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October 12, 2020, Issue 726 Examining Race In The Industry Country music’s relative racial homogeny is evident not just onstage and among the audience, but in industry and radio ranks, as well. As events continue to remind Americans how much work remains in living up to the principle of “created equal,” Country Aircheck spoke to WXFL/Florence, AL OM/PD Fletcher Brown, Warner Music Nashville Dir./ National Radio & Streaming James Marsh, Fletcher Brown BMG Dir./Creative Rakiyah Marshall and Big Loud VP/Marketing Candice Watkins about their experience, how conversations have changed this year and what they hope to see in and from country music moving forward. CA: What has your experience been Pickup Artist: BMLGR’s Riley Green continues “Truck Trivia.” building a career and interacting with Pictured (top, l-r) are the label’s Andi Brooks and Andrew other professionals in a business that is Thoen, WYCT/Pensacola’s Brent Lane and the label’s Stella overwhelmingly white? Prado; (second row, l-r) the label’s Liz Santana, Green and James Marsh FB: I started in Country radio in 1997, but I’ve WMIL/Milwaukee’s Quinn and Kerry Wolfe; (third row, l-r) been working full-time on the air since about WWKA/Orlando’s Ashley Stegbauer and (an extreme close- 2000. I will be flat honest with you; I have had up of) Steve Stewart, KWNR/Las Vegas’ MoJoe Roberts and an overwhelmingly positive experience in those WMAD/Madison, WI’s Chelsey Steinhauer; (bottom, l-r) WRBT/ 20 years. I’ve never experienced anything – from Harrisburg’s Newman, WSIX/Nashville’s Ryan McKiddy, an industry standpoint, anyway – negative. KVOO/Tulsa’s Dena Feltcher and the label’s Matthew Hargis. Because radio is about talking to and being the voice of the community, occasionally you’ll get that caller who says something when emotions Rakiyah Anxiety Part 2: Staff-Care Tips are high – after 9/11 comes to mind – that Marshall Country Aircheck’s recent conversation you’re like, “I can’t put that on the air.” Or with Onsite Owner/CEO Miles Adcox you feel the need to put it on the air and then addressed the importance of regular mental address it directly. That’s only happened once or health self-assessment in Part One (here) and twice in 20 years. Professionally, my experience now turns to his tips for those in supervisory has been overwhelmingly positive. roles as they seek to support employees who CW: It’s funny when people ask me this, continue to work in new and challenging because I don’t feel like I have limitations per environments. se, or maybe I chose not to see limitations. Team Care: For managers and HR, it’s important to create space and conversation Miles Adcox (continued on page 7) Candice Watkins ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 12, 2020 Page 3 around emotional health and get active in providing emotional professionals turns into our greatest opportunity, because as health resources. “What we’re learning is that mental wellness Adcox says, “We can use it to our advantage once we know it and health has been branded all wrong from the get go,” admits and understand it.” To answer the question of how we come Adcox. “If there’s anything this pandemic is teaching us, it’s that out of this pandemic better than we came into it as an industry, taking a look at who you are and who you’re becoming, working Adcox concludes “Wake up the humanness of the industry, so on becoming the best version of yourself … that’s counseling, and we can better take care of our own. The reason I work in this that’s not what’s wrong with you. That’s actually what’s right with industry is I believe art distributed to culture through the lens you.” He advocates companies being more proactive and informed. of music has a broad global reach and can effectively change Warning signs to look for in yourself and your team include a people’s hearts and minds as much or more than mental significant change in the way someone is showing up at work. health education does.” “If people are more emotional than normal, if people are not Connect with Adcox on social media @milesadcox and reach him showing up as much, if people are a bit dissociated or detached via email here; learn more about Onsite here. —Caitlin DeForest in meetings or distracted in meetings, these are traditional signs that you should be checking on their wellbeing,” notes Adcox. One of the practices he uses with his team at Onsite is taking the time Chart Chat to check in personally before diving into work in every meeting. It Congratulations to Tim McGraw, Kris may be uncomfortable in the beginning, because as Adcox points Lamb, Erik Powell and the Big Machine out, “It goes directly against traditional management theory, which promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “I is keep emotions out of the workplace.” That theory, he says, is Called Mama.” The song is the first single outdated and “work should be a nurturing, safe place to bring out from McGraw’s 16th studio album, Here On the best in us.” Earth, and the first since his return to BMLG. Create Humanity: A framework Adcox teaches/consults Songwriters are Marv Green, Lance Miller within the industry is something he calls the “creative’s or and Jimmy Yeary. artist’s dilemma.” Highly public professions create abnormal And kudos to Shane Allen and the Tim McGraw life circumstances, and abnormal life circumstances create Columbia crew on notching 68 adds for high levels of distress. Unaddressed stress creates loneliness, Luke Combs’ “Better Together,” landing atop this week’s board. anxiety, disconnection, addictions, anxiety, depression, etc., all of which kill creativity. “It’s ironic that creativity is what brought a lot of people to this industry that, in some ways, is News & Notes designed to kill it.” The only reason it’s a dilemma is because Iowa City Broadcasting Classic Country KDMA/Montevideo, we don’t educate people or talk about it on the front end. If MN and W&B WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY have added AdLarge we do, what is one of our greatest obstacles as music industry Prep Country prep service. Out-Write Music Publishing owner Brandyn Steen has been ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 12, 2020 Page 5

