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June 7, 2010 Issue 195 Who’s Got The Biggest Cume Of All? Country programmers and sales staffs have been absolutely giddy in recent years as they’ve watched cumes for most Country radio stations double once Arbitron’s PPM becomes currency in a market and replaces the diary. (We’ll fight over TSL’s plunge from diary to PPM another time.) Prior to PPM’s arrival, no Country outlet had ever cracked the one million listener barrier. Only a handful of stations exceeded 500,000 cumers. Now this format boasts four or five stations at one million plus on a regular basis, with another handful posting audience levels in excess of 900,000. The exuberance is, of course, tempered by the fact that all of the other format cumes have ballooned as well. Proving that size does indeed matter, the top 23 cuming stations in America are in either New York or Los Angeles. The You Belong With Me: WKLB/Boston’s Ginny Rogers (l) and daughter top five cuming stations are: Lauren bookend Taylor Swift in the vibe room backstage Saturday (6/5). 1. WLTW/New York, AC, 5,859,400 2. WKTU/New York, Rhythmic AC, 4,900,200 Swift Closes Fearless Tour Taylor Swift wrapped her international Fearless Tour Saturday 3. WHTZ/New York, Top 40, 4.740,800 night (6/5) at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, and WKLB/Boston 4. WCBS/New York, Classic Hits, 4,134,400 MD Ginny Rogers was in the sellout crowd of nearly 57,000. She has 5. KIIS/Los Angeles, Top 40, 4,040,100 a unique perspective on the 15-month, 110-date tour. “I saw the first To provide some perspective on Country’s lot in the PPM show in Evansville, IN,” she says. “So I saw the very first show and the cume world, ARB’s April PPM shows that Country has only four very last. stations among the nation’s Top 100 cuming outlets. KPLX/ “The Evansville venue, of course, was really small, and Gillette is Dallas is the Country cume leader with 1,239,800 listeners and huge. Seeing it at the stadium, everything was super-sized. And it’s not ranks No. 70 among all radio stations in PPM markets. (continued on page 6) just the stage – she added a couple extra songs, too. In fact, she made ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 7, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 a point of telling the crowd that she’d never played ‘Jump Then My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e Fall’ on the tour, saving it for the right moment and that this was the perfect night.” WUBL/Atlanta APD/MD Lance Houston discusses his most important songs, artists When discussing sellout country shows in Foxboro, the mind or concerts: reflexively turns to Kenny Chesney. “Both have a way of connecting 1. Tim McGraw/Live Like You Were Dying: with a stadium audience like no other artists I’ve seen,” Rogers says. My partner Brad and I heard this for the first “Taylor really took the time to let the crowd cheer and scream when time on (then AM) KHCM when we were they wanted. Out in the crowd she took her time shaking as many hands visiting Honolulu. A pretty cool memory. 2. Alabama/My Home’s In Alabama: I can as possible. Little things like stopping to shake a little girl’s hand and still remember driving up to June Jam every taking a bracelet from her wrist to give to the kid were really sweet to Lance Houston year from Tuscaloosa and dealing with the see. I’ve never seen Gillette light up like that. It was very different from traffic, heat and crazy people. The highlight a Chesney show.” of it all was seeing those guys sing this song. In fact, Rogers says she’s never quite seen an environment like 3. George Strait/The Fireman: I met a new friend during freshman English in college. He was my first real friend that I Saturday’s. “For as many times been in that stadium, it was strange to hadn’t known also in high school, and this was his absolute have a very calm, well-behaved crowd,” she admits. “It was all ages, favorite song. He would often call when I was doing weekend though certainly dominated by teenagers and young girls. There wasn’t overnights to request it, and I would play it for him. Times sure as much drinking as you normally see and the vendors were walking were a lot simpler back then! around with cotton candy, peanuts and popcorn instead of beer. It just 4. Alison Krauss/When You Say Nothing At All: This is the first country song I listened to in its entirety. My parents hated struck me that this is a really cool family event; definitely different with country music, so I was never exposed to it. Someone played all the glow sticks waving around.” me this song and I remember thinking, “If that’s country music, I Backstage, Rogers says Taylor was typically thoughtful. “The vibe could get into that!” room had to be one of the biggest meet-and-greets of the tour. She stood 5. Shania Twain/Any Man Of Mine: This was the very first up on one of the chairs to thank radio and everyone who helped along country cassette single that I ever bought. I remember it just being on a continuous loop in my car for about a month. the way, but she was a little unsteady so she asked my nine-year-old • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I’ve niece to hold her hand and help her balance. That was a nice moment.” never listened to a full album that wasn’t country. Swift, who wore a No. 13 Patriots jersey as the show drew to a close, • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Shania wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye to her road family. “After the show, Twain’s Come On Over. I think they went with eight or nine singles usually they all fly out and go to next place,” Rogers says. “But they on that one, but they probably could have released every one. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to were all so sad they decided to take the tour buses and drive all the way right now: Van Zant’s “That Scares Me.” Radio missed the boat on back to Nashville to have an extra day together.” that one. Big time.

