Charlie Cook Q&A

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Cloud Nine: Charlie Cook Q&A Cumulus’ WSM-FM (Nash Icon)/Nashville has spent nearly a year as the market’s top Country station 6+ and OM/PD Charlie Cook has overseen the station’s emergence. Doubling as VP/Country for the group, Cook has a unique perspective on the hybrid format and why it’s working so well in Nashville. CA: Obviously Cumulus Country is on quite a roll in Nashville, but we only see the boxcars. What’s going on once you dig into the demos? CC: It’s one thing to be the 6+ guy, but that takes in 60-year- olds and I totally get that is an advantage for WSM-FM over the other two. When you look at 25-54, which is what everyone cares about, in a bunch of different ways, ‘SM is in front. In 6am to midnight, WSM still does well and is the leading Country station with a 5.1. Last December, that was a 3.5. Average Quarter Where’s The Blow? Capitol and UMG/Nashville staffers Hour Persons grew from 2,000 to 3,100 celebrate the label’s eighth consecutive Label of the Year win during that time, which is a 35% jump. TSL, with eight-ball cupcakes courtesy of Country Aircheck. Pictured cume and daily cume all went up. (l-r) are UMGN’s Chris Schuler, the label’s Ashley Laws, CA’s A lot of people look at Monday-Friday Lon Helton, Capitol’s Brent Jones, CA’s April Johnson, UMGN’s 6am to 7pm, and WSM is still the leading Donna Hughes, Capitol’s Bobby Young, UMGN’s David Friedman and Jason McColl, and the label’s Sarah Beth Watson. Country station in that window. We have a Charlie Cook 5.4 share 25-54, up from a 3.3 in December 2015. That’s up almost 40%. Have we Programming Note stumbled onto something? Maybe we have. As noted previously, today (12/12) was the final How do you define what you’ve stumbled on? add-reporting day for Country Aircheck/Mediabase There’s a significant portion of the listening population that stations. Next Monday (12/19) will be the last chart wants a broader base of music. The thing about WSM-FM is we of 2016 and the last full Country Aircheck Weekly feel every song is a hit. Every song has a level of familiarity you will be delivered that evening. A charts-free weekly will be sent don’t get on the contemporary-based stations. People get tired Thursday, Dec. 29. of current music quicker than they do gold. We also play a lot of The first add reporting deadline of 2017 is 2pm CT Tuesday, Jan. music in mornings while [iHeart’s WSIX] and [Cumulus’ WKDF] 3. The add board will be published via email that day. The first chart are more personality driven. (continued on page 7) of 2017 will be in Country Aircheck Weekly Jan. 9. ©2016 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 12, 2016 Page 3 The Gift That Keeps On Giving just a song we were going to sing at Christmas shows," she No holiday playlist would be complete without Vince Vance & remembers. "What you hear on the radio was a scratch vocal. I the Valiants' "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Written by Vance began to think it was maybe a big deal when the musicians on (aka Andy Stone) and Troy Powers and sung by "Valiantette" Lisa the recording – all really in-demand Layne, the 1989 classic might never have made it to Country Nashville musicians – stuck around radio if not for the unusual single artwork. after their job had been done. They WPOC/Baltimore's then-PD Bob Moody tells don't usually do that." Country Aircheck he and then-MD Greg Moody knew he had a hit on his Cole and a few others were in their weekly hands. "One of our clues was when music meeting when Vance's cone-shaped we started getting calls from retailers hair caught their attention. who were annoyed," he recalls. "They "Just from the way it looked, we all thought it said, 'We've got people asking for this was a heavy metal band," Moody says. "So we song and it's not on the Top 100. We played it as a joke, expecting it to be terrible. don't even know what label it is. The Lisa Layne It turned out to be one of the best songs we've rack jobber doesn't know anything about it.' We posted a list in the ever heard. I don't think anybody believed it control room of local stores that had it in stock, because we were at first. We just sat there and it got real quiet getting so many calls. in the room. I said, 'Greg, would you play "Around '92, we realized it was so big that instead of putting that again?' We were a pretty big station to be it on the Christmas playlist, we added it to our current playlist at going outside of the box on this act nobody Christmas," Moody adds. "We'd put it in as a medium the day had ever heard of, that probably wasn't even after Thanksgiving, and a couple of weeks before Christmas, we'd country. We took it into the control room to the put it in heavy. People would call and say, 'When are you going to afternoon drive guy, Todd Grimsted. I said, start playing that song?'" 'Todd I just want you to play this in a segue. No Moody acknowledges 'POC wasn't the first station to play it, Bob Moody intro, no back-sell. Just play it and see if we get but probably the first in a major market. Stone even sent Moody any reaction.' He came into my office a couple printed sheet music to thank him (Stone had copy No. 1; Moody hours later and said, 'I'm still getting calls from people wanting to No. 2). "It was a little easier in those days," Moody says. "We know what that song was.' Everything about it was outstanding, had the latitude to take a chance on it. And that has to do with starting with the song itself. And Lisa Layne's vocal is one of the best stations being programmed locally. If you're making decisions for performances ever recorded. She's incredible." a hundred radio stations, you can't put other people's careers in Layne first heard the song when Stone and Powers were writing jeopardy. But it was a song that couldn't be denied. If your station it. "I wasn't thinking in terms of 'this might be a hit' because it was wasn't going to play it, [your listeners] would go somewhere that

