There & Back Again: a Radio Story Voice Work for a Cup of Coffee

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November 23, 2015, Issue 475 There & Back Again: A Radio Story In 1987, 25-year-old Tom Baldrica was managing a Minneapolis sporting goods store when a 19-year-old buddy called him home to help launch a newly inherited radio station. “It was like the ultimate class project,” Baldrica says. “We picked the call letters, slogan and just made shit up. We put it on the air as Country on April 8, 1988.” Twenty-seven years later Baldrica’s back at WUSZ/Hibbing, MN (launched as WCDK), not just in afternoons, but as Corporate Country Brand Strategist for Midwest (CAT 9/4). Country Aircheck wanted to know more about his full-circle return. For The Records: Baldrica spent 21 years on the label side, of course, leaving radio for records in 1993. “The station was a Gavin reporter, so I got to know the guys calling from Nashville Pull House: WKXC/Augusta, GA hosts its annual like Jack Purcell, George Briner and the late greats David Haley Kicks 99 Guitar Pull. Pictured (l-r) are Big Loud’s David Clapper, and Chuck Thagard,” he says. Intrigued by Baldrica’s passion for MCA’s Sam Hunt, Dot’s EJ Bernas and Maddie & Tae’s the music, Thagard recruited him as Southeast regional for BNA. Maddie Marlowe and Tae Dye, Black River’s Craig Morgan The label years were exciting, especially early on. “What we and Megan Boardman, Elektra/WAR’s Jana Kramer, the accomplished at BNA with [Kenny] Chesney and Lonestar, and just station’s Chris O’Kelley, Hill’s Jeri Cooper, UMG/Nashville’s the group of people who were there, that’s what I loved most,” he Royce Risser, Valory’s Thomas Rhett and Ashley Sidoti and says. “And the first decade of the 2000s were just off the charts.” WAR’s Tom Starr.

Water Tower Town: Midwest’s Tom Baldrica on the shore of Voice Work For A Cup Of Coffee Silver Lake in his hometown of Virginia, MN. For KYGO/Denver PD Eddie Haskell, it started when he was writing a promo for a London trip his station was giving away. “I thought, ‘Man, I’d really love to have a British person welcoming you to their country,’” he says. “I was thinking it would be nice if I knew somebody and then it hit me that I’d seen an article about Fiverr not too long ago.” If you’re not familiar, Fiverr is the site where, for $5, you can find almost anyone willing to do almost anything. When Haskell typed “British voiceover” into the search box, he sorted through hundreds of demos until he found the right one. “I wanted more of Eddie Haskell (continued on page 1) an elegant, almost snotty British,” he says. “I

November 23, 2015 Page 4 went through all the demos and found the lady. The promo was basically [voiceover talent John] Willyard doing most of it, then she PAGE THREE PIC comes back and does the details of the trip. I had her end it with, ‘Good luck and we look forward to seeing you.’” A $5 Paypal payment and four hours later, Haskell had a British read in his inbox. “It just added color to the promo,” he says. “It underscored the fact that it wasn’t just a normal flyaway, it was in London.” With hundreds or maybe thousands of people willing to read copy for $5, it begs the question: is this a threat to professional voiceover talents like Sean Caldwell? He says no. “If you needed to get your car painted, could you find somebody who would get a spray paint can and do it for $5?” he asks. “Yes you could, and you might have a car you’d be ok with, but most people wouldn’t.” Caldwell says among voiceover pros there are no worries about competition in this vein. “Fiverr is kind of the joke we use when we hear a horrible voice,” he says. Steele Imaging owner/voiceover talent Dave Steele agrees, with No Doubt About It: Then-KYGO/Denver personality a caveat. “If you’re operating in an environment where $5 is your Tad Svendsen (l) shares the studio with Neal McCoy budget, Fiverr is great,” he says. “But the people I work with expect in the early 2000s. Share your own nostalgic quality and that’s just something you’re not going to get on Fiverr.” moments at [email protected]. Steele says there are uses for it, like Haskell’s, comparing it to running to Walmart. “You want something cheap, you can go to Walmart,” he says. “You could pay more somewhere else and that need extra voices for commercials, but I don’t see it as a probably get better quality but if it just fulfills your need for $5, threat any more than some guy in the Congo who has pliers is a spend the $5. There’s no sense in spending the kind of money on threat to dentists,” he says. my rate to get one line if you’re only going to use me one-off and Haskell points to other uses that still wouldn’t take away from it’s going to cost you too much.” But he stresses those uses don’t the pros. “You may not want somebody who’s so polished that affect him. “The people I work with would never go, ‘Hey, give me it sounds like a promo,” he says, mentioning the ability to set up that $5 guy.’” phoners. “Maybe you just want someone with a quirky voice to Caldwell can find a non-competitive place for it, too. “The sound like street audio, and you can find somebody who fits that service might be useful to small market stations with limited staff sound and tell ‘em what to say.”