BamaJam Draws Crowd, If Not Radio one thing that surprised me was there weren’t WDXB/Birmingham, AL OM/PD a lot of radio stations there covering it,” he Tom Hanrahan was on the grounds says. “You had Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown of the third annual BamaJam Music & Band, Hank, Jr., Dierks Bentley, Jamey Arts Festival over the weekend, and Johnson and Miranda Lambert, among says the only thing missing was radio. others, but there were only a couple of Dothan, “It’s always a great lineup, but the AL stations and us. I would have thought more Tom Hanrahan ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 7, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 people would be there trying to get interviews and interact with Tu b e Ch e c k the artists. The labels were certainly very accommodating.” Tuesday 6/8 - Rascal Flatts, Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated). Hanrahan is hardly complaining, however, as he says the festival has benefited from it’s association with consultant and Wednesday 6/9 - Various Artists, CMT Music Awards Red Carpet 2010; live music veteran Tony Conway. “This was an almost flawless Various Artists, 2010 CMT Music Awards. event backstage,” Hanrahan says. “BamaJam is only in its third year, and they’ve made considerable improvement from last year Thursday 6/10 - Bo Bice, Emeril Lagasse Show (syndicated). as far as coordination. It’s one of the best run festivals I’ve seen Friday 6/11 - Rascal Flatts, Today (NBC). in a long time. I hope the show will continue to grow, but I’m not sure how much bigger they can really get with the lineup.” Saturday 6/12 - Tim McGraw, Conversations From The Road (re-air) (GAC). Being one of the few stations on hand did have its benefits. “I found out that Zac Brown is expecting his fourth daughter, Sunday 6/13 - Trace Adkins, Soundstage (re-air) (GAC). which will give him four kids under four years of age,” he says. As for performances that jumped out at him, Hanrahan singles out two: “Chris Young did a stellar version of ‘Rainy Night In Georgia.’ And Danny Gokey covered both a Travis Tritt Radio News song and ‘Life Is A Highway.’ He’s definitely an entertainer.” • RadioStar’s four-station Champaign-Urbana, IL cluster, And overall? “From an entertainment standpoint it lived up to including Country WLFH, has been sold for a reported $1 everything they promoted it to be.” million to S.J. Broadcasting, led by local businessman Clint Atkins, a real estate developer and chairman of hobby retailer/ supplier Hobbico. WLFH, which has been Country since Jimmy Wayne Update: Missing Out Spring ‘08, is a Class A at 1.9 kw; it scored a 1.6 in the Fall ‘09 As thousands of country fans take over Nashville for the Arbitron. According to BIA, RadioStar bought the cluster in 2010 CMA Music Festival, Jimmy Wayne will be braving New 2006 for $3.5 million. Mexico’s triple-digit temperatures on his Meet Me Halfway walk • WIL/St. Louis’ Cornbread Morning Show has recruited more to Phoenix for homeless teens. Wayne tells us it will be the first than 6,600 participants for the 2010 St. Louis Komen Race For CMA Fest he’ll miss since his move to Nashville. “You always The Cure Saturday (6/12), surpassing their 2009 record. think when you come to Nashville • Music City Saturday Night with Buzz Brainard and Storme that you’re going to run into an Warren can now be heard on WOLF/Syracuse, NY; WLFW/ artist,” Wayne said Friday (6/4). “I Evansville, IN; WCMM/Escanaba, MI; WIMT/Lima, OH; happened to come to Nashville during KDBR/Kalispell, MT and WWFY/Barre, VT. a Fan Fair week and didn’t even • Clear Channel is kicking off a PSA know it. I thought, ‘Wow, it’s true! campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy They’re playing all over the place!’ I Association with the “Get Discovered” told everybody back home, ‘You’re contest for independent and unsigned artists. not going to believe it! They’re Four applicants will be chosen to perform on everywhere out here ... you got to the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon from come out here and see this!’ Of course Las Vegas. Music may be submitted from the next week they were all gone.” Jimmy Wayne hydrates in the New Mexico desert June 15- July 26 at www.iheartradio.com.