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would." Moody thinks the song's Cinderella moment could happen

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE today – but on YouTube. "Radio people are not in a position to Brandon Lancaster from Arista’s take those chances now." LanCo discusses his most influential Layne attributes the song's longevity to "that magical music: combination that doesn't happen often. The song, musicians, 1. Randy Travis’ “Three Wooden producer and the singer all came together at the right time for a crosses:” The first time I heard that timeless piece of music." song, it completely changed my The tune brought Layne more than just a hit song. "I ended up perspective on songwriting. I knew I marrying the first DJ in the country to play the song," she says of LANco wanted to use music to tell stories. then-KISX/Tyler, TX PD and air personality Ted Stewart, who played 2. Eric Church: In 2012 I saw Church the demo before the single was released. "He was the love of my at the Tivoli theater in Chattanooga. I had been to concerts my life. He passed away in 2008 from a heart attack." whole life, but I had never felt anything as electric as that night. "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been covered by country I sang every word to every song and held a boot high in the air artists Sammy Kershaw (1994) and LeAnn Rimes (2004). Layne during “These Boots.” still performs the song in her solo shows and is touring again with 3. Alabama: We are obviously huge fans of bands who’ve Vance, who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in come before us and laid the foundation. Alabama’s anthemic 2010. "It is still so much fun," she says. "Every show has to end with songs and harmonies are definitely a huge influence on us. that song." Reach Moody here; Layne here. –Wendy Newcomer 4. Brad Paisley’s “Whiskey Lullaby:” I’ve always been a big folk and bluegrass fan, so combining Alison Krauss’ pure Chart Chat voice with Paisley’s ability to tell a story, it’s the ultimate musical Congrats to Old combination for me. I still get chill bumps every time I listen to Dominion, Steve Hodges, this haunting song. Keith Gale and the RCA 5. Alan Jackson:UPDATE All the guys in LANco go through his promotion team on securing catalogue like crazy on the road. “Chattahoochee,” “Remember this week's No. 1 with "Song When,” “Drive,” “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow” ... His songs For Another Time." The song Old Dominion have gotten us through many late-night drives. is the second chart-topper • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: from Meat And Candy ("Break Up With Him"). Beyoncé. I know her older stuff, but it seems I’ve heard more And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol team on landing buzz about her last two records. I’ve missed the boat on those. 35 adds for Luke Bryan's "Fast," topping the last board of the year. • “Important” music you just don’t get: K-Pop. I know it’s an absolutely huge genre but other than “Gangnam Style” I just can’t get through more than 10 seconds of it. Maybe if I lived in News & Notes Korea for a time. WIBW/Topeka, KS Farm Dir. Kelly Lenz was recently • An album you listened to incessantly: Jason Isbell’s inducted into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall Southeastern. For the past year and a half it’s been the album I of Fame. Reach him here. can thrown on vinyl and just let it take me to a special place. Warner Bros./WMN's Cole Swindell is featured on the live • An obscure or non-country song everyone should music series TuneIn Sessions tonight (12/12) at 8pm ET. Kelly listen to right now: Jon Bellion’s new record The Human Sutton hosts and the program is also available on-demand via the Condition. Music should speak truth. To me this album is an TuneIn app. More here. hour-long think piece on the current generation, yet it mixes Artists including Chris Stapleton, Darryl Worley, 3 Doors incredible insight with addicting melodies and hooks. Down, Shenandoah, .38 Special, TG Sheppard, Kelly • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I have no Lang, Ray Scott, Guy Gilchrist and James Robert Webb will shame when it comes to music, but I might not shout at the top of a participate in tonight's (12/12) Christmas 4 Kids tour bus show at mountain admitting I think One Direction’s latest album is incredible. the Hendersonville, TN Walmart.