WITH ... NIKO MOON

A day in the self-isolated life of RCA’s I had never gone live before, but since Niko Moon: quarantine started, I go live numerous times Instead of touring, I’ve been spending my throughout the week. I absolutely love it! I feel time at home. Fortunately, my recording studio is much more connected to my fans now than I did at my home, so I’ve been working on new music before, and I can’t wait to tour again and see every day. And my main writing partner is my them in person! wife, so I’m very lucky when it comes to that. I’m currently rewatching The Office for I wake up, meditate, read for a few hours, the fifth time. It’s my favorite show … and at this exercise, eat lunch, write/record new music, dinner, point … it’s bordering on an obsession. If you’ve take cooking classes online, Netflix, then it’s time never seen it, I would highly recommend. for bed. Depending on what day it is, I’ll do lives For some reason I’ve gotten back into with my fans — my favorite part of the day! cereal. I haven’t really eaten cereal since I was a It’s my wife, dog and me. We are pretty kid, but I have a bowl every day now. My go-to is much connected at the hip, even before the Fruity Pebbles. quarantine, so not much has changed. We are I try to keep a glass-half-full look at really good at giving each other space though, life and find the good in every day. I’ve been and our dog is loving all of the extra attention! able to write/record new songs that I can’t wait I’m learning how to cook. Before, I could to release and — most importantly — spend only make a bowl of cereal. Now … I’ve stepped more time with my family. Lunar Rover up to spaghetti. named Texas Country Music Association (TCMA) Nashville The Week’s Top Stories Ambassador and TCMA Texas Country Music Weekly Top 25 Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. Spotify Playlist Exec. Dir. • Hear from syndication experts and Records/Nashville Pres. Ash Premiere Networks Pres. Julie Talbott was presented with Bowers as they discuss the evolution of the business in last week’s the Kentucky Broadcasters Association’s Ralph Gabbard (10/5) Country Aircheck Weekly. Distinguished Kentuckian Award today (10/12). • Milko Villarreal, Jr. was named Midwest/Wausau, WI VP/ Jacobs Media and the RAB looked at radio listeners’ attitudes MM. (CAT 10/9) entering the holiday season during Radio’s 2020 Holiday Road • Townsquare/Killeen, TX’s Shannon “Trey The Chok-Lit Map. See findings here. Jock” Brazier was elevated to Dir./Content. (CAT 10/8) Beasley is rolling out a special Beasley Best Community Of • In2une’s Nathan Cruise exited. (CAT 10/7) Caring initiative, Your Vote-Your Voice, designed to encourage • Marty Brooks joined rebranded WIL/St. Louis as MD/ eligible votes to cast their ballot in November. afternoon personality. He succeeds Josh “JT” Holleman, Phil Vassar won Best Actor at the Long Island International who resurfaced at WYCD/Detroit as morning co-host. (CAT 10/6) Film Expo for his work in the short film I Only Miss You When • Brian Cleary joined WCKN/Charleston, SC for middays; I’m Breathing. PD Hunter Meyer moved to afternoons. (CAT 10/5) • Chronicle: Ray Pennington. ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 12, 2020 Page 7 Examining Race In The Industry sound Black.” You see them processing in their head, “Oh, shit. Did I say anything? Did I make an inappropriate joke?” That was (continued from page 1) 20 years ago, and a lot of people have matured, plus outlets like I’ve had a great experience in Nashville, great people and yours publish photos, so it wasn’t a shock in country like it was artists to work with – I have a dream job right now. But I have to back in the day. Taking it to the streets, and specifically the country balance that by saying it’s not been a cakewalk, either. Being one shows I go to, that’s a bit more suspect. No matter how many of only a few Black women in the country music space, if there’s times an artist says, “This is our [label rep], our National Director,” a situation – a comment, an inappropriate joke, someone’s white people at these shows are shocked a guy who looks like me disrespectful or maybe outright racist – my experience is that the has a role in the careers of Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay or Chris community around me has remained silent. No one has ever Janson. You can see people are like, “Whoa, I thought he was come to my office after the fact to acknowledge something. It’s just security,” which is a running joke with a lot of our artists. But it been silence. But that’s specifically about the issue of race, not my doesn’t bother me, because my artists, bosses and team are what overall Nashville experience. I give a shit about. As long as they know the process, who I am, Can you give some context to that? How often have you what I do and respect me for that, I’m cool. been in that situation and experienced that silence? But it’s weird. [Warner Music Nashville Chairman/CEO John CW: This is a very subtle thing, but after work one day we all Esposito] and I had a meeting today, because [Warner Music went to [a nearby] restaurant, and there was a guy at the valet Group] hired a diversity and inclusion guy – Maurice Stinnett. wearing a Confederate flag visor. It just kind of slaps you in the He’s challenging all of us to find blind spots we need to work on face. I’m not saying that the guy did or said anything, but I have and put on his radar. In Espo’s defense, we have the jobs we do to be aware. You can be in a meeting, and someone will make a because we’re good at what we do. And all of a sudden, we’re joke or say something inappropriate. I shared the story in one of spotlighted because of what we look like. Espo didn’t hire me to the first Zoom panels on race about getting a call from a coworker check a box; he hired me because of what I did at Big Machine. warning me about coming to a video shoot saying, “We’re in the So, in the industry, I’m good. When you’re in public, it’s a struggle. middle of nowhere. It’s a little shady. There are pamphlets down Like when you see the Confederate flag at shows, which happened in this venue, and it’s very suspect. Maybe you should not come to right before [the shutdown]. You think about it and you block it, this.” You never know when you actually will encounter it in a subtle which is kind of what Black people have been doing for a long way or in a specific, tangible way. time – deflect and go. Honestly, I took more heat in the rock world. James, how has your experience been in country? Rakiyah, can you share your experience on the JM: Being one of the first Black promotion guys in rock 21 years creative/publishing side of the business? ago, and then for the last six years in country, the industry side RM: Speaking to what everyone else has said, my three years of country has actually been very good ... very welcoming. When in Nashville have been amazing. All of the artists and writers I I went to Rock stations the first time, I got the typical, “You don’t work with have treated me with kindness and never made me feel