June 7, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4 Industry News Ch e c k Ou t : 6/8 The Grand Ole Opry House is Dierks Bentley Up On The Ridge (Capitol) schedule to reopen Oct. 1 following Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Kris a $16-$17 million renovation. Kristofferson and Miranda Lambert are among Additionally, Gaylord Opryland is the guests on Bentley’s bluegrass-influenced set to open Nov. 15 after a $165-$172 album. Bentley co-wrote five songs, and Bob Dylan’s “Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power),” million restoration. Details here. Kristofferson’s “Bottle To The Bottom,” Buddy Photog Sheri Oneal has launched and Julie Miller’s “Love Grows Wild” and U2’s ReTune Nashville, a non-profit offering relief to uninsured “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” are also featured. musicians through the sale of artwork created from flood damaged musical instruments. The organization is planning a Lee Brice Love Like Crazy (Curb) Brice wrote and co-wrote all but three songs benefit for early fall. More infoher e. on his 13-track sophomore album, featuring The fourth annual Alex LeVasseur Memorial Skate and lead single “Love Like Crazy.” Previously released Music Festival will be held June 27 from 2-9pm at Franklin, “She Ain’t Right” and “Happy Endings” are also TN’s Jim Warren Park. The event is free and benefits the included. Bonus track “Overrated” closes the disc. Alex LeVasseur Memorial Fund established by his father, songwriter Jeffrey Steele. Ty Herndon Journey On (FUNL) Ronna Rubin has been named the first recipient of the Nancy The title track single leads this inspirational Saturn Award of Inspiration for her work with Gilda’s Club country album, which includes his 2010 Dove Nashville, a cancer support community. She will be recognized Award-winning Lizzy Long duet “When We Fly.” at the American Artisan Dinner & Art Auction June 24 at Herndon co-wrote all 11 songs.

Nashville’s Noah Liff Opera Center. Average Joes has partnered with Phivestarr’s Jared “J” Sciullo and Justin “DJ KO” Spillner on a multi-project, Jewel Sweet And Wild (Valory) multi-format production deal. The duo, who worked on Colt Jewel wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks including Ford and Brantley Gilbert releases, will oversee projects from a “Stay Here Forever,” which was featured on the Valentine’s Day soundtrack, and album closer development, production and A&R perspective. “Satisfied.” A companion live demo version of the CD called Sweet And Mild is included with the Deluxe Edition purchase. The extra disc’s acoustic Artist News cuts were recorded at her home studio. Jewel Toby Keith has launched his own produced with Nathan Chapman. iPhone app featuring tour info, music, photos, videos and more. Download here. Clay Walker She Won’t Be Lonely Long (Curb) MCA is reissuing the George Strait The title single leads Walker’s 12-track album, for which he co-wrote three songs with writers Live concert on DVD exclusively to including Doug Johnson, who co-produced Wal-Mart June 15. Recorded New Year’s with Keith Stegall. Alabama’s Randy Owen Eve 1986 at Dallas’ Reunion Arena, the guests on a cover of the group’s “Feels So Right,” 16-track collection also features five bonus music videos. which closes the disc. Details here.

Flynnville Train will release their 11-track sophomore record Bi r t h d a y s Redemption featuring single “Preachin’ To The Choir” on New Tuesday (6/8) - Tom Becci, Cadillac Jack, Denise Nichols (denise@ Evolution July 20. theprimacyfirm.com) Keith Urban will headline the Grammy Foundation’s July 23 Starry Night concert at UCLA. Proceeds will benefit the Wednesday (6/9) - the late Les Paul, Gerrie McDowell (gerrieco@ tx.rr.com), Jessica Wade Gottesman ([email protected]), Foundation’s Grammy In The Schools initiative for high school Lance Houston ([email protected]) music programs and the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation. Details here. Thursday (6/10) - Joanna Carter, Kaci Jones, R. W. Smith (rw.smith@ Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will participate in citcomm.com), Dave Wright a question-and-answer session about gender issues in the Friday (6/11) - Jay McDowell entertainment industry during the Campus MovieFest (CMF) June 10-13 at the Wynn Las Vegas. Details here. Saturday (6/12) - Junior Brown, Chris Young, Jeff Allen, Guy Floyd, Candace Nuyens, Mark Phillips ([email protected]), The Week’s Top Stories Danielle Taylor ([email protected]) Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives Sunday (6/13) - Jason Michael Carroll, Joe Barnhill,Jr.; Lori Hartigan at www.countryaircheck.com. ([email protected]) • Saga’s Smooth Jazz WJZX/Milwaukee flipped to Classic Monday (6/14) - Matt Corbin (matt.corbin@biggerpicturegroup. Country as “Big Buck Country” at 3pm today (6/7). Lauri com), Bobby Roberts, Mary Forest Findley (maryforest@ Jones will serve as PD. (CAT 6/7) countryaircheck.com) • Chad Schultz joined Warner Bros./Atlantic/Reprise (WAR) as Nat’l Dir./Promotion. (CAT 6/2) • CMA VP/Strategic Marketing Dan Bowen exited the organization he joined in January 2009. Reach Bowen here. (CAT 6/7) • Sony Music Nashville Sr. Dir./Creative Services Scott McDaniel was upped to VP. (CAT 6/7)

