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Where Are The Women? Radio News We received a number of notes following our July 16, 2007 Personalities: Cox KCYY/San Antonio midday host Music Edition lead story about eight artists being responsible Megan Bishop exited last week as the company finalizes for 29% of all Country airplay. Perhaps the most FAQ from those seeing that the top eight were Tim the consolidation of its cluster in the city. PD Randy McGraw, Toby Keith, George Strait, Kenny Chase is expected to name an internal replacement soon. Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban was, “Where are the Promotions: KJUG/Visalia-Tulare-Hanford, CA morning women?” hosts Dave Daniels and Darrin Cantrell broadcast live While that’s always a good question, for our recently from the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, CA purposes we will stick to that question as it where they gave away 75 pair of military seating tickets specifically relates to airplay. Also for our purposes, to the Sept. 22 Jugfest. Darryl Worley, Little Texas and because Sugarland’s sound is predominantly Paul Overstreet are among the performers. female with Jennifer Nettles’ lead vocals (no offense to Kristian Bush), we are including the Kudos: The Canadian Country Music Assoc. will induct duo in this discussion of female airplay (again, no KSON/San Diego morning personality Cliff Dumas, along offense, Kristian). John Allan Cameron Sheila All that said, the Top 10 Women, with their with artist and executive overall rank in parentheses, are: Sugarland (10), Hamilton, into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Carrie Underwood (11), Martina McBride (15), during Canadian Country Music Week in September. Faith Hill (25), Taylor Swift (29), Sara Evans (31), Jo Dee Messina (39), the Wreckers (40), Shania Twain (41) and Gig Alerts LeAnn Rimes (44). • Saga Communications WPOR/Portland, ME According to airplay measured by Mediabase 24/7, these 10 OM Chris Mac is heading the search for a PD/ women generate 13% of all Country radio airplay (Current, Recurrent and Gold) since January 1, 2007. And, for those afternoon jock. Airchecks and resumes to cmac@ preferring to compare apples-to-apples, the top eight females portlandradiogroup.com. yield 11% of all Country airplay, almost one third that delivered • Warner Bros. VP/Promotion Nancy Tunick is by the top eight guys. (continued on page 4) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com

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looking for a new coordinator. Resumes to her at Da t e Ch e c k [email protected]. August 1 – CRB/Edison Media Presentation of • Citadel KQFC/Boise, ID PD Wes McShay is “Hispanic American Relationship to Country looking for a midday jock. A&R’s to Radio and Music” [email protected] or call 208-429-5571. Belmont University • Citadel WIOV/Harrisburg, PA OM Ken Carson is seeking a PD/afternoon jock. A&R’s should be August 22 – Voting on second CMA Awards Ballot closes sent to [email protected]. August 23 – SOURCE Foundation Awards • Consultant Joe Patrick is heading up the search Musicians Hall of Fame for a PD for WGTY/York, PA. A&R’s to September 6 – Roy Acuff Street Block Party [email protected]. Industry News September 18 – 4th Annual Dale Franklin Leadership Music Award CMT Films and NASCAR Images will release a Schermerhorn Symphony Center soundtrack album from the upcoming movie Dale on Aug. 28, distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart. Brooks & October 14 – iebaLIVE! Conference Dunn’s “Hard Workin’ Man” is featured on the album, Hilton Suites Downtown along with songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce October 15 – ASCAP Country Music Awards Springsteen and Motley Crue. The movie itself, a biography Ryman Auditorium of the late Dale Earnhardt, debuts Sept. 4 on CMT. player, streamed more than 100 million videos. The CMT’s “Music City Madness” winner Stephanie Beck network will now offer flash-enabled videos, giving both Williams will release her debut album tomorrow (7/31) on Mac and PC users access to the online content. Mobile is CMT.com. She’ll also be featured on an episode of CMT’s currently experiencing year-over-year growth of 259%. online performance series, Studio 330 Sessions, and launch CMT will also launch its mobile web site August 1. a 20-city tour, beginning with the Soul2Soul II tour show GAC will serve as the presenting sponsor of the in Denver. “Marty Robbins: Among My Souvenirs” exhibit at the rpm Management Sr. VP Kelly Clague Wright will step Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The exhibition down from her post mid-August. Wright, opens August 3 and runs through June 2008. who began her career with Tim McGraw in 1992, started with rpm upon its creation Country Meets Worship Music in 1997. She was responsible for McGraw’s Country artists performing gospel music is nothing creative, new media, merchandising, film, new, with recent albums from Alan Jackson and Alabama television and other projects. She can be having done quite well. The October 2 reached at [email protected]. release of Songs 4 Worship: Country brings CMT is celebrating growth of its CMT Loaded and CMT some of this format’s stars into the largely Mobile platforms. The year-old Loaded, a video broadband unexplored terrain of the burgeoning Praise & Worship movement. ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] July 30, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4