October 12, 2020 Page 9 different. That said, when you go to shows, the initial shock of, Mabe, Mike Dungan, Joanna Carter and Lori Christian, who I’ve “What are you doing here?” continues. In group settings where kept in touch with over the last decade. I’ve known Seth England you’re the only Black person, you get, “Do you like country music? for several years now, and we’d always talk shop. Those are How’d you get here?” It’s the assumption that we don’t know what people I would credit with having a strong influence on my positive we’re talking about or doing. Why would we do it if we didn’t love experience in Nashville. it? It has not affected my career, and I’m the type of person who FB: The closest thing I ever had to a mentor professionally doesn’t let those things affect me. I’m going to put my head down, was [late consultant] Rusty Walker, who lived right down the road do what I do best and work hard so when people see me it’s not, and started his career at this company. He never made me feel “Oh, there’s the only Black person.” Instead, they go, “There’s like I had something more to prove. He never made me feel like that girl working really hard.” The conversations we’re having now this was a conversation we needed to have. It did come up, but [about race] have made it feel more present. We’re talking about it only casually in conversation. Rusty was my door into CRS and more often, and people may be more aware of the things they say. the greater Country radio community. I’ve also forged really But everyone’s been very kind. strong friendships with people like owner/operator Ken Forte in Correct me if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t sound like issues Dickson, Tennessee and Tosh Jackson from Sacramento. Those of race ever had you questioning your career path in two men were on the top of my list to find and spend some time country. But, did a mentor or friend help you through not with over those four or five days [during CRS] in Nashville. There seeing a lot of representation in the country world? is a kinship, but it’s not, “I’m overwhelmed by all the white people RM: Being the strong Black woman my mother raised me to be, here. Let me go find Ken.” It’s more like, “There are very, very few I would never let anyone make me shift my career due to my skin of us. And while nobody is actively pushing us out of the room, we color, but I do think the people you meet along the way are very are very keenly aware of how few of us there are.” important, whether they’re mentors or just people you can speak JM: It’s funny you mention Tosh, because he and I had this with. For me, it’s my boyfriend, Seth England, who works with running joke at CRS or other meetings when I first started. He’d Candice. He was the first person that said I should move here – not say, “Alright, my name has been James Marsh about five times because I’m Black, but because he saw how much I love country today.” And I’d answer, “Shit, I’ve been called Tosh about 12.” We music. Then there’s Nate Lowery and Brett James at Cornman made it a joke, because we knew people meant well. We didn’t Music who were like, “You love music, we can teach you the rest.” take it as, “Oh my gosh, there’s somebody saying racist, dumb Coming from a New York pop label to do publishing in Nashville shit.” We just took it like, “Oh, they couldn’t tell the difference.” makes no sense, but they trusted me to try it. Not because I was Where’s the line between being seen solely as a highly Black. They said, “We think you’re good at what you do.” That led competent executive and being recognized as someone me to BMG, where Kos Weaver said the same thing. Those are who is Black, which comes with specific challenges – in people who opened the door for me and everyone else after me. country music and America in general? Is there a balance CW: I have family and close friends who don’t work in Nashville to be struck? that I might turn to if I need some advice. Industry-wise, Chris JM: When I first started, I went to [Warner SVP/Artist Stacey and Chad Schultz hired me early on in my Nashville career Development] Shane Tarleton, because he’s a guru of navigating – a great experience for me – and then Keith Urban and Gary the waters, and I knew this was something special. Not in an ego Borman hired me for one of my first big jobs and race never even way, but in having this opportunity and wanting my daughter or came up. I experienced nothing but support and value from them. anyone’s child with a different skin pigment to be able to walk From there, I got to work really closely with Universal’s Cindy through any door for a job. I told Shane, “I don’t care if you send

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WITH ... ERIN CREEDON

A day in the self-isolated life of Entercom room, but I don’t like to sit so close to my bed WUSN/Chicago Digital Content/Morning all the time. I work outside on my patio when Show Producer Erin Creedon: the weather is nice or at the dining room table I recently transitioned from on-air next to a large bay window that brings in morning show contributor to the show natural light. I prefer to take my Zoom meetings producer and was given more behind-the- outside, because I enjoy a change of scenery scenes responsibilities. That meant I could and don’t have to worry about disturbing my sleep in until 6:30am and work from home parents roommates. instead of being up at 3am and commuting to Live streams on Facebook have been the studio downtown. especially useful with our audience, and our The first thing I do is turn on WUSN to morning show goes live almost every day make sure all the written content matches the for a check-in and to ask listeners about one day’s topics and segments that are live on of the topics we are discussing on-air. As the website and social media. Throughout the a station, we’ve changed our social media day, I scroll socials and various news outlets to be more active and engaging, and have for topic ideas for the next day’s show, and I used more polls and questions where our will write three to five blog posts per day that listeners can chime in with their opinions. are pushed to our social platforms. I’m also in On a personal level, social media has been charge of making sure any breaking news is the key to staying in touch with friends and uploaded in a timely manner, as well as writing family. DM’ing someone a meme that made localized and relatable promos and liners. I’ll you think of them is how we show love cut a few spots for endorsements, brainstorm during this time. promotional ideas, and then break for dinner I can’t wait to go to a concert and and a workout before show prepping for the hear live music, but I also want to hug my next day and researching my on-air country grandma. We’ve been very cautious around news segment, Erin’s Deep Dish On Country. her and have worn our masks when visiting. I still live at home with my parents – or, I’m currently binge-watching My Pup Runneth Over my roommates, as I like to call them – and Parenthood – for the third time – because they are both retired, so we spend all day I think it’s one of the most underrated TV together. They are good at respecting my shows. I’ve also been reading more Colleen sleep! I’ve also had more time to dedicate to my space and understanding when I’m working Hoover books. Musically, I’m into Lauren Fantasy Football team, and I currently have the and unable to chat. We like to binge watch Alaina’s new EP, Hardy’s new album, and best record in the league! TV together, which has helped keep us from music from Avenue Beat and Priscilla Block. Discuss the best content prep sites with driving one another crazy. Aside from the extra time with my parents Creedon here. I have an official office setup in my and dog, my silver lining has been the additional

me to a pig judging contest, I’ll be out there in full to show people the confidence that I can walk into any room and handle it. Mike that you can look like me and be in this position.” Showing my age Easterlin gave me my first job at Island Def Jam. He told Lyor here, but I like to refer to Ed Bradley from 60 Minutes. A lot of us Cohen I had the personality to do promotion and was Black. Lyor didn’t know we could be television anchors until we saw the coolest was like, “Whoa. This is the future. Why do I have 16 promotion Black man under the sun on Sunday, with his earring, his salt and people if I’ve got a guy who can walk into any station – Hip Hop, pepper, and his badass suit. I remind people of that, because I Rock or AC? This is the prototype!” Lyor and Julie Greenwald gave wanted to set that sort of standard, even in my pop and rock days. me the opportunity. Then my wife, of course. I remember Tony Bracy, who worked at Capitol for a very long Look for Part Two of this Q&A in Country Aircheck Weekly time and now works for Scooter Braun. He came in right after Oct. 26. The Oct. 19 issue will be devoted to coverage of the St. me, and we were really the only two Black guys. I made it a joke Jude Country Cares Seminar. –Chuck Aly to break the tension, but I would tell him, “I’m your freaking Rosa Parks. Don’t f- this up.” I sat in the back of the bus. I took those kicks. You try to put yourself out there, shake those hands and kiss those babies. My mentor is Dale Hansen, longtime sports anchor in Dallas – a white man who took me under his wing at 18 when I was still in college, brought me on Cowboys road trips and introduced me to people who had those redneck tendencies. He would tell people, Lon Helton, [email protected] “I can take James to a Klan meeting and, by the time we leave, at Chuck Aly, [email protected] least two of them are going to be his friend.” Because, I didn’t let Caitlin DeForest, [email protected] anything like that intimidate me. I looked everybody in the eye; I Monta Vaden, [email protected] shook hands. I gave a great firm handshake, and Dale gave me (615) 320-1450

