Issue 27 Music Edition February 26, 2007

Home , Blaine Larsen, High Maintenance Woman, Jason Sellers, KKGO, Last Dollar (Fly Away), WGGC

Big Stick, High Hopes In L.A. Nashville Weather Most everyone in the country music community was initially excited over last Friday’s announcement that Mt. Wilson Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Broadcasting was foregoing its 540 AM and 1260 AM Country simulcast to turn Classical KMZT/Los Angeles into KKGO “Go Country 105.” But then the questions began – most notably about the signal. I even got an email from a label president over the weekend who asked, “Does the signal cover the right areas for Sunny Mostly Thunder- Sunny Partly us?” From all accounts, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Sunny storms Cloudy Addressing that issue specifically, RadioCrunch consultancy President and L.A. resident Anthony Acampora told Country High: 58 High: 65 High: 68 High: 56 High: 52 Aircheck, “KKGO has one of the top five or six signals in L.A. In Low: 34 Low: 45 Low: 42 Low: 35 Low: 30 fact, in most respects it has a better signal than KZLA had. KKGO has 18kw, non-directional on Mt. Wilson. KZLA also had 18kw at www.countryaircheck.com), Emmis Radio President Rick and, although it was a bit further up the mountain than KKGO’s Cummings said that while KZLA posted about $28 million in stick, KZLA was directional.” 2005 revenues, ’06 was expected to be in the “low 20s,” and that Mt. Wilson Broadcasting owner Saul Levine says that simply wasn’t enough for Emmis to keep KZLA Country. the 105.1 FM signal has a 100-mile range. “It goes from Santa (continued on page 5) Barbara in the north to Riverside on the east to Southern Orange County in the South,” he said, adding, “When you add 540 AM Seminar Has Arrived covering San Diego, we now reach over 20 million people – no CRS-38 opens tomorrow night with the Country DJ other Country station has the reach we do.” and Radio Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony, and Levine also dispelled any notion that he would be doing officially closes with Friday evening’s New Faces Show & L.A. Country on the cheap. “This is going to be a top-notch Dinner. In between, CRB Executive Director Ed Salamon Country station,” he says. “We’ve already hired great people promises “absolutely no down time.” known among L.A. Country fans and we’re going to have the “We’re starting on Wednesday, which is earlier,” he says. best programming people in the U.S. around us. We’re not going “We have panels up against the [Artist Taping Sessions], which to fool around.” is new. We also have an early evening event on Thursday at the There may be well over 22 million reasons for Levine not to Wildhorse, which was usually a time that was completely open.” fool around. In an August 21 interview (accessible in the archives ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com

February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page Advance registrations are 4% ahead of last year, and Salamon expects a typically healthy walk-up registration at $655 each. Date Check Tickets are also still available for the Hall of Fame event ($85), Thursday Spring Town Meeting ($135) and Friday Radio Sales February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner. track ($335). While it’s impossible to predict which session, panel, www.crb.org showcase or late night (early morning?) dalliance will be the talk February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. www.crb.org of CRS-38, it’s safe to assume attendees will leave Saturday with plenty to tell the folks back home. April 24 - Leadership Music Digital Summit www.digitalsummit.org/ CRS-38 Daily Buzz Country Aircheck is publishing the official newsletter of May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville CRS-38, the Daily Buzz. We’ll recap the previous day’s events May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. and preview the day ahead in an easy-to-tote format distributed www.acmcountry.com at general sessions and panels on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning. Country Aircheck subscribers will get a PDF June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. copy delivered via email overnight, in addition to coverage in www.cmafest.com the Country Aircheck Today daily email. Mellencamp Takes West; John Curb Gig Alert: KNIX/Phoenix morning show producer Josh McDermitt is relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a comedy Consults career after 10 years with the Tim & Willy show. PD Ray Massie Curb/Asylum secondary promoter Eric Mellencamp has been says resumes should go to CC/Phoenix c/o the HR department, upped to West Coast Regional, effective March 1. He will continue 4686 E. Van Buren, Suite 300, Phoenix, 85008. to be based in Nashville. Concurrently, John Curb becomes Sr. Consultant to both Curb imprints while retaining responsibility for Promotion: WKIS/Miami Director/Marketing & Promotions reporting stations in Southern California. “Eric’s hard work and Sandy Sloane is leaving the station March 9 for a local posting passion for the business he grew up in makes him the perfect choice with Comcast. GM Carole Bowen is seeking to replace the 10- to compliment our ongoing relationships in the West Region,” year station vet, and can be reached at 305-654-1722. says Curb Sr. VP/Promotion Carson James. “John’s a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be invaluable to me and our Awards: The CMA will begin accepting online submissions for promotion departments’ radio marketing efforts.” the CMA Broadcast Awards on Monday, April 2. Submit at www.broadcast.cmaawards.com. Radio News Programming: WWGR/Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island, FL St. Jude High Water Mark Set KEEY/Minneapolis’ 15th Annual K102 Cares for St. Jude is seeking its next PD following last week’s departure of PD/ Kids Radiothon closed Friday (2/23) after raising $2,153,065, morning host Mark Phillips for a weekend posting at KPLX an all-time St. Jude record. KEEY beat their own record, set last “The Wolf”/Dallas. Airchecks and resumes to Tony Renda at year, by almost $250,000. The station has raised more than $13 [email protected]. million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1993. Personalities: Country radio vet John Calhoun has been named Country Cares For Children morning host of ABC Radio’s syndicated 24-hour format Real Here are some other recent radiothon totals: Country. Calhoun has been interim host of the show since Dave Marcum passed away in November 2006. • KPLX/Dallas has finished their “Hunt for a Cure” for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, raising more than ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page

