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ISSUE 68 MUS I C EDITION DECE M BER 10, 2007 Healthcare The CMA Way LAST CA ll : PPM SE M INAR “We’ve recently worked with a hit artist/producer with Limited seating remains for Country Aircheck’s a family of five,” saysR.J. Stillwell, who oversees CMA presentation of The People Meter: What It Means To The Sound Healthcare through the National Business Association. Country Music Industry on Friday, Dec. 14 from 9:30am “They were paying $580 per month for basic health coverage, to 1pm at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Ford Theater. and we reduced that premium to $471 while improving their Arbitron’s Gary Marince, consultant Jaye Albright, CBS benefits. And the company I placed them with is rated No. 1 Radio’s Jeff Garrison, MediaSense’s Bob Michaels and for rate stability, so they’re not WXTU/Philadelphia’s Bob McKay will analyze a technology looking at annual increases.” that will revolutionize the radio and music industries. Another example is a 62-year- Reserve your seat by emailing [email protected]. old hit songwriter with a preexisting condition who had Santa Baby’s Winter Wonderland A handful of artists – and songs – dominate Mediabase’s the same policy for a number of Top 25 Current Christmas tunes. All are in the 100 most- years because no one else would played current songs of the last seven days. cover him. “We dramatically expanded his coverage and 1. Taylor Swift/Last Christmas reduced his premium from 2. Carrie Underwood/Do You Hear What I Hear $3,800 a quarter to just at $1,300 3. Kellie Pickler/Santa Baby a quarter,” Stillwell says. “His 4. Toby Keith/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree savings exceed $10,000 a year.” 5. Taylor Swift/Santa Baby Those are just two of the many success stories born of 6. Brad Paisley/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy CMA’s offer of health insurance to its members. Officially 7. Brad Paisley/Winter Wonderland launched Sept. 26, the initiative has been underway since 8. Toby Keith/Winter Wonderland November of last year. The alliance with the NBA has been 9. Taylor Swift/Christmases When You Were Mine important because of that organization’s experience working 10. Toby Keith/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow with small businesses and the self-employed. 11. Taylor Swift/White Christmas (continued on page 6) 12. Keith Anderson/Please Come Home For Christmas ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 10, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 13. The Song Trust/Bring Him Home Santa DATE CHE C K 14. Sugarland/Nuttin’ For Christmas 15. Tracy Lawrence/Cold Beer Jan. 11-12 - Sprint Sound & Speed Festival Nashville’s 16. Toby Keith/Please Come Home For Christmas Sommet Center - www.soundandspeed.org 17. George Strait/Deck The Halls 18. Brad Paisley/Born On Chirstmas Day Jan. 23-27 - Country In The Rockies 19. George Strait/We Wish You A Merry Christmas Jan. 24 - 26th Annual Colgate Country Showdown National 20. Sara Evans/I’ll Be Home For Christmas Final - Ryman Auditorium www.countryshowdown.com 21. Brad Paisley/Silver Bells 22. George Strait/Jingle Bells Feb. 8 - 50th Annual Grammy Awards - www.grammy.com 23. Carter’s Chord/Santa Baby 24. Taylor Swift/Silent Night March 5-7 - CRS-39 - www.crb.org 25. Bucky Covington/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town April 1-5 - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Radio News Sales: Cox Media/Kansas VP/GM Chuck Reid has been April 22 - Leadership Music Digital Summit 2007 - Belmont named GSM for Journal Broadcast Group/Wichita, which University’s Curb Event Center - www.leadershipmusic.org includes Country KFDI. May 18 - The 43rd Annual ACM Awards - MGM Grand Las Syndication: WSIX/Nashville middayer Dennis “Newman” Full calendar info at www.countryaircheck.com Hughes will host Impact Radio Networks’ weekly two-hour program In Studio beginning Jan. 7. Newman will be joined each week by a different country artist co-host, the first being Blvd. Suite 101-D, Savannah, GA 34106. Little Big Town. • Cumulus WYAK/Myrtle Beach, SC PD Joey Dee is seeking a middayer. Contact him at [email protected]. Gig Alert • ADX WYCT/Pensacola, FL PD Todd Nixon needs a Dir./ According to a note from Clear Channel HR, Premiere Radio Production. Email him at [email protected]. Networks is looking to “fill the top role in our two-person Nashville department.” This is the post most recently held by Music News 11-year Premiere vet Donna Hughes, who will be announcing Capitol/Nashville and The Song Trust – songwriters her new plans soon. The desired candidate’s