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What Can Tony Brown Do For You? CMA Broadcast Winners React The week an you produced happens to be the overall Jason Aldean called the 2007 CMA Broadcast Awards best seller is probably a pretty decent time winners today (full list here) and told them the good news. We to hang your shingle. For former MCA/ checked in with them, too, hoping to catch their celebrations in Nashville President and Universal South full bloom. Here’s what a few had to say: Partner Tony Brown, the huge first week for Major Market Station KYGO/Denver: “The past couple of Reba Duets was simply fortuitous timing. years have been a time of transition for us,” says PD Joel Burke. And after 24 years as a label executive, “Yet the passion of our staff to be constantly curious and the loyalty Brown is certainly hoping the timing’s right of the listeners has been amazing. It doesn’t get any better.” to be a free agent. If nothing else, he’s off to Large Market Station WMIL/Milwaukee: “Jason called a great start. We sat down to talk to Tony last the Moo Crew morning show and started talking about the week in his new digs, previously the offices Packers,” says PD Kerry Wolfe. “He then went on to mention of another famed producer and label exec – we had won the award. He told the guys to have me take them the late . out for a fancy dinner, so I guess my credit card is about to be Country Aircheck: What a week to officially launch your maxed out.” production company. Medium Market Station KXKT/Omaha: “The reaction Tony Brown: It played out the best way possible. To have was one of stunned elation, if there is such a thing,” says PD a No. 1 album on the Top 200 and the country charts is good no Tom Goodwin. “We’ve been very fortunate to be nominated matter what. To have an artist who’s never had that before, for several times but have never been on the winning side of things Reba to have the biggest week of her career, it’s a big deal. With until now. It is an extreme honor to win and very humbling to be all these things happening – Rascal Flatts, Garth coming back – considered along with some very cool company. I’m very proud maybe we’re going to have another growth cycle. From my lips of the hard work the KXKT crew puts in year after year. We’re to God’s ears. going to celebrate this for a long time!” Reba told me she wanted me to help her with this album, Small Market Station WKXC/Augusta, GA: “Everybody which is her last as part of her current deal with MCA. I asked was kind of running through the halls this morning when Jason what she had in mind and she talked about the duets idea and Aldean called to tell us,” says PD T. Gentry. “I’ve been here 12 reeled off some names like Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, years and the reason is it’s such a great place to work it would and Annie Lenox. And of course the country guys and girls, too. be hard to leave. Everyone says it, but we truly have a wonderful It was amazing who showed up. I wish I could tell you some of staff and we’re really in a zone. We’re running sweepers and the names of people who chased us that she walked away from. promos on the air already.” (continued on page 4) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected]

