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December 6, 2010 Issue 221 Baldrica: Not Your Average Co. Last week’s announcement (Breaking News 12/1) that former Sony/Nashville VP/Marketing Tom Baldrica was joining Average Joes Entertainment as President capped a furious period of hiring for the company. VP/Promotion Tony Morreale and reps Joe Schuld, Gwen Foster and Jay Cruze give AJE serious industry and radio heft. Add Baldrica and, well, we’ve got some questions ... like, what exactly is Average Joes? So we asked: CA: We heard rumors about a number of opportunities coming your way since your departure from Sony, including major label The Truck Stops Here: Bonneville’s WUBE/Cincinnati morning show Chris postings. Why Average Joes? Tom Baldrica Carr & Company stuffed toys into two seven-ton trucks provided by local TB: Well, I was very flattered. There were a lot Marines. Additionally, the station raised more than $3,000 in cash for the of great conversations – everything from major area Toys For Tots campaign. labels doing what I’d done before, to starting my own company, to being involved in some things Cox IT Squad Hates EYB & KKBQ that were sort of at the edges of the music business. The press release headline read, “Excited Eli Young Band Fans What kept exciting me was coming back to the Crash Cox Media Group Server.” Country Aircheck dug a little deeper idea of Average Joes. This is an organization that has already figured out with KKBQ/Houston PD Johnny Chiang: how to make money, and they’re doing it without what we’ve obviously “In a nutshell, ‘Gridiron Invasion’ is a promotion KKBQ’s been believed is the most important piece – Country radio airplay. doing the past six years,” he says. The station’s Q Morning Zoo has local It’s obviously a huge component. I’ve spent the last 17 years high schools competing for a free acoustic concert by having their cheer of my life garnering and being thrilled by it, but I look at this as squads come in and perform a custom cheer. That night, the morning the opportunity to be able to play the game a little bit differently. team emcees pre-game activities at the school’s football game. Cheers are Authenticity has sort of been the buzzword people have talked about posted on KKBQ’s website, and the top vote-getter wins the show. And, over the last three or four years. You can’t fool people anymore. you guessed it, this year’s concert headliner will be Eli Young Band. With Google, YouTube and social networking, there’s no smoke and “We opened the voting Nov. 8, and by the next afternoon we had mirrors anymore. (continued on page 6) over 180,000 votes,” Chiang says. “Our corporate servers were down ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

December 6, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 only for a very short while, but it was our corporate folks who alerted us locally here in Houston about the massive amount of traffic we were My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e getting. They called and asked, “What is this high school voting thing Mercury’s Southwest Regional Jill Brunett you guys are doing?” discusses her most influential songs, albums So was the promotion the bigger draw than the band? “Probably,” or concerts: Chiang says. “But I do have to say that demand this year was way 1. Paul Simon, Graceland: My parents higher than in previous years. And I do credit Eli Young Band for listened to it all the time on road trips when I was younger, and it was the only CD my that, as they are huge here in Texas. Most of the cheerleading squads college roommate and I could agree on. managed to work EYB into their custom KKBQ cheer.” And now you It’s always the album I choose when asked, know the rest of the story. ‘What’s the one album I’d bring with me if I Jill Brunett were stranded on a deserted island?!’ Industry Loses Stu Olds 2. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song: I The longtime Katz Media Group CEO passed must have listened to “High Cost Of Living” over 1,000 times after away Saturday (12/4) after a battle with a leukemia- I first heard Jamey perform it in our suite at CRS. By far one of the related illness. Olds was a much-admired industry best country albums in years. leader who supported numerous industry-related 3. U2 at Soldier Field: I wasn’t the biggest U2 fan, but a couple causes and programs. friends and I went up to Chicago for [their concert]. We had tickets for the field, and it was one of the most fun nights ever. I snuck Stu Olds up right next to the stage and was so close I thought I felt Bono’s No RADAR Love sweat drip on me. The Media Rating Council has withdrawn its accreditation for 4. Patty Griffin at the Ryman: I will see Patty at the Ryman every Arbitron’s RADAR (Radio’s All Dimension Audience Research) and time she’s there. Last time I saw