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May 31, 2011 Issue 245 Game-Planning Scotty ‘Curb Big Machine’ Takes Indy “It seems like the biggest opportunity this format has ever When Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon climbed out had.” That’s UMG/Nashville Sr. VP/Promotion Royce Risser of his car Sunday (5/29) after taking racing’s most prestigious summing up winner Scotty McCreery, who is event, some of the first words out of his clearly not your ordinary new artist. mouth were “Curb” and “Big Machine.” More than 29 million viewers watched the Idol That’s right, ’s most season finale last week and cast more than 120 million prominent indie labels sponsored the car votes as the 17-year-old McCreery edged 16-year- that won Indy. Country Aircheck spoke old . Both debuted singles that night. with Mike Curb and McCreery’s, “” landed at No. 46 today, and the grins have still not worn off. (See on today’s Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart. Scotty McCreery photo, page 3.) With the heavy lifting already done in terms of “Mike and I were talking at a function back in familiarization, what does Country radio think of February,” Borchetta says. “We’ve both been racers this rare opportunity? “No brainer!” That’s how forever. I asked him about Indy and he said he might Clear Channel’s WMIL/ PD Kerry be putting together a deal to get Dan Wheldon.” Scott Borchetta Wolfe sees it. “He gets to start at least as a ‘B’ level “I mentioned we were going to try again,” act. That much TV exposure punched his out-of-the- Curb says. “I asked, ‘Do you want to go in chute value into high gear, at least in the beginning. Lauren Alaina with us?’ We’ve had a long history with Scott’s If the talent is there, and most of America believes family, he used to work out of our offices and it is, then he just bypassed five years of set-up and label/manager we’re really good friends. He came up with the expense that any other new act would have to go through.” idea to name it the ‘Curb Big Machine.’ I called Today (5/31) was McCreery’s official add date and 24 other Scott about a month ago and said, ‘Hey, maybe Mike Curb programmers seemed to agree with Wolfe on the add board. “I you’ll bring us some luck.’ I’ve been trying to Love You This Big” is the week’s second-most added record after win this race for about 50 years and this is Scott’s first time. So “Remind Me,” the duet from format superstars and like everything else, Scott’s really out in front.” , who was, coincidentally, the Idol champ in 2005. Of course, Curb’s track record is pretty outstanding: “We won (continued on page 8) ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Putting The Indie In Indy: The 100th Indianapolis 500-winning “William Rast Curb Big Machine” family celebrates with driver Dan Wheldon (front). Pictured (l-r) are Linda & Mike Curb, Sandi Spika Borchetta, Scott Borchetta, Borchetta’s nephew Seth Hellman, and team owners Bryan Herta and Steve Newey. Daytona with in 1984,” he says. “It was Petty’s day long and then to win the historic 100th Indianapolis 500 and 200th NASCAR victory. Dale Earnhardt won his first NASCAR to do it in that fashion – it’s one of my best days ever.” championship in the Curb Records car in 1980. So we’ve had real success in NASCAR, we just couldn’t win the Indy 500.” Country Throwdown Take Two And right up to the end, he thought his streak would continue. Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson and more helped the Country “Here we go again,” Curb said of his mindset Sunday. “We’ve Throwdown Tour open its second season this weekend. WOKQ/ been second or third in IndyCar races so many times. Next thing Dover, NH OM Mark Ericson attended I know, he won. It was an amazing feeling.” Saturday’s show at Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Borchetta gives the play-by-play: “We thought we had a top- Pavilion in Gilford, NH before filing this report: five finish and were pretty happy. We were running third behind “The show and the ACM nominated Scott Dixon in the Target car, but didn’t think we’d get around facility go together quite well,” he says. him. We thought the leader would run out of gas. When we got “The side stage was active all afternoon for around Dixon it was awesome. local talent as well as some of the more rock-leaning Throwdown “We were watching from the turn-two suite, so we couldn’t see artists. This is one of the few events that Meadowbrook allows the final turn,” he continues. “We were watching on this huge screen tailgating at, so patrons were in and out at will. and when the leader hit the wall we lost it. We were all high-fiving “The main stage went live at 6pm, and main stage acts and then we realized: We’re in turn two! We have to get to victory alternated with side stage acts. The crowd was a little under lane, which is like a mile away. So we all take off running, piling in 5,000, and since they weren’t all in one place at any one time golf carts, bicycles, whatever we could find to get us there. it was still pretty easy to move around. My morning show partner “To be at Indy with a car is a lifelong dream. To see our name and I put Lee Brice onstage to kick things off. We spoke to fans on that car, be competitive all month long, to be in the race all that came from all the New England states and a number of folks

