Issue 33 Music Edition April 9, 2007

Home , Al Anderson (NRBQ), Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Dusty Drake, Halfway to Hazard, Honkytonk U, I Wanna Feel Something

Time To Put A Bullet In The Bullet? previous week. It’s there you will see which songs are In his weekly newsletter to his company’s Country strongest and which are breaking from the pack – and which songs are struggling to stay alive. programmers, Regent VP/Country Programming Bob Moody (continued on page 5) suggests “label execs might want to consider the possibility that a chart with no bullets Gill Goes Four Broke would be better than what we have now.” Vince Gill played two packed shows at Nashville’s Moody’s concern is that “a dozen or more Ryman Auditorium last week, each coming dangerously new songs get three to five adds each close to welcoming in the next day. “Like week” which results in “chart gridlock.” He Cialis, if your concert lasts four hours, please opines, “There are a lot of reasons for this, see a doctor,” Gill quipped as the second BOB MOODY including a system designed to insure that night opened. Backed by a top shelf band almost every song is bulleted and an increasing reluctance that included John Hobbs, Al Anderson and for labels to tell artists and managers that they are no Bekka Bramlett, Gill played selections from longer working singles that are clearly dead in the water.” all four discs in his current These Days release As one who has had a direct hand in creating, overseeing interspersed with many of his biggest radio hits. and implementing Country chart methodology for almost 25 And if the pristine vocals and mesmerizing years, I’d like to weigh-in with a couple thoughts. musicianship weren’t enough, Host Vince was in full First, the days of looking simply at a chart number to effect with funny stories and effortless one-liners. Though determine the strength of a song are long gone. For more the show was filmed for later broadcast by HDNet, it was than 15 years now, trades have supplied more than just refreshingly free of ponderous TV-taping trappings. a number and “bullet, no bullet.” The real information programmers need is in the lines of data to the right of the CC/Nashville Gig Alert chart number. The Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart Clear Channel/Nashville Market Manager Tom supplies a wealth of data to help a programmer determine English is still on the prowl for an Operations Manager to the internal strength of a record – among them the total oversee Country WSIX, Top 40 WRVW, Urban WUBT, points and plays, the week-to-week change in points and Classic Rock WNRQ, News/Talk WLAC-AM and the plays, the Audience and the Audience change from the Tennessee Radio Network. If you’re interested, send a note to [email protected].

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Radiothon Roundup Date Check A few more radiothon totals have rolled in since our April 20 - CRB Radio Outreach last Music Edition. Here’s a snapshot: www.crb.org • Max Media WOOZ/Marion-Carbondale, IL raised a record $168,358.27 during its recent St. Jude Radiothon. April 24 - Leadership Music Digital Summit • Clear Channel WQRB/Eau Claire, WI raised www.digitalsummit.org $107,874 for St. Jude. • Clear Channel WACO/Waco, TX raised more than May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville $232,000 at its recent St. Jude Radiothon, a new May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. record for the station. www.acmcountry.com June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. Industry News www.cmafest.com The 2nd Annual ASCAP I Create Music Expo will be held April 19-21 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Performers include John Rich, Brett James, JD Souther, Dave Berg and Dennis Matkosky. Artist News Go here for full list of panelists and performers. Montage’s Little Texas will perform at the Chevy Nashville’s Belmont University is presenting “The Thunder at Sundance Square show on April 14 in Fort Insider’s View,” a student seminar focused on video Worth, TX. The band is also slated to sing the National directing, on April 11. Moderated by Belmont’s Harry Anthem and hit single “God Blessed Texas” at the Chapman, it features Paul Boyd, Wes Edwards and Samsung 500 NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway Roman White, nominees for the 2007 CMT Music Awards on April 15, where bassist Duane Propes will unveil a Video Director of the Year. specially commissioned bass depicting the Texas flag. The ninth annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference With sledgehammer in hand, Keith Urban assisted in is set for June 1-3 at the Union Station Hotel in Nashville. the recent groundbreaking of The W.O. Smith Nashville Learn more here. Community Music School, which provides music 19 Entertainment is now accepting online submissions education to children from low-income families. for their American Idol songwriter competition. The Big Machine’s Jack Ingram has been named GAC’s winning entry will be the first single released by the April Artist of the Month and an exclusive sweepstakes is winner of this year’s American Idol talent contest, and the currently underway at GACTV.com, where the winner will writer will receive a publishing deal and an advance on the get the wedding dress and jewelry featured in his video for single’s royalties. Info here. “Lips Of An Angel.” Discounted registration ($129) for the Leadership Arista’s Carrie Underwood is featured as the cover story Music Digital Summit expires Friday (4/13). The rate for the May issue of Cosmopolitan, which hits newsstands rises $50 at that point for the April 24 event in Nashville. tomorrow (4/10). During the interview, Underwood dished RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol has been added as a second about her success and her search for love. keynote. Details at http://www.digitalsummit.org/.

