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A Country Salute Parr to Voice Jerry Lewis Telethon

A Country Salute Parr to Voice Jerry Lewis Telethon

August 17, 2009 Issue 154 Parr To Voice Telethon KKGO/ morning personality Shawn Parr has been chosen to be the new voice of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. The 44th annual entertainment extravaganza is set for Sept. 6-7 from the South Pointe Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. Parr succeeds the late Ed McMahon, who served as the voice of the Shawn Parr Pictured At Ft. Campbell (l-r) are: Sony Nashville VP/Marketing telethon and as Lewis’ co-host for 41 years. Tom Baldrica and EVP Butch Waugh, Jake Owen, RCA VP/Promotion “They don’t replace Ed this year, they just want to Keith Gale, Ann Campbell, Sony Nashville VP/Promotion Skip Bishop, John Campbell, , Major General John F. have someone there to carry the torch for whatever they might Campbell, Sony Nashville SVP/A&R Renee Bell and Arista Dir./Nat’l need in terms of announcing,” Parr told CA, describing his Promotion Lesly Tyson. role on the telethon. “Not having Ed is unfamiliar territory, and A Country Salute they’re not quite sure exactly what my role will be. I’ll be the Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen, , Rodney voice guy doing the ins and outs, opens and closes for all the Atkins and Hank Williams, Jr. gave a star-studded thank-you breaks and I’ll be up for over 20 hours with Jerry, ready to go. this weekend to thousands of soldiers who have returned to With a tux on!” Ft. Campbell, KY from multiple Middle Eastern deployments. Parr said he went through four separate auditions/interviews More than 75,000 soldiers, families and well-wishers turned before being told by the executive producers, “everyone here out for the free Salute To The Troops concerts as some of loves you, but there is one more person you have to impress.” ’s finest honored some of our country’s finest, the That nod, of course, had to come from Jerry Lewis, himself. Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. “The very next day I got a call from the producer who told me, A large Sony/Nashville contingent attended the proceedings, ‘Jerry wants you. Jerry said ‘Do you hear the passion in that with RCA VP/Promotion Keith Gale calling the event a guy’s voice? Do not let him get away.’” “top 10 career highlight for me.” On the bus prior to Owen’s Parr has been the voice of the Academy of Country Music performance, the two discussed the singer’s high school friends Awards for the last 19 years, and for the past 18 he’s been the still serving overseas and the honor it was to be asked to (continued on page 6) perform. Owen told Gale he didn’t have any special words for ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 the crowd and was just hoping to put on a good show. My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e “During his hit ‘Starting With Me,’ many held up their cell ’s Troy Gentry phones as the crowd sang back every word of the song,” Gale discusses his most important songs, artists says. “You could see that Jake was moved. As the song was or concerts: coming to an end, the band actually stopped playing. Jake 1) Jim Croce/Have To Say I Love You In A stepped forward and continued acoustically, singing a verse Song: It was the first song I ever got paid to I had never heard before. This new version ended with lyrics perform. I think I was 16, and a friend of my that caused an explosion of applause and emotion: ‘To all my father’s asked me to sing it for his gal. friends out there tonight looking at me, I’ve got to thank ya’ll, 2) Charlie Daniels: A concert well worth personally, for keeping us free.’ When Jake came off stage I Troy Gentry seeing if you want to be entertained. As a confronted him about that moment. ’Did you plan that?’ I asked. performer, I love to see how he interacts His reply was classic Jake. ‘Nope,’ he said. ‘It kind of just with his fans. It’s a must-see show. happened up there.’” 3) Kiss: This was my first concert and I loved the theatrics. They’re very eye-catching and keep your attention. It’s highly entertaining Promo Of The Week for all the obvious reasons. 4) Kiss, Alive: After seeing them in concert, I bought this album WQYK/Tampa taps current and listened to it for weeks non-stop. My brother, a couple of events and the Cash For Clunkers neighbors and I would dress up like Kiss and put on concerts in deal everyone is talking about in the yard to this album. their “Guess The Clunker” promotion. Here’s the pitch, from 5) Aerosmith: Another great must-see show, one of my all-time their listener newsletter: favorites. I have always been a fan and love to see them live. It is “Guess the Clunker and You Could Win $500. Just stop intense rock ‘n’ roll from start to finish, full of high energy. by Brandon Hyundai ... all week and guess the Make, Model • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: The and Year of the crushed car they have on display and you’ll Wall by Pink Floyd. Although, I have heard and know the title be entered for the chance to win $500. WQYK will also be at track, I’ve never heard the whole album. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Nickleback’s Brandon Hyundai on Saturday...” new album, Dark Horse. It’s just a great album to rock out to. Chart Chat For the first time in almost 36 years, the Billboard chart was and limiting simultaneous panels to three. CRB Agenda Chair not used in a country countdown radio show this past weekend. John Paul explains, “This year we made a conscious effort to American Country Countdown with dropped its reassess our agenda and structure it in such a way that would exclusive license on the Billboard chart in favor of Mediabase. allow attendees to see more of the panels.” Already on the schedule are: Wednesday’s (2/24) Universal CRB: Size Doesn’t Matter Music Group luncheon, KCRS Live! and Music City Jam hosted Or at least that’s what the initial CRS by , with panels including “The Taylor Effect,” 41 agenda look seems to say about market a look at successful marketing strategies for Swift’s career. size. Next year’s panel topics stress relevant Thursday’s (2/25) Luncheon, BMI/Country and usable info for stations in all types of Aircheck’s WCRS Live! and panels including “So You Think markets. Other changes include dispersing Sales panels across You Know How To Do An Artist Interview? You’re Wrong!” the seminar’s three days, rather than the traditional “Sales Day,” and “The Great Playlist Debate: Can Passive Be Passionate?” ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3