Produced by songwriter/producer Michael Curtis and Bi r t h d a y s Alabama’s Teddy Gentry, the 16-song collection features Tuesday (7/31) - Gary McCoy ( artists including Diamond Rio, Rascal Flatts, Emerson [email protected]) Drive and Rebecca Lynn Howard performing newer Wednesday (8/1) - George Ducas, Charlie Kelly, Steve Miller, songs heard by millions in church services each week. Gary Murdock ([email protected]) Mark Janese, ([email protected]) Based on Time Life’s success with both worship music and country, Curtis approached the company with the Thursday (8/2) - Hank Cochran, David DeBolt, Chris Stacey ([email protected]), Joyce Rizer (joyce.rizer@ idea to merge the two. The next step was enlisting Gentry xmradio.com), Barry Landis, Jon Anthony (jon.anthony@ as co-producer. “Teddy is a great brother of mine and I xmradio.com) just felt he should help me produce it,” Curtis says. “He Friday (8/3) - Dean Sams, Randy Scruggs, Tony called some friends, I called some friends and we started Conway ([email protected]), Ted Wagner ( twagner@ , Shanna Strassberg booking sessions.” montagemusicgroup.com) The results exceeded Gentry’s expectations. “I was Saturday (8/4) - Les Acree ( , Tammy [email protected]) hesitant at first because I cut my teeth on all the old hymns Brown and wasn’t as familiar with the newer stuff,” he says. “But Sunday (8/5) - Terri Clark, Vern Gosdin, Mark O’Connor, the nine out of 10 of the first songs we picked ended up being late Sammi Smith; Larry Franklin; Austin James; Tim Nichols; Paul Orr ([email protected]); Matt Valley ( the ones the artist recorded. That made me feel like we did matt.valley@ ; Tim Wilson ( a good job as producers matching artists with songs.” anchoragemediagroup.com) timwilsonprod@aol. , Sherri Garrett ([email protected]) For Time Life Executive Producer Mitch Peyser, the com) combination is a natural. “Like many great projects a lot Monday (8/6) - Mark Dufresne (Confederate Railroad), Peggy of things came together with good timing,” he says. “Time and Patsy Lynn, Lisa Stewart, Kathy Allmand, Brad Helton Life has had tremendous success with both country and big praise and worship songs heard in churches across the worship music collections. country.” “We did a Songs 4 Worship album with Integrity The Time Life “full 360” marketing and distribution Music (2002) that blew the lid off things. We brought in plan includes the kind of direct response television a million new customers in a year. The first volume sold campaign for which the company is known, as well as two million copies and the series as a whole has sold Christian marketplace and traditional retail efforts. close to 10 million. And we’ve always been known for Curtis is hopeful that Country radio will join the album’s great country collections.” artists in supporting the project. “The secular industry may A country addition in the Songs 4 Worship series is new not know how this music is filling stadiums and arenas, ground, and required new recordings. “We’re the first ones but the artists on this album have been a joy to work out there with country artists of this stature doing praise with,” he says. “They’re all posting items about it on their and worship songs,” Peyser says. “And we knew these websites. I’ve talked to some Country radio people who had to be new recordings because they don’t already exist. feel programmers will embrace this. There’s certainly an There are country sounding Christian songs, but there opportunity with the Sunday morning shows.” aren’t any recordings of major country artists doing the ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected]

