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March 1, 2021, Issue 745 Attendees Weigh In On CRS As March dawns, most are preparing to mark one full year of “unprecedented times,” while Country radio pros are wrapping their heads around one complete online-only Country Radio Seminar. CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience concluded Feb. 19 following four days of web-based learning, connecting and advancing. Country Aircheck lets industry constituents weigh in on their experiences and takeaways from the week. • ADX WYCT/Pensacola PD/morning host Brent Lane: “I almost listened to it like a podcast. I enjoyed the Zoom session for the ‘Awards Submission Workshop,’ as I felt like Brent Lane the chat conversation was engaging, and I also Down To No. 1: Capitol’s Luke Bryan joins his team in a learned a lot on the ‘Talk Data To Me’ panel. toast to his 26th No. 1, “Down To One.” Pictured (top, l-r) are the The performances were all good; Dan + Shay label’s Megan Youngblood, Donna Hughes, Bobby Young and killed it! With the virtual setup, more of our Megan Kleinschmidt and producer Jeff Stevens; (second row, team could be involved, and that was great l-r) the label’s Rob Femia, Chris Schuler and Mara Sidweber, for conversation in our building. I’d love to see producer Jody Stevens and the label’s Mike Dungan; (third row, some aspect of that again – $150 was an easy l-r) manager Kerri Edwards, the label’s Annie Sandor, Bryan and price point for some people who are normally the label’s Ashley Knight and David Friedman; (bottom, l-r) the not part of it. And, if I could keep something label’s Royce Risser, Mike Harris and Katie Bright. Cory Myers else from this year, it would be having Uber Eats deliver lunch to me at my house so I could Kingsley Archives Donated To Hall eat on my couch while blasting the New Faces The symbiotic relationship between country music and Show through our theater speakers.” Country radio is often oversimplified, sometimes usefully. If • iHeartMedia WWYZ/Hartford MD/ that intersection could be reduced to an easily understood morning co-host Cory Myers: “I have five embodiment, it might not be as a place, but kids that need me here, a husband who simply as a person. Spanning almost 50 years, the can’t live without me and a mom for whom I career of the late Bob Kingsley tells the am a caregiver. My life is a shit show, and yet story of country music and its people in a Hannah this virtual CRS allowed me to be present at Brummer way that can never be duplicated. And now seminars to get new ideas, listen to experts and that body of work – that of Bob and his team finally feel like I was present in my career. Why can’t it continue as a at American Country Countdown and, later, virtual option for those of us who simply can’t make it to Nashville?” Country Top 40 – have been ensconced in the • Entercom WUSN/Chicago Coord./Promotions Hannah place devoted to preserving and telling the Brummer: “This was my first time attending CRS, and it was truly the broader story of country music, the Country best experience. Bob Kingsley (continued on page 7) Music Hall of Fame and Museum. But it ©2021 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

March 1, 2021 Page 3 took the foresight of Bob and his wife and Colladay. “We are fortunate that Bob and Nan not only kept business partner Nan Kingsley, as well as detailed records of every show and every interview, but they invested some fortuitous corporate cost-cutting, to in digitization of the recordings and have provided digital files.” make the donation possible. Over time, the collection will be made available as part of the “We never got rid of anything,” Nan says, museum’s free online digital archives. “The digital files and the describing a room in their Weatherford, Kingsley’s meticulous documentation make Texas studio building filled with stacks of the collection accessible from day one,” reel-to-reel tapes, as well as DATs and other Colladay says. “The process of digitizing media. “The shows were originally done that Nan Kingsley a collection this size would have taken the way,” she says. “And we’ve been digitizing museum years, so we are very grateful. Of for years. We’re down to only about three years that have not course, we will preserve the analog masters been digitized. in our archive.” Hear clips from interviews “These are the work product – the interviews, which are the most with Garth Brooks and Luke Combs here and valuable asset we ever had,” she says. “The thought of it not being here, respectively. Brenda preserved was pretty scary.” The “Kingsley Collection” adds more than “Many artists were interviewed year after Colladay 3,200 interviews to the museum’s prodigious archival holdings that year, and the conversations captured will serve include 250,000 audio recordings; 40,000 to document their careers, in their own voices,” Colladay says, noting moving images; 500,000 photographs; more early interviews with Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, than 650 extensive oral histories; and 5,000 Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs. “I am certain the museum will linear feet of printed materials. find many ways to include these recordings in our exhibitions, special While Kingsley’s archives include interviews projects, public programs and educational initiatives. No doubt they with almost 50 Country Music Hall of Famers, will be of great interest to scholars, as well.” the list goes deeper than country music’s big Everyone who benefits from the collection can thank, at least in names to include producers, songwriters, part, some corporate penny-pinching. “I have an email I got from label executives and more. Some of the artists Cumulus sometime in the ‘90s,” Nan explains. “They had all these included are all but forgotten – except by the Kingsley tapes of interviews and shows in Iron Mountain storage in Dallas Kingsley trove. “Bob never said no to a label and said they weren’t going to pay to store them anymore. Did and some artists never made it into the top 40,” Nan says. “We’ve we want them? Our ranch hand took the horse trailer and filled it got those interviews.” up with boxes. We kept it all in a 3,000 square-foot room in the Amassing and preserving the collection was much Weatherford studio we originally intended as a soundstage.” more than afterthought to the Kingsleys. “We had long Now properly preserved for posterity, the Kingsleys’ stewardship conversations with our attorney about this,” Nan says. “Every of the stories so many people shared with Bob is complete. “It’s time we wanted more money, we had to give something up, a relief to not have to be responsible for it anymore,” Nan says. but that was the one thing Bob would never surrender.” “What we got to experience is an honor. It’s priceless. And to not That diligence may be partly in reaction to an early and fateful share that simply makes no sense.” Read Country Aircheck’s decision when the show was still owned by Watermark. “They tribute to Bob Kingsley here. –Chuck Aly asked, ‘Do you want to own the show name or do you want a $25-per-week raise?’” Nan says. “He took the money. I said to Chart Chat him, ‘If I’d been around back then, trust me, you would not have Congratulations to Luke Bryan, Royce gotten that raise.’” That decision, of course, came into play in Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman, 2006 when ABC Radio-owned ACC hired a new host and Kingsley Chris Schuler and the Capitol promotion struck out on his own with CT40. team on landing this week’s No. 1. “Down Organizing the collection is underway. “Each item will be To One” is the fourth single from his ACM- inventoried, assigned an accession number and entered into our nominated Born Here Live Here Die Here collections database,” says CMHoF&M VP/Museum Services Brenda album and becomes Bryan’s 26th chart- Luke Bryan