October 1, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 National Personality The Lia Show: “Jason called and I a t e h e c k just think it’s an interview,” Lia Knight says. “I’m asking all D C sorts of stupid questions and he finally interrupts me and says, October 14 – iebaLIVE! Conference ‘Guess what?’ I was floored. This is my 20th year in Country Hilton Suites Downtown Nashville radio so it’s a really great way to celebrate that anniversary.” October 15 – ASCAP Awards Medium Market Personality Dan Tooker in the Morning Ryman Auditorium with Jon Watkins and Colby Ericson: “This truly is the thrill of a lifetime,” says Tooker, who along with his partners left October 16 – iebaLIVE! Awards Banquet KFDI/Wichita wake-ups after three years in July. “We had a great run at KFDI and are grateful that [KFDI PD] Beverlee Rissi Palmer and Keith Urban are just two of the 37 artists Brannigan gave us the freedom to do what we wanted -- that’s to be part of Starbuck’s “Songs of the Day” promotion. The what allowed us to win this award.” Contact Tooker at 316-619- coffee-mongers are giving away 1.5 million free iTunes tracks 0665 or [email protected]. from Oct. 2 through Nov.7. Small Market Personality Gator & The StyckMan Jamey Johnson has released That Lonesome Song, a 13- (WGSQ/Cookeville, TN): “Everybody’s momma tells them song album available exclusively online. how good they are, but to hear it from the CMA is a dream come George Strait embarks on a nationwide arena tour Jan. 10 true,” Gator Harrison says. “Growing up my buddies wanted in Austin, TX, with 19 dates already on the books. Little Big MVP trophies and a date with Daisy Duke. I just wanted to be on Town are also on the bill. stage with big haired Reba gettin’ a CMA. If I have to settle for big haired Kix & Ronnie, that’s good, too.” Life Notes Congrats to two newly married couples. Clay Walker and Radio News Jessica Craig tied the knot at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans Programming: KMFX/Rochester, MN PD/MD/Afternooner J. over the weekend. And our best to CMA Marketing Coordinator Brooks is returning to his hometown Mason City, IA to serve as Catherine Thompson, who married Marty Blackwell Sept. 15. OM of North Iowa Broadcasting’s two-station cluster, which Condolences to rpm management’s Angela Everett, who includes newly flipped CountryKSMA , where he’ll also serve as lost her grandfather, Walter Carrier, Saturday (9/29). In lieu of PD/morning host. Before heading up to Rochester, Brooks once flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association served as PD/MD/morning host of KIAI/Mason City, which he’ll in his name. now be competing against. Tony Brown (continued from page 1) Syndication: ABC Radio Network’s American Country You’re still producing George Strait and you produced Countdown with is launching “ACC Superstar,” an the Brooks & Dunn album out Tuesday (Oct. 2). What else online talent search. Details at www.acctop40.com. have you been working on? We’re doing Heidi Newfield’s first record as a solo artist, Artist News which is deja vu for me with Curb, because we did Wynonna’s Rascal Flatts and Craig Morgan are among the artists set first record after The Judds. John Grady called me about to appear on ABC-TV’s “Frosted Pink” special Oct. 14. The producing her and I told him I probably wasn’t going to be into program will feature a mix of music, figure skating and celebrity it. But Heidi played me some stuff she’d written and other stuff appearances to raise awareness of women’s cancers. she’d found and her taste in songs was really good. Immediately In conjunction with her album release this week, Warner I got involved for the music, but also for the challenge. Boy, if I Bros.’ will be featured from Oct. 1 through Oct. 5 on can bring this one home people will think he is good, he wasn’t Sirius Satellite’s Prime Country channel 61. She’ll also headline just lucky. I want to do this, for the music and the challenge, but XM Satellite’s “Artist Confidential” series tomorrow (10/2). I also kind of want to stick this up somebody’s rear end.

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Bi r t h d a y s Tuesday (10/2) - the late Chris LeDoux, Sheila Shipley Biddy ([email protected]), Greg Jennings, Jo-El Sonnier, Gator Michaels ([email protected]), John Scott Sherrill, Eric Welch ([email protected]) Wednedays (10/3) - Steve Dahl, Mark Grantin (markgrantin@ clearchannel.com), Randy Harrell, Gene Kennedy (geneken@ tds.net), Justin Michael ([email protected]) Thursday (10/4) - Hobie Hubbard, Heidi Newfield, Leroy Van Dyke, J. Brooks ([email protected]), Don Nelson, Jeff Hackett, Chris Carson (chris.carson@ themarketinggroup.com) Friday (10/5) - Johnny Duncan, Britta Coleman (britta. [email protected]), J.J. Gerard Saturday (10/6) - Tim Rushlow, Dixie Carter, Jim O’Hara ([email protected]), Sheilla Brooks Sunday (10/7) - Kieran Kane, Bill Dotson (bdotson@ clearchannel), Mary Hamilton, Cindy Heath (cindy.heath@ disney.com), the late Buddy Lee, Jon Peterson, Ryan Simpson, Rick Walker, William Patton Monday (10/8) - Ricky Lee Phelps, Debbie Holley ([email protected])

