Denver Radio: Get to Know Bo Hot Read: Dickey on Media Challenges

February 6, 2017, Issue 535

Denver Radio: Get To Know Bo KSE Hot AC KIMN/Denver PD/afternooner Bo Jaxon took the helm of Country sister KWOF (92.5 the Wolf) last month, filling a vacancy created with Ed Hill’s departure in November (CAT 1/4). The job is Jaxon’s first in Country, includes wakeups and comes under an owner known mostly for his sports franchises until purchasing KWOF and its clustermates from Wilks in 2015 (CAT 10/15/15). What’s all that mean for KWOF? Country Aircheck spoke to Jaxon to find out. CA: How did the PD opportunity unfold and what made it so attractive? BJ: I’ve always been a Country fan, along with my wife, son and two daughters. So when we had changes at the end of the year, I told management I’d like to get into that world. I also wanted to do mornings Doing Find: SiriusXM’s The Highway Finds Tour lineup again because it would be easier on my visits the satcaster’s Nashville digs. Pictured (l-r) are Steve family. My kids are 12, 15 and 19 and Moakler, Smithfield’s Trey and Jennifer, SXM’s Storme Warren they’re all doing sports. Doing afternoons on and Drew Baldridge. KIMN I was missing a lot of that. I felt like I knew the format and I reminded them that we also had [KWOF MD] Greg Peters, who Hot Read: Dickey On Media Challenges has great Country ears. So they agreed and New technologies and rapidly changing consumer behaviors Bo Jaxon it’s a team effort. Listeners are embracing our are creating transformative structural approach. It’s almost like they’ve been sitting challenges for almost every media business. there waiting for something different, so we’re off to a great start. Clear perspective and disciplined strategy are We’re the shiny new toy. required to overcome those challenges. That’s KSE acquired the cluster in 2015 and this is their first the overriding message of The New Modern radio venture. How is their approach different from more Media, the recently published and highly traditional radio companies you’ve worked for? analytical book from Cumulus Vice Chairman They’re a sports and entertainment company that owns the and former Chairman/CEO Lew Dickey. Denver Nuggets, L.A. Rams, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Everything from print journalism to regulatory Mammoth and Colorado Rapids, reform is addressed in the text, which Dickey Lew Dickey (continued on page 7) took almost a year to complete. Here are ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