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morning. Now it’s the TV, and what is it? Talking heads sitting at OFF THE RECORD: Phil Vassar a desk offering weather, traffic, inane entertainment news. By the time people get in the car they’ve had people talking to them for American Soul LLC’s Phil Vassar puts an industry spin on the artist interview: 45 minutes to an hour. So just play me a song. The other factor is [Nash Icon morning host] Marty McFly, who is a really likable I grew up listening to WLVA/Lynchburg, VA. It’s now WYYD, a Country station. talent and does a good job blending music with information. Those are the major factors. The first time I heard myself on the radio was on WYYD. My single “Carlene” Are you concerned listeners will tire of hearing that great had just come out and I was doing their blast from the ‘90s the third or fifth time they hear it? morning show. When my alarm went off to I think about it every single day. It keeps me up, quite frankly. Phil Vassar wake me up, my song was on the radio. I The fact is, a hit is a hit for a long time. No question you can go thought I was dreaming. You never get tired from “oh wow” to “oh no” very quickly. But ask the Classic Hits of hearing your songs on the radio. or Classic Rock stations if they’re making any new gold. They’re not. One of the keys is shuffling songs in and out. And we also I’ve been interviewed by people who had absolutely no idea who I was. In radio, guys will sometimes come over play currents that have established themselves. The combination to country from pop, and not know I’m a piano player and a of currents and recurrents that differ month to month and keeping songwriter. One time a guy asked, “Do you write songs?” and the gold fresh is a mix that works well. I’d had 10 No. 1 songs at that point. And then he said, “Well We’ve played Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” 1,345 times I didn’t know you wrote, but I hear you’re a whale of a guitar since Dec. 2, 2015 and it still scores a +2.7 in M Score. It’s a top player!” The PD called me later to apologize. But most of the 15 song on the station [because] good songs are embraced by guys in radio are really fun. listeners. No gold plays that much, and they were all hits. It’s always hard to travel with your kids. Mine are grown Are you replicating Icon’s success elsewhere? now, but I see it all the time – parents lugging baby seats Not to the extent we’ve seen in Nashville. In some markets, through airports, with that look on their faces. I know that look. Icon stations have been relegated to poor signals, or they may I’ve been that guy. (laughs) You just want to help them! be in a situation where the PD isn’t giving it the attention we are in Nashville. Maybe it’s not as sexy and that could be part of the Every time I’m at a truck stop I pick up honey buns. It’s the worst food in the whole wide world for you. And I’m such reason it isn’t No. 1 other places around the country. But I still a workout fanatic and try to stay healthy. But there’s something think it has a place in markets where there are one or two newer about those honey buns and those freaking apple pies. Country stations if proper care is given. And it does take a little more care. I really have to look at each hour and say, this current I would love to have sushi with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two living Beatles. goes with this gold, or it doesn’t. What’s the predominant tempo of the hour? I haven’t done a new album in seven years. I’ve got a lot to say. It’s fun to have new material (American Soul) after The other beautiful thing about Icon relative to a contemporary so long. I’m going to try to do as many records as I can now. I station is we have a lot more female music to select from. We can think I’m on a roll. create a better variety of gender and tempo. I called this the summer of ballads in terms of current Country music. With Icon, we have The most redneck thing I’ve done lately is probably pee outside. I’ve got 10 bathrooms, but sometimes I’ll just go outside more flexibility to moderate whatever the trend is with new music. and pee off the back porch. Does Nashville have too many Country stations? Just like Rome is Catholic, Nashville is Country. People want to stay I wish I had written “Yesterday” by The Beatles or George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (written by in touch with what’s happening in their hometown. So maybe they’re Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman). They’re both really cool, not P1s, but there’s that allegiance to put it on the dial someplace. melodically and lyrically. Are you feeling the iHeart “Big Legend” translator at all? No, and I can’t figure out why they didn’t take it AC. There’s My least favorite interview question is “Boxers or briefs?” I’m like, “Seriously? Who wears underwear anymore?” only one in the market and they could create some audience. Plus, Nash Icon is out doing things. We’re part of the fabric of the I would love to be stuck in Chicago. I love the energy, the people. There’s something about that Chicago/Milwaukee/ town and you need to be that, too [to compete]. You can’t just play Midwest area. I got to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the back-to-back music. World Series. That’s hard to beat. Do you see any parallels between Nashville and what’s happening with KPLX (The Wolf) & KSCS/Dallas? The Wolf plays a lot more current music, but they also play The 2017 Nashville Meets London music festival will be July 22- gold that KSCS doesn’t. And The Wolf isn’t just the No. 1 Country 23 in London's Canada Square Park. station, it’s the No. 1 station in the market. So maybe the The 2017 Young Entertainment Professionals audience does have interest in a wider variety of country. (YEP) Board of Directors includes the CMA's Alina Thompson, What does that say about current country music? Belmont's Caroline Melby, Sea Gayle's Christina Wiltshire, Just look at the [PPM ratings] charts you publish every month Gyrosity Projects' Garrison Snell, Shore Fire Media's Jaclyn and show me five markets where listening is up from a year ago. I Carter, Suit Music Management's Jarrod