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NEWS! SPIN ZONE ! CALENDARS! CHART DATA ! NO. 1 SONG! VOICES OF SECONDARY RADIO! COVERING THE SECONDARY RADIO MARKET SINCE 2002 REPORTING ! Thursday, July 16, 2015 PANEL! CHART SPINZONE NEWS CRB Elects New Board Top Ten— Michael Ray has achieved his irst No. 1 song with “Kiss You In The Morning” taking the top spot. Kip Moore The Country Radio Broadcasters recently completed their elections for the 2015-2016 moves “I’m To Blame” to No. 2 followed by “Kick The Dust Up” Board of Directors. Charlie Morgan, Sr. VP by Luke Bryan at No. 3. Lady Antebellum continues the and Market Manager for Emmis climb and puts “Long Stretch Of Love” at No. 4. Thomas Rhett Communications/Indianapolis, has been re- leaped four spots to No. 5 with “Crash And Burn.” Zac Brown elected as President of the Country Radio Band moves up two positions with “Loving You Easy” at No. 6. Broadcasters, Inc. for the 2015-2016 term. To Mickey Guyton falls to No. 7 with “Better Than You Left Me.” see the full list of board members, click here. Chase Rice also drops one spot with “Gonna Wanna Tonight” In other CRB news, the Country Radio falling to No. 8. Maddie & Tae’s “Fly” is up one to No. 9. Sam Seminar is offering a special, early bird rate Hunt breaks the top 10 with “House Party” at No. 10. for CRS 2016, which will be held Feb. 8-10, 2016. Greatest Spin Gainers— Cam’s “Burning House” makes a huge gain to No. 35 after 480 new plays. Kenny Chesney’s … “Save It For A Rainy Day” had spins increased by 324 and Keith Urban’s “John Cougar John Deere John 3:16” is up 311. Luke Bryan’s ‘Crash My Playa’ 2016 Michael Ray reached the top of the chart after “Kiss You In Luke Bryan and buddies are beach The Morning” saw 260 more plays this week. Chris Janson is bound again this January when year two loating closer to the top 10 after “Buy Me A Boat” was heard of his Crash My Playa concert/vacation 238 more times. event takes place Jan. 22-26 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The all-inclusive concert vacation features four nights of concerts, Debuts— Kelsea Ballerini’s “Dibs” was the top debut at No. two headlined by Bryan and the other 74. Two Way Crossing was close behind with “Car Trouble” two by Dierks Bentley and Cole at No. 75. Also new this week are Marianne Allison’s “Take Swindell. Other artists on the bill for the My People With Me” at No. 76, LoCash’s “I Love This Life” at country iesta include Brett Eldredge, No. 77, Rusty Rierson’s “Hey Hey Hello” at No. 78, Zane Sam Hunt, Dustin Lynch, and Chris Williams’ “Jayton And Jill” at No. 79 and Bobby Wills at No. Stapleton. For more, click here. 80 with “Crazy Enough.” … … Country is Choice Among Teens as Nominees Announced Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, and Megan and Liz will all vie for Choice Country Song at the upcoming Teen Choice Awards 2015 on Fox August 16. Nominees for the category include Underwood’s “Little Toy Guns,” Bryan’s “Kick The Dust Up,” FGL’s “Sippin’ On Fire,” Hayes’ “21,” Megan and Liz’s “That Ghost,” and Sam Hunt‘s “Take Your Time.” For the full story, click here. McKenna Faith (L) visits with Doug Rogers (R) of WJMQ/Shawano, WI while out on radio tour for new single “Somethin’ Somethin’.” … Thursday, July 16, 2015 WEEKLY CHART DATA SINGLES CALENDAR July 20 New On The Chart —Debuting This Week Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Entertainment Artist/song/label—chart pos. David Nail/Night’s On Fire/MCA Nashville Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Ent— 74 Striking Matches/Miss Me More/I.R.S. Nashville Two Way Crossing/Car Trouble/J. Marlowe Records— 75 Blair Mathews/Ride/StoneyHill Records Marianne Allison/Take My People With Me— 76 Brandon Holland/Blame It On The Whiskey LoCash/I Love This Life/Reviver Records— 77 Rusty Rierson/Hey Hey Hello/Natchez Trace Records— 78 July 27 Zane Williams/Jayton And Jill/Be Music And Entertainment— 79 Jerrod Niemann/Blue Bandana/Arista Nashville Bobby Wills/Crazy Enough/Willing Entertainment— 80 Easton Corbin/Yup/Mercury Records Jennifer Nettles/Sugar/EMI Nashville Greatest Spin Increase Kayla Adams/Burn A Little Colder/SSM Nashville Artist/song/label—Spin Increase Kayla Calabrese/Give/SMG Records Cam/Burning House/Arista Nashville— 480 Andy Grammer feat. Eli Young Band/Honey, I’m Good/Valory Kenny Chesney/Save It For A Rainy Day/Blue Chair-Columbia—324 Music Co. Keith Urban/John Cougar John Deere John 3:16/Capitol Nashville— 311. August 3 Michael Ray/Kiss You In The Morning/Warner Bros.