Artist News Tu b e Ch e c k Keith Urban will debut a new fan-made video of “Days Go By,” as part of his tour. The new video includes Tuesday (7/31) – Alan Jackson, The View (ABC); Montgomery Gentry, Neal McCoy, Charley Pride, CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC); Trace Adkins, Off- edited clips from fan-submitted videos from his website. stage (GAC). Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles has signed on as the new Wednesday (8/1) – Brad Paisley, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC); spokesperson for Listerine Whitening Quick Dissolving Lee Ann Womack, Van Zant, CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC). Strips and together, they’re launching an online contest Thursday (8/2) – Clint Black, Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated); Em- inviting people to share personal photos and stories of erson Drive, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS); Kellie Pickler, Ellen places where they now feel free to “whiten.” Enter at DeGeneres (syndicated); Taylor Swift, A Place In This World (GAC). www.wheredoyouwhiten.com. Friday (8/3) – Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Today Show (NBC); Sugarland, Sara Martin Guitars is offering the Travis Tritt Signature Evans, Big & Rich, more, CMT At Summerfest 2007; Lorrie Morgan, Trent Tom- HCD-40 guitar. Each guitar comes autographed by Tritt. linson, Keith Anderson, Julie Roberts, CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC). After Brad Paisley’s Tonight Show appearance Saturday (8/4) – Sara Evans, Big Break (CMT); Vince Gill, The Wreckers, Wednesday (8/1), fans can stream bonus footage, Oak Ridge Boys, The Whites, Grand Ole Opry Live (GAC); Trace Adkins, Josh including a backstage interview at www.nbc.com/The_ Turner, Terri Clark, CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC). Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/Toyota_Concert_Series/. Sunday (8/5) – Brad Paisley, 5th Gear (GAC); Sara Evans, Big Break (CMT). Jack Ingram will join Dierks Bentley for a tour Monday (8/6) – Alison Krauss, John Waite, Edge Of Country (GAC). running October through December this year. Dates will be announced soon. Sonny Burgess has signed a booking agreement with Toby Keith, Best Male Pat Green, New Male Keith Texas-based KB Talent. Anderson, Best Group Emerson Drive, New Group

Dierks Bentley is asking fans to add their own content Whiskey Falls, Chris Young’s Chris Young as Best to a version of the video of “Free & Easy…” Bentley Album, Best Female LeAnn Rimes, New Female Kellie filmed it in front of a green-screen, allowing fans to Pickler, Best Duo Blue County, and Emerson Drive’s upload their original background footage, animation and “Moments” as Song Of The Year. special effects. The videos can be submitted to CMT.com for a chance to be shown on CMT Top 20 Countdown. (continued from page 1) Visit cmt.com for more info. Women & Airplay Singer/songwriter Monty Lane Allen has signed with Perhaps most remarkable about this list is the high rankings LGB Media for public relations representation. by women without a large body of Gold. All eight of the Sugar Hill will release Billy Joe Shaver’s Storyteller: men have been around for a while and have a number of Live at the Bluebird 1992 Sept. 11. songs generating spins. However, four of the top 10 women – Sugarland (no offense, Kristian), Carrie, Taylor and the About.com has named the recipients of the 2007 Wreckers -- have been around a relatively short time and AboutCountry Awards, which were voted on by more than don’t have a lot of older titles contributing to their totals. 40,000 visitors to the site. The winners are Entertainer Taylor Swift’s inclusion in the top 10 is especially noteworthy, ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] July 30, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 6

Ch e c k Ou t This week’s releases include:

Tammy Cochran Where I Am (Shanachie) Cochran’s third album, produced by Anita Cochran and Mark Thompson, was originally released on Straybranch Records in February. Recently picked up by Shanachie, the album features 12 tracks written or co-written by Cochran. Titles include “So Long,” “The Ride Of Your Life,” “On My Side Of The World” and “As Soon As I’m Over You.”

