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October 11, 2010 Issue 213 September PPM Analysis: Shares Rise, But Cumes Fall Ten new currency markets – Austin, Charlotte, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Norfolk, Orlando, Providence and Raleigh – joined the PPM ratings service this month, and now 43 metros are meter-measured. Collectively, these markets represent two-thirds of ad revenues measured in all rated markets. There are 54,000 PPM panelists being tabulated on a daily basis, and nearly 71,000 participate each month. Buy Buy Birdies: The International Entertainment Buyer’s Association’s After two straight months where more Country 40th annual conference keynote speaker Charlie Daniels and execs revel stations declined in PPM than improved, September was in the success of the record-breaking event. More than 600 attendees considerably better: Of the 83 stations (including those participated, with Fran Romeo named Entertainment Buyer of the Year, Live Nation named Promoter, BLA’s Kevin Neal tagged as Talent Agent, now in currency) with generally a 1.0 or better, gainers led Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena named Venue, CMA Music Festival honored decliners 43-37, with three unchanged. as Event, Jim Morey taking the Industry Achievement Award and Variety However, on the cume side: Among the 172 stations in Attractions’ Todd Boltin joining Romeo as Chairman’s Awards recipients. Pictured (l-r) are Barry Jeffrey, David Corlew, Steve Hauser, Daniels, Gayle PPM metros, a majority (56.4%) lost audience, as decliners Holcomb and Paul Moore. led gainers by a 97-75 margin. Only five of the top 20- cuming stations added listeners. Collectively, these stations Jeffries On Cumulus Roles generated a cume of 39,288,300, down about 500,000 from Personnel changes in the top echelon of August and 2.8% below July’s peak of 40.4 million. Cumulus’ programming ranks prompted Among the September highlights: KASE/Austin and an email to Sr. VP/Programming Jan KEEY/Minneapolis were No. 1 for the third month Jeffries to sort out what all this might in a row, joined this time by WSOC/Charlotte and mean for the company’s Country outlets. To recap, Cumulus WFMS/Indianapolis. Montgomery, AL Market Manager and Country Format Dir. Bill (continued on page 4) Jones exited the company on 10/4. And we told you on multiple ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 11, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 platforms beginning late last night (10/10) that KILT/Houston y u n e s u s i c h a t h a p e d y i f e APD/MD Greg Frey would be joining the Cumulus Corporate M T : M T S M L Programming ranks as of Oct. 25. Jeffries tells Country Savannah Music Group CEO Ed Salamon Aircheck that Frey will oversee the majority of Cumulus’ discusses his five most important albums, singles or concerts: Country stations in medium markets, while Jeffries continues 1. Garth Brooks, Unistar Suite (CRS), to oversee KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas, WFMS/Indianapolis and Nashville, 1989: The first time radio saw WSM-FM (The Wolf)/Nashville. In effect, Frey will join Jim Garth perform. For four nights he did solo acoustic versions of James Taylor and Don Mahanay (News/Talk), Emily Boldon (various formats) and McLean songs, as well as songs that would Maurice Devoe (Urban) as “Corporate Programmers,” according become Country radio staples. If I said I knew to Jeffries. Rounding out the group are VP/Rock Val Garris and then all that he’d become, I’d be lying. Sr. Dir./Label Relations John Kilgo. Ed Salamon 2. The Isley Brothers, Jolly Green Giant, Pittsburgh, 1964. I never missed an Isley Brothers show in my hometown. This time they had a flashy guitar player who played behind his head. I stood right next to the stage New PPM Panelist Participation Limits and will never forget seeing those solos close up. A couple years In an effort to smooth spikes in participant later that band member moved to England and changed his name turnover, Arbitron is changing the length of from Jimmy to Jimi. time PPM panelists stay in the sample. In the 3. Skyliners/Since I Don’t Have You (1959): When we Pittsburghers saw this local group on Dick Clark’s Saturday Night old rule, the initially selected basic sample Beechnut Show, we realized that people like us could be successful. expired between 18-36 months, with the The Skyliners were much older than me then, but now we are alternate sample and ongoing basic sample about the same age and friends. I was honored when they asked me to write the liner notes for their 40th anniversary CD. expiring at 24 months. Under the new rule, the initially selected 4. Glen Campbell/Rhinestone Cowboy: This came out the same sample expires between 18-30 months, while the ongoing sample