©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] May 31, 2011 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4 who made the trek from Canada. The first show of the season for My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion was one wild party!” WZZK/Birmingham PD Justin Case discusses his most influential songs, News & Notes albums and concerts: The CMA Music Festival and Chevrolet have expanded their 1. Pink Floyd, Foxboro, MA, 1994: There partnership to include a private Industry Test Drive benefit were low clouds, fog and mist, which only event, sponsorship of the CMA Global Artist Party (6/6), the added to the atmosphere. It was cold, but free Riverfront Stage, the Seventh Annual CMA Music Festival I don’t think anyone cared. Plus, my wife Kick-Off Parade (6/8) and the Sixth Annual CMA Music Festival bought the tickets, and she wasn’t as deep into Floyd as I was. We were center stage Chevrolet Block Party, among other events during the Festival. Justin Case New label imprint BNG Music Group has signed singer/ about ten rows back. Samantha Stroh to a recording and publishing deal. 2. Journey, Foreigner, Billy Squire (or any combo), Market Square Arena, 1980-83: Two words: “inflatable jukebox.” Her first release to radio will be in the Fall, with a yet-to-be- 3. Billy Joel, Glass Houses Tour: It doesn’t seem right, but I named radio promotion team attached to the project. think this was my first concert. I wore a pink-knit tie with paisley The 100th episode of Today In Country Music History –­ Weekend suspenders and checkerboard Vans. It was a double-date, and Edition, is set to air June 4-5. The weekly show is produced and we didn’t know how to act. We quickly learned proper concert hosted by Carl Geisler. For more information, click here. behavior for the second show — Nazareth. Congratulations to Albright & O’Malley client station CICX/ 4. Yes, Fort Wayne, IN, 1984: I went because it was a Friday Barre, Ontario, Canada for helping to raise $105,000 during its night and was glad I did. I was blown away. Could not believe “Radio for Radiology Radiothon” May 25-26. All funds will go they could recreate that sound live. The vocals, the musicianship to the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. and the glow-in-the-dark stripes on their clothing were amazing. Former WGAR/Cleveland PD Chris Miller has launched Still memorable 25 years later. Chris Miller Digital offering brand-building web content and 5. Shania Twain, Grant Park, Chicago, 2003: It was the last thing I helped with before leaving Chicago. It was a huge free social media help. Miller can be reached here. show with lots of energy and filmed for a TV special. The crowd loved her. She had so much fun with them. Very cool. Chart Chat • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: U2’s Congrats to Brad Paisley, Skip Bishop, Lesly How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb; Norah Jones’ Come Away With Tyson and the Arista staff on scoring this week’s Me; Santana’s Supernatural. top-charting single with Paisley’s “Old Alabama.” • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Steely The song is the second single from his album This Dan’s Aja. We were shopping for albums and a neighbor talked Is Country Music, which was released last week. Brad Paisley me into buying it when I was 14. It just wasn’t my style at the time, and I ended up giving it to Tom Conrad. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Rush’s 2112. Artist News • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to Craig Morgan’s fifth annual Charity Ride And Concert right now: Hank Flamingo’s “Gooseneck Trailer.” I’m not sure why, benefiting Billy’s Place for temporarily displaced youth is set for but I still remember driving through Canada listening to this song. Aug. 6-7. More here. Billy Dean has been named spokesperson for berry grower Reach Justin at [email protected]. Naturipe Farms.

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May 31, 2011 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 Show Dog-Universal’s JT Hodges will perform a free set at Nashville’s Margaritaville Th e Pa g e Th r e e Pi c Monday (6/6) at 9pm. Stageit.com will stream a ticketed James Otto acoustic concert webcast Thursday (6/7) at 7pm CT. The online event airs live from Otto’s home studio. More here. JT Hodges Joe Nichols and will perform during the Country Weekly Fashion Show & Concert June 7 at Nashville’s Rocketown. Proceeds benefit Musicians On Call. Details here. Stoney Creek and Ash Bowers are offering $5,000 in a “Homegrown Heroes” contest on Facebook in support of his single “I Still Believe In That.” The song will be offered as a free download on ashbowers.com June 8-12 using the promo code CMAFEST.

