January 22, 2008 Issue 73 Country’S Fall...Or Not? and Women

January 22, 2008 Issue 73 Country’s Fall...Or Not? and women. This creates a disturbing reliability scenario that hits Country radio’s fall book is barely two weeks old and the Country radio right in the heart. format seems to have taken some hits in significant major “Top that with the altered cume patterns brought on by markets. While it’s still too early to draw conclusions – our AC’s playing Christmas music, and we have a scary double Ratings Box Score on page 7 shows pretty whammy that can create a serious temporary wobble for even distribution in the 117 markets we’ve many Country stations.” highlighted thus far – the troughs some Country Aircheck will continue to bring you daily and individual stations are sailing through have weekly ratings information as it is released by Arbitron. Check not gone unnoticed. page 7 for numbers released over the last week. “I had expected Country to be up this fall from the summer as I thought the current Good News In Cincinnati music was a whole lot stronger than in the And now we’ll slip into something a little more comfortable summer,” says consultant Joel Raab, who Joel Raab – a closer look at a market brimming with points to his blog posting about the summer positive ratings: Cincinnati. Longtime KEEY/ book (click here). Minneapolis APD Travis Moon, in his first “I have seen several weak Decembers for Country stations,” full book as PD of Bonneville he says. “Christmas music on AC stations is the logical Country combo WUBE & explanation. However, plenty of Country stations have held WYGY, took WUBE 6.7-7.6 their own in December against the Christmas onslaught.” and from third to second. An accurate assessment of the fall book is still weeks away, WYGY rose 1.1-2.0 and from Raab believes. “When it’s all said and done, Country may a tie for 16th to 13th. (Shares Travis Moon actually be up from the summer.” and ranks are 12+). The big In the meantime, Rusty Walker has seen a news, though, is WUBE’s first place finish with disturbing intersection of problems. “The most Adults 25-54, ousting perennial adult market leader News/Talk worrisome aspect of the fall books I’ve seen WLW-AM. so far is the sample,” he says. “With weighting “I’d like to say it was the fun new jingle package and new and proportionality issues that are much more imaging toys to make the station pronounced than normal, they often expand way sound a bit more contemporary,” Rusty Walker past the usual young men demos, into older men Moon says of the good book. ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 “But I really tried to focus on finding ways to marry B-105 listener passion for country music with the actual radio station. Da t e Ch e c k I tried to raise the bar of our excitement for the format to match listeners. People love to drink water, but they usually put as Jan. 23-27 - Country In The Rockies much or more value on the spigot.” Getting in a mindset of “celebrating” country with the Jan. 24 - 26th Annual Colgate Country Showdown National listeners meant imaging and extra community involvement. Final - Ryman Auditorium www.countryshowdown.com He brought a lot of experience with him. “Like KEEY, the enthusiasm for new country music is set for high,” he says. “You Feb. 8 - 50th Annual Grammy Awards - www.grammy.com can actually find out extra stuff from your most active listeners with the right new song. ‘International Harvester’ by Craig March 5-7 - CRS-39 - www.crb.org Morgan was insanely huge here. It actually gave us more than the research said it would. We got added feedback from listeners April 1-5 - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival you would pay for on some songs.” Not everything gleaned in Minneapolis translates, however. April 22 - Leadership Music Digital Summit 2007 - Belmont “Country radio markets are different,” Moon says. “I’ve seen it University’s Curb Event Center - www.leadershipmusic.org in the time I’ve been in Cincinnati and have been busy enough learning as much as I can about this market and its listeners. May 18 - The 43rd Annual ACM Awards - MGM Grand Las KEEY is one of America’s very best country stations and WUBE Vegas, NV - www. acmcountry.com is working hard to that level, too.” Full calendar info at www.countryaircheck.com national country radio listener New Revolution Spins In Shaw, Schuld perceptual tracking study. The Former Category 5 VP/Promotion David event is free and admission Shaw and former Category 5 regional is open to all A&O clients. Joe Schuld have joined New Revolution All others can score an invite Entertainment. “The experience and passion by contacting Jaye Albright at [email protected] or Mike they bring will fortify our ability to productively O’Malley at [email protected]. deliver and super server our clients and radio,” David Shaw says New Revolution’s Rob Dalton. Both have spent time at Columbia in pop Radio News Personalities: The Amy B show is no longer on the air in promotion. Shaw will be based in Rhode middays at Citadel KSCS/Dallas. The station began carrying Island and can be reached at 401-233-1544 or a localized version of her syndicated ABC show in September. [email protected]. Schuld will be based in “It is not unusual for stations with new management to make Kansas City and can be contacted at 913-888-6861 programming changes,” says ABC SVP/Affiliate RelationsTJ or [email protected]. Joe Schuld Lambert. “The Amy B Show can be heard on 109 Country

