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Issue 15 Music Edition November 27, 2006

Forget The Turkey, It’s Time For Christmas (Music)! Check The Halls Thanksgiving means food, football and a four-day Country Aircheck’s final 2006Music Edition weekend to most people, to programmers it means it’s time with charts will be published on Monday, December 18, to start putting those Christmas songs on the radio. While we with publication resuming on January 8, 2007. Regular can’t help with that bloated feeling you’re experiencing right publication of Country Aircheck Today will cease about now, we can get your 2006 Christmas library spruced with the Thursday, December 21 issue, and resume on Thursday, January 4. Look for our debut print up with a look back at the most-played holiday tunes of 2005, publication containing the year’s Top 100 songs in courtesy of Mediabase 24/7. mid-December.

>>Christmas Country Gold 17. /Merry Christmas From ... 1. VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS/All I Want For Christmas... 18. ELVIS PRESLEY/Blue Christmas 2. JEFF FOXWORTHY/12 Redneck Days Of Christmas 19. /Hard Candy Christmas 3. /’Til Santa’s Gone 20. /Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy 4. BRENDA LEE/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 5. BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock >>Top 2005 Country Christmas Currents & Recurrents 6. SKIP EWING/Christmas Carol 7. /Leroy The Redneck Reindeer 1. /Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 8. ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie 2. /Jingle Bells 9. /A Holly Jolly Christmas 3. TIM McGRAW/Dear Santa 10. ALAN JACKSON/I Only Want You For Christmas 4. STEVE AZAR/Catfish Christmas 11. /Where Are You Christmas 5. ALAN JACKSON/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 12. /Christmas Cookies 6. LeANN RIMES/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 13. LEANN RIMES/Put A Little Holiday… 7. KENNY CHESNEY/Pretty Paper 14. NEWSONG/The Christmas Shoes 8. /Jingle Bells 15. RICOCHET/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 16. BURL IVES/Have A Holly Jolly Christmas ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  9. JOE NICHOLS/White Christmas Date Check 10. JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Be Home For Christmas 11. /Please Come Home For Christmas February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner. 12. MONY L. ALLEN/All I Want For Christmas ... www.crb.org 13. NEAL McCOY/Merry Christmas Darling February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. 14. /Silver Bells www.crb.org 15. CLINT BLACK/Christmas With You May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. Thomas New Regent Regional VP www.acmcountry.com As part of a restructuring of senior management, Regent You want to be in early, anyway, because the CRB has Evansville-Owensboro, IN VP/GM Mark Thomas has added some events on Wednesday. In addition to a 2007 Hall been promoted to Regional VP. In addition to overseeing the of Fame Panel, other new sessions include an Arbitron People company’s stations in those two markets and Flint, MI, he’ll Meter panel and the ASCAP-sponsored KCRS Live! add oversight for the St. Cloud, MN six-station cluster, which showcase (does this mean only from west of the includes market leading Country WWJO. Regent also owns Mississippi will be appearing?) Also on Wednesday is the Artist market-leading Country WKDQ/Evansville and WBKR/ Radio Tape Session (ARTS), the Curb Records sponsored Owensboro. None of its Flint stations are Country. luncheon and three additional artist showcases. will Additionally, Regional VP Mike Grimsley, who perform at the ACM/United Stations-sponsored Music City Jam oversees Regent’s stations in Lafayette, LA and El Paso, on Wednesday night. TX, will add oversight duties for the company’s Peoria, IL The keynote event on Thursday, March 1 is sponsored by and Bloomington, IL clusters. Country outlets owned by KCCS Productions and will feature WSIX/Nashville morning Regent in those markets include market-leading WBWN/ personality interviewing Jon . A Bloomington and WFYR/Peoria, which was No. 2 in Spring presentation by Edison Media Research on Hispanic-Americans 2006, but No. 1 in Fall 2005 (noticing a trend here, yet?) and Country Radio will be held on Thursday afternoon. CRS-38 Early Bird Deadline Is Thursday; Montage Goes RED For Distribution New Events Added Montage Music Group has signed a distribution deal with If you want to take advantage of the CRB’s low-low early RED Distribution, a division of Sony BMG. Label President/ bird registration rate of $499, you must get your stuff to them by CEO Allen Butler says, “I am very happy to be associated this Thursday, Nov. 30. After that, it jumps to $1 million. OK, so with Bob Morelli and everyone at RED again. I am confident it doesn’t go up that much. But you can save your company some that our product is in very capable hands and I look forward to serious dough by going to www.CRB.org and signing-up for CRS- having them on our team.” 38, set for Feb. 28-March 2 at the Nashville Convention Center. RED EVP/GM Bob Morelli adds, “I have worked with And, be sure to come in a day early for the Country Radio Allen during his days of running Arista Nashville promotion. and DJ Hall of Fame inductions and dinner. Come As a fan, I watched Allen run and developed Sony/Nashville see Les Acree, Larry Daniels and Bob Moody head into the into the powerhouse country label it became. I couldn’t be Country Radio HOF while Joe Ladd and Big John Trimble enter happier that he chose RED to be the home for his new label, the CMDJHOF. This has become one of the industries greatest -- and we hope to add our expertise and partnership in making and most fun -- evenings. Don’t miss it! this one of the premiere labels in Nashville.” ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 