I’m also working with Tommy Lee James on . Tommy was part of her first record with Paul Worley and most of the background vocals are his. They’re writing a lot together, and the demos they played me that he co-wrote had a really great sound. He’s part of her comfort zone. They’re in the same creative space, so I didn’t want to mess with that. I also have two or three I can’t really talk about yet. Couple iconic, non-country kind of projects. You’ve spent 24 years in a . Is it something you considered trying to do again? Did you get any offers? Or is now just a good time to be independent? Getting permission [from Universal] to do Brooks & Dunn was like jumping through hoops of fire. But I didn’t know who would come through my door if people knew I could produce anybody I wanted. That includes contemporary Christian acts, bluegrass acts, whoever. At MCA we had , , Reba, Trisha, Strait, Wynonna, , Lyle Lovett – I didn’t have time to go outside. When I started Universal South with Tim DuBois, since I was going to be an owner, I scaled back my producing. I did sort of put some feelers out to other labels. You look around Nashville and there’s really no place to go for a president’s job. But I put some feelers about being an A&R person and thought they could just call me “creative officer.” Nobody really came at me with an incredible deal until I decided to do this. That’s when I got a call. I told them, “If you’d hit me two months ago I’d have probably taken you up on your offer.” I must admit, I had my freak out period of not having an expense account, not having an IT department – all the stuff that comes along with working at a large corporation. Health insurance! But once I got here, and I really feel lucky to get to sit in Chet Atkins’ office, I realized I made the right decision. A lot of things are starting to crop up. Things I’d hoped would happen are starting to happen. I’d love to produce a record on Gretchen Wilson. She’s one of the greatest singers in the business. And there are other people I’d like to do records on, but I don’t want to list them all.

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] October 1, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 MCA was so dominant during your tenure there, and Ch e c k Ou t your experience at Universal South was at the other end of the spectrum: You guys fought the good fight, but it seemed like Brooks & Dunn (Arista) The duo’s tenth release features 12 even the successes were very hard earned. When you think songs, nine of which have writing credit back on the two experiences, what lessons jump out at you? from either Kix Brooks or . A major label like MCA, even if you don’t break a new Aside from first single “Proud Of The artist in a year, you’ve got a catalog to fall back on. Patsy Cline House We Built,” titles include “Cowgirls was always one of our top sellers. At Universal South we had no Don’t Cry,” “ Junkie (Buck catalog and all new artists. Unless you break somebody big time, Owens Freak),” “” and “God like Scott Borchetta has done with , it’s hard. It was Must Be Busy.” an experience I wouldn’t have missed and it made me realize what I want to do with the rest of my life, which is get back out Mission (Universal South) and hustle. Five of the 13 cuts on this four-piece’s How are we doing, musically, as a genre? ninth release were solo writes by frontman We’re back in a good place. The class of 1989 was such . Five more are Canada a good period with obvious mainstream, middle of the road co-writes. Covers include ’s “I Believe You” and ’s “Cry stuff, folk leaning stuff, southern rock. With Shania we became Lonely.” serves bgvs on mainstream. She was as pretty as Mariah Carey and her producer three tracks. Songs include “Record Exec,” is the Elvis of producers. Three years ago, I guess it started “Dead Man” and “Smoke Another.” again with Chesney, who’s now probably the biggest artist in the genre. Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban have that pop culture Faith Hill The Hits (Warner Bros.) sensibility. And I love what Big & Rich brought. You couldn’t Three 2007 recordings are numbered among Hill’s collection including the single put a song like “Save A Horse” on the radio 10 years ago. It’s “,” a live version of “Stronger” basically a heavy metal guitar intro. So pop culture has once and “Lost.” “I Need You” from Tim McGraw’s again taken an interest in our genre. Let It Go album is also featured. As for the What about the business side? Are you worried about the hits, they range from “Wild One” and “Piece future for traditional record labels? Of My Heart” to “” and “Cry.” I’m not worried. I would be if I were working for one. I am where iTunes has replaced Tower, and there’s something scared for these young kids going to MTSU and Belmont hoping poetic about doing it here in Chet’s office. to get into the record industry. The model’s going to change. The first record I produced, Don Light [who shares the Tower Records going away was a big deal for me. I knew they Atkins estate-owned building] got me the opportunity. Don was would have stuff the other stores wouldn’t have. close friends with Chet and had the downstairs until Chet died, You’ve got a Mac on your desk, have you become an then he moved upstairs. I looked all over town and Don said iTunes geek yet? they had the space. I can’t imagine the meetings that must have We always had PCs at Universal. But everybody I work with taken place in here. Chet probably met with Mark Knopfler now uses Macs. I was slow going there, but I would be looking here or Peter Frampton. I’ve always loved the fact that Chet for songs and the A&R guy at Universal South Mike Owens had no boundaries. He wasn’t country music, he was Nashville. would go find it on iTunes. So, yeah, I have become sort of an He, Owen Bradley, Billy Sherrill and got you Roy iTunes geek. Sitting in your hotel you can go find a version of Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Dolly Parton...you got it all. a song you want to play for someone. You don’t even need an Tony Brown Enterprises is located at 1013 17th Ave. S., iPod, you just hook your laptop up to speakers and you’ve got Nashville, TN 37212. Phone 615-340-9338. Email the best tunes in town. [email protected]. You’re making a fresh start in the brave new world ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] October 1, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 6

