Issue 137 Channel Changes Becoming Clearer Clear Channel Is Once Again About to Change the Face of Radio As We Know It

Home , Back Where I Come From, Barefoot and Crazy, Billy Currington, Kellie Coffey, Lost You Anyway, Out Last Night

April 20, 2009 Issue 137 Channel Changes Becoming Clearer Clear Channel is once again about to change the face of radio as we know it. The company issued a pair of press releases last week (CAT 4/15) that described what they were doing and, ostensibly, why. But few know the reality of how those words will translate to day- to-day station operations. To recap, CC announced plans to “improve program quality” under a multi-point effort that would “raise the bar for radio programming across all dayparts and platforms.” The release went on to say PDs will have access to “Premium Chesney Swings Into Action Choice,” explaining the new plan includes “the launch of new Kenny Chesney’s Sun City Carnival Tour opened Friday in programming and makes programming and on-air talent Uncasville, CT, and Country radio -- and by extension Country that’s proven to be most popular with audiences, available Aircheck -- was there. WCTK/Providence morning show Technical more broadly to local program directors in all markets for Director Amanda Leonardo filed this report on the show’s first night: all day parts.” “It comes as no surprise that the sold-out concert at Mohegan Sun While no one from Clear Channel is speaking on the record Arena had fans on their feet the entire show,” she says. “You never about what all this means for local stations, and details are very know what stops Kenny is going to pull out next. Simply walking on sketchy – an email even went out last Friday telling OMs to to the stage is never an option. So, with fans’ attention focused on stop talking about the upcoming moves – here’s what we have his twelve-man band on stage, Chesney entered from the back of put together from a number of sources. This is unofficial and an the arena on a cable-suspended seat while singing ‘She Thinks My intelligent guess based on all the folks we talked with: Tractor’s Sexy.’” • April 29: That’s the expected target date for full Details: The swing is suspended completely with cables and there implementation details and marching orders. is no track, allowing Chesney to move in any direction over the floor (continued on page 5) seats he wants. The seat is also low over the crowd. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

April 20, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 “If I want to take somebody a beer in the back of section six or whatever, I could,” Chesney said in a press release issued this afternoon. My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e Back to Leonardo: “‘Out Last Night’ was a crowd pleaser and KIIM/Tucson PD Buzz Jackson discusses the audience already knew the lyrics and helped Kenny sing it,” his most important songs, artists or concerts: she says. “Split screens of different views are continually displayed 1. Garth Brooks, Orlando, 1993: I’ve seen on the huge screens. Blue disco ball-like lighting shines on the him a couple of times since, but the first is always the one I remember as the most amazing. audience during ‘I Go Back,’ and a slideshow of local monuments 2. Madonna, NYC’s Radio City Music Hall ran throughout ‘Back Where I Come From.’ and Phoenix’ Glendale Arena: I saw her “The chrome-trimmed stage and his classic, fan-favorite tracks give on the same day, 21 years apart. Madonna a vintage feel to the show, mixed with a Caribbean undertone. The Buzz Jackson defined the 80’s for me and hearing her addition of Wailers Band member Drummie Zeb was a perfect fit. The music brings back great memories from show came to its official conclusion with Kenny’s masterful cover of high school and college. John Cougar Mellencamp’s ‘Jack and Diane.’ His encore was ‘Don’t 3. Jeff Bates/Love Song: This song was on the radio constantly Blink,’ during which he seemed to get a little choked up. There’s no around the time my daughter was born. doubt he poured his heart and soul into the night’s performance.” 4. Michael Peterson/From Here To Eternity: I proposed to my wife Dena on stage at a Peterson concert in Florida to this song. Coscos In Good Spirits 5. Tim McGraw, Everywhere: Every song on that album could “I’m sitting at our property right now wondering how I’m going have been a single. It was like a greatest hits album all in itself. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: to put this all back together.” So said BPP’s Rocco Cosco Monday Anything by Kanye West. afternoon (4/20) from the two acres of tornado distributed wreckage • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: This will that used to be his home in Murfreesboro, TN. sound like sacrilege, but anything by The Beatles. I think I’m just a Last Thursday, Cosco’s friends in the music and radio biz staged a couple of years too young. benefit to help get the family on their feet. “I thought everybody had • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Jamey the time of their lives,” he says of the event. “It was a great morale Johnson, That Lonesome Song. An epic album. boost for my family. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to “We just got into a rental house today,” he says. “The storm right now: Clint Black, The Galaxy Song. displaced so many families, something like four or five hundred, that it took us 10 or 11 days to get in. Of course, we only had a couple boxes of stuff.” Cosco says they are moving aggressively to clean up and rebuild. “We’re out here with Bobcats and dumpsters trying to get going. Physically I’m doing well and the boys are healing up good. The guys at BPP have been terrific about letting me take care of things, but this process takes patience. I may need to jump back into work soon just to keep sane. “The thing that I kept hearing Thursday night, over and over from all kinds of people in this business, was, ‘We’re here for you. It’s a brother down.’ That was really an emotional thing to hear. Everybody’s spirits Storm Passed: BPP’s Rocco Cosco with Curb’s April Rider, who took the have been lifted – that night was just what we needed.” lead in organizing a tornado benefit for the Cosco family less than a week after their house was destroyed. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] April 20, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3