month I joined WHN/New York as PD and it went straight to No. expires between 18-24 months. The change will be implemented 1 at the station. Written by Brooklynite and current Nashville for Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle and San Diego starting resident Larry Weiss, that song will always represent to me the spirit of WHN and its New York area listeners, who made it the in November, and all other markets starting in March 2011. most-listened-to Country station of all time. 5. Joe Diffie/Ships That Don’t Come In: It’s on everyone’s list of the greatest country songs of all time. I now get to work with the Radio News writer, Dave Gibson, at Savannah Music Group, and I know his • Arbitron’s popular Radio Today 2010 annual study is now available guitar has a few more tunes like this ready to come out. free at www.arbitron.com. The report is a comprehensive profile of • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream album. I think I get it from the single. radio listening across America including numerous format studies. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: I have We’re pleased to report that Country is the nation’s No. 1 format. never developed an appreciation for classical music. I know it is • WXXK/Lebanon, NH OM/PD/PM driver Justin Tyler moves important, but it just doesn’t move me. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Local Pittsburgh to mornings tomorrow (10/12), where he’ll team with Amy disc jockey Porky Chedwick’s collection of oldies. I listened so much I Kenney. She had been doing mornings since February with Dru wore it out and bought another. I started collecting records because Johnson, who left the station today (10/11). Tyler is looking I wanted to have everything Porky played. for a new afternoon personality; • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Nolan Neal’s “Crazy Girl.” Find it on MySpace. I Airchecks and resumes to him at jtyler@ guarantee you will be cursing me for giving you an earworm, but uppervaleyradio.com. in a good way. • According to the Gainesville Sun, the

©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 11, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 University of Florida is flipping Rock WRUF-FM/Gainesville to Country as “Country 103.7 The Gator.” The flip is expected Tu b e Ch e c k this week. Read more here. Tuesday 10/12 - Trace Adkins, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson • Independent artist Travis Rush co-hosted a one-hour show on (CBS); The Band Perry, Introducing (GAC). hometown station KUPL-FM/Portland, OR recently. Check it Wednesday 10/13 - Jamey Johnson, GAC Special: The Guitar Song. out here. • Envision Radio Networks’ AmeriCountry prep service has Thursday 10/14 - Gary Allan, Live From The House Of Blues (re-air) (GAC). added KAMS-FM/Springfield, MO as an affiliate. Friday 10/15 - Darius Rucker, The Band Perry, Top 20 Country • Envision’sThe Country Oldies Show has added WSIG-FM/ Countdown (GAC). Harrisonburg, VA as an affiliate. • CountryMusicIsLove.com is offering stations a free weekly Saturday 10/16 - Various Artists, CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock! (re-air) (GAC). news segment. Contact the company here. • The Arbitron Client Conference/Jacobs Media Summit will Sunday 10/17 - Toby Keith, Conversations From The Road (re-air) (GAC). be held Dec. 7-9 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. This year’s theme is Positioning, Digital/Mobile and Ratings Strategies Concert And Art Auction Event Oct. 23. Additional artists will For Today And The Future. Registration is $124 for Arbitron or be announced closer to the event date. More than 70 pieces Jacobs Media clients, $349.99 for non-clients. Details at www. of art created from flood-damaged instruments will be up for arbitron.com/movingup. bids during the charity auction, which will benefit uninsured musicians through MusiCares and the Nashville Musicians Chart Chat Association. Details here. Congrats to Josh Turner, Van Haze, Royce Gloriana have posed for the sp[OIL]ed photographic Risser and the MCA and UMG teams on movement to raise awareness and funds for Louisiana’s oil spill scoring this week’s No. 1 single with Turner’s relief efforts. Details here. “All Over Me.” DigitalRodeo.com will produce a 26-episode series following Australian duo O’Shea’s rise to prominence. The show will Artist News Josh Turner begin airing on Australia’s Country Music Channel Oct. 23. Black River Music Group’s Due West have signed with Catapult Management and GrassRoots Promotion for management. Chronicle EMI Nashville has launched Troy Olsen’s official website, Heartfelt condolences are extended to Sony/Nashville’s Skip which also hosts his “T-Birds” fan club. Details here. Bishop on today’s (10/11) unexpected