Cody Johnson Cody Johnson takes the #1 spot! On My Way To You CoJo Music LLC
Dear Readers; CONTENTS We are saddened to announce that Jeri Lynne Smith passed away this morning 10/9/18 in Ballinger, TX. Jeri Lynne was On Air Personality/Music Director/Program Director/Sales Manager/Chief Cook and Bottle Washer(whatever was needed!) at KRUN RADIO in Ballinger. She was a fierce — Texas Music Supporter from it's very beginning and was instrumental in the careers of so many artists and industry people alike. She welcomed Charts every artist, big and small, into her station and treated all with the same love, kindness and respect. She was an inspiration to everyone she met and will be missed deeply by her family, along with her extended music family. Please keep all in your prayers. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, October 12, 2018 at Glory Road Cowboy Church with Myron Halford officiating. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to a charity of your choice. CODY JOHNSON takes the #1 position this week with "On My Way To You." BRI BAGWELL's "If You Were A Cowboy" is this week's Most Added while WADE BOWEN's "Death, Dyin' and Deviled Eggs" is the Greatest Spin Gainer! The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. AMERICAN AQUARIUM / Tough Folks BRIANA ADAMS / Gone COURTNEY PATTON / Shove CURTIS GRIMES / Put My Money On That PAGE 2-3 DAVID FRIZZELL, MARTY HAGGARD / Lefty, Merle & Me JAY COMINSKY / I'm A Musician — JEFF DUGAN / Bad Time To Be A Good Ol' Boy JOHNNY BUSH (FEATURING DALE WATSON) / I Gotta Get Drunk Monitored Panel List KEVIN FOWLER / Beach Please PAGE 5 RUMOR TOWN / When The Smoke Clears SAINTS ELEVEN (FT. COURTNEY PATTON) / Let Them Go Chart Breakouts SNAKE RIVER RED / Damn Oklahoma PAGE 5 WESLEY MICHAEL HAYES / Sing Pain WILLIAM CLARK GREEN / Hit You Where It Hurts — XAVIER JOSEPH / Long Overdue The following station has been frozen for 2 weeks. KMRK-FM (Odessa, TX) The following stations have been frozen for 1 week. KOYN-FM (Paris, TX) texashomegrownradio.com (Stephenville, TX) TRACtion TX would like to thank TREY GONZALEZ and JARON BELL for allowing CDX to distribute their latest singles to Red Dirt radio and the industry. We really appreciate your support! TREY GONZALEZ / Here I Am JARON BELL / Missin' You The TRACtion Texas weekly For those who don’t use CDX to distribute their new music but wish to be monitored by TRACtion TX, please send your MP3s along with the artist newsletter is published on Tues. name, song title, record label and add date to https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/tractiontx. evenings by CDX, Inc. — Connecting the music industry with Texas Red Dirt radio. For more Stay tuned, information call 615-292-0123 or email VP/GM Joe Kelly- Joe Kelly [email protected] CDX VP/GM [email protected]
Looking forward, Jessie Scott [email protected] TRACtion Texas Chart Director
WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Vol 3. #40 Oct 10th, 2018 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 4 1 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You/Cojo Music LLC 651 72 34 3 6 3 2 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/The Night Is Ours/Pretty Damn Tough Records 615 7 31 0 12 1 3 CORY MORROW/Whiskey And Pride/Cory Morrow Music 605 -22 30 1 12 5 4 CODY JINKS/Must Be The Whiskey/Rounder Records/Concord Music 578 16 34 0 16 2 5 CASEY DONAHEW/That Got The Girl/Almost Country Records 540 -74 33 1 18 6 6 MIKE RYAN/Damn Good Goodbye/Mike Ryan Music 519 64 30 1 10 11 7 WADE BOWEN/Death, Dyin' and Deviled Eggs/Wade Bowen Music 485 76 30 2 11 8 8 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/A Tornado Warning/Thirty Tigers 429 -3 27 0 15 10 9 ROBERT RAY/Two Steppin' At A Time/Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 428 13 24 0 12 14 10 PAT GREEN/Friday's Comin'/Greenhorse Music 397 16 24 0 10 15 11 CLAY HOLLIS/Can't Let a Good Thing Get Away/Clay Hollis Music 377 1 25 1 17 18 12 RANDALL KING/Mirror Mirror/Randall King Music 360 39 28 2 7 13 13 STONEY LARUE/You Oughta Know Me/Stoney LaRue Music 356 -32 24 0 15 19 14 