her, she performed her new gospel nationwide network and national radio audience services. The withdrawal is album and was joined by Emmylou Harris and Lee Ann Womack. effective with RADAR 107, set to release Dec. 13, and with the Fall 2010 Talk about goosebumps. That was my heaven right there. nationwide report, scheduled for release in early March 2011. The reason 5. Ben Folds “The Luckiest:” I’ve seen Ben Folds more times than given was because the two services incorporate data from an increasing I can count. This is my favorite love song of all time. The last verse number of PPM markets that are not yet accredited by the MRC. explains it all so well and so simply. Dial Global President/Operations Charles Steinhauer took the • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Grateful news in stride, noting, “We believe the marketplace has accepted this Dead, Widespread Panic, Phish. I do not like jam bands. data as currency, and will continue to utilize (them) as Arbitron works • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Pearl Jam’s Ten. I still love it to this day. (towards) accreditation for PPM and its data-dependent services.” • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right Radio.com Eyes iPhone now: Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More. The whole album is amazing. CBS Interactive Music Group has rolled out Reach Brunett at [email protected]. its Radio.com platform available as a free iPhone app, providing access to more than 20 genres and 600 stations, as well as streaming music from AOL Radio, Yahoo! Music and Last.fm. The company’s iPad app recently won the Advertising Age Media Vanguard Award. Ad clients can tailor Don’t Forget To Vote This is the final week for open nominations for the second annual these message based on station, genre or location, while listeners can CRB/Country Aircheck Awards, to be presented during CRS 2011 tag stations as favorites, purchase songs for download and share stations across 28 categories. The deadline is end-of-day this Friday (12/10). with friends through Facebook and Twitter. CIMG’s services have been Get details and your ballot at www.crbawards.com. downloaded more than 17 million times. More details at www.radio. com/mobile. ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 6, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4

Gig Alerts Tu b e Ch e c k Clear Channel St. Louis is seeking an OM for its six-station cluster, which includes Country KSD. candidates are required to have Tuesday 12/7 - Joey+Rory, Jewel, Celebrity Holiday Homes (GAC); a minimum of five years’ consecutive on-air experience and five years’ Keith Urban, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC). success in programming, among other considerations. Forward resumes Wednesday 12/8 - Cowboy Troy, The Mo’Nique Show (syndicated); here or to President/Market Manager Beth Davis, Clear Channel St. Little Big Town, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Joey+Rory, Outer Spaces Louis, 1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. West, Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63110. For The Holidays (GAC); Wynonna, Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated); KKGO/Los Angeles is accepting applications for airshifts, care of Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Late Late Show With Craig Station Manager Michael Levine at [email protected]. Ferguson (CBS). Thursday 12/9 - Joey+Rory, Decorating Cents: Home For The Artist News Holidays (GAC); Keith Urban, Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated). Kenny Chesney will perform at the fourth annual Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Friday 12/10 - Faith Hill, Joy To The World (re-air) (GAC). Celebration Of Caring Fundraising Gala March 4 Saturday 12/11 - Keith Urban, Halftime In Real Time (re-air) (GAC). at Indianapolis’ JW Marriott. NBC’s Football Night Sunday 12/12 - Jamey Johnson, GAC Special: The Guitar Song (re-air) (GAC). In America host Bob Costas will emcee the event, which will include an awards ceremony honoring Indiana’s pediatric health community leaders. Peyton Kenny Chesney and wife Ashley will serve as Honorary Chairpersons. Reservations and details here. “Journey On” by Ty Herndon has been named the signature song of the Kevin Turner Foundation, which works to raise funds for ALS research. The former NFL fullback is also featured in the song’s music video, which is viewable here and will be available on iTunes beginning Dec. 13. Proceeds will benefit the Foundation. Stephen Cochran has partnered with the National Veteran Owned Business Association to raise awareness for the Buy Veteran campaign, which works to encourage consumers to shop at veteran- owned businesses. Proceeds from his single “Alone On Christmas” will benefit the Semper Fi Fund, which