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Issue 38 Music Edition May 14, 2007

Country Music, Baybee!!! Stating the obvious to be sure, but there is no shortage of distraction in Las Vegas. The last Southwest flight out of Nashville Sunday night was a boisterous who’s who of artists and industry types bound for a perpetual party. And despite the flashing lights, crowded gaming tables and overflowing MGM Grand watering holes that greeted them, the country crowd is never more than one song, one voice away from being reminded why we’re all here. Such was the case Monday morning as Warner. Bros.’ Joanna Cotten stood before some of Country radio’s highest profile decision makers and introduced herself. All In: Approximately 30 people participated in the first annual Opening the Albright & O’Malley radio seminar with Music Industry Poker Tournament Sunday night (okay, Monday video of a bluesy live club performance, the Memphis- morning). Turn to page 5 to see this year’s winner. native then took the stage with piano accompaniment and unfurled a soulful, expansive and dynamic voice while tomorrow (5/15) on CBS: The 42nd Annual Academy of singing her ballad “Keep The Faith.” The goose bumps and Awards. has already announced the standing ovation lasted well past the song’s conclusion, she’ll be debuting new music, “Lost,” the first single from and the title offered a mantra for the week. her upcoming hits collection. And there are other special Whatever the concerns of this business and no matter musical moments planned that, for reasons that will soon how many “country friendly” celebrities cross the ACM become apparent, we can’t divulge in advance. But trust stage tomorrow night (5/15), the fortunes of this show, us, it’s better this way. this format and this industry ultimately rest on the music. Thank goodness. WWI Remote Control About 30 stations took part in Day One of Westwood No Spoilers Here One remotes from the MGM Grand Hotel today. And The music carries on tonight at the New Artists Party when the doors opened at 10am, one of the first artists for a Cause, while the main event kicks off at 8pm ET to make the rounds was Arista/Nashville’s Carrie ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com

May 14, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  Underwood. Also among those sharing with some of Country radio’s finest were (in no particular order) Date Check , , Rodney Atkins, June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. Little Texas, , , Trent Tomlinson, www.cmafest.com Jamie O’Neal, Taylor Swift, , Jake Owen, Bucky Covington, , , June 13-15 - 7th Annual All About Music TV & Carolina Rain and , The remote broadcasts Film Retreat pick up again tomorrow morning at 8am. www.myspace.com/allaboutmusictvandfilm

A&O Good To Go ’s Ira Dean and new lead singer Aubrey The Albright & O’Malley gathering imparted volumes Collins set to air May 11 through May 18. Hear it online at of useful information for radio and just about anyone www.truckerradio.com. else in the media business. Three distinct segments covered the evolving nature of media, the central tenets of Industry News storytelling, and finally a look at a broad country listener Recording artist has signed a record perceptual study. Jaye Albright pointed to MySpace, deal with Shanachie Entertainment. Watson will begin YouTube and the blogosphere as indicative of how people recording his debut for the label with producer are “trading, sharing and collaborating in telling stories,” in May. pointing in parallel to the rise of “listener built” stations. Songwriter Steve Williams has signed with Green Mike O’Malley described the S.O.R.T.A. benchmark for Hills Music for publishing. storytelling: Stand Out, be Remembered, be Talked About. And the No. 1 “takeaway” from the 7,000-participant Artist News study was that the vast majority (65%+) of Country radio The will kickoff its salute to the US listeners are “very satisfied” with their Country stations. military with a set of concerts on Memorial Day weekend. The study should be up on the A&O website later in the , , and the Gatlin week: www.albrightandomalley.com. Brothers, , Del McCoury Band and will perform. Radio News GAC will present the CMA Celebrity Close Up Series, Personalities: Hellinger’s News/Talk WABV-AM/ moderated by Lorianne Crook, on June 7 at the Ryman Abbeville, SC OM Paul Walker will voice track Auditorium. The sessions, featuring , Terri afternoons at Beech Tree’s Country WLMI/Olean, NY, Clark and Josh Turner, give fans the opportunity to beginning today (5/14). engage artists in question and answer discussions. Midas’ Whiskey Falls song, “I Can’t Stop Loving Sales: CBS’ WUSN/Chicago Local Sales Manager Paul You,” was recently featured in an episode of Days of Our Miller has been upped to General Sales Manager for the Lives. Watch the clip here. station, effective today (5/14). He takes over for Gabe Taylor Swift will open selected dates of Tim Tartaglia, who has been named Station Manager of Talk McGraw and Faith Hill’s Soul2Soul II tour this year. WCKG/Chicago. Exact dates will be announced soon. Internet: Canadian Trucking Radio, a syndicated radio will be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry show targeting truckers, will feature an interview with on June 9. ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] May 14, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 