February 6, 2017 Page 3 some excerpts relating to broadcast radio and the music industry. concert promoters,” Dickey explains. “Recorded music was the Broadcast Radio: Dickey is optimistic about radio largely first entertainment medium to be disrupted by digital distribution because it still owns the means of distribution and its content. and the threat continues almost two decades later as artists and Further, radio’s value proposition remains strong and he expects managers aggressively work to capture greater value for the art in it to maintain a dominant in-car advantage “well into the the face of declining revenues while their popularity as well as the next decade.” “[Radio] remains strong as a free, convenient, consumption of their music is on the rise.” entertaining, informative and local companion Dickey grants that subscription services are “growing nicely,” in the car,” he writes. “Radio has protected but points out that they collectively represent less than 15% of distribution, limited broadcast competition industry revenue. “On its present path, the music industry is slowly through the FCC and enjoys the lowest content transitioning into primarily an ad-supported model with revenue rights fees in the music business. Radio’s growth relying on increasing the number of ad impressions in a content and distribution both have comparative market already burdened with oversupply.” he summarizes. strengths against most other media models.” Internet Radio: Dickey argues that the challenges ahead That’s not to say radio’s challenges aren’t for internet radio businesses are many. “Consumers have not yet formidable, however. Dickey expects ad pricing embraced subscription-based music streaming as they’ve done with to continue to erode, making the development video because they’ve been conditioned that premium music content of other revenue streams crucial. “Radio needs is available on demand for free with inserted ads,” he says. “This to expand its vision of the customer relationship, naturally limits the addressable market for paid subscribers and which it owns as the last mile distributor,” negatively impacts the perceived value of the subscription offering.” he argues, a suggestion harkening back to the development of And there’s more. “Largely unprofitable, internet radio Cumulus’ Nash brand when he was still CEO. “Radio has a unique companies are beginning to face growing challenges because relationship and loyal bond with listeners, which can be leveraged they are low margin, ad-based digital distribution businesses into an expanded business model including subscription-based that sell an undifferentiated product with low barriers to entry.” audio on demand, live streaming, audio and video, live and Dickey continues. “It’s an inviting target for key strategic recorded entertainment, themed events and digital commerce.” competitors like Apple, Google and Amazon to aggressively Viability is there, Dickey says, “but the business model has to evolve compete for users in both on-demand and playlist services. to create more advertising and sponsorship opportunities as well as Internet radio will also face increasing competition in spoken- a share of the listener’s entertainment dollar.” word content broadcasters looking to create new revenue Music: Dickey sees even more disruption within the music streams as well as SiriusXM as they likely expand their digital industry. “Labels controlled their distribution when it was sold product offerings as the transition occurs over time to the as a physical medium, but controlling digital distribution has connected car.” been elusive and the free services have trained a generation The New Modern Media is published by a division of the of millennials that they don’t have to pay for music,” he writes. Dickey family’s Modern Luxury publishing group and is available “Labels need to systematically attack both issues to preserve the in Kindle and hardcover editions here. –Russ Penuell viability of their industry or it will be increasingly difficult to show growth even though demand for their product is strong. Ultimately, the profitability of the industry will depend upon the size of the Chart Chat addressable market of consumers who believe in the intrinsic value Congrats to Thomas Rhett, George of music content and are willing to foot the bill for a $100 annual Briner, Ashley Sidoti and the entire Valory music subscription.” promotion team on scoring this week’s No. 1 with This new landscape will give rise to other headaches as well, “Star Of The Show.” The song is the fourth chart- he argues. “The labels’ next existential threat will come from the topper from Rhett’s current album Tangled Up. most bankable artists and their management companies who And kudos to Katie Dean and the MCA have the newfound leverage to potentially circumvent the labels crew for landing 106 adds with Sam Hunt’s by going directly to radio, streaming services, SiriusXM and “Body Like A Back Road,” which tops this Thomas Rhett digital music stores, as well as continuing to deal directly with week’s board. ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE News & Notes Ohana’s KXLW/Anchorage, AK has added Collin Raye’s Eagle Rock's Mark Collie discusses his most Rewind Country from Envision. influential music: Focus 360 has extended its agreement with Entercom for 1. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds In ad representation on the Jelli platform, which provides increased Country & Western Music: I felt like I accountability and ad campaign analytics. Singer-songwriter Crystal Yates has signed with Silverado got to know Ray Charles. But he also was Records for the second volume of its Silverado Signature introducing me to some great songwriters, Songwriter Series. like Hank Williams and Cindy Walker. David Fanning will launch a 29-city #musicFIRST tour of 2. Johnny Cash At San Quentin: I was a middle and high schools Feb. 8 in Hartselle, AL. Dates here. young kid trying to play the guitar and looking for Mark Collie Aaron Tippin will kick off a 50-city tour Feb. 9 in Airway a musical hero – and he was mine. Heights, WA. Dates here. 3. Kris Kristofferson, Jesus Was A Josh Abbott Band’s JAB Cares initiative will fly Active Duty/ Capricorn: There was a guy who could write songs. A lot Veteran service members and their guests to San Diego for a live of people thought he couldn't sing. A lot of people thought I show at the House of Blues Mar. 24. More here. couldn't sing – and still do. (laughs) Andy Buckner has signed with C2 Media Relations. 4. Bobby Bare, Lullabys, Legends And Lies: Every song on Lari White has signed with Absolute Publicity. that record is great. Every songwriter should allow themselves to Singer/songwriter Harrison Kindy has signed with SESAC hear Shel Silverstein's "Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen." It's brilliantly and Major Bob Publishing. clever, satirical and brutally honest. Sister Hazel will compete in a six runner 100-mile team relay 5. Waylon Jennings, Honky Tonk Heroes: That introduced race May 20-21 for the KEYS100 Ultramarathon charity, which me to Billy Joe Shaver and I didn't even know it. raises money for The Cancer Foundation of the Florida Keys. • HighlyUPDATE regarded music you've actually never heard: Shawn Mendes. I've heard a little bit of his work, but I guess I need to listen more to him. The Week’s Top Stories • An "important" piece or style of music you just don't Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. get: People who make music in any genre don't do it just • Veteran sales exec Don Pollnow joined Cumulus/Green Bay, because they can. They need to. It's part of who they are. So, WI as VP/MM. (2/6) who am I do try to judge that? • Big Machine Label Group sales and marketing exec Kelly • An album you listened to incessantly: Willie Nelson's Rich is leaving. (2/6) Red Headed Stranger. In high school I got a job at my • Sales vet Mike Saffer joined iHeartMedia/Tucson a Market hometown radio station WAAN-AM/Waynesboro, TN as a part- President. (2/3) time DJ on the weekend. They had all these great albums I • Cumulus/Melbourne, FL OM Mike Vincent added PD duties could listen to. I remember when they sent us this record. That for WHKR. (2/3) changed my thinking. I was trying to write songs, and I fell in • Entercom and CBS Radio will merge with a combined station love with the conceptual way Willie wrote. total of 244. (2/2) • An obscure or non-country song everyone should • Cumulus/Toledo Dir./Sales Cody Welling transferred to listen to right now: The Boxmasters, featuring Billy Bob Shreveport as VP/MM. (2/2) • Warner/Chappell’s Ben Vaughn was promoted to President. (2/1) Thornton, have a song called "What Did You To Today?" It has a • ACM radio nominations were revealed. (2/1) great message. • Veteran station manager Chris Monk joined Cumulus as • Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: I don't hate Regional VP. (1/31) to admit it, but a lot of people may not know I love to listen to • Former iHeartMedia/Nashville SVPP Michael Bryan joined Frank Sinatra. CAA. (1/31)

