November 2, 2015, Issue 472

Emcee Clamor: 49th Annual CMA Awards hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley (c) with gathered radio programmers and personalities at the CMA radio remotes orientation Sunday night (11/1) in Nashville.

November 2, 2015 Page 3 Remotes Open CMA Week “Brad does most of the parodies,” Carrie Underwood said of her CMA Awards hosting partner in an interview at the radio remotes orientation last night (11/1). “Anything you don’t like, Brad usually does.” She and the referenced Brad Paisley hammed it up in typical fashion, proving that though some things have changed from last year, their quick wit isn’t one of them. CMA board Radio Committee chair Clay Hunnicutt (now running label Big Loud) addressed the programmers and personalities gathered in the Music City Center, promising a strong slate of participating artists. “One of the things the radio committee did this year is establish a new criteria for artists to get into the room,” he said. “You have to have a No. Clay Hunnicutt 1, be on the charts, Hall of Famer, previous winner – things like that. What you’ll see is really the best of the best.” The shift may cut the total number of artists making the rounds by a handful from last year’s 90, a smaller drop than expected. “Because of how great it went last year, a lot of artists saw how beneficial it was,” Hunnicutt said. As was pointed out later, stations can’t pass on an interview, so the roster of well-established artists should help participating stations get audio “you’ll actually use – not the famous, ‘We’ll can it and use it later,’” Hunnicutt said dryly. “If you say you don’t do that, you’re lying.” The main event, of course, was the press conference with Paisley and Underwood, whose hosting commitment precludes hours spent at the remotes. The Q&A format was slightly more controlled this year, with radio attendees reading pre-selected questions. ABC Radio’s Andrea Dresdale opened with one about gauging what jokes might be too mean Andrea to another artist. Dresdale “It’s what would make you feel bad personally,” Paisley said. “It’s kind of an exercise in empathy ... putting yourself in that person’s position and asking, ‘Would that offend me?’ Then realizing we aren’t quite as easily offended as a few, so would that offend them?” Underwood added, “Between the two of us we know everybody pretty well and can usually say whether or not somebody would be okay with something. We hope everybody can laugh at themselves because ... we are not afraid to laugh at ourselves.” WQDR/Raleigh’s Mike Wheless inquired about the aforementioned comedy songs. “We didn’t do parodies the first year,” Paisley said. “The second year we were hosting I did Letterman the Monday before the awards show. He had somebody come on and sing the top 10 list. They were (continued on page 10)

Write On The Money: SESAC celebrates songwriters and publishers at last night’s (11/1) 2015 Nashville Music Awards. Pictured (l-r) are SESAC’s Tim Fink, Country Songwriter of the Year Cary Barlowe, Song of the Year (“Homegrown”) writer Wyatt Durrette and SESAC’s ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at Shannan Hatch. www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