Bi r t h d a y s Tuesday (8/18): Patsy Cox, Allen Reynolds, Steve Wilkinson, Bill Black ([email protected]), Steven Goldmann, David Hall, Clint Marsh ([email protected]), Maurice Miner (maurice.miner@ sonymusic.com), Pat Surnegie ([email protected])

Wednesday (8/19): Gary Chapman, Rissi Palmer, Eddy Raven, , , Roger Cook, Heather McBee (heather. [email protected])

Thursday (8/20): Rudy Gatlin, the late Jim Reeves; Tony Stampley; Dan McClain; Lisa Ramsey, Kristen McRary ([email protected])

Friday (8/21) - Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers), Kenny Rogers, Jack Lameier ([email protected]), Johnny Rose

Saturday (8/22) - Jennifer Day, Holly Dunn, Ricky Lynn Gregg, , Waddie Mitchell, Collin Raye, Mickey Ashworth ([email protected]), Ed Gertler, Amy Macy

Sunday (8/23) - Rex Allen, Jr., Ira Dean (Trick Pony), Emilio, Shelly Fairchild, Mel Holt, Woody Paul (Riders In The Sky), Dennis Robbins, Becky Robertson (Carter’s Chord), Chuck Tilley (), Tara Austin ([email protected]), TJ Holland, Lorie Hollabaugh (lorie@ splashpublicity.com)

Monday (8/24) - John Cowan, David Koechner (The Naked Trucker), Kristyn Osborn (SheDaisy), Clint Daniels, Darrin Kirkindoll, Chevy Nash, Wendy Pearl ([email protected])