Holley, Creative don’t think you can. That answers the question. Nation's Katie Roth and Turnipblood Entertainment/The Knight Turning to Nash-FM WKDF, how is the new makeup of Agency's Rachel Knight. Farris, Self and Moore's Catherine the morning show working thus far? Moore returns as Treasurer and Universal Music The audience is warming up to the combo of the three and Publishing's Amelia Varni has been named Exec. Dir. More here. we’ve seen that in the ratings. It’s not exploding because other stations in the market are doing things, including WSM-FM. iHeart Cloud Nine: Charlie Cook Q&A is aggressively marketing their morning show. We are seeing TSL (continued from page 1) and share increasing and the show is doing well in other markets including Detroit. And it’s stabilizing and growing in New York, They play five to seven songs and we play 11 or 12 per hour. too. We’re very confident we have good people, they’re a good I am also of the belief that television has taken over the team and 2017 will be very positive. –Chuck Aly morning. When I was a kid, the radio was on when I got up every CAC ©2016 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 12, 2016 Page 10 Seek & Employ Available Jobs ger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here. Here's a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning here and we'll include you in a future update. co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and Mid-Way's WRTB/Rockford, IL is searching for an afternoon local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Ste- personality. Reach Steve Summers about the position, which phen Giuttari here. includes imaging duties, here. CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD. At West Virginia Radio's WKWS/Charleston, WV has an opening least five years programming experience is required and a four- for a PD/air personality. Materials to MM Bob Visotcky here. year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Searching Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three •Wes McShay years experience is required. Materials here. Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD Entercom's WPAW/Greensboro, NC has an opening for a PD. 208-758-5435 Materials to Dir./Country Programming Mike Moore here or OM [email protected] Brian Douglas here. • Derek Gunn Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Former Stoney Creek regional and KBUL/Reno, NV PD Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. [email protected] Beasley's WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/ • Jeff Miles morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. Former WKLB/Boston morning host W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/MD/ [email protected] afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. • Jessilynn Kidd Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Former Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social Media Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. [email protected] iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Pro- • Chappel Fisher motions. Apply here. Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. [email protected] Apply here. • A.J. McCloud Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/ Former WDRM/Huntsville PD middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. [email protected] Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the • Blake Nixon morning show. Materials here. Former Warner Music Nashville Coord./Promotion Cumulus' WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/after- [email protected] noon personality. Apply here. • Brian Rickman Steel City's KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Mate- Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD rials here. [email protected] CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend opening. • Rosey Fitchpatrick Apply here. Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. [email protected] Airchecks and resumes here. • Dale O'Brian Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon Former Cumulus WLXX & WVLK/Lexington PD personality. Apply here. [email protected] Renda's WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday open- • Wayne Manning ing. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Former Cold River Regional Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo 801-361-2993 WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. [email protected] Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all • Doug Montgomery dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Program- Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, ming & Operations Keith Clark here. Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a [email protected] client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. • Kristen Kee Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. [email protected] Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the • Hannah Martin Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning Former ACM Lifting Lives Manager morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 [email protected] years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. • Kassidy Stewart AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morn- Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content ing host. Materials here. [email protected] Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future • Kelley Cash openings with new client stations in large, medium and small mar- Former KVOO/Tulsa personality kets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. [email protected] Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three • Brian Hatfield years of experience is required. Apply here. Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. [email protected] Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human • Rick Kennis Resources Nancy Ginger here. Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A [email protected] minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swag- ©2016 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 5, 2016 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 28158 1043 8561 312 59.777 2.316 157 0