Birthdays Tuesday (5/15) - , K. T. Oslin, Keith Allen ( , Bruce Stratton [email protected]) Wednesday (5/16) - Ray Benson, Rick Trevino, Brad Howell ([email protected]), David Macias, Lisa Martin, Jeff Olm,

Thursday (5/17) - no birthdays

Friday (5/18) - , Joe Bonsall, Craig Campbell ([email protected]), Dean James ( [email protected]) Saturday (5/19) - Wayne Halper ( waynehalper@ , Kix Layton ( , gmail.com) [email protected]) Wes Vause ( [email protected]) Sunday (5/20) - Suzanne Alexander ( salexander@ , Paula Bragg ( , Kellie gactv.com) [email protected]) Robinson ( , Angela Lange [email protected]) ( [email protected]) Monday (5/21) - Steven Dale Jones, Melissa Beckham

Richie McDonald will headline the 2007 “Girl’s Get-A-Way Cruise” set for November 15-19 on Carnival Cruise Lines. Click here for the full list of performers and speakers on this Christian-themed trip. Benefit News Country Weekly and Wrangler have partnered for the “Country Weekly Fashion Show” at the Hard Rock Café in Nashville on June 6. Hosted by , the show benefits Musicians On Call and will featureCatherine Britt, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Lonestar, Neal McCoy, Danielle Peck, Tanya Tucker, Storme Warren, Bryan & Erika White, Trent Willmon, and . Tickets at www.musiciansoncall.org. Clay Walker and Danielle Peck have been added to the lineup for Chely Wright’s Reading, Writing & Rhythm Concert scheduled for June 5 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. The show benefits Wright’s Reading, Writing & Rhythm Foundation. CMT has signed on as the official cable media partner of Hunger Awareness Day 2007, which is set for June 5. Go here for more info. Gretchen Wilson will be the first artist featured on CMT’s new series, CMT Diary, which debuts May 25 at 8pm ET. The series will give a behind-the-scenes look at performers lives when the spotlight goes out. Warner Bros./Raybaw’s has launched a contest searching for the Ultimate Hick Chick on YouTube to promote his new single, “Hick Chick.” Details at www. hickchickcontest.com. Show Dog’s will soon embark on his fifth USO tour to the Persian Gulf and Germany.

