ISSUE 13 MUSIC EDITION NOVEMBER 13, 2006 Country’s Top 20 Adult Stations CHECK THE HALLS To paraphrase the oft-quoted golfing mantra, “12+ is Country Aircheck’s final 2006Music Edition for show, 25-54 is for dough.” Most of what you see printed with charts will be published on Monday, December 18, is the 12+-beauty pageant. But this week’s “look behind the with publication resuming on January 8, 2007. Regular 12+” offers Country’s Top 20 stations ranked by 25-54 AQH publication of Country Aircheck Today will cease with the Thursday, December 21 issue, and resume on Persons, as compiled by Cumulus VP/Audience Measurement Thursday, January 4. Charlotte Lawyer. (Source: Arbitron, Summer 2006, MSA, Mon-Sun 6 AM-Midnight, AQH persons.) Honorable mention at No. 21 is WIVK/Knoxville, TN 25-54 25-54 (Citadel), which is in Market 71 and boasts 9,600 AQH AQH Mkt AQH Mkt persons, good for No. 1 in Knoxville. Rank Rank Station/Market Person Rank 1 3 WUSN/Chicago (CBS Radio) 23,700 5 2 5 KPLX/Dallas (Cumulus) 20,300 2 Hodges Climbs Capitol Hill 3 16 KEEY/Minneapolis (Clear Channel) 19,800 2 Capitol/Nashville Sr. Dir./National 4 6 WXTU/Philadelphia (Beasley) 14,500 5t Promotion Steve Hodges has been named 5 23 WDSY/Pittsburgh (CBS Radio) 14,200 2 6 7 KKBQ/Houston (Cox) 14,100 7 VP/Promotion for the label, reporting to Sr. 7 11 WKLB/Boston (Greater Media) 13,400 5 VP Jimmy Harnen. The move, first tipped 8 7 KILT/Houston (CBS Radio) 13,000 10 in the October 5 Country Aircheck Today 9 21 WPOC/Baltimore (Clear Channel) 12,700 3 10 10 WKHX/Atlanta (ABC Radio) 11,900 6t and confirmed in a Breaking News email 11 9 WYCD/Detroit (CBS Radio) 11,400 11 this morning (11/13), comes in advance of 12 25 WGAR/Cleveland (Clear Channel) 11,300 2 13 5 KSCS/Dallas (ABC Radio) 11,200 13t the long-rumored second imprint Capitol is 13 14 KMPS/Seattle (CBS Radio) 11,200 3 expected to launch. 15 9 WDTW/Detroit (Clear Channel) 10,700 12t “Steve’s my promotion partner, my friend and one of 16 8 WMZQ/Washington, DC (Clear Channel) 10,500 12 17 11 KYGO/Denver (Lincoln Fin. Grp.) 10,200 2 the smartest executives I have ever had the pleasure of 18 15 KMLE/Phoenix (CBS Radio) 9,900 6 working with,” Harnen says. “He gives 110% all of the 19 36 WCTK/Providence (Hall) 9,700 2 19 38 WCOL/Columbus, OH (Clear Channel) 9,700 1 time. There could be nothing more fitting or make me happier than this very well deserved promotion.” ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 13, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 Hodges joined Capitol in 1994 as Midwest regional DATE CHECK before moving to Southeast and eventually the national post. Prior to label life he served as PD at KDDK/Little November 14 - ACM Music Row Town Meeting. Rock and MD at KIKX/Little Rock. www.acmcountry.com February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner. Baccerstick Records Launches www.crb.org Nick Pellegrino, Kerry Bay, Heather Bay and February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. Jeanine Pellegrino are partners in the new label www.crb.org Baccerstick Records. Nick Pellegrino serves as President, with Kerry Bay acting as CFO/Director of Operations. May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. Heather Bay and Jeanine Pellegrino will handling creative www.acmcountry.com services and artist development. The label is located at 1311 16th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212; phone 615-463- familiar with Borat -- comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s 8339, email [email protected]. offbeat fictional character from Kazakhstan -- and the whole bit probably won’t be surprised to learn that neither Whither Clear Channel? the folks at WSLC nor the rodeo knew they were part of a Two private equity groups were expected to make major motion picture. The rodeo was a real event, and Borat bids for Clear Channel Communications on Monday. was portrayed to the organizers as a real person. One consortium consists of Providence Equity Partners, WSLC APD/MD/morning co-host Robynn Jaymes Blackstone and KKR while the other has Bain Capital, told Country Aircheck, “Borat came to [a local] rodeo Thomas H. Lee Partners and Texas Pacific Group as last year in-character as a dude who was touring the States partners. doing a documentary. We didn’t have much to do with it, While not professing to understand what it all means but the rodeo folks told us they were told Borat’s life-long and how it might eventually play out, it is interesting to desire was to sing the National Anthem in the USA. Country