aids military members returning from war in their transition back to a civilian lifestyle. Industry News Frosty The Ford: Beasley’s WXTU/Philadelphia’s 11th annual Toy Truck Matchless Management’s Shawn Pennington and business Parade brought in nearly 5,000 toys and more than $6,000 of donations partner Andrew Fishbone have launched Nashville-based Roxstars, a for the Child Abuse Prevention Effort (C.A.P.E.). private air charter brokerage firm catering to entertainment businesses. They also plan to roll out various promotional and sponsorship Chart Chat opportunities. Contact Pennington here and Fishbone here. Hats off to Rascal Flatts and the entire Big Machine crew on BMI has upped Cheryl O’Quinn from Director to Sr. Director/ delivering the group’s first No. 1 “Why Wait” with the label. It’s the Per Program Services for the PRO’s Media Licensing department. She Flatts’ first No. 1 since “Here Comes Goodbye” made it to the peak will continue to lead and manage the administration of BMI’s television in April 2009. It’s also the second straight No. 1 for the company, and cable network program agreements. O’Quinn joined BMI as Per following last week’s chart-topper on Republic Nashville with The Program Coordinator in 1997. Band Perry’s “If I Die Young.” ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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The Week’s Top Stories Bi r t h d a y s Full coverage is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. Tuesday (12/7) – Andy Childs, Gary Morris. • Clear Channel’s KSD/St. Louis PD Mark Anderson has been named OM for CBS Radio/Pittsburgh’s four-station cluster, where he’ll Wednesday (12/8) – Marty Raybon, Rhonda Hart, Ashley Clark, program Country WDSY and Hot AC WZPT. (BN 12/2) Heather Conley ([email protected]), Mark McKay • Former Keymarket Radio PA-OH VP/Programming Frank Bell has ([email protected]), the late Irving Waugh. been appointed to the newly created post of Director/Radio & Research Thursday (12/9) – Sylvia Hutton, David Kersh. for 13 Management, home to Taylor Swift. (CAT 12/6) • Sony Music Nashville Dir./Syndicated & Satellite Radio Maurice Friday (12/10) – Johnny Rodriguez, Kevin Sharp, Darcy Miller-Lashinsky ([email protected]), Annie Sandor ([email protected]). Miner resigned to pursue other endeavors. (CAT 12/3) • UMG/Nashville Mgr./Promotion Jill Brunett has been named Mgr./ Saturday (12/11) - Brenda Lee, Tony Brown, Kristen Williams SW Regional Promotion for Mercury. Mercury Coord./Promotion Chris ([email protected]). Fabiani has been upped to Coord./Promotion for UMGN. (CAT 11/30) Sunday (12/12) - Hank Williams, III, Jay Thomas (va2me2ct@aol. • KKGO/Los Angeles’ Jay Coffey left the station as morning co-host com), Liz Kiley ([email protected]). last week, and the daypart is now covered by co-host Ginny Harman and Ashley Paige, who will continue doing weekends. Monday (12/13) - Taylor Swift, John Anderson, Ron Getman, Randy • Journal/Knoxville GSM Bill Berry is the new VP/GM for the Owen, John Wiggins, Laurel Altman, Claudia Mize, Darren Wilhite ([email protected]), Anna Owens, Buck White. company’s three-station Tulsa cluster, including Country KVOO and Classic Country KXBL, starting Jan. 3. (CAT 12/6) • WIXY/Champaign, IL’s Andy Roberts was promoted from APD to PD. (CAT 12/30) already being made, consistently, and now we have the opportunity to • Adventure Radio Group/Savannah, GA OM Jon Robbins has exited the ramp it up with radio airplay. We’re going to partner with Country radio. six-station cluster, which includes Country WGZR. (CAT 12/3) How so? • Arbitron is offering a special $49 streaming rate to interactively This isn’t about charts. It’s not about jamming records to the top. We participate online for much of this week’s Client Conference in Baltimore all want to do that, and I’ve done my share. But the larger idea is to be starting tomorrow (12/7). Details at www.arbitronclientconference.com. able to build the artists with radio in these towns so they can play live. That live, communal experience is the one piece that can’t be attained Not Your Average Co. (continued from page 1) with all the smartphone applications, streaming and all the rest. Average Joes has a roster full of acts that are playing 200 dates a year, There’s nothing like being in that building with 1,000 people, 5,000 building that fan base and selling music from the live experience. Money is people, 60,000 people singing those songs.

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Christian Kane The House Rules (BPG) Leverage actor Kane co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks for his country debut, which features the lead title single. Tom Shapiro and co-producer Jimmy Lee Sloas are among the songwriters. Bob Ezrin shares the producer credit.

Album release info to [email protected].

