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October 6, 2008 Issue 110 Goodman On Carolwood Launch Sirls Interim At Lyric Street The launch of Lyric Street sister-imprint Carolwood -- Longtime RCA promotion vet Mike Sirls is joining Lyric detailed in both a Breaking News email and Country Aircheck Street as Northeast regional on an interim basis. Sirls will cover Today last Thursday (10/2) -- comes during a long period of the territory formerly manned by Chris Palmer, who has risen record industry contraction. We asked Lyric Street/Carolwood to the Co-National post at Carolwood. Reach Sirls at 615-497- President Randy Goodman 6125 or [email protected]. about the thought process behind building a new promotion team, Inside Today’s PPM Numbers among other subjects: This afternoon’s Country Aircheck Today featured CA: When and how did you overviews of the markets that received their first PPM-as- come to the realization you needed a second imprint? currency Arbitron ratings today. Here’s a more in-depth look RG: I don’t know that I can put a finger on the exact inside the West Coast PPM numbers. moment. Early on at Lyric Street we were having 11 or 12 KKGO/Los Angeles: Mt. Wilson’s “Go Country” can now releases per year. Maybe more. Then the lay claim to being the most-listened to Country station in the cycle really began to slow down and singles USA with a weekly cume of 1,101,300. It edges CBS Radio’s began to take longer. When your business WUSN/Chicago which posted a cume of 1,046,800. KKGO’s plans are built on being able to launch 2.5 September share 6+ places it 17th in the City of Angels. albums at 10, 12 or 15 weeks into a single, KBWF (The Wolf)/San Francisco: PD Scott Mahalick and then you get into 20, 25 or 30 week tells CA the Wolf’s 6+ cume is “pushing 600,000.” Among Randy Goodman singles, everything is clogged up. At some the highlights is a midday show that ranks sixth, 25-54 and a point you have to look at your alternatives. morning show that is tied for eighth in that demo. The PPM We’ve been blessed to be brought great music, [but] you “surprises” include an 11.9 in teens, which Mahalick notes is get to a place where you’re walking away from some really tied for second with Clear Channel Urban KMEL. Overall, unique things because you can’t get to them. If I’m inhibited Mahalick says, “I love the reality measurement. The format’s from putting out new music I’m just going to sit here and die a sweet spot of 35-54 is under sampled by Arbitron at only 80%, slow death. And that didn’t seem to be a good option. so when they correct this we should see a nice pop.” (continued on page 6) ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 6, 2008 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 KRTY/San Jose: GM Nate Deaton says of the San Jose PPM My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e numbers, “The biggest surprise is that everything Arbitron said about PPM has really been true here in San Jose. The San Jose Wortman Works owner Jules Wortman discusses her five most important songs, stations, which have traditionally been under-sampled in the albums or concerts: embedded market, have really risen to the top in PPM. In the 1. Bruce Springsteen, The River Tour, 1981: September data there are five San Jose stations in the Top 10, as The last stop in the tour was at Riverfront compared to only three in the (diary-driven) Spring book. Coliseum in Cincinnati. It was full throttle energy and set the pace for my high “KRTY was really sluggish in the last two books, but PPM school years. data shows our strength and puts us back in the Top 5 in adults 2. Bruce Springsteen, “Thunder Road”: The and Top 3 in Women. The sampling of this market seems to be song. The lyrics. Life. What a statement. so much better.” 3. James Taylor, “Your Smiling Face”: Jules Wortman Another lyrical genius who marked my love Deaton also notes that PPM has shown major increases in of singer/songwriters. This is a perfect song. midday listening, which he says comes as a bit of a surprise “for 4. “How Great Thou Art”: Without God and the greatest of his a format that is not a traditional at-work station.” word, what is there? 5. John Hiatt, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett: The Marlboro He added that KRTY’s cume is 148,300 as compared to the Music Songwriters in the Round Tour played the Chicago Theater spring’s 88,200. “The biggest cume we ever had was around in 1990. Amazing. 115,000. There are three San Jose • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Stations over 375,000.” Timbaland, Timbaland Presents Shock Value. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Enya. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: SheDaisy, Readers: Crass Isn’t Greener Knock on the Sky. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to The ol’ inbox was full of responses to last week’s editorial right now: John Gorka’s “Prom Night In Pigtown.” condemning the vulgarities permeating today’s Country radio airwaves. All listed below agreed with our view, and we would have printed opposing opinions but, honestly, didn’t get any. If you think let anyone even mention the word prude. It’s not old and out we’re old fuddy-duddies who don’t get today’s on-air humor, let of touch to want to hear pleasant things, especially early in the us know and we’ll print your comments. View the editorial in the morning. The folks I know just want to laugh and not have to Weekly archives (9/29) at www.countryaircheck.com. explain some dipwad’s comments to their kids. Is that too much Nashville Promotion Executive: “From certain radio to ask? And, ‘freakin’/frickin’/friggin’’ drive me up the wall. personalities taking cheap shots at my artists during on-air Don’t be such a weasel you can’t even say the real word. If it’s interviews, to the need to be the funny guy at the artist’s expense that important, go ahead and say it and get fired.” (which makes everyone look stupid, especially the jock), I Nate Deaton, KRTY/San Jose GM: “We have the one type wonder how these personalities expect the listeners to take their of music that folks feel they can listen to in the car with kids. entire on air-product seriously. When our artists are exposed to Why ruin that with content from jocks? From what I am seeing this type of behavior, we essentially boycott that jock no matter in PPM, folks turn it off. The crass, dirty stuff has no place on how great the potential exposure.” commercial country radio.” Gerry House, WSIX/Nashville morning personality, who Bill Hagy, WXBQ/Johnson City, TN PD: “Just imagine was referenced in the editorial: “Dirty/juvenile/crude is so easy. how much better station numbers could be if the talent only I just can’t believe listeners aren’t tired of it. But, when it’s understood ‘Suzy’ sometimes becomes uncomfortable trying everywhere, I think the listener is sort of numb. I also refuse to to screen the over-the-line crassness from her soccer playing ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 6, 2008 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3