Around The Horn Bi r t h d a y s Radio vet Maureen Lesourd has been named VP/Programming & Wednesday (4/22) - Glen Campbell, Kellie Coffey, Cleve Francis, Heath Distribution for Citadel Media. Lesourd will oversee the company’s Wright (Ricochet), Joe Devine nine 24-hour formats as well as other products. Friday (4/24) – Rebecca Lynn Howard, Richard Sterban (Oak Ridge Boys), WKHX/Atlanta morning co-host Cadillac Jack is in the Georgia Lori Evans, Christy McDonald, Tim McFadden ([email protected]) Ensemble Theatre’s The Buddy Holly Story at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center running through April 26. Jack, who had a small speaking Saturday (4/25) – Rob Crosby, April Rider ([email protected]), Suzette Tucker role in the sitcom Hope & Faith a few years go, plays DJ and Holly Sunday (4/26) – Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Dean Dillon, Duane Eddy, manager Hipockets Duncan. Monte Warden, Alan Brewer ([email protected]), Jeff Huskins Former Sony/Nashville publicist Jensen Sussman Monday (4/27) – Herb Pederson, Michael McNamara has officially launched Sweet Talk Publicity offering services from media campaigns to tour press, special event coverage and more. Current clients include are $35 each and $300 for tables of 10 here. Allison Kaplan, Rink Entertainment, Susan G. Trisha Yearwood will be participating in National Women Build Komen For The Cure Greater Nashville Affiliate Week May 2-10 for Habitat for Humanity, building homes with and Women Rock For The Cure. Contact her at Jensen Sussman volunteers in Tulsa and her hometown of Monticello, GA. Learn [email protected]. more here. The 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards will be held Sept. 13 in LeAnn Rimes will sing the National Anthem as Vancouver, British Columbia’s General Motors Place. The show takes part of the ceremonies leading up to the Kentucky places during the CCMA’s Country Music Week Sept. 10-13 and will Derby May 2. It will be the first live performance of include performances from Johnny Reid, Doc Walker and Terri Clark. the “Star Spangled Banner” by a recording artist on Derby Day. St. Jude Roundup Steve Wariner Steve Wariner, will be releasing LeAnn Rimes WFRE/Frederick, MD raised $167,527, its highest Country c.g.p., My Tribute to Chet Atkins June 23. Cares for St. Jude total to date, with its 3rd annual radiothon last Actor and CMA Award-winning director for week (4/16-17). This 20% increase from the year before does not “Whiskey Lullabye” Rick Schroder will direct the music video for include the $5,700 generated from the station’s online auction. TelluRide’s debut single “Pencil Marks” this week in Los Angeles. Other totals include: Dwight Yoakam returns to the big screen in the sequel Crank: High Voltage, which is in theatres now. He reprises his role as • KRRV/Alexandria, LA, $50,044 “Doc Miles” from the 2006 film. Watch the trailerher e. • KAAR/Butte, MT, $12,262 Phil Vassar and the Boston Pops will perform the benefit • KDBR/Kalispell, MT, $23,254 concert Share the Beat May 30 in Boston for the American • WWMS/Tupelo, MS, $28,845.32 Society of Transplantation with John Williams conducting. Tickets are $44-$254 here. Artist News Randy Owen received the Donald R. Myers Humanitarian Alison Krauss will join Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-TN), Award today (4/20) from the Appalachian Regional Olympian Scott Hamilton, the Nashville Choir and the Bridges Commission for his contributions to the Ft. Payne, AL area. He Academy Children’s Choir Thursday (4/23) for the 35th Annual was scheduled to receive the honor last month (3/23) but a snow Tennessee Prayer Breakfast to support state government. Tickets storm delayed the ceremony. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Tu b e Ch e c k and Michael J. Fox, WPOC/Baltimore and WMZQ/ Washington. Tuesday 4/21 – Jason Aldean, Jamie O’Neal, Trisha Yearwood, John • Live and Local: The CC press release noted local Rich, Randy Owen, Troy Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, CMT Cribs (re-air). PDs will have “total choice and flexibility in choosing the Premium Choice programming elements. They can Wednesday 4/22 – Phil Vassar, Charlie Daniels Band, Emily West, The elect large portions, single pieces or none of the offered Steeldrivers, Opry Live (re-air) (GAC). programming.” The CC PDs I talked with are skeptical, Thursday 4/23 – John Rich, Behind the Video: Shuttin’ Detroit Down to say the least. Most fear there will be talent cutbacks, (re-air) (GAC); Martina McBride, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson with the affected dayparts to be filled by their choice of (CBS). talent from the network. One of the biggest question marks is how many CC Friday 4/24 – Miranda Lambert, Randy Owen, Bucky Covington, Country outlets outside the top 50 markets will have any Crook & Chase (RFD-TV); Brad Paisley, Tonight Show With Jay Leno live and local dayparts remaining once the dust settles. (NBC). There are some programmers inside CC who believe that Saturday 4/25 – Gretchen Wilson, Randy Travis, Taylor Swift, CMA most small market stations will be gutted and required to Celebrity Closeup (GAC).