Shannon and Colt are at the core of it. There might have been some investment when it was started four years ago, but it wouldn’t have been a large sum. It’s built from Colt’s tour, and he’s now at the point where he’s sold 1 million downloads and north of 600,000 records. Pedal Pusher: Citadel’s KXKC/Lafayette, LA morning show Ray & Jeni That’s nothing to sneeze at. Beyond that is what he’s doing with tickets, helped collect 100 bicycles as part of their Toys For Tots Bike Drive. The particularly in the Southeast. He’s selling 7,000 to 8,000 tickets. I saw goal was 99 bikes, or Ray would have had to ride for 99 miles. Fortunately Corey Smith a couple nights ago at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge and there for Ray and the grateful area children, after five hours of riding (Ray’s were 1,000 people in there singing the words to every song. And I’ve actual miles did vary), the station received bike donation No. 100. never heard of him before! But I’m watching this young 18-25 demo going crazy and having a great time. That’s why we all got into this For me, this opportunity is the best of the future, along with business in the first place. what I’ve learned in the past, my relationships and what I know about Now that you’ve got this team in place, what’s the next step? Country radio, and having them intersect. Fun fact: Tony Morreale was announced at Columbia and I was Define Average Joes for those who may only associate it as the label announced at BNA in the exact same edition of Hot Fax back in October for Colt Ford. 1993. And Tony and I worked together at BNA for eight years. Joe It’s an entertainment company, not just a label. They’re not just selling Schuld manages Jerrod Niemann, but also has background in Active Rock CDs. There’s an in-house management company. There’s a Hip Hop and Rock promotion for Columbia. Gwen Foster and Jay Cruze bring and Urban component out of Atlanta. Movies, too. The CEO, Shannon extensive radio experience. It’s an eclectic group with a lot of diverse Houchins, has a long history in the rap business as a record producer. skills, so what we’re trying to do now is take that extra piece that we’ve He’s got a bunch of other acts underground. It really is a full-service got in our relationships – whether it’s Rock or Country – and stoke the entertainment company, and it’s one of the coolest environments. I’ve fire a little more. We’ve got DMAs and regions where these acts are only been in it a couple days, but I can already feel something real touring and selling without airplay. Imagine what happens when we drive magical. I can’t tell you how excited I am, because this is a time of that, when we go to CMT and GAC and add all the other pieces. experimentation, change and reinvention. And this group of folks has What can we expect as far as music? figured out how to do that and be successful doing it. The first things people will see as we get into 2011 are new material Not all of these artists are made for mainstream Country radio, but from Colt Ford, Josh Gracin and Corey Smith. Radio will see our guys that’s okay. What they all are made for is hitting a stage, entertaining an in their markets, and I’ll be out visiting radio stations for the first time audience and bringing a bigger crowd out the next time. It’s word-of- in a long time. I have missed my day-to-day contact with Country radio mouth. Add radio, and the sky’s the limit. a whole bunch, and that’s one of the things I’m very excited about. Did Is there a parent company or investor base? I mention I was excited? CAC

December 6, 2010 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 9 Novemb’rr Ratings Scoreboard (in Middlesex); and Classic Country WSM-AM/Nashville, up for the fourth consecutive sweep. Cume records were broken by WKMK, WPCV, KVET-FM/ Last month’s Country chill turned somewhat frostier in November. Of the Austin, Classic Country WZBK-FM/Milwaukee and WGH-FM/Norfolk. 83 stations with generally a 1.0 or better 6+, decliners led gainers 50-27, with The November “Book Of The Month Club” winner is Gaylord’s WSM-AM, six stations unchanged; 10 experienced PPM share lows. In all, these 83 stations which jumped 3.1-4.2. Among contemporary Country stations, the top gainers were delivered 337.1 shares of listening, down from 340.6 in October, compared KKBQ/Houston (3.8-4.6), WHOK/Columbus, OH (2.3-3.1) and WKMK (0.9-1.7). to 344.7 in September – a 2.2% decline over the past two months. In cume, After the holidays, we’ll have the first PPM results for Greensboro, decliners led gainers 51-32. Hartford, Jacksonville, Memphis and West Palm Beach, which complete Still, there were several positive highlights: WPOC/Baltimore reached Arbitron’s PPM coverage. No. 1 for the first time and KCYY/San Antonio returned to the top spot. And Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country oulet, a “^” designates Country five stations set new 6+ share records: WPOC (for the second straight month); stations in the same market owned by a single operator, a “t” indicates a tie and a WOGI/Pittsburgh; WPCV/Lakeland (in Orlando); WKMK/Monmouth “*” indicates a record high showing for the station in that particular category. 