stations across America and is still available for syndication.” A&O Seminar Set Former WAMZ/Louisville MD/middayer Night Train Lane Albright & O’Malley’s Annual Pre-CRS Seminar will be has pulled into middays at Cumulus’ WYAK/Myrtle, SC. held Tuesday, March 4 at 2pm in the Country Music Hall of He started yesterday (1/20) and succeeds Randy “Boomer” Fame’s Ford Theater with Starbucks Dir./U.S. Store Marketing Clemens, who left the station last month. Bill Black keynoting. Lyric Street’s Phil Stacey is the event’s special guest. A&O will be updating their “Roadmap 08” Sales: Regent Broadcasting/Peoria has hired Arrowhead Country Club First Asst. Golf Pro Chris Koller as Account Executive. ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4

Bi r t h d a y s Wednesday (1/23) - Harley Allen, the late Johnny Russell

Thursday (1/24) - Keech Rainwater, Ray Stevens, Buzz Cason, Rhonda Forlaw-Adkins, Becky Hobbs, Nancy Tunick ([email protected]), Bobby Young (bobby. [email protected])

Friday (1/25) - John Alexander, Jayme Austin (jayme. [email protected]), Kippi Brannon, Mike Burch, Lee Carroll, Rick Hughes (rick.hughes@umusic. com)

Saturday (1/26) - Maria Brunner (insightmgt@aol. com), Michael Martin ([email protected]), Dave Smith

Sunday (1/27) - Tracy Lawrence, Richard Young, Todd Berry ([email protected]), Kristi Brake- Barnes, Steve Levesque