Sunday 4/26 – Reba McEntire, TV LAND Awards; Clint Black, Celebrity Da t e Ch e c k Apprentice (NBC). April 25, 2009 - Country Music Marathon & ½ Marathon - Monday 4/27 – George Strait, Pure Country (re-air) (CMT). Nashville, TN - www.cmmarathon.com

April 25-26, 2009 - Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival - Indio, CA - www.stagecoachfestival.com Clear Channel Changes (continued from page 1) • The Network: The backbone of the CC programming May 21, 2009 - CMA Songwriter Series - New York City, NY - plan will be a “Premium Choice” network from which www.cmaworld.com PDs can choose air talent to fill dayparts no longer May 25, 2009 - CMT Camp Nashville’s Final Showdown - served by live and local talent. Despite network usage Nashville, TN - www.ticketmaster.com being positioned as a “choice,” PDs believe it will instead come in the form of a “cram down.” It will June 4-6, 2009 - BamaJam Music & Arts Festival - Enterprise, AL - either be by directive or by budget requirement, i.e., you www.bamajammusicfestival.com don’t have the money to do what you would like to do. June 11-14, 2009 – CMA Music Festival – Nashville, TN – • Talent: There’s no official word on who will be www.cmafest.com available to Country PDs as part of the “Premium Choice” talent package. However, the personalities June 15, 2009 - Music Row Ladies Golf Tournament - Nashville, TN currently on CC’s “Country Road” I Heart Radio station June 17, 2009 – CMT Music Awards – www.cmt.com might provide a partial clue: Billy Greenwood, KSD/ St. Louis; Joe Boxer, WCOL/Columbus; Broadway, WBCT/Grand Rapids; Angie Ward, WTQR/Greensboro; ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] April 20, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6