Bridge Over The River Guy: A Bridge Bar shot from John Paul’s CRS vault This Weeks Top Stories circa 1999 featuring (l-r) Chris Loss ([email protected]), Lon Full coverage can be viewed in the archives at www. Helton ([email protected]), Paul ([email protected]) and countryaircheck.com. Chris Huff ([email protected]). Valory VP/Promotion Loss was • Industry vet Donna Hughes will be joining Capitol/Nashville as then PD at WDSD/Dover, DE, Dial Global VP/Programming John Paul was PD for WYRK/Buffalo and KSCS/Dallas APD/MD Huff was PD at WUSY/ Nat’l. Dir./Radio Syndication. (CAT 5/31) Chattanooga, TN. And now they’re all smoking Virginia Slims. Or maybe • Cox Media Group appointed Bill Hoffman Executive VP, they’ve just come a long way, baby. Got your own boy-band-esque succeeding Bob Neil, who retired earlier this month. (CAT 5/31) industry pics? Send them to [email protected]. • Former Entercom/Seattle Market Manager Kevin McCarthy was named VP/Market Manager for CBS Radio/Seattle, which includes Country KMPS. (CAT 5/26) • KATM/Modesto, CA PD/middayer Randy Black resigned from • Clear Channel/Nashville VP/Market Manager Tom English the Citadel outlet after 18 years, the last 13 as PD. (CAT 5/25) exited. (CAT 5/25) ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Game-Planning Scotty (continued from page 1) Of f Th e Re c o r d : St e a l i n g An g e l s The lone reference point for Idol winners and Country radio Stealing Angels’ Caroline Cutbirth, Tayla didn’t gain traction with her first single, the pop-leaning “Inside Lynn and Jennifer Wayne put an industry Your Heaven. The follow-up to that July release was “Jesus spin on the artist interview: What was the stations did you grow Take The Wheel,” which earned 73 out-of-the-box adds Oct. up listening to? CC: KCKR/Waco, TX. JW: 24, 2005, debuting at No. 39. It reached No. 1 in just 11 weeks KFRG/Riverside and KZLA/Los Angeles. and remained there for five. “Jesus” was the first in a long string TL: I grew up listening to Gerry House on WSIX/Nashville. of chart-toppers for Underwood, clearly the most successful of Do you remember the first time you Idol’s 10 winners. heard yourselves on the radio? CC: It Even before McCreery’s win, WQDR/Raleigh was fully Stealing Angels was on XM 11. Kent Kerry asked us to send him a CD and we had no idea he was embracing the hometown kid from nearby Garner. The station held going to play it. We freaked out and filmed the whole thing on a weekly viewing parties once McCreery made the top 13. When Flip cam. I don’t think any of us will ever forget it. It was kind of he made the final, ‘QDR even changed the name of the station, to overwhelming. Which PD or MD has made the biggest impression on you? “Scotty 94.7.” One week after arriving at radio, 79 stations have JW: Mark Medina from KNIX/Phoenix. He started playing our spun “This Big,” with ‘QDR’s 30 plays leading the panel. song early and was one of our huge supporters. We call him the On the cautious –­ ok, skeptical – side of the fence is Eddie Zen Man. TL: And Gale Austin at WQIK/Jacksonville. She jumped onboard really early with us, and that meant a lot. Garrett Doll Hatfield, MD of Citadel’s KJJY/Des Moines: “The curiosity at KYGO/Denver has always been a big supporter. And we love factor is enough to drive people for a couple of days,” he says. WIVK/Knoxville’s Mike Hammond. CC: We have made so many “But if it’s not great, he’s gone.” Clear Channel’s WFRE/ great MD and PD friends, it’s really hard to name just one. Didn’t you just wrap a New York fashion show? JW: Oh my Frederick, MD PD Jess Wright was never a big Scotty fan to gosh, Tayla did the splits and a cartwheel down the runway. begin with, but says “My opinion hasn’t changed but the radio Chris Noth who played “Mr. Big” from Sex And The City mooned station isn’t my iPod, so I’ll go with what listeners say they want.” everybody. We didn’t get to see it, though. What disgusting truck stop food tempts you? JW: We eat Risser says any pushback on McCreery or his initial single everything. Literally. TL: They’ve got those good fried Taquitos is due to the paradigm shift created by a show as huge as Idol. that roll around. Delicious. “Programmers are so used to vetting the artists themselves Any trucker lingo come in handy? TL: We learned what a lot lizard is. They’re women who are prostitutes at truck stops. and making the determination on whether they’re stars or have Sometimes people think we are lot lizards because women don’t potential. In this case, America has already done that for them.” come around truck stops very often. It’s hilarious. Our bus driver The majority of programmers CA spoke with welcome protects us. Now, we look for them everywhere. What’s the best car game? JW: Scrabble. CC: Twitter, Facebook the potential to partner with McCreery’s popularity. WTCO/ and sleep. Allentown, PA’s George King is one of them: “Country radio What’s the one question you never want to answer? TL: How has just been given a huge shot in the arm. We hit the media old are you? JW: How’d you guys get together? We hear that all the time. CC: Who are you related to? lottery ... I hope we take advantage of it and use it to the best of our ability and turn it into a huge success for our stations.” Ditto Deb Turpin, PD at KSOP’s KSOP/Salt Lake City: “It’s soon as possible. The Idol tour kicks off in July and continues definitely an add if 122 million people care enough to vote; there through mid-September. In each of those markets, vows Risser, must be a few of them here in Utah.” “we’ll be in front of Country radio and its listeners.” Now, says Risser, “we’re charged with making sure there’s great music.” That and getting McCreery in front of radio as CAC