November 2, 2015 Page 6 A Fine Line Of Compliance PAGE THREE PIC When Premiere’s syndicated The Bobby Bones Show drew a $1 million FCC fine for iHeartMedia over the misuse of EAS tones (CAT 5/19), many broadcasters began to question the extent to which today’s personalities are versed in the rules of the radio. “It wasn’t supposed to happen,” Bones says of the incident, without going into specifics in the SeptemberCountry Aircheck print publication. So Country Aircheck asked some top-level programmers what they do to make sure those kinds of mistakes don’t happen. Cumulus SVP/Content & Programming Mike McVay says it begins with the first statement in a “Welcome to Cumulus” manual given to new PDs and air talents. “’Our number one responsibility is to protect the license,’” he says, paraphrasing the frequently updated document’s opening line. Mike McVay “We’ve included what to do and not to do, along with the things the NAB suggests like not using emergency sirens in commercials, stunts or bits because a driver may Can You Dig It? Indy promoter Mike Borchetta (c) be looking around for the source.” with Nashville mayor Richard Fulton (l) and Cash Midwest VP/Programming Jeff McCarthy says protecting Box’s Jim Sharp at the 1978 CMA convention. the license takes advanced and ongoing training, particularly for Have far out pictures of your own? Send them to new personalities. Simulating various scenarios can also prepare [email protected]. jocks for virtually any situation that might come up. “If you’re just starting out we might put you in a production studio in advance and allow you to do a show,” he says. “It’s going through what McVay says a refresher never hurts, as others’ mistakes can be the values are of the company and the radio station. What are the learning opportunities. “We instruct our program directors to take things we expect in terms of the type of content you’re going to people through it, and after Mr. Bones got in trouble, we certainly have on the air? Where is the line? That’s really important and a sent it around to everybody and asked every lot of times we blur it.” air talent to acknowledge that they’d read and McVay points out that no matter how many eventualities you understood it,” he says. plan for, some you figure out the hard way. “One of the things in our The bottom line, says McCarthy, is everyone booklet is the seven words you cannot say,” he says. “We recently had needs to be on the same page before anyone an air talent spell out one of the words, thinking that would be ok. So goes on the air. “If you had a car you paid $5 we had to file the proper paperwork and reprimand the talent – the million for, would you just hand the keys over to poor kid just didn’t know. We didn’t suspend him but we gave him a someone and say, ‘I’ll see you in five hours?’” warning. Since then, we’ve added that to our manual.” he asks. “This is what happens way too often “A lot of this starts at the top,” says McCarthy. “If you go back with radio stations. ‘Oh, they’re just a part-timer.’ Jeff McCarthy to when radio had smaller operators who were much more hands- At some point that part-timer is driving that car. on, they were conscious of those rules and regulations. Now that They should never be allowed to go on the air it’s become much more corporate, less attention is being paid.” before being prepped. It really comes down to the goal of the PD to He adds that Midwest still has that focus. “[Owner] Duke Wright educate that person, especially if they haven’t had the experience or follows the laws of the FCC to the letter,” he says. “You don’t ever education in the business.” want to explain to him why we got a fine from the FCC.” Reach McVay here and McCarthy here. –Jess Wright

November 2, 2015 Page 8 Writers Rock OFF THE RECORD: Ryan Kinder That lady or gentleman in formal wear at tonight’s (11/2) Warner Bros./WEA’s Ryan Kinder puts 53rd Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards could have been an industry spin on the artist interview: one of Nashville’s top songwriters – or perhaps it was a member I grew up listening to of the Secret Service. Trisha Yearwood was honored with the Birmingham’s WDXB and WZZK. PRO’s Voice of Music Award, presented by former President The first time I heard myself on Jimmy Carter, and celebrated with three tribute performances the radio, I was sitting in a car with my introduced by Justin Timberlake. Both are Yearwood’s wife. We were about to go in the Kroger. personal friends. Lady Antebellum sang Yearwood’s We were both freaking out. I rolled down “Walkaway Joe” while Reba performed “The Song Remembers the window and yelled at the closest When” and Garth Brooks’ daughter Allie Brooks sang “She’s person to tell them I was on the radio. In Love With The Boy.” Ryan Kinder They came over and listened with us. Top winners included Ashley Gorley, Songwriter of the Year; My favorite people to travel with Sam Hunt, Songwriter/Artist of the Year; “Leave The Night are my manager Nick Garvin and my songwriting partner Luke On” (written by Hunt and Josh Osborne, performed by Hunt), Sheets. We’ve been buddies for so long and we know how to Song of the Year; and Warner/Chappell Music, Publisher of handle each other on extremely long road trips. the Year. I’d love to have dinner with Quincy Jones or the late Stevie Logan’s Roadhouse CEO Sam Borgese was presented the Ray Vaughn. Quincy is the epitome of a music producer and Partners In Music Award, which recognizes an ASCAP licensee that musician. He’s one of the best, and I feel like he would have so has shown exceptional dedication in presenting ASCAP members’ UPDATE music to the public. many great stories. And Stevie Ray Vaughn is one of my favorite guitar players in the world. I would order wine and steaks. In total, ASCAP honored the writers and publishers If Rob Thomas, Gavin DeGraw and John Mayer were behind 46 most-performed songs including songwriters melded together as one person and born in Alabama, you’d get Chris DeStefano, Brett James, Ben Hayslip, David a taste of my music. Lee Murphy, Brad Paisley and Chris Tompkins. Artists My last impulse buy was at a Guitar Center. We went in attending included A Thousand Horses, Kelsea Ballerini, to buy miscellaneous gear and I ended up walking out with a Lee Brice, Garth Brooks, Brothers Osborne, The brand new Telecaster. Cadillac Three, Dan + Shay, Tyler Farr, Jewel, Maddie TheUPDATE most redneck thing I’ve done lately is beaver hunting & Tae, Kip Moore, David Nail, Eric Paslay, Cassadee at midnight at my family’s farm. Beavers are normally not a Pope, John Rich, Cole Swindell, the Swon Brothers and nuisance unless they’re cutting off the water supply to whatever Lee Ann Womack. lake or stream the deer or turkey drink from. They prevent Top winners at last night’s (11/1) SESAC Nashville Music growth of the species by damming up the river or lake. And they Awards included Cary Barlowe, Country Songwriter of the Year. tear up the woods by making their dam. Barlowe’s recent hits are Florida Georgia Line’s “Sun Daze” and I have to have protein powder, workout clothes and tennis Dustin Lynch’s “Where It’s At (Yep, Yep).” “Homegrown” (written shoes with me on the road. I have to work out to stay healthy. If by Zac Brown, Niko Moon and Wyatt Durrette) was named I’m not healthy that means I have to cancel a show, which means Country Song of the Year and Magic Mustang Music was awarded my band aren’t getting paid and the people around me aren’t Publisher of the Year. getting taken care of. If I’m sick, I’m letting everybody down. Richard Leigh was presented the Songwriter Legacy I enjoy having somebody care enough to ask me Award and honored with Crystal Gayle’s and Reba’s questions, so there are no least favorite interview questions. performances of his classics “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” I’d like to be stuck in Seaside, FL because it’s one of the and “The Greatest Man I Never Knew,” respectively. most magical places in the world. They filmed The Truman Show Artists attending included Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott, in Seaside. Joe Nichols, Jerrod Niemann, Cole Swindell and Kelsea Ballerini. –Wendy Newcomer