Friday’s (2/26) Power Breakfast, Capitol Luncheon and New Faces of Country Music Show, with panels “PPM Affects Every Facet Of Our Industry,” “Arbitron vs. Nielsen” and “51 Great Promotion Ideas In 50 Minutes.” The boys (and girls) are back in town at the Nashville Convention Center Feb. 24-26, 2010. Don’t miss out on the Early Bird rate of $499 by registering before Oct. 30 at www.crb.org. Industry News Steve Wariner and studio owner John McBride have been added to the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award ceremony lineup honoring Jim Foglesong, Allen Reynolds and . The event takes place Aug. 23 at Nashville’s Renaissance Hotel. and headline the 12th Annual Buds-n-Suds Benefit concert Aug. 26 at Nashville’s Loser’s from 7-11pm. The show includes a silent auction and benefits the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Tennessee Chapter. Advance tickets can be purchased here for a $10 donation, with VIP James Otto tickets available for $50. Absolute Publicity’s Don Murry Grubbs is now representing . Weblastonline.com is offering free exclusive downloads of Jason Mitchell’s “Curves,” and a rendition of the National Anthem. Also available on the site is Mitchell’s single “Chicken Man.” BMI/Nashville Dir./Research & Analysis, Licensing Jeremy Smith has been promoted to Sr. Dir./Financial & Operational Analysis, Licensing. In his new role Smith oversees the forecasting and budget process of the company’s Licensing department. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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St. Jude: All Wet Ch e c k Ou t : 8/18 If you’ve been plotting your revenge against Reba Keep On Loving You (Valory/Starstruck) Charlie Monk ever since his New Faces Her first solo record in six years boasts monologue last year (or the one before) you 13 songs “Just When I Thought I’d Stopped won’t want to miss the St. Jude Kids Street Party Loving You,” “I Want A Cowboy,” “,” “But Why” and single “Strange.” Reba Thursday (6/20) night, where the “Mayor of Music co-wrote “She’s Turning 50 Today” with Liz Row” will participate in a dunk tank. Charlie Monk Hengber and Tommy Lee James. Bart Allmand, GAC host Suzanne Alexander, co-wrote “” with Terry McBride. Other writers include Jamie O’Neal, Neil Thrasher, Rivers Robert K. Oermann, Curb VP/Promotion Adrian Michaels, Rutherford, Katrina Elam, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Wendell Mobley. After MidNite host Blair Garner, Republic Nashville Pres. Jimmy Reba shares producer credits with Tony Brown and Mark Bright. Harnen, Billboard’s Wade Jessen and Columbia VP/Promotion David Nail I’m About To Come Alive (MCA) Jimmy Rector will also risk their dry cleaning bills for you to Nail’s debut features 11 tracks of love take out your pent-up aggression. This isn’t the night to forget your and loss with single “Red Light,” “This Time camera. The festivities take place from 5-8pm on Roy Acuff Place, Around” and the title track. Nail wrote or co-wrote five songs including “Again.” Gary between 17th and 18th Avenues. LeVox () and co-penned “Summer Job Days” and “Turning Labor Day Music Home,” respectively. lends background vocals on “Stangers On A Train.” Opener “Mississippi” Here’s a list of songs that might fit in the playlist as the Labor Day holiday is a dedication to Ray Charles. Frank Liddell and Michael Wrucke approaches. Send your suggestions to [email protected]. produced. Alabama/Fort-Hour Week Brady Seals Play Time (Star City) /Amarillo Sky Little alum Seals returns with this Rodney Atkins/These Are My People 11-song album including tracks “Askin’ Brooks & Dunn/Hard Workin’ Man Questions,” “Everybody Smokes In Hell” and the single “Ho Down.” Seals co-wrote Kenny Chesney/Shiftwork all but “Better Every Beer,” which was /Busy Man penned by Byron Hill and Billy Yates. Merle Haggard/Workin’ Man Blues Other writers featured are David Bradley, Glyn Patterson, Kizzy Plush and Kevin Ray. Tom Petty and the / Heartbreakers’ drummer Stan Lynch, pop musician Richard Alan Jackson/Good Time Marx and members of Hot Apple Pie can also be heard on the Alan Jackson/It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere project, which Seals produced. Sammy Kershaw/National Working Woman’s Holiday Montgomery Gentry/Something To Be Proud Of /International Harvester Artist News /9 To 5 ’s went back to his hometown of Johnny Paycheck/Take This Job And Shove It Decatur, GA last week to make good on a promise to a local Sawyer Brown/The Dirt Road record shop staffer. Decatur CDs’ Warren Hudson criticized Sugarland/ the duo on the store’s blog for shutting out independents by Aaron Tippin/Working Man’s Ph.D exclusively releasing through Wal-Mart. Source: www.greenbookofsongs.com “When I get home and bring you a few boxes of discs, we can peel off the Wal-Mart stickers together,” Bush posted in ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 a reply. According to CMT, Bush not only hand-delivered Tu b e Ch e c k the collection, he also did an impromptu in-store autograph signing and left with three purchases of his own. Tuesday 8/18 – Various Artists, Inside CMA Music Fest (GAC). Dillard’s is the title sponsor of Reba’s Wednesday 8/19 – , Late Show with David Westwood One-produced radio album special. Letterman (CBS). The retailer will be included in on-air spots Thursday 8/20 – , Drafting Partners (GAC). throughout the month and online promotional features in conjunction with tomorrow’s CD Friday 8/21 – Reba, Good Morning America (ABC) and Invitation release. She is also hosting a live chat from Only (premiere) (CMT); Love And Theft, Today (NBC). Reba New York City via Facebook and USTREAM Saturday 8/22 – Reba, , Top 20 Country Countdown (re- Wednesday at 3:45-4:15pm ET. air) (GAC). is releasing a 12-track greatest hits album through Cracker Barrel. A Collection Of My Best Sunday 8/23 – Martina McBride, Soundstage (GAC). Recollection will hit all locations Aug. 31.