Tube Check Tuesday (2/27) – Kellie Pickler, Randy Rogers Band, GAC Nights.

Wednesday (2/28) – Blake Shelton, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, (CBS); Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs, CMT Crossroads.

Thursday (3/1) – Jack Ingram, GAC Nights. Friday (3/2) – Carrie Underwood, In The Moment, (CMT). Saturday (3/3) – Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Randy Owen, Suzy Bogguss, Blaine Larsen, Lorrie Morgan, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Toby Keith, CMT Insider.

Sunday (3/4) – Lorrie Morgan, Blaine Larsen, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Suzy Bogguss, Randy Owen, Barbara Mandrell Tribute, (GAC).

Monday (3/5) – Lee Ann Womack and Van Zant, CMA Celebrity Close-Up, (GAC).

$911,789. The station has raised more than $11 million dollars for St. Jude in the past eleven years.

• WFMB/Springfield, IL totaled $156,500 during its St. Jude radiothon last week.

• KRYS/Corpus Christi held its fifth annual radiothon this past weekend to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and the Driscoll Children’s Hospital. The radiothon raised $73,504, bringing the five-year total to $439,000. Industry News GrassRoots Promotion Mgr./National Promotion Jim Alderdice has been promoted to Dir./Marketing. The company is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Nashville Star will air its finale on Thursday (3/1). The final three competitors are siblings Zac and Angela Hacker, and David St. Romain. CMA will honor Australian Adam Harvey with the 2007 Global Country Artist Award during this year’s CMA Music Festival. Big Machine Records has teamed up with Motorola’s iRadio to produce its own channel on the mobile phone entertainment service, which offers nearly 800 commercial-free music and talk radio channels to mobile phone users. Music News 180 Music will release New Music From An Old Friend on Feb 27, available exclusively at Target stores. Produced by Phil Ramone, the album features Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Brian Wilson, Carole King and others remaking one of their biggest hits and performing a new song. Diamond Music Group/Spinville Records will release Todd Fritsch’s second album Sawdust on April 17. Artist News Montgomery Gentry will host the ACM’s annual motorcycle ride on May 13 in Las Vegas. The charity ride will

