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June 13, 2011 Issue 247 Premiere’s A/V Remotes: Take Two Digital innovation pushed sweeping changes at last November’s Premiere CMA Awards Radio Remotes. Video-ready booths housed stations as Premiere partnered with Polycom to provide a website-ready visual in addition to the requisite artist audio expected of remote broadcasts. As with any large-scale transition, there were a few hiccups. Premiere President/ Julie Talbott Content & Affiliate Relations Julie Talbott admits that video capture was an issue then, but says those issues have since been resolved. And an informal survey of I See Checks Fly: Taylor Swift (r) and ACM Lifting Lives, represented by the participating stations bears out radio’s growing comfort level organization’s Erin Spahn, partner to donate $50,000 to St. Jude backstage at Swift’s Ford Field show in Detroit Saturday (6/11). with the new setup. “This time, we brought additional equipment into our space LP Sunday: Sparks Fly so we could very quickly share the video on the same day in The longstanding romance between country fans and country any way stations wanted,” Talbott tells Country Aircheck. artists erupted in fireworks again Sunday (6/12) as Taylor Swift All video and audio content was recorded and stored for radio brought the curtain down on the 2011 CMA Music Festival. The and made available the same morning, allowing stations to JaneDear girls opened to a warm reception access, edit and incorporate it on-air or the Web at their leisure. for “Wildflower” and “Shotgun Girl.” “If I For three stations that couldn’t make it to Nashville, Premiere Die Young,” “You Lie” and “Quittin’ You” brought Music City right into their control were The Band Perry’s crowd-pleasers. rooms, allowing the same artist access as Darius Rucker proved that each successive stations on-site, including direct eye contact. performer would receive a rowdier welcome CBS Radio’s WQYK/Tampa PD Mike than the last, with closer “Family Tradition” Culotta says all of what they record goes to the revving the crowd to maximum output. Web, and 60% ends up on the air. For and his 40,000 friends, Mike Culotta Blake Shelton and (continued on page 9) it was “All About Tonight” before he walked ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 13, 2011 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 the audience through his musical psychography that included “Play That Funky Music,” “Centerfold” and “My Prerogative.” Th e Pa g e Th r e e Pi c Trace Adkins’ surprise appearance on “” sent the crowd into a frenzy, and Shelton ended with his current No. 1 “Honey Bee.” He came back to introduce “Miranda Shelton” and warn, “She is going to melt your faces off.” Thankfully, on a beautifully warm and breezy night, music was the only variable with that potential. Miranda powered through her hits and brought out her Pistol Annies trio for “Hell On Heels.” Finally, Swift arrived with a delivery much like her current tour, minus the dancers and production elements. “Sparks Fly,” “Story Of Us,” “Our ” and “Mean” gave way to a run through the crowd to perform two more atop the production building at the back of the field. ’s four-day “Love Story” closed on that note as fans streamed off in many Don’t Tell Bruce: Serial smoocher Blake Shelton claims another victim, this time WCOL/Columbus’s John Crenshaw. “Here I thought I was the only one,” directions, fireworks booming overhead. Crenshaw says of his prized 2005 snap. Sent after he saw last week’s shot of Shelton with Bruce Logan. Have you ever made out with Blake? Send the LP Saturday: Idol Worship photographic proof to [email protected]. Spoiler alert for those planning to watch the ABC-TV special: Scotty McCreery and Josh Turner, and with the always-powerful “Independence Day.” A buff-looking Trace Martina McBride made the crowd go wild. The Idol champ and Adkins delivered a rowdy set that followed a quick, frenetic runner-up were “surprise guests” at Saturday’s show, which also appearance by Big & Rich with Gretchen Wilson. demonstrated that Country goes Gaga when it wants to. Little Clint Black and newcomers Thompson Square each Big Town’s acoustic arrangement of Lady Gaga’s “Born This contributed short acoustic sets, with the crowd seeming Way” was surprisingly well-received by the sold-out crowd. especially pleased to see Black again. capped the In addition to showcasing his three recent No. 1s, Chris Young night with a seven-song, greatest hits package, followed by a introduced potential medley of iconic ‘70s classic rock . Little Big Town helped summer anthem “Save beef things up on Boston’s “Long Time” and the Edgar Winter Water, Drink Beer.” Group’s “Free Ride.” Shortly after McBride and Alaina sang LP Friday: Louder Than Cicadas “Anyway” together, Hosted by Clay Walker and GAC’s Storme Warren, Friday McBride gave a night led off with a the National Anthem by Gary Morris and heartfelt, almost the crowd pleasing Ashton Shepherd. A sea of cell phones and tearful thanks to the cameras lit up for Dierks Bentley, who fell to his knees to bow fans, then belted out Rascal Flatts following his finale “Sideways.” Warren praised the audience, ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 13, 2011 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4