1 2 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 27697 -1852 8326 -652 58.732 -3.97 157 0

3 3 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 26969 1581 8106 513 57.846 3.675 157 0

5 4 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔ 25558 2059 7962 662 53.767 3.993 157 0

7 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔ 23310 3489 7193 1020 49.295 6.305 157 0

6 6 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 22524 1242 7031 432 47.395 2.786 157 0

9 7 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 19355 2086 5964 718 42.535 4.02 157 0

4 8 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 18152 -5971 5471 -1802 36.989 -14.062 157 0

10 9 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 17329 1335 5284 452 36.25 2.301 157 0

11 10 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 16463 937 4962 284 36.653 2.538 157 0

12 11 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 15022 518 4588 160 31.172 1.212 157 0

13 12 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 14477 372 4356 95 29.961 1.093 156 0

14 13 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 14234 546 4409 182 30.904 1.201 157 1

15 14 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 13461 953 3963 259 28.188 1.993 157 0

19 15 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 12970 2003 3879 620 27.037 3.638 156 2

16 16 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 12440 869 3732 280 27.953 2.248 157 0

20 17 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 11897 1191 3638 389 24.233 2.825 154 2

18 18 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 11698 680 3709 219 22.923 1.842 150 0

17 19 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 11676 121 3687 52 23.551 0.962 157 0

23 20 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 10455 1167 3187 403 21.007 2.617 154 4

22 21 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 10271 720 3143 196 21.01 1.958 148 2

21 22 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 9964 172 3036 45 18.07 0.282 148 0

24 23 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 9200 404 2874 182 17.379 0.994 150 0

25 24 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 8511 317 2720 88 13.377 0.474 151 3

