Issue 139 CC Goes PC: Premium Choice a New Era of Radio Began Over the Weekend As Clear Channel Launched Its Premium Choice Programming Initiative

May 4, 2009 Issue 139 CC Goes PC: Premium Choice A new era of radio began over the weekend as Clear Channel launched its Premium Choice programming initiative. The company first made its plans known in an April 15 press release that promised to “improve quality in all dayparts” by offerings PDs a choice of programming and on-air talent. Details beyond that press release are difficult to come by, especially following last Friday’s company-wide email that said, “The Premium Choice program is not something we are talking openly about in the industry or in the public or in the press…. No CC employee should be discussing PC with the media or with record reps.” In an effort to give you a feel for CC’s new programming Chesney Calls Rain Delay model, CA dissected Mediabase 24/7’s hour-by-hour Heavy rain and thunderstorms brought an early end to Saturday’s programming tool and talked to a number of CC PDs, who shall Sun City Carnival Tour stop in Dallas. Despite conditions that obviously remain nameless. One caveat regarding our music destroyed a structure at the Dallas Cowboys practice facility analysis: This was PC’s first weekend, and, since few roll-outs and injured a dozen, on-scene reports indicate headliner Kenny go exactly as planned, it’s hard to tell if the music, rotations and Chesney and the more than 20,000 fans gathered in the open-air Current-Recurrent-Gold mix is what we’ll get in coming weekends. soccer stadium were almost undeterred. Almost. By most accounts, the weekend went pretty smoothly from a An incessant downpour that added wind and lightning at times technical point of view. PDs I talked to also felt the music mix couldn’t send the crowd packing. So, in the end, Chesney had to do was pretty good – although it is very different from what most it himself. KPLX PD Mark Phillips says, “It was amazing how all CC stations air. With regards to the music, there’s good news of the fans stuck it out for several hours in heavy rain,” he says. “He and bad news. (continued on page 5) really has some of the most loyal fans that I’ve ever seen.” ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 KSCS APD/MD Chris Huff offers this recap: “Lady A went on at 5:30 and Miranda Lambert went on at her normal time, My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e too. We had gotten word that Sugarland had canceled because Lyric Street VP/Radio Marketing Dale of vocal issues. So Kenny actually started early, which was good Turner discusses his most important songs, because he was able to get through more of his set. artists or concerts: “The rain never really did subside all day,” Huff continues. 1. Everly Bros, Brenda Lee, Ricky Nelson: As a Midwest kid I grew up on these artists “Everyone was drenched to the bone. When Kenny started and their early hits on the radio and jukeboxes. playing the rain was light to moderate, but as it went on the Little did I know I would someday serve on the intensity picked up. The lightning became more frequent and CMA Board with Ms. Brenda Lee or drink a beer much closer. It was all the crew could do to keep the sound and alongside Phil Everly at The Sutler! Dale Turner light boards covered. Everything on stage was getting soaked. 2. Johnny Cash/Sunday Morning Comin’ “Kenny went out to the walkway and did ‘You Look Sexy In Down: My Dad loved Johnny Cash and since my Dad is my hero, The Rain’ acoustically, but he was having a hard time singing Johnny Cash had to be cool! just because of the rain in his face. As he was playing his crew 3. Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Mid ‘70s: was trying to cover all the equipment on the stage. And when the Country rock and lots of attitude! 4. Alabama: I probably covered over 300 concerts during my song was done, he sent everybody home. years at RCA. I never got tired of watching the magic of the energy “I have to hand it to Kenny. If it weren’t for his concern for created by this band and their relationship with their fans! his fans, band and crew, he would have played right through 5. Tony Bennett, Chicago’s Fairmont Hotel 1989: My wife and I it. There was no doubt. In hindsight we’re very fortunate it witnessed an intimate performance with his trio. Bennett is a true was just an issue of people getting wet. Obviously it was very American stylist. sobering getting home that night and seeing news reports about • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: The the Cowboys facility. It just reminds you what can happen with Grateful Dead. these kinds of storms.” • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Rap is a As reported in Country Aircheck Today, Chesney will return genre that just doesn’t appeal to me. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: A Decade Of to the venue to play for ticket holders Sunday, May 17. Steely Dan. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to CC Renews Arbitron right now: “Can’t Help Falling In Love” by Andrew Bocelli. Clear Channel has committed to a “partial renewal” of a currently expired Arbitron contract, but has decided to forego ratings of any kind in seven markets ranked outside the top For whom The Bell 51. Those metros include Grand Forks, ND; Sioux City, IA; Tolls: Webster & Associates PR Pres. Sarasota, FL; Jackson, MS; Lima, OH; Parkersburg, WV; and Kirt Webster was Williamsport, PA. CC also has expanded its 17-market deal invited to ring the with Nielsen to 18 metros, adding Newburgh-Middletown, NASDAQ closing bell NY (ranked #139). In a prepared statement, CC said it may with the help of client Collin Raye. The firm widen its relationship further with Nielsen. In all, CC has now has recently opened discontinued Arbitron deals in 24 markets. a NYC office. Pictured (l-r) are Webster PR’s Jeremy Westby, Collin Raye’s manager Matthew Stevens, Melanie Shore, Raye, Webster PR’s Mary Michael, Webster and NASDAQ’s Michael Del Grosso. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3