benefit the ACM’s Charitable Fund, which supports music Check Out education and humanitarian efforts. Register at Upcoming releases: www.acmcountry.com. Equity’s Mark Wills is slated to perform March 10 at the March 6 Sunny Sweeney Heartbreaker’s Hall Of Fame TASER Foundation’s Benefit Concert for Families of Fallen (Big Machine) Officers in Fountain Hills, AZ. Wills is Honorary Chairman of the TASER Foundation, which provides support to families of March 13 Billy Joe Shaver Greatest Hits (Compadre) police officers fallen in the line of duty. Dusty Drake’s “Say Yes” will be featured as an exclusive March 27 Alabama Songs of Inspriation Volume II (RCA) single bundle on iTunes beginning March 13. The bundle Jack Ingram This Is It (Big Machine) includes the Big Machine artist’s single, a karaoke track of the Tim McGraw Let It Go (Curb) song and a digital booklet with lyrics. April 3 Martina McBride Wake Up Laughing (RCA) Curb’s Bomshel has teamed up with Wicked Women Choppers to auction the “The Wicked Women of Tequila Send album release information to [email protected]. Rose Chopper” to benefit the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer • Industry vet John Sigler has been named Manager/ Institute. On display during CRS, the bike is being auctioned at Northeast Promotion for Arista/Nashville. Most CMTAuctions.com. recently, Sigler worked for 3 a.m. Artist Management Taylor Swift’s self-titled Big Machine debut is the Country Pick of the Month on British Airways. and independent promotion company Bishop Bait & Tackle, which was owned and operated by current The Week’s Top Stories Arista VP/Promotion Skip Bishop. Sigler will relocate Here are some of the biggest stories featured in Country to Nashville from Woodstock, NY in March. (CAT 2/22) Aircheck Today since our last Music Edition. Visit the archives section of our website for complete coverage of these • Dimensional Music Publishing has promoted Abbe stories and more: www.countryaircheck.com. Nameche to VP/Creative. Before Dimensional, Nameche was with Dreamworks and Capitol’s Sales/ • Category 5 Co-Director/National Promotion-Sr. Dir./ Marketing department. (CAT 2/23) Northeast Promotion David Shaw has been elevated to VP/Promotion. Concurrently, Co-Director/National Country In L.A. (continued from page 1) Promotion-Dir./SE Promotion Nathan Cruise Levine sees the potential, of course. “Emmis has dumped becomes Mgr./National Promotion, retaining his SE a huge opportunity in our laps. That may not be enough for regional duties. Alan Fletcher joins the label as head Emmis or Clear Channel to do Country, but we’d be absolutely of marketing. Shaw replaces Exec. VP/Promotion delighted with over $20 million in billing.” Bill Macky who can be reached at 615-776-3336 or KMZT billed $4.8 million in 2006, and the future was [email protected]. (CAT 2/22) bleak. “Our January year-to-year was down 40% and we projected 2007 to be down 80% from ’06,” said Levine. “We • Promotion veteran Nancy Tunick has joined Warner lost KZMT’s biggest advertiser in January when an agency Bros./Nashville as VP/Promotion. Most recently didn’t renew an annual deal for BMW. Our median age was Managing Partner at Grassroots Promotion, Tunick’s 60, and agencies just weren’t interested in those demos for any background includes national promotion postings at advertisers. The handwriting was on the wall.” Asylum and VFR. She can be reached at nancy.tunick@ Levine initially thought he could capture listener hearts and wbr.com or 615-214-1456. (CAT Breaking News 2/23) agency wallets with his AM combo. But that wasn’t working. “We didn’t get any respect for our AMs,” he said. “We had ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page

Birthdays Tuesday (2/27) – Eric Beggs ([email protected]), Wyatt Easterling ([email protected])

Wednesday (2/28) – Bruce Logan ([email protected]), Anita Mandell, Gill Stuart, John Zarling ([email protected])

Thursday (3/1) – Janis Gill, Jennifer McCarter

Friday (3/2) – Larry Stewart, Kim Wiggins, Paul Jankowski, Chasity Crouch ([email protected])

Saturday (3/3) – Doc Watson, Royal Wade Kimes, Brett Warren

Sunday (3/4) – Jason Sellers, Jim Scherer, Jim Malito ([email protected])

listeners, but the advertisers just weren’t coming in. Agencies said we had to be on FM. We got the message and put Country on our FM. Now everyone’s happy.” Even though Levine’s FM had only been Country for a few hours when reached by Country Aircheck, he said he had already felt an incredibly positive response. “Every agency in town has said they’ll be buying us,” he said. “A number told us they just didn’t appreciate the Country format, had taken it for granted and didn’t realize how much they would miss it until it was gone. They told us they’d be supporting us because they want us to stay around. What we’ve heard so far has been beyond our wildest expectations.”

Vital Signs: In the Fall 2006 Arbitron, KMZT moved 1.2-1.5 in L.A while also notching a .5 in the Riverside-San Bernardino book. In Winter 2006, KMZT posted a 1.2 in R-SB. >According to Mediabase, which has been monitoring KKGO-AM since last December and is now surveying the FM, KKGO is 22% current, 22% recurrent and 56% gold. >Mt. Wilson OM Mike Johnson is the PD, former KZLA APD/MD Tonya Campos joins next week as APD/MD/midday host. Former KZLA personality Shawn Parr is in mornings, with Whitney Allen in Dial-Global-supplied afternoons. DG programming covers evenings, overnights and most weekend shifts. >The website is www.gocountry105.com. >SoCal Country fans have already launched www.myspace.com/gocountry105fans. >KKGO’s phone number is 310-478-5540.

- Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] (615) 244-4484

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page They’re No. 1: WEBB, WNWN, WJLS, KQDY, WHKX, WBVR, WOKO, WIXY, WCYK, KOLZ, KCLR & KORD Another dozen No. 1s lead this new list of Country ratings results from the Fall 2006 Arbitron. Each week’s Country Aircheck will highlight the latest quarterly ratings for Country outlets. A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. “Last ARB” refers to the most recent ratings period, as some markets were not measured in Summer 2006. Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Last ARB Fa ‘06 Last ARB Fa ‘06 Last ARB Fa ‘06 Last ARB Fa ‘06

WEBB/Augusta, ME 9.4 10.3 2 1 WJMA/Charlottesville, VA 1.3 1.2 11* 13 WMCM/Augusta, ME 2.9 2.9 8* 9* KOLZ/Cheyenne, WY^ 16.8 16.3 1 1 WQCB/Bangor, ME 2.2 2.9 14 9* KRAE/Cheyenne, WY 2.1 2.2 8* 9* (Augusta, ME Arbitron) KCGY/Cheyenne, WY^ 1.1 1.1 14 13* WTHT/Augusta, ME 3.6 2.9 7 9* KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 1.1 1.1 14 13* WQCB/Bangor, ME 14.7 17.1 1 1 (Cheyenne, WY Arbitron) WBFB/Bangor, ME 5.5 6.0 4* 4* WVVR/C’Ville-H’Ville, TN-KY 9.7 9.9 2 2 WNWN/Battle Creek, MI 16.6 16.7 1 1 WSM-FM/Nashville 3.1 3.9 9 7 WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI 2.1 2.1 11 11 (Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron) (Battle Creek, MI Arbitron) WKDF/Nashville 2.6 2.0 11 13* WJLS/Beckley, WV 23.1 20.5 1 1 (Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron) WTNJ/Beckley, WV 10.3 14.1 3 2 WSIX/Nashville 2.1 2.0 13* 13* WQBE/Charleston, WV 1.3 1.3 9* 12* (Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron) (Beckley, WV Abritron) WKDZ/C’ville-H’Ville, TN-KY 1.0 1.5 20* 15* KQDY/Bismarck, ND 15.4 14.2 1 1 WFGE/C’ville-H-Ville, TN-KY 1.0 1.0 20* 19* KBMR-AM/Bismarck, ND 12.0 12.5 2* 2 KCLR/Columbia, MO 12.9 12.4 1 1 WBWN/Bloomington, IL 14.3 15.1 1 1 KWWR/Columbia, MO 2.7 2.8 11 10* WHKX & WHQX/ WKOR/Columbus- Bluefield, WV 12.9 13.4 1* 1 Starkville, MS 6.3 6.3 5 6 WJLS/Beckley, WV 7.8 6.3 4 5 WTXT/Tuscaloosa, AL 1.6 2.4 11* 11* (Bluefield, WV Arbitron) (Columbus-Starkville, MS Arbitron) WMEV/Bluefield, WV 3.4 2.4 6* 9* WWMS/Columbus- WBVR/Bowling Green, KY 13.7 13.2 1 1 Starkville, MS 1.6 1.6 11* 12* WGGC/Bowling Green, KY 9.3 9.3 2 2 WMSI/Jackson, MS 8.7 7.0 3 4 WLYE/Bowling Green, KY 3.3 3.3 8* 7* WUSJ/Jackson, MS 4.3 4.1 5* 5 WHSK/Bowling Green, KY 2.2 2.7 12* 10* KMDL/Lafayette, LA 7.1 7.5 5 2 WVLE/Bowling Green, KY 2.2 2.7 12* 10* KXKC/Lafayette, LA 7.2 6.9 4 4 WSM-AM/Nashville .5 1.1 10* 15* WYNK/Baton Rouge, LA 2.1 2.0 14 14 (Bowling Green KY Arbitron) (Lafayette, LA Arbitron) WYNR/Brunswick, GA 7.8 9.0 1* 2* WHKR/Melbourne, FL 6.0 6.9 3* 2 WOKO/Burlington, VT 20.5 18.2 1 1 WWKA/Orlando 4.7 5.5 6* 6 WLFE/Burlington, VT 1.5 1.7 10 11 (Melbourne, FL Arbitron) WIXY/Champaign, IL 14.9 14.8 1 1 KORD/Tri-Cities, WA 8.0 7.2 1 1* WCYK/Charlottesville, VA 11.5 11.3 1 1 KIOK/Tri-Cities, WA 2.2 3.0 12* 12* WBNN/Charlottesville, VA 1.3 1.8 11* 11* KWHT/Tri-Cities, WA .9 1.3 19* 17* ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 3 1 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol ) 13731 450 4442 166 37.689 0.886 121 0 2 2 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 13233 -741 4233 -199 37.683 -2.826 121 0 4 3 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 11980 -129 3752 -44 33.138 -0.241 121 0 1 4 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 11687 -2329 3908 -681 32.318 -7.034 121 0 8 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 4 11304 677 3521 182 31.698 1.475 121 0 5 6 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 10898 -542 3729 -65 29.351 -1.541 121 0 6 7 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 10897 -261 3460 -15 29.073 -0.919 121 0 7 8 CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 10398 -442 3540 -49 28.335 -0.502 120 0 9 9 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 10082 390 3236 147 28.438 0.922 121 1 10 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 10062 572 3062 175 28.009 1.909 121 0 11 11 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 8783 482 2776 186 23.776 1.492 121 0 13 12 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 4 8635 1156 2709 334 23.244 2.228 121 0 12 13 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 8472 172 3005 32 23.39 0.495 121 2 14 14 SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 7075 9 2377 58 18.879 0.151 120 0 19 15 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4 7052 1296 2271 407 18.444 2.957 120 5 15 16 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 6763 -11 2236 34 17.35 0.427 121 1 17 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 6721 467 2194 154 16.912 0.952 120 5 18 18 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 6242 157 2038 52 15.911 -0.303 119 1 21 19 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 5850 318 1957 122 15.109 1.197 121 1 20 20 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 5737 43 1823 39 14.497 0.032 121 5 23 21 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4 5074 883 1831 294 12.521 1.582 119 4 22 22 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 5061 656 1613 197 12.61 1.285 119 0 24 23 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 4258 299 1481 169 10.518 0.48 118 1 25 24 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 4 4176 726 1332 244 10.086 1.145 116 5 26 25 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 3720 516 1319 171 9.529 1.462 112 4