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New Country Aircheck/Mediabase Reporter Weights

These are the new weights for Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country by 10 and then added to the station’s AQH Persons. A station’s weight Reporters for both the Published panel and the Activator panel, based is determined by dividing that adjusted AQH by the leading Country on audience figures from Nielsen. Weights for stations in PPM markets station’s adjusted AQH. For this period, that station is WNSH/New use a three-month average of September-October-November 2019 York with an adjusted AQH of 23,910. For Activator weights, that AQH Persons. The Fall 2019 AQH Persons figure is used for diary station is WQXK/Youngstown, OH with an adjusted AQH of 7,830. markets. Fall 2019 audience estimate are used to avoid the large Station Weight = (Market rank X 10) divided by 23,910 (7,830 for winter and spring 2020 audience fluctuations created by the pandemic. Activator stations.) These new weights are effective with this week’s The weights are calculated using this formula: Market rank is multiplied Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country chart.

Call Letters/Market Weight WQMX/Akron 3.1 WCOL/Columbus, OH 4.8 PCCO/iHM Custom 8.0 WSIX/Nashville 2.1 KUBL/Salt Lake City 2.3 WGNA/Albany, NY 2.5 KRYS/Corpus Christi, TX 1.8 WFMS/Indianapolis 3.2 WKDF/Nashville 1.9 KCYY/San Antonio 4.1 KBQI/Albuquerque 2.0 KSCS/Dallas 8.2 WLHK/Indianapolis 3.1 WJVC/Nassau-Suffolk 1.0 KAJA/San Antonio 3.2 KRST/Albuquerque 1.6 KPLX/Dallas 7.5 WUSJ/Jackson, MS 1.1 WNOE/New Orleans 3.3 KSON/San Diego 3.1 WCTO/Allentown 3.4 WHKO/Dayton 5.5 WQIK/Jacksonville 2.5 WNSH/New York 10.0 KRTY/San Jose 2.7 WNCY/Appleton, WI 3.3 WKRO/Daytona Beach, FL 1.0 WGNE/Jacksonville 1.6 WUSH/Norfolk 2.0 WCTQ/Sarasota 1.0 WUBL/Atlanta 4.7 KYGO/Denver 4.6 WXBQ/Johnson City 3.6 WGH/Norfolk 1.7 KKWF/Seattle 4.7 WKHX/Atlanta 3.4 KWBL/Denver 2.2 KBEQ/Kansas City 2.4 KTST/Oklahoma City 3.3 KNUC/Seattle 3.4 WKXC/Augusta, GA 2.0 KHKI/Des Moines 2.3 WDAF/Kansas City 1.8 KJKE/Oklahoma City 2.6 KXLY/Spokane 1.4 KASE/Austin 2.6 WYCD/Detroit 4.9 WIVK/Knoxville 4.1 KXKT/Omaha 3.0 KDRK/Spokane 1.2 KUZZ/Bakersfield 3.3 WDRQ/Detroit 3.0 KMDL/Lafayette, LA 2.5 WWKA/Orlando 4.5 WRNX/Springfield, MA 1.7 KTTS/Springfield, MO 2.3 WPOC/Baltimore 4.2 KHEY/El Paso 2.3 WPCV/Lakeland 3.6 KPLM/Palm Springs, CA 1.1 WYNK/Baton Rouge 2.2 KKIX/Fayetteville, AR 2.3 WITL/Lansing 2.1 WYCT/Pensacola, FL 2.7 WIL/St. Louis 4.1 WTGE/Baton Rouge 1.6 WKML/Fayetteville, NC 1.8 KCYE/Las Vegas 1.5 WXTU/Philadelphia 7.7 KSD/St. Louis 3.5 WZZK/Birmingham 3.1 KSKS/Fresno 2.8 KWNR/Las Vegas 1.5 KNIX/Phoenix 4.5 KATM/Stockton, CA 4.0 WDXB/Birmingham 2.5 KHGE/Fresno 1.6 WBUL/Lexington, KY 2.4 KMLE/Phoenix 3.7 WBBS/Syracuse 2.4 KAWO/Boise, ID 1.0 KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 1.1 KSSN/Little Rock 2.7 WDSY/Pittsburgh 2.9 WFUS/Tampa 5.3 KIZN/Boise, ID 1.0 WWGR/Ft. Myers 2.4 KKGO/Los Angeles 8.2 WPGB/Pittsburgh 1.6 WQYK/Tampa 3.7 WKLB/Boston 7.3 WCKT/Ft. Myers 1.7 WAMZ/Louisville 2.3 WTHT/Portland, ME 2.0 KIIM/Tucson 3.4 WBWL/Boston 3.2 WAVW/Ft. Pierce, FL 1.7 WQNU/Louisville 1.9 WPOR/Portland, ME 1.8 KWEN/Tulsa 2.3 WYRK/Buffalo 4.7 WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN 2.3 WWQM/Madison, WI 1.3 KWJJ/Portland, OR 2.5 KVOO/Tulsa 1.2 WCKN/Charleston, SC 1.9 WOGK/Gainesville 2.5 WMAD/Madison, WI 1.2 KUPL/Portland, OR 2.3 KJUG/Visalia-Tulare 1.9 WEZL/Charleston, SC 1.9 WBCT/Grand Rapids 4.0 KTEX/McAllen 5.7 WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH 2.9 WMZQ/Washington, DC 3.8 WSOC/Charlotte 3.7 WTQR/Greensboro 2.2 WGKX/Memphis 1.7 WCTK/Providence 5.7 WIRK/West Palm 2.6 WKKT/Charlotte 3.6 WPAW/Greensboro 2.2 WLFP/Memphis 1.5 WQDR/Raleigh 3.1 W1HC/Westwood One Hot Country 7.0 WUSY/Chattanooga 2.9 WRNS/Greenville, NC 3.0 WKIS/Miami 3.6 WNCB/Raleigh 1.6 W1MC/Westwood One WUSN/Chicago 4.8 WSSL/Greenville, SC 2.8 WMIL/Milwaukee 3.7 WKHK/Richmond 3.5 Mainstream Country 8.0 WUBE/Cincinnati 3.6 WRBT/Harrisburg 1.5 KEEY/Minneapolis 4.2 KFRG/Riverside 2.9 KFDI/Wichita 2.4 WGAR/Cleveland 5.2 WWYZ/Hartford 3.9 KMNB/Minneapolis 3.0 WSLC/Roanoke, VA 2.1 KZSN/Wichita 1.9 KCCY/Colorado Springs 2.0 KILT/Houston 7.6 WKSJ/Mobile 2.6 WBEE/Rochester 4.4 WGGY/Wilkes-Barre 2.5 KATC/Colorado Springs 1.5 KKBQ/Houston 7.6 WKMK/Monmouth-Ocean 1.5 KNCI/Sacramento 3.8 WXCY/Wilmington, DE 1.7 WCOS/Columbia, SC 1.8 WDRM/Huntsville 2.5 MCCN/Music Choice 7.0 KSOP/Salt Lake City 2.3 WGTY/York, PA 2.8