Tu b e Ch e c k Universal South’s Q4 Country Aircheck’s latest print edition came out last week Monday (10/1) – Clay Walker, Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC). and included our fourth quarter music preview. Not included, Tuesday (10/2) – Faith Hill, GAC Nights. however, was the overview of single and album releases from Universal South. Wednesday (10/3) – Faith Hill, The Late Show with David Promoveep Teddi Bonadies was kind enough Letterman (CBS); , Master Series (GAC); Bob to help us rectify this omission: DePiero, Tony Mullins, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman, The “In just eight short months, the company’s Hitmen of Music Row (GAC). new management team has signed two new artists and readied three for release Thursday (10/4) – Brooks & Dunn, Today Show (NBC); this year,” Bonadies says. The artists are Heartland, Chris Young, Andy Griggs, Riverfront Concert and Phil Vassar, and the (GAC); Rascal Flatts, GAC Nights. albums are Joe Nichols’ Real Things (Aug. Friday (10/5) – Brooks & Dunn, Live with Regis & Kelly 21); Cross Canadian Ragweed’s mission (syndicated). california (Oct. 2); and ’ The Wolf (Oct. 23). Jennings first single, by the way, is “Walk Of Life,” a take Saturday (10/6) – , Lee Greenwood, Chuck on the 1985 Dire Straits hit. Nichols, of course, has “Another Wicks, Moutain Heart, Grand Ole Opry Live (GAC); Trace Side Of You” climbing the charts. “His album has received Adkins, Josh Turner, , CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC). high praise with many publications,” Bonadies says. “Many Sunday (10/7) – Sara Evans, CMT Insider Special Edition. publications are calling it the best country album this year. The single has great top 5, Monday (10/8) – Alison Krauss, A Hundred Miles Or More (GAC). top 10 and top 15 research.” “Joyride,” Jennifer Hanson’s label debut is a top priority. Hanson is a proven chart Wicks: The Wedding Singer topper as a writer – Bucky Covington’s “A A short and admittedly anecdotal testament to the power of Different World” and The Wreckers’ “Leave Country radio: RCA’s Chuck Wicks was doing a station visit The Pieces,” for example. Bonadies says, at WIVK/Knoxville a few weeks ago, and the station aired “Now’s the time for this accomplished singer/ his debut single “Stealing Cinderella” one time. University of to receive her own chart success.” Tennessee head football coach Phillip Fulmer explains the rest: Phil Vassar’s “Love Is A Beautiful “This song hit me like a ton Thing” will be on radio desks Oct. 10 for of bricks as I was driving immediate airplay. “This uptempo, fun-loving song, written by back to my office from a Jeffrey Steele and Craig Wiseman is from Phil’s debut album set luncheon speech,” he says. for release Spring 2008,” Bonadies says. “The song touched me deeply “We have some great opportunities planned for promoting as it was about me and my stations and our artists,” she concludes. “Both online and on girls...the song accurately the airwaves.” expressed the emotions of this father having to face giving up his Cinderella.” And that’s - Lon Helton, [email protected] how Wicks ended up getting an invitation to sing at Fulmer’s Chuck Aly, [email protected] daughter’s wedding last week. Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] (615) 320-1450