“You’re good. Almost as loud as last week’s cicadas!” A bit My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e baffled initially by theCleverlys , the crowd warmed up to their The co-op’s Nancy Russell discusses her bluegrass interpretations of Black Eyed Peas and Bangles hits. most influential songs, and concerts: Lady Antebellum’s six-song set was highlighted by the 1. Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline: I first heard house sing-along to “Need You Now,” which should make for it as a young tot sitting on the shore of Lake Tahoe. I’ve given away or worn out hundreds good television, as will Sugarland’s performance, featuring of copies, and owned it in every format percussionists Music City Mystique, who kicked off the through the years. “Lay Lady Lay” is one of duo’s mini-encore with a my favorite songs ever written and recorded. 2. Led Zeppelin, : My first choreographed performance and Nancy Russell concert and I had no clue what to expect. provided backup during “Find My friends and I anxiously walked in The Beat Again.” Keith Urban wearing big trench coats with snacks in our pockets – I think brought out summer tour mate I was around 13 or 14. I still can’t believe my parents let us all go without chaperones! There was this big cloud of pot smoke Jake Owen for “Don’t Think hanging over the crowd. Some woman went into labor toward I Can’t Love You” and worked the front of the stage. I’m glad I saw Zeppelin in their prime. his way through the stadium 3. Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.: The “” scene was happening on the West Coast in the ‘80s with bands for his closer “Somebody Reba including the Beat Farmers, , Lone Justice and the Like You” so quickly that . Dwight was a big part of this scene since Nashville wasn’t spotlight and camera temporarily lost track of him. Walker open to him yet. This turned a lot of people on to traditional country that probably wouldn’t have listened to it otherwise. entertained during the set change before closer Reba delivered 4. Merle Haggard, the Judds and , San Diego several hits including her new single “When Love Gets A Hold Sports Arena: Shortly after this show, I loaded up my car with Of You.” a Hefty bag of clothes and my dog, and moved to Nashville without ever having been here. 5. Alan Jackson, CBGB, New York City, Feb. 2002: One of the best CMA Fest Quotebook shows ever. Alan and his band blew it out! It was incredible to see Heard behind-the-scenes during the 2011 CMA Music Festival: him play in such an historic place. I told him there was urine on the • “You’re asking me to do math, which restroom walls that was probably close to being as old as we were. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: If I is dangerous. My first Fan Fair was in read or hear about something “highly regarded” I’ve never heard, 1992.” — Martina McBride I make sure to go listen to it! • “It’s such an amazing experience being • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Ryan Adams’ Gold, the Avett Brothers, the Band Perry, Mumford & Sons, anything surrounded by 50,000 people who are all from the Clash, Jasmine Rae (Australian artist who toured with Alan singing the same thing. You look out and Down Under). Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks, ’s Harvest, Hank it’s this never ending sea of people for as Jr., Haggard, Strait, Loretta and Conway and Jamey Johnson. far as you can see.” — Taylor Swift • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: The Heartless Bastards’s “Into The Open.” from their • “Can you sign this for me?” — Clay 2006 album All This Time on Fat Possum Records. Walker to Dierks Bentley, who signed a notebook for Walker’s daughter. Reach Russell at [email protected]. • “My house burned down. I’ve felt like Martina McBride ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 13, 2011 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 Rain Man for the last few weeks every time someone asks me a f f h e e c o r d r a n tl e y i lb e r t question, ‘Trace, what do you want to eat?’ ‘My house burned O T R : B G down.’” — Trace Adkins Valory’s Brantley Gilbert gives an • “I have a little video of my daughter’s reaction when I sent industry spin on the artist interview: Jay the picture of me with . I made a complete What station did you grow up listening to? WYAY (Y106.7)/Atlanta. They were fool of myself going up to meet him, but it was so worth it.” playing good ‘90s country like , — Sara Evans, who showed press cell phone video of her John Michael Montgomery, Clay Walker daughter’s reaction. and a little bit of Garth. . I •“The thing that really amazes me is not only the loyalty of love ‘90s country. the fan but the loyalty of country music back to the fan. You Brantley Gilbert Which regional is the worst driver? I’m couldn’t pull this together in rock n’ roll, not so much because going to have to give that one to Miranda Williams just because of the bands, but the egos of their managers. They’d go, ‘Oh, she’ll get mad at me. She texts and drives. I don’t have any horror my guy’s too big to play that.’ But you don’t have that here.” — stories yet, but I can make one up: We were in Texas when she Darius Rucker lost control and ran off the road a little bit. The car flipped about • “Happy birthday to you.” — Media singing to Chris seven times. Amazingly, it landed on all fours going in the right Young backstage for his 26th birthday, which was Sunday (6/12) direction. It was a good scare, though. • “These die-hard country fans come from all over the world. It’s What nasty truck stop food tempts you? The hotdogs and the taquitos – the ones so hard you have to chisel into. not just here in the US. It’s the least we could do. We love going Who’s your biggest cheerleader? Jo Jamie Hahr. She’s a and signing and seeing familiar faces and being able to look sweatheart. She’s been good to me. Hearing the things she says them in the eyes and say thank you.” — Lady Antebellum’s about the music, she’s not just pushing an artist or anything. You Hillary Scott really feel like she cares, personally and business-wise. What question do you never want to answer again? Tell us about Chart Chat your wreck. I hate that one because it’s a long story. It’s on YouTube. Congrats to Blake Shelton, Chris Stacey, Bob Reeves, Kristen Williams and the whole WMN promotion team on scoring this week’s Middletown, NY, which consisted of Orange county, now top single with Shelton’s “Honey Bee.” The part of the new Hudson Valley metro along with Westchester, tune is his fourth consecutive No. 1, following Rockland and Putnam counties. Cumulus’ WZAD/Newburgh “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking,” “All will be included in Hudson Valley; Clear Channel’s WRWD/ Blake Shelton About Tonight” and “Hillbilly Bone.” Poughkeepsie, NY also regularly has appeared in the Newburgh report. Arbitron Adds Hudson Valley Arbitron is creating the Hudson Valley, NY metro as a diary- News & Notes measured market for the Fall 2011 survey. It will be surveyed Hog Radio, led by veteran Arkansas broadcaster Jay in Spring and Fall, and would currently rank No. 38 with a Bunyard, is buying Country combo KLYR-AM & FM/ 12+ population of 1,471,000. The move replaces Newburgh- Clarksville, AR from Randall Forrester for $220,000. KLYR-

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AM is a 500-watter, while KLYR-FM is a 3-kw Class A. The h e c k u t stations’ signals reach the fringe of the Ft. Smith, AR metro. C O Mike Lytle and Bill Whitley of Media Services Group served June 21 Robin Meade Brand New Day (Sommerset Distribution) as brokers. Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me (Valory) Corey Smith The Broken Record (Average Joes) BMI’s Dir./Legal and Business Affairs Jeff Burrow has been promoted to Sr. Dir./Business Affairs, Licensing. June 28 Dolly Parton Better Day (Dolly) Beckon Entertainment has launched, providing full- July 12 Blake Shelton (Warner Bros./WMN) service event marketing and branding solutions for festivals, Ashton Shepherd Where Country Grows (MCA) tours, labels, artists and management. Click here or email for Chris Young Neon (RCA) more information. Industry vet LeAnn Bennett has formed the Bennett July 19 Ricky Skaggs Country Hits Bluegrass Style (Skaggs Family) Entertainment Group, a full-service project development July 26 Eric Church Chief (EMI Nashville) company encompassing physical and digital media, merchandising, books, films and TV. For more information, Aug. 2 Trace Adkins Proud To Be Here (Show Dog-Universal) click here. Album release info to [email protected]. The 25th Annual Music Row Ladies Golf Tournament tees off July 25 at Nashville’s Old Natchez Country Club. Proceeds benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Middle sponsorship dollars for Tennessee. More here. the American Red Cross. Compassion International will sponsor Manhattan, KS’s Rodney Atkins headlined, Country Stampede June 23-26 and Roanoke Rapids, NC’s with additional