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Life Notes Tube Check Best wishes to WCTY/Norwich, CT morning co- host Shelly Martinez who remains in critical condition Tuesday (5/15) – Josh Turner, The Early Show, (CBS); , Brooks & Dunn, Little Big Town, following a car accident on Friday (5/11). Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, , , Country Music Across America, (GAC). The Week’s Top Stories Here are some of the biggest stories featured in Wednesday (5/16) – Gretchen Wilson, Tonight Country Aircheck Today since our last Music Edition. Show with Jay Leno, (NBC); , GAC Specials. Visit the archives section of our website for complete coverage of these stories and more: Thursday (5/17) – Trent Willmon, Top 20 www.countryaircheck.com. Countdown, (CMT); Taylor Swift, GAC Specials; , GAC Specials. Clear Channel WIMT/Lima, OH PD Brian Steel • Friday (5/18) – Rascal Flatts, Good Morning was named OM of Maverick Media’s crosstown America, (ABC). cluster, which includes Country WFGF. CC/Lima Dir./Operations Ed Douglas is heading up the Saturday (5/19) – Trent Willmon, America’s Top search for a replacement. Airchecks and resumes Cowboy, (CMT); , , Patty to [email protected]. (CAT 5/10) Loveless, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC) Sunday (5/20) – Big & Rich, Bucky Covington, • KMLE/Phoenix personality Lisa Malay is leaving , Little Big Town, Martina McBride, June 1 after eight years – the last six in middays – , CMT Insider. to return to her childhood home of Kearny, MO. PD Jay McCarthy is seeking her replacement. Monday (5/21) – Dierks Bentley, My Music Mix, (GAC); , GAC Nights. Airchecks and resumes to [email protected]. (CAT 5/10) Nashville’s Southwest rep, effective today (5/14_. Clark replaces Katharine Hodges, who left the • Big Machine signed to a recording contract. (CAT 5/9) label earlier this week. Based in Dallas, Clark can be reached at 972-919-6349 or [email protected]. (CAT 5/9) • Radio-Info.com Executive Editor Phyllis Stark left the job she began Feb. 16 for a posting as VP/A&R of the new Nashville division of • Metro Networks’ Amy Lynn Rieder was hired for Robbins Entertainment. Stark heads up the evenings (7pm-midnight) at CBS Radio’s KMPS/ division located at 1026B 18th Ave S, Nashville, Seattle. The station had been running Lia. (CAT 5/9) TN 37212; 615-320-1990, [email protected]. (CAT 5/8) • Kansas City Westport Regional Business League Manager/Events & Marketing Erin Kiekbusch was hired as Director/Marketing & Promotions at • Island Def Jam Manager/Southwest Regional Promotion Stacie Clark was hired as Mercury/ WilksKansas City’s Country KFKF and CHR/Pop ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] May 14, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 

Check Out This week’s releases include:

John Anderson Easy Money (Warner Bros./Raybaw) Anderson’s latest offering, produced by , hits the stores chock full of superstar support— and join him on “Willie’s Guitar” and Keith Urban throws in his signature guitar solos. Anderson co-wrote six cuts, but fellow artists Rich, , Shannon Lawson, and Marcel Two Fisted: Country Thunder recording artist Jamie Lee Chagnon also nab writing credits. Thurston was the last man standing at the poker tourney captioned on page 1. Little Texas The Very Best Of Little Texas Live And Loud (Montage) The band makes the most of their KMXV, effective May 15. Kiekbusch replaces Montage debut with a live greatest Renee Fonner, who recently took a similar posting hits album featuring their best known with WGH/Norfolk, VA. (CAT 5/9) songs—“Amy’s Back In Austin,” “Kick A Little,” “What Might Have Been”—but • KHEY/El Paso PD Steve Gramzay is currently they also reintroduce themselves with the new song, “Hello Again.” They close out the album looking for a mid-day jock following last week’s with a rousing cover of the Beatles’ “Get Back” going resignation of Grace Vasquez. Send resumes and straight into signature song, “God Blessed Texas.” airchecks to him at [email protected]. (CAT 5/8) Gretchen Wilson One Of The Boys (Columbia) Wilson describes her third album, the follow-up to All Jacked Up as her diary set to music, which it might - Lon Helton, [email protected] be considering Wilson co-wrote nine Chuck Aly, [email protected] of 11 tracks. It’s filled with raging Stephanie Keshe, [email protected] honky-tonk tunes – “You Don’t Have (615) 320-1450 To Go Home,” “There’s A Place In The Whiskey,” as well as songs that show off her sensitive side like “To Tell You The Truth” and “Come To Bed,” her duet with John Rich.