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WITH ... CAITLYN SMITH

A look at how Monument’s Caitlyn Smith is folks during this really weird time. spending her Quaran-Time: When it comes to promoting new music The biggest lesson of 2020 was flexibility. and projects, it’s virtual everything, baby! Living Being able to let go of control and just be. I’m such my best “Zoom life” for all the interviews, filming a planner, and our 2020 was set up to be pretty live performances in my living room and doing my exciting and busy. Having it all end up cancelled best to connect with fans on socials. was devastating. Not being able to get out there I just finishedYellowstone and am and do what we love most was heartbreaking. obsessed. Also read Aimee Mayo’s new book, I took it one day at a time and got really Talking To the Sky, in just a couple days ... so good. good at going really small. Putting energy into I haven’t read anything that fast since Harry Potter! beautiful home cooked meals and time with my My go-to quarantine snack is peanut husband and kids. I took a lot of longs walks and butter on a spoon and a cup of peppermint tea. did my best to embrace the slow down. The space I was baking a ton at the beginning of COVID that was created by lockdown was actually a but realized quickly that wasn’t gonna be the best wonderful awakening — these small moments are hobby for my waistline. rich and extremely life-giving. There have been hundreds of blessings I’ve been able to stay creative and have been in this rather difficult year. The time home with my writing a few times a week since we got pulled off the husband and two boys (four and two years old) road last March. I tend to go a little crazy sitting still, has been beautiful. We started a garden at the and writing has been such an awesome outlet. top of lockdown, and it kept us busy. Lots of walks My favorite social media platform is kept us sane. I kept writing and have written Instagram. We switched to virtual performances dozens and dozens of new songs. last year and also started an IG Live conversation Also, the Old Dominion collaboration on series, Lonely Together, pulling in guests and “I Can’t” came out of this crazy year, too, which Ring Light Of Fire talking about their creative process and what will now be my first single at Country radio! inspires them. The goal was to be a bright light to Can’t complain about that. Thanks, 2020!

topper. Songwriters are Dallas Davidson, Justin Ebach and News & Notes Kyle Fishman. Cable TV vet Brian Swarth has been named to the newly With “The Good Ones” moving to No. 10 this week, Warner/ created position of Head of Marketing, Podcasts for Entercom’s WAR’s Gabby Barrett becomes the first female artist to land her Cadence13. Swarth will report to COO Chris Corcoran. first two singles in the top ten sinceMaren Morris accomplished Luke Bryan (March 1), Dustin Lynch (March 8), Thomas the feat as “80s Mercedes” entered the top 10 in January 2017. Rhett (March 15), Jimmie Allen (March 22) and Jake Owen And kudos to Adrian Michaels and the Stoney Creek crew on (March 29) have been announced as the weekly hosts of USRN racking up 26 adds for Track45’s “Met Me Now.” They become the nationally syndicated Backstage Country for March. third debut act in the past year to land atop the weekly add board. Warner/WMN’s Blake Shelton will guest host middays for Mt.

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Wilson KKGO/Los Angeles March 1-26. Listen here. Royal Bank of Canada Global Head/Diversity & Inclusion Sandye Taylor is joining BMI as Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer March 8. BBC Studios America SVP/Head of Human Resources Patty Erickson has joined ASCAP in the same capacity. She succeeds the retiring Carolyn Jensen and will report to CEO Elizabeth Matthews. Southwind Broadcasting, LLC receiver Ron Metzinger is selling eight stations, including Country KKJQ/Garden City, KS, to Central Plains Finance, LLC for $2,567,658.85. The price reflects the full amount of the judgement with costs, fees and accrued interest via court order as defaulted on by the owner. Dave’s Broadcasting Corporation is selling Country KCYS/ Seaside, OR to Jacobs Radio Programming. The buyer will pay $5,000 for the station’s license and $45,000 for its equipment. Quinton Digital Pres./Founder Amanda Quinton has launched Queue Records in partnership with InGrooves Music. Industry vets Lexia Chamryk-Thomas and Cameron Catron have joined Appalachia Made Co. (AMCO) as CEO and Head/ Artist & Brand Partnership, respectively. Columbia’s Kameron Marlowe has also aligned with AMCO, a country lifestyle and destination travel brand that focuses on helping create new jobs in the heart of coal country via powersports and live music events. The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has made its quarterly magazine, ACM Tempo, available to ACM A-List subscribers with select articles available to view via ACM: The Hub. The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFA) is providing emergency aid to broadcast colleagues who have been hit by recent extreme weather conditions in Texas and surrounding areas. Those interested in applying for aid may do so here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Read coverage of CRS 2021 in Daily Buzz and Country Aircheck Weekly. • Entercom unveiled its enhanced programming leadership structure. (CAT 2/26) • Mark Janese and Rusty Sherrill exited Sony/Nashville. (CAT 2/25) • Triple Tigers’ Laura Hostelley was upped to VP. (CAT 2/24) • Rachel Ryan joined KSCS/Dallas in middays. (CAT 2/22) • Chronicle: George Francis, Ann Gillis.