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Rising Star: Jewel hangs backstage with WMIL/Milwaukee PD Kerry Wolfe (r) and Valory’s George Briner during a stop on her Star Light Cafe Tour.

top 100, with April 2010 PPM cume totals in parentheses: 110. KILT-FM/Houston (986,100) 133. WYCD/Detroit (927,600) 142. KSCS/Dallas (903,700 165. KEEY/Minneapolis (817,200) 187. WXTU/Philadelphia (769,600) 208. WKHX/Atlanta (742,800) 218. WUBL/Atlanta (731,300) 259. KCYY/San Antonio (649,300) 269. KMPS/Seattle (634,300) 273. KNIX/Phoenix (623,600) 288. WKLB/Boston (605,800) Finally, please take this piece in the spirit it was written. And don’t get me wrong – I’m not complaining. It’s wonderful that Country is finally getting the credit for the huge Phantom Cume we have always claimed the diary Biggest Cume Of All (continued from page 1) missed. I just thought it was interesting to see where we Yep, 70th. WUSN/Chicago is No. 2 Country with a cume of stand when compared to other formats. It’s perhaps also 1,195,600, which is good for No. 76. KKGO/Los Angeles a reminder that even with the expanded cumes Country was third in Country for April (KPLX, WUSN and KKGO is seeing with PPM, it’s still about getting folks to listen jockey around in the top three almost every month) with longer and creating programming that gets them back to 1,097,400 cumers, and ranks 95th. Rounding out the Top 100, the station as often as possible. CAC in 99th place, is KKBQ/Houston with 1,053,800 listeners. For comparison purposes, a pre-PPM Arbitron sweep showed KPLX with a cume of 504,700; WUSN, 688,900; Lon Helton, [email protected] KKGO, 520,700; and KKBQ, 457,700. Chuck Aly, [email protected] A few more PPM cume stats: Jeff Green, [email protected] Erin Duvall, [email protected] • Country places four stations in the 101-200 top cumers Lauren Tingle, [email protected] and six stations between the 201 to 300 markers, for a grand (615) 320-1450 total of 14 stations among the top 300. • There are 1,683 radio stations that post a cume audience in PPM; 1,014 have cumes exceeding 100,000 listeners. Of those 1,014, 68 are Country • A quick overview of the formats in the top 100 cumers shows 19 AC, 13 Top 40, 12 spoken word (News, Sports, Talk, etc.), eight Rhythmic Top 40 and six Hot AC outlets. • The national rankings among all cumes outside of the