November 2, 2015 Page 10 The Pen Fund: Inspired By Hank Cochran Presents Songwriters 4 MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Songwriters: Ladies’ Night Nov. 10 in Nashville. Other performers include Jaida Dreyer, Shelly Fairchild, Bridgette Tatum and Valory’s Thomas Rhett discusses his Trick Pony. More here. most influential music: The Oct. 27 Charlie Daniels Birthday Bash raised more than 1. Hank Williams: I can vividly $100,000 for The Journey Home Project. remember being in my living room at the Merle Haggard, The Avett Brothers, Turnpike age of five singing every Hank Williams, Troubadours and Jason Boland & The Stragglers will Sr. song that ever existed with my dad. To perform at the inaugural G Fest in Muskogee, OK June 16-18. this day every time I hear “Tear In My Beer” More here. or “Your Cheatin’ Heart” or “Window The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will Shopping,” I go back to that living room. celebrate the holidays with the series Deck The Hall, featuring Thomas Rhett He definitely influenced the melodic and Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, Brenda Lee, Lonestar and the Oak songwriting structure of what I do today. Ridge Boys. Details here. 2. Rolling Stones, Vanderbilt Stadium, 1998: Besides Tracy Lawrence has partnered with All In to endorse its seeing my dad play, it was the first concert I ever saw. Watching bucking bull Player’s Championship in 2016. Lawrence owns a bull Mick Jagger run around onstage is when I first wanted to be an in the championship draft and will appear at all events; he’ll donate entertainer. From that point forward I wanted to be in front of a any winnings to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. camera or in talent shows. I tried to be the center of attention at Deana Carter has a role in the movie Painted Horses, all of our family get-togethers. scheduled for a spring 2016 release. 3. Eric Church: “These Boots,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Sinners Like Chris Cagle announced on Facebook he’s quitting the music Me” and the title song from Carolina are the reasons I ever business after a 15-year run. wanted to write songs in the first place. I got to write with him Singer/songwriter/producer Dustin Christensen has signed last year. It’s pretty cool to be able to write with someone you’ve a publishing deal with Carnival Music. looked up to since you were 15 years old. Songwriter/producer Byron Hill has signed an exclusive 4. ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s Rock: I was in a punk rock band in worldwide co-publishing agreement with Dan Hodges Music. middle school because I was such a huge fan of The Ramones. Singer-songwriter Seth Ennis signed a co-publishing Led Zeppelin was also one of my favorite bands. If I could go agreement with Warner/Chappell and Liz Rose. back in time and see any band, it would be them. 5. The Allman Brothers: I’ve looked up to Warren Haynes Remotes Open CMA Week and Gregg Allman my whole life. Even though I’m not a great (continued from page 1) guitar player, I wish I could play like them. joking around about things in the news and made it a song. I • An “important” piece or style of music you just don’t thought, ‘Why can’t we do that?’ And that was the year we sang get: I used to listen to classical music in college while I studied ‘Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Kanye.’ From there because someone said you retain more information when you it was a bottomless pit.” listen to Mozart, but I’ve never “gotten” it. I respect orchestra Nash Nights Live’s Elaina Smith members as individual artists but I’ve never gotten super-hyped got Paisley to admit that in his dream about classical music. collaboration with Silentó, he’s much more • An album you listened to incessantly: I have listened to comfortable performing the “Stanky Leg” Eric Church’s Carolina 600 times. than the Whip/Nae Nae. Asked if artists • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: When I was inquire whether they will be the subject of in junior high I was at Rocketown in Nashville every weekend jokes before the show, Underwood demurred, watching scream-o metal bands. Me and Jaren Johnston from “People ask us in confidence.” The Cadillac Three completely dorked out on the bus to that “I do think it’s very admirable Blake music the other night for about three hours. Elaina Smith went on Seth Meyers and said, ‘Bring it,’” Paisley said. “So we Chart Chat will. He and I had a Congrats to Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and few conversations here and there. He’s not Brian Kelley, Matthew Hargis and the entire Republic someone that’s concerned at all, honestly. It’s Nashville promotion staff on landing this week’s No. 1 with really refreshing.” “Anything Goes.” The song is the fourth chart-topper from their WOGI/Pittsburgh’s Jeremy “Danger current album by the same title. Frog” asked Underwood about touring with Staying at BMLG (and a baby, and she detailed modifications to her throwing in UMGN, too), kudos bus. “All the doors and drawers have magnetic Jeremy to Kris Lamb and the Dot reps locks so he doesn’t fall down the trash chute,” “Danger Frog” for scoring 40 adds on Maddie she said. Paisley actually liked that idea. “That & Tae’s “Shut Up And Fish,” would be very Star Wars,” he said. “You could even make the topping this week’s board in a tie walls [close in].” Asked soon after if Paisley might be tapped for with Keith Urban’s “Break On babysitting, Underwood answered quickly, “Probably not. Because Me.” So kudos to Shane Allen he thinks it’s okay that the baby goes down the trash chute.” and the Capitol crew as well! Tune in for more Brad and Carrie on ABC-TV Wednesday (11/4). –Chuck Aly