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 2 1 BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) 17335 -60 5726 -30 39.48 -0.013 131 0 1 2 RASCAL FLATTS/I Won't Let Go (Big Machine) 16086 -1408 5266 -534 36.176 -3.165 131 0 4 3 /Without You (Capitol) 15842 1015 5207 270 36.112 2.628 131 0 5 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 15169 806 4977 238 34.864 2.224 129 0 8 5 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros/WMN) 4 13997 1679 4669 532 32.199 4.307 131 0 7 6 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 4 13926 1341 4644 444 31.263 1.902 131 0 3 7 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Heart Like Mine (Columbia) 12755 -2808 4097 -925 29.383 -6.298 131 0 9 8 RONNIE DUNN/Bleed Red (Arista) 12171 -100 4144 -35 26.234 -0.281 131 0 10 9 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 11810 426 4001 132 26.845 0.99 131 0 11 10 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 11750 720 4043 207 26.926 1.685 128 0 16 11 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 10058 1115 3387 379 22.179 3.234 128 0 13 12 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 9894 277 3408 120 22.266 0.606 127 0 12 13 /Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol) 9806 162 3247 55 21.547 0.032 128 0 15 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 9736 747 3264 257 21.505 1.813 131 0 18 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 4 9020 1886 3058 691 19.355 3.506 131 2 20 16 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 4 8112 1440 2679 397 18.911 3.363 128 0 17 17 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Look It Up (MCA) 7088 -291 2486 -72 14.851 -0.549 128 0 19 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville) 7038 -56 2300 25 14.68 -0.025 124 2 14 19 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Love You Back (Mercury) 6784 -2295 2363 -809 15.091 -5.227 130 0 21 20 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 6391 306 2258 90 14.017 0.981 124 1 22 21 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 5908 440 2036 194 13.677 1.486 121 5 25 22 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 5252 676 1789 253 11.124 1.735 120 8 23 23 /I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 5214 248 1949 97 11.633 0.621 116 3 29 24 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 4 4842 1603 1601 577 11.223 3.658 111 13 24 25 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 4627 -4 1622 2 10.082 -0.15 119 1

Airborne indicates songs that have reached airplay on 60% of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Chart Page 1 Chart Page 1 May 31, 2011 Chart Page 2

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

27 26 JOSH THOMPSON/Won't Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 4374 -84 1615 -51 9.049 -0.394 109 1 28 27 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 3967 301 1338 80 8.307 0.968 105 5 31 28 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 3399 459 1088 151 7.265 0.65 95 7 32 29 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 3380 606 1119 197 6.873 1.186 94 10 30 30 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 3363 155 1359 61 7.157 0.568 101 3 26 31 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 2260 -2201 767 -772 5.82 -4.381 120 0 35 32 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 2201 353 695 122 3.919 0.749 71 12 33 33 /A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 2181 131 766 39 4.364 0.419 77 5 34 34 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 2030 150 801 55 3.009 0.13 89 3 36 35 RANDY MONTANA/1,000 Faces (Mercury) 1727 -15 678 -4 2.571 -0.044 81 0 39 36 SUGARLAND/Tonight (Mercury) 1636 309 511 86 2.824 0.527 53 4 40 37 /I Got You (Stoney Creek) 1634 462 593 153 3.037 0.966 77 14 50 38 BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1564 936 471 293 3.814 2.231 44 30 37 39 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1454 79 518 28 2.544 0.337 63 5 38 40 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1434 81 541 17 2.515 0.276 64 4 42 41 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 1244 87 442 24 1.779 0.22 74 4 45 42 JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1240 235 476 70 1.452 0.23 70 6 41 43 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 1238 67 419 11 2.145 0.185 59 2 43 44 /Reason Why (Capitol) 1083 0 441 -5 1.577 -0.059 55 1 44 45 KIP MOORE/Mary Was The Marrying Kind (MCA) 1077 43 404 11 1.489 0.059 65 2 Debut 46 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1075 1075 334 334 3.242 3.242 25 25 46 47 REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory) 1005 37 415 28 1.723 0.068 43 1 47 48 JENNETTE MCCURDY/Generation Love (Capitol) 916 46 291 29 1.459 0.07 45 5 Debut 49 HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN) 839 266 289 85 1.353 0.369 41 7 Debut 50 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 825 482 251 147 1.604 0.897 40 19