Bi r t h d a y s Tuesday (5/5) – the late Tammy Wynette, Sammy Allred, Doug Baker ([email protected]), Mike Severson (mikeseverson@ comcast.net) Wednesday (5/6) - Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Cameron Randle, Renee Leymon ([email protected]), Laurie Gore ([email protected]) Thursday (5/7) – Kelly Daniel ([email protected]), Nelson Larkin, Sam McGuire ([email protected]), Shawn Williams ([email protected]), Hank Adam Locklin (hlocklin@cmaworld. com)

Friday (5/8) – Billy Burnett, Del Gray (Little Texas), Joel Baker (j.b@ nnbproduction.com) Saturday (5/9) – the late Hank Snow, Cliff Audretch, Charlie Dean ([email protected]) Sunday (5/10) – Carson Chamberlain, Randy Goodman (randy. [email protected]), Kevin O’Neal Monday (5/11) – Mark Herndon, Kevin Fowler, Royce Risser (royce. [email protected]), Eric Dale, Kim Leslie ([email protected])

Radio News • KUPL/Portland raised $81,030 during their Country Cares for St. Jude Radiothon last week (4/30-5/1). In other news, the station is now located at 2040 SW 1st, Portland, OR 97201. All phone numbers/extensions/emails remain the same. • WFGS/Murray, KY’s 2009 Froggyfest lineup will include David Lee Murphy, Bomshel, Carter Twins, River County, Jason Meadows and Rick Huckaby. Radio Marketing firm Holley•Guidry is producing the event, which takes place July 4 at Murray State University’s Roy Stewart Stadium. Tickets are $6. • WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH was named the state’s Best FM Station by the New Hampshire Magazine. Also, morning teamers Mark Ericson and Danielle Carrier were listed as the Best Morning Show, with Carrier recognized as the Best Celebrity. • KPLX/Dallas air talent and Live From The Front Porch host Ryan Fox won the fan voted 2009 Texas Music Awards DJ Of The Year title. • KNTY/Sacramento’s Y’allapalooza Aug. 1 will include performances by Jake Owen, Darryl Worley, Pat Green, Carter Twins, Telluride and Dean Brody. CMAlgorithm Before a packed house of more than 300 of its members in Nashville, the CMA reprised highlights of its CRS-40 consumer study presentation of country music fans last week. In addition to study details already available, a new algorithm has been posted at www.MyCMAworld.com. The tool, in the form of a set number of specific consumer questions, enables member radio stations and music industry executives to profile their fan bases. The goal is to better understand their audiences’ tastes, attitudes and media habits.