6+ Share 6+ Share Cume Cume Station/City 6+ Share 6+ Share Cume Cume (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) Station/City (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) October ‘10 November ‘10 October ‘10 November ‘10 October ‘10 November ‘10 October ‘10 November ‘10 WKHX/Atlanta 5.6 (5) 5.2 (5) 819,800 (9) 785,700 (11) WUBL/Atlanta 4.9* (7)* 4.6 (9) 759,600 (12) 746,100 (12) KMLE/Phoenix 3.1 (13t) 3.6 (11t) 589,400 (11) 581,200 (11) KASE/Austin^ 8.0 (1) 7.8 (1t) 411,200 (4) 417,300 (4) KNIX/Phoenix 3.8 (9) 3.5 (13) 610,500 (10) 586,600 (10) KVET-FM/Austin^ 4.8 (10) 4.7 (10) 321,000* (7)* 321,700* (8) WDSY/Pittsburgh 5.7 (7) 5.8 (7) 497,200 (8) 466,300 (8) WPOC/Baltimore 8.6* (2) 9.0* (1)* 523,500 (5) 534,100 (5) WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.7 (17) 1.9* (17) 161,700 (15) 155,900 (14) WKLB/Boston 5.5 (4) 5.4 (4) 752,900* (11) 751,300 (12) WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 1.5 (18t) 1.3 (20) 127,800 (17) 115,200 (17) WSOC/Charlotte 8.0 (1) 7.6 (1) 572,700 (5) 529,000 (7) WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 0.7 (27t) 0.8 (23t) 69,800 (28) 84,700 (23) WKKT/Charlotte 6.0 (6) 5.8 (6) 537,400* (6) 532,700 (5) KWJJ/Portland 4.3 (7t) 4.3 (6t) 407,600 (8t) 385,100 (10) WUSN/Chicago 3.8 (7t) 3.7 (7t) 1,189,300 (13) 1,143,400 (13) KUPL/Portland 4.3 (7t) 4.0 (9) 337,800 (13) 311,400 (13) WUBE/Cincinnati^ 7.3 (2) 8.0 (2) 498,900 (6) 506,100 (3) WCTK/Providence 8.7 (3) 8.3 (3) 371,400* (6) 329,900 (6) WPFB-FM/Dayton 1.3 (19) 1.4 (20) 179,200* (16) 176,000 (17) WKLB/Boston 1.0 (21t) 0.8 (24t) 108,000 (21) 103,200 (19) Cincinnati November PPM Providence November PPM WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.0 (22t) 1.2 (21t) 172,700 (17) 159,800 (19) WQDR-FM/Raleigh 7.6 (4) 7.4 (5t) 352,300 (4) 325,100 (4) WGAR/Cleveland 6.9 (4) 6.0 (6) 434,800 (8) 416,500 (9) KFRG/Riverside 4.5 (6) 4.5 (5t) 330,000 (8) 349,700 (7) WQMX/Akron 1.2 (18t) 1.1 (21t) 151,100 (16) 152,800 (17) KKGO/Los Angeles 1.4 (27t) 1.2 (30t) 149,100 (24) 149,400 (27) Cleveland November PPM Riverside November PPM WCOL/Columbus, OH 7.8 (3) 7.8 (3) 381,000 (3) 384,800 (3) KNCI/Sacramento 4.8 (7) 4.3 (8) 305,200 (12) 339,200 (11) WHOK/Columbus, OH 2.3 (14) 3.1* (14) 187,700* (15) 178,200 (15) KNTY/Sacramento 2.4 (17) 2.2 (18) 216,000 (15) 237,900 (15) WCLT-FM/Columbus, OH 1.8 (16t) 1.8 (16t) 137,400 (17) 113,900 (18) KUBL/Salt Lake City 5.0 (5) 5.3 (4) 395,400 (7) 415,600 (7) KPLX/Dallas 4.8 (4) 5.2 (4) 1,186,100 (5) 1,244,600 (4) KSOP-FM/Salt Lake City 3.1 (12t) 3.4 (12) 300,100 (13) 277,900 (13) KSCS/Dallas 3.3 (13) 3.1 (11t) 847,000 (15) 807,600 (15) KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.9 (20) 2.3 (16t) 215,700 (17) 208,000 (18) KYGO/Denver 5.1 (4) 4.7 (5) 588,700* (3)* 541,700 (4) KCYY/San Antonio 6.5 (2) 6.6 (1) 581,500 (1) 598,100 (2) KWOF/Denver 2.2 (20) 2.3 (20) 293,500 (17) 262,600 (18) KAJA/San Antonio 5.8 (5) 5.4 (7t) 494,100 (6) 473,800 (7) WYCD/Detroit 4.9 (4) 5.2 (3t) 832,900 (10) 837,700 (11) KSON/San Diego 3.7 (9t) 3.5 (10) 439,200 (11) 424,600 (11) KKBQ/Houston^ 3.8 (12) 4.6 (7) 1,011,700 (8) 1,063,800 (7) KUSS/San Diego 2.0 (23t) 1.6 (24) 302,000 (20) 291,800 (19) KILT-FM/Houston 3.9 (11) 3.1 (16) 933,600 (9) 867,900 (12) KBWF/San Francisco 1.6 (24t) 1.4 (25t) 425,300 (25) 427,500 (27) KTHT/Houston^+ 1.9 (22) 1.7 (22) 464,600 (20) 428,600 (22) KRTY/San Jose 1.0 (28) 0.9 (30t) 228,900 (31) 210,300 (32) WFMS/Indianapolis 10.7 (1) 10.6 (1) 374,400 (4) 367,400 (3) San Francisco November PPM WLKH/Indianapolis 6.2 (5) 5.5 (6t) 386,600* (3)* 326,500 (7) KRTY/San Jose 3.6 (13) 2.9 (14) 175,400 (18) 161,600 (19) KBEQ/Kansas City^ 5.3* (6) 5.2 (6) 348,100* (8) 328,800 (9) KMPS/Seattle 4.8 (2) 4.3 (5t) 648,900 (8) 622,400 (9) KFKF/Kansas City^ 4.7 (7t) 5.1 (7) 327,400 (10) 313,400 (11) KKWF/Seattle 3.7 (11t) 4.3 (5t) 549,900 (13) 557,100 (11) WDAF/Kansas City 4.6 (9t) 4.4 (10t) 319,200 (11) 321,600 (10) KNBQ/Seattle 1.8 (23t) 2.0 (23) 303,100 (22) 317,700 (22) KWNR/Las Vegas 3.8 (9) 3.4 (10t) 225,900 (13) 218,000 (15) WIL/St. Louis 5.7 (7) 5.6 (5t) 608,700* (6) 555,500 (7) KCYE/Las Vegas 2.7 (17) 2.6 (19) 174,600 (18) 204,200 (17) KSD/St. Louis 3.3 (16) 3.1 (17t) 518,600 (9) 493,700 (10) KKGO/Los Angeles 1.6 (24t) 1.8 (22t) 894,600 (26) 979,800 (26) WQYK-FM/Tampa 4.5 (10) 4.9 (7) 524,400 (9) 486,600 (10) WKIS/Miami 3.0 (15) 3.0 (15) 442,500 (18) 446,300 (18) WFUS/Tampa 3.2 (15t) 3.0 (16) 534,600 (8) 513,900 (8) WKMK/Monmouth 0.9* (30)* 1.7* (25)* 79,100 (29)* 96,400 (24)* WMZQ/Washington 3.8 (9) 3.6 (10t) 574,300 (14) 610,700 (13) Middlesex November PPM WMIL/Milwaukee^ 8.8 (2) 8.5 (2) 442,200* (5) 417,600 (5) WZBK-FM/Milwaukee+ 2.5* (15)* 2.4 (15) 126,500* (15) 129,700* (15) Co u n t r y ’s PPM Cu m e Le a d e r s WOKY-AM/Milwaukee^+ 1.6 (18) 1.6 (17t) 47,200 (23) 55,600 (26) October November KEEY/Minneapolis 9.4* (1) 9.1 (1) 855,500 (4) 827,200 (4) 2 1 KPLX/Dallas 1,244,600 1 2 WUSN/Chicago 1,143,400 WSIX/Nashville 5.8 (8) 5.8 (6) 284,800 (7) 339,500 (5) 3 3 KKBQ/Houston 1,063,800 WKDF/Nashville 4.8 (9) 4.5 (9t) 304,500 (6) 300,700 (7) 5 4 KKGO/Los Angeles 979,800 WSM-AM/Nashville+ 3.1* (13)* 4.2* (11t)* 84,100* (20)* 83,600 (20) 4 5 KILT-FM/Houston 867,900 8 6 WYCD/Detroi t 837,700 WSM-FM/Nashville 3.0 (14) 2.6 (15t) 264,900 (8) 273,300 (8) 6 7 KEEY/Minneapolis 827,200 WGH-FM/Norfolk 5.7 (5t) 6.0 (5) 266,800 (11) 274,900* (11) 7 8 KSCS/Dallas 807,600 9 9 WKHX/Atlanta 785,700 WUSH/Norfolk 5.4* (7)* 4.2 (11) 246,400 (12) 220,700 (12) 11 10 WKLB/Boston 751,300 WWKA/Orlando 5.1 (8) 5.6 (7) 307,800* (9) 305,500 (8) 10 11 WUBL/Atlanta 746,100 WPCV/Lakeland 1.4 (21) 1.5 (20) 141,000* (18) 160,800* (15)* 12 12 WXTU/Philadelphia 728,600 13 13 KMPS/Seattle 622,400 Orlando November PPM 19 14 WMZQ/Washington 610,700 WXTU/Philadelphia 4.5 (6) 4.3 (7) 725,100 (15) 728,600 (14) 14 15 KNIX/Phoenix 586,600 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 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December 6, 2010 Chart Page 1