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] May 14, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  Winter No. 1s: WGNA, WFMS, WQIK, WIVK, KSSN, WGH, KTST, KXKT, KIXZ and WKKO Country Aircheck’s overview of how Country stations fared in the Winter 207 Arbitron continues this week with a list of market-leading stations that include WGNA/Albany, WFMS/Indianapolis, WQIK/Jacksonville, WIVK/Knoxville, KSSN/Little Rock, WGH/Norfolk, KTST/Oklahoma City, KXKT/Omaha, KIXZ/Spokane and WKKO/Toldeo. We’ll provide this format update in each week’s Country Aircheck/Music Edition. A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. For previous ratings compilations, go to www.CountryAircheck.com, click on Archives and open the May 7 Music Edition file.

Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Fall ’06 Wi ’07 Fa ’06 Wi ‘07 Fall ’06 Wi ’07 Fa ’06 Wi ‘07 WGNA-FM/Albany 10.3 9.7 1 1 WSM-FM/Nashville 4.9 6.5 6* 4 WFFG/Albany 1.0 1.5 18 15 WKDF/Nashville 4.6 4.4 8 10 KRST/Albuquerque 5.0 3.6 3 9* WSM-AM/Nashville+ 3.3 2.5 12 13* KBQI/Albuquerque 4.3 3.1 5* 13* WNOE/New Orleans 7.2 6.9 5 5 KAGM/Albuquerque+ 1.6 2.5 22 15* KKND/New Orleans 1.2 .7 15 18* KKRG/Albuquerque+ 1.5 1.0 23 24* WGH-FM/Norfolk 7.5 8.7 1 1 KASE/Austin^ 6.0 6.0 2 2 KTST/Oklahoma City^ 6.9 7.1 1 1 KVET/Austin^ 5.4 5.6 3 3* KKNG/Oklahoma City 5.9 5.7 4 3* WZZK/Birmingham^ 5.4 7.7 4 3 KXXY/Oklahoma City^ 4.8 5.0 7 8 WDXB/Birmingham 4.6 5.9 7* 4 KXKT/Omaha 8.9 8.5 1 1 WNCB/Birmingham^ 1.1 2.1 19* 15* KHUS/Omaha 1.4 2.7 19* 13 WEZL/Charleston, SC 6.1 6.6 4 3 WWKA/Orlando 4.7 4.7 6 5* WNKT/Charleston, SC 3.3 3.3 9 9 WPCV/Lakeland, FL 1.5 2.1 17* 21* WSOC/Charlotte 5.6 5.8 3* 3 (Orlando Arbitron) WKKT/Charlotte 4.8 5.7 6 4 KNIX/Phoenix 4.3 4.6 5 5 WHKO/Dayton 7.2 8.4 3 2 KMLE/Phoenix 3.9 3.4 8* 8* WPFB/Dayton 1.4 2.7 16 13 KWJJ/Portland 5.8 5.7 2 2 WKSW/Dayton 1.3 1.6 17 17 KUPL/Portland 5.6 4.6 3 3 WBZI-AM & WEDI-AM/ WBEE/Rochester 9.5 9.6 2 2 Dayton .7 1.1 21* 19* WYRK/Buffalo 1.1 1.0 16 18* WFMS/Indianapolis 10.3 10.4 1 1 (Rochester, NY Arbitron) WLHK/Indianapolis 4.3 3.9 6* 8* KNCI/Sacramento 5.3 4.8 3 3 WQIK/Jacksonville^ 8.7 8.4 1 1 KNTY/Sacramento 1.5 2.4 18* 16 WGNE/Jacksonville 3.0 2.3 10 13* KAJA/San Antonio 4.4 6.1 7* 2 WROO/Jacksonville^ 1.8 1.1 14* 18 KCYY/San Antonio^ 5.0 4.5 4 6 WIVK/Knoxville 23.5 20.6 1 1 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.3 1.4 19* 19 WMYL/Knoxville 0.0 1.4 -- 12 KIXZ/Spokane 4.8 6.8 6* 1 KWNR/Las Vegas 4.4 5.3 6 5 KDRK/Spokane 5.7 4.1 3* 5* KCYE/Las Vegas 3.3 3.3 10 11* KICR/Spokane 2.1 1.8 16 18* KSSN/Little Rock^ 10.4 9.7 1 1 KUBL/Salt Lake City^ 6.1 5.1 3 3 KHKN/Little Rock^+ 4.2 4.2 10 10 KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City 3.6 3.7 8* 7 WAMZ/Louisville 11.9 10.7 1 2 KKAT/Salt Lake City^+ 2.3 2.5 18 16 WPTI/Louisville 2.3 3.4 11* 9 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.2 2.1 21 18* WWQM/Madison, WI 5.0 6.6 6 3* WKKO/Toledo 15.0 15.1 1 1 WMAD/Madison, WI 4.1 4.9 7* 6* WCKY/Toledo 1.9 1.9 15 14* WGKX/Memphis 5.2 7.0 6 3 KIIM/Tucson 10.7 8.5 1 2 WSIX/Nashville 6.4 6.8 3 2