Upcoming releases:

August 14 Luke Bryan I’ll Stay Me (Capitol) Halfway To Hazard Halfway To Hazard (Stylesonic/Mercury)

August 21 Joe Nichols Real Things (Universal South) Travis Tritt The Storm (Category 5) September 11 Kenny Chesney Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Bna)

September 18 Reba Mcentire Reba Duets (Mca)

September 25 Rascal Flatts Still Feels Good (Lyric Street) Mark Wills Familiar Stranger (Equity) Album release info to [email protected].

considering she’s only in the middle of her second single! It must also be noted that skewing these figures somewhat is the lack of a “hit single” on the radio in the last seven months by some of these artists. In the stat world, spins from current hits, and to some degree, Hot Recurrents, dwarf the spins received from old Gold. That accounts, to some degree, for Reba McEntire coming in at No. 45 and Trisha Yearwood at No. 55. Also of interest is the disparity in airplay among even our top 10 women. Sugarland leads with 168,765 plays and is closely followed by Carrie and Martina. Faith is fourth with 85,802 year-to-date plays. The spins decline from there, with LeAnn at No. 10 registering a total of 47,043 spins. Finally, just for grins, I wondered how much airplay various groups of artists contributed to the overall sound of Country radio. Running the Mediabase 24/7 Top 500 Country airplay acts of the year (with No. 500 having 96 all-in plays thus far) here’s how it breaks out: The top 10 artists get 34% of all airplay. The top 20 artists get 53% of all airplay. The top 30 artists get 65% of all airplay. The top 40 artists get 73% of all airplay. The top 50 artists get 80% of all airplay.

- Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] (615) 320-1450

Spring Abritron No. 1s: WCTO, WHKO, Co u n t r y Ra t i n g s Sp r i n g Bo x Sco r e WRBT, WKKO, KIIM and WQXK Each week we’ll have a running tally of the Spring Arbitron Market highlights of the Spring 2007 Arbitron results that ratings and rankings for Country stations printed in the weekly began to roll-out last week are featured daily in Country CA Music Edition. The only ratings/rankings in these box Aircheck Today. The weekly CA Music Edition will feature scores are those from the station’s home market. For example, station shares and rankings while also including a scorecard of WFRE/Fredricksburg’s Washington DC ratings/rankings will not how Country has fared across the USA. be included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” 12+ 12+ Rankings designates Country stations in the same market owned by a Stations 47 47 single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. Up 28 26 Down 18 10 Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Flat 0 10 Last ARB Sp ‘07 Last ARB Sp ‘07 Debut 1 1 WQMX/Akron 6.7 5.6 2 2 No. 1 na 6 WGAR/Cleveland 2.9 2.5 12* 15* (Akron Arbitron) Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank WQXK/Youngstown 1.0 .8 22* 23* Last ARB Sp ‘07 Last ARB Sp ‘07 (Akron Arbitron) KNIX/Phoenix 4.6 4.4 5 3 WCTO/Allentown, PA 10.4 13.4 2 1 KMLE/Phoenix 3.4 3.9 8* 5 KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA^ 7.2 5.9 2 3 WDSY/Pittsburgh 6.8 7.1 3 3 KBKO/Bakersfield, CA 2.5 2.3 14* 16* WOGG & WOGI/ KCWR/Bakersfield, CA^+1.7 2.0 18* 18 Pittsburgh 2.9 3.6 11* 11 WPOC/Baltimore 8.6 8.8 1 2 WOGF & WOGH/ WKLB/Boston 3.9 4.0 8 7 Pittsburgh^ 2.1 1.3 15 16* WUSN/Chicago 3.1 3.7 10* 5* KFRG/Riverside 5.5 5.1 3 3* WUBE/Cincinnati 6.2 6.9 2 2 KNCI/Sacramento 4.8 5.2 3 3* WYGY/Cincinnati 1.5 .9 15 20 KNTY/Sacramento 2.4 1.8 16 17 WHKO/Dayton 1.3 1.3 16 16* KSON & KSOQ/ (Cincinnati Arbitron) San Diego 4.5 4.9 3 2 WPFB/Dayton 1.2 1.3 17* 16* KUSS/San Diego 2.4 2.3 17* 16* (Cincinnati Arbitron) KBWF/San Francisco -- 2.2 -- 13* WGAR/Cleveland 6.1 7.8 5 2* (Debuted Country March 1, 2007) WHKO/Dayton 8.4 10.0 2 1 KRTY/San Jose 1.0 1.0 28 27* WPFB/Dayton 2.7 1.8 13 16 (San Francisco Arbitron) WKSW/Dayton 1.6 1.5 17 17 KRTY/San Jose 3.4 3.7 10* 5* WYCD/Detroit 3.4 4.4 11 7 KBWF/San Francisco -- .6 -- 35* WDTW/Detroit 3.0 2.3 14 16* (San Jose Arbitron) WRBT/Harrisburg 8.2 9.0 2 1 WIL/St. Louis 5.8 5.6 4 3 WCAT/Harrisburg 2.3 2.9 13 9* KSD/St. Louis 3.5 4.1 10 8 WIOO-AM/Harrisburg+ .5 1.4 25* 18* WKKO/Toledo 15.1 13.9 1 1 WGTY/York, PA .8 1.1 22 20* WCKY/Toledo 1.9 1.8 14* 16 (Harrisburg Arbitron) KIIM/Tucson 8.5 9.1 2 1 WIOV/Lancaster, PA 1.3 1.1 18* 20* WMZQ/Washington, DC 3.3 4.0 11 6 (Harrisburg Arbitron) WFRE/Frederick, MD 1.4 .9 16* 20* WWYZ/Hartford 7.2 7.6 3 3 (Washington DC Arbitron) KKGO/Los Angeles .8 1.8 32* 18* WGGI & WGGY/ KFRG/Riverside .6 .4 38* 40* Wilkes Barre-Scranton 6.9 6.6 3 4 (Los Angeles Arbitron) WSJR/ WMIL/Milwaukee 5.5 8.1 4 2 Wilkes Barre-Scranton 3.4 2.8 9 8* WTKM-AM & FM/ WCTO/Allentown, PA 2.1 1.2 13 17* Milwaukee .7 1.0 25 20 (Wilkes Barre-Scranton Arbitron) WKMK/Monmouth, NJ 1.9 1.8 19 17* WXCY/Wilmington, DE 4.2 5.6 4* 4 KTOM/Monterey, CA 2.1 3.9 16* 5 WQXK/Youngstown, OH 9.8 11.7 3 1