Tu b e Ch e c k Airchecks and resumes here. • CMT Radio Network has an open Director position, Tuesday 5/5 – Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, Faith Hill, On The Streets (GAC). overseeing day-to-day operations of the network and serving as Wednesday 5/6 – Zac Brown Band, Late Late Show with Craig editor of the prep service. Read more under Nashville here. Ferguson (CBS). Thursday 5/7 – Jamie O’Neal, Rodney Good, Our Song (GAC). Artist News The RIAA has issued gold certification for Friday 5/8 – Trisha Yearwood, From Our Kitchen To Yours (re-air) (GAC). Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country,” which has Saturday 5/9 – Alan Jackson, Precious Memories (GAC). surpassed 500,000 digital downloads. Talk show host Bonnie Hunt surprised Aldean with Sunday 5/10 – Toby Keith, Broken Bridges (re-air) (GAC). a commemorative plaque for the achievement Monday 5/11 – Jason Aldean, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC). during an appearance on her show. Aldean will also will headline the 4th Annual Concert Jason Aldean For the Cure June 12 during the CMA Music Free PPM Webinar Festival for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Tickets are $25 The Conclave is hosting a free webinar called “Peeking - $100 with limited VIP passes available here. Behind The PPM Curtain: Understanding And Using PPM Martina McBride will perform her new single “I Just Technology” with RCS Director/Technical Sales Barry Hill. Call You Mine” and other songs on an upcoming episode of In case you missed presentations at CRS-40, the event will ABC-TV’s The Bachelorette, air date TBA. include a look at Media Monitors’ Audience Reaction Tool Adam Gregory will co-star opposite John Schneider and that demonstrates how consumers respond to specific songs and Maxine Bahns in the faith-inspired film WWJD based on programming features. Register at www1.gotomeeting.com/ the best-selling novel In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do. register/551804145. Filming begins this week in Los Angeles. Eric Church will play a three-show series at Nashville’s Radio Web Revs Up The Rutledge during the CMA Music Festival June 11-14. Radio station website advertising grew 16.4% to $220 million Details here. in 2008, up from $189 million in 2007, according to a new Gretchen Wilson will testify on Capitol Hill tomorrow Borrell Associates survey of 1,994 station sites. Noting that (5/5) for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment radio generates 3.4% of its revenues from online ads, the firm Act, Title II which helps fund adult education programs. projects further growth of 26% in 2009 to $277 million in local Learn more here. Web business. Team Rio including Diamond Rio’s Marty Roe, Jimmy Olander and 160 others raised more than $80,000 for Big Gig Alerts Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee during the • WFGS/Murray, KY is in need of a creative PD/PM driver. Country Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Olander finished in Knowledge of Selector and web software is a plus. Send two hours and ten minutes and Roe followed with two hours airchecks (three minutes) and resumes to Pam Shane at and twenty minutes. Shane Media, 2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 106, Houston, TX Rascal Flatts will headline the BIG Wish Silver Anniversary 77063 or here. Gala for the Make-A-Wish Foundation Saturday (5/9) at • KYGO/Denver PD Joel Burke is seeking an afternoon jock. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5

Ch e c k Ou t : In Sto r e s 5/5 Jewel Lullaby (Fisher Price/Somerset Entertainment) This acoustic collection features original and classic lullabies with contemporary takes on “Brahms Lullaby,” “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “Sweet Dreams Of You.” Original songs include “Circle Song,” “The Cowboy’s Lament,” “All The Animals” and “Sov Gott,” a fable about a dolphin and wolf, which she wrote when she was 18 on a road trip from San Francisco to Colorado. The 15-track project was produced by Jewel and recorded at her home studio in Stephenville, TX for toy maker Fisher Price.

June 2 Cledus T. Judd Polyrically Uncorrect (E1)

June 9 Tracy Lawrence The Rock (Rocky Comfort)

June 16 Daryle Singletary Rockin’ In The Country (E1)

Album release info to [email protected].

Big Sky: WQYK/Tampa has begun advertising to extraterrestrial listeners, migrating flocks and 747s with this Sunflower maze in Masaryktown, FL. Visitors can buzz around the field through May. Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University. Learn more or make a donation here. Jo Dee Messina will run the inaugural Music Row Road Race benefiting St. Jude Children’s Hospital May 16. Prior to the 5k, there will be a one-mile Celebrity Fun Run beginning at 8:30am. More info here.