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May 14, 2007 Chart Page 

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 3 1 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 14396 364 4765 187 35.89 1.229 121 0 1 2 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 13445 -680 4422 -84 33.229 -2.191 121 1 5 3 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 12648 390 4045 126 30.873 1.225 121 0 7 4 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 412561 1460 4103 442 31.593 2.684 121 0 2 5 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 12132 -1938 4079 -487 30.225 -5.439 121 1 8 6 /Ticks (Arista) 4 12069 1420 3793 421 30.157 2.832 121 0 6 7 /A Woman’s Love (Arista) 11689 275 3827 135 28.537 0.582 121 0 9 8 /Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 11017 837 3589 218 27.893 2.108 120 0 12 9 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 9755 990 3069 277 25.026 3.18 121 1 11 10 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 9490 589 3125 245 23.499 1.719 121 0 13 11 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 7832 297 2642 90 18.544 0.521 121 1 14 12 BIG & RICH/ (Warner Bros.) 7626 241 2410 134 18.157 0.984 120 2 10 13 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 7613 -1406 2602 -475 18.919 -3.331 120 0 17 14 JASON ALDEAN/ (BBR) 7108 565 2291 162 16.543 1.033 121 1 16 15 JAKE OWEN /Startin’ With Me (RCA) 7087 293 2380 106 17.189 1.344 121 1 21 16 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 4 6794 2140 2193 682 17.017 5.179 120 8 18 17 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 6629 646 2149 221 15.127 1.666 121 0 19 18 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 6310 408 2047 146 14.996 1.055 120 4 15 19 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 6210 -968 2088 -338 14.823 -2.355 119 0 20 20 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 4 5575 341 1893 108 13.156 0.706 121 6 22 21 /I Wonder (BNA) 5108 540 1551 150 12.066 1.668 118 1 27 22 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 4 4605 1938 1497 628 11.161 4.202 115 19 23 23 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 4594 294 1534 84 10.649 0.306 118 5 24 24 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 4365 418 1459 116 10.477 0.872 118 6 25 25 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 3502 435 1212 153 7.974 1.108 117 8

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 26 26 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 3025 87 1027 20 6.278 -0.059 112 2 28 27 LUKE BRYAN /All My Friends Say (Capitol) 2885 289 929 87 6.935 0.486 101 7 32 28 /Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 2712 442 889 115 5.875 1.099 111 6 30 29 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 2687 126 959 25 6.552 0.181 110 1 29 30 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 2536 -48 838 -8 5.9 -0.368 105 3 33 31 TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) 2075 10 676 20 5.12 0.107 95 3 35 32 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 1971 297 697 129 4.646 0.9 96 4 34 33 /Say Yes (Big Machine) 1855 84 598 24 3.986 -0.037 95 0 36 34 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) 1752 136 571 30 4.23 0.516 100 3 38 35 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 1659 240 496 64 3.848 0.873 56 8 40 36 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 1639 451 467 127 3.128 0.881 59 10 37 37 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 1567 51 607 30 3.016 0.344 96 3 42 38 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 1485 405 426 123 3.574 1.146 60 19 41 39 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 1407 275 473 68 2.782 0.285 85 6 39 40 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have... (Lyric Street) 1373 116 492 51 2.641 0.146 76 7 45 41 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 1081 277 351 40 1.948 0.716 58 5 52 42 /Another Side Of You (Universal South) 895 382 271 120 1.728 0.761 50 17 53 43 GRETCHEN WILSON/One Of The Boys (Columbia) 804 293 209 80 1.768 0.582 51 6 50 44 CHRIS YOUNG/You’re Gonna Love Me (RCA) 734 176 263 38 1.132 0.252 34 2 46 45 /What You Give Away (f/S. Crow) (MCA) 734 -54 257 4 1.58 0.001 51 1 43 46 BON JOVI/(You Want To) Make A Memory (Mercury/IDJMG) 723 -332 235 -89 1.47 -0.69 52 0 59 47 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 628 370 197 107 0.821 0.378 38 10 47 48 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) 628 -61 204 -23 1.177 0.168 45 2