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Tuesday (10/7) - Kieran Kane, Bill Dotson (bdotson@clearchannel), Mary Hamilton, Cindy Heath ([email protected]), the late Buddy Lee, Jon Peterson, Ryan Simpson, Rick Walker, William Patton Wednesday (10/8) - Bucky Covington, Ricky Lee Phelps, Debbie Holley ([email protected]) Thursday (10/9) - Tom Archibald, Joe Putnam (joe.putnam@umusic. com), Ray Randall Friday (10/10) - John Prine, Tanya Tucker, Austin Clark, Tom Baldrica ([email protected]), Don Browning, Patrick Clark (Patrick. [email protected]), Denise Roberts ([email protected]), Sheree Latham ([email protected]) Saturday (10/11) - Paulette Carlson, Gene Watson, the late Dottie West Sunday (10/12) - Martie Maguire, Lisa Andrick, Mark Evans, Eddie Long, Justin Niebank, Erin Beller Monday (10/13) - Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton, Marie Osmond, Julie Piat, Wayland Stubblefield, Jennifer Switzer (jennifer@brickagency. com), Joe Zanger

children. I’m also with you on the banning of the use of the word ‘frickin’. It is possible to communicate your point of view without this word.” John Shomby, Max Media/Norfolk Dir./Programming & Ops: “We haven’t been developing talent for years -- and that’s where it starts. Too many groups hire personalities who can ‘get attention’ rather than bond with the audience and actually develop an ongoing relationship. The airchecks I get on a daily basis are perfect examples.” Claire Ratliff-Sears, Laughing Penguin Publicity: “I have loved radio since I was in elementary school. Radio was a friend, a guest in our home. What I don’t love? The lowbrow, scatalogical, infantile, sexual, “easy” humor of many talking heads, boldly and rudely coming into my home or my car regardless of who else may be in my company. That’s being a lousy guest. Sure, I have the liberty of changing the station, just like my friends have the option of never inviting me back into their homes if I am a lousy guest. But why would I risk that with my friends?” A CA “Soccer Mom” Reader: “‘Suzy’ might actually turn off her iPod if those morning guys didn’t remind her of sitting in eighth-grade health class.” Bob Moody, Regent VP/Programming: “(There is an) increasing failure of many air personalities to reflect the values of their listeners. More and more morning shows are so self- centered that I suspect they are serving as a substitute for therapy. The focus is entirely on the jock, who is often trying to portray an image that much of the audience would find repulsive. The really great personalities in our format -- including Gerry House -- come across as someone you would like to be friends with. They generally talk about themselves only to introduce a subject with universal appeal. That’s a long way from assholes and boogers and childish posturing. ‘Focus on the listener’ is a major theme when I work with Regent’s on-air talent (in all dayparts). It ain’t a matter of being a dinosaur or not; it’s a matter of common sense and good business practices.” ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 6, 2008 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4