News & Notes Lon Helton, [email protected] The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum will open Chuck Aly, [email protected] the exhibit Keith Urban So Far... Nov. 20. It runs through May Russ Penuell, [email protected] 2016. More here. Jess Wright, [email protected] Alison Krauss will perform with The Likely Culprits at (615) 320-1450 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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October 2015 PPM Scoreboard 1,233,800. CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago was second with Country radio shares were down 4.2% compared to September 1,200,600. 2015. Of the 90 subscribing stations that posted a 1.0 share or Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates higher, 26 increased, 55 decreased and 9 were flat. co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” The cume leader was Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles with indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

September October 6+ September October September Rank October 6+ Rank September October Station/City 6+ Share Rank Share Rank Cume Cume Station/City 6+ Share Share Cume Cume

WKHX/Atlanta 4.3 11 3.6 12t 626,200 692,900 WMIL/Milwaukee 6.7 2t 6.2 4t 378,400 388,400 WUBL/Atlanta 3.6 14 3.7 11t 642,600 704,600 KEEY/Minneapolis 7.3 4 6.7 5 778,200 710,700 KASE/Austin^ 6 2 5.4 3 362,000 386,700 KMNB/Minneapolis 6.5 5 5.4 7 783,700 685,200 KVET/Austin^ 5.4 3 5.8 2 322,900 339,800 WKDF/Nashville^ 4.2 9 4.2 9 264,900 268,700 KOKE/Austin 2.3 18 2.3 19 87,800 114,400 WSIX/Nashville 5 8 4.9 8 293,300 267,100 WPOC/Baltimore 8 2t 7.2 3 510,900 507,000 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 3.9 10t 3.9 10 252,700 268,100 WKLB/Boston 5.6 4t 5 7 886,100 848,000 WSM-AM/Nashville 1.7 18 1.3 19 55,700 50,900 WBWL/Boston 3.2 11t 2.2 19 564,300 516,300 WNSH/New York (Nassau) 2.2 18t 2.8 16 193,400 202,200 WCTK/Providence (Boston) 1.2 22 1 22 189,700 150,600 WNSH/New York 1.6 20 1.8 20 1,003,300 980,900 WKKT/Charlotte 9.8 1 9.6 1 540,000 498,700 WGH/Norfolk 4.8 6 5.1 6 255,400 251,700 8.2 2 8 2 594,500 535,100 WSOC/Charlotte WOTW/Orlando 1.1 20t 1.2 20t 94,900 110,000 WEBG/Chicago (debuted 1/5) 2.4 19t 2 23 880,500 812,100 WWKA/Orlando 5.4 8 4.8 8 302,500 303,900 WUSN/Chicago 2.8 14 2.8 13t 1,143,300 1,200,600 KMLE/Phoenix 3.9 8t 4.1 8 634,300 669,100 WNNF/Cincinnati 2.3 14 2.3 16 262,400 265,900 KNIX/Phoenix 3.4 10t 4 9 563,100 627,200 WUBE/Cincinnati^ 9.5 2 9.3 2 569,900 580,000 WXTU/Philadelphia 6.3 2 5.8 3 927,200 852,700 WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.7 17 1.9 18 218,800 237,500 WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.9 7 4.6 7 455,800 416,900 WGAR/Cleveland 7.3 4 6.4 6 451,000 456,000 WPGB/Pittsburgh 3.2 10 2.7 10 291,900 