— 260 Waterloo Revival/Bad For You/Big Machine Chris Janson/Buy Me A Boat/Warner Bros.— 238 Bucky Covington/I Feel Ya’/Barefootin’ Inc Most Added ALBUMS CALENDAR Artist/song/label—No. of Adds Cam/Burning House/Arista Nashville— 29 July 17 Bobby Wills/Crazy Enough/Willing Entertainment— 21 Alan Jackson/Angels and Alcohol/EMI Records Nashville Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Ent—15 Moonshine Bandits/Blacked Out/Backroad-Average Joes Alan Jackson/Jim And Jack And Hank/EMI Records-Nashville— 13 Jerrod Niemann/Blue Bandana/Sea Gayle-Arista— 10 July 21 A Thousand Horses/(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial/Republic Nashville The Cains/The Cains [digital EP] —9 July 24 Randy Houser/We Went/Stoney Creek— 8 Ashley Monroe/The Blade/Warner Bros. Sarah Ross/Calm Before The Storm [EP]/Average Joes On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Entertainment Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Lucy Angel/Crazy Too/New Revolution-G Force Entertainment— July 28 191 Daryle Singletary/There’s Still A Little Country Left/TMFx4 Soul Circus Cowboys / Gotta Get Me One Of Them / DiamonDisc- … Kismet— 189 Rainey Qualley/Me And Johnny Cash/Cingle— 168 Sugarcane Jane/The Game/Arena— 164 JB & The Moonshine Band/Shotgun, Rile, and a .45— 164 Frozen Playlist— KMGO, KTHK, KWHW …

Cody Wayne (R) gets goofy with Jarrett Jackson (L) at KCJC/ Russellville, AK. Wayne’s on the road promoting his Edgehill Music single “Makin’ Love In The Moonlight.”

New Warner Bros. artist William Michael Morgan started his radio tour at WSIX/ Nashville. (L-R): Warner’s Kevin Herring, WSIX’s Kimsey Kerr, Morgan, WSIX’s Michael Bryan, Warner’s Kristen Williams, Warner’s Lou Ramirez Thursday, July 16, 2015

NO. 1 SONG Artist Spotlight Another debut song goes No. 1 on the MusicRow Zane Williams CountryBreakout Chart. Sponsored by: Be Music & Entertainment This week, Michael Ray’s Promotions Team: GrassRoots Promotions irst single “Kiss You In The Morning” reaches the top Current Single: after 20 weeks on the “Jayton And Jill” chart. Written By: The hit comes to us from Zane Williams Warner Music Nashville, written by Justin Wilson Hometown: and Michael White and McKinney, TX produced the label group’s Scott Hendricks. Interesting Facts: -Son of a college math “Kiss You In The Morning” will be featured on Ray’s self-titled professor and french debut album expected to hit shelves August 7. professor. -Didn’t discover country The music video was ilmed near Ray’s hometown of Eustis, music until high school. Fla. with several of his friends and family. -Married and has two children. Ray made his debut on the CW’s talent competition The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep in 2012. While on the show he met Career Accomplishments: Won four awards at the Texas John Rich. The two co-wrote Big And Rich’s current single, Regional Music Awards including Single Of the Year, Video of the “Run Away With You.” Year, Song of the Year and Entertainer Of The Year. Wrote the current Pat Green single “While I Was Away.” Grand Ole Opry Throughout the summer, Ray can be seen crossing the debut on April 25, 2015. Has had 3 No. 1 singles on the Texas country hitting county fairs and festivals. Music Charts and a top 15 as a writer with “Hurry Home” by Jason … Michael Carroll. Connect: www.zanewilliamsmusic.com Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Coin recipients.