Chronicle Birthdays Our sincerest condolences to family and friends of 30-year music industry veteran Tony Tuesday (4/10) - Bill Hutchens Tamburrano, who passed away April 3, just Wednesday (4/11) - Chalee Tennison, Jim 12 days before his 61st birthday. Tony got Lauderdale, Jeri Detweiler, Bob Moody his start with Dot Records in 1968. In 1978 he ([email protected]) was named Dir./National Promotion for MCA/ Nashville. Tony returned to his hometown of Thursday (4/12) - Vince Gill, Deryl Dodd, Dave Houston in 1987 to work in the local music scene and in Weigand 1990 became Mark Chesnutt’s Tour Manager. In 1996 he started TNT Entertainment, operating a mobile disc jockey Friday (4/13) - Marlene Augustine business. Services were held in Houston over the weekend. Condolences are also extended to Toby Keith and Saturday (4/14) - Loretta Lynn, Gary Moore family on last week’s passing of his grandmother, Hilda Sunday (4/15) - Roy Clark, Bobby Kraig Martin, who owned the nightclub Keith worked at that is ([email protected]), Rick Huckaby immortalized in his song “Honkytonk U.” Texarkana: KKYR*; Tyler: KNUE; Victoria: The Week’s Top Stories KIXS; Wichita Falls: KWFS. (* denotes stations Here are some of the biggest stories featured in Country that were No. 1, 12+, in the Fall 2006 Arbitron.) Aircheck Today since our last Music Edition. Visit the (CAT 4/5) archives section of our website for complete coverage of these stories and more: www.countryaircheck.com. • Cumulus bumped Director/Programming Charlie Cook to VP/Country, with fellow directors Jim • George Laughlin, brother of Southern California Kennedy and Ken Johnson rising to VPs for radio veteran Roy Laughlin, bought 52 Clear Oldies-Classic Hits and Urban respectively. Channel stations in Texas, Oklahoma and Exec. VP John Dickey was named Co-COO, Louisiana. Thirteen of the stations are Country. joining current Exec. VP/COO Jon Pinch. VP/ The new Dallas-based Gap Broadcasting gets six Programming Jan Jeffries was upped to Sr. VP, stations in Abilene, TX; five in Amarillo, TX; and Sr. VP Andy Rosen exited. (CAT 4/5) three in Lawton, OK; six in Lubbock, TX; four in Lufkin, TX; five in Midland-Odessa, TX; six • Wilks KFKF/Kansas City GSM Mike Rowen was in Shreveport, LA; five in Texarkana, AR-TX; promoted VP/Market Manager for the company’s five in Tyler, TX; three in Victoria, TX; and, four station KC cluster, which includes Country four in Wichita Falls, TX. Country stations now stations KFKF & KBEQ. He fills the role vacated falling into the Gap are: Abilene: Classic Country by Wilks/KC Market Manager Herndon Hasty. KYYW-AM & KEAN-FM; Amarillo: Classic KBEQ PD/morning host Mike Kennedy was Country KATP & KMML; Lawton: KLAW*; bumped to VP/Programming & Operations for the Lubbock: KQBR; Lufkin: KYKS*; Shreveport: cluster, and relinquished programming duties for Classic Country KWKH-AM & KXKS; ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] April 9, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page AC KCKC to that station’s APD/morning host Luke Jensen. Additionally, Marla Zirkle was Tube Check named VP/Controller for the cluster. (CAT 4/5) Tuesday (4/10) – Big & Rich, Dancing with the Stars, (ABC); Martina McBride, The View, (ABC); • Free Lance-Star WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA PD Alison Krauss, Taylor Swift, Emerson Drive, Bucky Jon Reed will retire on April 30. Before taking Covington, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Tim on programming duties at the outlet in 1993, McGraw, The Ellen Degeneres Show, (Syndicated). Reed made stops in Kansas City, Providence, Wednesday (4/11) – Montgomery Gentry, The Denver and New Orleans. A replacement has not Year: 2002, (GAC); Blake Shelton, Clint Black, yet been named. (CAT 4/3) Joe Nichols, Kenny Rogers, Lee Ann Womack, CMT 100 Greatest Duets, (CMT). Big Machine Artist Development • Thursday (4/12) –Kellie Pickler, 2007 Video of Rep. Chris Borchetta joined the Year Special, (CMT); Hank Williams Jr., CMT Category 5 Records as the label’s Crossroads. promotion department is being restructured to include a sixth rep. Friday (4/13) – Kellie Pickler, ACM & GAC Borchetta, based in Nashville, will Presents… cover the mid-Atlantic region. Triple Saturday (4/14) – Jack Ingram, Early Show, A promotion vet Joe Schuld was also hired, (CBS); Vince Gill, The Wreckers, The Oak Ridge covering the Midwest region while Shari Roth Boys, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Lindsey is on maternity leave. Schuld will be based out Haun, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Broken Bridges, of Kansas City. Borchetta and Schuld can be (CMT). reached at [email protected] and [email protected], respectively. Sunday (4/15) – Montgomery Gentry, CMA Music Fest, (GAC); Carrie Underwood, Kenny VP David Shaw is also seeking a promotion Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Jason coordinator after last week’s resignation of Aldean, Brad Paisley, CMA Music Festival, (GAC). Stacy Blythe (3/29). Resumes to dshaw@ category5records.com. (CAT 4/6) Monday (4/16) – Chris Young, ACM & GAC Presents…; SheDaisy, My Music Mix, (GAC); Nanci Griffith,Edge of Country, (GAC); Toby ...Bullet In A Bullet? (continued from page 1) Keith, Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, more, 2007 CMT As for Moody’s contention that the system is Music Awards. designed to “insure that almost every song is bulleted,” I would respectfully say no system could be designed to methodology “lenient?” Yes. But I’ve never believed it consistently put dresses on pigs. Songs on the Country is a trade publication’s role to “kill” records through its Aircheck/Mediabase chart get bullets when they show methodology. Music isn’t toothpaste. It can take time for growth in either points or plays. And yes, that means a listener to decide if they like a song. So, there’s a little a song getting even one more point or one more play “air” in the system and we err on the side of the song. than it got the previous week would get a bullet. Is that The “right” – indeed, the “obligation” to tell the

