Issue 375 Programmers on Music Tools Ask Five Programmers About the Best Tools for Making Music Decisions and You Might Get Five Different Answers

December 9, 2013, Issue 375 Programmers On Music Tools Ask five programmers about the best tools for making music decisions and you might get five different answers. But that may be a good thing if the belief is that diversity in metrics and processes makes for a richer musical ecosystem. Country Aircheck surveyed a handful of OMs, PDs, APDs and MDs in markets of different sizes to better understand what’s behind their calls on adds and category changes: KEGA/Salt Lake City PD Jon Watkins (Market 29): Sometimes there is just too much information! We have Mscore, callout, charts, online research, online sales, concerts being sold out − every song seems to be a hit with the right data. But first and foremost, you better like the song. Then the With A Broken Ying: WNOE/New Orleans’ Don Gosselin (center small group in your music meetings better left) and friends split up a hip-hop duo at last night’s (12/8) like the song. After [the add], we watch Saints-Panthers game in New Orleans. Pictured (l-r) are the Mscores to make sure that after a few weeks Ying Yang Twins’ D-Roc, Columbia’s Tyler Farr and rep Brooke we haven’t made a bad decision. It’s also Meris, former San Francisco Giants first baseman and Big Easy native Will Clark, and YYT’s Kaine. Jon Watkins important to be aware of where your songs are on the competitor’s station so you don’t become too unfamiliar. I like monitoring a few similar stations to Radio Pro Gets Creative see what moves they’ve made, too. We’ll be aggressive and move The typical path for a Country radio a song up when we have a combination of passion from the staff vet transitioning to Nashville starts in radio and positive test scores. promotion ... and stays there. But Major WXCY/Wilmington OM/PD Brad Austin (78): I pick Bob Music’s newly named Dir./A&R Tina the brain of my consultant Keith Hill and weigh local research, Crawford has taken a different route since national chart movement and pop culture exposure. (Is the artist leaving her native Michigan. doing the anthem somewhere, or appearing “I heard a band on the radio and I just Tina Crawford on American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, loved them,” she says of her start, explaining etc?) I also look at sales figures in Philly and that she eventually started calling radio stations on the band’s Baltimore, which we contribute to, and we behalf. “They were like, ‘You know there are people who do this, do local online research; no callout. We get right?’ I had no idea. Getting into the music business seemed like a great sample for our market, though – something other people do.” typically 250-350 Persons 12+. Moving to Nashville in hopes of being one of those other I also watch markets I know intimately people, Crawford met WBCT/Grand Rapids ‘s Doug Montgomery like Milwaukee, Madison, Harrisburg and and eventually went back to Michigan to work there. “I helped York, PA, Grand Rapids and Baltimore. I know Brad Austin Doug and MD Dave Taft with contests, tickets and shows, but I what moves the needle there. loved sitting-in on music meetings,” she says. “We’d listen, look at (continued on page 5) ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 9, 2013 Page 3 the charts, compare notes and usually be sent home with singles PAGE THREE PIC to listen to. A lot of times I’d be the deciding vote on what we moved up because I was in the demo.” Connections facilitated by Montgomery, CMA radio remotes and the station’s Midwest Broken Bow rep Jon Loba led to her first label gig. “I got a job at Broken Bow as Coord./Promotion and, during those five years, also worked part of the Midwest.” Transitioning to other areas soon followed. “At WBCT, I took pictures of all the people the morning show talked to and uploaded them to the website, which was a pretty big deal back then,” she says with a nod to the creative work she ended up doing for BBR. With the March 2012 addition of Red Bow, Crawford was named Dir./Creative Services for the three-label group. But a different kind of creative involvement was her goal. “Broken Bow was so small and everyone wore so many hats, I just sort of added the A&R and artist development into rotation,” Cinci-land Delight: Alabama frontman Randy Owen and she says. “That felt right because my favorite thing in radio was the RCA crew visit WUBE/Cincinnati. Pictured (l-r) are the music meetings, talking about the songs and meeting the WUBE’s Grover Collins, RCA’s Keith Gale and Mike Wilson, artists. Doug and Dave had helped me learn to trust my gut and WUBE PD Tim Closson, Owen, RCA’s Butch Waugh and focus on what made a particular song speak to me, and when I Mike Sirls. Have your own delightful photos of industry got to sit in on meetings with Larry Shell, our A&R guy, that just history? Send them to [email protected]. confirmed it for me. “My office at BBR was right next to [Magic Mustang Sr. Dir./ Average Joes/BackRoad’s Lenny Cooper has signed with Creative] Juli Griffith, so I knew all the songwriters and they knew Bobby Roberts Company for booking representation. me. When she left for another venture, it made sense for me to Tim Montana and the Shrednecks have signed with add the publishing hat, too. I handled that for two years at the Tenacity Management. same time I was doing A&R and artist development.” Warner/Chappell Music has signed a worldwide co- Being hands-on with the