Debut 49 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I’ll Stand By You (Arista) 611 294 153 71 1.704 0.776 14 6 48 50 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) 605 -39 224 -16 1.049 0.076 36 1

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page  May 14, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page  Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 19 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 1855 4 TIM MCGRAW/ I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 19 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 1785 4 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 17 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 1434 4 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 10 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 1006 4 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 10 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 736 4 SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 9 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train... (Midas/New Revolution) 9 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 725 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 718 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 8 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 651 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 596 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 7 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 548 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have... (Lyric Street) 7 Activator Top Spin Gainers Aircheck Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 431 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 2140 4 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 403 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 1938 4 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 295 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 1460 4 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 211 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 1420 4 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 171 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 990 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 158 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 837 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 150 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My... (Big Machine) 646 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 147 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 589 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 134 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 565 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 127 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 540

Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Video Adds KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 682 CMT TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 628 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 442 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 421 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 277 CMT PURE COUNTRY RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 245 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 221 GAC TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out… (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 218 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 187 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 162

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Aircheck Activity Aircheck Add Dates VINCE GILL/What You Give Away (f/S. Crow) (MCA) May 21 Moves 46*-45*; 734 points, 257 spins STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls Call The Shots) 1 ADD: WGNA (Curb) JASON MEADOWS/18 Video Tapes (Baccerstick/CO5) BON JOVI/(You Want To) Make A Memory SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) (Mercury/IDJMG) /You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) Moves 43-46; 723 points, 235 spins /This Is My Life (Universal South) 0 ADDS May 28 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) REBA MCENTIRE/Because Of You (w/ ) (MCA) Debuts at 47*; 628 points, 197 spins LeAnn Rimes/Nothing Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 10 ADDS: KATM*, KBEQ, KIZN*, KNIX, /Days Of Thunder (Equity) KUBL*, WBEE, WGH, WOGK, WSOC*, WUSN* June 4 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) RISSI PALMER/Country Girl (1720 Entertainment) Moves 47*-48; 628 points, 204 spins 2 ADDS: WIVK*, WYCD* Aircheck Top Recurrents CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 10456 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I’ll Stand By You (Arista) KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 7594 Debuts at 49*; 611 points, 153 spins RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 7061 6 ADDS: KILT*, KNCI*, KSCS*, KUBL*, TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 6556 WBCT, WQDR TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 5575 BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 4877 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 4702 Moves 48-50; 605 points, 224 spins JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 4716 1 ADD: WWYZ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista/RMG) 4876 LITTLE TEXAS/Missing Years (Montage) RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 4152 582 points, 207 spins 1 ADD: WDAF SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 394 points, 129 spins VAN ZANT/That Scares Me (Columbia) 9ADDS: KATM*, KDRK*, KIXZ, KRST*, KSOP, 569 points, 235 spins WBCT, WCTQ, WGTY, WWNU 2 ADDS: KBEQ, WBEE LANCE MILLER/She Really Loves Me (Warner Bros.) WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas/ 332 points, 127 spins New Revolution) 2 ADDS: KXKC*, KZSN 522 points, 183 spins 9 ADDS: KCYE, KIXZ, KMLE*, KQFC*, KUBL*, TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) WBEE, WCTO, WQYK, WSSL 327 points, 66 spins 1 ADD: WXTU DONOVAN CHAPMAN/All I Need (Category 5) 400 points, 131 spins Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 45-50 on this 1 ADDS: WMZQ week’s chart 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] May 14, 2007 ACTIVATOR Chart Page 