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 27 26 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 3082 251 983 66 7.286 0.763 116 3 29 27 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 2997 373 1042 112 8.359 0.916 101 5 28 28 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 2980 286 999 58 7.562 0.708 112 4 30 29 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 2713 264 804 61 6.677 0.389 105 5 32 30 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 2468 613 787 211 6.75 1.831 98 13 31 31 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2236 178 767 67 5.507 0.4 99 4 37 32 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 1868 405 481 146 4.729 0.742 60 23 33 33 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1849 143 577 23 4.692 0.318 93 1 34 34 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 1788 296 595 146 4.751 0.702 73 11 35 35 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 1710 234 622 100 4.032 1.041 74 5 36 36 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1669 200 657 83 3.716 0.626 103 1 40 37 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1440 275 442 73 3.246 0.616 63 6 38 38 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 1359 48 493 21 3.08 0.234 71 2 41 39 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1224 73 430 31 2.077 0.048 65 4 44 40 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 1056 272 334 102 2.81 0.824 53 17 39 41 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1053 -130 272 -45 2.433 -0.527 55 0 42 42 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 959 23 322 -7 1.624 -0.084 53 3 45 43 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 933 178 297 78 1.93 0.513 59 12 43 44 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 901 19 314 14 1.689 -0.355 37 3 47 45 MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 775 134 290 28 1.249 0.135 59 1 49 46 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 746 192 218 35 1.641 0.631 40 7 46 47 BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) 700 45 249 19 1.412 0.084 28 2 50 48 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 596 175 198 56 1.017 0.209 32 3 48 49 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 596 -1 245 -1 1.118 -0.029 36 3

Debut 50 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 437 226 132 84 0.719 0.301 34 8