passing of his mother CMT’s Katie Cook has partnered with Chocolate.com to Grace Bishop in Alabama. We’ll pass along arrangement info as plug weekly chocolate offerings through her Twitter account. it becomes available. Tennessee residents can enter “KC” for a discount at the online candy store’s checkout. Follow Cook here. Justin.tv will stream a live Bo Bice concert from his home The Week’s Top Stories studio Wednesday (10/13) at 8pm ET. A fan Q&A will also be Access full coverage in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. featured. Details here. • Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL MM and Country Format Anthony Smith, Eddy Raven, Kentucky Thunder and Dir. Bill Jones was named PD for The Country Network. Jeremy Lister will perform the ReTune Nashville Benefit Jones left Cumulus Oct. 4. Reach him here. (CAT 10/7) ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 11, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4 • KHKI/Des Moines PD and 18-year station vet Andy Elliott was Ch e c k Ou t : 10/12 named Midwest promo rep for New Revolution Entertainment. He replaces Joe Schuld, who is leaving to co-manage Arista-Sea Trace Adkins The Definitive Greatest Hits: Til The Gayle/Nashville artist Jerrod Neimann. (CAT 10/7) Last Shot’s Fired (Capitol) • Entravision’s KNTY/Sacramento middayer Kelly Symone was This double-disc compilation spans 28 hits from Adkins’ Capitol catalog including “You’re Gonna promoted to MD, with weekender Chad Johnson rising to take the Miss This,” “(This Ain’t No) Thinkin’ Thing,” “Ladies midday shift. Reach Symone at 916-648-6037 or here. (CAT 10/7) Love Country Boys” and “I Left Something Turned • Promotion vet Tony Morreale was hired in-house at Average Joes On At Home.” Entertainment. Reach him at 615-595-2523 or here. (CAT 10/7) • The 2010 CMA Music Festival yielded a record $2,924,936 in The Band Perry The Band Perry (Republic Nashville) Lead single “Hip To My Heart” and on-the-cusp- charity funds to support Nashville music education and to aid of-top-10 “If I Die Young” are featured on this 11- flood relief. (CAT 10/6) track debut. Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry wrote • Pamal RVP/Programming Kevin Callahan was named PD for and co-wrote nine songs. Brett Beavers, Jeff Cohen Lincoln Financial’s KSON/San Diego. Reach him here. (CAT 10/5) and American Idol’s Kara DioGuardi are among the • Entercom’s KKWF/Seattle Fitz In The Morning show will be co-writers. Nathan Chapman, Matt Serletic and Paul Worley produced. heard in the same time slot on sister Wolf KBWF/San Francisco as Ken Anderson and Corey Foley exit. (CAT 10/5) Lady Antebellum A Merry Little Christmas (Target) • Pamal/Gainesville Market Manager Ben Hill was named SVP/ The trio updates classics “Have Yourself A Merry MM for CBS Radio/West Palm Beach, which includes Country Little Christmas,” “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” WIRK. (CAT 10/5) “Blue Christmas,” “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” and “Silver Bells” and adds original “On The • Clear Channel/Little Rock GSM Kevin Waltman was promoted Winter’s Night” on this Target exclusive. to Market Manager for the company’s five-station Tallahassee, FL cluster, which includes Country WTNT-FM. (CAT 10/5) Darius Rucker Charleston, SC 1966 (Capitol) • Ken Fearnow was named SVP/Operations for Payne Radio Inspired by the title of Radney Foster’s Del Rio, Group’s six stations in eastern Oklahoma. (CAT 10/5) Texas 1959, Rucker’s 13-track sophomore release pays homage to his roots. “I was born and raised in the greatest city in the world,” Rucker writes in September PPM (continued from page 1) the liner notes. “I love Charleston, SC, and I feel it is Twelve stations set 6+ share records: KASE; KVET-FM/ embedded in my music.” Rucker co-wrote all cuts. Austin; WKLB/Boston; WHOK/Columbus, OH; WFMS; Brad Paisley appears on “I Don’t Care” and bluegrass pickers John Milwaukee Classic Country stations WOKY-AM and WZBK; Cowan, Sam Bush and Béla Fleck guest on “Love Will Do That.” Frank Rogers produced. WSM-AM/Nashville; WUSH/Norfolk; WCTK/Providence; and WMZQ/Washington, DC. WUBL/Atlanta gained for the eighth straight month and set a new share record for third month nationally for the first time), WKKT/Charlotte, KYGO/ in a row. Meanwhile, KWOF/Denver and KWNR/Las Vegas Denver, Nashville’s WSIX, WKDF and Classic Country WSM- both improved for the third straight session. AM, WPCV/Lakeland in Orlando, WFUS/Tampa and WCTK/ New share rank records were set by KVET-FM, WCTK, Providence in Boston, which gained audience for the eight WHOK, WMZQ, WOKY-AM, WSM-AM, WSOC, WUBL, month in a row, a PPM record among Country radio nationally. WUSH and WZBK. New cume rank peaks were achieved by WCTK/Providence in Cume records were broken by KASE, WKLB (top 10 Boston and WUBL. The largest one-month gain (1.1) was posted ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 11, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5