Attendees Weigh In On CRS (continued from page 1) I loved the panel with Jimmie Allen connecting with listeners who shared their input. That helped me put things into perspective and home in on what I can personally work on. I will forever cherish the endless number of friendships and connections I made at CRS. This was truly a life changing, remarkable and unforgettable experience, and I can’t wait to attend next year.” • Entercom Country Format Captain Tim Roberts & VP/Country Tim Roberts: “There was tremendous information available, including a very interesting research presentation. Leigh [Jacobs] and Carolyn [Gilbert] at NuVooDoo pulled from key country markets and took an in-depth look at listeners and their habits. And, the Nashville label community really stepped up and delivered TV show quality on [the performances]. The New Faces show looked like a network television show!” Jack Purcell

• EM.Co SVP/Radio Promotion & Marketing Jack Purcell: “Our use and find benefit in radio versus DSPs will and should continue. yearly CRS gatherings have always been somewhat of a rite of passage I’m always a proponent of perspective, so I loved listeners telling by laying groundwork for new artist launch campaigns, research us what they think and viewing the industry through a lens other wisdom, mentorship and new tours that will soon be launched. In than my own. As far as most memorable moments, I’m just a year that forced extroverts to become introverts, this CRS first and waiting on Royce Risser to somehow let off pyro explosions foremost achieved the goal of bringing our community together. behind all of us at The Ryman next year. I’ll Standout moments included the research presentation, Tuesday’s leave it at that.” streaming sessions, our format’s true-north compass Tim McGraw • UMGN VP/Marketing-Digital Accounts capping off the Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat At CRS show and and CRS Agenda Committee Digital & WYCT/Pensacola OM Kevin King giving nothing short of a Ted Talk Streaming Team Lead Annie Ortmeier: on how to handle ‘When The Sh*t Hits The Fan’ market crises. And, as “I personally loved the ‘Talk Data To Me’ an obvious side note, pandemic aside, we would have had massive panel, as it focused on the questions we travel issues associated with the winter weather that moved in.” hear regarding radio data and streaming • Bonneville KNCI/Sacramento PD and CRS Agenda data laid out in a productive and clear way. Committee Vice Chair Joey Tack: “I especially liked that there The panelists were all fantastic, as was the Annie Ortmeier weren’t overlapping sessions, which allowed moderator, Jeff Green.” the space to take in nearly everything that • Alpha/Amarillo, TX OM & Country KGNC was going on throughout the week, and I PD Scott Gaines: “I especially enjoyed the enjoyed the ‘community’ aspect of the chat ‘Music Scheduling Workshop.’ I’ve been doing box. I’d like to see CRS work some of those logs for more than 30 years, and it’s cool aspects into the live experience next year. As to see everyone has a different perspective far as educational panels, [on-demand-only and angle. I also appreciated the ‘Awards session] ‘Dial & Error’ was fascinating to Submission Workshop.’ In the future, I’d Joey Tack me as a programmer with a morning show. love to see more topics related to women in There were so many easy takeaways to bring the industry – and more women on panels Scott Gaines back to my team immediately.” speaking as experts.” • Hall WCTY/Norwich, CT PD Dave • Big River/Florence, AL OM & Country Elder: “I was able to connect my AirPods and WXFL PD Fletcher Brown: “I enjoyed being enjoy the sessions, see the screen and hear able to sit comfortably and listen while still the presenters and guests without someone’s having the option of asking questions as they phone going off! I enjoyed the ‘Post Pandemic occurred to me in the chat. Even when things Playbook’ session, because we will get out return to normal, this could be integrated of this mess we are in, and we need to be into the CRS experience somehow. I loved the Dave Elder planning now. The on-demand-only ’21 Barry Gibb interview, as I always like seeing Fletcher Brown Promotions In ’21’ also included PDF files of a music legend outside of country discuss presentations that we are going to use at our how they are influenced by our format. The station and put our own spin on them.” standout moment I’ll still be talking about five • Entercom RVPP and KSON/San Diego & years from now is the Maren Morris and Luke KFRG/Riverside PD Kevin Callahan: “There Combs interview. It was raw and honest.” was so much content this year that I wasn’t • iHeartMedia KNIX/Phoenix MD/midday able to do it all, but that isn’t a bad thing. I will personality Lois “Double L” Lewis: “The be able to go back and review and see some ‘24/7 Brand’ panel was a good reminder to Kevin Callahan things on demand. There was really great stuff push through the laziness, because people Lois “Double in a couple of the talent sessions I sat through, want to hear what we have to say if it’s creative L” Lewis and in the future, I’d love to see more panels and if we make it matter. As for performances, on what makes a great air talent. With fewer Lauren Alaina is always a highlight, and [Eric] Church on a talent, the ones we have and the ones that are stool with a guitar and a glass of whiskey? Come on! The entire growing really need to stand out.” production was snazzy and felt very VIP and futuristic – and I was • Former iHeartMedia/Cleveland SVPP only hungover one day, so I know I’ll remember even more from & OM Keith Abrams: “The panel about this year than in the past!” streaming numbers was very informative and For those who may have missed out on CRS 2021: The Virtual educational, and I thought Thomas Rhett’s Experience, the CRB is now offering a $99 #FOMO rate to view Keith Abrams performance with his father was entertaining. on-demand panels and workshops (CAT 2/25). Get in on the In the coming years, I hope we continue to action here. –Monta Vaden explore the current state of race relations in country. This is a topic that should be addressed every year with artists at CRS in some way. The discussion with Luke Combs and Maren Morris was enlightening, moving and memorable while not being an easy topic to discuss.” • Buck Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield PD Lon Helton, [email protected] Brent Michaels and CRS Agenda Committee Chair Brent Chuck Aly, [email protected] Michaels: “The chat feature and networking lounge made it Caitlin DeForest, [email protected] feel like we were all communicating as if we were together and Monta Vaden, [email protected] – without being pulled in a million directions – the content took Chris Huff, [email protected] center stage. The conversations about how listeners and consumers