music was always her greatest publishing agreement with singer/songwriter Brandon Lay. attraction, and now she’s fulfilled that goal. “With Major Bob, I’m Clay Walker’s fourth annual Band Against MS Chords of strictly focused on songwriters and songs,” she says. “I set up co- Hope benefit concert raised more than $12,000 for the MS Center at writes, find new opportunities for our songwriters, get them in with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to aid in MS research artists, create the brand and pitching songs. I liked promotion and and awareness. Craig Campbell and Greg Bates also performed. I really loved the experience of doing it, but I knew ultimately it Through Christmas, LMG’s Tracy Lawrence will give fans wasn’t what I wanted to do. I wanted to be more involved with the free downloads of two albums, All Wrapped Up In Christmas and beginning of the process.” The Rock. More here. Radio, however, is never far. “The way I started, it laid the foundation for what I do today,” Crawford says. “I’ve tried to put everything through that radio filter from songs and how real Chart Chat listeners respond to them, to artists themselves and how they are Congrats to Parmalee, perceived by radio execs and listeners.” –Jess Wright Carson James, Chris Loss, Heather Propper and the entire Stoney Creek News & Notes promotion staff on scoring this Alpha’s KUPL/Portland helped raise more than $6,000 week’s No. 1 with the band’s for the family of fallen Oregon City reserve police officerRobert “Carolina.” The song is their Libke with a Dec. 4 benefit concert. first chart-topper. Parmalee ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 9, 2013 Page 5 The Week’s Top Stories OFF THE RECORD: Kira Isabella Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Garth Brooks will launch a world tour in 2014. (12/9) Hit Shop’s Kira Isabella puts an • Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves lead the 2014 Grammy industry spin on the artist interview: nominations. (12/9) I grew up listening to CKBY/Ottawa, • Former Clear Channel executive and programmer Bruce my hometown station. Logan named VP Programming/OM for CBS Radio/Houston’s The first time I heard myself on the six-station cluster, which includes Country KILT. (12/4) • Clear Channel’s WNOE/New Orleans and WYNK/Baton radio I was stuck in traffic with a couple Rouge added Premiere’s The Bobby Bones Show in mornings. of friends. We had the window cracked Kira Isabella and heard a familiar song coming from another car so we immediately changed Programmers On Music Tools the station to Country 101.1 and they were playing “Love Me (continued from page 1) Like That.” We all screamed, sang along and I had a couple of happy tears. Without knowing the market, it’s hard to mine usable data from someone else’s testing. If you don’t have the barometer I’ll never forget the time I won Female Artist Of The Year to interpret the data, how can you figure out the “why” behind at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. It was movement in test scores? But at the end of the day it comes down incredible, especially because my mom got to be there. to my gut feeling. I want to invest in artists, not just songs. I have My most interesting road companions are my band. I to feel the music and I want to see that the seriously lucked out with some extremely talented guys who artist has long term potential. happen to share my silly sense of humor. They always make CBS Radio/Pittsburgh OM & WDSY everything more fun and take great care of me. PD Mark Anderson: My college education If I don’t have a good book while I’m travelling I go was in Math and Stats, so I’ve got piles of crazy! If I’m not already reading something, a stop at numbers and I love ‘em. But the more we all Chapters before the trip is a must. drown ourselves in numbers, the farther we I hate to admit it, but I love magazines like People and US get away from emotions, and music is about Weekly. They’re great to pass the time while riding in the van. feeling. So I’m trying to trust my gut and the gut of [Y108 APD/MD] Stoney Richards and Mark Anderson There’s no place like home, but if I had to be stuck [Y108 Asst. MD] Wookie more and more in the somewhere it would be Vancouver. Such a beautiful city and I weekly music meeting. If we love a song, we’d really have fallen in love with it. like to think that our listeners will love it, too ... and that’s pretty When there’s downtime I love to tweet. That’s probably valuable. Even if you can’t assign a specific numeric value to it. the form of social media I use the most. Although, I’m also JVC Media VP/Country Programming & WJVC/ an avid Snapchatter! Nassau PD Phathead (20): For us, research, callout, sales The best advice I’ve ever got about touring radio was and all the other stuff that sounds remotely to make sure that I warm my voice up really well for early corporate doesn’t mean anything. On a rare morning performances. Also, buy a Canada Goose jacket for occasion I will use BDS or Mediabase to touring in the winter! determine a category move if I have nothing My favorite hoodie is a big comfy camouflage one. I else in mind. We go completely on my gut ended up wearing that and some camo pants by accident, instinct, but it’s not as random as it sounds. just to lounge around in the other day. That’s when you know I put together about 20 concerts a year and get to see just about every act up close in our you have a lot of camo. Phathead venue. The vibe and energy of those shows