The Week’s Top Stories Parr To Voice Telethon (continued from page 1) Full coverage of the week’s news is available voice of the Golden Globes and the American Music Awards. in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. He was the voice of the recent ACM Artist of the Decade special • KBWF/San Francisco and KKWF/Seattle honoring and next week he will work the Daytime PD Scott Mahalick resigned. (BN 8/15) Emmys award show for the first time. • Former Hot AC WKTI/Milwaukee PD But it’s the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon that holds a very Bob Walker was named PD for WCTK/ Scott Mahalick special place in his heart. “I remember as a kid I’d watch the Providence. (CAT 8/17) Jerry Lewis Telethon with my Dad. I have such an emotional • Top 40 WKRQ/Cincinnati APD Grover Collins was named connection to the show, to now say that I’m going to play even PD for Country clustermates WUBE & WYGY. (CAT 8/12) some small part in it means the world to me.” CAC • KXKC/Lafayette interim programmer and PM driver Ray Robicheaux was officially named PD. (CAT 8/13)

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 7 Spring No. 1s: WQBE, WGSQ, KLLL, KYKS, WSLC, WJCL, WWOJ, KTTS, KORD, WFRY and KXDD. This week’s Spring Arbitron ratings highlights include strong upward moves by WKDQ/Evansville, WJCL/Savannah, WWOJ/ Sebring, FL and WDEZ/Wausau, WI. We re-cap the markets as they come in each day in Country Aircheck Today, and provide this weekly overview of how Country stations have fared. As part of our weekly market-by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are not available. 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Last ARB Sp ‘09 Last Arb Sp ‘09 Last ARB Sp ‘09 Last Arb Sp ‘09 Last ARB Sp ‘09 Last Arb Sp ‘09 KBRJ/Anchorage, AK 5.6 4.8 2t 5 WBKR/Owensboro, KY^ 2.3 1.2 14t 14t WDSD/Wilmington, DE 0.8 1.2 23 18 KASH/Anchorage, AK 3.6 3.3 11t 14 (Evansville, IN Arbitron) (Salisbury, MD Arbitron) WKXC/Augusta, GA 7.4 7.6 4 4t KLLL/Lubbock, TX 9.3 9.8 1 1 WJCL/Savannah, GA 6.5 8.0 3t 1 WIBL/Augusta, GA 2.4 2.9 12 11 KQBR/Lubbock, TX 4.4 5.9 7t 4t WGZR/Hilton Head, SC 2.4 2.3 16t 15 WTHO/Augusta, GA 1.0 0.6 19 21 KJDL/Lubbock, TX+ 2.2 1.3 14t 14t (Savannah, GA Arbitron) KIZN/Boise, ID^ 5.4 5.7 3t 2 KRBL/Lubbock, TX+ 1.5 1.0 16t 19t WWOJ/Sebring, FL 13.2 15.7 1 1 KQFC/Boise, ID^ 4.7 4.2 6 9 KYKS/Lufkin, TX 17.3 16.6 1 1 WPCV/Lakeland, FL 3.8 3.9 5t 6t WFUS/Tampa 0.9 1.0 15t 12t KAWO/Boise, ID 2.1 3.5 15 12 KJCS/Lufkin, TX 4.5 5.5 5 5t WWGR/Ft. Myers, FL na 1.0 na 12t WQBE/Charleston, WV 18.3 16.9 1 1 KTHT/+ 1.9 2.5 10t 9t (Above ratings for WPCV, WFUS and WWGR are from the Sebring, FL Arbitron.) WKWS/Charleston, WV 7.9 7.4 3 4 (Lufkin, TX Arbitron) KTTS/Springfield, MO 13.8 11.6 1 1 WGSQ/Cookeville, TN^ 23.1 21.8 1 1 KBUL/Reno 5.0 4.4 5 5t KSWF/Springfield, MO 3.0 5.5 10t 5 WHUB/Cookeville, TN^+ 7.7 7.9 3t 4 KUUB/Reno 2.5 2.8 12t 15t KOMG/Springfield, MO+ 3.0 3.7 10t 10 WSLC/Roanoke, VA 11.0 9.5 1 1 WLIV-AM/Cookeville, TN 1.9 2.0 9t 10t KORD/Tri-Cities, WA 7.5 9.1 2 1 WYYD/Roanoke, VA 4.6 3.8 7 9 WLIV-FM/Cookeville, TN 1.9 2.0 9t 10t KIOK/Tri-Cities, WA 3.1 2.6 11 12 KYEZ/Salina, KS 5.3 5.2 2 2 WKDF/Nashville -- 1.0 -- 12t KWHT/Tri-Cities, WA 1.3 0.9 14t 20t WOWF/Crossville, TN 1.0 1.0 10t 12t KSKG/Salina, KS 4.4 3.9 4t 6t WFRY/Watertown, NY 21.1 21.2 1 1 WSIX/Nashville 1.0 1.0 10t 12t KXBZ/Salina, KS 3.1 3.9 10t 6t WDEZ/Wausau, WI 9.9 11.4 na 2 WSM-FM/Nashville 1.0 1.0 10t 12t KTPK/Topeka^ 3.1 3.0 10t 11t WYTE/Wausau, WI 6.9 6.9 na 3 (Above ratings for WKDF, WOWF, WSIX and WSM-FM are from the Cookeville, TN Arbitron) (Salina, KS Arbitron) WKQH/Wausau, WI 3.9 3.9 na 9t WTWF/Erie, PA 7.9 7.7 4 4 KDJM/Salina, KS^ 0.9 2.6 22t 14t WAXX/Eau Claire, WI na 2.4 na 12 WXTA/Erie, PA 6.0 5.9 6 6 WIBW/Topeka 1.8 1.7 15t 18t (Wausau, WI Arbitron) WGYY/Erie, PA 1.5 1.4 12 10 (Salina, KS Arbitron) KXDD/Yakima, WA 9.1 9.7 2 1 WKDQ/Evansville, IN^ 10.6 12.4 2 2 WWFG/Salisbury, MD 10.8 7.4 1 3 KDBL/Yakima, WA^ 4.9 4.6 8t 10 WLFW/Evansville, IN 5.5 4.5 6 8t WKTT/Salisbury, MD 5.3 4.2 6 8 KUTI-AM/Yakima, WA^+ 2.5 2.7 11t 11t (formerly WICO)