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 331 15 25 0 14 16 15 JASON CASSIDY/Falling Too Fast/JC Music 327 -1 23 0 24 17 16 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Misunderstood/Vision Entertainment 325 1 18 0 11 24 17 BRI BAGWELL/If You Were A Cowboy/Bri Bagwell Music 273 47 21 4 4 22 18 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Honeywine/Flatland Cavalry Music 267 -4 20 3 5 23 19 MARK POWELL/Keep It Country/Mark Powell Music 263 -4 19 1 17 21 20 GRANGER SMITH/You're In It/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 257 -19 23 0 13 26 21 CAMERAN NELSON/Life Is/Miles Power Records 254 32 23 1 10 20 22 DERYL DODD/Ode To Cody Jinks/Little Red Truck Music 245 -47 18 1 17 25 23 KYLE PARK/Rio/Kyle Park Music 224 1 14 1 3 27 24 RAY JOHNSTON BAND/Tennessee Me/Lil Dude Records 207 13 15 0 13 29 25 NATALIE ROSE/My South/Natalie Rose Music 205 21 18 2 8 28 26 JESSE RAUB JR. (FT. CODY JOHNSON)/Sittin' Here/Jesse Raub Jr. Music 204 15 22 0 9 33 27 ADAM HOOD (FT. BRENT COBB)/She Don't Love Me/Adam Hood Music 196 52 17 1 6 30 28 GREAT DIVIDE, THE/Bound To Be There Soon/The Great Divide Music 169 -10 11 0 18 32 29 SARAH HOBBS/I Got Me/Sarah Hobbs Music 161 12 16 1 10 37 30 MATT & THE HERDSMEN/Hello Heartache/Matt & The Herdsmen Productions 128 19 10 1 10
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WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Oct 10th, 2018 | PAGE 2 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 35 31 JASON ALLEN/Smooth Talkin' Lady/Texas 222 119 -6 12 1 6 43 32 JON WOLFE/Hang Your Hat on That/Jon Wolfe Music 111 30 9 4 2 34 33 CODY BRYAN BAND/Texas Highway/Cody Bryan Band Music 111 -16 7 0 13 39 34 JAKE BUSH/If These Walls Could Talk/Jake Bush Music 111 10 7 0 5 36 35 STETSON WALKER/Say Hello To Goodbye/Stetson Walker Music 106 -4 11 0 8 38 36 DONICE MORACE/WD-40 & Duct Tape/Donice Morace Music 101 0 9 0 9 40 37 CODY WAYNE/Good Ole Country Song/Cody Wayne Music 100 2 7 0 9 48 38 FRANK RAY/Tequila Mockingbird/White Knuckles Productions 96 27 11 1 7 41 39 ZACH COFFEY/Wildfire/Zach Coffey Music 96 -2 8 0 12 46 40 JON YOUNG/Oh The Things I have Seen/Jon Young Music 94 22 8 0 7 42 41 KENNA DANIELLE/I-35 Reasons/Kenna Danielle Music 79 -3 9 1 8 45 42 KEVIN GALLOWAY/Miles And Miles/Nine Mile Records 79 6 3 0 3 47 43 DUSTIN SONNIER/Drinkin' Alone/Songs Of Sadness To Salve The Soul 78 8 6 0 2 -- 44 POWELL BROTHERS, THE/Somewhere Down The Road/Powell Brothers Entertainment 71 8 8 1 3 50 45 ISAAC JACOB BAND (FT. MIKE HARMEIER)/The Price We Gotta Pay/Union 28 Records 70 4 4 0 3 -- 46 DUSTY NEUMAN/Going Down To Austin/Dusty Neuman Music 67 3 5 0 1 -- 47 MARTY HEDDIN/Fine By Me/Dreamlined Entertainment Group (in2une) 66 10 7 0 1 49 48 CALAMITY JANES/Light It Up/Calamity Janes Music 65 -3 5 0 7 44 49 KALEB MCINTIRE BAND/Love Song/Kaleb McIntire Band Music 62 -12 7 0 5 -- 50 JOHN BAUMANN/Lonely In Bars/John Baumann Music 61 50 4 4 1 Number 1 = Most Added = Spin Gainer = Bubbling Under Position
JAMIE LIN WILSON/The Being Gone/Jamie Lin Wilson Music 51 SHEA ABSHIER & THE NIGHTHOWLERS/As You Weep/Shea Abshier & the Nighthowlers Music 52 DRAKE HAYES BAND/Blood Red Moon/Drake Hayes Music 53 STRYKER BROTHERS, THE/Charlie Duke Took Country Music To The Moon/Scriptorium/Thirty Tigers 54 BRADLEY BANNING/More/Bradley Banning Music 55 SHOTGUN RIDER/I'm Not Alright/Torrez Music Group 56 CHANCE RAY/Roll On By/Chance Ray Music 57 EDDIE SAENZ/Georgia Girl/Eddie Saenz Music 58 DREW FISH/Better Place/Drew Fish Band Music 59 DREW MORELAND/God And Cash/Drew Moreland Music 60
WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Oct 10th, 2018 | PAGE 3 Monitored Stations KABW-FM Abilene, TX KKCN-FM San Angelo, TX KRUN-AM Ballinger, TX KWOX-FM Woodward, OK KBSO-FM Corpus Christi, TX KKGQ-FM Wichita, KS KRVF-FM Kerens, TX KXKZ-FM Ruston, LA KBST-FM Big Spring, TX KMRK-FM Odessa, TX KRVN-FM Lexington, NE KYKM-FM Yoakum, TX KECO-FM Elk City, OK KNUE-FM Tyler, TX KSAM-FM Huntsville, TX KYKS-FM Lufkin, TX KERP-FM Dodge City, KS KOKE-FM Austin, TX KSCH-FM Sulphur Springs, TX KYKX-FM Longview,TX KFLP-FM Floydada, TX KOLI-FM Wichita Falls, TX KSCN-FM Pittsburg, TX KYYK-FM Palestine, TX KFTX-FM Corpus Christi, TX KORA-FM Bryan, TX KSNY-FM Snyder, TX coyotecountryradio.com KFWR-FM Ft. Worth, TX KOXE-FM Brownwood, TX KTCS-FM Ft. Smith, AR madeintexasradio.com KFYN-FM Paris, TX KOYN-FM Paris, TX KTFW-FM Ft. Worth, TX texashomegrownradio.com KHKX-FM Odessa, TX KPAK-FM Alva, OK KTTX-FM Brenham, TX KHLB-FM Mason, TX KPUR-FM Canyon, TX KTXM-FM Hallettsville, TX KHYI-FM Howe, TX KQSC-AM Colorado Springs, CO KUSH-AM Cushing, OK KIKK-FM (HD2) Houston, TX KRBL-FM Levelland,TX KUSQ-FM Worthington, MN KKAJ-FM Ardmore, OK KRRG-FM Laredo, TX KVST-FM Montgomery, TX Strikethrough = Removed Bold = Newly Added Underlined = Frozen this Week Double Underlined = Frozen 2 Weeks
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Chart Recurrent Methodology
When does a song move to recurrent on the With this in mind, the CDX TRACtion Texas chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we recurrent policy grades each chart position on a encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Texas curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart chart system. Rather than relying on subjective position and spin history for that song. Newly editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart process using the weekly chart data as a marker. before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered We strive to avoid having singles past their prime by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles loss from the single’s previous peak spin count upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a But we also try to ensure that singles “on the percentage, depending on the chart position. bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while In addition to making sure that only singles with to establish a solid base among early believers at significant downward movement become recurrent, radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any this methodology also benefits slow-developing number of reasons, the path to peak chart position singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the and/or chart position growth. lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at On a monitored airplay chart like CDX TRACtion risk of being moved to recurrent status with two Texas, the reality is that new singles bounce around consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly return to positive spin growth the following week, in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin which will reset the clock. increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.
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WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Oct 10th, 2018 | PAGE 4 Most Added Adds BRI BAGWELL/If You Were A Cowboy Bri Bagwell Music 4 JON WOLFE/Hang Your Hat on That Jon Wolfe Music 4 JOHN BAUMANN/Lonely In Bars John Baumann Music 4 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You Cojo Music LLC 3 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Honeywine Flatland Cavalry Music 3 WADE BOWEN/Death, Dyin' and Deviled Eggs Wade Bowen Music 2 RANDALL KING/Mirror Mirror Randall King Music 2 NATALIE ROSE/My South Natalie Rose Music 2 STRYKER BROTHERS, THE/Charlie Duke Took Country Music To The Moon 2 Scriptorium/Thirty Tigers (L-R) Jeri Smith and Granger Smith SHOTGUN RIDER/I'm Not Alright Torrez Music Group 2
Greatest Spin Gainers Increase WADE BOWEN/Death, Dyin' and Deviled Eggs Wade Bowen Music 76 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You Cojo Music LLC 72 MIKE RYAN/Damn Good Goodbye Mike Ryan Music 64 ADAM HOOD (FT. BRENT COBB)/She Don't Love Me Adam Hood Music 52 JOHN BAUMANN/Lonely In Bars John Baumann Music 50 STRYKER BROTHERS, THE/Charlie Duke Took Country Music To The Moon Scriptorium/Thirty Tigers 48 BRI BAGWELL/If You Were A Cowboy Bri Bagwell Music 47 JAMIE RICHARDS/She Remains Jamie Richards Music 43 RANDALL KING/Mirror Mirror Randall King Music 39 CAMERAN NELSON/Life Is Miles Power Records 32 (L-R) Kevin Fowler and Jeri Smith.
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