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Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Golden Isle/Brunswick, GA Dir./Programming Townsquare/Yakima, WA Dir./Content Brian Townsquare KOEL/Waterloo, IA PD/morning host Mark “The Shark” Ediss is seeking a successor for Stephenson is looking for a Brand Mgr./morning host for Johnny Marks is looking for a morning co-host who is outgoing OM/PD/on-air talent Paul Andresen. The Country KDBL. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. “social media savvy and regularly contributes content to cluster includes Country WRJY. Duties will include on-air, Cumulus/Colorado Springs OM Bobby Irwin is the station’s website and social media account. See the production, promotions, sales and handling technical searching for a PD/afternoon host to succeed Mike Dylan. complete job description and apply here. issues. Send résumés and airchecks to Ediss here. See a complete job description here; reach Irwin here. Saga Classic Country WYXY/Champaign, IL PD Curtis/Lenoir, NC GM Charlene Hall is looking Entercom KMLE/Phoenix morning co-hosts Kurtis Allen is seeking an afternoon personality. Send for an OM/on-air talent for the cluster that includes Gunner Jackson and Cheyenne Davis are seeking résumés and cover letters to him here. Country WKVS. See the complete job posting here; a full-time producer. Complete job description and Reising Radio WYGB/Columbus, IN PD Fritz send résumés, programming philosophies and application here. Moser is seeking a morning host to succeed “Big Rick” airchecks to Hall here. Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott is Daniels. Send résumés and airchecks to Moser here. Beasley WKXC/Augusta, GA OM Tee Gentry is looking for an OM to join the Wenatchee, WA cluster, Cumulus/Detroit OM Mike Wheeler is searching seeking an on-air personality to join the Kicks Wake Up including handling Country KYSN PD duties. Send for a Dir./Programming for Country WDRQ & Hot AC Krew. 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NORTHEAST Cox Country Format Leader & Country KKBQ/ Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott Houston PD Johnny Chiang is searching for a is searching for experienced OMs and PDs for future Forever WFGI/Johnstown, PA is seeking a full- midday personality for KKBQ to succeed Christi Brooks. openings. The company’s Country properties include time morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and Complete job description and application here. KAAR/Butte, MT; KCIN & KIYK/St. George, UT; KMON/ salary requirements here. Cumulus KSCS/Dallas PD Mike Preston is Great Falls, MT; KGGL/Missoula, MT; KKXK/Montrose, WVRC WKKW/Morgantown, WV PD Mike seeking a midday personality who loves country MT; KWCD/Sierra Vista, AZ; KYSN/Wenatchee, WA; Vincent is searching for part-time on-air talent for music; knows the Texas lifestyle; executes a fun, KYYZ/Williston, ND; and Classic Country KMON- weekend and fill-in positions. 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Send résumés to him here. seeking an experienced board operator available Cochran is seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the Cherry Creek Group PD Mark Elliott is seeking Monday-Friday from 4pm-11pm CT to run the live cluster that includes Country WUSX. Send résumés and an OM for the company’s seven-station cluster in St. feed of a nighty syndicated radio broadcast. Interested airchecks to her here. George, UT, which includes Country KCIN & KIYK. applicants can send résumés to McDonald here. Saga Classic Country WSIG/Harrisonburg, VA Duties include co-hosting Country mornings alongside Entercom is adding a Coord./Country Content to Dir./Group Programming Scott Chase and PD Paul PD Aaronee Cottam. Send résumés and airchecks to serve as a conduit between national programming and “Uncle Pauly” McDaniel are searching for a morning Elliott here. local stations and deploy format-wide promotions and co-host. Send résumés and airchecks to Chase here. initiatives. 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Must-haves Frontier/Juneau, AK GM Cherie Curry is include excellent writing skills, on-air and production Apply here. seeking an OM/PD/on-air talent for the cluster that Saga/Gainesville-Ocala, FL GM Howard Tuuri chops and experience with Wide Orbit and Adobe includes Country KTKU. Send résumés with references Audition. Send résumés and airchecks to Jobe here. 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SEEKING JOBS (continued) •Ryan McCall •Ginny Harman Former WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoons Former KFRG/Riverside mornings [email protected] [email protected] SEEKER SPOTLIGHT •David Dean •Nina D. Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons Former KMLE/Phoenix afternoons [email protected] [email protected] •BRITTANY TULLY Former WYNK/Baton Rouge PD •Kasper •Erin Austin Former WUSN/Chicago afternoons Former KILT/Houston Asst. MD/middays [email protected] and www. [email protected] [email protected] KasperShow.com •Amber Rainey Find her résumé, references and •Brian “Wookie” Kostek Former KSON/San Diego middays airchecks here. Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons [email protected] [email protected] •Jared “Marshall” Goldberg “I don’t just work 40 hours per week, and at every radio •Chuck Edwards Former KMLE/Phoenix APD/middays & job I’ve had, I give my all. I constantly work ahead and am Former WYCD/Detroit mornings Cluster Dir./Digital Programming always multitasking – as PD, MD, in promotions and on-air. [email protected] [email protected] I want to work late hours and work hard each day, because •Blair Thomas •Tami Rumfelt I love radio that much and only want to put forth my best Former WXCY/Wilmington, DE mornings Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons work at all times.” [email protected] [email protected] •Brad King •Mike Allan Former WBYT/South Bend, IN Former WNSH/New York nights APD/MD/middays •Jim O’Hara •Claire Beverly [email protected] [email protected] and here Former iHeartMedia/Quad Cities, IA Former KNUC/Seattle mornings SVPP & Country WLLR PD/on-air [email protected] •Darlene Evans •Dr. Don Carpenter [email protected] Former WKIS/Miami middays Former WYCD/Detroit mornings •Bryant “Ryder” Konold [email protected] [email protected] •Steve Powers Former KNUC/Seattle mornings Former iHeartMedia/Mobile, AL SVPP [email protected] •Jake Byron •Nathan Cruise [email protected] Former KUPL/Portland mornings Former In2une Dir./Regional Promotion •Jess Tyler [email protected] [email protected] •Jim Dorman Former WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH Brand 615-496-6356 Former iHeartMedia/Wichita SVPP & Mgr./MD/middays •Adam Rondeau Country KZSN PD/middays [email protected] Former WCVL/Charlottesville, VA mornings •Mark “Skid” Lavin [email protected] [email protected] Former WOTW/Orlando Dir./Production •Mark Phillips & On-Air •Eddie Rupp Former KPLX/Dallas afternoons •Corey Dillon [email protected] Former iHeartMedia/Sarasota, FL SVPP/ [email protected] Former KNUC/Seattle afternoons/Social 407-619-5346 OM & Country WCTQ middays 214-226-9076 Media Mgr. 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Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 1, 2021 Page 13 Jan. PPM Top 10 January 2021 PPM Scoreboard Country radio shares were up 44.9 points (15.5%) low cumes and this is the format’s third lowest cume SHARE from the Holiday to January book. Of the stations month ever, behind only last month and the lockdown 2t 1 WCOL/Columbus 8.6 1 2 WCTK/Providence 8.1 listed, 63 saw share increases, 19 decreased and 5 month of last April. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic 2t 3 WSOC/Charlotte 7.3 were flat month-to-month. Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country 6t 4 WUBE/Cincinnati 7.1 Compared to the previous year, January 2021 shares stations in the metro; a “t” indicates a tie; and a 4 5 WGAR/Cleveland 7.0 were down 8.7 points (-2.5%). Overall cume was up “*” indicates a station that is a recent subscriber for -- 6 WFMS/Indianapolis 6.6 906,600 (4.1%) compared to last month; and was off which ratings were not currently available. Ranks are -- 7 KCYY/San Antonio 6.4 5.5 million (-18.8%) year to year. Despite the format’s among subscribers. NOTE: KKGO/Los Angeles was -- 8 WKKT/Charlotte 6.3 cume increase, eight stations fell to all-time record all-Christmas from 11/30 thru 12/25. 5 9t KNCI/Sacramento 6.2 -- 9t WQIK/Jacksonville 6.2