Check Out Upcoming releases:

April 17 Bucky Covington Bucky (Lyric Street) Clay Walker Fall (Curb/Asylum)

May 1 Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Columbia) Blake Shelton Pure BS (Warner Bros.)

May 15 John Anderson Easy Money (Warner Bros./Raybaw) Jason Meadows 100% Cowboy (Baccerstick/CO5) Gretchen Wilson One Of The Boys (Columbia)

May 29 Jason Aldean Relentless (BBR)

June 5 Big & Rich Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace (Warner Bros.)

June 12 Toby Keith Big Dog Daddy (Show Dog)

June 19 Bon Jovi Lost Highway (Mercury) Brad Paisley 5th Gear (Arista)

July 31 Lance Miller Back In The New School (Warner Bros.)

September 25 Rascal Flatts TBA (Lyric Street)

Album release info to [email protected].

industry what records aren’t happening belongs to those who are closest to the Country consumer Country radio programmers. I would submit that it is programmers who are ultimately in charge of this “system.” It is they alone who decide how often a song will play on their station. And, if there’s anyone propping up records that are to use Moody’s phrase, “dead in the water” it’s those PDs who gratuitously grant a handful of overnight spins to songs they know they will never move into regular rotation. The reasons for doing so are wide and varied; some legit, some perhaps not so legit. Regardless, it doesn’t help the station, the label or the artist. Moody is right in that there is “chart gridlock” when everything has a bullet. We differ on its cause. Is it the system or the input? A trade chart that’s doing its job properly will reflect the reality of what PDs are putting on the air. But, as they say, “garbage in, garbage out.” While it may not be time to kill the bullet, it might be time for programmers to better protect the integrity of the data they’re loading into the system. Finally, to borrow Shakespeare’s line from Henry IV, Pt. II, “Don’t shoot the messenger.” I welcome your comments at [email protected].

- Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] (615) 320-1450

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 4 14703 836 4729 308 41.031 2.539 121 0 1 2 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 14090 -249 4588 5 39.682 -0.333 121 0 2 3 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 13450 -649 4389 -139 37.908 -1.35 121 0 4 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 12898 109 4137 63 35.632 0.222 121 0 5 5 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 12839 674 4090 248 35.255 1.434 121 0 6 6 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 11983 -14 3924 2 32.923 -0.176 120 0 7 7 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 11716 -5 3900 40 32.553 0.337 121 0 8 8 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 10182 337 3288 113 28.209 0.725 121 0 9 9 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4 9435 971 3186 276 25.432 3.018 121 2 10 10 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 8913 560 2869 138 24.65 1.702 121 0 11 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 8435 129 2839 65 21.923 -0.229 121 0 12 12 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 8263 346 2704 104 22.337 1.001 121 0 14 13 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 4 8196 1102 2619 340 23.223 3.477 121 1 13 14 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 7924 568 2587 193 21.212 1.169 121 1 18 15 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4 7215 734 2336 197 19.489 1.937 118 4 17 16 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 6985 466 2360 178 18.148 1.444 121 2 20 17 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 4 6960 1208 2230 402 18.837 3.512 120 3 16 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 6803 256 2238 87 17.689 1.285 121 0 19 19 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 6503 528 2114 175 17.651 1.665 121 1 15 20 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 6275 -816 2007 -173 16.129 -2.42 121 0 21 21 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 5634 353 1864 125 14.735 0.987 120 1 22 22 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 5576 601 1710 175 14.408 2.015 118 3 23 23 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 5183 529 1679 157 12.788 1.228 119 7 26 24 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 3961 692 1239 213 10.092 2.074 114 8 24 25 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 3838 392 1177 107 10.443 1.565 115 2

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 25 26 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 3594 276 1236 110 8.592 0.364 112 5 27 27 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 3104 394 979 129 8.626 1.018 107 16 28 28 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 2961 393 1001 141 7.092 1.061 104 6 30 29 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 2520 474 912 173 6.168 1.544 93 23 29 30 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 2243 105 805 81 5.184 0.563 104 6 32 31 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 2143 348 721 119 5.15 0.729 102 2 33 32 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 2088 406 672 97 4.92 1.371 77 8 31 33 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 2059 185 758 77 5.358 0.565 99 4 35 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 1851 406 638 126 4.239 1.005 82 5 34 35 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 1782 233 560 75 4.302 0.673 72 4 36 36 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 1263 190 445 59 2.462 -0.058 65 3 42 37 BON JOVI/(You Want To) Make A Memory (Mercury/IDJMG) 1045 392 234 79 2.835 1.451 33 3 39 38 TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) 986 241 296 90 2.272 0.415 50 10 41 39 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) 952 249 315 102 2.173 0.583 57 3 37 40 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 910 97 371 47 1.722 0.243 52 5 38 41 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 907 155 316 32 1.823 0.266 47 3 40 42 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 889 166 326 43 1.796 0.288 48 12 45 43 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her Radio On (Lyric Street) 714 237 266 88 1.395 0.405 40 11

Debut 44 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 648 355 174 112 1.343 0.762 50 9 44 45 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 613 129 245 48 1.187 0.188 38 4 43 46 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) 517 -25 204 -10 0.958 0.042 35 2

Debut 47 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 488 172 155 60 1.102 0.399 29 16 48 48 LITTLE TEXAS/Missing Years (Montage) 471 108 181 17 0.902 0.326 25 3 49 49 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) 464 112 125 39 0.917 0.145 26 3

Debut 50 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Mercury) 455 242 129 67 0.926 0.534 26 9

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page April 9, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Point Gainers RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 23 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 1049 4 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 16 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 912 4 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 16 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 892 4 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 12 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 828 4 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have... (Lyric Street) 11 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 755 4 TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) 10 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Mercury) 9 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 667 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 9 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 662 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 8 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 658 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 651 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 621 Aircheck Point Gainers Activator Spin Gainers GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 1208 4 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 233 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 1102 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 221 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 971 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 189 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 836 4 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 179 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out...... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 734 4 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 170 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 692 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 165 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 674 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 162 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 601 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 144 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 568 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 142

ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 560 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 137

Video Adds Aircheck Spin Gainers CMT GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 402 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 340 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 308 CMT PURE COUNTRY BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 276 ELIZABETH COOK/Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 248 (31 Tigers) FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 213 GREENCARDS/Waiting On The Night (Dualtone) TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 197 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 193 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 178 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 175 GAC FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street)

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] April 9, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page Aircheck Activity Aircheck Add Dates MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) Moves 44*-45*; 613 points, 245 spins April 16 4 ADDS: KEEY, WGNA, WNKT*, WSOC* TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON/Got A Good Day (Equity) FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) VAN ZANT/That Scares Me (Columbia) Moves 43*-46; 517 points, 204 spins 2 ADDS: WGKX*, WTQR April 23 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) JAMIE SLOCUM/Say Hello To Heaven (Curb) Debuts at 47*; 488 points, 155 spins 5 ADDS: KDRK*, KHKI*, KIZN*, WBEE, WGNE April 30 LITTLE TEXAS/Missing Years (Montage) Tracy Byrd/Better Places Than This (Blind Mule/CO5) Remains 48*; 471 points, 181 spins 3 ADDS: WDSY*, WGKX*, WIVK*

JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) Aircheck Top Recurrents Remains 49*; 464 points, 125 spins RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 8906 3 ADDS: KJJY*, KSOP, WNKT* TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys(Capitol) 7605 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Mercury) BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 6131 Debuts at 50*; 455 points, 129 spins CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 5297 9 ADDS: KBEQ, KJUG, KRTY, KSOP, KUSS, RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 5233 WIRK*, WSOC*, WTQR, WUSN* CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 5020 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 4935 CHRIS YOUNG/You’re Gonna Love Me (RCA) 419 points, 145 spins GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 4634 3 ADDS: KJUG, KKNG, WNKT* JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 4579 RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb) 4049 JOHN MELLENCAMP/The Americans (Universal South/Republic) 410 points, 125 spins 0 ADDS MEGAN MULLINS/Cryin’ Days (BBR) 315 points, 97 spins JERROD NIEMANN/I Love Women My Momma 0 ADDS Can’t Stand (Category 5) 390 points, 157 spins VINCE GILL/What You Give Away (f/S. Crow) 4 ADDS: KATM*, KIZN*, KNCI*, KSKS (MCA) 306 points, 85 spins BOMSHEL/Bomshel Stomp (Curb) 5 ADDS: KIIM*, WBEE, WIVK*, WQMX, WSOC* 350 points; 119 spins 0 ADDS Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in 349 points, 79 spins two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) 1 ADD: WQHK ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] April 9, 2007 ACTIVATOR Chart Page

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 2 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 13867 86 3077 27 1 2 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 13855 -95 3105 5 5 3 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 13678 440 3057 126 4 4 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 13541 -39 3062 4 6 5 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 12252 -407 2737 -99 3 6 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 11906 -1678 2677 -333 7 7 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 11771 -80 2655 -3 8 8 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4 11457 912 2555 221 9 9 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4 11296 828 2488 179 10 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 10436 197 2340 73 11 11 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 9965 -54 2233 -16 12 12 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 9187 564 2019 142 16 13 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 4 8179 892 1829 189 15 14 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 8079 651 1757 165 14 15 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 7929 282 1752 68 18 16 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 7841 662 1718 162 13 17 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 7534 -292 1724 -57 17 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 7460 181 1635 44 19 19 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 7356 229 1586 59 20 20 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 4 7283 1049 1640 233 22 21 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 5732 658 1240 137 21 22 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 5720 516 1219 107 23 23 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 5315 425 1162 101 24 24 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 4290 605 955 125 25 25 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 4006 461 869 106 26 26 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 3639 467 798 108 27 27 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 3513 365 781 82 28 28 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 4 3264 755 740 170 30 29 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 2861 667 618 144 29 30 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 2839 341 622 78

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 33 31 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 2380 290 517 54 31 32 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 2341 198 527 52 32 33 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 2331 223 494 51 34 34 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 2269 224 480 56 35 35 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 1669 252 347 42 36 36 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) 1506 172 346 29 37 37 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 1417 293 310 63 38 38 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have... (Lyric Street) 1328 225 272 37 40 39 TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) 1248 257 248 43 39 40 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 1232 190 246 42 41 41 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia)1141 204 244 35 42 42 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 999 121 227 27 44 43 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) 849 103 186 29 43 44 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 813 49 158 8 Debut 45 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 798 621 170 135 49 46 BON JOVI/(You Want To) Make A Memory (Mercury/IDJMG) 599 234 102 42 45 47 JERROD NIEMANN/I Love Women... (Category 5) 563 -26 125 -9 Debut 48 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 536 346 107 69 46 49 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) 503 101 110 23 -- 50 LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA) 486 37 111 6 Debut 51 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 418 295 99 70 48 52 WOODY BRADSHAW/The Last... (Primoris/Spinville) 402 1 85 0 Debut 53 CHRIS YOUNG/You’re Gonna Love Me (RCA) 369 61 75 13 Debut 54 VAN ZANT/That Scares Me (Columbia) 356 319 67 61 Debut 55 VINCE GILL/What You Give Away (f/S. Crow) (MCA) 337 98 75 24 Debut 56 DARRYL WORLEY/Living In The Here And Now (903) 330 41 88 6 Debut 57 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Mercury) 308 60 65 16 Debut 58 RICK TREVINO/Separate Ways (Warner Bros.) 307 9 88 5 Debut 59 AMY DALLEY/Good Kind Of Crazy (Curb) 259 86 47 17 -- 60 JOHN MELLENCAMP/The Americans (Universal Republic) 255 127 54 24