268,500 WCOL/Columbus, OH 10.8 1 10.1 2 495,700 472,300 KWJJ/Portland 8.3 2 8.7 1 589,000 565,900 WHOK/Columbus, OH 1.1 17 1.1 16 73,000 82,600 KUPL/Portland 4.8 7 5.2 5 470,400 467,800 KPLX/Dallas^ 5.7 1 4.6 2 1,251,400 1,180,300 WCTK/Providence 8.9 1 7.7 3 373,000 363,300 KSCS/Dallas^ 3.3 11 2.9 14t 894,900 835,000 WNCB/Raleigh 3.8 11 3.1 14 226,800 197,500 KWOF/Denver 2.7 18 2.5 19 338,900 283,900 WQDR/Raleigh 9.2 1 8 2 353,700 369,800 KYGO/Denver 5.7 3 4.5 7t 534,300 506,400 KFRG/Riverside 4.5 5 5.3 4 281,600 355,100 WDRQ/Detroit 3 16 2.7 16 488,800 460,100 KBEB/Sacramento 3.3 12t 2.9 15t 206,000 203,600 WYCD/Detroit 4.8 8 4.7 8 795,900 808,700 KNCI/Sacramento 5.1 3 4.7 5 341,500 343,800 WPAW/Greensboro 5.2 8 4.7 7 245,500 221,800 KNTY/Sacramento 2.6 16 2.1 18 220,200 212,900 WTQR/Greensboro 7.2 4 7.5 3 302,300 314,600 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.4 22 1.8 19t 185,900 174,000 WWYZ/Hartford 7.5 2 8.1 2 263,100 267,400 5.7 4t 5.4 5t 287,200 298,300 KILT/Houston 3.6 12t 3.7 11 904,100 1,057,200 KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ KKBQ/Houston^ 5.2 5 5.4 4 1,216,000 1,183,400 KSOP-AM/salt Lake City ^+ 2.2 15 1.8 19t 36,200 42,100 KTHT/Houston^+ 2.4 18t 2.4 18t 525,100 549,500 KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.3 10 4.1 11t 306,600 346,700 WFMS/Indianapolis 5.2 6 5.2 7 354,300 383,000 KAJA/San Antonio 6.5 3 7.4 2 565,100 632,300 WLHK/Indianapolis 7.6 2 6.8 3 402,300 398,300 KCYY/San Antonio^ 7.4 2 7 3 621,500 704,100 WGNE/Jacksonville 4.8 8 5.3 7 232,000 242,600 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 2.3 17t 2.5 16t 136,900 148,800 WQIK/Jacksonville 8.8 2 8.6 2t 277,500 288,600 KSON/San Diego 5.1 3 5.3 2 505,200 497,300 KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.9 8 4 12 291,000 288,400 KRTY/San Jose 3.6 7t 3.4 8t 173,700 154,300 KFKF/Kansas City^ 3.9 13 4.8 8 266,700 265,600 KSJO/San Jose 1 29 0.9 29t 95,600 80,700 WDAF/Kansas City 4.5 9 4.3 11 302,400 307,500 KKWF/Seattle 4.1 8t 4 9 566,200 522,200 KCYE/Las Vegas 2.9 13t 2.4 16t 198,300 178,000 KMPS/Seattle 4.5 6 5 5 546,900 629,200 KWNR/Las Vegas 4.4 8 4.2 8 199,400 187,000 KSD/St. Louis 4.7 11 4.1 13 547,300 539,100 KKGO/Los Angeles 2.5 17t 2.6 18 1,189,500 1,233,800 WIL/St. Louis 5.5 7t 4.9 10 574,200 542,100 WGKX/Memphis 4.6 9 5 7 198,500 190,700 WFUS/Tampa 5.3 5 5 7t 495,700 510,300 WLFP/Memphis 3.1 11t 3 11 103,200 112,600 WQYK/Tampa 5.2 6t 5.2 t 439,800 415,400 WKIS/Miami 3.2 17t 2.8 17 512,800 483,600 WMZQ/Washington 3.6 11 3.5 12t 678,300 654,200 WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 2.9 13t 3 12t 157,700 157,000 WIRK/West Palm Beach 6.4 3 5.4 3 191,800 182,700 WKTI/Milwaukee 3.4 12 3.2 14 245,800 243,700 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 2, 2015 Chart Page 1