Airborne indicates songs that have reached airplay on 60% of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers. May 31, 2011 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 1823 4 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 25 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 1619 4 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 19 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 1476 4 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 17 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 1470 4 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 14 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 1277 4 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 13 BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1237 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 12 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 1065 LAUREN ALAINA/ (19/Interscope/Mercury) 10 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 976 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 10 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 808 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 8 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 784 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 8 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 1886 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 296 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 1679 4 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 271 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 1603 4 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 256 BRAD PAISLEY/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 241 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 1440 4 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 239 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 1341 4 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 225 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 1115 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 197 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1075 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 171 KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 1015 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 148 BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 936 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 145 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 806 Vi d e o Ad d s Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 691 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 577 CMT PURE BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 532 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 444 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 397 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 379 GAC SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 334 BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 293 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 270 Brother Trouble/Summer’s Little Angel (Blaster) DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 257

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Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying’s Worse Than Leaving JUNE 6 (Republic Nashville) Big & Rich/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR) 688 points, 254 spins Craig Campbell/Fish (BPG) 6 ADDS: KNTY, KWJJ, WMAD, WPOC, WQHK, WQMX Jerrod Niemann/One More Drinkin’ Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) LoCash Cowboys/You Got Me (R&J) HEIDI NEWFIELD/Stay Up Late (Curb) 657 points, 267 spins; No adds JUNE 13 /Tough (19/BNA) AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (R&J) Lisa Matassa/Me Time (It Is What It Is/Nine North) 570 points, 204 spins; No adds JUNE 20 KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG) Colt Ford/She Likes To Ride In Trucks (Average Joes) 553 points, 210 spins DJ Miller/Between Sundays (Evergreen/Nine North/Spinville) 2 ADDS: WCTK, WRBT /My Heart Can’t Tell You No (RCA) JT HODGES/Hunt You Down (Show Dog-Universal) JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 518 points, 174 spins 8 ADDS: KBEQ, KJKE, KYGO, WITL, WKHX, WTGE, WXCY, WYRK Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 10548 JACOB LYDA/I’m Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) KENNY CHESNEY/Live A Little (BNA) 8083 507 points, 257 spins 1 ADD: WIOV THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me... (Stoney Creek) 7986 JASON ALDEAN & /Don't You... (Broken Bow) 6622 STEALING ANGELS/Paper Hearts (Skyville) JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 5936 448 points, 184 spins ZAC BROWN BAND/Colder Weather (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 5538 1 ADD: KILT DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 5506 RANDY HOUSER/In God’s Time (Show Dog-Universal) BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 4900 440 points, 176 spins;No adds TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 4759 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 4441 ASHLEY GEARING/Five More Minutes (Curb) 419 points, 183 spins; No adds LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury) ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In You (Stoney Creek) 352 points, 120 spins 406 points, 185 