November 23, 2015 Page 6 And kudos to Shane Allen and the Capitol team on securing No Shave November Charts 42 adds for Luke Bryan’s “Home Alone Tonight” featuring Karen Fairchild, topping this week’s board. NSN4SJK Overall Teams TW Name Total Reporting Panel Changes 1 Team Q $7,730 KSJO/San Jose is no longer a Country 2 Team WFRE $5,030 Aircheck/Mediabase reporter. 3 The Backwoods Boys $4,730 Weights for KKIX/Fayetteville, AR (1.9); 4 W. P. Carey $3,870 WGH/Norfolk (2.1) and WUSH/Norfolk 5 The Gumbo Guys $3,415 (1.8) were inadvertently omitted from last week’s 6 Leg Hair Don’t Care $2,350 weights page. Several Activator omissions were 7 Cat Country 107.3, Atlantic City $2,240 corrected as well. See the full updated weights 8 Curb Records $1,920 page here. 9 Sea Isle City Police $1,900 10 BBRMG $1,580 News & Notes Capitol’s Darius Rucker will guest host the United Stations’ NSN4SJK Radio Teams Tony & Kris morning show Friday (11/27). TW Name Total WKTI/Milwaukee and WPTM/Roanoke 1 TeamQ (KRWQ/Medford, OR) $7,730 Rapids, NC are new affiliates of Sun’s The 2 Team WFRE $5,030 Hit List with Fitz. WEBL/Memphis has added 3 Cat Country 107.3, Atlantic City $2,240 The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver. 4 Team US101 $1,553 Songwriter/Producer Tommy Cecil has 5 Slacker Radio $740 signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with Sony/ATV and Missi Gallimore. NSN4SJK Label Teams Songwriter Sarah Beth Terry has signed a TW Name Total publishing deal with Creek Valley Music. Darius Rucker 1 Curb Records $1,190 Everlert, Inc. has acquired an 2 BBRMG $1,580 ownership position in Billy Ray Cyrus’ record 4 BMLG’s Beards For My Horses $1,120 label and publishing company Blue Cadillac Music. 3 Warner Whiskers $260 Watershed Music and Camping Festival will take place July 29- 5 Sony Music Nashville $80 31 and Aug. 5-7 at The Gorge in George, WA. More here.