performers Rapids Jam Music Festival June 16-18. including Josh Thompson, Red Dirt Music Company has added Andy Velo to its Thompson Square and management and distribution roster. Mallory Hope. Inspirational Country Music Week will be held Oct. 24- Amber Hayes has been Rodney Atkins 28 in Nashville, concluding at the 17th annual Inspirational cast in the rodeo-themed Country Music Awards – A Night of Faith, Family & Country. family filmCowgirls N’ Angels, which will be released in 2012. Details here. Jo Dee Messina will headline a July 25 benefit concert in Pittsburg, KS to support Joplin, MO’s tornado recovery efforts. Artist News United Way will be on-site during Springfield, MO’s Show Show Dog-Universal’s Trace Adkins and Waggin’ Train Me Music And Arts Festival June 17-19 to raise funds and collect brand dog snacks have partnered for the Waggin’ Train Tail donations for those affected by the Joplin, MO storms. Live and Waggin’ Jingle Contest. Click here for more info and to submit silent auctions will also be held during the event. More here. an original jingle about man’s four-legged friend. Ty Herndon and NFL footballer Kevin Turner have been The first annualMusic City Gives Back concert in Nashville named co-chairs for the 10th annual CVS Pharmacy and ALS last week (6/7) brought in $90,000 in gifts, donations and Therapy Alliance (ATA) Researching A Cure fundraising

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To The Gills: MCA’s Vince Gill (right rear) invited radio folks in town for CMA Music Festival to his home last week. Gill showcased music from an upcoming album and showed off his home studio. Pictured (l-r) are a lot of nice people, as well as some execs from the label. campaign. Donate directly and learn more here. Financial’s KSON/San Diego. (CAT 6/8) Sugarland, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, • Music industry attorney Matt Adams was named Dir./Legal & , Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Zac Brown Business Affairs for Sony Music/Nashville. (CAT 6/8) Band and are among the artists featured • Curtis Media’s WQDR/Raleigh MD/night host Billy Dukes on the 18-track NOW That’s What I Call Country Vol. 4, which announced he is leaving ‘QDR to pursue freelance writing. streets June 14. (CAT 6/9) • Radio and promotion vet Bill Lubitz was named Dir./West The Week’s Top Stories Coast Promotion for Black River Entertainment. (CAT 6/8) Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com. • Programming vet Mark Lindow is the new PD/morning host • Clear Channel’s WMAD/Madison morning teamers John at Max Media’s WCMS/Nags Head, NC. (CAT 6/8) Flint and Tammy Lee were tapped for wake-up duty at Lincoln • After accepting a position as Black River Entertainment’s

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area was piped and draped, giving the feel of a private studio. This time, “Each space was wider with more room to get artists in and out, which made it more comfortable,” he says. “There were fewer wires and a simpler setup.” WDSY/ MD Stoney Richards also noticed a difference. “In November, it was, ‘Let’s see if this ship will sail.’ Six months later, they made improvements. The video is a nice bonus, and I think it helps radio raise our standards, too, because we like to do the same Stoney Richards thing over and over.” Talbott says that Premiere’s November overhaul Super Sized: KUSS/San Diego morning personality Cindy Spicer with John underscores how they parlayed the initiative into a learning Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Big Kenny have plenty of room in the station’s experience. “Digital has become a very important part CMA Radio Remotes mini-studio. of all radio stations. Two years ago, it was simply talked about. We’d only done audio, so we had to make the video a Northeast promo rep, WKSF (Kiss Country)/Asheville, NC turnkey solution.” APD/MD/afternoon host Brian Hatfield had a change of heart and returned to his post at Kiss. (CAT 6/8) Lon Helton, [email protected] Premiere’s A/V Remotes: Take Two Chuck Aly, [email protected] Jeff Green, [email protected] (continued from page 1) RJ Curtis, [email protected] “The reason it’s not more is because is we ultimately arrange it Lauren Tingle, [email protected] like music, balancing new artists with familiar artists,” he says. (615) 320-1450 In addition to technical improvements, Culotta notes that aesthetic upgrades were noticeable. In November, each station ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 3 1 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 16809 874 5635 327 38.407 2.416 131 0 4 2 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 16276 473 5303 175 37.168 0.79 129 0 1 3 KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 15816 -1022 5208 -330 