HD: Beasley/Ft. Myers-Naples, Fl has launched Haney’s Big House 96.1 HD2 that will feature a format of blues, southern rock and outlaw country. Gig Alerts • KPLX/Dallas VP/Market Manager Dan Bennett is searching for a PD. Send packages to him at KPLX, 3500 Maple Ave., Suite 1600, Dallas, Texas 75219. • WWFF/Huntsville, AL OM Bill West is seeking a morning show. Send airchecks and resumes to [email protected]. • WZZK/Birmingham, AL PD Justin Case is looking for an afternooner. Contact him at [email protected]. • KDCD/San Angelo, TX OM Aaron Harris is in need of a middayer/PM driver. Send your best stuff to aaronh.radio@ lonestarmix.com. • WPCK/Green Bay PD Dylan Fletcher is on the lookout for a Moon In The Morning Show co-host. Send airchecks and resume to [email protected]. Industry News Entertainment law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Jess Rosen and Bobby Rosenbloum have been upped to co-chairs of the firm’s Atlanta branch. The CMA surprised FACTOR (Canada) President/CEO Heather Ostertag with the Jo Walker-Meador International Achievement Award last week (1/14), recognizing her support in developing country music outside the U.S. Buddy Cannon (“Give It Away”) is one of the speakers schedule to appear at the free Songwriting Seminar@Winterfest in Pigeon Forge, TN Feb. 23. Applications are being accepted for the April Music City Walk of Fame induction ceremony until Feb. 8. Nominations are open to the public in the categories of artist, Buddy Cannon ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 musician, songwriter and producer/music industry executive. Details at www.visitmusiccity.com/walkoffame. Tu b e Ch e c k Artist News Tuesday (1/22) - Kellie Pickler, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC). Reba McEntire graces the cover of Wednesday (1/23) - Shooter Jennings, The Late Show with Quick and Simple magazine, on stands Jan. Jay Leno (NBC); Luke Bryan, Fox & Friends; John Rich, Hannity 29, as she talks about aging, staying youthful & Colmes (FOX). and forgetting the words to her own songs. “I love being 50, and I will love being 60, Thursday (1/24) - Trace Adkins, The Celebrity Apprentice too,” she says. “Age has never bothered me (NBC). because I’m having a good time.” Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Friday (1/25) - John Rich, Fox & Friends; John Rich, Gone have added two dates to their Love, Pain Country (CMT). & the whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour in Peoria, IL and Sacramento, CA. Saturday (1/26) - Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Brad In support of the 4th Annual Musicians On Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Kellie Call Benefit Concert an online auction is being Pickler, Josh Turner, The Charlie Daniels Band, Dolly Parton, held until Feb. 7 at www.musiciansoncall.org with Opry Live (re-air) (GAC). items from Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Toby Sunday (1/27) - Various Artists, 42nd Annual ACM Awards Keith, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Bon Jovi and more. (re-air) (GAC). Bucky Covington has partnered with Monday (1/28) - Joe Nichols, Late Night with Conan O’Brien Keith Urban Zippo pocket lighters as the sponsor of his (NBC). tour dates, beginning when he hits the road with Dierks Bentley. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is hosting Opry members Marty Stuart and Connie Smith inducted Hell on Wheels: Marty Robbins at the Racetrack Feb. 2 at 2pm Charlie Daniels into the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday in the Ford Theater. The panel will focus on the songwriter’s (1/19), which he followed by performing “Will The Circle Be dedication to the sport and feature veteran driver Bob Reuther Unbroken” with Stuart, Smith, Montgomery Gentry and Trace and ESPN auto-racing historian Russ Thompson. Adkins. “My Bible tells me God gives us the desires of our The Statler Brothers will release their book Random hearts and tonight the promise has come true,” Daniels said of Memories Feb. 19 about behind-the-scenes moments of his induction. their career. Troy Gentry and wife Angie will serve as honorary co- Tracy Lawrence and Clay Walker will perform at the chairs at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s 12th Annual Arkansas Homecoming in Texarkana Feb. 16 that Celebration of Wishes Gala Feb. 1. Gentry will also perform benefits the Tracy Lawrence Fund, Inc. to foster community an acoustic set with songwriters Neil Thrasher and Wendell support and service. Mobley. Neal McCoy is about to make his 13th USO tour to Sara Evans is teaming up with Maroon 5 for an installment the Persian Gulf as part of a USO/MNC-I expeditionary of CMT Crossroads to air in May. entertainment tour. Kix Brooks will also soon be participating in The PovertyNeck Hillbillies have decided to take a break of a Persian Gulf tour. “indefinite length” according to a statement by founding member After exiting BlackHawk last week Dave Robbins has Chris Higbee. signed a songwriting deal with Platinum Pen Publishing.

Ch e c k Ou t In St o r e s : 1/22 Chuck Wicks Starting Now (RCA) Delaware native Wicks turned a failed development deal with RCA into motivation to develop his skills as a songwriter and performer. His second run with the label kicks off with the hit “Stealing Cinderella,” the first single from the Dann Huff and Monty Powell- produced album. Wicks wrote 10 of 11 tracks. Titles include “When You’re Single” and “Man Of The House.”

Laura Bryna Trying To Be Me (Equity) A bit of a renaissance woman, Bryna is fluent in French, studied at the Kennedy Center Summer Drama Workshop while in high school, and sang on the soundtrack of a Broadway play. But her heart is in the country music she heard during trips from her Maryland home to a Washington, D.C. hospital where her older brother was stricken with a brain aneurysm. That circumstance is also the inspiration for her co-write “Make A Wish.” Other cuts include “According To The Radio” and “She Can’t Save Him.”