Tube Check Capitol’s Weathersby Rises Tuesday (11/28) – , Good Morning Capitol Director/Media & Public Relations Dixie America (ABC). Weathersby has been promoted to Sr. Director. Weathersby joined the label in 2003. She and Director/Media & Public Wednesday (11/29) – , The Relations Judy McDonough share media responsibilities for Collection (GAC). the label, reporting to Sr. VP/Marketing Fletcher Foster. Thursday (11/30) – , Good Morning “Dixie’s contributions in building this label’s publicity America (ABC); Wynonna Judd, The View (ABC); department as well as her contributions in the development of , The Oprah Winfrey Show (NBC); our artists over the past three and a half years have been truly Trent Tomlinson, (CMT). apparent,” Foster says. “I’m really glad that we can recognize her hard work and dedication.” Friday (12/1) – Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Top Ten Countdown (CMT).

Gentry Pleads To Misdemeanor Saturday (12/2) – , Little Big A statement from Sony BMG (11/27) addresses Troy Town, CMT Crossroads (CMT); , GAC Gentry pleading guilty to a lesser offense of inaccurately Specials (GAC); , , Jack tagging a bear, a misdemeanor. The plea was entered in a case Ingram, , The Randy Rogers Band, CMT Insider (CMT). stemming from the hunting of an allegedly tame black bear in Minnesota two years ago. “I did participate in improperly Sunday (12/3) – , Dolly Parton, Southern tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith (CMT). what I was doing,” Gentry says. “For that, I am truly sorry. I relied on the experts around me for guidance, and I regret Monday (12/4) – , 60 Minutes Uncut (CMT). that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished, but because it appears that I don’t have respect for the law. This has been a humbling experience for me, and one which I deeply regret.” Chart Chat Are those guys hot, or what? Not only Radio News do they have the No. 1 Country song this week with “My Kudos: KUPL/Portland’s Feed The Hungry Radio-a-thon Wish,” but the Lyric Street trio also has the No. 2 song on recently raised $62,000 during a 13-hour live broadcast the Mediabase AC chart with “.” That benefiting the Portland Rescue Mission. song, by the way, also went Top 10 on Mediabase’s Hot AC list and Top 25 on the Top 40 chart! It should be a might fine Web: Clear Channel Online is featuring in its Christmas for Gary, Joe Don and Jay -- not to mention all In-Concert series, with clips from Urban’s September show at the happy little elves whistling a happy tune at the label (is ’s Fox Theater added each week. Details at that mixing metaphors -- or meta-dwarves?) led by President www.clearchannelmusic.com. Randy Goodman and VP/Promotion Kevin Herring.

©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  Industry News Plateau Music has signed a distribution agreement with Birthdays Aspirion Records, to release April Taylor’s I Wanna Live Tuesday (11/28) - Kristine Arnold, Cheryl Cranford, Like That. The album is set for a January release. Gene Dries, Mike Kennedy, Clint Clifton Radio vet Carl Geisler has joined The Marketing Group/ ([email protected]) Impact Radio Networks in the Affiliate Relations department. Geisler’s background includes programming KIKK/Houston Wednesday (11/29) - Jody Miller, the late Merle and air talent stops with KILT/Houston and KVET/Austin. Travis; Ryan Bitzer; Kory James Thursday (11/30) - Jeannie Kendall, Mindy Benefit News McCready, Teddy Wilburn, Jimmy Bowen, Adam A package including tickets and meet-and-greet passes Clark, Linda Engbrenghoff for a Dec. 8 show featuring , Jimmy Wayne and Danielle Peck in Santa Ynez, CA is being auctioned at www. Friday (12/1) - Kim Richey, Dave Ashcraft, Larry universalmusicstore.com. The auction closes on Dec. 2 and Shell, Jenny Wallace, Kirk Yoquelet, Paul Riddle benefits Toys For Tots. Keith Anderson will perform a Toys For Tots benefit on Saturday (12/2) - Tom Hanranhan Saturday (12/2) at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon. ([email protected])

