back, that cold beer in that moment with my boss, Judy Harris, handling the administrative work. The loosely organized mentor and friend Jeff Walker tasted about as good as any beer ever. non-profit group requested we take care of any funds acquired. At I would pay any price to have just one more cold one with my dear some point I got a notice from the IRS that we were to be audited. It friend Jeff. scared the hell out of me because I had used some of the money for You gave so many of us a start in this business. You were meetings and had not kept very good records. A friend knew produc- always the consummate ambassador for country music. Always. er Bill Walker’s son was an accountant, so I met with Jeff and knew he G’day, mate. You will be sorely missed, but never forgotten. CAC

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Fun Daze: Republic Nashville’s Florida Georgia Line hang with industry friends at their Santa Clara, CA Kick The Dust Up Tour stop.

Aldean Town: Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean brings his Burn It Down Tour to Boston’s Gillette Stadium, where he joins Kenny Chesney’s finalThe Big Revival Tour stop. Pictured (l-r) are WTHT/Portland, ME’s Stan Bennett, WPOR/Portland, ME’s Jon Shannon, WOKQ/ Portsmouth, NH’s Mark Jennings, WBWL/Boston’s Lance Houston, the label’s Lee Adams, WKLB/Boston’s Ginny Rogers, Dawn Santoluctio and Mike Brophey, Aldean, WUSH/Norfolk’s Brandon O’Brien, WCTK/Providence’s Amanda Leonardo, WSIX/Nashville’s Michael Bryan and WCTK’s Bob Walker.

Summer Camp: BBR Music Group and iHeartRadio meet in Asheville, NC for their Summer Summit.

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

2 1 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 28627 1571 8482 552 56.404 2.587 154 0

3 2 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 27470 1440 8019 313 53.815 3.643 153 0

4 3 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 26151 1964 7618 527 52.847 4.131 153 0

5 4 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔ 24592 2336 7354 663 48.165 4.541 154 1

6 5 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 23933 2599 7071 738 46.607 5.078 154 0 1 6 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 23347 -5422 6715 -1767 45.717 -10.362 154 0

8 7 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) ✔ 22450 2979 6679 935 42.644 4.057 154 0

9 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) 20815 2086 6085 739 41.411 4.049 154 0

12 9 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 16133 931 4523 231 32.256 2.547 154 0

13 10 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 15907 812 4550 207 31.309 1.379 152 1

11 11 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 15655 134 4719 56 31.915 0.465 152 0

15 12 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 15392 977 4390 230 30.178 2.35 151 0

14 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 15332 794 4488 232 31.224 2.071 153 0

7 14 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving You... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 13814 -7207 4053 -2133 26.467 -15.357 154 0

17 15 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 13807 1058 3941 306 26.704 1.771 150 2

19 16 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 13568 1218 3739 279 24.696 2.926 147 1

21 17 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 13483 2010 3870 587 25.461 4.609 151 4

16 18 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 12878 82 3850 37 24.588 0.241 150 0

18 19 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 12531 138 3703 24 23.528 0.784 152 0

20 20 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 12302 223 3434 48 23.928 0.678 154 0

24 21 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 11596 1485 3355 408 22.983 5.398 154 8

22 22 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 11088 -226 3374 -4 20.489 0.587 151 0

23 23 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 10809 104 3236 34 19.385 0.987 150 0

26 24 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 9847 701 2795 208 16.879 1.224 136 3

25 25 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 9521 269 2935 100 15.149 0.864 148 0

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

31 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 8891 2720 2564 765 16.714 3.783 153 8

27 27 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 8711 117 2576 36 14.872 0.459 135 1

30 28 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) ✔ 8464 2269 2445 667 13.776 3.022 149 9

32 29 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 6620 459 1939 102 11.928 2.378 129 4

33 30 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 6618 1578 1946 452 11.645 2.961 130 6

28 31 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 6507 138 1850 82 12.634 0.231 140 0

29 32 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 6472 243 1939 72 12.4 0.162 142 2

34 33 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 5201 547 1601 156 9.775 1.219 102 2