CC Goes PC (continued from page 1) The bad news is, the music is almost identical on CC stations from coast to coast. There are some variations, which seem to occur when local stations drop in songs for timing purposes due to commercial load differences. The good news is PC seems to have a much larger playlist than most CC Country stations and they’re playing more currents per hour. (That may vary since a “Light Current” slot located near the end of the hour may get bumped by stations with a large spot load.) PC programming appears to be running five currents an hour with two recurrents. The currents showing up on multiple station playlists included songs that were between Nos. 25-35 on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 50. There are two stop-sets an hour, falling roughly in the :16-:22 area and the :46-:52 area on the clock, depending on the station. There are about eight opportunities an hour to drop in a stations call letters. Calls also run between records and the promos into the stop-sets, and with jingles coming out of the stops. Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Erin Duvall, [email protected] (615) 320-1450 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6

Winter No. 1s: WGNA, WFMS, KIIM Co u n t r y Ra t i n g s Wi n t e r Bo x Sc o r e Each week we’ll present a running tally of the Winter 2009 The Winter 2009 Arbitron ratings began rolling-out last week, Arbitron ratings and rankings for all Country stations printed in Country Aircheck Weekly. The ratings/rankings in these box scores and here’s a look at how Country stations in diary-based markets are only those from the station’s home market. (The 12+ and have fared in the markets released thus far. As part of our weekly Rankings totals differ because non-subscriber markets contribute to 12+ shares, but not to rankings.) market-by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations 12+ 12+ Rankings achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates TW Total TW Total Stations 69 69 55 55 a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the Up 27 27 19 19 same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. Down 38 38 25 25 Flat 4 4 11 11 A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are Debut ------not available. Also, not all Country stations are listed in the non- Drop ------subscriber markets. No. 1 3 3 na na 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Fa ‘08 Wi ‘09 Fa ‘08 Wi ‘09 Fa ‘08 Wi ‘09 Fa ‘08 Wi ‘09 Last ARB Wi ‘09 Fa ‘08 Wi ‘09 WGNA/Albany, NY 9.8 9.6 1 1 WDAF/Kansas City 3.3 3.7 13 12t WBEE/Rochester 9.4 9.3 2 2 WFFG/Albany, NY .6 1.3 21t 19 KWNR/Las Vegas 4.7 3.6 6 9 WYRK/Buffalo 1.2 1.0 14 14 WKSF/Ashville, NC 16.6 16.6 na na KCYE/Las Vegas 2.6 2.3 12t 16 (Rochester Arbitron) WBGK & WBUG/Albany, NY 1.1 .5 18t 25 WRKA/Louisville^+ 4.8 4.4 na na KNCI/Sacramento 3.7 3.9 na na WCTO/Allentown 12.1 8.6 1 2 WQNU/Louisville^ 3.6 3.4 na na WPOC/Baltimore 7.3 8.0 2 2 WAMZ/Louisville -- KNTY/Sacramento 1.9 1.7 na na WZZK/Birmingham^ 7.7 7.4 3 3 (Louisville is a Client Exclusive market) KUBL/Salt Lake City^ 4.1 4.6 na na WDXB/Birmingham 6.2 4.2 4 8 WGKX/Memphis 6.0 5.3 6 7 KKAT/Salt Lake City^+ 1.9 2.5 na na WNCB/Birmingham^ 1.2 1.6 16t 16 WVIM/Memphis .9 1.0 20 19t KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.0 1.5 na na WYRK/Buffalo 9.9 9.9 2 2 WKIS/Miami 2.4 2.1 15t 15 KSOP/Salt Lake City -- WXRL/Buffalo+ 1.3 1.5 15t 16 WMIL/Milwaukee^ 6.6 6.0 na na (SLC is a Client Exclusive market) WSOC/Charlotte 5.3 5.8 5 2 WOKY/Milwaukee^+ 1.3 1.2 na na KAJA/San Antonio 4.7 4.6 6t 4t WKKT/Charlotte 5.9 5.3 3 5 KEEY/Minneapolis 6.8 6.1 2 3 KCYY/San Antonio^ 5.0 3.8 4t 9 WUBE/Cincinnati^ 7.1 6.5 2 3 WSM-FM/Nashville 3.5 5.1 11 5t WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.2 1.3 17 16 WSIX/Nashville 5.8 5.1 5 5t KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.1 1.2 21 21t WGAR/Cleveland 6.7 6.4 2t 5 WKDF/Nashville 4.8 3.8 7t 10 KSON/San Diego 4.6 4.6 4 3 WQMX/Akron .6 1.1 20 18t WSM-AM/Nashville 1.6 3.2 16 14 KUSS/San Diego 2.0 1.7 18t 19t (Cleveland Arbitron) WNOE/New Orleans 6.1 6.1 5 5t WCOL/Columbus, OH 7.1 5.6 3 5 WDSY/Pittsburgh 5.4 5.1 4 4 KMPS/Seattle 3.7 4.1 na na WHOK/Columbus, OH 3.0 4.8 11 7 WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.9 1.4 15 17 KKWF/Seattle 2.7 2.8 na na WCLT/Columbus, OH 1.3 1.9 19 15 WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.6 1.3 16 18 KNBQ/Seattle .6 1.0 na na KYGO/Denver 4.7 5.5 5 2 WOGF/Pittsburgh^ 1.1 .8 21 22 KWOF/Denver 1.7 1.6 18t 19t WIL/St. Louis 5.2 5.8 4 3 WOGH/Pittsburgh^ .5 .4 24t 26t KSD/St. Louis 3.7 3.2 10 14 WWYZ/Hartford 7.0 5.4 4 4t KMLE/Phoenix 2.4 3.3 16 9 WFMS/Indianapolis 8.8 9.6 1 1 WQYK/Tampa 4.2 4.6 8 6 WLHK/Indianapolis 3.5 3.1 11 13 KNIX/Phoenix 3.6 2.4 6 14t KUPL/Portland, OR 4.2 4.2 na na WFUS/Tampa 3.6 3.4 10t 12 KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.1 5.2 8t 4 KIIM/Tucson 7.7 9.8 2t 1 KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.3 3.7 7 12t KWJJ/Portland, OR 5.0 3.3 na na