Bi r t h d a y s Country’s PPM Cume Leaders Tuesday (10/12) - Martie Maguire, Lisa Andrick, Mark Evans (mark. [email protected]), Eddie Long, Justin Niebank, Erin Beller August September Wednesday (10/13) - Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton, Marie Osmond, 1 1 KPLX/Dallas 1,206,600 Julie Piat, Wayland Stubblefield, Jennifer Switzer (jennifer@ 2 2 WUSN/Chicago 1,154,200 brickagency.com), Joe Zanger 3 3 KKGO/Los Angeles 987,000 Thursday (10/14) - Natalie Maines, Melba Montgomery, Renee 4 4 KKBQ/Houston 958,800 Behrman, Spencer Burke ([email protected]), Melissa 6 5 WYCD/Detroit 902,500 Miggo, Kerri Pauley, Evelyn Shriver 7 6 KILT-FM/Houston 884,100 Friday (10/15) - Dean Miller, Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town), 5 7 KSCS/Dallas 874,000 Karyn Bishop Macky ([email protected]) 8 8 KEEY/Minneapolis 791,900 Saturday (10/16) - Jim Ed Norman, Adrian Michaels (amichaels@ 11 9 WKLB/Boston 750,100 curb.com) 10 10 WUBL/Atlanta 741,800 9 11 WKHX/Atlanta 741,000 Sunday (10/17) - Earl Thomas Conley, Alan Jackson, Joe Patrick ([email protected]), Anthony Van Dollen 13 12 WXTU/Philadelphia 738,800 15 13 KMPS/Seattle 634,500 Monday (10/18) - Josh Gracin, Darlene Evans, Gwen Foster (gwen@ 12 14 WMZQ/Washington 631,100 averagejoesent.com) 14 15 KCYY/San Antonio 602,600 by WCTK in its home market, followed by KUBL/Salt Lake City (0.9), and then WMIL/Milwaukee, KUPL/Portland, Lon Helton, [email protected] KFRG/Riverside and KCYY/San Antonio (0.8 each). WFMS Chuck Aly, [email protected] holds the largest 6+ share in PPM with a 10.9. Jeff Green, [email protected] The 6+ format lead changed hands in two markets: KMPS/ Lauren Tingle, [email protected] Angela Gimlin Seattle broke away from a tie with KKWF, while KCYY/San , [email protected] (615) 320-1450 Antonio reclaimed that metro’s 6+ format crown from KAJA. ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 11, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 September PPM Scoreboard KEEY/Minneapolis 8.7 (1) 8.3 (1t) 804,700 (4) 791,900 (6) Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country oulet, a “^” designates Country WWJO/St. Cloud, MN 1.0 (22) 0.9 (22t) 114,500 (21) 119,000 (21) stations in the same market owned by a single operator, a “t” indicates a tie and Minneapolis September PPM a “*” indicates a record high showing for the station in that particular category. WSIX/Nashville 6.1* (6t) 5.8 (7) 324,400 (5) 347,700* (5) 6+ Share 6+ Share Cume Cume WKDF/Nashville 5.7 (8) 5.1 (9) 311,600 (6) 334,600* (6) Station/City (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) WSM-FM/Nashville 3.3 (12) 3.4 (12t) 309,500* (7)* 283,600 (7) August ‘10 September ‘10 August ‘10 September ‘10 WSM-AM/Nashville+ 2.4 (16) 2.6* (15t)* 67,300 (21) 69,600* (21) WHKX/Atlanta 5.6 (3t) 5.2 (4) 803,400 (9) 741,000 (10) WGH-FM/Norfolk 7.2 (4) 6.0 (5) 272,300* (11) 259,800 (11) WUBL/Atlanta 4.3* (8t)* 4.6* (8)* 774,800* (11) 741,800 (9)* WUSH/Norfolk 3.9 (13) 5.2* (9)* 247,300* (13) 215,200 (13) KASE/Austin^ 8.7 (1) 8.9 (1) 422,300 (4) 426,000* (4) WWKA/Orlando 5.5 (7t) 5.3 (8) 302,300 (9) 305,000 (9) KVET-FM/Austin^ 4.7 (10) 5.4* (7t)* 295,200 (9) 298,700 (8) WPCV/Lakeland 1.4* (21t) 1.2 (21) 130,900 (18) 138,000* (18) WPOC/Baltimore 7.6 (3) 7.8 (2) 508,300 (5) 534,100 (5) Orlando September PPM WXCY/Wilmington, DE 1.3 (21t)* 1.1 (25t) 113,900 (25) 109,000 (27) WXTU/Philadelphia 4.1 (9) 4.4 (7) 650,100 (16) 738,800 (15) Baltimore September PPM KNIX/Phoenix 3.2 (12) 3.3 (13) 587,500 (10) 552,800 (11) WKLB/Boston 5.6 (4)* 5.7* (4) 725,300* (11) 750,100* (11) KMLE/Phoenix 3.0 (14t) 3.0 (14) 578,100 (11) 544,500 (12) WCTK/Providence 0.8 (26) 0.9 (24t) 177,800 (29) 199,700 (24) WDSY/Pittsburgh 7.2 (4) 6.7 (6) 522,200 (7) 504,900 (7) Boston September PPM WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.6 (16t) 1.7 (17) 169,800 (13) 150,800 (14) WSOC/Charlotte 7.8 (2) 8.2 (1)* 522,100 (5) 515,200 (7) WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.7 (15) 1.4 (20t) 130,400 (17) 118,500 (18) WKKT/Charlotte 6.7 (3)* 6.5 (4) 514,000 (6) 522,200* (5) WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 0.9 (24) 0.7 (26t) 98,900 (23) 74,400 (29) WUSN/Chicago 3.6 (10) 4.1 (5) 1,174,500 (15t) 1,154,200 (14) KWJJ/Portland 6.1* (2t)* 5.0 (5) 403,000 (8) 414,400 (8) WUBE/Cincinnati^ 6.8 (3) 6.5 (3) 477,300 (5) 502,600 (6) KUPL/Portland 3.5 (11t) 4.3 (8) 365,200 (11) 346,600 (12) WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.3 (18) 1.1 (21t) 165,900 (17) 150,500 (18) WCTK/Providence 7.8 4) 8.9 (3) 326,600 (6) 342,200 (6) WPFB-FM/Dayton 1.0 (22t) 1.1 (21t) 139,900 (18) 150,000 (19) WKLB/Boston 1.2 (18t) 1.2 (20) 104,100 (21) 85,400 (22) Cincinnati September PPM Providence September PPM WGAR/Cleveland 8.5* (2) 7.8 (3) 467,500 (7) 437,200 (8) WQDR-FM/Raleigh 8.0 (2t)* 7.9 (4) 335,200 (5) 330,300 (4) WQMX/Akron 1.3 (18) 1.0 (21t) 151,700 (17) 139,200 (17) KFRG/Riverside 4.0 (7) 4.8 (6) 331,500 (11) 349,000 (9) Cleveland September PPM WCOL/Columbus, OH 8.3 (2) 7.2 (3) 418,300 (3) 378,100 (3) KKGO/Los Angeles 1.3 (24t) 1.5 (23t) 148,300 (23) 150,500 (24) Riverside September PPM WHOK/Columbus, OH 2.0 (16) 2.4* (14)* 167,200* (15) 148,000 (15) KNCI/Sacramento 5.5 (5) 5.3 (6) 341,700 (11) 339,200 (10) WCLT-FM/Columbus, OH 3.4* (12t)* 2.3 (15) 142,700* (17)* 132,200 (18) KNTY/Sacramento 2.5 (15t) 2.4 (17) 225,100 (15) 204,000 (15) KPLX/Dallas 4.8 (4t) 5.2 (2) 1,266,700 (4) 1,206,600 (4) KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.0 (4) 5.9 (4) 422,000 (4) 425,900 (5) KSCS/Dallas 4.0 (8) 3.7 (8) 921,000 (11) 874,000 (12) KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City 2.9 (16) 3.4 (12) 273,900 (15) 269,600 (15) KYGO/Denver 5.1 (3t) 5.4 (2) 474,900 (12) 539,800* (5) KWOF/Denver 2.2 (20) 2.3 (19t) 258,400 (17) 280,500 (17) KEGA/Salt Lake City 3.1 (15) 2.3 (18) 250,400 (16) 243,300 (16) WYCD/Detroit 5.4 (3) 5.0 (5) 918,300 (8) 902,500 (9) KCYY/San Antonio 5.3 (6) 6.1 (2t) 622,800 (2) 602,600 (1) KKBQ/Houston^ 3.7 (9t) 3.6 (8) 979,300 (7) 958,800 (7) KAJA/San Antonio 6.1 (4) 5.8 (5t) 526,300 (6) 521,900 (6) KILT-FM/Houston 3.3 (12t) 3.3 (13t) 832,900 (10) 884,100 (9) KSON/San Diego 2.9 (15t) 3.4 (11) 369,400 (12) 414,000 (12) KTHT/Houston^+ 1.5 (23) 1.8 (22) 387,000 (21) 421,800 (21) KUSS/San Diego 1.7 (24) 1.9 (23t) 283,800 (20) 274,600 (20) WFMS/Indianapolis 10.8* (1)* 10.9* (1) 385,400* (3)* 371,900 (6) KBWF/San Francisco 1.7 (25) 1.6 (25) 478,600 (24) 477,900 (24) WLKH/Indianapolis 6.9* (4)* 5.9 (6) 379,700* (6)* 352,300 (7) KRTY/San Jose 1.1 (28) 1.2 (27t) 218,300 (32) 226,800 (32) San Francisco September PPM KFKF/Kansas City^ 5.2 (6) 5.0 (6) 293,400 (11) 295,100 (10) KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.3 (10) 4.9 (7t) 314,100 (9) 335,500 (8) KRTY/San Jose 3.9 (9t) 3.8 (10t) 178,400 (17) 164,200 (18) WDAF/Kansas City 4.9* (8)* 4.7 (9t) 296,900 (10) 293,800 (11) KMPS/Seattle 4.5 (4t) 4.7 (2t) 622,800 (10) 634,500 (10) KWNR/Las Vegas 3.2 (13) 3.8 (9t) 189,400 (16) 208,700 (17) KKWF/Seattle 4.5 (4t) 3.9 (10t) 589,100 (12) 586,800 (11) KCYE/Las Vegas 2.5 (18) 3.0 (16) 184,600 (19) 220,300 (14) KNBQ/Seattle 2.3 (22) 1.7 (24) 333,400 (19) 312,000 (22) KKGO/Los Angeles 1.5 (26t) 1.7 (24t) 990,900 (26) 987,000 (26) WIL/St. Louis 5.6 (7) 5.4 (8) 576,700 (7) 543,500 (7) WKIS/Miami 2.6 (18) 2.8 (17) 420,300 (18) 439,700 (18) KSD/St. Louis 3.3 (15) 3.4 (16t) 505,200 (11) 501,700 (11) WMIL/Milwaukee^ 8.5 (3) 9.3 (2) 424,100 (5) 432,000 (5) WQYK-FM/Tampa 4.7 (8t) 4.4 (9t) 474,100 (9) 487,100 (10) WOKY-AM/Milwaukee^+ 1.5 (18t) 1.6* (18t) 54,600 (23) 55,300 (25) WFUS/Tampa 3.6 (12t) 3.9 (12) 469,200 (10) 540,800* (9) WZBK/Milwaukee 1.5 (18t)* 1.6* (18t) 119,300* (15)* 110,800 (16) WMZQ/Washington 3.9 (8t) 4.3* (8)* 652,100 (12) 631,100 (12) ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 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October 11, 2010 Chart Page 1

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2 1 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 15334 317 5445 41 38.96 0.88 128 0 3 2 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 15130 606 5419 199 38.12 1.47 128 0 1 3 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 14825 -974 5156 -372 38.15 -1.9 128 0 4 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 14618 520 5098 231 37.54 1.7 128 0 5 5 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 12528 559 4553 173 30.65 1.42 128 3 7 6 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 4 12179 1070 4283 414 29.98 1.65 128 0 9 7 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 4 11510 1356 4242 516 28.31 2.15 125 0 10 8 ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 10942 855 3903 342 27.86 2.07 127 0 13 9 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 10242 854 3658 289 26.26 2.37 128 0 11 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 10089 261 3561 94 25.9 0.75 128 0 12 11 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 9960 513 3528 159 25.34 1.33 127 0 14 12 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 8934 275 3309 97 23.19 1.16 123 0 16 13 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 8726 711 3150 270 21.4 1.41 126 0 19 14 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 4 8090 1011 2950 402 19.9 1.45 123 1 15 15 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 8068 10 3013 -16 19.92 0.26 124 0 17 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 7694 