Ch e c k Ou t Radio veterans have always at least believed that “live and local” would beat anything piped in from elsewhere. April 28 Collin Raye Never Going Back (Time Life) Is that true, or wishful thinking? – LH Jason Michael Carroll Growing Up Is Getting Old (Arista)

May 5 Jewel Lullaby (Fisher-Price/Somerset Entertainment)

June 2 Cledus T. Judd Polyrically Uncorrect (E1 Music)

June 16 Daryle Singletary Rockin’ In The Country (E1 Music)

June 23 Charlie Robison Beautiful Day (Dualtone) Steve Wariner Steve Wariner, c.g.p., My Tribute to Chet Atkins (SelecTone Records)

August 4 Bomshel Fight Like A Girl (Curb)

Album release info to [email protected]. take all or most programming from the network. • Weekends: PDs fear that very few CC stations will be live and local on the weekends, with most stations mandated to carry talent from the network. The Dog Days: KBWF/San Francisco hosted an Eat & Greet exceptions would most likely be major market stations, at Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF). The especially those in PPM markets. event included a free breakfast and and promoted animal It should also be noted that CC issued two press adoptions. A local softball team showed off some self- releases last week, the first of which itemized a number made signage to station personalities (l-r) Ken Anderson, of local initiatives being put forth by the company. Corey Foley and Eddie King. The “minimum level of service” commitment to local community affairs covered five areas: charitable partnerships, PSA’s, local public-affairs programming, Lon Helton, [email protected] local advisory boards and 24/7 access to station Chuck Aly, [email protected] management for local officials. Jeff Green, [email protected] Our Take: On the surface, “upgrading” a station’s Erin Duvall, [email protected] talent level is a noble cause. Almost everything in our Lauren Tingle, [email protected] lives these days – from what we get on our TV’s to the (615) 320-1450 majority of the stories in our “local” newspaper – are delivered from a “national” source. But is that what people really want from their favorite radio station?

April 20, 2009 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 15094 519 5037 174 34.811 1.259 126 0 2nd Week at No. 1 4 2 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 15045 1000 5004 310 34.453 2.528 126 0 3 3 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 14281 221 4876 99 32.192 0.391 126 1

6 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 13240 757 4471 329 30.005 1.036 125 0 5 5 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 12645 -265 4164 -151 28.936 -0.198 126 0 2 6 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 12624 -1654 4197 -476 28.242 -4.092 125 0 8 7 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 12271 1002 4146 378 28.612 2.468 125 0

12 8 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 9936 1058 3211 314 22.88 2.519 125 0 11 9 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 9735 785 3237 262 22.228 2.342 126 4

17 10 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 4 9473 1865 3058 597 22.253 4.138 125 1 18 11 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 4 9124 2061 2933 675 20.921 4.248 126 0 15 12 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 8749 1070 2894 349 19.732 2.512 125 0 10 13 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 8315 -856 2542 -272 18.676 -1.991 124 0 7 14 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 8055 -3892 2722 -1278 19.205 -7.304 125 0 16 15 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love... (Republic/Universal South) 7943 278 2596 77 17.765 0.981 120 0 14 16 TRACE ADKINS/Marry For Money (Capitol) 7749 -145 2645 -37 16.833 -0.079 120 0 21 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 7187 464 2393 138 15.437 1.068 117 3

20 18 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 7179 453 2540 118 14.809 1.263 119 0

24 19 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 4 6981 1113 2438 353 15.431 1.953 117 6 19 20 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 6777 -119 2375 -51 14.073 -0.125 121 0 23 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 6610 689 2201 231 15.067 1.809 115 3 22 22 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 6284 -52 2097 -22 13.389 0.004 117 0

25 23 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 5231 1081 1739 345 11.642 2.376 115 9 26 24 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 4380 254 1398 84 8.965 0.926 101 6

27 25 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 3814 -149 1345 -67 7.099 -0.172 96 0

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

28 26 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 3696 231 1245 97 7.399 0.792 94 7

30 27 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 3395 700 1158 210 7.195 1.478 90 10 31 28 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 2781 223 939 75 5.657 0.813 88 6 32 29 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 2722 221 907 82 5.265 0.398 76 7