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Denver Radio: Get To Know Bo got to get them backstage and give listeners something they can’t (continued from page 1) get on their own. Our No. 1 goal is to satisfy that niche in the market. We’re very focused on new music, which we’re clear about not to mention Altitude TV, the Outdoor Channel and [some in our “New Country” slogan. Overall we’re just going to be a lot of] Arsenal Football Club in London, so it’s a big company with hipper and more aggressive. great resources. That said, its businesses are all run differently. What does that mean for the airstaff? And since this is their first radio venture, they’ve been as open We’re doing new, fun things, and that’s a focus I try to bring to to learning our ways of dong things as we’ve been to theirs. the morning show. Life is so hard and the news is so depressing. The general attitude has been, “Okay, tell us about radio and You’ll drive yourself crazy with that. So we’re focused on being the what you need.” And as long as we can tell them why we need listeners’ release and smile. And I’ve got a great staff around me it, they’ve gotten it for us. One big difference is that there aren’t who have bought in to that vision. Everybody rolls up their sleeves these big VPs over us telling us how to do things according to and puts their hands in. We’re entertainers, not just jocks. some company blueprint, which leaves a lot of room for creativity. And when we go out in public, we’ve got to have an idea. We’ve How important are the company’s sports properties got to do some great video for social tie-ins for the event we’re doing, to the stations? for example. Not just enter-to-win boxes – no way. We want to have Owning the sports franchises in town is very helpful. The some fun with people and we want to engage with them. Other PDs Nuggets, for example, are very appealing from date-night and may put chokers on, but I’ve never been like that. The biggest names family-night perspectives. I mean you’ve got LeBron James, the in radio had the work ethic and vision to do things differently. They Lakers and Golden State coming to town didn’t go in and read lines, so we’re not going to do that. and those are big deals. So we use those Do you see KWOF’s smaller signal as a vulnerability? opportunities across the board. They A lot of people have used that in the past, but I don’t. And provide sports tickets locally for contesting KYGO has some signal issues, too. They’re just more minimal and promotions, but it’s not like they’re than ours. In theory we need get a little more strength in the just sitting there all the time for us to use. south and we’re aware of it. But that’s out my control, you know? You’ve been in Denver for more There’s plenty of territory they cover and there’s plenty of territory than four years now. What’s the market like for radio? that I cover. So at the end of the day it’s mano a mano. I don’t Very competitive, very compressed. There is some heritage, have excuses. You gave me a challenge and I’m going to win in but it’s really become a melting pot and is similar to Vegas in my own way. You can’t worry about what you can’t control. its monster-growth days. There are tons of companies coming Your introduction to Nashville must be a new here and home values have skyrocketed, a lot of which has to experience. How’s that going? do with tech and oil. And the marijuana industry has brought in Well they’re all my best friends right now! I have hundreds of a lot of people and companies. One thing I tell my jocks is that emails I’m still catching up with. For me it’s just about getting to they can’t rest on their laurels or on the way they did things years know everyone first and that’s what I’ve told them – just give me ago. They can’t be afraid to tell their story because there are a lot a clean start. I’m a good partner, I shoot straight and we’re going of people who are brand new to the market. I can’t tell you how to have open dialogue. I just haven’t been able to catch up with many conversations I’ve had with callers off the air who say they everyone yet. I hope to fix that if I get out to CRS. I’m a handshake just moved here. To me that means there is a lot of new cume to and look-you-in-the-eye type of guy, so I’m looking forward to that. capture and we just need to get a meter on them. Welcome Jaxon to the club here. –Russ Penuell Your direct competitor, KYGO, is obviously a well- known and successful heritage Country station. How do you see KWOF in relation to it? Lon Helton, [email protected] They’re our direct competitor and have been the heritage Chuck Aly, [email protected] here for a long time, but we feel we are the “new Country” Russ Penuell, [email protected] station that’s after the 18-34 crowd. That’s apparent when we Wendy Newcomer, [email protected] do concerts and club nights. So when we create promotions and (615) 320-1450 contests it’s all about concert tickets and meet-and-greets. We’ve ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Here's a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info • Chris Borchetta here and we'll include you in a future update. Former Star Farm Sr. Dir./Promotion Big Machine Label Group is searching for a sales, mar- [email protected] keting and interactive executive with at least three years of record • Jim Day retail sales experience. Materials here. Former WIL/St. Louis morning host Average Joes has an opening for a receptionist/staff assis- 314-285-4365 tant. Resumes here. [email protected] GCC Bend's KSJJ/Bend, OR is searching for a morning show • JD Daniels producer/air talent. Airchecks and resumes here. Former WJMQ/Brand Mgr/ & Afternooner iHeartMedia/Huntsville has a Dir./Creative Services open- 920-277-5483 ing. Materials to SVP/Programming Erich West here. Hall's WCTY/Norwich, CT is searching for an overnight talent. [email protected] Materials to PD Dave Elder here. •Jeff Kapugi Cumulus' WIVK/Knoxville has an opening in middays. Former CBS Radio VP/Country, WUSN/Chicago PD Apply here. [email protected] iHeartMedia's WNCB/Raleigh has an opening for a PD. •Wes McShay Apply here. Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. 208-758-5435 Apply here. [email protected] Townsquare/Duluth, MN has an opening for a GM. • Derek Gunn Apply here. Former Stoney Creek regional and KBUL/Reno, NV PD Mid-West Family's WRTB/Rockford, IL is searching for an [email protected] afternoon personality. Reach Steve Summers about the position, • Jeff Miles which includes imaging duties, here. Former WKLB/Boston morning host West Virginia Radio's WKWS/Charleston, WV has an open- [email protected] ing for a PD/air personality. Materials to MM Bob Visotcky here. • Chappel Fisher Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. [email protected] Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three • Brian Rickman years experience is required. Materials here. Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. [email protected] Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/ • Rosey Fitchpatrick MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and [email protected] Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. • Wayne Manning iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Pro- Former Cold River Regional motions. Apply here. 801-361-2993 Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/ [email protected] middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. • Doug Montgomery Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, morning show. Materials here. Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. [email protected] Airchecks and resumes here. • Kristen Kee Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/after- Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing noon personality. Apply here. [email protected] Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country com- • Kassidy Stewart bo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all [email protected] dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Program- • Kelley Cash ming & Operations Keith Clark here. Former KVOO/Tulsa personality Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for [email protected] an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a • Brian Hatfield morning host. Materials here. Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. [email protected] Three years of experience is required. Apply here. • Rick Kennis CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD. At Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions least five years programming experience is required and a four- [email protected] year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