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations WHMA Anniston AL KMGO Centerville IA WKDZ Cadiz KY KQBA Santa Fe, NM WUCZ Carthage TN WXFL Florence AL KSMA Mason City IA WLVK Elizabethtown KY KRVN Lexington, NE Renegade Radio Nashville TN KCJC Russellville AR KBKB Burlington IA KRRV Alexandria LA KRGI Grand Island, NE KFTX Corpus Christi TX KCNY Conway AR KXIA Marshalltown IA KXKZ Ruston LA WKPQ Hornell NY KGKL San Angelo TX KHBZ Harrison AR KICR Sandpoint ID WKPE Hyannis, MA WFRY Watertown NY KMKS Bay City TX KDXY Jonesboro AR KTHK Idaho Falls ID WKTT Salisbury MD WDNB Liberty NY KXOX Sweetwater TX KQUS Hot Springs AR WAAG Galesburg IL WVMD Cumberland MD WOLF Syracuse NY KYYK Palestine TX KWCK Searcy AR WIBL Normal IL WATZ Alpena MI KWHW Altus OK WAKG Danville VA KTTI Yuma AZ WOOZ Carterville IL WTCM Traverse City MI KITX Hugo OK WMEV Marion VA KVAY Lamar CO WDZQ Decatur IL WJNR Iron Mountain MI KKAJ Ardmore OK WAXX Altoona, WI WHWY Destin FL WMCI Mattoon IL WUPY Ontonagon MI KWOX Woodward OK WCOW Sparta, WI WTRS Ocala FL WIFE Connersville IN WMKC Cheboygan, MI KWEY Weatherford OK WGLR Platteville WI WPHR Ft Pierce FL WYGB Franklin IN KZPK St. Cloud MN KRKT Albany OR WJMQ Shawano WI WBYZ Baxley GA KAIR Atchison KS KYSM Mankato MN WFGE State College PA WBWI West Bend WI WOKA Douglas GA KKOW Pittsburg KS KBXB Sikeston MO WWBE Selinsgrove PA WJVL Janesville WI WTHO Thomson GA KVWF Wichita KS KDKD Clinton MO KYTN Union City TN WQPC Prairie du Chien WI WUBB Savannah GA KYEZ Salina KS KFAV Warrenton MO WDKN Dickson TN WDGG Huntington WV KBOE Oskaloosa IA WBKR Owensboro KY KWWR Mexico MO WEIO Huntingdon TN WKKW Morgantown WV KIAI Mason City IA WDHR Pikeville KY WQNZ Natchez MS WLLX Lawrenceburg TN WTNJ Mount Hope WV KLMJ Hampton IA WKFC London KY KZZY Devils Lake ND WOWF Crossville TN WKWS Charleston WV WGGC Bowling Green KY KYCK Grand Forks ND WMYL Clinton, TN WTCR Huntington WV page 1 Thursday, July 16, 2015

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 20 2 1 Michael Ray/Kiss You In The Morning/Warner Bros. 3574/101 8 260 3314 24 3 2 Kip Moore/I'm To Blame/MCA Nashville 3311/102 6 174 3137 8 4 3 Luke Bryan/Kick The Dust Up/Capitol 3263/100 7 200 3063 18 5 4 Lady Antebellum/Long Stretch Of Love/Capitol 3017/102 3 98 2919 14 9 5 Thomas Rhett/Crash and Burn/Valory 2929/103 6 175 2754 12 8 6 Zac Brown Band/Loving You Easy/Varvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground 2923/89 6 161 2762 27 6 7 Mickey Guyton/Better Than You Left Me/Capitol Nashville 2906/97 0 -3 2909 34 7 8 Chase Rice/Gonna Wanna Tonight/Columbia Nashville 