December 9, 2013 Page 7 determines a lot of what we do. If I’m impressed with a young act MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE and the reaction of our listeners, I have no problem throwing them Midwest’s WDWQ/Terre Haute, IN right into medium or power ahead of a superstar. I also watch Brand Manager/afternoon personality Facebook after our shows to see the response. Robb Reel discusses his most influential WFGE/State College, PA APD/MD artists, concerts, songs and albums: Jeff Hunt (Non-rated): We use a variety of 1. In The Garden: I come from an tools to decide our adds, part of which is our incredibly musical family and this is the weekly [online] voting feature. If our listeners first song I remember hearing. I have are extremely passionate about a song, that never once taken for granted the power of encourages us to give it extra consideration. music to connect, to lift up and to heal. But what it really comes down to is my PD Robb Reel 2. George Strait/Amarillo by and myself asking, “Is this a good song for Morning: This is the Country song. I Jeff Hunt our market?” We pay attention to what is vividly remember standing in my grandparents’ kitchen, going on nationally so that we’re not out of hearing twin fiddles and the most earnest voice ever. I still the loop, but at the end of the day we need want to be George Strait when I grow up. to decide what works best for our market. 3. Meat Loaf/Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad: This was that WNOE/New Orleans OM/PD Don Gosselin (47): I take moment it dawned on me that there are really only two kinds of several factors into consideration including research, but the music: good and bad. The best songs are about real moments most important is [understanding] how a specific song fits into my and real people. Genres and labels just don’t really matter. station goals. I know exactly what I want WNOE to sound like, so I 4. Billy Dean/Somewhere in My Broken Heart: This is judge each song on its individual merits, and if it fits the direction the only song that ever made me cry. That’s probably more of WNOE or not. about the relationship with my high-school sweetheart ending A major role in the successful resurgence at the time. I once told Billy the story backstage and he added WNOE has seen over the past couple years is it into his set just for me. Epilogue: She and I are still great due to our renewed commitment to new music friends and I was even in her wedding. and new artists. We are genuinely very happy 5. Brooks & Dunn/God Must Be Busy: At the 2007 when we can find a new artist that fits the station’s CMAs, Ronnie Dunn transcended to another plane. The direction and proud to see that artist take flight. convergence of singer and song brought a resonance of my Unfortunately, we just cannot play everything. own sense of faith, heartache and insignificance. But when we decide to play something, we try to •A highly regarded song or album you’ve never actually play the song and expose it to our entire Don Gosselin heard: Dark Side of the Moon. audience. I really do not understand other stations •An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: I that will play a song 35 times a week in overnights only. Does that really absolutely adore some of the recordings of “Hallelujah” from help anyone? –Russ Penuell, Jess Wright Leonard Cohen, especially the k.d. lang version. Still, I have no clue what it really means, and I doubt I ever will. •An album you listened to incessantly: Jim Croce’s Lon Helton, [email protected] Greatest Hits. Chuck Aly, [email protected] •One obscure or non-country song everyone should Russ Penuell, [email protected] listen to right now: Shane Stockon’s “My Life’s An Open Book.” It says so much about the country lifegroup and Jess Wright, [email protected] people in general. (615) 320-1450 •One item in your music collection you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I know far more about show tunes than a straight white dude should, but show choir and musical theater sure were great ways to meet girls.