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

1 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 13648 207 4621 98 35.63 0.703 121 0 Second Week At No.1 2 2 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 12778 101 4358 19 32.851 0.246 121 0

4 3 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine)4 12391 920 4207 287 31.407 2.583 121 0 5 4 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 4 11648 1203 3994 409 29.614 2.42 120 0 3 5 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 11328 -924 3878 -414 29.004 -2.379 121 0 7 6 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 10496 897 3652 334 26.132 1.093 121 1 9 7 REBA MCENTIRE w/K. Clarkson/Because Of You (MCA) 9922 802 3410 282 26.191 2.419 119 4 6 8 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 9497 -797 3353 -194 23.309 -1.879 121 0 8 9 TIM MCGRAW w/Faith Hill/I Need You (Curb) 9454 202 3207 107 24.586 0.51 119 0

12 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 4 8791 1082 2967 375 22.482 2.678 121 2 11 11 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 8708 311 3002 119 22.357 0.75 120 0 15 12 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 7949 865 2809 325 19.954 1.706 120 0 13 13 SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 7776 297 2690 94 19.77 1.563 119 0 16 14 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 7652 740 2579 227 19.338 1.537 121 1 14 15 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 7338 48 2523 23 18.222 0.175 120 1 10 16 JAKE OWEN/Startin' With Me (RCA) 6252 -2482 2053 -920 16.614 -5.268 121 0 18 17 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 6110 181 2112 73 14.193 0.478 119 0 20 18 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 5976 408 2097 133 14.75 1.244 103 3

23 19 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 4 5858 951 1901 357 14.407 1.853 110 9 19 20 TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 5817 125 2101 99 14.806 -0.171 95 1 17 21 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 5788 -335 1920 -159 13.776 -0.914 111 0 21 22 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 5534 116 2016 36 12.993 0.468 112 1 22 23 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 5318 400 1837 124 12.583 0.922 109 1

26 24 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 4 5196 1478 1749 512 13.496 4.34 115 14 25 25 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 3846 -24 1269 16 9.041 -0.34 101 6