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August 17, 2009 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 14689 -832 5032 -300 34.877 -2.296 126 0 2nd Week at No. 1 2 2 /Alright (Capitol) 4 14566 -658 5038 -288 34.955 -1.814 127 0 6 3 JASON ALDEAN/ (BBR) 13889 1370 4943 516 33.004 2.596 127 0 4 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 13429 272 4772 58 31.846 0.93 127 0 5 5 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 12854 -10 4684 39 30.457 0.396 127 0 7 6 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 12230 -14 4391 6 28.756 0.172 127 0 8 7 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 10818 917 3836 294 25.74 2.553 127 0 11 8 /American Ride (Show Dog) 4 9879 1330 3375 385 23.351 3.191 127 2 9 9 /I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 9282 210 3293 49 21.693 0.809 127 0 10 10 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 9136 396 3228 154 21.299 1.285 125 0 12 11 TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 8310 147 2855 40 19.329 0.367 125 0 14 12 /Welcome To The Future (Arista) 7897 283 2797 81 18.071 0.529 119 3 16 13 /Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 7848 342 2827 129 18.118 1.329 122 0 17 14 /Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 4 7734 1057 2628 370 19.236 2.263 126 2 15 15 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 7622 66 2743 19 17.504 0.258 118 0 19 16 / To Me (Stroudavarious) 7328 984 2663 355 16.259 0.871 118 4 18 17 /Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 6960 572 2550 241 16.586 1.621 119 3 20 18 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 6662 553 2293 193 14.19 0.662 122 2 22 19 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 5508 380 1939 143 13.111 0.623 116 1 23 20 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 5185 186 1889 80 12.022 0.813 115 0 25 21 /Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 44619 1123 1535 371 11.337 2.92 99 8 32 22 KENNY CHESNEY f/dave matthews/I'm Alive (BNA) 4 4349 1552 1475 529 10.57 3.623 113 24 24 23 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 4189 339 1529 114 9.309 0.919 112 6 26 24 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 3787 328 1407 140 8.429 0.974 106 5 28 25 /Believers (Universal South) 3511 145 1296 18 7.168 0.133 104 1