But for everything else? “If Eddie ever gets more money in the Artist News budget and wants to talk about voiceover work, have him call me,” Florida Georgia Line have joined the lineup for Carolina jokes Steele. Reach Haskell here, Caldwell here Country Music Fest June 10-12 in Myrtle Beach. More here. and Steele here. In addition to his Aug. 26 date at Foxborough, MA’s Gillette –Jess Wright Stadium, Kenny Chesney has added a second show at the stadium Aug. 27 as part of his 2016 Spread the Love tour. Chart Chat Jessi Alexander, Bobby Braddock, Lee Brice and Chris Congrats to Carrie Underwood, Steve Stapleton will headline The First And The Worst to benefitMusic Hodges, Lesly Simon, Andy Elliott and the Health Alliance Mar. 1 at Nashville’s City Winery. Details here. whole Arista team on landing this week’s No. 1 Craig Morgan has been nominated for Favorite Show Host for with “Smoke Break.” The song is the first single Carrie Underwood Craig Morgan All Access Outdoors at the 2016 Outdoor Sportsman from Underwood’s current album Storyteller. Awards. Voting is open to the public here through Dec. 6. ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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There & Back Again: A Radio Story MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE (continued from page 1) Kimberly, Neil and Reid Baldrica rose to BNA VP in 1997 and served as VP/Marketing for Perry of Republic Nashville’s Sony/Nashville from 2006-2010. The Band Perry discuss What Matters Most: Two years as President of Average their most influential music: Joes and another two as VP/Promotion at Show Dog followed, but 1. The Dixie Chicks’ Fly: the industry was changing. “Radio, distribution, sales – everything KP: From a songwriting changed so dramatically,” Baldrica says. “The longer I did it with standpoint and the album’s the intensity it took and the expectations I had for myself, it just got production, everything those to the point where I didn’t love it anymore. Everybody who knows me knows that I’m The Band Perry girls brought to country music driven by the passion. I could play off was extremely influential to us. the external changes, but when I started 2. The Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed: NP: That one was pretty feeling it internally, I knew it wasn’t what I big for us. It influenced a lot of our writing on our first and a wanted to do anymore.” little bit of our second album. Some of it had to do with family, 3. Queen: NP: They’re a big influence when it comes to our which is part of the reason Baldrica moved live performance and also the way we record our vocals. home shortly after joining Show Dog. “The 4. Kanye West’s My Dark Twisted Fantasy: KP: From a night I called my parents to tell them I was Tom Baldrica beat perspective, his album really influenced our new record. coming home may have been one of the 5. Michael Jackson: RP: I know everyone says this, but great moments of my life,” he says. “So much so that my mom Michael Jackson was a huge influence. Everything he did was called the next morning and said, ‘Either you gave me the greatest call last night or I just had the greatest dream; I just wanted to just perfect, from his songwriting to his music to his videos to his UPDATE double check which one it was.’ I’m 53 and there’s nothing like onstage choreography. having them both healthy, happy and vibrant at this stage in my • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: life. And my wife is from this area and I have a sister with teenage KP: Grace Potter. I know she’s done a couple things with Kenny kids nearby.” Chesney but as far as her own music, I haven’t actually heard it. Back To The Future: Baldrica left Show Dog last summer • “Important” music you just don’t get: RP: I appreciate (CAT 7/29) with no immediate plans for what was next. Then he Bob Marley and reggae but I just can’t get into it. met an old friend. “The GM here is Kristi Westrem, who is the • An album you listened to incessantly: RP: Fun.’s Some first person we hired six months before putting the station on the Nights. We wore that one out. KP: When I was in middle and air,” Baldrica says. “She’s been here the entire time and we got high school I loved the Grease soundtrack. NP: Queen’s A Night together for lunch and started talking about on-air possibilities. Then I got to know [Midwest VP/Programming] Jeff McCarthy. In at the Opera. discussing the things they wanted to do and their commitment to • An obscure or non-country song everyone should country music, it became apparent that we had a lot in common listen to right now: NP: Kevin Gates’ “I Don’t Get Tired.” KP: I personally and professionally and that Midwest would be a perfect was going to say that! RP: Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot Boy.” fit.” • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: KP: I really The company has seven Duke FM stations, whose musical love the album Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – and I don’t focus is roughly 1985-2002, and nine contemporary Country feel guilty about it at all. RP: I love Katy Perry. NP to RP: Do you stations. Baldrica is charged with artist integration and content feel like a plastic bag blowing in the wind? For me, it’s Avril creation on the Duke properties and has a strategy/guidance role Lavigne. She was my first concert and I still have all her albums. with the others. He’s also back in the airshift he used to hold on WUSZ and has another on KTCO/Duluth. Best of all, the passion is back. “The radio itch is never Kristian Bush will be featured in the Country Music Hall completely scratched,” Baldrica notes. “We forget sometimes the of Fame and Museum’s Songwriter Session Dec. 5. More here. power of what happens when you’re behind that microphone; when you tell a story that makes somebody laugh, cry or think. It’s still about communicating and the music, and both have always The Week’s Top Stories been central to who I am.” Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. No Regrets: “Sure I miss the energy of Nashville and thrill • WKHX/Atlanta middayer Jenn Hobby departed after three of the chase, but it sort of passes like a fever,” Baldrica chuckles. years. (11/23) “They say luck is the residue of design. In my case, coming full • Country Radio Hall of Famer Bill Payne passed. (11/20) circle back to the radio station really was the luck; the design was • KVWF/Wichita rebranded as “100.5 Hank FM.” (11/20) chasing what makes me happy.” • Former CBS Radio/Miami SVP/MM Joe Bell joined Brewer/ Tom Baldrica lives in Virginia, MN, half a block from the Chattanooga, TN as MM. (11/20) house he grew up in. Reach him here. –Russ Penuell • KWUT/Elsinore, UT PD/personality Brandon “Shotgun Jackson” Young joined KYCK/Grand Forks, ND. (11/20) • Industry vets Mark Friedman, David Robkin and Larry Lon Helton, [email protected] Mazer formed Deluge Music. (11/19) • WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA afternoon personality Bonnie Chuck Aly, [email protected] Miller was named APD. (11/18) Russ Penuell, [email protected] • Industry vet Alissa Pollack will be honored at T.J. Martell Jess Wright, [email protected] Foundation’s 16th annual New York Family Day Dec. 13 in Wendy Newcomer, [email protected] Brooklyn. (11/17) (615) 320-1450