Sunday (12/3) - Paul Gregg, Autumn House, S. Artist News Wade Hunt, The Washington State Lottery is offering a GigTours Scratch Game that will allow winners to choose a four night Monday (12/4) - Lila McCann, Brian Prout, Johnny Gray tour bus excursion with , Montgomery Gentry, , or , Jr. Send birthdays to [email protected]. Three grand prize trips will be offered, and the VIP road treatment is valued at $46,333. will make his MuzikMafia debut Week In Review tomorrow (11/28) at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge. Gretchen Wednesday, Nov. 22: Former WMZQ/Washington PD Wilson and Big & Rich are scheduled to perform as well. George King has been named OM for Clear Channel’s San will serve as Grand Marshall during the Antonio cluster, which includes Country KAJA. King will 54th Annual Nashville Gas Christmas Parade set for Friday, serve as PD for AC KQXT. with Clayton Allen remaining as Dec. 1 in Nashville. KAJA’s PD. The new gig is a return to the market for King, The RIAA has issued gold certification forVince Gill’s who programmed Cox’s Country combo KCYY & KKYX four-disc These Days album. from Dec. 2002 to June 2004 when he left for Washington. He replaces Ed Scarborough, who exited in October, and Milestones started officially on Monday (11/27). Condolences to Tanya Tucker and family on the passing Media’s KFGY/Santa Rosa, CA PD/afternoon of her father Boe last week in Nashville. The elder Tucker host Greg Kodiak is exiting the company as his contract has was instrumental in developing and managing his daughter’s not been renewed. Market Manager Diane Cridland Hubel career. He was 79. is accepting resumes at [email protected].

©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Send news to [email protected] November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  Kodiak has been with the station for six years following an Video Adds eight year run in Sacramento radio including Country KNCI. Reach him at [email protected] or 707-568-6688. CMT PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) Emmis WTHI/Terre Haute, IN MD/afternoon host DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) “Party” Marty Combs has been named PD/afternoon host at Crossroads’ crosstown WSDM (92.7 The Crock), which is CMT Pure Country a Country/Rock hybrid. WTHI OM Barry Kent is handling CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED/Late Last Night music for now while searching for a replacement. Rush (Universal South) PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) resume and aircheck to him at [email protected]. /Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On winners include Rascal Flatts, (Category 5) who won Country Group and the T-Mobile Text In fan-voted /I Just Came Back (From A War) (903) honor, Country Female Faith Hill, Country Male Toby Keith, Album Greatest Hits Volume 2 from Tim McGraw, GAC and Breakthrough Artist . /Our Country (Universal South) The good news is the WWKA/Orlando morning team of PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back (From A War) (903) Ellis B. Feaster, Melissa Moore and producer Skid recently held their Second Annual Celebrity Pro Am Turkey Shoot to benefit the Second harvest Food Bank. The bad news, at celeb hunters something to shoot at during the event held at least for Skid, is that he was the turkey. Or, more aptly put, Orlando Paintball. he was the target. Skid donned the turkey gear to provide the WAMZ/Louisville MD/midday host Night Train Lane, who left the station due to budget cuts, can be reached at 270-734- 0043. Rate Check Effective January 1, Country Aircheck will begin offering Tuesday, Nov. 21: Fallout continued from the Great Turkey four subscription packages. They are: Bowl Caper of 2006. As noted in Monday’s Country The Add: A single user subscription that includes daily email news reports and breaking news blasts. FREE! Aircheck Music Edition (11/20), UMG/Nashville’s 12th Light: Single user subscription includes daily email news title in the annual flag football tournament has been tarnished reports, breaking news blasts, the weekly Music Edition pdf by the heist of the championship trophy, which turned up in and one copy of each of our special print editions. $199 the offices of Capitol/Nashville. The trophy went missing annually. (Note: Only available to individuals or companies during an engagement party UMG’s Katie Dean was hosting with five or fewer employees). Medium: Multi-user subscription includes daily email for Capitol’s Dixie Weathersby. UMG staffers are not news reports, breaking news blasts and the weekly Music happy. “[Capitol] should have at least made the finals to Edition pdf sent to up to EIGHT (8) email accounts, with even get a sniff of the trophy,” notes UMG’s John Ettinger. one copy of each of our special print editions mailed to main “But they lost to the team we beat by 20.” location. $299 annually. WYCD/Detroit morning co-host Steve Grunwald has Heavy: Multi-user subscription includes daily email news reports, breaking news blasts, the weekly Music Edition returned from his 10-day trip to where he delivered pdf sent to up to TWELVE (12) email accounts, with FIVE the world’s largest yellow ribbon, signed by Detroit area (5) copies of each of our special print editions mailed to residents. Grunwald blogged his journey at www.wycd.com. location(s) of your choosing. $599 annually. Former KZLA/Los Angeles midday host Shawn Parr