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

27 26 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 3707 28 1266 57 9.18 -0.022 89 4 29 27 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her ...(Lyric Street) 3181 276 1138 102 7.169 0.511 95 1 30 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 2899 242 987 93 6.738 0.801 86 4 28 29 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 2894 -740 1094 -291 7.167 -1.582 105 0 24 30 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 2618 -1450 920 -581 6.211 -3.574 93 0 37 31 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 2316 583 792 217 5.251 1.634 79 9 32 32 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 2276 42 742 19 5.515 0.217 74 5 36 33 JOSH TURNER /Firecracker (MCA) 2226 464 743 160 5.304 1.194 69 14 34 34 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 2203 108 817 66 5.334 0.407 61 4 33 35 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 2185 -21 730 28 4.639 -0.134 78 2 31 36 FAITH HILL/Lost (Warner Bros.) 2104 -167 714 -45 4.528 -0.424 78 0 35 37 LEE BRICE/She Ain't Right (Curb/Asylum) 1887 -2 717 -1 4.413 0.076 80 0 38 38 TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 1745 62 560 29 4.225 0.276 51 2 42 39 PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 1416 351 409 108 2.76 0.615 39 3 39 40 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas/New Revolution) 1366 -127 546 -45 2.392 -0.353 60 0 41 41 PHIL VASSAR/This Is My Life (Universal South) 1184 110 425 58 2.314 0.278 50 3 46 42 BILLY CURRINGTON /Tangled Up (Mercury) 1109 230 391 75 2.293 0.651 43 4 43 43 SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 1067 154 387 39 2.234 0.381 47 1 40 44 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 1063 -193 334 -68 2.158 -0.756 53 0 44 45 STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls...) (Curb) 1035 129 409 25 1.881 0.382 52 0 45 46 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 916 19 326 17 1.78 0.19 38 6 47 47 DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) 796 105 276 40 1.524 0.211 37 2 49 48 CROSSIN DIXON/Guitar Slinger (BBR) 667 -7 263 14 1.141 -0.017 33 1 48 49 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I'll Stand By You (Arista) 639 -41 224 -13 1.548 -0.147 19 1 Debut 50 JO DEE MESSINA/Biker Chick (Curb) 589 153 215 43 1.072 0.277 33 3

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4 =Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 2 July 30, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers TRISHA YEARWOOD /Heaven, Heartache And... (Big Machine) 23 RASCAL FLATTS /Take Me There (Lyric Street) 1928 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY /What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) 17 BRAD PAISLEY /Online (Arista) 1459 4 DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 1209 4 BRAD PAISLEY /Online (Arista) 14 BROOKS & DUNN /Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 1138 4 JOSH TURNER /Firecracker (MCA) 14 REBA MCENTIRE w/ K. CLARKSON/Because Of You (MCA) 995 4 CHRIS CAGLE /What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 9 JOSH TURNER /Firecracker (MCA) 995 DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 9 TOBY KEITH /Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 983 GARY ALLAN /Watching Airplanes (MCA) 9 TIM MCGRAW w/ FAITH HILL /I Need You (Curb) 889 SARA EVANS /As If (RCA) 9 KENNY CHESNEY /Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 864 JENNIFER HANSON /Joyride (Universal South) 8 RODNEY ATKINS /These Are My People (Curb) 845 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 6 Activator Top Spin Gainers EMERSON DRIVE /You Still Own Me (Midas/New Revolution) 6 RASCAL FLATTS /Take Me There (Lyric Street) 419 JACK INGRAM /Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 6 BRAD PAISLEY /Online (Arista) 361 BROOKS & DUNN /Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 253 Aircheck Top Point Gainers DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 249 BRAD PAISLEY /Online (Arista) 1478 4 JOSH TURNER /Firecracker (MCA) 241 RODNEY ATKINS /These Are My People (Curb) 1203 4 REBA MCENTIRE w/ K. CLARKSON /Because Of You (MCA) 224 RASCAL FLATTS /Take Me There (Lyric Street) 1082 4 TOBY KEITH /Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 218 DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 951 4 TIM MCGRAW w/ FAITH HILL /I Need You (Curb) 198 TAYLOR SWIFT /Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 920 4 TIM MCGRAW /If You're Reading This (Curb) 196 BUCKY COVINGTON /A Different World (Lyric Street) 897 KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 185 BROOKS & DUNN /Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 865 Vi d e o Add s REBA MCENTIRE w/K. CLARKSON /Because Of You (MCA) 802 Cmt TOBY KEITH /Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 740 Brent Keith /Looking For A Road (Theme From Dale) (Combustion) SARA EVANS /As If (RCA) 583 Montgomery Gentry /What Do You Think About That (Columbia) Sara Evans /As If (RCA) Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Cmt Pure BRAD PAISLEY /Online (Arista) 512 Flynnville Train /Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) RODNEY ATKINS /These Are My People (Curb) 409 Montgomery Gentry /What Do You Think About That (Columbia) RASCAL FLATTS /Take Me There (Lyric Street) 375 Leann Rimes /Are You Ready For A Miracle (Curb/Asylum) DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 357 Patti Scialfa /Town Called Heartbreak (Columbia) Phil Vassar /This Is My Life (Universal South) BUCKY COVINGTON /A Different World (Lyric Street) 334 BROOKS & DUNN /Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 325 Gac TAYLOR SWIFT /Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 287 MontgoMery Gentry/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) REBA MCENTIRE w/K. Clarkson /Because Of You (MCA) 282 Flynnville Train /Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) TOBY KEITH /Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 227 Travis Tritt /You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) SARA EVANS /As If (RCA) 217 ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] July 30, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Aircheck Activity Ai r c h e c k Add Da t e s STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls…) (Curb) August 6 Moves 44-45*; 1035 points, 409 spins; 0 ADDS DOUG STONE/Nice Problem (TNT/Spinville) BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) Carrie Underwood/So Small (Arista) Moves 45*-46*; 916 points, 326 spins 6 ADDS: KIZN*, KKWF, KNIX, WMAD, WOGK, WYNK August 13 DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) Billy Ray Cyrus/Ready, Set, Don’t Go (Disney/CO5) Stays at 47*; 796 points, 276 spins Mark Chesnutt/Rollin’ With the Flow (Lofton Creek) 2 ADDS: KUBL*, WYCD* TRACE ADKINS/I Got My Game On (Capitol) /Once A Woman (Country Thunder) CROSSIN DIXON/Guitar Slinger (BBR) Heartland Moves 49*-48*; 667 points, 263 spins; 1 ADD: KNCI* Jake Owen/Something About A Woman (RCA)