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Top Christmas Songs CHECK OUT 12/10 Mediabase is makin’ a list, and Country Aircheck checked it twice. Here are Country radio’s most-played Christmas songs for Krystal Keith Whiskey & Lace the past week. (Show Dog-Universal) Her father, Toby Keith, co-produced Top Overall Christmas Titles the album with SDU’s Mark Wright and 1 BRENDA LEE/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree wrote four of the 10 tracks. He even lent 2 VINCE VANCE & The VALIANTS/All I Want For Chirstmas Is You his background singer Mica Roberts to the 3 TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas project – she’s on seven songs; Toby sings 4 GEORGE STRAIT/Christmas Cookies background on one. The collection includes her single “Get 5 BURL IVES/A Holly Jolly Christmas Your Redneck On” and the song that spawned a viral wedding 6 ALAN JACKSON/A Holly Jolly Christmas video, “Daddy Dance With Me.” 7 BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock 8 LUKE BRYAN/Run Run Rudolph Parmalee Feels Like Carolina (Stoney Creek) 9 JOSE FELICIANO/Feliz Navidad This four-piece band says their 12-song 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell Rock debut was inspired by their lives and journey 11 BLAKE SHELTON f/M. LAMBERT/Jingle Bell Rock to Nashville over the last few years, including 12 ALAN JACKSON/I Only Want You For Christmas a 2010 armed robbery that nearly turned 13 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear fatal for drummer Scott Thomas. “Every 14 FAITH HILL/Where Are You Christmas experience over the last few years – both 15 GENE AUTRY/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer positive and negative – has helped to mold the songs on Feels 16 ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie Like Carolina,” says vocalist Matt Thomas. 17 KELLIE PICKLER/Santa Baby 18 BRAD PAISLEY/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy Zac Brown Band The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 19 ALAN JACKSON/Let It Be Christmas (Southern Ground) 20 KENNY CHESNEY/All I Want For Christmas … Produced by the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, the album is the first they’ve recorded at Southern Top Current & Recurrent Christmas Titles Ground Studios in Nashville. The collection 1 BLAKE SHELTON f/M. LAMBERT/Jingle Bell Rock includes the studio recording of “Day Of The 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/A Holly Jolly Christmas Dead,” the collaboration Brown and Grohl 3 BLAKE SHELTON f/MICHAEL BUBLE/Home (Christmas) performed live on the CMA Awards. Guest performers include Grohl 4 THE ROBERTSONS/Hairy Christmas on drums and the Allman Brothers Band’s Oteill Burbridge on bass. 5 THE ROBERTSONS/Christmas Cookies ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 9, 2013 Chart Page 1

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

3 1 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 22307 603 6738 206 52.871 1.247 146 0

1 2 JOE NICHOLS/Sunny And 75 (Red Bow) 21523 -2354 6319 -745 50.832 -4.565 147 0

2 3 K. URBAN & M. LAMBERT/We Were Us (RCA/Capitol) 21015 -1895 6192 -627 51.705 -3.116 147 0

4 4 ELI YOUNG BAND/Drunk Last Night (Republic Nashville) 20658 542 6186 165 50.21 1.272 146 0

6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 4 20055 1478 5850 338 45.704 2.171 146 0

5 6 DARIUS RUCKER/Radio (Capitol) 19530 104 5848 74 46.401 0.632 147 0

8 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 4 18851 1334 5666 440 44.948 2.564 147 0

7 8 THE BAND PERRY/Don't Let Me Be Lonely (Republic Nashville) 18056 -287 5470 -73 43.762 -1.025 147 0

9 9 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 17692 830 5291 239 42.348 1.539 147 0