ACTIVATOR STATIONS WQBE/Charleston, WV 7.1 WMSI/Jackson, MS 3.5 WLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL 9.6 WTCM/Traverse City- Petoskey, MI 7.1 Call Letters/Market Weight WKCN/Columbus, GA 4.3 KIXQ/Joplin, MO 5.3 KBUL/Reno, NV 5.5 WWZD/Tupelo, MS 2.5 KKCB/Duluth, MN - KFGE/Lincoln, NE 4.8 WCEN/Saginaw, MI 4.7 KGNC/Amarillo, TX 4.2 Superior, WI 4.3 KNUE/Tyler, TX 5.8 KZKX/Lincoln, NE 4.6 WWFG/Salisbury, MD 5.0 WWWW/Ann Arbor, MI 3.6 KKNU/Eugene, OR 7.1 KGKL/San Angelo, TX 4.1 WFRG/Utica - Rome, NY 7.6 KLLL/Lubbock, TX 4.5 WKSF/Asheville, NC 8.3 WKDQ/Evansville, IN 5.4 KKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA 5.2 KATJ/Victor Valley 4.4 KRWQ/Medford-Ashland, OR 2.7 WPUR/Atlantic City, NJ 4.9 KVOX/Fargo, ND - KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 5.5 WLWI/Montgomery, AL 4.0 WACO/Waco, TX 8.2 WQCB/Bangor, ME 5.8 Moorhead, MN 4.0 WJCL/Savannah, GA 3.0 WBAM/Montgomery, AL 3.3 WDEZ/Wausau-Stevens KYKR/Beaumont, TX 6.0 KAFF/Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ 1.9 KXKS/Shreveport, LA 4.4 Point, WI 6.8 WEGX/Florence, SC 5.2 WCTY/New London, CT 4.6 WZKX/Biloxi 6.6 KSUX/Sioux City, IA 5.3 WOVK/Wheeling, WV 4.7 WFRE/Frederick, MD 6.6 KHKX/Odessa - Midland, TX 3.9 WBYT/South Bend, IN 5.1 KXDD/Yakima, WA 4.6 WOKO/Burlington, VT 7.0 WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 6.9 WXCL/Peoria, IL 4.3 KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA 5.0 WAYZ/Hagerstown- WTHI/Terre Haute, IN 6.8 WQXK/Youngstown, OH 10.0 WRWD/Poughkeepsie 3.8 WIXY/Champaign, IL 2.7 Chambersburg-Waynesboro 6.4 WIBW/Topeka, KS 4.4 The Highway Sirius/XM 10.0

October 12, 2020 SEEK & EMPLOY AVAILABLE JOBS MIDWEST description and apply here. letters, résumés and airchecks to Chase here. Alpha WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA Dir./Content Bonneville KYGO/Denver PD Brian Michel is Summit KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case is Bill West is searching for a morning co-host to searching for a morning co-host to join incumbent searching for a morning co-host. See the complete succeed the retiring Jessica Cash. Apply here; Tracy Dixon. Reach Michel here, and apply here. posting here; send résumés and airchecks to Case here. reach West here. Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is Federated WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN OM Jimmy seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster Knight is searching for a morning co-host to join SOUTHEAST that includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with incumbent Josh Michaels. Send résumés and references and an aircheck to Curry here. Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA PD Bill Dollar is airchecks to Knight here. Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Dir./Content looking for an afternoon personality/Production Dir. GriffinKVOO/Tulsa OM Steve Hunter is Brad Hansen is looking for a morning host or Apply here. seeking a morning show host or team. See the team to succeed Jordan Soto and Michael Cumulus WKDF/Nashville PD Paul Williams complete job description here; send résumés and Mason. View the complete job description here; is looking for an afternoon personality with five-plus airchecks to Hunter here. send résumés and airchecks to Hansen here. MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD years of experience. See the complete job posting is looking to add a full-time on-air and apply here. Jason Addams OTHER personality for nights. Send résumés and airchecks Cumulus/Shreveport, LA is searching for a to him here. VP/MM to succeed Aaron Criswell. See the complete Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott Alpha KZKX/Lincoln, NE PD Rob Kelley is job posting and apply here. is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for searching for a morning co-host. Complete job RWPC Pres. Scott Huskey is on the hunt for future openings. The company’s Country properties description and application here; reach Kelley here. a PD/afternoon personality to join Gulf South include KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, WTVY/Dothan, AL. The position will also include UT; KMON/Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; NORTHEAST cluster-wide Digital Brand Mgr. responsibilities. Send KKXK/Montrose, MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/ résumés and airchecks here. Wenatchee, WA; KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a full- Country KMON-AM/Great Falls, MT. Candidates time morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and SOUTHWEST with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience salary requirements here. and a background in programming multiple Townsquare Brand WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike KQBR/Lubbock, TX formats in small to medium sized markets can send Mgr. is seeking an APD/on-air Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for Lance Ballance résumés, airchecks and programming philosophies personality to succeed . Send résumés weekend and fill-in positions. Send résumés and Jan Miller to Elliott here. and airchecks to him here. airchecks to him here. RWPC Co-President and consultant Scott iHeartMedia/Baltimore RSVPP Jeff Kapugi is Huskey is on the hunt for a Country PD/on-air seeking a Dir./Creative Services for Country WPOC; WEST COAST talent in a medium market in the South. Send programming duties and weekend/fill-in airshifts résumés and airchecks to him here. are also possible. Apply here; send résumés and Badlands/Rapid City, SD is searching for a GM/DOS who can build, train and motivate a team PLA Media Exec. Dir. Mark Logsdon is seeking creative composites to Kapugi here. a part-time Coord./Publicity to work a minimum of Pamal WKLI/Albany, NY PD Jon Reilly is for the cluster that includes Country KRKI. Interested parties can send résumés and references here. 30 hours per week. Send résumés, references and looking for a morning co-host to join incumbent writing samples here. Pete Kelly. Send résumés and airchecks here. Ruby Radio/Elko, NV VP/Programming Tom Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for a Chase is seeking on-air talent for the cluster that Market Mgr. for the cluster, which includes Country includes Country KBGZ and Classic Country WFLS. Interested candidates can see a complete job translator K263BD. Applicants can send cover SEEKING JOBS