Nashville: Let’s Get Political Ch e c k Ou t In Sto r e s : 10/7 As the nation’s attention turns to Nashville for tomorrow’s Tim McGraw Greatest Hits 3 (Curb) (10/7) Presidential Debate, country artists are getting in on The third installment of Tim McGraw’s greatest the action. Sunday night’s Belmont University-themed Grand hits series includes chart toppers “Last Dollar (Fly Ole Opry may have brought out alums Brad Paisley, Trisha Away),” “Angry All The Time,” “Back When,” and a live version of “Real Good Man.” Also included are Yearwood, Josh Turner and Julie Roberts, as well as Darius “Nine Lives” with Def Leppard and “Find Out Who Rucker, but it was CBS newsman Bob Schieffer who stole the Your Friends Are” with Tracy Lawrence. show. The Face The Nation host performed two songs and later George Strait Classic Christmas (MCA) joined Paisley on stage. For his third Christmas album, George Strait Curb’s Bomshel will perform at has moved away from contemporary songs like the Belmont Block Party on campus “Merry Christmas Strait To You” and “All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth).” As he explains prior to the debate. The event will in the album’s liner notes, “I selected some favorite also feature local bands, and will traditional Christmas songs -- the ones I grew up have a number of national news hearing and singing -- and added a little country flavor to make them sound more like me.” Tracks outlets broadcasting live from Face Maker: Darius Rucker, Bob include “Silent Night,” “Jingle Bells,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Deck the area. McCain supporter and Schieffer and Brad Paisley The Halls.” campaign-themed songwriter John at the Opry. Various Artists Billy: The Early Years Soundtrack Rich will be in the Belmont area (Arista/Essential) earlier in the morning, appearing on the CBS Early Show. The motion picture soundtrack includes songs Songwriter Gretchen Peters is donating royalties from her from Sara Evans (“Low”), Brooks & Dunn and Third Day’s Mac Powell (“Over The Next Hill”), song “Independence Day” to Planned Parenthood in the name Alan Jackson (“Look At Me”), Brad Paisley (“What of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin after Palin A Friend We Have In Jesus”) and Josh Turner was brought onstage to the song following the recent VP debate. (“Almost Persuaded”). Also on the album is “Ruth’s Prayer,” written by Alan Jackson from a poem by Peters says the GOP’s use overlooks the song’s “context and Graham’s wife Ruth and performed by Patty Griffin. message...to promote a candidate who would set womens’ rights back decades.” Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley is showing up on political blogs, as • Consultants: Musicrunch co-founder Kevin McCabe his new radio spot endorsing Obama has rejoined the company as partner to President/co-founder (listen here) has been cited as part Anthony Acampora. McCabe and Acampora, both formerly with of a micro-targeted radio strategy. In R&R, will work to further expand the company’s Musicrunch Stanley’s case, the spots are airing in and Radiocrunch divisions. Contact McCabe at musicrunch@ his native Southwestern Virginia. Picker & Grinner: Obama rocketmail.com, and Acampora at [email protected]. and Stanley. Radio News Artist News • Personalties: KHKX/Midland, TX morning duo Mike and Adam Gregory will make several in-store appearances as part Dana, who are in their 17th year of marriage, are celebrating of his partnership with Cricket Communications. Also included their 20th anniversary on the air in West Texas. is exclusive mobile content including ringback tones and an ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 6, 2008 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5