11 10 ERIC PASLAY/aFriday Night (EMI Nashville) 15824 281 4556 75 37.876 0.654 147 0

13 11 COLE SWINDELL/Chillin' It (Warner Bros./WMN) 15128 757 4363 184 35.726 1.703 145 0

12 12 CASSADEE POPE/Wasting All These Tears (Republic Nashville) 14933 316 4386 79 35.943 1.057 145 0

14 13 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 14727 707 4254 224 34.777 1.736 147 0

15 14 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 4 13798 1072 4025 333 33.047 2.335 147 0

18 15 JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 11310 627 3293 184 24.48 1.62 145 0

17 16 HUNTER HAYES/Everybody's Got Somebody... (Atlantic/WMN) 11089 98 3182 12 26.144 0.275 145 1

19 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Compass (Capitol) 10845 386 3209 164 26.473 0.964 144 1

21 18 JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 4 10584 2380 3159 716 23.654 4.51 140 13

20 19 FRANKIE BALLARD/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 10239 204 2990 55 23.954 0.384 143 1

16 20 JAKE OWEN/Days Of Gold (RCA) 9669 -2591 2787 -801 23.131 -5.928 147 0

22 21 DANIELLE BRADBERY/The Heart Of Dixie (Republic/Big Machine) 8363 292 2465 75 16.763 0.725 143 2

25 22 SCOTTY MCCREERY/See You Tonight (19/Interscope/Mercury) 8094 512 2360 154 18.198 1.239 134 6

23 23 THOMPSON SQUARE/Everything I Shouldn't Be... (Stoney Creek) 8086 184 2475 60 19.653 0.388 138 3

24 24 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Hold On (Capitol) 7856 56 2446 -2 18.505 0.078 138 3

26 25 DUSTIN LYNCH/Wild In Your Smile (Broken Bow) 7041 -85 2178 -5 12.749 -0.413 137 0

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

27 26 DAN + SHAY/19 You + Me (Warner Bros./WAR) 6583 499 1822 157 14.313 1.405 117 6

30 27 RANDY HOUSER/Goodnight Kiss (Stoney Creek) 4 6178 852 1965 278 12.546 1.131 134 15

28 28 ERIC CHURCH/The Outsiders (EMI Nashville) 5941 -115 1772 -56 11.148 -0.564 123 2

29 29 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All Night (Sea Gayle/Arista) 5857 483 1688 159 12.828 0.576 133 14

31 30 BRETT ELDREDGE/Beat Of The Music (Atlantic/WMN) 4914 270 1362 110 10.224 0.518 117 6

32 31 CRAIG MORGAN/Wake Up Lovin' You (Black River) 4580 525 1525 141 7.58 0.635 111 4

34 32 JOSH THOMPSON/Cold Beer With Your... (Show Dog-Universal) 3642 193 1049 61 7.319 0.197 96 6

35 33 JUSTIN MOORE/Lettin' The Night Roll (Valory) 3628 356 1176 115 7.31 0.75 112 9

33 34 LOVE AND THEFT/If You Ever Get Lonely (RCA) 3496 -149 1036 -45 5.262 -0.469 114 0

36 35 SARA EVANS/Slow Me Down (RCA) 3108 73 931 21 4.219 -0.002 106 6

38 36 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Sober (Capitol) 2893 214 843 53 4.743 0.545 100 5

37 37 JENNIFER NETTLES/That Girl (Mercury) 2744 -104 812 -21 3.655 -0.448 114 2

LEAH TURNER/Take The Keys (Columbia) 2554 239 769 65 3.3 0.368 101 13

41 39 TYLER FARR/Whiskey In My Water (Columbia) 2349 160 647 58 3.829 0.331 86 8

42 40 AUSTIN WEBB/Slip On By (Streamsound) 2169 120 708 29 3.042 0.313 87 11

BROTHERS OSBORNE/Let's Go There (EMI Nashville) 2144 -68 679 -13 3.185 -0.265 90 4

45 42 KIP MOORE/Young Love (MCA) 2001 246 576 115 3.516 0.061 82 18

44 43 GARY ALLAN/It Ain't The Whiskey (MCA) 1886 81 638 31 2.551 -0.193 84 0

49 44 THOMAS RHETT/Get Me Some Of That (Valory) 1846 478 574 122 3.319 0.9 86 25

43 45 WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Crescendo) 1804 -1 597 6 2.859 -0.09 68 1