spins 10 ADDS: KAJA, KFRG, KSOP, KWJJ, WCOL, WGH, 3 ADDS: KZSN, WGH, WIVK WKIS, WTGE, WUBL, WUSY JOSH ABBOT BAND/Oh Tonight (PDT) COREY SMITH/Twenty One (2011) (Average Joes) 404 points, 104 spins; No adds 338 points, 104 spins 1 ADD: WCTQ /Numbers (For The Lonely/Quarterback) PHIL VASSAR/Let’s Get Together (Rodeowave) 360 points, 150 spins 300 points, 107 spins 1 ADD: WIVK 7 ADDS: KASE, KYCE, KRTY, KSKS, KWJJ, WKLB, WWYZ ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR May 31, 2011/Chart Page 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 1 1 BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) 15601 -128 2714 -28 3rd Week at No. 1 3 2 KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 15290 673 2640 118 5 3 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 14459 1470 2518 256 2 4 RASCAL FLATTS/I Won't Let Go (Big Machine) 14018 -1240 2402 -209 6 5 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 4 14002 1277 2420 225 8 6 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 13191 721 2272 136 9 7 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 12483 321 2175 68 10 8 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 12408 976 2131 171 7 9 RONNIE DUNN/Bleed Red (Arista) 12168 -303 2103 -49 12 10 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 11467 784 1977 145 4 11 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Heart Like Mine (Columbia) 11035 -2232 1884 -376 14 12 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 9957 743 1746 148 13 13 LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol) 9781 448 1716 87 15 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 9687 499 1703 104 18 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 4 9372 1823 1635 296 17 16 ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 4 9223 1619 1589 271 19 17 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville) 7769 412 1339 73 20 18 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 7439 574 1309 108 16 19 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Look It Up (MCA) 7419 -383 1271 -48 21 20 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 6871 348 1189 65 25 21 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 4 5787 1476 1032 239 24 22 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 5672 547 985 98 22 23 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 5515 15 945 -3 23 24 JOSH THOMPSON/Won't Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 5034 -121 832 -20 27 25 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 4538 747 800 127 26 26 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 4211 98 719 20 30 27 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 4011 706 721 125 28 28 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 3947 163 700 29 31 29 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 3579 296 626 51 29 30 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 2818 -777 463 -113 ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR May 31, 2011/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 36 31 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 2372 808 419 131 33 32 SUGARLAND/Tonight (Mercury) 2339 363 421 69 32 33 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 2187 -20 369 -4 34 34 REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory) 1906 196 337 39 37 35 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 1729 260 326 48 35 36 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1729 57 292 14 50 37 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 1644 1065 299 197 38 38 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 1457 84 254 14 Debut 39 BRAD PAISLEY f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1447 1237 276 241 39 40 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Reason Why (Capitol) 1319 77 246 19 41 41 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1135 91 220 17 42 42 JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1124 84 191 23 40 43 RANDY HOUSER/In God's Time (Show Dog-Universal) 1081 -9 200 -2 45 44 SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville) 1048 356 193 65 44 45 GLEN TEMPLETON/I Could Be The One (Capstone) 1012 288 183 53 48 46 AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (R&J) 893 275 147 50 43 47 RANDY MONTANA/1,000 Faces (Mercury) 891 58 143 7 51 48 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 890 360 176 75 46 49 STEVE AZAR/Hard Road (Ride) 721 57 131 13 49 50 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 673 91 108 14 54 51 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 664 201 101 26 60 52 PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave) 645 306 123 62 53 53 JACOB LYDA/I'm Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) 616 146 99 28 47 54 /Something To Do With Your ... (Black River) 606 -34 105 -4 52 55 DAVID BRADLEY/Hard Time Movin' On (Gecko) 599 112 105 21 56 56 STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville) 579 175 92 31 Debut 57 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 540 337 110 68 59 58 JENNETTE MCCURDY/Generation Love (Capitol) 497 157 96 28 Debut 59 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 478 478 84 84 Debut 60 ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek) 469 164 72 29 ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com