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

3 1 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) ✔ 28573 2560 8361 704 54.49 2.974 153 0

2 2 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) ✔ 28022 1986 8291 551 53.936 4.79 154 0

4 3 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 27310 1982 8009 507 53.805 4.034 154 0

5 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 25216 727 7472 266 49.045 1.478 154 0

6 5 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 23836 982 7015 250 46.942 2.914 154 0

7 6 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) ✔ 23719 2759 6850 773 46.742 4.626 154 0

1 7 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 22004 -5525 6475 -1698 44.216 -9.474 154 0

8 8 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 21924 1365 6325 452 43.084 1.891 154 0

10 9 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 19040 954 5526 218 37.828 1.777 154 0

13 10 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 17473 1041 4970 250 34.661 1.966 154 0

12 11 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 17239 439 5104 170 34.669 1.141 153 0

14 12 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 16368 1275 4709 421 32.019 2.161 154 1

9 13 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 14510 -5276 4075 -1513 31.674 -9.714 153 0

15 14 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 14397 333 4289 160 27.466 0.94 153 1

16 15 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 14253 479 4336 99 27.88 1.412 154 0

17 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 13344 474 3913 116 25.693 1.205 154 0

19 17 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 13317 1411 4080 442 25.148 2.757 148 1

18 18 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 13184 489 3900 173 25.866 1.508 152 1

21 19 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 12688 1935 3630 560 24.488 4.804 154 2

20 20 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 11955 1120 3611 332 21.705 2.771 153 2

22 21 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 11449 1412 3378 409 22.08 3.334 150 2

23 22 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 9708 438 2845 119 19.679 1.551 141 1

24 23 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 9385 324 2664 89 19.078 0.534 150 0

25 24 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 9364 1538 2679 471 16.037 2.7 132 13

27 25 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 7556 494 2314 171 13.402 2.223 144 5

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

26 26 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 7416 227 2177 57 11.549 1.253 141 3

28 27 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 7414 413 2214 133 12.843 0.762 137 2

30 28 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 6700 684 1849 172 11.247 1.435 125 4

29 29 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 6486 253 1922 101 10.138 0.503 130 2

33 30 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 5530 349 1649 112 8.86 1.032 128 5

34 31 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 4402 98 1254 39 6.432 0.211 119 3

35 32 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 4329 78 1352 23 5.773 0.126 120 0

36 33 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 4089 397 1190 126 5.626 0.392 106 3