May 4, 2009 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 15763 149 5280 -14 36.258 1.076 126 0 2nd Week at No. 1 4 2 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 15418 1053 5150 352 35.039 2.548 125 0 5 3 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 14485 982 4862 307 33.246 2.529 125 0

2 4 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4 13983 -1624 4610 -526 32.042 -3.888 126 0 3 5 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 13960 -723 4578 -361 31.593 -2.015 126 0 6 6 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 12493 1166 4115 411 28.341 2.255 125 0

7 7 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 4 12292 1385 4062 512 28.93 3.212 125 0 8 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 11646 825 3881 283 26.68 1.81 126 0 10 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 11265 1283 3629 392 26.51 3.478 126 0 11 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 10753 966 3557 325 24.25 2.464 126 0 15 11 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 8875 961 2929 271 19.708 2.519 124 1

17 12 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 8861 1102 2960 329 20.486 2.753 122 3 14 13 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 8857 901 3020 284 19.86 1.89 120 2 13 14 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 8838 681 2943 274 19.896 1.588 120 0 16 15 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 8627 723 2986 232 18.873 2.076 121 1 20 16 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 7052 1005 2353 328 15.99 2.193 120 0 19 17 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 6726 380 2268 144 14.754 1.124 118 1

23 18 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 6024 891 1965 316 13.014 2.493 114 9

27 19 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 4 5641 1931 1770 637 12.611 4.276 119 19 26 20 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 4 5343 1451 1682 495 11.614 3.531 118 11 25 21 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 5202 962 1813 348 11.599 2.228 108 10 24 22 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 5032 732 1708 250 10.638 1.791 109 5

30 23 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 4341 1737 1396 557 9.569 4.089 107 19 28 24 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 4240 995 1416 321 9.09 2.541 112 13

29 25 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 4 3782 715 1300 267 7.588 1.505 93 9

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

36 26 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 2667 754 960 213 4.785 1.732 89 9