26 25 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 8090 813 2537 240 14.903 1.348 148 0

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

27 26 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 7424 408 2263 143 15.343 1.712 152 5

28 27 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 6145 651 1870 177 12.432 1.437 139 7

30 28 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 5158 318 1798 88 11.012 1.047 131 5

29 29 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 5092 115 1638 29 7.236 0.423 137 2

31 30 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 4811 108 1608 54 8.05 0.488 134 1

34 31 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 4760 1089 1443 280 10.126 3.574 121 15

32 32 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 4549 272 1260 101 7.768 0.698 104 4

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔ 4477 3010 1386 1013 8.846 5.924 128 35

33 34 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 4047 276 1299 89 6.014 0.596 122 4

36 35 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 3181 325 1116 99 3.92 0.091 116 15

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) DEBUT 3174 1781 954 538 5.612 3.055 110 32

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 3136 209 976 72 4.536 0.483 99 7

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 2936 672 886 198 4.809 1.139 97 25

37 39 CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow) 2629 32 900 23 3.188 0.063 105 5

39 40 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 2467 161 821 38 2.694 0.38 111 3

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 2462 83 762 43 3.498 0.098 97 6

42 42 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 2348 150 783 41 3.834 0.345 89 5

40 43 RONNIE DUNN w/K. BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 2307 15 603 5 4.207 -0.046 32 0

44 44 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 1949 96 549 45 2.703 0.067 68 3

Debut 45 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 1837 466 570 125 2.774 0.974 80 14

48 46 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1807 120 540 22 2.681 0.305 70 15

46 47 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 1798 24 566 15 1.48 0.043 82 2

Debut 48 HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1795 235 497 53 2.21 0.371 70 8

45 49 THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) 1766 -32 658 10 2.403 -0.145 83 2

49 50 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 1594 -29 549 7 2.059 -0.254 70 8

Country Aircheck Add leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 35 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 1254 ✔ JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 32 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 1248 ✔ JACKIE LEE/Getting Over You (Broken Bow) 27 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 802 ✔ MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 25 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 714 ✔ SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 19 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 713 ✔ DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 16 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 657 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 15 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 643 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 543 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 15 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 508 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 480 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 3489 ✔ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 260 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 3010 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 245 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 2086 ✔ THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 152 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 2059 ✔ LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 141 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 2003 ✔ JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 129 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1781 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 127 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1581 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 122 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 1335 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 110 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 1242 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 95 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 1191 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 87 Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 1020 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 15030 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 1013 JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 13870 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 718 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 11754 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 662 LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol) 11414 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 620 KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 10170 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 538 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 8780 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 513 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 7764 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 452 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 7241 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 432 DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol) 6581 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 403 THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 6572 ©2016 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 12, 2016 Chart Page 4 COUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy A D D D AT E S BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make Ya Wanna (Mercury) Debuts at 45* 1,837 points, 570 spins January 3 14 adds including: KBEB, KBEQ, KHKI*, KKBQ, KTTS, KUZZ, KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World KWNR, W1HC*, WBCT, WLHK (Blue Chair/Columbia) January 9 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) Moves 48-46* BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn’t Know (BMLGR) 1,807 points, 540 spins January 17 15 adds including: KATM*, KAWO, KBEB, KCCY, KHGE, Brothers Osborne/It Ain’t My Fault (EMI Nashville) KSON, KUZZ, KXKT, WIL, WLHK

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Send yours to [email protected] Moves 46-47* 1,798 points, 566 spins 2 adds: KCYE, WWQM

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday’s Song (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts at 48* 1,795 points, 497 spins 8 adds: KBEB, KFDI, KILT, WDRM, WITL, WKIS, WPGB, WWKA*

THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Moves 45-49* 1,766 points, 658 spins 2 adds: KBEB, KWNR C H E C K O U T