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] October 1, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 7 Spring Abritron No. 1s: KEAN, WFGY, Co u n t r y Ra t i n g s Sp r i n g Bo x Sco r e Each week we’ll have a running tally of the Spring Arbitron KGNC, WWWW, WNCY, KMTS, WEBB ratings and rankings for all Country stations printed in the Our parade of Spring 2007 Arbitron ratings for Country weekly CA Music Edition. The only ratings/rankings in these stations comes to an end this week. You can get all the Country box scores are those from the station’s home market. results by logging on to countryaircheck.com and going to archives. The spring listings began with the July 30 CA Music 12+ 12+ Rankings Edition. As part of our weekly market-by-market offerings, TW Total TW Total with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 Stations 59 474 59 474 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country Up 23 230 21 232 outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market Down 30 214 22 147 owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. Flat 1 23 11 88 Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Debut 5 7 5 7 Last ARB Sp ‘07 Last ARB Sp ‘07 No. 1 na na 13 89 KNCQ/Redding, CA 12.5 11.4 1 1 Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank KKXS/Redding, CA 2.1 1.9 12 12 Last ARB Sp ‘07 Last ARB Sp ‘07 KALF/Chico, CA 1.0 1.4 15* 13* WWBE/Sunbury, PA 5.0 7.6 4 2 (Redding, CA Arbitron) WBLJ & WBYL/S’bury, PA 3.6 3.6 9* 7* WXXQ/Rockford, IL 13.0 11.4 1 2 WILQ/Williamsport, PA 4.5 3.6 5* 7* WQDR/Raleigh 5.0 5.7 5* 4 (Sunbury, PA Arbitron) (Rocky Mount, NC Arbitron) WTNT/Tallahassee, FL 4.2 6.4 6 4 WDWG/Rocky Mount, NC 5.4 4.2 4 6* WAIB/Tallahassee, FL 2.9 3.7 9 7* WRDU/Raleigh 2.9 3.0 12* 10* WGWD/Tallahassee, FL 1.6 2.1 12* 12 (Rocky Mount, NC Arbitron) WTHI/Terre Haute, IN 25.6 20.7 1 1 WNBB & WNBR/Rocky Mount, NC+ 2.5 2.3 14* 14* WINH/Terre Haute, IN 5.0 4.1 4 6 WRNS/Gr’ville-New Bern, NC 1.7 1.1 16* 20* WQTY/Terre Haute, IN 1.0 2.7 11* 8* (Rocky Mount, NC Arbitron) WCNK/Florida Keys 6.5 5.4 4* 5* WKCQ/Saginaw, MI 9.5 11.4 2 1 WCTH/Florida Keys 3.3 4.3 7* 7 WCEN/Saginaw, MI 7.7 6.6 4 5 KTPK/Topeka, KS+ 11.4 13.1 1 1 WGDN/Saginaw, MI 1.8 2.1 15* 12 WIBW/Topeka, KS 9.0 9.7 2 2 WICO & WXJN/Salisbury, MD 4.8 7.1 5 2 KQTP/Topeka, KS 5.5 6.4 5 4 WWFG/Salisbury, MD 8.8 6.3 1 4 WWZD/Tupelo, MS 10.5 11.0 1 1 WBEY/Salisbury, MD 1.0 1.3 18* 18* WWMS/Tupelo, MS 6.3 5.5 4 4* KKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA^ 5.3 5.9 4 2 WKZU/Tupelo, MS+ 2.5 3.0 11 9 KSLY/SLO, CA^^ 4.6 4.3 5* 8 WTXT/Tuscaloosa, AL 6.8 6.0 3* 3* KKAL/SLO, CA^ 3.0 2.0 10* 14* WFFN/Tuscaloosa, AL 4.0 3.0 6 8* KSNI/Santa Maria, CA^^ 1.3 1.3 18* 18* WNPT/Tuscaloosa, AL 3.4 2.4 7* 11* (San Luis Obispo, CA Arbitron) KEZJ/Twin Falls, ID -- 9.9 -- 1 KFGY/Santa Rosa, CA 5.9 5.8 2 2 KKMV/Twin Falls, ID -- 7.9 -- 2* WCTQ/Sarasota, FL 4.6 4.5 4 6 KYUN/Twin Falls, ID^ -- 4.2 -- 9 WFUS/Tampa 1.7 1.7 15* 18* KART-AM/Twin Falls, ID -- 2.6 -- 12 (Sarasota Arbitron) KAYN/Twin Falls, ID^ -- 2.1 -- 13* WJCL/Savannah, GA 7.6 7.5 1* 2* KNUE/Tyler, TX 8.1 8.5 1* 2 WGZR/Savannah, GA 2.4 2.3 15* 15* KYKX/Tyler, TX^ 3.1 5.8 10 5 KXKS/Shreveport^ 4.4 6.0 11 4 KKUS/Tyler, TX^+ 6.9 5.5 3* 6* KRMD/Shreveport 6.3 5.7 4 5* KDVE/Tyler, TX+ 2.5 1.6 12 14 KWKH-AM/Shreveport^+ 3.7 1.7 13 15 KATJ/Victor Valley, CA 5.0 4.8 4 3 WBYT/South Bend, IN 8.3 9.2 2* 2 KFRG/Riverside, CA^ 2.2 1.7 10* 15* WHFB/South Bend, IN 4.0 2.2 8* 12* (Victor Valley, CA Arbitron) KTTS/Springfield, MO 13.6 15.0 1 1 KXCM/Victor Valley, CA 1.4 1.5 15* 18* KOMG/Springfield, MO 4.7 6.1 7* 4* KVFG/Victor Valley, CA^ 2.4 1.1 9* 22* KSWF/Springfield, MO 5.0 4.9 6 7 WWQQ/Wilmington, NC 11.6 8.3 2 3 KATM/Modesto, CA 8.2 7.8 2 2 WKLB/Boston 4.4 4.2 7 7* (Stockton, CA Arbitron) (Worcester, MA Arbitron) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected]