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Tuesday 10/7 - Sara Evans, Good Morning America (ABC) Wednesday 10/8 - Josh Turner, CBS Early Show Thursday 10/9 - Mel Tillis, Rissi Palmer, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV) Friday 10/10 - Billy Currington, Lee Ann Womack, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC) Saturday 10/11 - Darryl Worley, Lorrie Morgan, Hal Ketchum, Kenny Rogers, Opry Live (GAC) Sunday 10/12 - John Michael Montgomery, Master Series (GAC) Monday 10/13 - Kenny Chesney, Lucky Old Sun (GAC)

interview contest, as well as cross-promotion with radio stations of Gregory’s fall club tour dates. Gregory will visit 22 Cricket markets before the end of the year. Mark Wills is offering a $19.95 pre-launch promotional pack of his new album Familiar Stranger that includes a t-shirt, customized keychain and autographed CD here. Fans will also be given the option to donate an additional $25 to the Children’s Miracle Network for which they’ll receive a pair of Skullcandy headphones. Proceeds from every sale will benefit the CMN hospital in the area the purchase was made. To celebrate the longest-standing Grand Ole Opry member Little Jimmy Dickens’ 60th Opry anniversary Trace Adkins, George Jones and Brad Paisley will participate in a Signature Show Nov. 1 at the Opry House. Exile members, J.P. Pennington, Sony LeMaire, Les Taylor, Steve Goetzman and Marlon Hargis, have reunited after 23 years and will perform at the Grand Ole Opry Nov. 4. The group will announce additional tour dates on their MySpace here. Julianne Hough will headline the 20th Annual Peach Drop New Year’s Eve Celebration at Underground Atlanta Dec. 31. The Lost Trailers “Holler Back” football version is now available as a ringtone here. George Strait, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert will pay musical tribute to Alan Jackson at this month’s taping of CMT Giants: Alan Jackson. The 90-minute special will be recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Oct. 30 and air on the networks Dec. 6 at 9pm ET/PT. Stonewall Jackson and the Grand Ole Opry settled Jackson’s federal age discrimination lawsuit last Friday (10/3). Terms of which were not disclosed. Loggins & Messina will be honored by the International Entertainment Buyers Association with their Lifetime Achievement Awards at the organization’s Honors Awards Dinner Oct. 14. Crystal Gayle, Joe Nichols and Diamond Rio will perform at the event, which will also honor CMA’s 50th anniversary.

The Week’s Top Stories in the company and really made this thing happen. Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives What will the roster look like? at www.countryaircheck.com. The plan was to make the organizational announcement and • Arbitron commercialized September PPM ratings and also within two weeks’ time make the creative announcement. Our made July and August “currency” for New York, Los Angeles, hope is to have a first single from a known quantity before the Chicago, San Francisco, Nassau-Suffolk, Middlesex-Somerset- end of this year. Beginning next year we’ll be launching our first Union, Riverside-San Bernardino and San Jose two days early. new act. Arbitron also a New York court for injunctive relief from the Is there the possibility that a current Lyric Street artist N.Y. Attorney General’s office’s threat to sue the ratings firm could be moving over? over PPM. (CAT 10/6) One of the things I wanted to do, as we did launching Lyric • Former Clear Channel SVP/Western Region Ed Krampf was Street, was to start with a known quantity. So there have been named SVP/Market Manager for CBS Radio/Tampa’s six-station discussions of moving an act over and having them be the initial cluster, which includes Country WQYK. (CAT 10/1) driver. But at the end of the day the initial artist will not come • Former Citadel/Providence GM Andrea Scott was named from Lyric Street. They will be newly signed. Market Manager for Mainline Broadcasting/Dayton’s five- Will the artist deals be structured differently? station cluster, which includes Country WKSW. (CAT 9/30) No. Overall, deals are morphing and changing organically. The • Former KATP/Amarillo, TX PD Ted Brown joined KHEY/El marketplace is changing with such velocity that we’re looking Paso as PD/morning host. (CAT 9/30) constantly at that, but we won’t be doing something completely • Zimmer’s KIXQ/Joplin, MO PD/midday host Cody Carlson foreign to what’s going on at Lyric Street. was named PD for Clear Channel’s KZSN/Wichita. (CAT 10/1) You seem to be bullish at a time when much of the record • Sony BMG/Nashville Sr. Dir./Media Wes Vause was promoted industry is pulling back. Is that simply about the music? to VP/Media for BNA. (CAT 10/2) It’s also about the product flow. Even though our business is • Qantum’s WGTR/Myrtle Beach PD/morning host Jeff Roper in decline, our model is to be venture capitalists in the music left the station to join WTQR/Greensboro as morning host. business. We invest in artists and look to build them into a brand. (CAT 10/6). The length of time for singles to develop has doubled, and we • Clear Channel’s KHGE/Fresno OM Paul Wilson took over had to find a way to be more aggressive. This is the only way programming duties with the exit of PD/afternoon host Chuck I could really see to grow my business without flooding Lyric Geiger. (CAT 10/6) Street to the point where we had no focus.