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) Jan. 13 Moves 49-50* Natalie Hemby Puxico (CN Records) 1,594 points, 549 spins Jeannie Seely Written In Song (Smith Music Group) 8 adds: KUBL*, WBWL, WITL, WNSH*, WWGR, WWKA*, WWYZ, WYRK Jan. 27 Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope Mercury) JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) Brantley Gilbert The Devil Don’t Sleep (Valory) 1,551 points, 515 spins 1 add: WFMS Feb. 10 Brett Young (Self-Titled) BMLGR JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,468 points, 501 spins Feb. 24 1 add: KUZZ Little Big Town The Breaker (Capitol) Aaron Watson/Vaquero (Big)

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

2 1 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 12390 211 2459 38 53 0 4 2 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 11880 210 2384 37 52 0 3 3 KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 11729 32 2395 19 53 0 7 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) ✔ 11189 1254 2220 260 53 0 1 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 11165 -1022 2226 -198 51 0 5 6 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 10791 190 2174 34 53 0 8 7 BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 9619 657 1864 127 53 0 9 8 THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) ✔ 8606 802 1663 152 52 0 11 9 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 7802 336 1560 82 50 0 10 10 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 7431 -119 1481 16 52 0 17 11 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔ 7118 713 1372 141 53 0 6 12 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 7061 -3420 1433 -647 45 0 12 13 BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 7025 -8 1352 -7 53 0 14 14 DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 6939 193 1301 38 51 1 ✔ 13 15 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 6710 -203 1359 -39 53 0 15 16 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 6564 45 1313 16 52 0 16 17 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 6504 6 1285 8 51 0 18 18 GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 6124 238 1156 50 53 0 20 19 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) ✔ 5598 714 1045 129 51 1 19 20 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 5476 208 1031 54 48 3 21 21 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 4798 508 914 110 50 1 24 22 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 4204 115 828 33 46 1 22 23 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 4196 68 829 8 45 1 23 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 4173 56 774 6 50 1 26 25 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 3703 480 702 87 49 3 25 26 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 3642 -21 693 -4 44 0 27 27 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 3196 381 628 71 45 0 29 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 2935 543 550 95 41 9 28 29 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 2567 120 454 18 39 0 41 30 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) ✔ 2139 1248 445 245 34 10

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 30 31 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 1981 200 349 31 33 1 31 32 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 1968 301 344 56 36 0 36 33 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1728 643 346 122 26 6 33 34 JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 1519 94 276 27 25 1 32 35 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1304 -161 239 -14 22 1 35 36 RONNIE DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 1277 192 237 27 12 2 34 37 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 1258 -11 234 0 29 0 39 38 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 1152 188 229 37 28 4 38 39 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 1044 24 181 6 23 2 45 40 CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo) 921 72 190 14 16 0 43 41 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 886 42 174 2 17 2 37 42 TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) 869 -194 162 -21 18 0 40 43 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 846 -108 169 -24 18 0 46 44 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 840 96 157 15 24 0 44 45 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 837 17 171 5 26 0 45 46 RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR) 767 8 104 -1 6 0 48 47 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot) 708 20 77 2 3 0 47 48 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 694 4 74 5 5 0 56 49 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 630 147 134 20 16 2 50 50 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 568 28 107 10 13 1 49 51 DAVID NAIL f/BROS. OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA) 561 -7 112 -1 14 1 51 52 MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 536 13 73 1 5 1 Re-Enter 53 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 531 173 111 36 19 4 58 54 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 530 60 71 10 5 0 53 55 CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) 497 -10 63 -1 4 0 Debut 56 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House) 450 240 45 24 1 0 57 57 CHRIS STAPLETON/Whiskey And You (Mercury) 450 -30 45 -3 1 0 52 58 GEORGE STRAIT/Goin' Goin' Gone (MCA) 446 -67 87 -11 9 0 54 59 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---) 440 -60 44 -6 1 0 55 60 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 420 -70 42 -7 1 0