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

3 1 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 14756 721 5220 260 37.429 1.734 126 0 1 2 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 13690 -1410 4747 -506 34.717 -3.503 125 0 5 3 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 13372 579 4824 212 33.629 1.831 125 0 2 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 12548 -1749 4340 -630 32.083 -4.534 126 0 6 5 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 12166 223 4359 66 31.956 0.517 126 0 7 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 11386 387 4006 157 29.869 1.248 126 0 8 7 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 11024 348 4016 98 27.074 0.73 122 0 9 8 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 10696 335 3793 160 27.22 0.632 126 0 12 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 10035 512 3510 206 25.613 1.044 126 0 13 10 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 9971 657 3510 243 25.088 1.892 125 0 11 11 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 9906 313 3590 100 24.996 0.976 125 0 10 12 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 9790 172 3419 109 24.748 0.449 126 0 14 13 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 8728 486 3185 187 21.7 1.215 122 0 16 14 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 7266 92 2523 34 17.523 0.293 122 2 17 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 4 7057 848 2553 318 17.211 0.92 119 1 15 16 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 6684 -1071 2358 -461 16.847 -2.498 121 0 18 17 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 6395 506 2338 196 15.996 1.355 125 4 20 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 4 5882 803 2118 286 14.699 2.29 126 8 22 19 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 4 5861 1521 2011 525 14.373 4.029 119 7 19 20 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI) 5771 74 2123 17 14.665 0.464 116 0 21 21 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 4757 247 1796 116 11.503 0.549 114 2 23 22 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 4258 97 1626 53 10.36 0.334 114 1 24 23 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 4199 119 1542 53 9.707 0.444 109 2 25 24 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3448 152 1355 63 7.536 0.391 111 6 26 25 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 3379 194 1340 84 8 0.257 101 2

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

36 26 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 4 3280 1720 1070 608 8.018 3.807 99 36 27 27 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 3141 197 1266 82 7.09 0.36 96 4 28 28 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 2983 105 1267 63 5.7 0.165 94 1 29 29 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 2595 227 951 66 5.761 0.466 93 2 34 30 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 2272 635 685 238 5.571 1.433 67 21 38 31 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4 2220 764 830 325 4.842 1.68 85 22 30 32 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 2127 188 882 72 4.075 0.307 85 5 31 33 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 2093 228 822 119 4.534 0.391 82 9 32 34 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 1774 26 591 16 3.78 0.029 58 2 33 35 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 1722 53 750 27 3.329 -0.094 65 0 37 36 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 1707 175 590 69 3.281 0.327 69 2 44 37 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 1484 483 537 167 3.266 0.969 73 23 39 38 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 1409 103 596 45 2.812 0.204 70 5 40 39 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 1238 31 540 15 2.153 -0.155 68 1 43 40 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Love You Back (Mercury) 1166 117 453 52 2.425 0.283 54 6 41 41 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 1104 18 482 -3 2.14 -0.086 43 1 46 42 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA) 1075 129 422 51 1.576 0.086 60 1 42 43 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 1069 12 476 15 1.875 0.064 55 2 45 44 LEE BRICE/Beautiful Every Time (Curb) 1044 64 430 25 1.469 0.024 62 4 47 45 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 988 117 387 49 1.831 0.1 50 4 48 46 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) 871 91 379 47 1.362 0.194 42 3 49 47 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 746 -15 347 -8 0.874 -0.077 58 0 50 48 CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) 738 118 284 38 1.081 0.281 36 0 Debut 49 JARON & TLRTL/That's... (Jaronwood/Big Machine/Republic Nashville) 597 3 214 9 0.999 -0.076 35 0 Debut 50 TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) 584 92 253 42 0.927 0.1 34 2