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I’ll Stand By You (Arista) August 20 Moves 48*-49; 639 points, 224 spins; 1 ADD: WGKX* John Berry/A Woman Like You (Clear Sky/Nine North)

JO DEE MESSINA/Biker Chick (Curb) Debuts at 50*; 589 points, 215 spins Aircheck Top Recurrents 3 ADDS: KCCY, KFRG*, WGTY CRAIG MORGAN /Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 789 RASCAL FLATTS /Fast Cars And Freedom (Lyric Street) 534 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) DIERKS BENTLEY /Come A Little Closer (Capitol) 255 582 points, 171 spins; 9 ADDS: KFRG*, KILT*, KJUG, KKGO,KSD, KWFF, KYGO, WGH,WKDF* CRAIG MORGAN /Redneck Yacht Club (BBR) 368 KENNY CHESNEY /Living In Fast Forward (BNA) 445 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think ...(Columbia) MIRANDA LAMBERT /Kerosene (Columbia) 69 571 points, 174 spins; 17 ADDS: KCCY, KDRK*, KIXZ, KJUG, KKNG, KRTY, KWJJ, WBEE, WGH, WIL, WPAW, WQYK*, TOBY KEITH /High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 723 WRNS*, WWQM, WXBQ, WYCD*, WYNK TRACE ADKINS /Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (Capitol) 494

GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) BLAKE SHELTON /Don't Make Me (Warner Bros.) 530 513 points, 173 spins; 9 ADDS: KATM*, KHKI*, KJUG, KKGO, LEANN RIMES /Probably Wouldn't Be This Way (Curb /Asylum) 135 KKNG, KSCS*, KSSN, WGNE, WMIL KENNY CHESNEY/Flip Flop Summer (BNA) MARK WILLS/Days Of Thunder (Equity) 413 points, 100 spins; 0 ADDS 512 points, 208 spins; 0 ADDS BILLY RAY CYRUS/Ready, Set, Don’t Go (Disney/CO5) EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me(Midas/New Revolution) 349 points, 109 spins 508 points, 200 spins 4 ADDS: KFRG*, KSKS, WBUL, WDSY* 6 ADDS: KFRG*, KKWF, KMPS*, KUBL*, WYNK,WYRK TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love (Big Machine) CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 389 points, 91 spins 502 points, 164 spins 23 ADDS: KBQI, KCCY, KFKF, KILT*, KIXZ, KNIX, KRTY, 2 ADDS: WKKT, WKSJ KSKS, KSSN, KWJJ, WBEE, WCTK, WGAR, WGNA, WGNE, FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) WIL, WKHX, WKLB, WOGI, WQMX, WTQR, WWQM, WYRK 479 points, 171 spins Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this 5 ADDS: KBQI, KCYE, KSD, KUBL*, WKLB week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] July 30, 2007 ACTIVAT OR Chart Page 5