responsibilities Tim Johnson and Rory Feek – are donating 100% net include “news reporting, booking and conducting artist proceeds from the sale of “Bring Him Home Santa” to St. interviews, covering events and awards shows. Some travel Jude Children’s Hospital. required.” Resume, writing samples and salary requirements to Reba McEntire’s Love Revival will be sold exclusively at [email protected]. Hallmark Gold Crown stores in January and February. Heartland has enlisted James Stroud to produce their next album and single. More Gig Alerts • Triad WGZR/Savannah, GA OM Jon Robbins is looking Chart Chat for a PD. Send airchecks & resumes to WGZR PD, 401 Mall Congratulations to Taylor Swift and the entire Big ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 10, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4 BIRTH D AYS Tuesday (12/11) - Brenda Lee, Tony Brown (tony@ tbrownent.com), Kristen Williams ([email protected]) Wednesday (12/12) - Hank Williams III, Jay Thomas (jay. [email protected]), Liz Kiley ([email protected]) Thursday (12/13) - John Anderson, Ron Getman, Randy Owen , John Wiggins, Laurel Altman, Claudia Mize, Darren Wilhite, Anna Owens, Buck White Friday (12/14) - the late Charlie Rich, Mary Rene Baxter ([email protected]) Saturday (12/15) - Doug Phelps, Susan Myers (susan@ nashvillesongwriters.com), Runde Ream, Kurt Williams Sunday (12/16) - Jeff Carson, Joe Carter Monday (12/17) - Sharon Skaggs, Duane Propes, Tracy Byrd, Tim Chewning, Tom Banks, Katie Gillon, Christine Smith, J.B. Cloud Machine team on this week’s No. 1 with “Our Song.” Notching the chart peak makes Swift the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a No. 1 country song. Here’s to many more! Road Hammered Lots of friends – and family – in this industry are on the road as often as they are at home. And the road can be treacherous. Witness this account from The Road Hammers founder and lead singer Jason McCoy: “Picture it. You’ve just finished a successful radio visit at WPKX/Springfield, MA. Now it’s time to roll down to WGNA/Albany and say howdy to the folks over there. “Montage Music Group’s Brad Helton is at the wheel, [RH] Clayton Bellamy is riding Birddog (shotgun for you locals), while Chris Byrne and I are typing updates to the world in a frenzy of thumbs on our beloved Blackberries. Corbett Frasz, on the van’s rear bench seat, is lost in peaceful dreams of Gene Simmons calling him to drum on the next KISS reunion tour. “And then it happens. BOOOOOM! “It sounded like a shotgun going off in the cab of the truck. A chunk of ice – the size of the hood of a car and two inches thick – flies off the box of a rig traveling in the opposite direction and slams into the windshield with a deafening smash. The entire windshield is shattered, held together only by the wonderful invention of shatter-proof glass from French Inventor Edouard Benedictus. “Although Brad and Clay were covered in a dust of tiny glass pieces, everyone escaped unharmed. Brad retained nerves of steel as he limped the van to the nearest rental ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 10, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 location and exchanged it for another – at which point all YEAR EN D CHART & RE P ORTING SC HE D U L E occupants of the vehicle changed their undergarments (except for Corbett, who doesn’t wear any anyway and thought the Country Aircheck’s December print publication – complete boom was pyro from his dream concert) and then went on with the Top 100 Songs of 2007, Top 10 Label Share, the their merry way. year’s top stories, The Interview and more – will be out late “Praise the Lord for keeping us alive – and for inspiring old this week. Don’t miss it. Eddy in France.” Here’s an overview of the year-end reporting and publishing schedule for Country Aircheck and Mediabase: Amen. Dec. 17: The last reporting day of the year. There will be no reports on Monday Dec. 24 or Dec. 31. The last CA Artist News Music Edition of 2007 will arrive Monday evening, Dec. 17. Katie Armiger is confirmed to perform at theHouston Dec. 19: The last Country Aircheck Today of 2007 Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Hideout stage on March will arrive in your email inbox. 4th following Faith Hill. Jan. 3, 2008: We’ll crank up Country Aircheck Craig Morgan and Richie McDonald have been added Today for the new year. to the lineup for the Sprint Sound & Speed festival at Jan. 7, 2008: The first report day of 2008. Adds Nashville’s Sommet Center Jan. 11-12. from Mediabase-monitored stations will be taken at Stephen Cochran and OC Energy Drinks are partnering airplayaddboard.com beginning Thursday morning, Jan.