November 23, 2015 Chart Page 1

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

3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 28593 2252 8825 636 63.639 5.278 157 4

2 2 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 28244 1142 8586 281 63.413 2.48 157 4

4 3 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 25941 448 8062 194 57.625 1.256 157 4

5 4 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 25419 1341 7770 390 57.112 3.227 157 4

7 5 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) ✔ 23678 2303 7392 757 52.598 4.461 157 4

1 6 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 20680 -7106 6477 -2191 46.66 -14.882 157 4

8 7 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 19265 1079 6137 338 42.701 1.915 156 4

9 8 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 19166 1227 5809 444 43.687 1.666 157 4

10 9 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 18297 987 5520 298 41.616 2.827 157 4

11 10 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) ✔ 17846 2186 5468 614 40.509 5.782 157 4

6 11 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 16810 -6471 5103 -2117 39.553 -11.824 157 4

16 12 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 15935 1736 4859 496 33.115 2.295 156 4

13 13 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 15633 710 5038 181 35.272 2.079 154 6

15 14 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 15037 478 4706 155 33.498 1.398 156 4

14 15 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 14851 181 4691 19 33.414 1.237 157 4

17 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 14088 118 4299 8 31.027 -0.007 157 4

20 17 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 13474 1835 4030 435 30.768 4.856 148 4

18 18 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 12508 -15 4000 30 26.796 0.113 157 4

21 19 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 11922 577 3747 210 24.592 1.538 155 8

19 20 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 11917 212 3759 100 26.617 1.038 155 4

25 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 9467 1608 2852 467 19.771 3.407 149 7

22 22 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 8941 -248 2699 -65 19.957 -0.608 153 4

23 23 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 8318 218 2568 66 17.034 1.052 149 5

24 24 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 8003 72 2588 50 16.572 0.411 150 5

29 25 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 7695 1281 2436 417 16.843 3.878 148 12

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

28 26 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 7675 800 2285 238 15.376 1.432 141 8

27 27 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 7383 92 2356 1 14.089 -0.377 149 4

26 28 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 7246 -25 2348 23 14.828 0.413 136 3

LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) ✔ 6594 3154 1940 1016 14.674 6.743 124 42

41 30 ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) ✔ 6074 3188 1806 872 12.599 6.562 137 29

39 31 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 5064 2109 1603 700 10.15 3.984 111 16

31 32 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 4631 472 1442 147 7.842 1.29 120 6

32 33 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 4071 329 1264 83 7.473 0.648 121 7

33 34 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 3903 378 1227 132 5.379 0.401 122 9

35 35 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 3734 391 1055 114 6.238 1.113 122 20

40 36 GEORGE STRAIT/Cold Beer Conversation (MCA) 3112 272 930 52 7.589 0.833 77 1