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

1 1 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 13447 149 3029 14 3rd Week At No.1 2 2 KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 13417 864 2990 185 3 3 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 13000 535 2969 113 5 4 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 12632 845 2808 176 7 5 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 11531 670 2645 160 4 6 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 11341 -690 2551 -173 8 7 REBA MCENTIRE w/ K. CLARKSON/Because Of You (MCA) 4 11148 995 2578 224 9 8 TIM MCGRAW w/ FAITH HILL/I Need You (Curb) 10385 889 2350 198 11 9 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 9589 731 2184 157 17 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 4 9056 1928 2032 419 12 11 SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 8957 827 2033 184 15 12 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 4 8546 1138 1936 253 13 13 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 8490 457 1958 106 14 14 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 8481 983 1909 218 16 15 TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 7990 738 1791 196 19 16 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 7075 227 1613 56 22 17 DIERKS BENTLEY /Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 4 6895 1209 1551 249 21 18 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 6705 424 1509 93 18 19 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 6620 -386 1476 -89 20 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 6510 -38 1474 -1 25 21 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 4 6033 1459 1398 361 23 22 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 5901 434 1312 107 26 23 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 4509 499 1011 108 24 24 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 4507 -577 1042 -133 28 25 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her ... (Lyric Street) 3827 250 873 69 27 26 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 3778 151 906 39 29 27 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 3575 219 803 51 31 28 JOSH TURNER /Firecracker (MCA) 3395 995 752 241 30 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 3264 257 716 54 33 30 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 2697 499 606 112 ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4 =Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com July 30, 2007 ACTIVAT OR Chart Page 6

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

34 31 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 2292 102 493 16 35 32 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 2220 376 511 87 32 33 FAITH HILL/Lost (Warner Bros.) 2191 -153 502 -37 36 34 TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 1818 5 423 3 41 35 BILLY CURRINGTON /Tangled Up (Mercury) 1636 261 383 62 37 36 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 1613 35 369 9 46 37 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 1460 746 307 171 38 38 LEE BRICE/She Ain't Right (Curb/Asylum) 1459 33 349 -1 40 39 PHIL VASSAR/This Is My Life (Universal South) 1454 78 305 18 39 40 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas/New Revolution) 1444 33 320 5 50 41 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 1265 720 286 174 43 42 DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) 1161 86 264 24 45 43 PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 1053 295 234 69 42 44 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 915 -204 220 -41 47 45 SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 860 150 172 27 49 46 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 779 159 181 37 44 47 STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls...) (Curb) 687 -97 146 -21 48 48 CROSSIN DIXON/Guitar Slinger (BBR) 684 33 151 8 57 49 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And... (Big Machine) 680 424 152 99 51 50 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas/New Revolution) 653 119 146 30 52 51 JO DEE MESSINA/Biker Chick (Curb) 595 106 134 24 53 52 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) 581 100 116 12 54 53 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 411 13 94 3 55 54 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Friday Night Fireside (Aria/Quarterback) 344 -13 73 -2 56 55 MARK WILLS/Days Of Thunder (Equity) 308 20 61 4 58 56 JASON MEADOWS/18 Video Tapes (Baccerstick/CO5) 270 36 53 6 59 57 RISSI PALMER/Country Girl (1720 Ent.) 198 -5 44 -1 Debut 58 TY HERNDON/Mighty Mighty Love (Pyramid/Nine North) 190 92 45 21 60 59 ANDY GRIGGS/Tattoo Rose (Montage) 176 15 31 3 Debut 60 JENNIFER HANSON /Joyride (Universal South) 172 112 36 21 ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4 =Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com