33 30 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 2465 24 850 12 4.819 0.032 74 1 45 31 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 4 2196 1220 668 395 4.645 2.457 82 35 35 32 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 2145 202 796 72 4.102 0.513 76 4 34 33 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 2045 40 683 31 3.638 0.047 77 3 37 34 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 1997 192 624 68 3.674 0.547 58 6 40 35 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 1871 371 612 116 3.297 0.742 59 5 36 36 TRENT TOMLINSON/That's How It Still Oughta Be (Carolwood) 1803 -3 653 3 3.395 -0.027 62 1 38 37 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 1699 132 669 68 2.636 0.245 76 6 41 38 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 1498 175 535 86 2.563 0.225 64 5 39 39 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 1490 -24 511 -14 2.307 -0.256 55 1 29 40 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry ('Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 1445 -1333 478 -504 2.611 -2.162 96 0

42 41 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1376 119 491 61 2.094 0.141 59 4 Debut42 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 4 1270 1151 364 320 3.127 2.863 68 58 44 43 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 1146 111 337 28 1.908 0.335 39 1 Debut44 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 1072 864 344 262 2.147 1.652 56 38 48 45 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 1049 146 324 53 1.991 0.485 49 12 50 46 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 937 92 375 15 1.037 0.148 47 2 46 47 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 928 -32 341 -8 1.389 -0.068 38 0 49 48 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 879 21 313 -5 1.049 0.004 40 1 47 49 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 857 -63 346 -37 1.066 -0.216 48 2 Debut50 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 802 181 245 46 1.054 0.23 35 7

April 20, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 58 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 475 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 38 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 466 4 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 35 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 394 4 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 17 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 377 4 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 16 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 317 4 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 12 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 311 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 10 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 290 LEE ANN WOMACK/Solitary Thinkin' (MCA) 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 281 RICHIE MCDONALD/Six Foot Teddy Bear (Stroudavarious) 10 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 272 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 9 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 257 Activator Top Spin Gainers Aircheck Top Point Gainers KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 303 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 2061 4 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 268 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 1865 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 264 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 1220 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 211 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 1151 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 209 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 1113 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 186 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 1081 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 185 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 1070 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 181 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 1058 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 175 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 1002 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 159 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 1000 Vi d e o Ad d s Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT dierks bentley/Sideways (Capitol) KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 675 RODNEY CARRINGTON f/TOBY KEITH, NICK SEARCY & JENNIFER BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 597 ASPEN/If I’m The Only One (Capitol) REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 395 CMT PURE SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 378 dierks bentley/Sideways (Capitol) holly williams/Keep The Change (Mercury) ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 353 jessee lee/It’s A Girl Thing (Atlantic/BPP) DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 349 old crow medicine show/Caroline (Nettwerk) RODNEY CARRINGTON f/TOBY KEITH, NICK SEARCY & JENNIFER TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 345 ASPEN/If I’m The Only One (Capitol) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 329 GAC TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 320 dierks bentley/Sideways (Capitol) williams riley band/It’s Still Me(Golden/Nine North) KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 314

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s APRIL 27 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride/BPP) Moves 48*-45*; 1049 points, 324 spins DUE WEST/I Get That All The Time (Bigger Than Me/Nine North) Kate & Kacey/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 12 ADDS including: KKGO, KMLE*, KNTY, KSON, KRISTA MARIE/Jeep Jeep (Holeshot/BBR) WGAR, WGNE, WKIS, WKKT, WOGI, WUBE Mac McAnally/You First (Show Dog) MAY 4 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) Moves 50-46*; 937 points, 375 spins Heidi Newfield/What Am I Waiting For (Curb) 2 ADDS: KILT*, WPOC jessee lee/It’s A Girl Thing (Atlantic/BPP) MAY 11 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) Moves 46-47; 928 points, 341 spins 0 ADDS Aircheck Top Recurrents DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 9662 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.) 8262 Moves 49*-48*; 879 points, 313 spins TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 7056 1 ADD: WGKX* TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 6384 KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 5932 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 5690 Moves 47*-49; 857 points, 346 spins BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 5430 2 ADDS: KKGO, WGKX* DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 5214 KENNY CHESNEY f/M. McANALLY/Down The Road (Blue Chair/BNA) 5126 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 4550 Enters at 50*; 802 points, 245 spins 7 ADDS: KATC*, KIXZ, KKBQ*, KKGO, KSKS, WUBE, WWGR HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Red, White And Pink Slip Blues (Curb) CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 438 points, 142 spins 787 points, 321 spins 4 ADDS: WFUS, WGKX*, WTQR, WWGR 4 ADDS: KIZN*, KSCS*, KWNR, WGKX* JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Livin’ In...(Universal South) 309 points, 91 spins 542 points, 206 spins 17 ADDS including: KAJA, KFKF, KKNG, KMPS*, 1 ADD: WSIX KNTY, KSON, KSOP, WGH, WQYK*, WSOC*