Holiday 6+ January 6+ Holiday January Holiday 6+ January 6+ Holiday January Station/City Share Rank Share Rank Cume Cume Station/City Share Rank Share Rank Cume Cume WUBL/Atlanta 3.7 10 3.3 10 430,100 447,100 WKMK/Middlesex (Monmouth) 0.5 25t 0.6 26t 28,700 20,000 WKHX/Atlanta 2.6 16 2.3 15 363,300 327,100 WMIL/Milwaukee 4.6 5 5.1 4 236,200 252,600 KVET/Austin^ 4.4 4 4.4 6 234,300 195,500 WMBZ/Milwaukee^ 1.1 13 1.7 11 85,800 94,600 KASE/Austin^ 3.1 11 3.5 11 159,000 153,000 WVTY/Milwaukee^ 1.5 11 1.4 14 73,400 70,600 KOKE/Austin 0.9 22 1.5 19 50,000 62,200 KEEY/Minneapolis 4.2 10 5.0 7 334,400 359,900 WPOC/Baltimore 5.4 5 5.5 4 246,800 263,300 KMNB/Minneapolis 2.9 15 2.7 15 321,700 332,300 WKLB/Boston 2.9 11 3.3 11 386,400 361,000 KLCI/Minneapolis + 1.8 18 2.1 16 94,700 102,300 WBWL/Boston 1.7 18t 2.4 15 266,000 283,000 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 4.7 8 4.4 10 187,900 170,000 WCTK/Boston (Providence) 1.0 22t 0.9 23 102,400 97,200 WSIX/Nashville 4.4 9t 5.2 8 187,400 189,700 WSOC/Charlotte 6.4 2 7.3 1t 330,400 293,700 WKDF/Nashville^ 3.7 11t 3.7 12 146,700 131,900 WKKT/Charlotte 4.9 6t 6.3 4 329,300 340,500 WNSH/Nassau (New York) 0.7 27 1.0 27t 70,300 78,000 WUSN/Chicago 2.1 15 2.0 17 602,600 697,400 WNSH/New York 1.3 22 2.0 19 615,000 660,500 WUBE/Cincinnati^ 5.4 4t 7.1 3 287,000 260,100 WGH/Norfolk 3.8 4t 5.3 4 150,600 169,300 WNKN/Cincinnati+ 2.4 14 2.9 13t 127,200 129,100 WUSH/Norforlk 3.0 8 3.3 9 130,900 120,200 WNNF/Cincinnati 1.8 16 2.9 13t 138,600 138,600 WWKA/Orlando 3.2 9t 4.1 8t 162,900 180,000 WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.1 18 1.1 19 104,000 91,500 WPCV/Orlando (Lakeland) * 2.2 16 * 92,700 WGAR/Cleveland 5.9 5t 7.0 4 271,100 305,400 WXTU/Philadelphia 3.0 8 3.6 9 363,400 384,100 WCOL/Columbus, OH 6.4 5 8.6 1t 241,900 256,200 KNIX/Phoenix 5.0 3 5.2 4 507,400 486,700 KPLX/Dallas^ 3.5 10 4.2 7t 778,300 828,800 KMLE/Phoenix 2.5 15 2.6 15t 405,900 383,300 KSCS/Dallas^ 3.9 7t 5.1 3 638,800 739,900 WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.2 7 5.0 6 194,000 199,900 KYGO/Denver 5.1 3 WUBL5.7 2 301,800 335,000 WPGB/Pittsburgh 2.3 12 2.4 12 143,100 150,900 KWBL/Denver 2.4 14t 2.2 16 179,000 185,700 WLYI/Pittsburgh * 1.1 16t * 48,500 WYCD/Detroit 3.9 12 4.6 10t 434,100 480,400 WOGG/Pittsburgh * 1.0 18 * 56,700 WDRQ/Detroit 2.1 18 2.2 18 284,000 310,900 WOGI/Pittsburgh * 0.7 20t * 56,300 WTQR/Greensboro 4.3 8 4.9 8 163,900 173,300 KUPL/Portland 2.9 12t 4.0 8 194,000 237,400 WPAW/Greensboro 4.0 9 5.6 6 146,100 155,700 KWJJ/Portland 2.4 17 2.9 13t 208,700 248,000 WWYZ/Hartford 4.8 8 5.4 7t 128,200 141,800 WCTK/Providence 7.4 3 8.1 2 232,400 237,400 KKBQ/Houston^ 3.0 14 3.2 50013t 675,500 679,500 WQDR/Raleigh 4.5 7 4.7 7 193,000 168,500 KILT/Houston 3.2 12t 3.4 10t 692,300 694,900 WNCB/Raleigh 2.4 15t 2.1 16 121,800 105,500 KTHT/Houston^+ 2.3 18 2.5 20 362,000 367,800 KFRG/Riverside 4.6 2 4.3 6t 243,400 230,000 WFMS/Indianapolis 4.6 6 6.6 5 182,400 206,600 KNCI/Sacramento 5.5 4 6.2 3t 240,200 283,000 WLHK/Indianapolis 3.8 10 3.2 13t 195,000 173,600 KUBL/Salt Lake City 3.8 8 4.8 7 188,700 229,500 WQIK/Jacksonville 4.8 6 WUBL6.2 4t 189,900 197,700 KSOP/Salt Lake City 2.9 12 3.9 10 149,200 183,800 WGNE/Jacksonville 3.6 10 3.6 10 167,600 147,400 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.2 22 0.9 22t 98,100 95,700 KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.6 8 5.1 6t 203,000 212,100 KCYY/San Antonio^ 4.5 7 6.4 3 381,600 404,000 KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.2 10t 3.9 10t 203,100 186,700 KAJA/San Antonio 387.0 3.3 11 3.8 10 305,900 315,100 WDAF/Kansas City 5.4 5 6.1 3t 267,400 251,800 KKYX-AM/San381.8 Antonio^+ 382.01.5 20 1.3 20 121,500 117,600 KCYE/Las Vegas 2.4 14t 2.8 13t 143,000 135,600 KSON/San369.1 Diego 3.7 11 4.0 7t 261,700 243,900 KWNR/Las Vegas 2.4 14t 3.0 10 136,700 141,900 366.6 400500 357.9 KRTY/San Jose 3.2 8 362.23.4 9 106,900 101,300 KKGO/Los Angeles ** 1.5 23t 2.2 17 660,300 643,300 355.6 KKWF/Seattle 2.3 20t 2.9 350.8 16 308,300 331,700 344.3 349.7 WGKX/Memphis 2.6 11 3.2 9 80,600 93,800 KNUC/Seattle 2.5 17 3.0 14t339.2 271,700 260,700 WLFP/Memphis 1.6 14 1.4 14 67,400 65,100 KSD/St. Louis 5.3 5 4.9 7t 336,200 360,700335.6 WKIS/Miami 2.8 11t 2.6 12t 315,900 308,500 WIL/St. Louis 3.3 13t 4.0 11t 283,800329.0 297,600 WNSH/Middlesex (New York) 2.2 17 3.0 11 93,100 102,100 WFUS/Tampa 5.0 5 4.4 9 366,000 359,300 WQYK/Tampa 3.9 9 4.6 8 278,600 299,100 387.0 381.8 382.0 290.7 369.1 366.6 Jan. PPM Top 10 357.9 362.2 400 355.6 349.7 350.8 300 344.3 CUME 339.2 335.6 1 1 KPLX/Dallas 828,800 329.0 5 2 KSCS/Dallas 739,900 7 3 WUSN/Chicago 697,400 2 4 KILT/Houston 694,900 290.7 3 5 KKBQ/Houston 679,500 Format-Wide PPM Ratings 6 6 WNSH/New York 660,500 Aggregate share for Nielsen Audio subscribing 4 7 KKGO/Los Angeles 643,300 300 stations month to month. 8 8 KNIX/Phoenix 486,700 9 9 WYCD/Detroit 480,400 10 10 WUBL/Atlanta 447,100 200 Jan '19 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Hol Jan ©2021 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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March 1, 2021 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