36.166 -2.2 131 0 5 4 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 15542 988 5113 260 35.085 2.156 131 0 6 5 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 14139 1222 4790 436 31.398 1.707 131 0 2 6 BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) 14031 -2365 4640 -756 32.423 -5.301 131 0 7 7 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 13959 1186 4768 404 32.475 2.682 131 0 10 8 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 12525 1196 4168 408 28.531 2.832 129 0 12 9 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol Nashville) 11371 962 3780 313 25.328 1.954 131 0 15 10 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG) 11199 1119 3703 371 25.245 2.821 129 0 14 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 10650 437 3576 144 23.934 1.241 131 0 13 12 /Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol) 10469 113 3520 76 23.474 0.314 128 0 11 13 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 9700 -774 3361 -216 22.333 -1.685 127 0 20 14 f//You And Tequila (BNA) 4 7989 1384 2643 429 18.533 3.252 128 1 17 15 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 7949 531 2749 160 17.172 1.608 126 2 21 16 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 4 7662 1318 2626 462 16.191 2.192 126 3 16 17 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville) 7467 40 2451 16 15.601 -0.053 127 0 19 18 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 7013 346 2461 136 16.01 0.752 124 2 22 19 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 5819 134 2158 67 13.503 0.411 120 0 24 20 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 5179 642 1783 244 11.112 1.532 116 6 27 21 /Love Done Gone (Mercury) 5102 1135 1644 344 11.93 3.036 119 10 29 22 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 4 4843 2027 1629 738 11.135 4.477 114 33 26 23 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 4620 577 1586 247 10.15 1.605 112 10 25 24 JOSH THOMPSON/Won't Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 4054 -348 1489 -131 8.54 -0.472 111 0 28 25 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 3961 189 1563 52 8.382 0.518 109 2

Airborne indicates songs that have reached airplay on 60% of the Country Aircheck/ reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Chart Page 1 Chart Page 1 June 13, 2011 Chart Page 2

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

SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 4 3711 1917 1104 576 7.975 3.87 99 30 23 27 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 3231 -1356 1109 -463 7.408 -2.5 119 0 33 28 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 2688 553 950 172 5.259 1.116 97 7 31 29 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 2655 252 876 106 4.828 0.355 90 8 32 30 /A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 2532 161 905 76 5.064 0.279 83 2 30 31 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 2518 104 977 58 4.278 0.391 94 2 38 32 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1774 109 637 43 3.164 0.316 71 3 36 33 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1758 52 644 41 3.301 0.27 70 4 43 34 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 1702 470 536 156 3.391 0.91 76 27 35 35 RANDY MONTANA/1,000 Faces (Mercury) 1680 -55 660 -41 2.635 -0.107 81 0 37 36 SUGARLAND/Tonight (Mercury) 1639 -35 551 -3 3.309 0.12 54 1 39 37 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 1462 74 521 34 2.21 0.167 80 2 50 38 /One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1458 850 504 272 2.646 1.579 72 22 40 39 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 1433 75 491 22 2.685 0.248 60 0 Debut 40 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 4 1413 1413 453 453 3.294 3.294 61 56 41 41 JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1347 99 542 52 1.61 0.142 70 0 44 42 REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory) 1230 135 501 35 1.992 0.09 43 0 42 43 KIP MOORE/Mary Was The Marrying Kind (MCA) 1188 -53 437 -13 1.671 -0.119 67 1 48 44 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 1142 274 376 82 2.129 0.502 45 6 45 45 HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN) 1112 25 382 13 1.83 0.02 48 3 Debut 46 TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 960 960 282 282 1.891 1.891 44 44 63 47 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 927 534 348 201 1.537 0.845 51 17 49 48 SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville) 843 36 335 33 1.287 0.148 51 3 46 49 JENNETTE MCCURDY/Generation Love (Capitol) 695 -317 261 -62 0.87 -0.69 47 1

Debut 50 LAUREN ALAINA/ (19/Interscope/Mercury) 674 134 218 54 1.42 0.144 23 4

Airborne indicates songs that have reached airplay on 60% of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers.