43 34 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 2927 615 883 201 3.851 0.9 100 8

39 35 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 2890 236 881 90 3.457 0.241 108 7

KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) ✔ DEBUT 2762 2115 848 634 4.51 3.268 107 40 40 37 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 2724 212 825 71 3.425 0.179 98 6

41 38 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 2703 333 841 79 3.055 0.167 90 4

38 39 GEORGE STRAIT/Cold Beer Conversation (MCA) 2638 -33 759 22 5.985 -0.222 67 4

32 40 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 2585 -2909 676 -887 5.911 -4.77 124 0

DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 2577 331 764 131 3.48 0.465 93 4

42 42 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 2412 69 776 32 2.895 0.084 89 1

47 43 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 2383 171 706 32 2.978 0.134 82 0

44 44 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 2336 62 714 31 2.715 0.014 88 2

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 2159 -57 666 -27 2.266 -0.347 92 2

49 46 MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) 2074 334 599 119 2.255 0.067 70 1

Debut 47 ERIC PASLAY/High Class (EMI Nashville) 1794 425 528 82 2.124 0.542 71 6

Debut 48 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 1674 382 509 103 2.296 0.706 66 4

Debut 49 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1605 242 516 52 2.012 0.306 61 2

Debut 50 LAUREN ALAINA/Next Boyfriend (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1581 202 502 53 1.886 0.256 59 2 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 2, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 40 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 1697 ✔ MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish (Dot) 40 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 1198 ✔ RYAN KINDER/Tonight (Warner Bros./WEA) 32 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 1087 ✔ GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 13 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 1058 ✔ JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 13 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 1056 ✔ BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 930 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 10 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 850 LUKE BRYAN/Home Alone Tonight (Capitol) 10 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 798 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 8 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 731 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 7 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 710 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 2759 ✔ KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 323 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 2560 ✔ GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 219 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 2115 ✔ CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 194 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 1986 ✔ BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 193 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1982 ✔ DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 182 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 1935 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 180 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 1538 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 177 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 1412 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 144 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 1411 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 142 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 1365 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 133

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 773 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 16488 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 704 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 14874 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 634 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 10974 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 560 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 10088 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 551 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 9444 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 507 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 8863 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 471 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 7733 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 452 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 7506 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 442 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 6881 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 421 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 6612

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) Moves 46-45 November 9 2,159 points, 666 spins Brett Eldredge/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 2 adds: WBBS, WGH Ashley Campbell/Remembering (Dot)

MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) November 16 Moves 49-46* JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need a Drink (Valory) 2,074 points, 599 spins FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 1 add: WITL November 23 ERIC PASLAY/High Class (EMI Nashville) None Listed Debuts at 47* 1,794 points, 528 spins Send yours to [email protected] 6 adds: KHEY, WBCT, WHKO*, WKSJ, WPCV*, WQMX CHECK OUT 11/6 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) Debuts at 48* Tim McGraw Damn Country Music (Big Machine) McGraw’s 14th studio album was produced with Byron 1,674 points, 509 spins Gallimore and features lead single “Top Of The World” 4 adds: KBEQ, WUSH, WXBQ, WYNK and “Here Tonight,” a duet with daughter Gracie McGraw.

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) Hunter Hayes The 21 Project (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts at 49* The seven-song project includes current single “21” 1,605 points, 516 spins and explores the life of each track from acoustic to 2 adds: KJUG, KRTY studio to live tour recordings. Hayes produced the limited-edition three-disc set with Dann Huff. LAUREN ALAINA/Next Boyfriend (19/Interscope/Mercury) Debuts at 50* Old Dominion Meat and Candy (RCA) 1,581 points, 502 spins The band’s debut was produced by Shane McAnally 2 adds: WKLI, WQYK and features current single “Break Up With Him” along with 11 tracks mostly written by the band, with a few co- SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) writers including McAnally and Ross Copperman. 1,555 points, 477 spins 4 adds: KATM*, KAWO, KJKE, KPLM Cole Swindell Down Home Sessions (Warner Bros./WMN) The five-song collection is released via iTunes Nov. JOE NICHOLS/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 6 and all other major digital retailers the following 1,509 points, 528 spins week. It includes , is available for pre-order today. Instantly available for those who pre-order: 1 add: KJUG “Should’ve Ran After You” and “Shuttin’ It Down.”