312 2656 113 20.38 1.26 128 0 18 17 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 7638 373 2844 137 18.04 0.78 125 0 20 18 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 7180 354 2594 132 16.82 0.82 124 2 21 19 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 6748 983 2606 390 16.04 1.4 119 2 22 20 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 6427 801 2254 322 16.76 2.42 122 2 28 21 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 4 5083 2088 1728 707 12.9 5.03 118 13 24 22 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 4961 416 1863 157 12.1 0.87 119 4 23 23 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 4811 207 1746 102 10.94 0.7 121 1 25 24 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 4445 347 1726 143 10.34 0.41 107 7 27 25 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 3459 115 1244 48 7.5 0.3 108 1

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

35 26 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 4 3022 1274 1010 438 7.43 2.86 87 26 29 27 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 2727 175 1054 78 6.04 0.42 100 3 26 28 Steve Azar/Sunshine (Ride) 2476 -1062 939 -406 8.259 -2.412 122 0 30 29 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 2439 146 933 28 5.09 0.35 86 5 31 30 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 2224 21 876 7 4.45 0.03 82 1 32 31 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 2166 30 888 25 4.93 0.09 79 3 33 32 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (Bigger Picture) 2027 73 824 37 4.09 0.24 80 1 36 33 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 1728 20 694 27 3.37 0.28 85 3 37 34 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 1673 20 676 7 3.27 -0.18 63 2 38 35 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss... (Stoney Creek) 1561 164 709 79 2.65 0.34 70 1 45 36 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 1473 584 511 231 3.36 1.45 69 25 40 37 DIERKS BENTLEY/Draw Me A Map (Capitol) 1472 229 550 88 2.96 0.42 67 6 42 38 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 1396 199 531 73 2.95 0.64 57 11 41 39 JAMEY JOHNSON/Playing The Part (Mercury) 1368 135 522 54 2.64 0.56 69 4 43 40 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 1136 120 480 42 1.8 0.25 60 5 46 41 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1085 319 413 104 1.81 0.63 54 9 47 42 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 1074 369 361 142 2.9 1.06 48 18 44 43 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 1021 83 338 34 1.78 0.27 49 3

Debut 44 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 868 305 277 96 1.63 0.49 36 9 48 45 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 698 43 324 19 0.93 0.03 41 1 Debut 46 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To... (Top Dog/BPG/Atlantic) 658 102 208 44 1.41 0.1 29 8 49 47 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 648 24 276 18 0.89 0.03 46 5 Debut 48 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA) 570 133 211 54 0.99 0.25 33 5 Debut 49 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros/WMN) 539 48 241 29 0.77 -0.1 23 1 50 50 STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) 510 -67 232 -34 0.72 -0.01 33 0

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 26 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 649 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 25 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 456 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 18 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer’s Daughter (Curb) 406 4 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 18 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 322 4 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 13 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 284 4 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 11 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 10 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 263 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (SeaGayle/Arista) 9 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 248 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 9 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 204 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To... (Top Dog Atlantic/BPG) 8 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 202 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 199