June 13, 2011 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Country Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 56 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 2373 4 TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 44 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2248 4 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 33 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 1639 4 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 30 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 1610 4 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin’ (Capitol) 27 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 1195 4 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 22 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 1165 /Tough (BNA) 18 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 1138 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 17 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 844 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 10 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 833 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 10 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 778 Activator Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 408 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 2027 4 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 389 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 308 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1917 4 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 270 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 1413 4 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 202 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 1384 4 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 186 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 1318 4 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 184 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 1222 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 140 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 1196 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 126 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 124 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 1186 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 124 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 1135 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 1119 Vi d e o Ad d s CMT Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT’S NEXT SUPERSTAR WINNER/TBD (Warner Bros.) JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 738 luke Bryan & The Doobie Brothers/China Grove (Capitol/HOR) SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 576 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 462 CMT PURE GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 453 CMT’S NEXT SUPERSTAR WINNER/TBD (Warner Bros.) JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 436 STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS/Jubilation Day (Rounder) KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 429 luke Bryan & The Doobie Brothers/China Grove (Capitol/HOR) JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 408 MALPASS BROTHERS/Memory That Bad (HAG) JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 404 ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 371 GAC Jaron And TLRTL f/BIG KENNY/Beautiful Lies (Jaronwood/Universal) BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 344

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Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG) JUNE 20 640 points, 233 spins; No adds Colt Ford/She Likes To Ride In Trucks (Average Joes) DJ Miller/Between Sundays (Evergreen/Nine North/Spinville) PHIL VASSAR/Let’s Get Together (Rodeowave) Sara Evans/My Heart Can’t Tell You No (RCA) 635 points, 258 spins JT HODGES/Hunt You Down (Show Dog-Universal) 4 adds: KATC, KHKI,* KNCI*, KWOF Shania Twain/Today Is Your Day (Mercury) AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (R&J) JUNE 27 Alan Jackson/Long Way To Go (ACR/EMI) 568 points, 192 spins; No adds Brett Eldredge/It Ain’t Gotta Be Love (Atlantic/WAR) LUNABELLES/A Place To Shine (BNA) Christian Kane/Let Me Go (BPG) 532 points, 191 spins Marlee Scott/Beautiful Maybe (Bigride/CO 5) 4 adds: KILT*, KJKE, KRTY, WIVK* Rascal Flatts f/NATASHA Bedingfield/Easy (Big Machine) Ronnie Dunn/Cost Of Livin’ (Arista) SARA EVANS/My Heart Can’t Tell You No (RCA) JULY 5 489 points, 106 spins DIRT DRIFTERS/Always A Reason (Warner Bros./WMN) 8 adds: KCCY, KSCS*, KSOP, WFUS, WTGE, WUBL, WUSY, WYNK JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Oh, Tonight (PDT) Points 481 points, 119 spins; No adds Country Aircheck Top Recurrents RONNIE DUNN/Bleed Red (Arista) 9657 JACOB LYDA/I’m Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 8496 430 points, 221 spins; No adds MIRANDA LAMBERT/Heart Like Mine (Columbia) 8228 STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville) RASCAL FLATTS/I Won't Let Go (Big Machine) 7717 429 points, 175 spins; No adds THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me... (Stoney Creek) 7387 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Reason Why (Capitol) KENNY CHESNEY/Live A Little (BNA) 6347 405 points, 166 spins; No adds JASON ALDEAN & /Don't… (Broken Bow) 5811 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Look It Up (MCA) 4949 KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA) DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4917 394 points, 128 spins ZAC BROWN BAND/Colder Weather (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 4808 18 adds, including: KKBQ*, KPLX, KUPL, WCKT, WFMS, WGAR, WGTY, WITL, WIVK*, WIWF