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 7, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 7 CMA Music Festival Schedule Here’s a day-by-day listing of festival events. A more detailed scheduled can be found at cmafest.com. TUESDAY, JUNE 8 4:30pm 11am-5:25pm 7pm 11am 2010 CMT Music Awards Red Carpet Chevy Music Stage Grand Ole Opry 4th Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show Bridgestone Arena James Wesley, Katie Armiger, Mark Wills, Fast Ryde, Charley Pride, Roy Clark, Rhonda Vincent, Mel Tillis, And Concert the Harters, Steve Azar, Chris Janson, Brantley Terri Clark Luke Bryan, Clay Walker, Joe Nichols, Love And 8pm Gilbert, Emily West Ryman Auditorium (116 5th Ave. N.) Theft, Bucky Covington, Pam Tillis, Aaron Tippin, 2010 CMT Music Awards Bridgestone Arena Thea Tippin, Katie Armiger, Trailer Choir, Cowboy Host Kid Rock & Various Artists 8pm-11pm Troy, Julie Roberts, Carter Twins, Trent Tomlinson, Bridgestone Arena Noon-5:30pm LP Field Concert Stage Sarah Darling, Whitney Duncan, Danielle Peck, GAC Stage Randy Houser, Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Zac Burns & Poe, Gwen Sebastian, Jesse Lee, Coldwater 10pm Ty Herndon, David Ball, Sam & Ruby, Riders in the Brown Band, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts Jane, Brett Eldredge, Jeremy Crady, Brian Stace, Marty Stuart’s 9th Annual Late Night Jam Sky, Matt Kennon, Miss Willie Brown, Chuck Mead LP Field Jessie James, John Carter, the Invite’s Johnny Gates Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives, Keith Public Square Park Wildhorse Saloon (120 2nd Ave N.) Urban, Dallas Frazier, Cowboy Jack Clement, SUNDAY JUNE 13 Ronnie Milsap, Ralph Mooney, Connie Smith, the 3pm 8am-9pm 4pm Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, more 2nd Annual Guitars Of The Stars Benefit Taylor Swift’s 13-Hour Meet & Greet 2010 Aristomedia Global Showcase Ryman Auditorium (116 5th Ave. N.) Auction Bridgestone Arena Travis Collins, Emma King & the Heartsets, Jessie Chris Young Farrell, Jo Hikk, Steven Lee Olsen, Ronnie Rae THURSDAY JUNE 10 Ryman Auditorium (116 5th Ave. N.) 10:30am-6pm Rivers, the European Highwaymen, O’Shea 9:45am-5:30pm Riverfront Daytime Stage Second Fiddle (420 B’way) Riverfront Daytime Stage 8pm-11pm Sammy Kershaw, Steel Magnolia, Pam Tillis, the The Oak Ridge Boys, the Judds, Clay Walker, Love And LP Field Concert Stage Bellamy Brothers, Lonestar, Restless Heart, James 7pm Theft, Josh Thompson, Joey+Rory, Colt Ford, Keith Julianne Hough, Josh Turner, Miranda Lambert, Otto, Jo Dee Messina, Uncle Kracker, Darryl Worley Tuesday Night Opry Anderson, Neal McCoy, Diamond Rio, Jake Owen Keith Urban, Reba, Special Guest Riverfront Park Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, Trisha Yearwood, Riverfront Park LP Field the Band Perry Mandy Barnett, Bill Anderson, Little 11am-5:25pm Jimmy Dickens 11am-5:15pm SATURDAY JUNE 12 Chevy Music Stage Nashville Municipal Auditorium (417 4th Ave S) Chevy Music Stage 10am-6:30pm LoCash Cowboys, Whitney Duncan, KingBilly, Bomshel, Tyler Dickerson, Jaron & The Long Road Riverfront Daytime Stage Carter’s Chord, Confederate Railroad, Jason Michael 8pm To Love, Blaine Larsen, Randy Montana, Kentucky Mark Chesnutt, Lee Brice, Emerson Drive, Mel Carroll, Trailer Choir, Stealing Angels, Ricochet 10th Annual Reading, Writing & Rhythm Headhunters, Classic Country Show (Jim Ed Brown, Tillis, Gloriana, David Lee Murphy, Josh Gracin. Big Bridgestone Arena Benefit Concert Gene Watson, Jeannie Seely), Doug Stone Kenny, Lorrie Morgan, Joe Nichols, 103 WKDF Battle Rodney Crowell, SHeDAISY, Jamey Johnson, Bucky Bridgestone Arena Of The Bands Winner Noon-5:30pm Covington, Justin Moore, Buxton Hughes (Sarah Riverfront Park GAC Stage Buxton and Jedd Hughes), Jann Arden, Trisha 7pm Randy Kohrs Band, O’Shea, The Invite, Carter Twins, Yearwood, Chely Wright Opry Country Classics 10am-6pm Charmaine, Charlie Louvin, the Grascals TPAC’s James Polk Theater Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, the Oak Ridge GAC Stage Public Square Park Boys, Gene Watson, Lynn Anderson, Neal McCoy The Good Hands Band, Frankie Ballard, Sunny WEDNESDAY JUNE 9 Ryman Auditorium (116 5th Ave. N.) Sweeney, Brett Eldredge, Point Of Grace, Jordyn 8pm-11pm 11:30am Shellhart, Elizabeth Cook, The McClymonts, Rhonda LP Field Concert Stage Sixth Annual CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Parade 8pm-11pm Vincent, Mandy Barnett Justin Moore, Kellie Pickler, Blake Shelton, Trace Grand Marshal Brenda Lee, Lynn Anderson, Katie LP Field Concert Stage Public Square Park Adkins, Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley Armiger, Rodney Atkins, the Band Perry, Bo Danny Gokey, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Jason LP Field Bice, Ash Bowers, Carter Twins, Jeff Cook, Diana Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood 11am-5:25pm DeGarmo, Fast Ryde, Colt Ford, Brantley Gilbert, LP Field Chevy Music Stage Gloriana, Josh Gracin, the Grascals, the Harters, Trent Tomlinson, Jesse Lee, Brady Seals, Mallary Buddy Jewell, KingBilly, Jesse Lee, LoCash Cowboys, FRIDAY JUNE 11 Hope, Ash Bowers, Julie Roberts, Jason Boland, Lonestar, Jerrod Neimann, James Otto, Danielle 10am-5:45pm Thompson Square, Bo Bice Peck, Point of Grace, Marty Raybon, Pam Tillis, Trent Riverfront Daytime Stage Bridgestone Arena Tomlinson and Chuck Wicks Gretchen Wilson, the Band Perry, Patty Loveless, Bridgestone Arena Chris Young, Eli Young Band, Bucky Covington, 3pm Jack Ingram, Sawyer Brown, Rodney Atkins, Craig Opry At The Ryman Fan Fair Matinee Fifth Annual CMA Music Festival Block Party Morgan Pam Tillis, Mark Chesnutt, Mandy Barnett Bira Kelly, David Nail, Chuck Wicks, Jerrod Niemann, Riverfront Park Ryman Auditorium (116 5th Ave. N.) Joe Nichols, Randy Houser Bridgestone Arena