CHRIS JANSON/Power of Positive Drinkin’ (Warner Bros./WAR) Josh Abbott Band Front Row Seat (Thirty Tigers) 1,446 points, 467 spins Produced by Dwight A. Baker, the album includes 10 adds: KAWO, KFGY, KTTS, WDRM, WGGY, WKHX*, single “Amnesia” plus collaborations with Shane WKSJ, WPAW, WTHT, WWKA* McAnally, Zac Brown Band’s Wyatt Durette, Macy Maloy and Carly Pearce. ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 2, 2015 Chart Page 5

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

3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 12334 930 2397 177 56 0 4 2 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 12182 850 2379 142 55 0 6 3 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) ✔ 11580 1056 2221 194 56 0 5 4 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 11523 287 2267 91 55 0 1 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 11287 -779 2234 -125 54 0 8 6 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 10305 1058 1986 193 56 0 2 7 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 9756 -2212 1903 -425 53 0 9 8 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 9476 710 1882 182 52 1 11 9 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 8736 798 1699 144 54 0 10 10 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 8286 188 1589 20 54 0 12 11 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 8076 194 1547 42 56 1 13 12 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 7702 276 1491 94 55 0 7 13 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 7164 -2170 1394 -422 46 0 17 14 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 6966 731 1346 133 55 1 18 15 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 6872 692 1294 110 56 1 15 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 6862 94 1340 32 55 0 19 17 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 6477 610 1218 127 54 0 16 18 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 6454 161 1264 35 51 1 20 19 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 6287 637 1192 117 53 2 22 20 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) ✔ 6167 1087 1175 180 55 2 21 21 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 5320 95 1069 25 47 1 23 22 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 4676 306 895 54 49 1 25 23 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 4243 287 803 52 51 2 26 24 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 4128 348 834 74 50 2 30 25 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) ✔ 4021 1198 762 219 51 10 27 26 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 3802 272 707 40 44 0 28 27 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 3484 62 692 15 48 3 31 28 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 2621 32 496 7 44 2 32 29 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful Drug (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 2603 149 478 31 43 1 33 30 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 2455 3 480 -7 39 2

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 45 31 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) ✔ 2367 1697 463 323 35 20 34 32 GEORGE STRAIT/Cold Beer Conversation (MCA) 2357 200 424 36 30 2 24 33 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 2240 -1842 428 -354 38 0 35 34 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1793 18 358 4 37 0 39 35 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 1744 487 358 82 40 4 36 36 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 1717 184 305 41 30 4 38 37 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1589 176 312 31 37 1 43 38 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 1523 664 279 106 24 9 37 39 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 1378 -28 287 -6 23 1 40 40 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 1344 162 245 25 26 1 44 41 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 813 10 138 -1 12 0 48 42 MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) 768 184 143 32 19 3 46 43 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 675 54 101 7 6 1 47 44 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 672 58 125 10 14 1 55 45 DYLAN SCOTT/Crazy Over Me (Curb) 640 235 87 35 9 2 53 46 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 626 183 117 28 12 1 50 47 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 597 67 135 16 11 0 Debut 48 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 526 195 105 32 10 3 49 49 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 524 -11 94 -1 12 1 52 50 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 482 -35 71 -5 16 0 51 51 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Amnesia (PDT) 465 -60 76 -6 6 0 Debut 52 JOE NICHOLS/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 429 120 83 22 15 0 54 53 AARON WATSON/Getaway Truck (Big Label/Thirty Tigers) 402 -12 83 -3 8 1 Debut 54 JT HODGES/Locks On Doors (Buffalo Sound) 400 170 40 17 1 0 Debut 55 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 389 84 88 14 12 1 Debut 56 OLD SOUTHERN MOONSHINE REVIVAL/Brand New Song (Killer Bear) 380 100 38 10 1 0 Debut 57 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 377 121 77 27 14 1 60 58 CHARLES KELLEY f/BENTLEY & PASLAY/The Driver (Capitol) 366 17 78 5 8 1 56 59 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) 364 -36 73 -6 8 0 Debut 60 LINDSAY ELL/By The Way (Stoney Creek) 363 159 45 22 4 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]