Casey Donahew Keeps the Top Spot!

Casey Donahew Casey Donahew Keeps The Top Spot! "Let's Make A Love Song" Almost Country Records Dear Readers; CONTENTS CASEY DONAHEW keeps the #1 position this week with "Let's Make A Love Song." PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS' — "Dreamer" wins double honors this week, being the Most Added and Greatest Spin Gainer. COMANCHE MOON's "Goin' Charts To The Country" is the Highest Debut at position #39! Great work everyone! The following stations have been frozen for this week. KPAK-FM (Alva, OK) KTXM-FM (Hallettsville, TX) KWOX-FM (Woodward, OK) KYKM-FM (Yoakum, TX)

The following stations have been FROZEN for 2 consecutive weeks. KKGQ-FM (Wichita, KS)

The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. BARRENS, THE / Something Real BEN MARSHAL / Good Man's Name PAGE 2-3 BETH NOBLE / My Darlin' GOLDEN ROSES, THE / Bad Habit — HOLLY TUCKER / Country Music Won't Let Me Monitored Panel List JAMES GARLAND / It's Alright PAGE 5 JAMES LANN / Memory Like You KEVIN DEAL / If You Can't Put It Down Chart Breakouts KYLIE FREY / Ain't Enough Beer PAGE 5 MARIO FLORES / That Man RANDALL KING / Takin' Me A Heartbreak — SCOTTY ALEXANDER / My First Beer STETSON WALKER / That's When the Party Starts

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WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Vol 4. #32 Aug 14th, 2019 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 1 1 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song/Almost Country Records 790 64 40 3 15 3 2 WILLIAM CLARK GREEN/Stay/Bill Grease Records 666 40 38 2 14 2 3 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Old School/Flatland Cavalry Music 653 11 40 1 20 7 4 STONEY LARUE/Hill Country Boogaloo/One Chord Song/Smith Group 584 86 33 2 10 5 5 JAMIE RICHARDS/Privileges Of Youth/Jamie Richards Music 565 25 31 0 14 4 6 JAKE WARD/Put You Down Tomorrow/Jake Ward Music 528 -93 34 1 24 10 7 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain Blues/Thirty Tigers 465 58 31 4 12 8 8 DERYL DODD/I'm So Outta Style/Little Red Truck Music 458 15 28 1 16 9 9 JON WOLFE/Some Ol' Bar In The 90s/Jon Wolfe Music 452 20 27 1 12 11 10 RANDY ROGERS BAND/I'll Never Get Over You/Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers 451 54 30 3 6 15 11 PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS/Dreamer/Prophets and Outlaws Music 438 101 29 5 19 13 12 JACK INGRAM/Where There's A Willie/Beat Up Ford Records 402 52 29 2 19 16 13 ROBERT RAY/Good Country Song/Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 385 51 22 2 12 18 14 CURTIS GRIMES/Still/Curtis Grimes Music 379 56 27 2 9 17 15 CODY JOHNSON/Nothin' On You/Cojo Music LLC 366 41 25 2 5 20 16 KEVIN FOWLER/Better With Beer/Kevin Fowler Records 338 54 30 2 4 19 17 SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven Knows/Geronimo West Records 297 12 21 2 11 21 18 RAY JOHNSTON BAND/Beautiful You/Ray Johnston Music 291 9 18 0 21 22 19 WHISKEY MYERS/Rolling Stone/Wiggy Thump/Thirty Tigers 289 24 23 1 7 23 20 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Little More You/Josh Abbott Band Music 265 38 17 3 2 25 21 SUNDANCE HEAD/Close Enough To Walk/Wildcatter 251 39 20 2 17 26 22 WYNN WILLIAMS/Yeah Buddy/Wynn Williams Music 237 36 22 2 4 14 23 JUNIOR GORDON/Loved 'Em Everyone/Junior Gordon Music 233 -107 28 1 24 28 24 DREW FISH/The Devil You Know/Reel Records 231 39 23 3 9 27 25 FRANK RAY/Just for a Minute/Frank Ray Music 231 32 19 2 14 29 26 HAYES CARLL/If I May Be So Bold/Dualtone Records 190 22 17 3 5 36 27 MARK POWELL/This Bar Needs A Town/Mark Powell Music 178 33 16 3 4 33 28 MARK MCKINNEY/Cinnamon Shore/Mark McKinney Music 175 13 14 1 8 38 29 KOE WETZEL (& THE KONVICTS)/Ragweed/Koe Wetzel Music 168 29 9 1 3 37 30 MASON LIVELY/Early Grave/Mason Lively Music 155 11 13 2 12

WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 14th, 2019 | PAGE 2 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 35 31 DONICE MORACE/The Blues Are Alive And Well/Donice Morace Music 152 2 11 1 7 32 32 ABE MAC BAND/Crazy/Abe Mac Music 151 -12 12 1 14 42 33 ZACH COFFEY/Nobody Frames Bad Days/Zach Coffey Music 149 31 11 0 8 39 34 JAMES COOK/Let 'Em Run/James Cook Music 142 4 14 1 18 40 35 DUSTIN SONNIER/Between The Stones & Jones/Dustin Sonnier Music 142 16 14 1 3 41 36 MARTY HEDDIN/A Little Less Lonely/Nightlife Entertainment Group/Dreamlined Entertainment Group 135 16 15 1 9 50 37 JODY BOOTH/Life of My Love/S.O.T. Records 133 37 12 1 2 47 38 GARY KYLE/American Flags/Gary Kyle Music 130 26 13 3 4 -- 39 COMANCHE MOON/Goin' To The Country/CM Music 128 39 8 1 1 44 40 TANYA TUCKER/The Wheels Of Laredo/Fantasy Records/Concord 125 18 16 2 5 45 41 KAITLIN BUTTS/White River/Kaitlin Butts Music 114 8 8 0 8 46 42 MORGAN ASHLEY/Come Find Me/Morgan Ashley Music 112 7 11 1 9 49 43 JARROD MORRIS/Coyote/Jarrod Morris Music 112 13 7 1 2 -- 44 RODNEY CROWELL/Flatland Hillbillies/RC1 Records 109 17 12 3 1 -- 45 DUSTY NEUMAN/Spike Drivin' Blues/Marathon Music Group 106 14 8 0 1 -- 46 CASEY BAKER/Life Has Taken Its Toll On Me/Casey Baker Music 95 6 9 1 1 43 47 POWELL BROTHERS, THE/The Way You Are/Tolar Powell Entertainment 92 -17 10 0 14 48 48 RAGLAND/Footsteps/Ragland Music 91 -11 11 0 12 -- 49 JOSH GRIDER/My First Band/Josh Grider Music 81 -4 7 1 9 -- 50 MATT CALDWELL/Highways and Honkytonks/Matt Caldwell Music 75 -16 8 1 1

Number 1 = Most Added = Spin Gainer = Bubbling Under Position HAYDEN HADDOCK/Everywhere I Need To Be/Hayden Haddock Music 51 WILL CARTER/Good Bad Idea/Will Carter Music 52 DREW MORELAND/Road Stone/Drew Moreland Music 53 CODY BRYAN BAND/Our House For The Weekend/Cody Bryan Band Music 54 LAUREN CORZINE/Ain't That Lonely/Lauren Corzine Music 55 SAINTS ELEVEN (FT. WALT WILKINS)/Strange Round Here/Saints Eleven Music 56 NO JUSTICE/More To Live For/Smith Music Group 57 JOSH WEATHERS/Wild Ones/Josh Weathers Music 58 CHRIS KNIGHT/I'm William Callahan/Drifter's Church/Thirty Tigers 59 MATT MERCADO/I Should've Never Left Mexico/Matt Mercado Music 60

WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 14th, 2019 | PAGE 3 Monitored Stations KAXA-FM Kerrville, TX KNES-FM Fairfield, TX KSSL-FM Post, TX texasboundradio.com KBSO-FM Corpus Christi, TX KOKE-FM Austin, TX KTTU-FM HD4 (K226CH-FX) Lubbock, TX texashomegrownradio.com KBST-FM Big Spring, TX KOLI-FM Wichita Falls, TX KTTX-FM Brenham, TX TexasRedHotRadio.com KECO-FM Elk City, OK KORA-FM Bryan, TX KTXM-FM Hallettsville, TX TBJS Radio Poteau, OK KERP-FM Dodge City, KS KOXE-FM Brownwood, TX KUSH-AM Cushing, OK KFLP-FM Floydada, TX KPAK-FM Alva, OK KUSQ-FM Worthington, MN KFTX-FM Corpus Christi, TX KPUR-FM Canyon, TX KVST-FM Montgomery, TX KFWR-FM Ft. Worth, TX KQSC-AM Colorado Springs, CO KWOX-FM Woodward, OK KFYN-FM Paris, TX KQZQ-FM Kiowa, KS KXKZ-FM Ruston, LA KHLB-FM Mason, TX KRBL-FM Levelland,TX KXOX-FM Sweetwater,TX KHYI-FM Howe, TX KRRG-FM Laredo, TX KYKC-FM Ada, OK KIKK-FM (HD2) Houston, TX KRUN-AM Ballinger, TX KYKM-FM Yoakum, TX KKAJ-FM Ardmore, OK KRVF-FM Kerens, TX KYKX-FM Longview,TX KKCN-FM San Angelo, TX KRVN-FM Lexington, NE KYYK-FM Palestine, TX KKGQ-FM Wichita, KS KSAM-FM Huntsville, TX coyotecountryradio.com KMOM-FM Aberdeen, SD KSEL-FM Portales, NM madeintexasradio.com Strikethrough = Removed Bold = Newly Added Underlined = Frozen this Week Double Underlined = Frozen 2 Weeks

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Chart Recurrent Methodology

When does a song move to recurrent on the With this in mind, the CDX TRACtion Texas chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we recurrent policy grades each chart position on a encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Texas curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart chart system. Rather than relying on subjective position and spin history for that song. Newly editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart process using the weekly chart data as a marker. before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered We strive to avoid having singles past their prime by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles loss from the single’s previous peak spin count upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a But we also try to ensure that singles “on the percentage, depending on the chart position. bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while In addition to making sure that only singles with to establish a solid base among early believers at significant downward movement become recurrent, radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any this methodology also benefits slow-developing number of reasons, the path to peak chart position singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the and/or chart position growth. lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at On a monitored airplay chart like CDX TRACtion risk of being moved to recurrent status with two Texas, the reality is that new singles bounce around consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly return to positive spin growth the following week, in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin which will reset the clock. increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.

WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 14th, 2019 | PAGE 4 Most Added Adds PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS/Dreamer Prophets and Outlaws Music 5 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain Blues Thirty Tigers 4 CHRIS KNIGHT/I'm William Callahan Drifter's Church/Thirty Tigers 4 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song Almost Country Records 3 RANDY ROGERS BAND/I'll Never Get Over You Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers 3 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Little More You Josh Abbott Band Music 3 DREW FISH/The Devil You Know Reel Records 3 HAYES CARLL/If I May Be So Bold Dualtone Records 3 MARK POWELL/This Bar Needs A Town Mark Powell Music 3 Carly Evans of KQSC in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Randall King GARY KYLE/American Flags and Season Ammons. Gary Kyle Music 3

Greatest Spin Gainers Increase PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS/Dreamer Prophets and Outlaws Music 101 STONEY LARUE/Hill Country Boogaloo One Chord Song/Smith Group 86 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song Almost Country Records 64 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain Blues Thirty Tigers 58 CURTIS GRIMES/Still Curtis Grimes Music 56 RANDY ROGERS BAND/I'll Never Get Over You Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers 54 KEVIN FOWLER/Better With Beer Kevin Fowler Records 54 JACK INGRAM/Where There's A Willie Beat Up Ford Records 52 ROBERT RAY/Good Country Song 51 Big R.I.G. Country, LLC Bri Bagwell, Kat Powers (KYYK), Jade Marie Patek, Jody Booth, Steve CHRIS KNIGHT/I'm William Callahan Helms, Melissa (KYYK), and Bubba T. Drifter's Church/Thirty Tigers 51

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