June 7, 2010 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 15597 484 5488 170 39.585 1.5 126 0 2nd Week at No. 1 4 2 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 13745 697 4829 269 34.33 1.838 126 0 6 3 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 4 13206 1663 4621 587 33.036 3.076 126 0 2 4 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 12715 -1514 4434 -453 32.269 -3.56 126 0 3 5 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 12490 -1526 4392 -545 31.2 -3.977 126 0 8 6 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 11732 561 4103 142 30.462 1.844 125 0 9 7 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 11285 751 4005 229 28.985 2.114 125 0 13 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 4 9783 1410 3341 502 25.026 2.849 126 0 5 9 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 9768 -2137 3400 -723 23.699 -5.359 126 0 7 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 9732 -1575 3427 -616 23.357 -3.637 126 0 10 11 REBA/I Keep On Lovin’ You (Starstruck/Valory) 9192 69 3284 58 23.128 0.344 124 0 12 12 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 9000 577 3133 177 22.192 1.326 125 0 11 13 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 8797 220 3034 98 21.932 0.698 126 0 17 14 KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 4 8696 2254 2872 773 21.746 4.482 125 3 15 15 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 8062 898 3006 270 19.252 2.25 122 2 16 16 JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 7421 342 2641 131 18.049 1.013 113 2 14 17 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 7323 -184 2508 -65 17.95 -0.483 123 0 19 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 4 6764 1358 2356 432 17.799 3.169 119 5 18 19 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 6615 628 2318 226 17.242 1.615 125 3 20 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 5847 573 2033 168 14.87 1.812 116 2 21 21 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 5332 272 1911 117 13 1.131 115 3 22 22 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Atlantic/Top Dog/BPG) 4859 628 1727 196 12.678 1.987 89 10 23 23 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 4679 466 1778 166 11.373 1.459 112 2 26 24 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 4224 957 1547 348 8.735 1.339 106 3 25 25 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4141 639 1469 245 10.017 1.46 106 8