•Cactus Jack •Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus) •Kristin Monica •Steve Knoll Former Entercom/Phoenix Dir./Production Former on-air talent Former WQNU/Louisville APD/mornings Former KMAG/Ft. Smith, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AR PD/on-air talent 602-430-5908 401-467-6737 [email protected] •Paul Cannell •Heather Stevens •Denis “Catfish” Miller Former WRKN/New Orleans PD •Bill Hickok Former WQXK/Youngstown, OH Former KSNI/Santa Maria, CA afternoons [email protected] Former KBMR/Bismark, ND mornings middays [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] •Mac Daniels •Cory Mikhals •Amy Nic Former KPLX & KSCS/Dallas PD Former KIZN/Boise morning co-host Former WAMZ/Louisville afternoon host •Tony Kelly [email protected] Former WUSN/Chicago morning producer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] •”Big” John Horton •Tom Travis 708-642-8518 •Ron “Keyes” Stevens Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR Former iHeartMedia/Oklahoma Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoons afternoon host City SVPP •Greg Cole [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD [email protected] •Lee France •Kris Richards •Dave Schaefer 916-502-4734 Former WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoons Former iHeartMedia/Farmington, NM Former KAGG/Bryan, TX PD/midday host [email protected] SVPP & Country KTRA PD [email protected] •Jonathan West [email protected] Former WKTI/Milwaukee afternoons •Jason Ryan •Scott Davidson [email protected] Former WWQM/Madison, WI nights •Ginny Rogers Brophey Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/ 320-774-9300 [email protected] Former WBWL/Boston PD on-air host [email protected] •Doug Dodds [email protected] •AJ McCloud Former ZFKY/Grand Cayman PD/ Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL •Trace Hamilton morning host •Brittany Tully APD/afternoons Former WEBG/Chicago night host [email protected] Former WYNK/Baton Rouge PD [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 256-503-2301 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2020 SEEK & EMPLOY

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•Daryl Thomas Ledyard •Corey Dillon Former WBBS/Syracuse on-air talent Former KNUC/Seattle afternoons/ [email protected] Social Media Mgr. [email protected] SEEKER SPOTLIGHT •Shawn Carey Former KXXY/Oklahoma City on-air talent •Brian McKay [email protected] Former WXTU/Philadelphia middays, “BIG” JOHN HORTON Dir./Production Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host •Ryan McCall [email protected] Former WGLR/Platteville, WI [email protected] MD/afternoons •Guy David (918) 839-0972 [email protected] Former KYGO/Denver mornings [email protected] Visit his website here; connect on LinkedIn here. •David Dean Agent: David Brody, 877-888-1267 Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons [email protected] •Jason Pullman “I’m just different. I like to think it’s because I show Former WUSN/Chicago mornings my heart to my listeners, show my integrity to everyone •Kasper [email protected] Former WUSN/Chicago afternoons and love talking to people. I’m constantly prepping [email protected] and www. •Presleigh Webb and thinking of ideas to incorporate on my show, KasperShow.com Former KTCS/Fort Smth, AR mornings website and social media. Radio DJs can be the [email protected] equivalent of a therapist or bartender, except instead •Toni Marie Former KWJJ/Portland APD/middays •Jeff Hunt of handing out prescriptions or alcohol, we hand out [email protected] Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE vibes and emotions, creating memorable experiences MD/evenings along the way. That’s what I have always believed, and •Brian “Wookie” Kostek [email protected] Former WDSY/Pittsburgh 570-309-4698 that’s how I work.” APD/MD/afternoons [email protected] •Brent Jones Former Capitol Dir./Midwest Promotion •Chuck Edwards [email protected] •DeAnna Lee •Erin Austin Former WYCD/Detroit mornings 615-482-5653 Former KKWF/Seattle middays Former KILT/Houston Asst. [email protected] [email protected] MD/middays •Kim Brixton [email protected] •Terry Phillips Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI •Tim Taylor Former Entercom/Detroit mornings/middays Former KWJJ/Portland afternoons •Greg Raneiri Dir./Creative Services [email protected] [email protected] Former KSON/San Deigo [email protected] APD/MD/nights •Mark McKay •Tim Richards [email protected] •Bernadette Gibbons Former Riser House Dir./ Former Entercom/Phoenix VP/ Former Entercom/New York Southeast Promotion Branding, KMLE PD •Amber Rainey Coord./Promotions [email protected] [email protected] Former KSON/San Deigo middays [email protected] [email protected] •Fletcher Keyes •Alek Halverson •Jeff Pierce Former WWQM/Madison, WI PD Former KKWF/Seattle Interim •Jared “Marshall” Goldberg Former Saga/Portland, ME OM [email protected] PD/afternoons Former KMLE/Phoenix APD/middays [email protected] www.FletcherKeyes.com [email protected] & Cluster Dir./Digital Programming [email protected] •Blair Thomas •Steve Richards •Mandy James Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE mornings Former Townsquare/Albany, NY OM Former KMNB/Minneapolis mornings •Tami Rumfelt [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Former WPAW/ 901-481-2669 Greensboro afternoons •Brad King •Chris “Fish” Shatek [email protected] Former WBYT/South Bend, IN APD/ •Ken Steel Former KMNB/Minneapolis middays/ MD/middays Former WQMX/Akron PD/afternoons Dir. Creative & Imaging •Mike Allan [email protected] and here [email protected] [email protected] Former WNSH/New York nights [email protected] •Dr. Don Carpenter •Jody Wheatley •Ginny Harman Former WYCD/Detroit mornings Former WQMX/Akron MD/Promotions Dir. Former KFRG/Riverside mornings •Darlene Evans [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Former WKIS/Miami middays [email protected] •Jake Byron •Kelley Bradshaw-Brock •Nina D. Former KUPL/Portland mornings Former WKDF/Nashville afternoons Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoons •Nathan Cruise [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Former In2une Dir./ 423-802-4987 Regional Promotion •Adam Rondeau •Chris Huff [email protected] •Sean McMaster Former WCVL/Charlottesville, Former KILT/Houston PD Former Pamal/Albany, NY on-air 615-496-6356 VA mornings [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS TIM MCGRAW ✔ 5 1 I Called Mama (Big Machine) 27764 6872 8941 2296 47.974 9.978 159 4