Goodman On Carolwood (continued from page 1) - Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] Did you have to do much convincing in Los Angeles? Erin Duvall, [email protected] Most major media companies are in a hiring freeze. [Buena Vista (615) 320-1450 Music Group Chairman] Bob Cavallo is such a music guy, so I played him some of the new music we were working on. He finally said, “You’re going to tell me now that you can’t get to this. Right?” He was very perceptive and got where I was leading him. If I had walked in there and tried to make a business case for this, I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere. Because he was really taken by the music, he became an advocate for us ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 6, 2008 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go... (Blue Chair/BNA) 16268 751 4889 247 35.255 2.016 122 0 1 2 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 15892 -742 4792 -226 34.811 -0.991 122 0 4 3 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 15277 622 4618 215 32.648 1.508 122 0 3 4 KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 15037 213 4426 28 32.075 0.232 114 0 5 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 14399 737 4402 223 30.57 1.581 121 0 6 6 GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 11149 -1252 3396 -337 22.787 -3.303 121 0 8 7 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 10930 968 3371 310 21.695 1.97 121 0 11 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine/Uni Republic) 9961 1601 2864 494 21.828 3.854 122 3 10 9 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 9018 579 2839 218 18.503 1.355 116 0 9 10 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb) 8908 -32 2831 68 17.9 -0.016 121 0 12 11 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 8674 497 2657 200 18.067 1.158 121 0 14 12 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 8491 672 2618 167 17.263 2.06 118 0 19 13 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 8400 1647 2475 499 18.387 3.993 120 5 13 14 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 8394 547 2631 200 16.517 1.345 119 0 17 15 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 8168 1125 2606 367 17.071 2.578 106 3 16 16 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 7717 353 2374 131 15.207 1.031 117 1 23 17 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 7588 1426 2169 399 16.687 3.455 114 7 22 18 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 7462 1172 2309 378 16.418 3.176 120 1 18 19 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 7361 336 2323 123 14.287 0.872 117 3 15 20 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 7015 -532 2214 -146 13.718 -1.26 119 0 20 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 6907 345 2073 111 13.899 0.646 109 3 21 22 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 6657 224 2017 57 12.815 0.35 115 0 24 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 6025 341 1883 101 10.971 0.754 110 1 27 24 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 4787 373 1408 79 9.208 0.764 95 3 26 25 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 4737 249 1478 99 8.88 0.713 99 6