4 4 LUKE BRYAN 27003 3807 8497 1278 49.341 5.764 158 0 1 Down To One (Capitol)

3 2 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 4 25049 1591 8101 502 43.862 3.936 158 0

5 3 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 22850 833 7542 248 37.022 1.606 155 0

6 4 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 4 22703 1500 7092 376 42.191 3.34 159 0

1 5 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 20363 -6270 6468 -1956 37.822 -11.125 159 0

8 6 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 18669 1051 5819 435 33.497 1.237 159 0

7 7 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 18593 87 6165 60 32.717 -0.18 158 0

10 8 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 18566 1212 5840 399 34.895 3.542 159 1

11 9 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 16355 263 5225 68 28.524 0.606 158 0

12 10 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 16274 1088 5334 265 28.819 2.58 157 0

13 11 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 15230 577 4699 182 26.102 1.39 158 0

14 12 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 14318 106 4609 30 24.28 0.332 159 0

15 13 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 13200 429 4226 116 20.917 -0.303 159 0

17 14 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 12535 883 4073 277 20.249 1.54 156 3

16 15 ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 12014 342 3885 87 20.203 0.676 157 0

18 16 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 11894 357 3876 80 19.77 1.068 157 0 -- 21 17 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 4 10326 1283 3270 421 16.696 2.652 151 3

20 18 T. MCGRAW & T. HUBBARD/Undivided (Big Machine/BMLGR) 9817 712 3196 248 16.378 0.795 157 0

9 19 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 9636 -7736 3220 -2416 18.124 -14.598 159 0

19 20 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 9568 429 3186 146 15.326 0.783 148 0

22 21 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 8732 316 2846 87 13.168 0.623 158 0

24 22 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol) 8665 364 2857 128 13.725 0.26 152 1