1 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 26749 -2311 8520 -842 49.71 -2.636 159 4

3 3 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 25595 136 8231 -12 46.302 0.722 159 4

4 4 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 22868 1346 7375 413 41.179 3.581 159 3

6 5 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 19786 647 6361 217 35.824 1.631 159 4

10 6 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 19616 2704 6058 718 35.152 4.773 158 4

11 7 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) ✔ 18377 1485 5838 493 34.677 2.312 159 5

8 8 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 18342 810 5998 298 32.687 1.696 159 4

9 9 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 18041 927 5927 345 29.383 1.509 159 4

12 10 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 15831 470 4934 107 27.845 0.973 157 4

13 11 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 14283 447 4600 97 24.414 0.311 158 4

14 12 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 14044 998 4457 253 23.429 1.873 154 7

15 13 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 13302 1328 4242 469 23.427 3.606 157 4

16 14 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 13033 913 4214 209 21.79 2.337 156 4

17 15 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 11168 568 3546 184 18.832 1.863 158 3

18 16 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 10863 610 3664 255 17.444 0.8 156 3 -- 20 17 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 9894 1176 3266 441 14.468 1.948 155 4

7 18 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 9744 -9420 3084 -2963 17.375 -15.389 158 3

21 19 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 8377 419 2708 163 12.702 1.427 157 5

25 20 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 8234 707 2654 199 14.154 1.915 149 6

22 21 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 8186 394 2574 90 12.481 1.038 154 4

23 22 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 8127 375 2473 118 12.281 0.249 155 4

24 23 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 7829 449 2514 160 10.362 0.487 140 6

26 24 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 7576 376 2524 128 10.821 0.491 156 5

27 25 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 6539 807 2026 280 10.325 1.804 142 11 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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

28 26 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 6053 928 1981 316 7.515 1.088 148 3

29 27 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 5690 994 1883 308 7.339 1.218 139 2

32 28 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 5409 700 1803 217 6.9 0.772 140 6

31 29 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 5241 485 1687 150 6.624 0.909 142 4

30 30 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 5014 376 1508 134 8.097 0.016 106 13

34 31 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 4123 310 1322 51 5.496 1.653 123 7

33 32 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 4115 180 1337 65 5.393 0.059 127 3

37 33 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 3811 292 1294 71 4.927 0.842 110 13

35 34 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 3677 83 1144 6 4.702 0.48 113 1

36 35 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLG) 3638 261 1153 60 6.004 0.3 112 4

38 36 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 3623 239 1199 58 4.704 0.389 113 6

47 37 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 3110 1079 897 250 5.17 2.164 84 10

39 38 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 3092 65 1021 12 2.816 0.061 114 2

40 39 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 3018 174 1006 51 3.573 0.028 106 1

41 40 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 2953 207 934 80 2.951 0.319 101 3

43 41 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 2625 177 809 47 2.991 0.229 84 2

44 42 J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 2487 75 890 31 1.723 0.039 104 8

42 43 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2414 88 734 40 3.769 0.259 75 1

48 44 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 2321 368 714 125 2.991 0.697 73 6

45 45 ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 2248 77 689 26 2.446 -0.08 79 2

46 46 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 2104 -36 753 -19 2.068 0.012 77 0

LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) ✔ DEBUT 1910 1347 564 396 3.896 3.106 99 68 Debut 48 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 1807 308 570 101 1.933 0.214 74 7

49 49 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 1783 -15 673 -11 0.891 -0.086 84 1

Re-Enter 50 RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) 1591 59 450 13 1.516 -0.08 54 1

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 68 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1229 ✔ SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90's (MCA) 61 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 1163 ✔ RILEY GREEN/If It Wasn't For Trucks (BMLGR) 27 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 1092 ✔ SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 27 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 901 ✔ ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 21 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 841 ✔ PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 15 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 820 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 13 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 776 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 13 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 622 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 11 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 608 KEITH URBAN w/ PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 10 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 599 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 6872 ✔ TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 277 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 2704 ✔ MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 238 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1485 ✔ RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 214 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 1347 ✔ JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 200 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 1346 ✔ LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 197 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 1328 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 160 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 1176 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 138 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 1079 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 136 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 998 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 135 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 994 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 127 Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 2296 LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 23587 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 718 LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol) 12211 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 493 MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 11620 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 469 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 11321 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 441 SAM HUNT/Hard To Forget (MCA) 10816 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 413 MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 10809 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 396 CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) 9845 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 345 B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) 9370 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 316 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 7710 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 308 L. COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia) 7207