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 36 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 582 4 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 23 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 357 4 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 22 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 251 4 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 233 4 CHUCK WICKS/Old School (RCA) 18 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 221 4 ALAN JACKSON/Ring Of Fire (Arista) 14 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 210 LEANN RIMES/Crazy Women (Curb) 14 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 170 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Last Night Again (Big Machine) 14 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 144 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 9 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 133 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 8 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 121 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 417 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 1720 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 241 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 1521 4 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 173 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 848 4 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 161 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 803 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 159 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 133 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 764 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 102 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 721 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 90 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 657 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista ) 87 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 635 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 86 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 579 Vi d e o Ad d s KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 512 CMT Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (Stroudavarious) DAVE BARNES f/HILLARY SCOTT/Christmas Tonight (Razor & Tie) BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 608 JOEY + RORY/That’s Important To Me (Sugarhill) TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 525 MANDY BARNETT/This Time Of The Year (Rounder) DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 325 CMT PURE LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 318 AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (Stroudavarious) BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 286 KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) Troy Olsen/Good Hands (Capitol) RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 260 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 243 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don’t You Wanna Stay (BBR) 238 GAC KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 212 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 206

Country Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s December 13 Alabama/Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Valory) JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn’t Be A Man (MCA) Move 47*-45*; 988 points, 387 spins Brad Paisley/This Is Country Music (Arista) 4 ADDS: KASE, KFDI, WPOC, WWYZ January 3 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) Ashton Shepherd/Look It Up (MCA) Move 48*-46*; 871 points, 379 spins Randy Montana/1,000 Faces (Mercury) 3 ADDS: DG, KBEQ, WDXB January 10 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) No listing Moves 49-47; 746 points, 347 spins No adds

CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) Points Moves 50*-48*; 738 points, 284 spins Country Aircheck Top Recurrents No adds ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As She's... (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG) 13159 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 11124 JARON & TLRTL/That’s Beautiful to Me (Jaronwood/Big Machine/ SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 7445 Republic Nashville) DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 7261 Enters at 49*; 597 points, 214 spins EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 6301 No adds JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4856 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 4837 TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 4515 Debuts at 50*; 584 points, 253 spins UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 4161 2 ADDS: KNTY, WMAD BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 4054