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

25 26 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 4687 80 1480 33 8.874 0.083 99 0 28 27 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 4537 149 1260 39 8.267 0.01 99 2 29 28 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 4500 451 1427 154 8.442 0.686 99 2 30 29 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 4146 332 1236 109 8.16 0.96 92 3 32 30 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 2789 123 838 62 4.533 0.144 91 10 33 31 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 2672 58 775 7 4.926 0.134 77 5 34 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol) 2662 83 750 26 4.799 0.122 67 1 41 33 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 2599 1266 885 396 4.947 2.494 76 22 40 34 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 2371 900 718 281 4.667 1.834 73 27 35 35 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 2307 59 679 19 3.849 0.405 89 3 37 36 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 2164 49 674 8 3.324 0.035 81 5 36 37 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 2070 -91 599 -19 3.197 -0.374 74 4 39 38 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 1942 338 659 109 2.873 0.582 76 9 42 39 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 1273 55 378 26 2.279 0.254 48 8 44 40 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 1231 49 374 25 1.765 0.127 46 2 43 41 RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR) 1113 -96 337 -20 1.54 -0.04 54 1 45 42 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 1087 140 383 55 1.517 0.218 55 6 38 43 JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 1038 -843 373 -256 1.681 -1.615 69 0 46 44 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 779 122 291 41 1.083 0.228 36 0 49 45 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The... (Republic/Universal South) 656 163 167 47 1.414 0.385 18 5 Debut 46 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 647 501 152 115 1.34 1.035 16 7 50 47 ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca) 567 85 197 24 0.69 0.086 26 1

Debut 48 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 552 96 158 24 0.969 0.186 15 2 Debut 49 DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly) 539 505 155 147 0.329 0.29 4 3 48 50 WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) 508 13 188 8 0.804 0.012 21 4

©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com October 6, 2008 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 27 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 641 4 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 22 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 608 4 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 19 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 492 4 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 15 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 391 4 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 11 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 368 4 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 356 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 325 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 9 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 286 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 8 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 258 BRAD PAISLEY & Keith Urban/Start A Band (Arista) 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 251 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 7 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Epic/Columbia) 7 Activator Top Spin Gainers Aircheck Top Point Gainers TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 395 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 310 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 1647 4 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 259 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 1601 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 207 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 1426 4 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 202 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 1266 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 1172 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 197 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 1125 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 183 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 968 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 160 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 900 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 150 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 751 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 119 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 737 Vi d e o Ad d s

Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 499 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) KENNY CHESNEY/Got A Little Crazy (Blue Chair/BNA) TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 494 SARA EVANS/Low (Excerpt From Billy: The Early Years) (Arista/Essential) BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 399 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 396 CMT PURE TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 378 SARA EVANS/Low (Excerpt From Billy: The Early Years) (Arista/Essential) ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 367 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 310 GAC DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 281 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 247 KENNY CHESNEY/Got A Little Crazy (Blue Chair/BNA) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 223 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia)