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October 1, 2007 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 14005 240 4719 67 36.114 0.201 121 0 4th Week at No. 1 2 2 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 13792 174 4627 74 35.667 0.624 121 0 3 3 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 13109 383 4507 91 33.78 0.904 121 0

6 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 4 12132 854 4097 379 31.045 1.13 121 0 4 5 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 12016 -35 4122 -12 30.451 -0.103 121 0

7 6 TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 4 11807 959 3985 191 30.11 2.3 120 0 5 7 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 10878 -576 3771 -210 27.156 -1.661 121 0 9 8 /Free And Easy (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 10479 586 3547 218 27.354 1.456 121 0 10 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/So Small (19/Arista) 9979 101 3400 -17 25.79 1.021 121 0 8 10 GARTH BROOKS/More Than A Memory (Pearl/Big Machine) 9920 -106 3389 -3 25.105 -0.734 120 0 11 11 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 8139 172 2803 57 20.274 0.618 119 0 13 12 GEORGE STRAIT/How 'Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 7734 264 2737 82 19.297 0.844 120 0 12 13 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 7511 39 2636 24 18.489 0.08 119 2 14 14 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 7353 441 2499 108 17.913 1.614 120 2 15 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 6725 323 2301 106 15.939 1.016 119 1

17 16 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 4 6219 694 2100 205 14.9 1.764 115 5 18 17 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 5991 499 2031 179 13.899 0.618 117 1 16 18 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 5611 -325 1887 -94 12.196 -1.092 119 0 20 19 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) 5150 314 1841 136 12.198 0.882 112 3 22 20 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 4983 318 1725 84 11.477 0.764 108 4 21 21 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 4821 127 1618 33 11.062 0.083 106 3 19 22 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her Radio On (Lyric Street) 4683 -277 1676 -109 10.889 -0.936 113 0

24 23 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 4 4472 989 1477 369 10.827 2.524 107 16 23 24 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And The... (Big Machine) 4053 86 1375 25 8.713 0.119 104 4 26 25 /Watching Airplanes (MCA) 3213 221 1057 89 7.525 0.699 83 8

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

25 26 EAGLES/How Long (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 3032 -156 1011 -4 7.728 -0.274 65 2 27 27 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 2906 119 992 49 6.864 0.649 78 3 28 28 /Way Back Texas (BNA) 2673 40 844 28 5.798 -0.293 84 1 29 29 /You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 2420 -108 842 -24 5.936 -0.554 65 1 30 30 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 2362 142 735 70 5.056 0.116 75 13