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 2088 4 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 369 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 1356 4 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 294 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 1274 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 268 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 1070 4 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 191 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain’t No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 178 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 1011 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 176 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 983 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 163 ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 855 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 154 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 854 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 150 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 801 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 145 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 711 Vi d e o Ad d s Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT jewel/Ten (Valory) TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 707 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 516 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 438 CMT PURE Adam brand/Ready For Love (Arista) TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 414 jewel/Ten (Valory) JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 402 STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 390 doobie brothers/Nobody (HOR) ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 342 mcclymonts/Save Yourself (Executive) KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 322 GAC BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 289 Adam brand/Ready For Love (Arista) REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 270 Ashley Gearing/What Do You Think About Us (Curb)

Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s october 18 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) Christian Kane/The House Rules (BPG) Moves 48*-45*; 698 points, 324 spins little big town/Kiss Goodbye (Capitol) 1 ADD: KRTY mark cooke/Can’t Cheat In A Small Town (Cotton Valley/Quarterback) UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To... (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) Debuts at 46*, 658 points, 208 spins october 25 8 ADDS: KATM*, KNIX, KRST*, WBCT, WBEE, WKHX, Lee BricE/Beautiful Every Time (Curb) WQHK, WRBT matt gary/I’m Just Sayin’ (17/Quarterback) ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) todd o’neill/Cry No Mississippi (Aria) Moves 49*-47*; 648 points, 276 spins 5 ADDS: KCYY*, KIZN*, WMIL, WOKQ*, WYNK November 1

GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I’m Down (MCA) None Listed Debuts at 48*; 570 points, 211 spins 5 ADDS: KATM*, KDRK, KHKI*, KTEX, WDXB

JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) Debuts at 49*; 539 points, 241 spins Points 1 ADD: WYRK* Country Aircheck Top Recurrents LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 9090 STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) Stays at 50; 510 points, 232 spins BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 7984 No adds LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 7642 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 6676 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 484 points, 1206 spins UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Atlantic/Top Dog/BPG) 6200 10 ADDS: KATM*, KCCY, KTEX, KTST, KUSS, WGNA, LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 5877 WIWF, WQHK, WQYK*, WXCY KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 5229 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 5166 443 points, 171 spins JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 4888 4 ADDS: KATM*, KFRG*, KZSN, WXCY LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 4876 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left … (BNA) 442 points, 171 spins 10 ADDS: KCCY, KCYE, KJJY*, KJUG, KRTY, KZSN, WCOL, TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) WGAR, WGTY, WITL 364 points, 143 spins 3 ADDS: KATC*, WRNS, WTQR BLAINE LARSEN/Leavin’ (Treehouse/Stroudavarious) 418 points, 178 spins RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) No adds 327 points, 127 spins 6 ADDS: DG Hot Country, KCCY, KUPL, WIVK*, WRNS, WXBQ JARON & TLRTL/That’s... (Jaronwood/Big Machine/Republic Nashville) 416 points, 170 spins JEWEL/Ten (Valory) 1 ADD: WTGE 324 points, 102 spins 1 ADD: WBCT GRETCHEN WILSON/I Got Your Country Right Here (Redneck/CO5) 389 points, 185 spins TRAILER CHOIR/Shakin’ That Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal) 3 ADDS: KJJY*, WIRK*, WRBT 309 points, 144 spins No adds JOANNA SMITH/Gettin’ Married (Columbia) Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those 381 points, 206 spins that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in No adds two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 2 1 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 4417 -78 2696 -42 4 2 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 4314 163 2654 57 1 3 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 4309 -195 2647 -132 3 4 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4254 -117 2628 -82 5 5 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 3754 33 2331 31 8 6 ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As She's... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 3348 144 2103 107 11 7 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 4 3338 406 2126 268 9 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 3327 248 2029 163 7 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 3292 -15 1980 -8 6 10 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 3280 -32 2041 -33 12 11 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 3134 263 2011 176 13 12 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 2883 108 1828 88 14 13 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 2834 76 1753 42 17 14 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 2581 190 1581 131 21 15 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 4 2430 284 1498 178 18 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 2341 103 1451 56 20 17 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 2298 127 1424 67 16 18 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 2292 -141 1399 -104 19 19 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 2266 51 1436 45 22 20 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 4 2208 322 1362 191 23 21 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 1770 108 1080 70 24 22 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 1640 199 1054 145 29 23 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 4 1530 649 1001 369 25 24 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 1467 139 854 99 31 25 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 4 1239 456 726 294 28 26 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 991 104 626 38 27 27 DIERKS BENTLEY/Draw Me A Map (Capitol) 954 36 592 22 30 28 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 951 138 619 100 34 29 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 817 204 503 150 32 30 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 782 57 464 26 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR October 11, 2010/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 36 31 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 640 66 431 53 35 32 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 583 8 359 9 38 33 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 557 35 301 15 37 34 JAMEY JOHNSON/Playing The Part (Mercury) 553 14 314 1 43 35 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 479 202 326 154 39 36 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 465 23 287 19 40 37 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 409 30 236 29 42 38 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 377 42 243 19 41 39 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 337 -23 169 -15 44 40 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 271 -1 145 1 46 41 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 261 24 192 21 45 42 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 256 12 171 6 54 43 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 236 82 179 57 48 44 GRETCHEN WILSON/I Got Your Country Right Here (Redneck/CO5) 212 15 111 11 47 45 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 193 -5 96 5 52 46 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA) 188 28 146 20 50 47 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 175 -3 126 -2 51 48 JOANNA SMITH/Gettin' Married (Columbia) 166 4 104 -1 58 49 RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) 162 61 105 33 53 50 JARON & TLRTL/That's Beautiful... (Jaronwood/Big Machine/Republic Nashville) 159 1 123 -3 55 51 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 151 31 126 24 52 52 BLAINE LARSEN/Leavin' (Treehouse/Stroudavarious) 113 3 83 3 56 53 TRAILER CHOIR/Shakin' That Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal) 101 -16 57 -12 60 54 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 100 5 71 2 Debut 55 DUE WEST/The Bible And The Belt (Black River) 94 3 69 2 Debut 56 JEWEL/Ten (Valory) 84 6 33 3 Re-Enter 57 DARREN KOZELSKY/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Major 7th/Spinville) 83 1 52 1 Debut 58 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) 83 20 50 13 Debut 59 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 82 8 67 11 Re-Enter 60 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 77 1 49 -1 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com