COREY SMITH/Twenty One (2011) (Average Joes) ASHLEY GEARING/Five More Minutes (Curb) 381 points, 125 spins; No adds 392 points, 175 spins HEIDI NEWFIELD/Stay Up Late (Curb) 1 add: KATC 362 points, 155 spins; No adds JASON JONES/Ferris Wheel (Warner Bros./New Revolution) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Numbers 386 points, 181 spins (For The Lonely/Quarterback) 5 adds: KUBL*, WCTQ, WFMS, WMZQ, WSSL 351 points, 144 points; No adds BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR) ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek) 383 points, 112 spins 347 points, 165 spins 3 adds: KZSN, Prem. Choice, WMZQ 1 add: KIZN ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 1 1 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN) 16665 833 2883 124 2nd Week at No. 1 6 2 CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA) 15025 1610 2589 270 2 3 KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol) 14876 -466 2572 -79 4 4 BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville) 14672 330 2519 53 5 5 JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory) 14189 253 2450 51 7 6 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine) 13081 58 2274 2 11 7 JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 12237 1138 2132 186 3 8 BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista) 11956 -2471 2050 -436 12 9 ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 11417 529 1982 76 13 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol) 10971 551 1921 98 15 11 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol) 10942 574 1910 113 8 12 TOBY KEITH/Somewhere Else (Show Dog-Universal) 10313 -1724 1766 -297 14 13 LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol) 10191 -228 1776 -48 16 14 TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal) 8805 542 1521 81 19 15 KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA) 8572 1165 1503 184 18 16 ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville) 8193 468 1406 70 21 17 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA) 7951 1195 1381 202 17 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville) 7484 -497 1262 -100 22 19 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 6127 336 1042 44 24 20 BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 5884 844 1029 140 29 21 BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 5851 2373 1045 408 23 22 RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb) 5807 578 1029 108 26 23 ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville) 5135 778 908 126 28 24 STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb) 4098 385 714 63 38 25 SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury) 3709 2248 649 389 31 26 DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol) 3510 739 635 124 30 27 THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek) 3248 427 572 71 27 28 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 3033 -1025 504 -174 34 29 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory) 2776 578 505 102 33 30 FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR) 2485 148 423 27 ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 6 ACTIVAT OR June 13, 2011/Chart Page 7

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 32 31 SUGARLAND/Tonight (Mercury) 2389 -224 421 -44 35 32 REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory) 2025 -57 357 -10 37 33 DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA) 2014 378 340 57 36 34 BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia) 1770 20 299 0 42 35 JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal) 1667 385 304 65 Debut 36 GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 1639 1639 308 308 47 37 JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 1576 673 275 114 43 38 JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow) 1449 187 242 24 40 39 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1398 104 269 15 39 40 SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville) 1295 -21 233 -7 46 41 PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave) 1217 248 219 35 45 42 GLEN TEMPLETON/I Could Be The One (Capstone) 1146 31 210 5 58 43 LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury) 949 465 166 74 48 44 HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN) 933 100 168 16 44 45 RANDY HOUSER/In God's Time (Show Dog-Universal) 878 -273 152 -61 49 46 RANDY MONTANA/1,000 Faces (Mercury) 792 9 120 -1 50 47 EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine) 731 14 119 6 52 48 GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN) 635 -38 102 -3 Debut 49 TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 607 607 117 117 53 50 DAVID BRADLEY/Hard Time Movin' On (Gecko) 592 -63 100 -14 41 51 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Reason Why (Capitol) 563 -726 110 -128 Debut 52 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG) 510 152 86 31 54 53 STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville) 509 -137 76 -26 55 54 JACOB LYDA/I'm Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North) 498 -138 81 -23 57 55 DUE WEST/When The Smoke Clears (Black River) 462 -47 76 -12 Debut 56 KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA) 441 163 72 27 Debut 57 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Numbers (For The Lonely/Quarterback) 423 0 75 2 Debut 58 BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR) 419 158 76 26 Re-Enter 59 KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG) 380 -13 64 -1 59 60 ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek) 352 -127 51 -23 ©2011 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com