37 37 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 3107 176 992 59 5.017 0.46 102 1

36 38 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 3048 -65 993 0 4.655 -0.062 98 4

30 39 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 2999 -1521 830 -495 5.715 -2.682 120 0

Debut 40 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville) 2769 1332 847 382 5.749 2.521 74 22

DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 2707 341 871 90 4.161 0.849 94 3

42 42 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 2447 28 805 41 3.762 0.092 88 1

48 43 BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 2422 643 694 191 4.265 1.141 80 12

47 44 MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish (Dot) 2374 555 716 175 2.712 0.592 92 24

44 45 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 2292 33 767 17 3.242 0.143 101 5

45 46 ERIC PASLAY/High Class (EMI Nashville) 2102 195 604 29 3.169 0.518 81 5

49 47 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 1876 116 599 54 2.721 0.128 75 5

46 48 MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) 1874 4 599 9 2.303 -0.036 74 1

Debut 49 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 1669 37 558 20 2.409 0.009 75 4

50 50 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1648 -48 549 4 2.418 -0.118 69 2 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 23, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) 42 LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) 2184 ✔ ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) 29 ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) 1426 ✔ MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish (Dot) 24 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 1002 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville) 22 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 822 ✔ FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 21 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 649 ✔ DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 20 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 642 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 16 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 418 BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 12 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 410 Break On Me (Capitol) KEITH URBAN/ 12 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 354 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Heartbeat (19/Arista) 11 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 354 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) 3188 ✔ LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) 437 LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) 3154 ✔ ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) 305 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 2303 ✔ CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 215 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 2252 ✔ KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) 156 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 2186 ✔ JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 126 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 2109 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 124 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 1835 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 110 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 1736 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 83 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1608 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 77 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 1341 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville) 67

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone... (Capitol) 1016 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 11981 ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) 872 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 10851 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 757 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 10679 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) 700 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 10302 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 636 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 8402 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 614 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 7014 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 496 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 6931 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 467 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 6772 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 444 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 6430 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 435 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 6194

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) Moves 44-45* November 30 2,292 points, 767 spins CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Heartbeat (19/Arista) 5 adds: KHEY, KRYS, PCCO, WCKN*, WCOS December 7 ERIC PASLAY/High Class (EMI Nashville) CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) Moves 45-46* David Fanning/What’s Next (Stoney Creek) 2,102 points, 604 spins 5 adds: KASE, WMAD, WRBT, WSLC, WXBQ DRAKE WHITE/Livin’ the Dream (Dot)

KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) Moves 49-47* December 14 None Listed 1,876 points, 599 spins 5 adds: KSSN, WCKN*, WTGE, WXCY, WYCT Send yours to [email protected] MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) Moves 46-48* 1,874 points, 599 spins C H E C K O U T 1 add: KJUG Dec. 4 Johnny Cash Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971 CHRIS JANSON/Power of Positive Drinkin’ (Warner Bros./WAR) (Columbia/Legacy) Debuts at 49* 1,669 points, 558 spins Dec. 11 Cam Untamed (Arista) 4 adds: KSD, KUAD, WKLI, WSLC Chris Carmack Pieces Of You (Unbridled And Blue)

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) Jan. 15 Hank Williams Jr. It’s About Time (Nash Icon) Remains at 50* Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop (EMI Nashville) 1,648 points, 549 spins 2 adds: WSIX, WTHT Jan. 22 Steve Dorian Living (Self-Released) WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) Jan. 29 Aubrie Sellers New City Blues (Carnival/Thirty 1,643 points, 541 spins Tigers) 1 add: WNOE Diana Corcoran In America (Krian Music Group) JOE NICHOLS/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 1,623 points, 601 spins Feb. 5 Johnny Cash Koncert V Praze (In Prague-Live) 1 add: WKXC (Columbia/Legacy)

FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) Feb. 12 Vince Gill Down To My Last Bad Habit (MCA) 1,603 points, 473 spins Wynonna Wynonna & The Big Noise (Curb) 21 adds including: KEEY, KFGY, KHEY, KRYS, KSKS*, KSSN, KTST, KTTS, PCCO, WCKN* Mar. 4 Loretta Lynn Full Circle (Legacy)