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ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs OCTOBER 13 (Republic/Universal South) KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) JACK INGRAM/That’s A Man (Big Machine) Moves 49-45*; 656 points, 167 spins LOST TRAILERS/How ‘Bout You Don’t (BNA) 5 ADDS: KBEQ, KSD, WGGY, WMAD, WQHK JAMIE O’NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) ROAD HAMMERS/I’ve Got The Scars To Prove It (Montage) JACK INGRAM/That’s A Man (Big Machine) OCTOBER 20 Enters at 46*; 647 points, 152 spins BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Arista) 7 ADDS: KIXZ, KKWF, KRTY, KSCS*, WBUL, WQYK*, WUBE Derek Sholl/(I’ll Be) Here (CO5) DOUG STONE/Don’t Tell Mama (TNT/Progression) ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca) OCTOBER 27 Moves 50*-47; 567 points, 197 spins Dean Brody/Brothers (BBR) ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 1 ADD: WFUS Jewel/Till It Feels Like Cheating (Valory) TRACY LAWRENCE/You Can’t Hide Redneck (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) Enters at 48*; 552 points, 158 spins Aircheck Top Recurrents 2 ADDS: KCYE, WUBE CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 377 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 389 DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly) GARY ALLAN/Life Ain't Always Beautiful (MCA) 394 Enters at 49*; 539 points, 155 spins ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) 397 3 ADDS: KSOP, WFUS, WQYK* SARA EVANS/A Real Fine Place To Start (RCA) 402 DIERKS BENTLEY/Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do (Capitol) 404 WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) BLAKE SHELTON/Nobody But Me (Warner Bros.) 407 Moves 48*-50*; 508 points, 188 spins KEITH URBAN/Tonight I Wanna Cry (Capitol) 409 TOBY KEITH/A Little Too Late (Show Dog) 424 4 ADDS: KBEQ, KHKI*, KTOM, WDTW LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb) 428 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) 504 points, 139 spins JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 7 ADDS: KAJA, KATM*, KSD, KUBL*, WQHK, WQYK*, WRNS* 362 points, 129 spins 10 ADDS: KATM*, KHKI*, KUBL*, WBCT, WDTW, WEZL, JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) WGKX*, WGNA, WGNE, WYRK 447 points, 135 spins 2 ADDS: WFUS, WYCD* GARY ALLAN/She’s So California (MCA) 329 points, 128 spins LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb) 11 ADDS including: KDRK, KHKI, KKGO, KSKS, KUZZ, 384 points, 143 spins WKHX, WOGK, WRBT, WSIX, WXCY 0 ADDS Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR October 6, 2008/ Chart Page 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 2 1 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 5541 325 3053 59 1 2 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 5277 -326 2905 82 3 3 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 5227 83 2959 26 4 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 5104 171 2854 132 5 5 KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/C05) 4393 -151 2388 39 7 6 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 4332 286 2410 221 7 7 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 3710 15 2039 21 8 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 3604 251 1949 112 16 9 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 3103 641 1711 36 11 10 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 3020 144 1629 -142 12 11 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 2987 171 1693 28 14 12 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 2890 258 1604 100 9 13 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 2843 -318 1524 46 13 14 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 2798 40 1498 155 18 15 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 2686 368 1461 63 19 16 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 2645 492 1415 358 15 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 2645 49 1404 5 17 18 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 2442 46 1385 198 20 19 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 2428 356 1327 379 21 20 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 2189 134 1179 187 22 21 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 1969 109 1088 94 23 22 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 1762 50 979 -43 26 23 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 1747 217 945 75 24 24 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 1740 53 923 57 31 25 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 1635 608 825 -1 27 26 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 1571 83 849 74 25 27 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 1496 -106 740 58 28 28 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 1463 36 765 2 46 29 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 1092 391 538 10 29 30 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 1082 -8 512 15 ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR October 6, 2008/ Chart Page 6

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

30 31 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol) 1066 15 525 298 33 32 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 917 98 457 1 34 33 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 881 95 390 32 36 34 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 811 59 424 8 35 35 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody Said A Prayer (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 637 -118 317 14 39 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 599 83 263 25 38 37 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 568 -45 287 -27 32 38 JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 551 -304 244 17 40 39 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 475 91 185 12 43 40 WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) 338 54 150 26 53 41 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 322 205 138 6 49 42 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 306 140 132 13 42 43 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 306 9 137 0 44 44 CHRIS CAGLE/Never Ever Gone (Capitol) 291 17 133 2 41 45 RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR) 283 -49 130 -4 47 46 LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb) 252 41 94 2 52 47 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 228 97 137 -3 48 48 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 221 21 113 4 Debut 49 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 192 157 82 25 50 50 CHAD HUDSON/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Robbins) 167 17 45 3 Debut 51 DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly) 150 124 89 0 60 52 KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) 146 64 70 4 57 53 DEREK SHOLL/(I'll Be) Here (Salt Creek) 142 26 41 9 Debut 54 SARA EVANS/Low (Arista/RCA) 137 78 64 -9 Debut 55 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 134 64 80 -18 Debut 56 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 133 127 50 8 Debut 57 MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity) 129 61 50 -11 51 58 RICK HUCKABY/Ain't Enough Blacktop (HeadCoach) 119 -16 36 9 Debut 59 RANDY TRAVIS/Dig Two Graves (Warner Bros.) 117 40 55 3 54 60 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Thinkin' I'm Drinkin' (Aria) 115 -2 66 4