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 1 1 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 14606 135 3276 15 7 2 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 4 13100 1434 2950 295 4 3 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 13080 -19 2894 -2 2 4 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 12765 -1414 2817 -334 6 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 4 12425 736 2785 158 3 6 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 12332 -1767 2713 -465 8 7 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4 11729 1006 2544 211 9 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 10672 718 2336 147 10 9 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 10238 417 2275 107 12 10 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 9165 -51 1995 -13 13 11 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 8734 336 1937 79 11 12 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 8483 -1230 1921 -302 15 13 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 8400 422 1855 106 17 14 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 7630 596 1699 150 16 15 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 7483 -29 1667 4 18 16 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 7361 421 1658 99 14 17 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 7196 -1115 1610 -271 24 18 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 4 6948 1855 1574 431 20 19 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 6882 651 1529 134 19 20 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 6881 186 1533 56 21 21 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 5836 316 1310 83 25 22 TIM MCGRAW/I Need You (w/Faith Hill) (Curb) 4 5754 1785 1314 403 22 23 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 5675 213 1223 58 23 24 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 5548 428 1214 99 26 25 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 4445 548 957 127 27 26 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 3135 -33 699 -6 37 27 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 2797 725 619 171 28 28 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 2708 167 585 27 31 29 TERRI CLARK/Dirty Girl (BNA) 2702 288 559 42 30 30 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 2654 231 591 65

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 29 31 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 2607 148 569 33 38 32 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 2472 444 579 107 34 33 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 2449 165 540 25 33 34 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 2445 59 504 9 32 35 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Migh... (Lyric Street) 2369 -21 519 -14 36 36 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 2305 131 493 27 39 37 WRECKERS/Tennessee (Warner Bros.) 2076 128 466 28 40 38 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 1766 277 373 62 42 39 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 1732 474 403 113 41 40 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 1460 12 338 5 44 41 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 1039 173 234 36 54 42 GRETCHEN WILSON/One Of The Boys (Columbia) 953 429 200 93 53 43 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 912 377 203 86 43 44 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) 744 -195 166 -36 45 45 VINCE GILL/What You Give Away (f/S. Crow) (MCA) 705 -93 151 -16 49 46 VAN ZANT/That Scares Me (Columbia) 695 68 141 15 46 47 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/All I Need (Category 5) 685 -81 126 -16 51 48 JAMIE O’NEAL/God Don’t Make Mistakes (Capitol) 579 -14 129 1 50 49 CHRIS YOUNG/You’re Gonna Love Me (RCA) 560 -64 98 -8 47 50 BON JOVI/(You Want To) Make A Memory (Mercury/IDJMG) 513 -226 110 -38 56 51 KRISTINA CORNELL/Little Red Balloon (Lofton Creek) 481 92 103 18 52 52 DARRYL WORLEY/Living In The Here And Now (903 Music) 481 -58 117 -13 Debut 53 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas/New Revolution) 474 289 84 54 55 54 WOODY BRADSHAW/The Last Thing You Do (Primoris/Spinville) 460 12 99 0 Debut 55 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 409 151 81 30 58 56 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Friday Night Fireside (Aria/Quarterback) 354 -11 73 -2 Debut 57 DELANA STEVENS/Good Enough For Me (Mach 1/Spinville) 334 71 73 18 57 58 /I Love Women My... Category 5) 316 -53 62 -11 Debut 59 AMY DALLEY/Good Kind Of Crazy (Curb) 301 -3 56 -1 59 60 LANCE MILLER/She Really Loves Me (Warner Bros.) 284 -34 80 -8

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