Aircheck that Blackstone, KKR and Thomas “So Brett (PD/morning co-host Brett Sharp) and I did H. Lee Partners are among the six private equity groups our ‘Hey y’all glad you’re here, welcome to the rodeo’ - that recently combined to purchase VNU. Included in - and then here comes Borat. that group’s vast global holdings are Billboard, R&R, (Yeah, we are idiots -- we Soundscan and BDS. didn’t recognize him). I guess VNU was sold for about $9 billion in cash while CC’s it was the point where he value is estimated at $17 billion. said ‘May George W. Bush drink the blood of all the Borat Goes Country In Roanoke men, women and children of The radio banner (pictured) you’re seeing in the Iraq’ that we knew we were movie trailers and in the new filmBorat belongs to in trouble. Brett was telling WSLC (94.9 Star Country)/Roanoke, VA. Its 15 seconds the sound guy to pull the of fame come during a scene where Borat begins to sing plug, but he just froze. So the National Anthem and then addresses the crowd. Those Borat gets through the entire ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] November13, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4 monologue and the whole place is ready to riot. It really got very ugly.” TUBE CHECK Jaymes said that even by the time Borat left the stage, Tuesday (11/14) - Trace Adkins, Billy Currington, they weren’t 100% sure what had happened. “By the end Jason Aldean, CMT Tour Crashers (CMT); LeAnn it was pretty obvious we had been had,” she said. “We Rimes, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Miranda searched the net that night and learned all about Borat and Lambert, GAC Nights at Country Thunder (GAC). figured it was likely going to be on the big screen. Wednesday (11/15) - Ray Scott, MuzikMafia, “We never signed any waivers; just the rodeo folks Gretchen Wilson, Keith Anderson, GAC Nights at did. The fellow who brings the rodeo to town every year Country Thunder (GAC). seals a deal with a handshake. He was clueless as to the Thursday (11/16) - Trick Pony, Shannon Brown, Big real intentions of the crew. Brett’s disappointed that they & Rich, GAC Nights at Country Thunder (GAC). don’t actually show us in the movie. I’m relieved, though. I was on stage swearing ‘what the #@!@ is going on Friday (11/17) - Hank Williams, Jr., Foxworthy’s here?!!’ and my mother wouldn’t have appreciated that.” Big Night Out (CMT); Little Big Town, Phil Vassar, Cowboy Troy, Brad Paisley, GAC Nights at Country Thunder (GAC). CRS-38 Studies Hispanics; Saturday (11/18) - Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Bon Jovi Keynotes Dolly Parton, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Martina CRB and Edison Media Research are collaborating on the McBride, CMT Giants (CMT); Pam Tillis, Del first-ever study of Hispanic Americans and their relationship to McCoury Band, Nancy Griffith,Grand Ole Opry Live country, to be presented during CRS-38. The study will focus (GAC). on Census statistics and Arbitron data, as well as an original Monday (11/20) - Billy Ray Cyrus, Turkey Day with nationally-sampled survey of Hispanic Americans aged 12-49. Billy Ray (GAC). The new study will not supplant a third installment in the P1 study that has been presented at the last two seminars. The keynote speaker for CRS-38 will be Jon Bon Jovi, include Capitol’s Mike Dungan, Warner Bros.’ Bill who will be interviewed by WSIX/Nashville morning host Bennett, Equity’s Mike Kraski, BBR’s Jim Yerger and Gerry House on CRS Thursday, March 1 at 10am. Says House, more. Lon Helton moderates. Admission is free, but “If there is ever a time you want to be invisible on stage, always you must have a reservation. First come first served at do it beside Jon Bon Jovi. I could be naked and no one will [email protected]. notice.” Early Bird registration for CRS-38 ends Nov. 30, with the rate Radio News rising from $499 to $530 at that point. Register at www.crb.org. Music: KATM/Monterey MD/evening host Chris Costa has resigned effective today to handle an urgent ACM Town Meeting Tuesday family issue out of state. PD Randy Black is looking for a Only 30 seats remain for the ACM’s State of the replacement for the seven-to-midnight shift. Airchecks and Industry Town Meeting set for tomorrow (11/14) at the resumes to him at [email protected]. Schermerhorn Symphony Hall in Nashville. Panelists Personalities: WQIK/Jacksonville, FL is bringing in ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 13, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 Tom Murphy for part-time weekend air work.