46 46 KELLIE PICKLER/Little Bit Gypsy (Black River) 1690 49 552 16 3.08 -0.035 64 2

48 47 SHERYL CROW/Callin' Me When I'm Lonely (Warner Bros./WMN) 1594 119 424 34 2.376 0.151 54 4

47 48 GEORGE STRAIT/I Got A Car (MCA) 1577 -26 486 -6 3.523 0.243 60 6

Debut 49 BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) 1335 247 435 69 2.266 0.411 54 7

Debut 50 AMERICAN YOUNG/Love Is War (Curb) 1271 25 441 -4 1.46 -0.021 79 7 ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 9, 2013 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/The Mona Lisa (Arista) 59 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 896 4 CHARLIE WORSHAM/Want Me Too (Warner Bros./WAR) 31 JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 848 4 THOMAS RHETT/Get Me Some Of That (Valory) 25 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 763 4 KIP MOORE/Young Love (MCA) 18 BRAD PAISLEY/The Mona Lisa (Arista) 558 4 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Keep Them Kisses Comin' (Bigger Picture) 17 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 435 4 RANDY HOUSER/Goodnight Kiss (Stoney Creek) 15 ERIC PASLAY/Friday Night (EMI Nashville) 427 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All Night (Sea Gayle/Arista) 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Compass (Capitol) 425 JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 424 LEAH TURNER/Take The Keys (Columbia) 13 FRANKIE BALLARD/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 408 AUSTIN WEBB/Slip On By (Streamsound) 11 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All... (Sea Gayle/Arista) 399 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 2380 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 233 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 1478 4 JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 211 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 1334 4 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 192 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 1072 4 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All Night (Sea Gayle/Arista) 112 RANDY HOUSER/Goodnight Kiss (Stoney Creek) 852 4 BRAD PAISLEY/The Mona Lisa (Arista) 112 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 830 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 104 COLE SWINDELL/Chillin' It (Warner Bros./WMN) 757 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 98 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 707 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Compass (Capitol) 96 JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 627 FRANKIE BALLARD/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 96 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 603 ERIC PASLAY/Friday Night (EMI Nashville) 95