2896/96 2 70 2826 27 10 9 Maddie & Tae/Fly/Dot Records 2725/99 2 55 2670 9 12 10 Sam Hunt/House Party/MCA 2637/91 9 216 2421 6 14 11 Keith Urban/John Cougar John Deere John 3:16/Capitol Nashville 2433/102 15 311 2122 10 17 12 Chris Janson/Buy Me A Boat/Warner Bros. 2301/86 12 238 2063 12 16 13 Brett Eldredge/Lose My Mind/Warner Bros. 2249/87 7 148 2101 27 15 14 Reba/Going Out Like That/Nash Icon 2107/76 0 -4 2111 27 18 15 Austin Webb/All Country On You/Streamsound 2054/81 4 72 1982 15 20 16 Toby Keith/35 Mph Town/Showdog 2005/87 5 91 1914 8 21 17 Chris Young/I'm Comin' Over/RCA Nashville 1989/100 5 99 1890 16 19 18 Brothers Osborne/Stay A Little Longer/EMI Nashville 1983/92 3 52 1931 7 22 19 Jake Owen/Real Life/RCA Nashville 1972/90 8 152 1820 20 23 20 Mo Pitney/Country/Curb Records 1848/89 6 98 1750 10 24 21 Old Dominion/Break Up With Him/RCA Nashville 1824/95 9 144 1680 22 1 22 Eric Church/Like A Wrecking Ball/EMI 1786/57 -49 -1735 3521 6 26 23 Florida Georgia Line/Anything Goes/Republic Nashville 1767/90 11 175 1592 4 31 24 Kenny Chesney/Save It For A Rainy Day/Blue Chair-Columbia 1656/90 24 324 1332 28 25 25 James Otto/Somewhere Tonight/Ottopilot Records 1628/70 1 13 1615 11 27 26 Darius Rucker/Southern Style/Capitol Nashville 1572/83 4 54 1518 19 29 27 Eric Lee Beddingfield/I Just Wanna Play/Rebel Dawg Records 1523/61 4 63 1460 6 33 28 Miranda Lambert/Smokin' and Drinkin'/RCA Nashville 1448/86 10 128 1320 13 34 29 Cole Swindell/Let Me See Ya Girl/Warner Bros. 1438/72 14 179 1259 11 30 30 Erica Nicole/I'm Making Mine/GTR 1420/72 4 51 1369 22 32 31 Parmalee/Already Callin' You Mine/Stoney Creek 1361/72 3 34 1327 4 38 32 Dierks Bentley/Riser/Capitol Nashville 1132/77 22 202 930 6 36 33 Billy Currington/Drinking Town With A Football Problem/Mercury 1126/78 13 132 994 16 37 34 Callie Twisselman/Breathe/Callie Twisselman Music 1004/51 3 33 971 2 57 35 Cam/Burning House/Arista Nashville 960/75 100 480 480 10 40 36 Branch & Dean/The Forgetter/SSM Nashville 931/53 9 79 852

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 5 39 37 Tyler Farr/Withdrawals/Columbia Nashville 927/66 8 70 857 14 42 38 Drake White/It Feels Good/Dot Records 853/50 5 44 809 11 43 39 SaraBeth/I'm Sick Of It/Circle S Records 828/49 3 23 805 9 44 40 Randy Houser/We Went/Stoney Creek 814/55 12 84 730 10 45 41 George Ducas/LoveStruck/Loud Ranch 698/42 8 50 648 3 58 42 Alan Jackson/Jim And Jack And Hank/EMI Records Nashville 659/53 39 185 474 20 46 43 Amber Hayes/Running Out Of Memories/GMV Nashville 644/34 6 37 607 7 48 44 Hunter Hayes/21/Warner Bros. 643/42 10 58 585 6 49 45 Olivia Lane/You