JOSH THOMPSON/Won’t Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 554 points, 238 spins KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) 6 ADDS: WCTK*, WGNA, WIOV, WMAD, WQMX, WUSH 376 points, 136 spins 2 ADDS: WDXB, WTGE RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) 543 points, 196 spins BLAKE WISE/I’ve Got This Feeling (BBR) No adds 309 points, 147 spins No adds LITTLE BIG TOWN/Kiss Goodbye (Capitol) 530 points, 241 spins 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 3 ADDS: WGH, WKHX, WKLB two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Play 3 1 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 4340 106 2678 67 2 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 4245 -1 2674 6 1 3 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 3919 -331 2365 -281 6 4 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 3830 73 2385 46 4 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 3525 -708 2100 -503 7 6 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 3440 30 2073 54 10 7 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 3365 114 2128 72 8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 3362 79 2144 62 9 9 TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb) 3359 80 2148 64 11 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Somewhere With You (BNA) 3298 170 2061 102 12 11 KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 3195 106 2058 82 13 12 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 3085 113 1946 70 14 13 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 3019 65 1900 21 16 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Hello World (Capitol) 4 2704 233 1717 159 15 15 TOBY KEITH/Bullets In The Gun (Show Dog-Universal) 2630 31 1616 35 17 16 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 2552 94 1632 72 18 17 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 2150 48 1321 39 19 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Let Me Down Easy (Mercury) 2107 210 1354 133 20 19 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 1756 118 1113 68 21 20 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 1732 119 1105 71 22 21 TAYLOR SWIFT/Back To December (Big Machine) 4 1657 357 1035 241 23 22 JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1405 133 939 87 24 23 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 1182 41 777 18 33 24 BRAD PAISLEY/This Is Country Music (Arista) 4 1157 582 820 417 29 25 DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol) 4 1049 251 694 173 27 26 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 1026 144 649 86 26 27 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 1015 120 642 69 25 28 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 991 66 640 36 31 29 JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You Wanna Stay (BBR) 4 950 221 617 161 28 30 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 840 18 477 21 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR December 6, 2010/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 32 31 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 766 95 460 61 34 32 SUGARLAND/Little Miss (Mercury) 644 121 417 90 36 33 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 575 77 377 51 35 34 BRETT ELDREDGE/Raymond (Atlantic/WAR) 521 18 350 10 37 35 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 510 39 305 23 39 36 CRAIG MORGAN/Still A Little Chicken Left... (BNA) 505 69 306 42 38 37 LEE BRICE/Beautiful Every Time (Curb) 460 16 321 9 40 38 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 450 55 316 44 42 39 EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Love You Back (Mercury) 446 73 291 46 44 40 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Kiss Goodbye (Capitol) 410 60 261 29 41 41 GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I'm Down (MCA Nashville) 397 14 285 9 43 42 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 370 13 205 6 46 43 UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 332 38 194 28 45 44 JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA) 323 14 230 8 47 45 RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal) 310 19 221 16 50 46 LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious) 271 68 176 40 48 47 DUE WEST/The Bible And The Belt (Black River) 235 -14 168 -3 49 48 WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 207 -11 139 -13 58 49 JOSH THOMPSON/Won't Be Lonely Long (Columbia) 149 86 116 71 51 50 ADAM CRAIG BAND/Nothin' Wrong (American Roots/Quarterback) 113 19 86 14 53 51 KATIE ARMIGER/Best Song Ever (Cold River) 92 5 70 5 59 52 ALAN JACKSON/Ring Of Fire (Arista) 91 38 71 29 56 53 DAVID ADAM BYRNES/Sweet Distraction (Better Angels/Ride) 86 16 61 8 55 54 CHRISTIAN KANE/The House Rules (BPG) 81 11 51 7 54 55 TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville) 78 7 58 8 52 56 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 74 -18 47 -17 57 57 MARGARET DURANTE/Mississippi's Cryin' (Emrose/Stroudavarious/Nine North) 73 7 52 6 Debut 58 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Oh, Tonight (PDT) 72 27 56 23 60 59 RANDY ROGERS BAND/Steal You Away (MCA) 57 7 47 7 Debut 60 JASON STURGEON/Rollin' On (Toolpusher/Spinville/Nine North) 43 0 26 0 ©2010 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com