23 23 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 8606 273 2794 101 12.93 0.404 153 2

26 24 BLAKE SHELTON/Minimum Wage (Warner/WMN) 8318 674 2669 241 13.832 1.377 156 4

27 25 JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 7553 477 2303 173 12.078 0.78 148 5 ©2021 Country Aircheck™ All rights reserved. Sign up at countryaircheck.com • Send news to [email protected] 4=Top 5 Point Gainers

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

28 26 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 6926 275 2250 89 8.936 1.139 156 1

30 27 CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends (RCA) 6374 236 1979 77 9.781 0.499 143 2

29 28 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 6280 41 2083 15 8.04 -0.092 154 3

33 29 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 4 6104 1259 1957 460 9.386 1.26 142 10

32 30 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 5984 800 1971 248 8.605 1.359 138 1

31 31 JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory) 5350 139 1752 38 8.876 0.85 141 3

35 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 4475 472 1435 108 4.482 0.772 136 1

34 33 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 4265 -120 1454 -28 4.854 -0.02 143 2

37 34 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 3991 316 1417 81 4.449 0.783 111 3

38 35 KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) 3936 320 1255 83 4.169 0.314 115 3

36 36 CHASE RICE f/FGL/Drinkin' Beer... (Dack Janiels/BBR/BMLGR) 3909 85 1155 3 5.624 0.164 117 2

39 37 SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 3699 97 1213 49 4.711 0.086 124 1

40 38 LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb) 3316 80 1078 55 5.078 0.262 112 5

41 39 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 3148 162 975 44 3.63 0.426 104 3

42 40 GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWOOD/Shallow (Pearl) 3101 296 952 81 3.382 0.535 93 1

43 41 ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 2732 75 849 2 2.624 -0.016 101 0

44 42 MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) 2399 63 776 38 3.151 -0.049 85 0

48 43 J. ALLEN & B. PAISLEY/Freedom Was A Highway (Stoney Creek) 2378 226 761 56 2.278 0.307 92 6

46 44 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 2354 74 755 24 2.364 -0.088 84 1

45 45 LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 2268 -64 750 -26 2.039 -0.103 82 0

Debut 46 J. RODGERS f/L. COMBS/Cold Beer... (River House/Columbia) 2243 268 694 102 2.747 0.376 89 3

47 47 JON PARDI/Tequila Little Time (Capitol) 2231 47 628 40 2.888 -0.052 76 3

50 48 TEDDY ROBB/Heaven On Dirt (Monument) 2097 18 761 3 1.965 0.264 82 2

Re-Enter 49 C. JOHNSON & R. MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 2064 199 529 16 3.311 0.57 39 1

49 50 INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (Warner/WEA) 2030 -90 667 -10 2.07 -0.227 74 3

Chart Page 2 March 1, 2021

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers TRACK45/Met Me Now (Stoney Creek) 26 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 1166 4 BRETT ELDREDGE/Good Day (2021) (Warner/WMN) 22 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 923 4 LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia) 14 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 862 4 CAITLYN SMITH f/OLD DOMINION/I Can't (Monument) 11 BLAKE SHELTON/Minimum Wage (Warner/WMN) 723 4 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 10 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 642 4 LAUREN ALAINA w/JON PARDI/Getting Over Him (Mercury) 10 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 618 LAINEY WILSON/Things A Man Oughta Know (Broken Bow) 9 T. MCGRAW & T. HUBBARD/Undivided (Big Machine/BMLGR) 584 MATT STELL/That Ain't Me No More (Records/Arista) 7 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 514 NATE BARNES/You Ain't Pretty (Quartz Hill) 7 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 467 RYAN HURD w/MAREN MORRIS/Chasing After You (Arista) 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 410 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 3807 4 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 250 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 1591 4 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 196 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 1500 4 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 184 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 1283 4 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 179 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 1259 4 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 155 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1212 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 146 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 1088 BLAKE SHELTON/Minimum Wage (Warner/WMN) 134 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 1051 T. MCGRAW & T. HUBBARD/Undivided (Big Machine/BMLGR) 105 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 883 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 92 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 833 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 89 Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 1278 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 23075 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 502 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 16776 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 460 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 14612 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 435 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy... (Warner/WMN) 11041 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 421 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 10831 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 399 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 9574 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 376 LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 8503 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 277 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 7429 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 265 BLAKE SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody... (Warner/WMN) 6778 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 248 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 6700

Chart Page 3 MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) Moves 49-45* 2,188 points, 710 spins 1 add: WOKQ March 1, 2021

LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) Moves 47-46* COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY ADD DATES 2,188 points, 730 spins LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 1 add: KKWF Moves 45-45 Send yours to [email protected] 2,268 points, 750 spins; No adds TEDDY ROBB/Heaven On Dirt (Monument) Moves 48-47* JAMESON RODGERS f/LUKE COMBS/Cold Beer Calling My Name MARCH 8 2,039 points, 750 spins; No adds (River House/Columbia) HEATH SANDERS/Old School’s In (Valory) Debuts at 46* LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia) JON PARDI/Tequila Little Time (Capitol) 2,243 points, 694 spins LILY ROSE/Villan (Big Loud) Debuts 48* 3 adds: KTST, WAVW, WQIK 1,966 points, 543 spins 7 adds: KCCY, KKGO, KSSN, WAVW, WKKT, WXCY, WYCD JON PARDI/Tequila Little Time (Capitol) MARCH 15 Moves 47-47* KENNY CHESNEY/Knowing You (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) CODY JOHNSON & REBA/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 2,231 points, 628 spins Moves 50-49 3 adds: WKLB, WKSJ, WLFP 1,866 points, 477 spins MARCH 22 RYAN HURD w/MAREN MORRIS/Chasing After You (Arista) 1 add: WXCY TEDDY ROBB/Heaven On Dirt (Monument) Moves 50-48* RUSSELL DICKERSON/Home Sweet (Triple Tigers) 2,097 points, 761 spins Debuts 50* 2 adds: W1HC*, WDRQ* 1,862 points, 608 spins 3 adds: WAVW, WDRM, WMAD CODY JOHNSON & REBA/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) Re-enters at 49* J. RODGERS f/L. COMBS/Cold Beer... (River House/Columbia) 2,064 points, 529 spins 1,817 points, 535 spins 1 add: WQYK 5 adds: KHGE, KVOO, KWNR, WBCT, WSLC INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (Warner/WEA) LAINEY WILSON/Things A Man Oughta Know (Broken Bow) Moves 49-50 1,806 points, 617 spins 2,030 points, 667 spins 3 adds: KSKS*, WIL, WXBQ 3 adds: WLFP, WRNX, WSOC