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 716 BLAKE SHELTON/Mine Would Be You (Warner Bros./WMN) 14213 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 440 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 11645 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 338 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 11081 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 333 LUKE BRYAN/That's My Kind Of Night (Capitol) 9557 RANDY HOUSER/Goodnight Kiss (Stoney Creek) 278 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 9249 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 239 BILLY CURRINGTON/Hey Girl (Mercury) 8792 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 224 CHRIS YOUNG/Aw Naw (RCA) 8231 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 206 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 7890 COLE SWINDELL/Chillin' It (Warner Bros./WMN) 184 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 7427 JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 184 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 7005 ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 9, 2013 Chart Page 4 Country aircheck activity V I D E O A D D S WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Crescendo) Moves 43-45* CMT 1,804 points, 597 spins FGL/It’z Just What We Do (Republic Nashville) 1 add: WYNK Frankie Ballard/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) HOLLY WILLIAMS/The Highway (Georgiana) KELLIE PICKLER/Little Bit Gypsy (Black River) KACEY MUSGRAVES/Follow Your Arrow (Mercury) K. CLARKSON w/ T. YEARWOOD & REBA/Silent Night (RCA) Remains at 46* KELLIE PICKLER/The Man With The Bag (Black River) 1,690 points, 552 spins L. ALAINA/My Grown-Up Christmas List (Live @ CMT) 2 adds: WIL, WITL* (19/Interscope/Mercury) L. RIMES w/ R.J. THOMAS & J. BECK/Gasoline And Matches (Curb) SHERYL CROW/Callin’ Me When I’m Lonely (Warner Bros./WMN) CMT PURE Moves 48-47* FGL/It’z Just What We Do (Republic Nashville) 1,594 points, 424 spins Frankie Ballard/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 4 adds: KNCI, KWNR, WFUS, WUSN HOLLY WILLIAMS/The Highway (Georgiana) jake owen/Update (Update) GEORGE STRAIT/I Got A Car (MCA) jake owen/Update (Update) Moves 47-48 Jamie lynn Spears/How Could I Want More (Sweet Jamie) Justin Moore/Update (Update) 1,577 points, 486 spins KACEY MUSGRAVES/Follow Your Arrow (Mercury) 6 adds: KPLM, KSON, KUAD, KXKT, WQMX, WYRK K. CLARKSON w/ T. YEARWOOD & REBA/Silent Night (RCA) KELLIE PICKLER/The Man With The Bag (Black River) BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) L. ALAINA/My Grown-Up Christmas List (Live @ CMT) Debut at 49* (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1,335 points, 435 spins L. RIMES w/ R.J. THOMAS & J. BECK/Gasoline And Matches (Curb) 7 adds: KCYE, KHGE, KSOP, KWOF, WDAF, WGNE, The cadillac three/The South (Big Machine) WUSH GAC AMERICAN YOUNG/Love Is War (Curb) ronnie dunn/Update (Update) Re-entry at 50* Frankie Ballard/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 1,271 points, 441 spins KACEY MUSGRAVES/Follow Your Arrow (Mercury) L. RIMES w/ R.J. THOMAS & J. BECK/Gasoline And Matches (Curb) 7 adds: CCPC, WAMZ, WEZL, WKIS, WKXC, WRBT, Justin moore/Lettin The Night Roll (Valory) WWKA* Garth Brooks & Trisha yearwood/The Call (--) A D D D AT E S Zuus country AUstin Webb/Slip On By (Streamsound) December 16 Frankie Ballard/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) Lindsay Ell/Trippin’ On Us (Stoney Creek) Brian Milson/Nothing Grows In Shadows (R&J) JANUARY 6 Humming House/Fly On (Humble Mouse) None listed Jamie lynn Spears/How Could I Want More (Sweet Jamie) JJ Lawhorn/You Can Tell A Man By His Truck (Average Joes) JANUARY 13 Jess taylor/Do You Feel It Too? (Midwest Star) Brantley Gilbert/Bottoms Up (Valory) Robbie Johnson/South Of Me (Contrast)

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

1 1 ELI YOUNG BAND/Drunk Last Night (Republic Nashville) 8881 -4 2051 -5 53 0 2nd Week at No. 1 4 2 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 8355 -31 1908 4 47 0 2 3 K. URBAN & M. LAMBERT/We Were Us (RCA/Capitol) 8242 -623 1895 -170 50 0 5 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Radio (Capitol) 7943 -125 1865 3 53 0 8 5 ZAC BROWN BAND/Sweet Annie (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 4 7925 896 1819 233 53 0 6 6 THE BAND PERRY/Don't Let Me Be Lonely (Republic Nashville) 7900 87 1826 38 53 0 3 7 JOE NICHOLS/Sunny And 75 (Red Bow) 7864 -716 1815 -178 48 0 7 8 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Stay (Republic Nashville) 7853 424 1849 104 53 0 9 9 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 6904 62 1591 33 46 0 10 10 ERIC PASLAY/Friday Night (EMI Nashville) 6408 427 1497 95 52 0 13 11 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 4 5863 435 1356 98 53 0 11 12 CASSADEE POPE/Wasting All These Tears (Republic Nashville) 5848 72 1305 28 52 0 12 13 COLE SWINDELL/Chillin' It (Warner Bros./WMN) 5597 163 1293 30 52 1 16 14 LUKE BRYAN/Drink A Beer (Capitol) 4 5518 763 1302 192 53 0 17 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Compass (Capitol) 4878 425 1138 96 52 0 15 16 HUNTER HAYES/Everybody's Got Somebody... (Atlantic/WMN) 4846 74 1087 33 49 0 18 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Hold On (Capitol) 4377 -26 1040 6 52 0 19 18 JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 4369 166 983 57 50 2 22 19 JASON ALDEAN/When She Says Baby (Broken Bow) 4 3915 848 948 211 53 1 20 20 DANIELLE BRADBERY/The Heart Of Dixie (Republic/Big Machine) 3616 179 784 42 48 2 21 21 FRANKIE BALLARD/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./WAR) 3611 408 822 96 50 1 14 22 JAKE OWEN/Days Of Gold (RCA) 3535 -1469 869 -315 40 0 23 23 THOMPSON SQUARE/Everything I Shouldn't Be... (Stoney Creek) 3276 352 695 69 44 1 24 24 RANDY HOUSER/Goodnight Kiss (Stoney Creek) 2698 145 661 37 49 1 26 25 SCOTTY MCCREERY/See You Tonight (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2692 363 628 86 46 2 25 26 ERIC CHURCH/The Outsiders (EMI Nashville) 2493 154 609 53 45 1 27 27 DUSTIN LYNCH/Wild In Your Smile (Broken Bow) 2260 47 464 12 36 0 32 28 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All Night (Sea Gayle/Arista) 2051 399 488 112 44 2 28 29 GEORGE STRAIT/I Got A Car (MCA) 1918 11 432 -3 33 1 31 30 DAN + SHAY/19 You + Me (Warner Bros./WAR) 1824 170 412 45 38 3