Upcoming Releases: Feb. 5 SHeDAISY The Best Of... (Lyric Street) Feb. 26 Chris Cagle TBA (Capitol) Trent Willmon Broken In (Compadre) Album release info to [email protected]. The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • Citadel/Atlanta President/GM Victor Sansone moved to Dallas in a similar capacity, overseeing Citadel Country combo KSCS & KTYS. (CAT BN 1/15) • Cumulus KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas PD John Sebastian exited. (CAT BN 1/16) • CRB revealed Charlie Daniels as the Career Achievement Award recipient and attorney Mike Milom as the President’s Award recipient. Both will be honored at the Country Music DJ and Radio Hall Of Fame Dinner and Awards Ceremony Tuesday, March 4 during CRS-39. • Cumulus WWFF/Huntsville, AL signed on as “The Wolf” with PD/afternooner Matt Michaels coming over from Cumulus/Ventura, CA. (CAT 1/15) - Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Erin Duvall, [email protected] (615) 320-1450

©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 7 Fall Arbitron No. 1s: WHKO, WOGK, Co u n t r y Ra t i n g s Fa l l Bo x Sco r e Each week we’ll have a running tally of the fall Arbitron WPCV, WHKR, WBEE ratings and rankings for all Country stations printed in the weekly CA Music Edition. The only ratings/rankings in Here’s a look at how Country stations have fared in the these box scores are those from the station’ s home market. fall 2007 Arbitron ratings. As part of our weekly market- 12+ Shares 12+ Rankings TW Total TW Total by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations Stations 50 117 50 117 achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” Up 26 47 24 42 indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country Down 21 60 13 43 Flat 3 10 13 32 stations in the same market owned by a single operator and Debut 0 0 0 0 an “*” indicates a tie. No. 1 na na 5 20 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 WKHX/Atlanta^ 4.1 4.0 4 7* WHKO/Dayton 9.7 10.5 2 1 KNIX/Phoenix 3.9 4.3 5 4* WYAY/Atlanta^ 2.4 2.6 16 12* WKSW/Dayton 1.2 2.0 17 12* KMLE/Phoenix 3.0 3.4 12* 9 WUBL/Atlanta 2.2 2.3 18 16* WPFB/Dayton 2.6 1.5 13 15* WDSY/Pittsburgh 6.0 6.0 3 3* WYRK/Buffalo 9.2 9.6 2 2 KYGO/Denver 4.8 5.4 5 3* WOGG & WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 3.8 3.2 11 11 WXRL-AM/Buffalo .9 1.2 18 17 KWLI/Denver 1.6 1.4 18* 20 WOGF & WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 2.1 1.6 14 17* WSOC/Charlotte 5.4 5.9 2 2 KSKS/Fresno 5.0 4.4 3 5* KWJJ/Portland 4.5 4.9 4 4 WKKT/Charlotte 4.5 5.6 7* 3 KHGE/Fresno 1.6 1.6 21 21 KUPL/Portland 5.9 4.3 1 5 WUBE/Cincinnati^ 6.7 7.6 3 2 WOGK/Gainesville, FL 10.8 9.6 1 1 WBEE/Rochester 10.2 10.1 1 1 WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.1 2.0 16* 13 WTRS/Gainesville, FL 4.7 4.4 5* 5 WYRK/Buffalo 1.1 1.0 14* 17 (Rochester, NY Arbitron) WHKO/Dayton 1.0 1.0 18* 19* WPCV/Lakeland, FL 12.8 13.9 1 1 (Cincinnati Arbitron) WCTQ/Sarasota, FL 4.5 5.3 6 2 WQYK/Tampa .9 2.3 29* 9 WPFB/Dayton 1.4 1.0 15 19* (Lakeland, FL Arbitron) WFUS/Tampa 1.7 2.0 18* 16 (Cincinnati Arbitron) (Sarasota Arbitron) WFUS/Tampa 1.9 1.7 12* 14* KATC/Colorado Springs, CO 5.1 6.5 6* 3* (Lakeland, FL Arbitron) KMPS/Seattle 4.9 4.9 1 3 KCCY/Colorado Springs, CO 8.2 5.2 1 7 WWKA/Orlando .7 1.0 31* 26* KKWF/Seattle 3.0 3.3 10* 9* WCOL/Columbus 8.0 7.0 1 2* (Lakeland, FL Arbitron) WIL/St. Louis 5.2 6.0 3 3 WHKR/Melbourne, FL 4.3 6.8 7* 1 WHOK/Columbus+ 4.2 3.9 8 9 KSD/St. Louis 3.7 3.6 10* 9 WKIS/Miami 2.8 3.3 15 11 WCLT/Columbus 1.6 1.8 16* 16* WQYK/Tampa 5.8 5.5 3 3 KEEY/Minneapolis 6.6 6.4 3 3 KPLX/Dallas 2.9 3.1 9* 9* WFUS/Tampa 3.4 2.9 10 11* KLCI/Minneapolis 1.3 .8 17* 18 KSCS/Dallas^ 2.6 2.9 14* 12 KIIM/Tucson 9.0 8.8 2 2 WWKA/Orlando 5.1 4.6 5* 4 KTFW/Dallas .5 .9 40* 34* WIRK/West Palm Beach 3.7 5.1 6 3 WPCV/Lakeland, FL 1.4 1.5 17 17 KTYS/Dallas^ 1.3 .9 28* 34* (Orlando Arbitron) WKIS/Miami 1.4 1.0 23* 25 (West Palm Beach Arbitron) ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] January 22, 2008 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 13151 -781 4422 -261 34.06 -2.091 120 0 2nd Week at No. 1 3 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 12902 147 4411 124 33.94 0.341 120 0 5 3 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 12889 732 4291 238 34.014 2.491 120 0 4 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya... (Columbia) 12560 -25 4227 -39 32.68 0.292 120 0 2 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 12488 -1430 4295 -449 32.345 -4.219 120 0 6 6 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 11950 -162 4078 -44 30.764 -0.655 120 0