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Point Gainers BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 23 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 1673 4 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 17 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 1279 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 13 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 1017 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 12 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros. ) 918 4 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 11 4 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 8 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 890 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 885 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 6 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 825 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 5 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 752 BOMSHEL/Bomshel Stomp (Curb) 5 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 717 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 5 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 706 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 5 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 5 Activator Spin Gainers PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 5 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 353 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 5 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 284 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 5 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 223 Aircheck Point Gainers BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 220 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 1296 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 212 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 1156 4 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 189 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 883 4 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 181 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 726 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 168 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 677 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 166 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 656 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 144 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 613 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 117 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 572 MARTINA MCBRIDEV/Anywayideo A dd(RCA)s 112

EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 516 CMT SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 482 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw) Aircheck Spin Gainers TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 407 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 334 CMT PURE COUNTRY BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 294 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 244 JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 211 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 197 GAC SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 186 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 182 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 175 JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw) EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 171 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) JASON MEADOWS/100% Cowboy (Baccerstick)

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] February 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page Aircheck Activity MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA) Moves 47*-45*; 775 points, 290 spins 310 points, 114 spins 1 ADD: WGGY 3 ADDS: KVOO*, WYCD*, WYRK*

SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 45- Moves 49*-46*; 746 points, 218 spins 50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not 7 ADDS: KBEQ, KDRK*, KSON, KTOM, charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points WCTQ, WGH, WSOC* and have shown growth in two of the past three

BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) Aircheck Add Dates Moves 46*-47*; 700 points, 249 spins March 5 2 ADDS: WSOC*, WWNU FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) KENNY ROGERS/Calling Me (Capitol) Moves 50*-48*; 596 points, 198 spins 3 ADDS: KEEY, KHKI*, KSKS* March 12 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) Moves 48*-49; 596 points, 245 spins March 19 3 ADDS: KSD, KSKS*, WMZQ No Adds

LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) Debuts at 50*; 437 points, 132 spins 7 ADDS: KBEQ, KDRK*, KEEY, WBCT, WKHX, WOGK, WPCV* Aircheck Top Recurrents HANK WILLIAMS, JR./A Country Boy Can Survive BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 8438 (Curb/Asylum) RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 7115 349 points, 115 spins CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 6991 0 ADDS JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 6784 SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 5459 RANDY ROGERS BAND/One More Goodbye (Mercury) TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street) 5306 311 points, 101 spins RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb) 4494 3 ADDS: KBEQ, KHKI*, WNKT* JOSH TURNER/Would You Go With Me (MCA) 4433 TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb/Reprise) 4312 HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) 4052

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

1 1 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 14581 173 3257 47 3 2 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 13456 114 3052 27 2 3 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 13451 -726 3005 -172 4 4 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 13163 410 2983 83 5 5 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 12698 -30 2883 5 6 6 CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 12537 108 2759 16 7 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 12019 519 2726 103 8 8 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 10951 -492 2422 -129 10 9 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 4 10913 890 2418 189 9 10 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 10428 -43 2376 14 11 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 10298 885 2290 212 12 12 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 9468 825 2112 181 16 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 4 9120 1279 2016 284 14 14 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 8600 97 1968 10 17 15 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 8556 752 1917 168 13 16 SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 8482 -125 1881 -8 18 17 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 8062 312 1813 73 21 18 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4 7660 1673 1693 353 18 19 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 7532 558 1648 131 19 20 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 6807 259 1567 64 23 21 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 5948 706 1363 144 22 22 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 5725 354 1267 90 24 23 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 5287 429 1124 76 25 24 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros. ) 5151 479 1147 109 26 25 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 5030 381 1114 88

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

28 26 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 4037 717 876 166 27 27 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 3907 537 842 112 29 28 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 3168 81 723 13 3 0 29 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 3110 301 685 68 32 30 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2691 454 605 104 31 31 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 2557 245 568 57 33 32 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 2238 271 491 59 41 33 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 4 2219 1017 481 223 42 34 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 4 2000 918 453 220 37 35 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1902 307 446 69 34 36 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 1876 100 413 24 36 37 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1870 202 426 44 35 38 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1820 121 401 20 38 39 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1601 127 357 29 39 40 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 1456 94 303 11 46 41 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 1373 613 304 143 40 42 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1164 -99 278 -19 43 43 LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA) 1146 116 253 24 47 44 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 1000 272 220 58 49 45 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 901 252 182 40 44 46 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity Music Group) 890 84 189 17 45 47 MARK WILLS /Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 814 37 154 14

Debut 48 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 797 584 175 135 50 49 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 705 118 142 21

Debut 50 BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) 670 152 148 32