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

1 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 11260 -481 2342 -126 52 0 3rd Week at No. 1 3 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 11166 -64 2318 -13 54 0 2 3 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 11127 -269 2315 -68 54 0 4 4 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 10479 116 2250 9 53 0 7 5 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 9718 642 2061 126 52 0 8 6 CAM/Burning House (Arista) ✔ 9455 649 1943 124 53 0 9 7 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 8582 351 1775 57 53 0 10 8 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 8327 418 1762 110 53 0 12 9 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 7430 295 1492 52 53 0 11 10 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 7430 273 1528 48 53 0 13 11 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 6836 -162 1458 -56 52 0 14 12 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 6562 -55 1388 -10 54 0 17 13 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 6527 148 1353 33 53 0 16 14 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 6506 -33 1338 -15 54 0 15 15 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 6431 -136 1348 -38 51 0 18 16 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 5598 270 1161 62 51 0 20 17 GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 5525 354 1116 53 53 1 19 18 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 4996 -143 1067 -40 43 0 23 19 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me (Capitol) ✔ 4696 822 974 156 54 6 21 20 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 4330 -94 890 -11 54 0 22 21 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 4254 -36 890 -3 51 2 24 22 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful Drug (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 4068 410 829 83 50 1 28 23 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 3380 354 702 77 47 2 25 24 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 3372 -139 691 -33 42 0 26 25 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 3346 14 705 3 48 0 27 26 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 3245 179 653 38 46 0 41 27 LUKE BRYAN f/KAREN FAIRCHILD/Home Alone Tonight (Capitol) ✔ 3114 2184 641 437 44 23 36 28 ERIC CHURCH/Mr. Misunderstood (EMI Nashville) ✔ 2712 1426 535 305 42 16 35 29 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame (Mercury) ✔ 2452 1002 513 215 45 10 29 30 GEORGE STRAIT/Cold Beer Conversation (MCA) 2406 -210 481 -24 40 2

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 31 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 2148 234 429 47 37 3 30 32 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 2030 41 435 -6 42 1 32 33 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 1724 -39 334 -20 39 0 34 34 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 1464 20 289 3 34 2 38 35 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville) 1350 312 253 67 23 3 37 36 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 1304 202 283 39 30 6 33 37 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1171 -324 230 -78 31 0 42 38 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 1152 200 231 43 29 3 43 39 MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) 938 132 158 8 19 0 39 40 DYLAN SCOTT/Crazy Over Me (Curb) 908 -17 155 -5 10 0 45 41 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 794 103 94 0 7 0 46 42 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 742 102 125 20 18 1 44 43 MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish (Dot) 729 75 164 20 28 7 50 44 BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 705 148 148 18 14 4 47 45 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 642 16 126 7 16 0 49 46 CHARLES KELLEY f/BENTLEY & PASLAY/The Driver (Capitol) 588 1 129 -3 18 0 48 47 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 585 -42 112 -5 12 0 51 48 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 540 16 111 2 12 0 56 49 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 528 85 110 21 20 1 52 50 LINDSAY ELL/By The Way (Stoney Creek) 503 -31 83 1 7 0 53 51 AARON WATSON/Getaway Truck (Big Label/Thirty Tigers) 498 -6 105 -9 14 1 54 52 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Amnesia (PDT) 487 30 69 -11 6 0 59 53 ERIC PASLAY/High Class (EMI Nashville) 467 69 105 10 12 1 58 54 JT HODGES/Locks On Doors (Buffalo Sound) 430 20 43 2 1 0 Debut 55 MAREN MORRIS/My Church (Columbia) 387 218 40 21 3 0 Debut 56 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 365 10 79 2 13 0 60 57 TOBY KEITH/Beautiful Stranger (Show Dog) 357 -19 86 -11 8 0 Debut 58 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Russelled) 350 0 35 0 1 0 55 59 JOE NICHOLS/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 326 -81 66 -22 10 0 Re-Enter 60 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) 298 -48 63 -9 8 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]