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

24 26 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 3831 316 1323 101 8.636 1.16 103 4 27 27 ALAN JACKSON/Hard Hat And A Hammer (Arista) 3264 555 1245 194 8.119 1.372 96 7 28 28 DIERKS BENTLEY/Up On The Ridge (Capitol) 3079 581 1114 208 7.795 1.475 88 11 29 29 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 2923 470 1137 139 6.557 1.382 95 8 30 30 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 2656 261 1084 85 5.931 0.681 89 4 31 31 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 2485 137 1025 62 5.265 0.305 84 3 34 32 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 2457 461 876 183 5.687 1.169 81 15 39 33 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 2319 963 843 343 5.752 2.291 84 27 33 34 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 2303 178 711 18 4.968 0.407 69 0 46 35 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 4 2223 1250 792 479 5.558 3.197 79 32 35 36 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 2164 206 865 82 4.738 0.579 71 5 36 37 GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (WMN/Emblem/BPG) 1811 102 702 50 3.157 0.158 63 0 37 38 KELLIE PICKLER/Makin' Me Fall In Love Again (19/BNA) 1722 227 642 62 3.306 0.691 74 4 38 39 JAKE OWEN/Tell Me (RCA) 1563 153 647 59 3.375 0.635 73 4 40 40 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/While You're Still Young (Columbia) 1538 192 568 66 3.319 0.536 64 10 41 41 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 1502 214 609 70 3.344 0.458 53 5 45 42 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 1312 201 448 62 2.948 0.436 49 5 42 43 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 1296 74 538 31 2.644 0.203 47 2 43 44 KEVIN FOWLER/Pound Sign (#?*!) (Lyric Street) 1230 13 448 5 2.613 -0.045 43 1 44 45 RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 1224 58 461 36 1.944 0.078 60 2 48 46 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 1021 304 357 109 2.423 0.658 38 17 Debut 47 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 795 484 290 170 1.511 0.904 54 21 49 48 TROY OLSEN/Summer Thing (EMI Nashville) 781 107 281 38 1.507 0.151 31 3 47 49 ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville) 760 -113 242 -42 1.576 -0.025 33 0 Debut 50 LOCASH COWBOYS/Here Comes Summer (Stroudavarious) 664 94 238 26 1.032 0 33 5

June 7, 2010 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Activator Top Point Gainers Country Aircheck Add Leaders KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 635 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 32 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 577 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 27 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 569 4 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 459 4 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 17 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 400 4 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 15 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 398 DIERKS BENTLEY/Up On The Ridge (Capitol) 11 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 355 BOMSHEL/Just Fine (Curb) 10 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 284 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/While You're Still Young (Columbia) 10 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 283 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Atlantic/Top Dog/BPG) 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Up On The Ridge (Capitol) 261 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 8 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 8 Activator Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 394 KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 2254 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 354 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 1663 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 343 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 1410 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 310 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 1358 4 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 252 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 1250 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 251 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 963 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 178 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 957 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 162 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 162 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 898 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 142 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 751 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 697 Vi d e o Ad d s CMT Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers JOHN MAYER & KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Columbia/Capitol) KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 773 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 587 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 502 CMT PURE LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 479 CHELSEA FIELD/Makin’ Me Fall In Love Again (BNA) JASON STURGEON/Simple Life (Toolpusher/Nine North) ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 432 JOHN MAYER & KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Columbia/Capitol) DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 348 KEVIN SKINNER/Like It’s The Last Goodbye (Cypresstree) BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 343 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 270 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 269 GAC JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 245 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) john rich/Country Done Come To Town (Warner Bros./WAR)

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Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s June 14 RANDY MONTANA/Ain’t Much Left Of Lovin’ You (Mercury) Dave Gibson/King Me (Savannah) Moves 44-45*; 1224 points, 461 spins LeAnn Rimes/Swingin’ (Curb) 2 ADDS: KXKT, WUBL Randy Rogers Band/Too Late For Goodbye (MCA)

BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) June 21 Moves 48*-46*; 1021 points, 357 spins Blackberry Smoke/Good One Comin’ On (BamaJam) Bo Bice/You Take Yourself With You 17 ADDS including: KFRG*, WDXB, WFUS, WGGY, WGH-FM (Saguaro Road/Lofton Creek) WGNE, WMIL, WMZQ, WTQR, WXCY Eric Church/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) Julianne Hough/Is That So Wrong (Mercury) JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) Katie Armiger/Leaving Home (Cold River) Debuts at 47*; 795 points, 290 spins Steel Magnolia/Just By Being You (Halo And Wings) 21 ADDS including: KBEQ, KCYE, KCYY*, KKBQ*, KMPS*, (Big Machine) KNCI*, KYGO, WCTK*, WGH-FM, WDAF June 28 Danny gokey/I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) TROY OLSEN/Summer Thing (EMI Nashville) Darryl Worley/Keep The Change (Stroudavarious) Moves 49*-48*; 781 points, 281 spins john rich/Country Done Come To Town (Warner Bros./WAR) 3 ADDS: KRTY, WBCT, WGKX* Sunny Sweeney/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville)

ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville) Moves 47-49; 760 points, 242 spins; 0 ADDS Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 10297 LOCASH COWBOYS/Here Comes Summer (Stroudavarious) Debuts at 50*; 664 points, 238 spins LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 7179 5 ADDS: KCYE, KNTY, WGNE, WKSJ, WMZQ EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 6231 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 6085 RANDY HOUSER/I’m All About It (Show Dog-Universal) BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Reprise/WMN) 5730 628 points, 286 spins ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 5621 2 ADDS: KATC*, WSOC* JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 5536 TRAILER CHOIR/Rollin’ Through The Sunshine (Show Dog-Universal) LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 4998 589 points, 304 plays; 0 ADDS BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 4795 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 4579 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 546 points, 253 spins CHUCK WICKS/Hold That Thought (RCA) 4 ADDS: KDRK, KRST*, WUBL, WXCY 501 points, 234 spins 5 ADDS: KATC*, KBEQ, KCCY, WMAD, WMIL FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WMN)

512 points, 182 spins Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those 3 ADDS: WGGY, WIVK*, WTQR 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) ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 7, 2010/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 1 1 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 4688 22 2917 17 3nd Week at No. 1 3 2 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 4478 208 2781 162 2 3 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 4201 -260 2672 -149 5 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 4159 398 2595 251 8 5 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 3961 284 2479 130 7 6 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 3898 198 2447 116 10 7 REBA/I Keep On Lovin’ You (Starstruck/Valory) 3262 -11 2115 13 14 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 4 2987 577 1870 343 11 9 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 2951 232 1815 162 4 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 2895 -918 1752 -575 9 11 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 2787 -562 1734 -392 20 12 KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 4 2635 635 1634 394 15 13 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 2581 198 1574 117 13 14 JARON & TLRTL/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 2553 91 1623 59 12 15 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 2552 -76 1585 -38 18 16 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 4 2446 400 1488 252 16 17 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 2386 243 1474 116 17 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 2305 217 1475 124 19 19 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 2183 148 1336 60 21 20 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 1874 135 1097 80 22 21 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 1794 190 1085 80 23 22 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 1696 283 1046 142 25 23 DIERKS BENTLEY/Up On The Ridge (Capitol) 1451 261 881 107 24 24 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 1425 161 911 96 26 25 ALAN JACKSON/Hard Hat And A Hammer (Arista) 1422 251 856 132 30 26 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 1360 355 796 178 27 27 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Atlantic/Top Dog/BPG) 1343 217 805 132 29 28 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 1195 160 770 98 28 29 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 1174 76 756 32 31 30 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 1039 80 676 35 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 6 June 7, 2010/Chart Page 7

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 38 31 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 4 970 459 660 310 33 32 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 911 86 599 67 42 33 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 4 901 569 584 354 34 34 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 735 96 471 61 35 35 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/While You're Still Young (Columbia) 668 62 406 44 36 36 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride ) 615 76 412 18 39 37 KELLIE PICKLER/Makin' Me Fall In Love Again (19/BNA) 574 90 317 47 37 38 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 446 -82 238 -57 40 39 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 420 27 276 18 41 40 KEVIN FOWLER/Pound Sign (#?*!) (Lyric Street) 402 16 256 21 43 41 GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (WMN/Emblem/BPG) 358 89 211 46 44 42 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 276 20 169 -2 45 43 ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville) 223 -12 156 -6 46 44 RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 222 1 145 1 47 45 JAKE OWEN/Tell Me (RCA) 216 7 145 2 51 46 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 197 52 142 36 49 47 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 184 2 97 0 59 48 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 178 107 134 76 48 49 TRAILER CHOIR/Rollin' Through The Sunshine (Show Dog-Universal) 160 -30 110 -16 50 50 RANDY HOUSER/I'm All About It (Show Dog-Universal) 158 9 115 6 52 51 COLT FORD/Chicken & Biscuits (Average Joes ) 140 -2 93 0 53 52 SARAH DARLING/Whenever It Rains (Black River ) 132 -10 86 -7 54 53 WILLIAMS RILEY/Makes Me Go La La (Golden Music) 131 12 85 3 Debut 54 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WMN) 129 70 72 29 Debut 55 DARRYL WORLEY/Keep The Change (Stroudavarious) 128 107 73 58 55 56 THOMPSON SQUARE/Let's Fight (Stoney Creek) 116 -2 78 2 58 57 GWEN SEBASTIAN/V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl) (Open Road/Lofton Creek) 100 21 51 10 57 58 TROY OLSEN/Summer Thing (EMI Nashville) 92 -1 63 -1 60 59 LOCASH COWBOYS/Here Comes Summer (Stroudavarious) 75 5 52 6 Debut 60 DARREN KOZELSKY/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Major 7th/Spinville) 65 54 42 35 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com