37 31 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 4 2344 917 816 354 5.181 1.975 74 21 31 32 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas) 2266 125 839 50 5.332 0.523 72 2 32 33 BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) 2079 104 743 28 5.142 0.364 65 1 33 34 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 1991 182 725 85 4.64 0.627 66 8 34 35 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 1974 172 716 54 3.938 0.134 65 4 35 36 /I Got My Game On (Capitol) 1847 108 628 42 3.931 0.35 57 6 36 37 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 1793 279 641 102 3.927 0.824 55 7 38 38 BIG & RICH/Between Raising Hell And... (Warner Bros.) 1285 106 373 53 2.76 0.517 39 3 39 39 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 1094 113 403 59 1.936 0.106 51 4 41 40 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 1005 140 376 69 2.254 0.53 30 5 42 41 /I'm With The Band (Equity) 924 97 320 30 1.494 0.082 39 5 43 42 JENNIFER HANSON/Joyride (Universal South) 898 104 303 35 1.671 0.345 33 1 40 43 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 881 12 272 2 1.655 0.163 36 1 45 44 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 754 49 282 26 1.233 0.133 35 2 46 45 FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) 749 124 230 36 1.797 0.383 28 13 48 46 /Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 713 240 235 85 1.232 0.562 34 8 44 47 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 686 -32 181 4 1.468 -0.196 13 0

Debut 48 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 534 195 204 83 1.17 0.46 32 16 Debut 49 VAN ZANT/Goes Down Easy (Columbia) 531 119 194 37 0.949 0.153 22 2 50 50 /Ready, Set, Don't Go (Disney/CO5) 525 65 188 16 0.91 0.02 18 0

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 2 October 1, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 21 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 1683 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 16 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 1349 4 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 994 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 16 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 875 4 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 13 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 644 4 FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) 13 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 638 GRETCHEN WILSON/You Don't Have To Go Home (Columbia) 10 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 553 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 541 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 8 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 515 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 8 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 8 Activator Top Spin Gainers KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 334 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 287 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 215 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 212 Aircheck Top Point Gainers JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 141 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 989 4 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 139 TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 959 4 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 136 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 917 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 123 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 854 4 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 116 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 694 4 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 109 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And... (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 586 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 499 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 441 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 383 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 323 Vi d e o Add s Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb) KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 379 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 369 CMT Pure SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 354 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb) DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And... (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 218 GRETCHEN Wilson/You Don’t Have To Go Home (Columbia) KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 205 Randy KOHRS/Who’s Goin With Me (Rural RHYTHM) TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 191 GAC SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 179 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb) GRETCHEN WILSON/You Don’t Have To Go Home (Columbia) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 136 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 108 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 106

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Aircheck Activity i r c h e c k dd a t e s FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) A A D Moves 46*-45*; 749 points, 230 spins OCTOBER 8 13 ADDS: KFRG*, KJUG, KRTY, KUZZ, KWNR, KZSN, VINCE GILL/How Lonely Looks (MCA) WGNA, WMAD, WSIX, WTQR, WWNU, WXTU, WYRK October 15 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross… (19/BNA) Stephen Cochran/Everything We Knew (Aria/Quarterback) Moves 48*-46*; 713 points, 235 spins Drew Davis Band/Back There All The Time (Lofton Creek) 8 ADDS: KKWF, KRST*, WBEE, WIVK*, FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Tequila Sheila (Show Dog) WQYK*, WWNU, WXTU, WYNK Martina Mcbride/For These Times (RCA) KELLY WILLIS/The More That I'm Around You (Ryko) /Rollin’ With The Flow (Lofton Creek) Moves 44-47*; 686 points, 181 spins; 0 ADDS OCTOBER 22 CROSSIN DIXON/Make You Mine (BBR) RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) (Curb) Debuts at 48*; 534 points, 204 spins Eli Young Band/When It Rains (Carnival) 16 ADDS: KATM*, KBEQ, KIZN*, KJUG, KMDL, KNIX, HAL KETCHUM/One More Midnight (Curb/Asylum) KSD, KYGO, WCTQ, WIRK*, WKHX, WOGK, WRNS*, WSLC, WUSY, WYRK Aircheck Top Recurrents VAN ZANT/Goes Down Easy (Columbia) RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 7071 Reenters at 49*; 531 points, 194 spins; KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 6996 2 ADDS: KDRK*, WUBL /Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 5870 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Ready, Set, Don’t Go (Disney/CO5) REBA MCENTIRE w/K. CLARKSON/Because Of You (MCA) 5865 Stays at 50*; 525 points, 188 spins; 0 ADDS BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 5537 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 4430 ERIC CHURCH/Sinners Like Me (Capitol) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 4203 444 points, 161 spins; 1 ADD: WIVK* EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas) 4133 BOMSHEL/Power Of One (Curb) BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 3886 427 points, 181 spins; 2 ADDS: KASE, WBUL GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 3741