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COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) Remains at 45* October 19 2,248 points, 689 spins ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Martha Divine (Warner/WAR) 2 adds: WPAW, WWQM JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn’t Have Much (Valory) LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown Music/19th & Grand) Remains at 46 October 26 2,104 points, 753 spins; no adds MEGHAN PATRICK/My First Car (Riser House) MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) Debuts at 47* DAVE MCELROY/Let It Flow (Free Flow) 1,910 points, 564 spins 68 adds including: KAWO, KBEQ, KCYE, KDRK, KEEY, *KFDI, November 2 KHGE, KILT, KJKE, KKGO None Listed Send yours to [email protected] CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) Debuts at 48* 1,807 points, 570 spins CHECK OUT 10/16 7 adds: KBQI, KJKE, KMNB, KSSN, WAVW, WOKQ, WPAW Trace Adkins Ain’t That Kind Of Cowboy (Verge) CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) Adkins went into the studio with producer Bart Butler for Remains at 49 the follow-up to 2017’s Something’s Going On, cutting six 1,783 points, 673 spins tracks including “Mind on Fishin’,” first single “Better Off” 1 add: WDSY and the Jeffrey Steele, Danny Myrick, Kip Raines and Bart Allmand-penned “Just The Way We Do It.”

RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) Parker McCollum Hollywood Gold (MCA) Re-Enters at 50* Produced by singer/songwriter/musician Jon Randall 1,591 points, 450 spins Stewart, McCollum co-wrote five of the six songs including 1 add: WBCT previously-released track “Young Man’s Blues” as well as current Top 15 single “Pretty Heart.” OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) 1,581 points, 480 spins Tanya Tucker Live From The Troubadour (Fantasy) 4 adds: *KHKI, KNUC, WPAW, WWKA The live project features 15 songs including her first single “Delta Dawn,” No. 1s “Strong Enough To Bend,” “What’s ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) Your Mama›s Name, Child,” “Blood Red And Goin’ Down“ and “Would You Lay With Me (In A Field of Stone),” a 1,430 points, 488 spins medley of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire” and Johnny 21 adds CHECKincluding: *KATC, OUT *KATM, *KHKI, 10/16 *KIIM, *KIZN, Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and six songs from While I’m Livin’. KJKE, KPLM, *KPLX, *KRST, *KUBL Matt Stell Better Than That (Records/Arista) Runaway June When I Think About Christmas (Wheelhouse) C. JOHNSONCo-produced & R. MCENTIRE/ by StellDear with Rodeo Ash Bowers, (CoJo/Warner/WMN) the EP boasts This five-track EP includes three Christmas classics (“Sleigh 1,418 points,five new 354 songs, spins; includingno adds the title track, and previously- Ride,” “O Holy Night” and “Let It Snow”) in addition to two released songs including current single “Everywhere But originals (“Christmas On The Radio” and “When I Think On,” multi-week No. 1 “Prayed For You” and “If I Was About Chstimas”). A Bar.”

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1 JASON ALDEAN 11454 -111 2419 -26 49 0 1 Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 2nd Week at No. 1

4 2 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) ✔ 10861 1092 2287 277 47 0 2 3 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 10514 -665 2218 -182 47 0 5 4 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 10264 841 2161 200 49 0 6 5 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 9917 491 1942 97 49 0 9 6 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) ✔ 8975 1229 1763 238 50 0 7 7 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 8426 364 1766 59 49 0 8 8 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 7835 69 1649 10 46 0 12 9 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 7606 901 1596 214 48 0 11 10 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 7234 260 1433 61 48 0 13 11 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 6911 247 1408 32 48 0 15 12 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 6703 549 1301 102 49 0 14 13 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 6340 186 1291 58 48 0 17 14 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 5714 532 1188 111 48 1 19 15 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 5656 776 1101 138 50 1 16 16 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 5319 -12 1124 14 46 0 18 17 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 4907 -212 943 -1 48 0 22 18 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 4795 599 897 135 49 2 21 19 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 4782 543 1010 124 47 1 10 20 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 4512 -2905 901 -614 44 1 23 21 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 4118 474 892 123 48 1 24 22 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 3684 409 690 77 48 1 25 23 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 3290 326 651 55 45 1 27 24 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 2909 820 546 160 43 8 26 25 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 2826 405 656 84 43 1 29 26 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 2664 622 513 127 46 8 28 27 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 2327 236 445 36 45 3 31 28 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 2169 452 460 102 44 2 35 29 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 1878 548 403 108 43 8 30 30 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 1860 17 305 7 22 2

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

44 31 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) ✔ 1797 1163 301 197 21 6 34 32 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 1588 189 316 28 39 0 32 33 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 1584 -5 299 -8 37 0 33 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1514 47 252 8 25 2 39 35 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 1500 383 325 83 40 5 36 36 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1475 136 261 19 37 0 38 37 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 1404 130 243 14 23 1 37 38 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 1375 98 267 29 42 2 40 39 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 1108 5 216 9 29 0 41 40 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 1005 147 228 39 37 1 42 41 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 844 106 177 22 26 1 52 42 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 758 219 99 25 13 1 58 43 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 734 278 122 71 11 10 Debut 44 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 696 608 149 136 17 12 45 45 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 684 31 93 2 5 0 46 46 OLD DOMINION/My Heart Is A Bar (RCA) 660 30 66 3 1 0 43 47 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 622 -32 126 -11 14 0 47 48 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 609 29 90 4 9 0 49 49 RANDALL KING/Hey Cowgirl (Warner/WEA) 589 3 114 1 12 0 53 50 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 582 86 138 17 24 1 48 51 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 582 6 126 2 18 0 50 52 KYLIE FREY/Spur Of The Moment (Deep Frey'd) 580 32 112 6 10 0 55 53 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 547 56 103 15 10 0 51 54 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 502 -37 86 2 7 1 54 55 RYAN HURD/Every Other Memory (RCA) 495 -1 94 6 9 0 57 56 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 457 -25 114 -8 20 0 56 57 CODY JOHNSON & REBA MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 442 -34 88 -3 10 1 Re-Enter 58 ERIC CHESSER/Date Night (Big Big Records) 423 48 83 10 7 0 Debut 59 DALLAS REMINGTON/Uncommon Man (Road Warrior) 415 20 80 4 6 0 Re-Enter 60 LAUREN ALAINA f/L. GRAHAM/What Do You Think Of (Mercury) 400 20 40 2 1 0 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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