36 34 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 4655 296 1362 63 6.398 0.825 124 1

35 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 4532 116 1224 11 9.683 -0.012 119 2

37 36 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 4332 93 1185 34 6.294 0.205 109 2

39 37 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 3669 34 1187 11 4.644 0.427 122 2

40 38 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 3641 515 1087 118 5.093 1.095 105 2

41 39 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3088 67 1007 25 3.958 0.079 106 0

42 40 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 2969 114 1022 65 3.218 0.06 100 1

45 41 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 2922 262 884 61 3.876 0.374 100 3

44 42 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 2836 105 923 23 2.91 0.165 109 0

49 43 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 2816 896 724 272 4.218 0.7 78 11

43 44 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 2793 59 793 34 3.829 0.167 105 1

47 45 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 2757 250 911 75 2.742 0.143 98 2

38 46 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 2440 -1608 743 -481 3.175 -2.166 104 0

46 47 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 2373 -258 705 -86 5.681 0.007 100 4

Debut 48 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 1857 94 533 13 2.503 0.221 68 3 50 49 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 1793 -66 487 -28 4.98 -0.179 21 0

Debut 50 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 1500 89 513 47 1.618 0.108 69 6 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 31, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 35 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 1644 ✔ MO PITNEY/A Boy And A Girl Thing (Curb) 23 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 1644 ✔ SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) 23 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 1269 ✔ THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 11 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 918 ✔ BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 9 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 854 ✔ TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 9 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 844 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 8 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 810 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 8 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 6 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 660 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 6 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 618 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 6 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 480 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 2979 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 318 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 2720 ✔ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 316 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 2599 ✔ BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 237 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 2336 ✔ KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 166 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 2269 ✔ THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 151 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rain... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 2086 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 148 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 2010 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 147 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 1964 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 120 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 1578 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 118 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 1571 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 105

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top recurrents Points BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 935 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 13385 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 765 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 10874 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 739 LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 10567 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 738 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 9581 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 667 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 9066 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 663 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 8815 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 587 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 8367 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 552 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 7883 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 527 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 7680 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 452 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 6671

©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 31, 2015 Chart Page 4 COUNTrY AIrCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) Moves 47-45* September 8 2,757 points, 911 spins Amanda Watkins/If I Was Over You (in2une) 2 adds: WEZL, WLHK Cassadee Pope/I Am Invincible (Republic Nashville)

DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) SEPTEMBER 14 Moves 38-46 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 2,440 points, 743 spins; No adds RACHELE LYNAE/Quicksand (in2une) DALLAS SMITH/Kids With Cars (Blaster) STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) Moves 46-47 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 2,373 points, 705 spins Jon Pardi/Head Over Boots (Capitol). 4 adds: KBEQ, KILT, WCTQ, WDAF SEPTEMBER 21 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) MATT GARY/It’s On You (in2une) Debuts at 48* Joe Nichols/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 1,857 points, 533 spins Craig Morgan/When I’m Gone (Black River) 3 adds: KBEB, WKMK, WSLC Zac Brown Band/Beautiful Drug (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) RONNIE DUNN/Ain’t No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) Moves 50-49 Send yours to [email protected] 1,793 points, 487 spins; No adds CHECK OUT 9/11 DAVID NAIL/Night’s On Fire (MCA) Debuts at 50* Sept. 11 Brett Eldredge Illinois (Atlantic/WMN) 1,500 points, 513 spins Jewel Picking Up The Pieces (Sugar Hill) 6 adds: WIL, WIRK, WKXC, WPCV*, WSLC WTHT Sept. 18 Alabama Southern Drawl (BMG) WATERLOO REVIVAL/Bad For You (Big Machine) Mac McAnally A.K.A. Nobody (Mailboat) 1,470 points, 465 spins Clare Dunn Self-Titled (MCA) 4 adds: KCCY, KPLM, KSSN, WMAD Leigh Nash The State I’m In (Thirty Tigers)

CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) Sept. 25 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up (Valory) 1,453 points, 465 spins; No adds Don Henley Cass County (Capitol) Kenny Rogers Once Again It’s Christmas LUCY ANGEL/Crazy Too (G-Force/New Revolution) (Warner Bros./WMN) 1,352 points, 478 spins; No adds Oct. 2 Bart Crow The Parade (Thirty Tigers) REBA/Until They Don’t Love You (Nash Icon/Valory) 1,286 points, 315 spins Oct. 9 Toby Keith 35 mph Town (Show Dog) 2 adds: KSKS*, WKHX* Oct. 23 Carrie Underwood Storyteller (19/Arista) Jimmy Fortune Hits & Hymns (Gaither Music Group)

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

1 1 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 12228 102 2340 8 54 0 3 2 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 11822 254 2255 21 55 0 5 3 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 11697 854 2276 148 56 0 4 4 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 11579 660 2255 120 56 1 8 5 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) ✔ 10794 1269 2077 237 56 0 6 6 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 10785 52 2091 9 53 0 9 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ 9876 918 1909 166 56 0 2 8 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 9256 -2595 1775 -542 47 0 10 9 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 7975 -57 1545 -18 55 0 12 10 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 7707 385 1480 71 56 0 11 11 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 7293 -100 1393 -23 55 0 15 12 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 7198 408 1383 58 56 0 14 13 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 7007 188 1305 7 53 0 16 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 6808 245 1311 34 54 0 13 15 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 6746 -144 1286 -30 52 0 17 16 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 6715 308 1324 63 52 0 23 17 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) ✔ 6372 1644 1242 318 55 2 21 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 5942 844 1164 147 56 2 19 19 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 5641 313 1092 57 51 1 18 20 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 5608 130 1080 31 52 0 20 21 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 5587 382 1090 61 55 0 22 22 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 5089 263 993 41 51 0 24 23 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 4078 449 739 65 50 1 33 24 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 3878 1644 753 316 46 20 25 25 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 3755 167 698 24 51 2 26 26 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 3535 88 683 25 45 0 29 27 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 3452 618 695 118 47 3 27 28 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 3425 39 657 1 40 1 28 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 3138 -86 591 -20 50 0 32 30 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 2833 480 587 105 45 3

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 30 31 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 2750 -19 528 5 45 0 31 32 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 2700 100 520 19 41 1 34 33 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 2064 93 314 9 26 1 37 34 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 1928 26 366 2 38 1 38 35 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 1928 314 361 60 38 1 42 36 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 1927 810 376 151 36 12 36 37 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 1922 -4 423 -2 38 0 39 38 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 1463 20 304 2 24 0 41 39 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1179 14 258 3 22 1 43 40 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1094 -4 247 1 21 0 44 41 OLIVIA LANE/You Part 2 (Big Spark/Star Farm) 1070 0 201 0 18 0 45 42 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 1007 -32 203 -9 12 0 46 43 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 944 41 181 9 27 2 48 44 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 619 -60 118 -12 12 1 52 45 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 603 124 94 18 16 0 50 46 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 576 47 98 7 10 0 49 47 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 519 -38 71 -5 9 1 54 48 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 446 39 83 7 8 0 Debut 49 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 427 292 86 57 12 4 58 50 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 416 161 66 24 4 0 51 51 OLD DOMINION/Nowhere Fast (RCA) 390 -120 39 -12 1 0 Debut 52 REBA/Until They Don't Love You (Nash Icon/Valory) 386 145 72 27 7 0 57 53 ADAM SANDERS/Somewhere That You Don't Go (Big Yellow Dog) 370 110 37 11 1 0 46 54 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 370 100 37 10 1 0 53 55 ALAN JACKSON/Jim And Jack And Hank (EMI Nashville) 362 -75 73 -10 7 1 Debut 56 LANCO/Trouble Maker (LANco) 340 90 34 9 1 0 Debut 57 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Russelled) 320 110 32 11 1 0 55 58 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 318 -2 64 0 6 1 Debut 59 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Dime Store Cowgirl (Mercury) 310 64 71 13 9 0 Debut 60 RICK MONROE/Great Minds Drink Alike (MRG) 306 35 61 7 9 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]