February 6, 2017 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 26740 1151 8702 260 59.914 2.07 159 0

3 2 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 24324 1163 7990 304 55.128 2.854 159 0

1 3 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 23496 -3914 7402 -1475 54.55 -8.139 159 0

4 4 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 23189 1032 7601 329 53.095 3.008 159 0

6 5 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) ✔ 21456 2023 7168 552 47.51 4.065 159 0

5 6 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 21045 654 7053 209 47.005 1.705 159 0

7 7 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 18789 1156 6367 467 42.95 2.266 159 0

8 8 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) ✔ 18746 1713 6204 614 41.972 2.984 159 1

9 9 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 17986 1487 5825 503 41.624 3.671 159 0

10 10 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 16442 48 5332 -14 36.483 0.428 159 0

11 11 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 15938 147 5310 25 37.276 0.378 159 0

13 12 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 15454 150 5102 56 36.116 -0.039 159 0

14 13 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 14928 1020 4824 288 33.107 1.922 158 2

15 14 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 12896 127 4329 27 27.666 -0.141 157 0

16 15 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 12554 1333 4143 474 28.677 2.713 158 1

18 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 11244 731 3630 224 25.35 1.324 157 0

17 17 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 11142 167 3519 31 23.593 0.431 154 0

19 18 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 10855 955 3729 249 23.146 2.471 157 0

20 19 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 10064 243 3315 86 20.629 0.721 155 0

21 20 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9320 909 3112 324 21.53 1.382 156 7

22 21 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 8619 264 3102 102 16.455 0.361 155 0

25 22 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 8448 353 2747 86 17.749 0.804 154 2

23 23 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 8387 233 2725 55 16.834 0.602 153 2

26 24 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 6914 528 2370 124 13.691 1.411 146 2

29 25 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 6603 690 2145 220 12.626 0.619 142 5

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

28 26 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 6458 173 2401 58 12.619 0.444 146 0

27 27 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 6386 40 2138 22 11.86 0.01 150 1

30 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 5765 164 1860 78 12.583 0.626 135 1

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔ DEBUT 5581 5581 1769 1769 14.119 14.119 106 106

39 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) ✔ 5421 2274 1667 618 13.283 7.085 131 14

32 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 5016 1076 1647 364 10.036 2.26 140 11

31 32 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 4646 194 1430 35 8.148 0.205 116 0

33 33 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 4238 307 1458 110 6.921 0.579 125 1

36 34 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 4221 834 1368 286 8.239 1.867 112 14

34 35 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 4051 258 1366 87 6.003 0.518 115 1

35 36 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 3734 72 1420 35 5.05 -0.169 126 1

42 37 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 3683 785 1278 220 5.935 0.697 114 17

37 38 JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 3641 408 1192 152 5.715 0.426 123 3

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 3626 725 1109 251 7.016 1.544 96 13

40 40 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 3621 540 1223 152 4.647 0.313 126 11

43 41 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 3558 917 1045 340 7.058 1.739 82 8

Debut 42 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) ✔ 3360 3360 1129 1129 8.742 8.742 72 72

38 43 CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow) 3237 75 1099 30 4.485 0.041 113 2

45 44 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 2884 485 956 165 3.895 0.576 101 4

44 45 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 2414 -39 832 55 4.099 -0.337 92 2

46 46 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 2408 143 826 39 3.818 0.158 102 4

47 47 HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN) 2226 134 783 41 2.805 0.323 81 1

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 1881 160 652 41 1.697 0.228 95 3

48 49 TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) 1772 32 653 15 2.046 -0.017 93 2

50 50 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 1736 187 586 52 2.086 0.394 79 1

Country Aircheck Add leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 106 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 1503 ✔ ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 72 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 1351 ✔ KANE BROWN/What Ifs (RCA) 36 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old... (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 1121 ✔ ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 25 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 956 ✔ BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 17 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 839 ✔ LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 14 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 794 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 14 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 13 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 639 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 11 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 630 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 11 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 584 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 11 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 512 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 5581 ✔ SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 284 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 3360 ✔ LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 278 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 2274 ✔ ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 236 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 2023 ✔ JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 176 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 1713 ✔ KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 163 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 1487 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 160 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1333 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 143 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 1163 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 136 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 1156 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 123 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 1151 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 95

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 12959 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 1769 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 1129 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol/Capitol) 12916 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 618 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T.MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 12853 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 614 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 12038 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 552 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 9282 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 503 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 9205 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 474 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 8593 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 467 LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol) 7751 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 364 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 7225 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 340 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 6860 ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 6, 2017 Chart Page 4

COUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy A D D D AT E S LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) Moves 44-45* 2,414 points, 832 spins February 13 2 adds: WMAD, WPAW Brooke Eden/Act Like You Don’t (Red Bow) CHUCK WICKS/Whole Damn Thing (Blaster) BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) Frankie Ballard/You’ll Accomp’ny Me (Warner Bros./WAR) Remains at 46* Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood/The Fighter (Capitol) 2,408 points, 826 spins MO PITNEY/Everywhere (Curb) 4 adds: KATC*, WRBT, WRNX, WSLC February 21 HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday’s Song (Atlantic/WMN) KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) Remains at 47* BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear That Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 2,226 points, 783 spins 1 add: WNSH* February 27 Midland/Drinkin’ Problem (Big Machine SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) Moves 49-48* Send yours to [email protected] 1,881 points, 652 spins 3 adds: WPCV*, WSLC, WWYZ

TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) Moves 48-49* 1,772 points, 653 spins CHECK OUT 2/10 2 adds: KSKS*, WBBS

DRAKE WHITE/Makin’ Me Look Good Again (Dot) Brett Young Self-Titled (BMLGR) Remains at 50* Young's debut includes his first single, the 1,736 points, 586 spins No. 1 "Sleep Without You," and current single 1 add: KWNR "In Case You Didn't Know." The Dann Huff- produced project features 11 of the 12 cuts MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) co-written by Young. 1,494 points, 588 spins 2 adds: KKWF, WRNS Feb. 17 Alison Krauss Windy City (Rounder) DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) Jenny Gill The House Sessions (—) 1,421 points, 636 spins 1 add: KUAD Feb. 24 Little Big Town The Breaker (Capitol) WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) Aaron Watson Vaquero (BIG Label) 1,294 points, 501 spins Various The Shack: Music From And Inspired By The Original 1 add: KSCS Motion Picture (Atlantic)

Mar. 3 Moonshine Bandits Baptized In Bourbon (Backroad/Average Joes) ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 6, 2017 Chart Page 5

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

1 1 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 11671 12 2370 20 53 0 2nd Week at No. 1 3 2 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 11284 639 2279 136 52 0 2 3 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 11239 -41 2315 -22 52 0 4 4 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 10678 433 2196 80 53 0 6 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 9292 584 1910 143 53 0 8 6 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 9238 630 1835 123 53 0 10 7 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) ✔ 9044 839 1803 160 53 0 7 8 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 8693 -3 1836 -2 49 0 9 9 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 8416 -63 1730 -16 52 0 11 10 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 8145 164 1698 29 50 0 5 11 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 8030 -1344 1618 -300 46 0 12 12 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 7894 249 1578 48 53 0 13 13 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 7304 140 1471 62 53 1 15 14 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) ✔ 6759 956 1307 176 51 0 ✔ 14 15 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 6134 -5 1231 26 50 0 18 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 6029 393 1157 74 51 0 17 17 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 5864 81 1166 25 53 0 16 18 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 5840 55 1121 12 53 0 19 19 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 5747 459 1183 95 52 0 20 20 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia) 5712 794 1116 163 52 2 21 21 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 5018 229 997 30 47 0 23 22 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 4778 433 952 95 49 1 24 23 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 3978 69 790 16 52 0 25 24 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 3903 15 735 -3 47 0 28 25 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) ✔ 3870 1503 742 278 50 6 26 26 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 3316 77 681 9 47 1 27 27 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 2756 111 528 34 46 5 30 28 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 2512 400 522 76 45 6 29 29 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 2370 155 462 27 39 1 31 30 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 2365 443 450 75 33 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 35 31 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 2177 512 408 88 38 1 34 32 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 2038 338 398 55 36 2 32 33 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 1968 125 377 10 37 0 36 34 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 1864 357 306 63 28 6 33 35 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 1795 72 305 13 24 0 38 36 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 1776 336 348 58 28 3 37 37 JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 1617 119 309 36 36 2 Debut 38 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔ 1351 1351 284 284 26 17 40 39 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 1299 292 274 60 36 5 39 40 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 1295 72 226 11 24 0 45 41 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 1255 427 246 72 30 8 Debut 42 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) ✔ 1121 1121 236 236 24 13 44 43 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 1062 195 216 28 21 0 42 44 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 1061 66 220 15 32 1 41 45 MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 1024 26 132 5 7 1 43 46 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 964 0 169 -7 22 0 46 47 BRETT YOUNG/You Ain't Here To Kiss Me (BMLGR) 790 50 79 5 1 0 48 48 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 739 17 123 0 14 0 51 49 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 721 78 161 20 23 0 52 50 THOMAS RHETT f/J. SPARKS/Playing With Fire (Valory) 710 100 71 10 1 0 53 51 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 694 93 101 17 7 2 47 52 CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow) 643 -85 129 -15 20 0 50 53 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House) 630 -20 63 -2 1 0 49 54 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Dot) 618 -62 63 -5 2 0 54 55 HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN) 610 112 98 14 10 0 57 56 KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) 598 149 64 13 7 0 59 57 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 490 50 49 5 1 0 55 58 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 490 0 49 0 1 0 60 59 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 470 60 47 6 1 0 59 60 BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear That Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 450 40 45 4 1 0