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

30 31 JUSTIN MOORE/Lettin' The Night Roll (Valory) 1800 57 418 17 38 0 29 32 CRAIG MORGAN/Wake Up Lovin' You (Black River) 1767 -22 375 0 37 0 33 33 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Sober (Capitol) 1579 68 346 18 31 0 34 34 JOSH THOMPSON/Cold Beer With Your Name On It (Show Dog-Universal) 1492 56 321 15 28 1 35 35 BRETT ELDREDGE/Beat Of The Music (Atlantic/WMN) 1325 131 337 41 30 1 37 36 GARY ALLAN/It Ain't The Whiskey (MCA) 1197 78 249 21 26 0 36 37 SARA EVANS/Slow Me Down (RCA) 1132 -23 234 -8 29 0 38 38 JENNIFER NETTLES/That Girl (Mercury) 1006 -87 245 -21 31 0 53 39 BRAD PAISLEY/The Mona Lisa (Arista) 4 829 558 183 112 14 6 41 40 TOBY KEITH/Shut Up And Hold On (Show Dog-Universal) 799 62 226 23 19 0 49 41 THOMAS RHETT/Get Me Some Of That (Valory) 794 300 169 58 21 1 44 42 TYLER FARR/Whiskey In My Water (Columbia) 666 25 156 11 15 1 43 43 AUSTIN WEBB/Slip On By (Streamsound) 658 -12 135 -4 18 0 40 44 LOCASH COWBOYS/Best Seat In The House (Average Joes/Tenacity) 635 -106 130 -11 13 0 46 45 LEAH TURNER/Take The Keys (Columbia) 614 50 138 -6 24 0 45 46 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Follow Your Arrow (Mercury) 573 -16 124 -5 11 0 48 47 DYLAN SCOTT/Makin' This Boy Go Crazy (Sidewalk) 573 72 142 9 11 0 47 48 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Let's Go There (EMI Nashville) 514 -25 155 5 21 1 50 49 BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) 454 39 95 11 9 0 51 50 KELLIE PICKLER/Little Bit Gypsy (Black River) 416 20 85 0 11 0 57 51 KIP MOORE/Young Love (MCA) 388 208 81 37 14 4 52 52 WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Crescendo) 292 9 75 1 9 0 54 53 AMERICAN YOUNG/Love Is War (Curb) 220 7 46 4 10 0 55 54 KEVIN FOWLER/How Country Are Ya? (Kevin Fowler/30 Tigers) 209 18 50 5 8 0 58 55 MORGAN FRAZIER/Hey Bully (Sidewalk) 187 17 44 4 4 0 56 56 RODNEY ATKINS/Doin' It Right (Curb) 178 -12 36 -2 8 0 60 57 OUTSHYNE/Moonlight Crush (Millstar) 174 11 34 4 4 0 Debut 58 TY HERNDON/Lies I Told Myself (FUNL/Flying Island) 154 -6 23 -3 1 0 59 59 COLT FORD f/JASON ALDEAN/Drivin' Around Song (Average Joes) 148 -18 58 4 10 1