7 7 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 4 11222 811 3799 347 28.632 1.259 120 0 8 8 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 4 10422 887 3371 293 27.711 2.447 119 0 9 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 4 9413 864 3089 348 24.522 2.245 120 1 10 10 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 9069 543 3155 219 23.931 2.055 117 1 11 11 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 8581 556 2917 214 22.157 1.306 119 0 13 12 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 8253 552 2758 152 20.6 1.059 118 1 12 13 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 8196 218 2770 48 21.333 1.227 119 1 14 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 8144 474 2689 207 21.11 1.675 118 1 15 15 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 7636 227 2550 115 19.402 0.739 120 0 16 16 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 7475 737 2585 263 18.901 1.592 105 2 17 17 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 6694 379 2316 127 16.548 0.738 111 0 18 18 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 6062 350 2127 125 15.29 0.945 107 1 19 19 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 5501 450 1970 126 13.661 1.227 104 3 20 20 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 5115 232 1711 98 11.731 0.569 112 3

23 21 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 4 3941 774 1334 229 9.209 1.623 97 4 22 22 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 3641 318 1327 134 8.148 0.334 90 3 24 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 3501 476 1244 159 7.813 0.956 105 4 25 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 3470 537 1075 183 8.101 0.976 83 8 26 25 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin'... (Pearl/Big Machine) 3194 618 1107 241 7.692 1.455 85 5