ANDY GRIGGS/What If It’s Me (Montage Music Group) ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin’ Off This Pain (MCA) 418 points, 153 spins 397 points, 171 spins 3 ADDS: WCTO*, WSLC, WWNU 8 ADDS: KAJA, KATM*, KBEQ, KKNG, WDAF, WGNA, WMIL, WYRK HEARTLAND/Once A Woman (Country Thunder) 406 points, 134 spins; 2 ADDS: KIXZ, WYCD* ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Carnival) 394 points, 61 spins; 0 ADDS RASCAL FLATTS/Still Feels Good (Lyric Street) 404 points, 130 spins; 0 ADDS JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 384 points, 156 spins; 0 ADDS DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin’ (Dolly) 398 points, 114 spins Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart 6 ADDS: KPLX, KRTY, KSOP, WIVK*, WOGI, WQYK* or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected]

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

1 1 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 13807 68 3085 16 3rd Week at No. 1 4 2 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 13468 409 3022 85 2 3 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 13075 -229 2926 -47 3 4 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 13070 -183 2952 -28 7 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 4 12625 1683 2774 334 5 6 TIM MCGRAW/If You're Reading This (Curb) 12190 201 2678 -5 6 7 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 11196 -260 2504 -79 8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/So Small (19/Arista) 11102 209 2468 21 10 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 11061 190 2505 56 9 10 GARTH BROOKS/More Than A Memory (Pearl/Big Machine) 10786 -102 2365 -47 12 11 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 9866 510 2236 141 11 12 GEORGE STRAIT/How 'Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 9456 82 2122 15 13 13 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 8368 145 1875 33 14 14 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 7688 199 1779 25 19 15 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 4 7525 994 1689 215 15 16 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 7285 210 1640 38 16 17 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 7229 214 1588 44 17 18 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) 7170 330 1562 85 18 19 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 7150 541 1619 116 20 20 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 6603 638 1499 139 21 21 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her Radio On (Lyric Street) 5582 -169 1251 -58 24 22 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 4 5186 1349 1172 287 22 23 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And The... (Big Machine) 5162 160 1152 45 23 24 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 4971 261 1097 49 26 25 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 3806 199 849 41 25 26 EAGLES/How Long (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 3769 129 856 25 27 27 BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) 3191 -34 725 -5 29 28 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 3108 107 687 20 28 29 TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 3045 40 736 32 30 30 PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 2808 -32 624 -8 ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com October 1, 2007 ACTIVAT OR Chart Page 6

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

31 31 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 2630 350 587 86 36 32 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 4 2563 875 594 212 32 33 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas) 2137 2 500 2 33 34 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 2123 19 502 5 34 35 TRACE ADKINS/I Got My Game On (Capitol) 1999 39 452 15 35 36 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 1941 251 418 45 37 37 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 1906 241 409 49 39 38 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 4 1846 644 380 136 38 39 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 1832 515 399 109 40 40 BIG & RICH/Between Raising Hell And... (Warner Bros.) 1195 165 261 33 41 41 LITTLE BIG TOWN/I'm With The Band (Equity) 985 117 219 22 53 42 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 941 553 212 123 42 43 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 905 67 196 13 46 44 FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) 847 219 206 62 43 45 ERIC CHURCH/Sinners Like Me (Capitol) 785 77 168 19 44 46 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 775 108 199 36 47 47 VAN ZANT/Goes Down Easy (Columbia) 705 80 141 15 45 48 JENNIFER HANSON/Joyride (Universal South) 655 19 135 5 49 49 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Ready, Set, Don't Go (Disney/C05) 622 50 125 9 51 50 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 608 101 120 13 50 51 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 552 30 107 1 52 52 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 456 38 99 8 Debut 53 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 427 310 88 64 59 54 GRETCHEN WILSON/You Don't Have To Go Home (Columbia) 406 165 84 32 57 55 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin' (Dolly) 394 137 67 23 56 56 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 370 33 79 7 54 57 RISSI PALMER/Country Girl (1720 Entertainment) 353 -19 78 -3 48 58 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) 335 -276 76 -54 55 59 HEARTLAND/Once A Woman (Country Thunder) 320 -17 78 -5 58 60 DOUG STONE/Nice Problem (TNT/Spinville) 295 39 74 9

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