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

30 26 /All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 3217 367 1207 117 7.244 0.777 90 6 33 27 /Do I (Capitol) 3159 390 1159 129 7.368 1.187 84 6 35 28 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 2989 415 1047 110 5.869 1.002 87 7 21 29 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 2636 -2622 984 -934 5.047 -6.249 122 0 36 30 /I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 2532 144 988 20 5.013 0.32 96 1 34 31 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 2510 -74 978 2 5.058 -0.161 85 0 38 32 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 2451 501 907 182 4.931 1.089 84 6 37 33 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 2439 72 889 29 5.411 0.307 69 2 31 34 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 2341 -462 785 -161 5.087 -0.826 78 0 39 35 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 1948 531 789 209 3.999 1.48 71 4 41 36 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 1721 470 589 147 3.75 0.872 61 16 48 37 BROOKS & DUNN f// (Arista) 1602 787 590 310 3.713 1.763 62 21 40 38 / (Arista) 1590 253 540 79 2.936 0.462 69 10 45 39 ALAN JACKSON/I Still Like Bologna (Arista) 1471 498 597 203 3.119 1.276 61 8 42 40 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 1267 143 408 47 2.305 0.172 49 2 44 41 /Today (MCA) 1213 131 524 52 2.025 0.117 64 7 47 42 /That Thang (Republic Nashville) 1030 158 376 80 1.963 0.314 40 4 46 43 /Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 983 74 390 26 1.398 0.04 56 3 Debut 44 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 963 589 376 224 1.698 1.057 51 20 43 45 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 819 -304 345 -94 1.351 -0.78 48 0 Debut 46 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 729 153 273 46 1.054 0.312 36 1 Debut 47 LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin' Loud) (BNA) 697 90 227 33 1.127 0.202 31 3 50 48 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 683 58 250 11 1.224 0.123 31 2 Debut 49 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 439 166 156 50 0.614 0.199 23 4 Debut 50 JAMEY JOHNSON/My Way To You (Mercury) 396 91 169 43 0.546 0.172 27 7

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August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3

Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I'm Alive (BNA) 24 KENNY CHESNEy f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I'm Alive (BNA) 445 4 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY GIBBONS/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 21 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY GIBBONS/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 406 4 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 20 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 351 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 16 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 297 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 15 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 270 4 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 14 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 246 ASH BOWERS/Stuck (Stoney Creek) 11 /Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 10 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 227 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 10 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 216 ALAN JACKSON/I Still Like Bologna (Arista) 8 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 206 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 8 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 202

Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I'm Alive (BNA) 291 KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I'm Alive (BNA) 1552 4 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY GIBBONS/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 287 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 1370 4 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 229 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 1330 4 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 227 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 1123 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 188 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 1057 4 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 173 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 984 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 169 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 153 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 917 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 147 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY Gibbons/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 787 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 145 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 589 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 145 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 572 Vi d e o Ad d s CMT Aircheck Top Spin Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I’m Alive (BNA) 529 CHris Young/Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 516 Toby Keith/American Ride (Show Dog) TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 385 CMT PURE ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 371 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 370 CHris Young/Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 355 mallary hope/Love Lives On (MCA) BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY Gibbons/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 310 Toby Keith/American Ride (Show Dog) JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 294 GAC CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 241 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 224 CHris Young/Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) mallary hope/Love Lives On (MCA) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 17, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s AUGUST 24 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) JOSH TURNER/Why Don’t We Just Dance (MCA) Moves 38*-45; 819 points, 345 spins; 0 ADDS /Love Like Crazy (Curb) LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol)

JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) AUGUST 31 Debuts at 46*; 729 points, 273 spins BILL GENTRY/I Want What You Want (New Revolution) 1 ADD: WDXB KRISTA MARIE/Tomboy (BBR) MCCLYMONTS/My Life Again (Executive Music/CO5)

LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin’ Loud) (BNA) SEPTEMBER 8 Debuts at 47*; 697 points, 227 spins /Everywhere I Go (Universal South) 3 ADDS: KNIX, WKKT, WOGK

STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) Moves 50*-48*; 683 points, 250 spins Aircheck Top Recurrents 2 ADDS: WMAD, WYCD* BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 12834 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 8212 Debuts at 49*; 439 points, 156 spins ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 7938 4 ADDS: KATC*, KNTY, KTEX, WXTU DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 7330 BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 7032 JAMEY JOHNSON/My Way To You (Mercury) KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 5780 Debuts at 50*; 396 points, 169 spins KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 5509 7 ADDS: KATC*, KATM*, KBEQ, WFUS, WGGY, / (19/BNA) 5430 WWNU, WXTU SUGARLAND/ (Mercury) 4554 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 4270 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 358 points, 140 spins 15 ADDS including: KFRG*, KKWF, KNCI*, KNIX, KNTY, KWJJ, WKHX, WMZQ, WQYK*, WXTU BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse) 321 points, 119 spins 2 ADDS: KWNR, WIVK* /Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA) 347 points, 142 spins /Long After I’m Gone (Love Everybody/Bigger Picture) 2 ADDS: KHKI*, WCTO* 301 points, 126 spins 7 ADDS: KDRK, KHKI*, KRTY, KWJJ, WGH-FM, WKIS, WYPY GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 331 points, 105 spins 2 ADDS: KATC*, KSCS* 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)

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

4 1 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 4251 227 2776 173 3 2 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 4092 37 2687 12 6 3 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 4014 109 2632 83 1 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 4014 -383 2646 -247 5 5 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 3948 -29 2601 5 2 6 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 3930 -217 2571 -155 7 7 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 3355 351 2194 229 12 8 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 2938 297 1951 227 8 9 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 2896 59 1900 37 9 10 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 2850 125 1882 90 13 11 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 2778 163 1773 109 11 12 TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 2773 125 1777 70 10 13 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 2767 51 1763 47 15 14 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 2479 125 1628 107 16 15 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 2324 216 1500 153 19 16 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 2093 199 1344 125 17 17 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 1993 46 1302 28 20 18 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1834 165 1207 123 21 19 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 1791 202 1177 147 22 20 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 1578 69 1042 49 25 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 1426 246 931 169 31 22 KENNY CHESNEY f/ DAVE MATTHEWs/I’m Alive (BNA) 1337 445 897 291 26 23 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 1187 23 728 17 23 24 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 1268 65 803 61 29 25 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 1182 195 761 145 27 26 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 1101 -48 727 -20 32 27 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 994 176 649 133 33 28 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 926 270 584 188 28 29 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 829 -192 568 -109 35 30 ALAN JACKSON/I Still Like Bologna (Arista) 767 170 478 128 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR August 17, 2009/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 34 31 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 698 73 449 53 36 32 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 642 91 438 71 45 33 BROOKS & DUNN f/Billy Gibbons/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 594 406 412 287 36 34 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 495 -23 315 -21 38 35 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 484 83 312 61 41 36 FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic Nashville) 406 107 256 76 43 37 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 389 160 224 98 47 38 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 387 206 219 145 39 39 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 385 24 242 17 40 40 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 309 5 204 4 42 41 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 296 51 194 17 44 42 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 255 30 150 19 48 43 SARA EVANS/Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA) 182 5 101 3 49 44 TELLURIDE/Pencil Marks (American Roots/Quarterback) 161 4 102 3 55 45 MICHELLE BRANCH/Sooner Or Later (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 144 65 75 28 Debut 46 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 134 94 83 59 Debut 47 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 133 133 99 99 51 48 WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin' (Warner Bros.) 133 10 102 11 50 49 LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin' Loud) (BNA) 131 1 74 4 53 50 DUE WEST/I Get That All The Time (Bigger Than Me/Nine North) 125 14 79 5 54 51 DARREN KOZELSKY/Seven Vern Gosdins Ago (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North ) 112 6 71 5 52 52 MATT STILLWELL/Sweet Sun Angel (Shine 7/Nine North) 109 -6 62 -5 Debut 53 BIG KENNY/Long After I'm Gone (Love Everybody/Bigger Picture) 98 61 54 36 Debut 54 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 77 42 55 30 59 55 KATIE ARMIGER/Gone (Cold River) 77 9 45 6 57 56 MARK WILLS/Entertaining Angels (Tenacity) 75 0 43 0 66 57 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/I Know Where... (Stylesonic/Picnic Hill/Bigger Picture) 64 16 37 7 60 58 ANTHONY SMITH/Bringin' Back The Sunshine (Stroudavarious) 63 12 45 10 56 59 ZONA JONES/Bluer Than Blue (Rocky Comfort) 55 -21 47 -19 Debut 60 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 50 11 26 5

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