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

32 26 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 4 3168 1321 980 448 7.975 3.39 73 19 30 27 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 2790 622 1038 197 6.605 1.49 74 14 27 28 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 2624 209 816 61 6.562 0.568 59 4 29 29 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 2430 200 863 82 5.169 0.615 85 4 28 30 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 2353 117 850 32 4.887 0.269 80 0 31 31 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 2081 177 721 47 4.169 0.431 65 5 33 32 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 1964 160 719 56 3.916 0.429 75 3 34 33 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 1712 340 643 102 3.236 0.889 73 2 41 34 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 1524 599 510 220 3.249 1.417 56 22 35 35 MARTINA MCBRIDE/For These Times (RCA) 1448 179 460 76 3.195 0.796 56 2 37 36 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 1330 107 419 19 2.539 0.236 47 2 43 37 JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 1324 681 435 204 3.195 1.591 43 9 39 38 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 1195 209 406 61 2.259 0.522 43 3 40 39 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 896 -55 352 -7 1.519 -0.125 40 3 38 40 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 844 -225 326 -7 1.754 -0.649 46 0 47 41 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're... (Big Machine) 830 359 277 130 1.794 0.818 30 7 46 42 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 793 251 291 102 1.405 0.408 27 6 42 43 JYPSI/I Don't Love You Like That (Arista) 758 29 234 28 1.395 0.153 31 3 44 44 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 680 51 270 21 1.289 0.158 31 1 45 45 BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) 631 18 165 4 1.257 -0.017 18 2 Debut 46 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 464 190 138 53 1.073 0.469 10 6 Debut 47 ROAD HAMMERS/I Don't Know When To Quit (Montage) 444 144 180 34 0.8 0.274 21 2 49 48 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin' (Dolly) 400 -1 93 1 0.829 0.003 14 2 48 49 STAR DE AZLAN/She's Pretty (Curb) 397 -9 150 -5 0.639 -0.133 20 1 Debut 50 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 383 175 111 44 0.845 0.352 8 4

©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 2 January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers JOE NICHOLS/It Ain’t No Crime (Universal South) 22 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 519 4 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 19 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 457 4 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 415 4 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 11 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 349 4 JOSH TURNER/Another Try (f/T. Yearwood) (MCA) 9 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 344 4 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 9 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin’ With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 309 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don’t Live Here (Capitol) 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don’t Live Here (Capitol) 303 CARTER’S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 7 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 269 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You’re Talking To (Big Machine) 7 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 269 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 6 ALAN J ACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 258 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 6 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin’... (Pearl/Big Machine) 258 Activator Top Spin Gainers Aircheck Top Point Gainers KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 323 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 1321 4 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 299 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 887 4 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 241 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 864 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 232 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 811 4 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 205 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 774 4 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 194 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 737 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 182 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 732 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 177 JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 681 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 176 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 622 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin’... (Pearl/Big Machine) 173 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin’... (Pearl/Big Machine) 618 Tu b e Ch e c k Vi d e o Add s Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 448 KID ROCK/Amen (Atlantic/Top Dog) ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS/Gone, Gone, Gone KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 348 (CMT Crossroads Excerpt) (Rounder) GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 347 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 293 CMT Pure CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 263 KID ROCK/Amen (Atlantic/Top Dog) GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin’ ... (Pearl/Big Machine) 241 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS/Gone, Gone, Gone BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 238 (CMT Crossroads Excerpt) (Rounder PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 229 GAC JOE NICHOLS/It Ain’t No Crime (Universal South) 220 No Video Adds RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 219 ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] January 22, 2008 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Aircheck Activity Add Da t e s BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) Stays 45*; 631 points, 165 spins JANUARY 28 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 2 ADDS: WMAD, WQYK* DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) EAGLES/Busy Being Fabulous (ERC/Mercury) TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) RISSI PALMER/Hold On To Me (1720) Enters at 46*; 464 points, 138 spins PHIL STACEY/If You Didn’t Love Me (Lyric Street) 6 ADDS: KFRG*, KSOP, KYGO, WBCT, WKHX, WYPY CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) TRENT WILLMON/Broken In (Compadre/Music World/Quarterback) ROAD HAMMERS/I Don’t Know When To Quit (Montage) Enters at 47*; 444 points, 180 spins FEBRUARY 4 KATIE ARMIGER/Make Me Believe (Cold River/9 North/Quarterback) 2 ADDS: KFRG*, WYCD* JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I’m Dead (Arista)

DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin’ (Dolly) FEBRUARY 11 Moves 49*-48*; 400 points, 93 spins JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 2 ADDS: WBCT, WBEE RANDY OWEN/Braid My Hair (DMP/New Revolution) Jason Matthews/That’s What Mommas Do (SSMACK/Valhalla) STAR DE AZLAN/She’s Pretty (Curb) SHANNON WALKER/That’s Why God Made Me (DM/9 North) Moves 48*-49; 397 points, 150 spins 1 ADD: KKNG Aircheck Top Recurrents KENNY CHESNEY/Don’t Blink (BNA) 8243 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 6839 Enters at 50*; 383 points, 111 spins GEORGE STRAIT/How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 6676 4 ADDS: KMDL, KSOP, WGNA, WUBL DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 5321 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/So Small (19/Arista) 4906 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4537 CROSSIN DIXON/Make You Mine (BBR) CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 4480 Enters at 50*; 295 points, 128 spins BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 4311 0 ADDS JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 4290 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4286 CARTER’S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 293 points, 111 spins ROCKIE LYNNE/I Can’t Believe It’s Me (Robbins/Nashville) 7 ADDS: KBEQ, KIZN*, KKNG, KNTY, KWNR, WRBT, WTQR 268 points, 62 spins 1 ADD: WWGR JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 280 points, 94 spins Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on 11 ADDS: KASE, KBEQ, KBWF, KEEY, KNTY, KSOP, KUSS, this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a KWNR, KYGO, WCOS, WEZL minimum of 250 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 2 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 4471 148 2844 95 3 2 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 4400 152 2840 67 6 3 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 4306 200 2677 123 5 4 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 4239 88 2706 59 1 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 4093 -512 2558 -315 7 6 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 4 3931 457 2492 299 4 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) 3900 -253 2410 -119 8 8 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 3492 269 2225 177 9 9 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 4 3376 215 2077 142 12 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 4 3246 519 2039 323 10 11 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 3106 258 1903 176 11 12 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 2994 252 1856 205 16 13 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 4 2892 415 1773 232 13 14 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 2891 185 1795 136 15 15 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 2754 225 1698 142 14 16 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 2741 165 1736 121 17 17 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 2726 269 1758 182 18 18 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 2488 212 1506 138 19 19 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 2377 225 1438 118 20 20 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 2079 111 1304 88 22 21 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 1513 193 906 109 23 22 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin' For... (Pearl/Big Machine) 1488 258 916 173 25 23 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 4 1361 344 910 241 27 24 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 1352 349 772 194 26 25 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 1318 303 790 172 28 26 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 1273 309 820 171 24 27 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A ... (19/BNA) 1262 106 733 63 34 28 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 946 225 521 108 29 29 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 939 89 583 62 30 30 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 894 45 475 26

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

31 31 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 883 80 508 52 33 32 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 815 91 475 49 32 33 MARTINA MCBRIDE/For These Times (RCA) 779 45 413 25 35 34 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 707 43 416 28 36 35 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 664 31 355 8 39 36 JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 652 162 349 92 38 37 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 625 125 283 53 40 38 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 536 47 274 22 41 39 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 474 77 283 47 42 40 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're Talking To (Big Machine) 472 95 196 59 59 41 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 359 247 154 115 43 42 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 342 52 207 25 44 43 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Devil And The Cross (Stylesonic/Mercury) 299 32 133 7 45 44 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 283 40 92 29 46 45 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 242 4 76 1 53 46 ROAD HAMMERS/I Don't Know When To Quit (Montage) 178 26 64 17 51 47 BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) 168 8 66 7 47 48 EMMA MAE JACOB/What If We Fly (Sassy Angel) 167 -12 62 -1 50 49 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 165 3 92 2 52 50 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Everything We Knew (Aria/Quarterback) 148 -12 97 -3 54 51 KENNY CHESNEY/Just Not Today (BNA) 140 5 28 1 55 52 CARTER'S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 137 17 70 6 57 53 JYPSI/I Don't Love You Like That (Arista) 134 16 80 17 49 54 CROSSIN DIXON/Make You Mine (BBR) 134 -30 52 -14 Debut 55 SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) 132 72 64 46 48 56 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin' (Dolly) 125 -40 50 -8 Debut 57 REBA MCENTIRE f/ JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/The Only Promise… (MCA) 123 26 45 7 -- 58 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 123 24 79 10 Debut 59 KEITH URBAN/Got It Right This Time (A... ) (Capitol) 115 20 23 4 Debut 60 ROCKIE LYNNE/I Can't Believe It's Me (Robbins ) 107 44 53 13