34 27 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 2646 412 881 131 5.016 0.802 72 8 33 28 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 2623 347 875 128 4.931 0.879 97 8 31 29 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 2619 53 899 34 5.407 0.308 79 3

32 30 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 2568 71 935 41 4.86 0.122 86 6 35 31 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 2082 -54 682 11 3.871 0.001 64 3 37 32 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 1956 313 697 112 3.334 0.305 75 4 41 33 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 1955 483 621 158 3.54 0.903 72 14 40 34 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1899 373 631 85 2.98 0.648 72 8 38 35 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 1811 228 610 68 3.353 0.775 64 5 42 36 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 1328 118 390 42 2.282 0.311 46 4 44 37 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 1155 148 428 44 1.679 0.37 48 2 43 38 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 1146 124 337 30 1.825 0.388 41 2 50 39 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 1088 472 397 185 1.712 0.623 43 10 46 40 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 1023 151 409 50 1.272 0.258 51 2

47 41 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 1019 166 417 62 1.247 0.097 51 5 45 42 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 862 -62 338 -12 1.311 -0.026 39 0 49 43 LEE ANN WOMACK/Solitary Thinkin' (MCA) 791 174 261 47 1.179 0.24 35 5 39 44 TRENT TOMLINSON/That's How It Still Oughta Be (Carolwood) 768 -764 316 -266 1.627 -1.21 63 0 Debut 45 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 717 176 257 75 0.886 0.116 45 14 Debut 46 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 620 374 169 92 1.177 0.787 23 13 Debut 47 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Livin' In...(Universal South) 610 102 247 53 0.822 0.199 32 3 Debut 48 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 480 216 141 59 0.743 0.281 26 19 Debut 49 HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Red, White And Pink Slip Blues (Curb) 466 -71 150 -22 0.873 -0.256 8 0 Debut50 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 399 119 65 25 0.843 0.136 17 15

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers This corrected list differs from the adds issued earlier today because of a TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 547 4 data entry error at Mediabase/Los Angeles. BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 487 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 19 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 477 4 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 19 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 386 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 19 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 362 4 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 15 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 334 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 14 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 321 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 14 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 317 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 13 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 278 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia ) 13 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 268 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 11 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 10 Activator Top Spin Gainers HEIDI NEWFIELD/What Am I Waiting For (Curb) 10 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 374 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 10 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 348 Aircheck Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 312 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 1931 4 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 230 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 1737 4 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 229 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 228 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 1451 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 214 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 1385 4 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 208 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 1283 4 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 181 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 1166 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 172 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 1102 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 1053 Vi d e o Ad d s TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 1005 CMT BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 995 kenny chesney/Out Last Night (BNA) RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Taylor swift/The Best Day (Big Machine) TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 637 Taylor swift/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 557 CMT PURE kenny chesney/Out Last Night (BNA) BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 512 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 495 Taylor swift/The Best Day (Big Machine) Taylor swift/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 411 tracy lawrence/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort) KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 392 veronica ballestrini/Amazing (Timbob) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 352 GAC BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 348 kenny chesney/Out Last Night (BNA) Taylor swift/The Best Day (Big Machine) ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 329 tracy lawrence/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort) TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 328 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] May 4, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s MAY 11 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) CLEDUS T. JUDD f/BROOKS & DUNN/Garth Must Be Busy (E1) Debuts at 45*; 717 points, 257 spins HOLLY WILLIAMS/Mama (Mercury) 14 ADDS including: KCYE, KNCI*, KRST*, KWJJ, WCOL, MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) wCTK*, WGGY, WMIL, WPAW, WQDR SHAWNA RUSSELL/Fire in The Desert (Way Out West) ZONA JONES/Bluer Than Blue (Rocky Comfort) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) Debuts at 46*; 620 points, 169 spins MAY 18 13 ADDS including: KHKI*, KKBW*, KKNG, KVOO, Martina McBride/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) wGGY, WGNE, WIVK*, WOGI, WOGK, WPAW JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) ONE FLEW SOUTH/Life (Decca) JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Livin’...(Universal South) PARKS/As Long As You’re Goin’ My Way (Carolwood) Debuts at 47*; 610 points, 247 spins TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 3 ADDS: KJUG, KRST*, WGNE MAY 26 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) Debuts at 48*; 480 points, 141 spins JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) 19 ADDS including: KNCI*, KSOP, KWJJ, KYGO, WBCT, wGGY, WGKX*, WGNE, WUBL, WYCD* HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Red, White And Pink Slip Blues Aircheck Top Recurrents Debuts at 49*; 466 points, 150 spins 0 ADDS JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 7357 PAT GREEN/What I’m For (BNA) TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 7293 Debuts at 50*; 399 points, 65 spins DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 7129 15 ADDS including: KKNG, KNTY, KRTY, WFUS, WGNE, GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 5858 wKHX, WKKT, WSSL, WUBL, WXCY TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 5802 CARTER TWINS/Heart Like Memphis (CMT/Meteor 17/CO5) ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 5283 376 points, 133 spins KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 4995 0 ADDS DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 4678 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/More Boys I Meet (19/Arista) BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 4642 312 points, 76 spins TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 4492 0 ADDS

Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this 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)

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

2 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 4188 145 2772 118 1 2 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 4095 -157 2710 -100 5 3 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 4078 268 2676 181 4 4 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 3743 -107 2460 -97 7 5 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 3710 477 2387 312 3 6 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 3696 -178 2480 -142 6 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 3584 215 2334 153 9 8 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 3385 487 2189 348 10 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 3165 278 2024 172 8 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 3071 166 1987 130 11 11 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 2819 185 1812 127 12 12 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 2806 224 1841 150 15 13 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 2734 362 1739 228 13 14 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 2612 195 1612 137 16 15 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 2260 76 1507 47 17 16 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 2197 321 1418 208 19 17 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 1888 239 1179 158 22 18 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 1719 334 1079 230 20 19 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 1686 66 1107 50 21 20 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 1622 185 1074 137 23 21 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 1585 317 1052 229 27 22 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 1380 547 901 374 24 23 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 1310 234 822 148 26 24 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 1300 386 802 214 25 25 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 1148 154 718 109 28 26 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 929 107 565 84 30 27 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 911 148 562 98 29 28 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 820 7 515 2 31 29 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 756 47 456 32 32 30 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 754 70 433 34 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR May 4, 2009/ Chart Page 6

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

33 31 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 675 44 381 16 34 32 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 663 94 370 60 36 33 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 616 258 373 162 35 34 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 495 86 291 62 38 35 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 479 198 269 134 37 36 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 397 57 236 23 -- 37 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 352 177 232 128 41 38 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 351 103 199 65 39 39 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 348 83 168 24 40 40 KATIE ARMIGER/Trail Of Lies (Cold River) 304 41 212 30 42 41 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Livin' In Paradise (Universal South) 291 58 163 35 44 42 LEE ANN WOMACK/Solitary Thinkin' (MCA) 269 70 152 37 45 43 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 256 61 121 10 46 44 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 218 25 145 8 47 45 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 203 11 141 6 48 46 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 193 18 126 17 52 47 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 150 41 78 21 54 48 MARK CHESNUTT/She Never Got Me Over You (Lofton Creek) 119 26 58 14 53 49 HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Red, White And Pink Slip Blues (Curb) 107 -1 70 0 57 50 RICHIE MCDONALD/Six Foot Teddy Bear (Stroudavarious) 96 43 59 20 58 51 HEIDI NEWFIELD/What Am I Waiting For (Curb) 93 46 33 13 Debut 52 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 91 55 55 24 55 53 WADE BOWEN/If We Ever Make It Home (Sustain) 88 14 60 11 60 54 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 75 29 60 22 Debut 55 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Wal-Mart Flowers (Aria) 68 29 40 16 Debut 56 DARREN KOZELSKY/Good Day To Get Gone (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 67 1 39 1 Debut 57 COLT FORD/Ride Through The Country (Average Joes Ent.) 50 15 30 5 Debut 58 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 47 46 31 30 59 59 TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 47 0 31 -3 Debut 60 MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity) 45 10 9 2 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com