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Home Sweet (Triple Tigers) CHECK OUT 2,008 points, 655 spins 5 adds: KKIX, KTST, W1MC*, WKSJ, WSSL MARCH 16 GABBY BARRETT Live From The Goldmine LAINEY WILSON/Things A Man Oughta Know (Broken Bow) (Warner/WAR) 1,820 points, 657 spins 9 adds: KEEY, KNCI, KRYS, KWBL, WMZQ, WNOE, WPGB, WPOC, WRBT MARCH 19 LORETTA LYNN Still Woman Enough (Legacy Recordings) LINDSAY ELL/Want Me Back (Stoney Creek) 1.602 points, 503 spins; No adds MARCH 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD My Savior (Capitol)

Chart Page 4 March 1, 2021 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

2nd Week at No. 1 1 LUKE BRYAN 10422 136 2065 20 48 0 1 Down To One (Capitol)

4 2 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 4 10491 862 2235 179 48 0 5 3 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 9785 318 1963 67 47 0 8 4 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 9127 1166 1916 250 47 0 2 5 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 8715 -1477 1755 -379 47 0 6 6 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 8485 175 1967 41 45 0 9 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 7710 410 1556 92 47 0 11 8 ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 6858 310 1389 64 48 0 14 9 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 4 6851 923 1403 196 45 2 10 10 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 6850 -3 1486 5 46 0 12 11 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 6168 18 1289 16 46 0 15 12 TIM MCGRAW & TYLER HUBBARD/Undivided (Big Machine/BMLGR) 6016 584 1198 105 48 0 13 13 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 5796 -165 1217 -4 43 0 17 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol) 5345 247 1018 49 47 0 20 15 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 5278 514 1114 89 47 1 16 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 5226 -99 1103 -33 44 0 18 17 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 5149 58 1061 17 46 0 21 18 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 4764 253 965 58 44 0 25 19 BLAKE SHELTON/Minimum Wage (Warner/WMN) 4 4740 723 963 134 46 2 22 20 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 4533 142 885 20 46 1 24 21 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 4384 110 873 39 46 1 23 22 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 4366 53 840 24 46 3 27 23 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 3807 618 768 146 48 3 28 24 CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends (RCA) 3221 404 614 72 45 4 26 25 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 3193 -20 618 5 45 1 30 26 DAN + SHAY/Glad You Exist (Warner/WAR) 4 3134 642 590 155 45 6 29 27 JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 2625 99 509 15 45 2 31 28 JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory) 2352 -97 514 -14 43 2 32 29 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 2136 37 432 3 40 0 33 30 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 1579 -32 285 -4 31 0

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 37 31 LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia) 1404 220 239 77 11 2 34 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1393 96 275 19 35 0 35 33 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 1372 86 312 28 35 1 38 34 SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 1194 15 244 1 36 1 36 35 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 1185 -22 249 -8 33 0 41 36 KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) 1098 134 165 11 25 0 40 37 CHASE RICE f/FGL//Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen. (Dack Janiels/BBR/BMLGR) 1078 46 202 -6 30 0 39 38 LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb) 1040 -105 184 -6 30 0 42 39 HARDY/Give Heaven Some Hell (Big Loud) 861 -24 150 -3 14 0 46 40 JON PARDI/Tequila Little Time (Capitol) 847 116 156 28 15 2 44 41 HARDY/Unapologetically Country As... (Big Loud) 820 20 82 2 1 0 45 42 MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) 766 -6 122 -1 11 0 49 43 LAINEY WILSON/Things A Man Oughta Know (Broken Bow) 763 127 109 22 15 2 47 44 TIM DUGGER/You're Gonna Love Me (MCC/Curb) 706 39 132 5 17 1 53 45 LEE BRICE/Soul (Curb) 700 80 70 8 1 0 43 46 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 685 -120 144 -23 25 1 51 47 JIMMIE ALLEN & BRAD PAISLEY/Freedom Was A Highway (Stoney Creek) 670 45 137 7 16 0 55 48 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 656 93 145 23 23 0 50 49 THE DESERT CITY RAMBLERS/Comin' Home (Crank Kick Media) 654 18 126 2 11 0 48 50 LILY ROSE/Villain (Big Loud) 630 -20 63 -2 1 0 54 51 GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWOOD/Shallow (Pearl) 584 11 133 5 23 1 52 52 ERIC CHURCH/Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (EMI Nashville) 560 -60 56 -6 1 0 57 53 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 532 27 106 14 17 0 60 54 CHRIS STAPLETON/You Should Probably Leave (Mercury) 530 70 53 7 1 0 58 55 TEDDY ROBB/Heaven On Dirt (Monument) 504 36 128 10 23 0 Re-Enter 56 TIFFANY WOYS/Do Ya (Tiffany Woys) 457 1 87 0 8 0 Re-Enter 57 LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 443 -11 105 -3 11 0 Debut 58 BROTHERS OSBORNE/I'm Not For Everyone (EMI Nashville) 440 -10 44 -1 1 0 Debut 59 PARKER MCCOLLUM/To Be Loved By You (MCA) 430 42 56 7 6 0 59 60 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Bucket List (Columbia) 420 -40 42 -4 1 0

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