Part 2/Big Spark Music Group 634/46 13 72 562 5 53 46 Rick Monroe/Great Minds Drink Alike/MRG 615/48 19 100 515 8 47 47 Leslie Cours Mather/Countrified/Cours Mather Records 603/37 3 15 588 13 50 48 Chase Bryant/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow 594/38 7 39 555 11 55 49 Dan + Shay/Nothin' Like You/Warner Bros. 578/35 17 82 496 5 56 50 Jason Pritchett/Good Show/BDMG 575/42 19 90 485 23 51 51 Big & Rich/Run Away With You/New Revolution 554/32 5 25 529 2 61 52 A Thousand Horses/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial/Republic Nashville 541/47 28 118 423 7 54 53 Joanna Mosca/Hand Out The Window/Dolce Diva 531/30 6 30 501 4 59 54 The Cadillac Three/White Lightning/Big Machine 512/44 11 52 460 4 62 55 Clare Dunn/Move On/MCA 503/40 25 100 403 3 63 56 Brian Collins/Shine A Little Love/Blue Light Entertainment 463/43 18 70 393 7 66 57 Lee Brice/That Don't Sound Like You/Curb 452/32 20 76 376 4 65 58 John Anderson/I Work A Lot Better/Bayou Boys Music 427/32 13 48 379 7 67 59 Ray Scott/Ain't Always Thirsty/deciBel Nashville 408/30 9 33 375 2 76 60 Denny Strickland/How Far You Wanna Go/Red Star Productions 407/34 50 135 272 9 64 61 Jon Wolfe/Smile On Mine/Tone Tree Music 404/23 5 21 383 13 60 62 Thompson Square/Trans Am/Stoney Creek Records 401/25 -11 -48 449 5 68 63 Charee White/Keepin' It Country/Slugfest Records 397/28 11 39 358 4 71 64 Sarah Dunn Band/Bye Bye/Audacity Records 380/24 19 62 318 8 69 65 Steven Tyler/Love Is Your Name/Dot Records 365/23 7 23 342 5 70 66 Dexter Roberts/Dream About Me/First Launch Records 331/20 4 12 319 3 73 67 The Cains/Journey's End/GMV Nashville 318/28 15 42 276 4 72 68 Jana Kramer/I Got The Boy/Warner Bros. 318/22 6 19 299 2 78 69 Corey Smith/Feet Wet/Rounder/Sugarhill 313/24 23 59 254 2 79 70 Keith Walker/Honky Tonk Shake/Motion Entertainment 301/24 21 52 249 4 75 71 Tyler Barham/Just Two Kids/YN Records 299/21 9 25 274 3 77 72 Craig Campbell/Tomorrow Tonight/Red Bow 293/23 11 30 263 3 74 73 Sammy Hakim/Empty Bottle/EXT Records 280/18 2 6 274 1 108 74 Kelsea Ballerini/Dibs/Black River Ent. 262/22 212 178 84 1 84 75 Tw o Wa y C r o s s i n g /Car Trouble/J.Marlowe Records 243/20 28 53 190 1 83 76 Marianne Allison/Take My People With Me/ 240/17 20 40 200 1 82 77 LoCash/I Love This Life/Reviver Records 233/16 4 9 224 1 85 78 Rusty Rierson/Hey Hey Hello/Natchez Trace Records 212/13 12 23 189 1 86 79 Zane Williams/Jayton And Jill/Be Music and Entertainment 207/15 10 18 189 1 175 80 Bobby Wills/Crazy Enough/Willing Nashville 200/23 1150 184 16

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