HOLLY WILLIAMS/Keep The Change (Mercury) Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those 445 points, 203 spins that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two 1 ADD: KKWF of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR April 20, 2009/Chart Page 5

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

3 1 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 4043 125 2662 77 1 2 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4025 -36 2649 -27 5 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 3988 311 2580 209 4 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 3923 117 2666 94 2 5 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 3701 -231 2407 -190 8 6 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 3391 257 2190 185 6 7 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (Columbia) 3271 -252 2218 -153 10 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 3135 126 2014 84 13 9 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 2914 290 1861 181 12 10 TRACE ADKINS/Marry For Money (Capitol) 2700 16 1775 13 14 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 2590 281 1645 186 17 12 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 2580 394 1611 211 21 13 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 2568 466 1628 303 15 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 2496 202 1586 132 19 15 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 2397 234 1572 152 7 16 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 2338 -1160 1524 -796 18 17 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 2323 140 1411 97 16 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 2211 -21 1447 -41 20 19 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 2179 43 1449 25 22 20 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 2029 317 1277 175 23 21 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 1677 77 1082 63 24 22 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 1672 178 1069 109 27 23 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 1289 252 809 159 25 24 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 1281 61 831 38 26 25 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 1181 -37 737 -26 28 26 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 1167 202 699 101 29 27 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 976 136 610 75 31 28 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 857 92 534 57 30 29 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 847 33 523 40 40 30 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 781 377 486 268 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR April 20, 2009/Chart Page 6

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

33 31 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 726 77 435 61 35 32 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 633 44 362 22 34 33 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 625 -2 353 7 37 34 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 622 61 365 44 38 35 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 604 114 327 69 36 36 TRENT TOMLINSON/That's How It Still Oughta Be (Carolwood) 545 -34 313 -5 42 37 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 516 211 271 116 Debut 38 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 485 475 272 264 39 39 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 450 -5 236 4 57 40 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 391 272 236 158 32 41 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 372 -293 219 -159 41 42 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 340 4 190 2 43 43 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 306 5 181 -4 45 44 KATIE ARMIGER/Trail Of Lies (Cold River) 294 23 187 13 44 45 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 293 -3 144 2 49 46 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Livin' In Paradise (Universal South) 248 55 134 38 48 47 RASCAL FLATTS/Love Who You Love (Lyric Street) 205 -9 41 -8 51 48 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 190 24 109 7 59 49 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 179 114 67 40 47 50 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 176 -41 128 -16 54 51 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 164 23 94 11 50 52 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 163 -18 114 -10 46 53 HOLLY WILLIAMS/Keep The Change (Mercury) 150 -104 82 -63 52 54 JO DEE MESSINA/Shine (Curb) 147 -12 34 -3 55 55 JULIA BURTON/What A Woman Wants (Emerald River) 138 3 65 2 56 56 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 136 12 64 4 53 57 GRETCHEN WILSON/The Earrings Song (Columbia) 135 -15 27 -3 Debut 58 LEE ANN WOMACK/Solitary Thinkin' (MCA) 109 77 64 37 58 59 MARK CHESNUTT/She Never Got Me Over You (Lofton Creek) 102 25 46 12 Debut 60 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 88 51 52 23 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com