©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page  reports he’s the on-camera voice for the American Music Based in Rhode Island, Shaw can be reached at Awards on ABC. Parr is still looking for a full time gig and [email protected] or 401-233-1544. can be reached at 818-415-9255 or [email protected]. Peak Broadcasting has reached an agreement to acquire CMT is reporting strong ratings for CMT Giants: CBS Radio’s seven-station Fresno, CA cluster, which Reba. The show averaged 1.7 million total viewers during includes Country KSKS. The $90 million deal will be its Nov. 18 premiere, more than triple the average in prime preceded by a time brokerage agreement through which Peak time for the quarter. The premiere drew 4.5 million viewers will begin programming the stations, effective sometime in cumulatively, and 10.7 million total viewers when the five December. Once the deal closes, Peak will be locating its re-airings are included. corporate offices in Fresno. Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts will perform two songs KASE/Austin adds Julie Kansay to the KASE Morning during the 80th Anniversary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Crew effective Dec. 4. Kansay formerly served as part of the Parade on Thursday. The parade is telecast on NBC. Ben & Brian show at WMZQ/Washington.

Monday, Nov. 20: Category 5 Northeast regional David Shaw has been bumped to Sr. Director/Regional Promotion. - Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] (615) 244-4484 Last Gasp Of Summer: WGNA, WFLS, WBCT, WIVK, WGKX, WBBS and WGTY Are No. 1 Just as the near record temperatures over the weekend offered one final short and t-shirt weekend in many areas, this look at Country radio ratings offers the final look at the Summer 2006 Arbitron ratings for this format. A “+” indi- cates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Sp ‘06 Su ‘06 Sp ‘06 Su ‘06 Sp ‘06 Su ‘06 Sp ‘06 Su ‘06 WGNA-FM/Albany 10.9 12.8 1 1 WTNR/Grand Rapids, MI 4.3 3.2 6 10 WFFG/Albany 1.0 1.4 18 18 WMUS-FM/Muskegon^ 1.8 1.2 21 18* WYRK/Buffalo 10.1 10.4 1 2 (Grand Rapids Arbitron) WXRL-AM/Buffalo 1.5 1.3 14 16* WIVK/Knoxville 24.8 25.2 1 1 WEZL/Charleston, SC 8.7 8.2 3 2 WGKX/Memphis 7.2 8.1 3 1 WNKT/Charleston, SC 3.2 4.0 11 9 KNCI/Sacramento 6.7 5.5 2 2 WCOS/Columbia, SC 5.2 6.9 6* 2 KNTY/Sacramento -- 1.9 -- 18 WWNU/Columbia, SC^ 2.7 2.7 14 14* (KNTY flipped to Country in July 2006) WWNQ/Columbia, SC^ 3.1 3.3 13 16 WBBS/Syracuse 11.7 11.2 1 1 WZMJ/Columbia, SC .8 1.0 17* 18 WFRG/Utica-Rome, NY 2.3 1.8 12 14* WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 15.8 16.1 1 1 (Syracuse Arbitron) WGRX/Fredericksburg, VA 1.9 4.1 13* 4* WSCP-AM&FM/Syracuse 2.8 1.8 11 14* WMZQ/Washington 1.9 1.4 13* 19* WGTY/York, PA 10.0 11.6 1 1 (Fredericksburg, VA Arbitron) WHVR-AM/York, PA+ 2.0 1.9 15 15 WJMA/Fredericksburg, VA 1.4 1.1 17* 21* WPOC/Baltimore 1.1 1.3 23 21* WBCT/Grand Rapids^ 9.1 9.7 1 1 (York Arbitron) ©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 2 1 RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 14107 25 4949 9 42.931 0.189 124 0 1 2 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/ (Arista) 13724 -618 4746 -256 42.306 -1.642 124 0 4 3 KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA) 13685 512 4731 127 41.297 1.264 124 0 3 4 SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 13494 211 4754 130 40.727 0.907 124 0 5 5 TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb) 12870 229 4522 93 38.584 0.924 124 0 7 6 BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 4 11169 1620 3916 457 32.355 3.695 123 0 6 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Some People Change (Columbia) 10881 728 3704 249 31.943 2.309 124 0 9 8 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 4 9869 979 3390 301 30.124 3.751 124 0 10 9 TAYLOR SWIFT/Tim McGraw (Big Machine) 8640 383 2975 150 25.581 1.606 124 0 11 10 /Mountains (BNA) 8214 277 2897 88 25 1.179 123 0 12 11 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 8171 654 2894 215 24.167 2.462 123 3 14 12 /Amarillo Sky (BBR) 7675 624 2817 212 22.082 1.961 124 0 16 13 /Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 6318 444 2341 165 18.013 1.951 124 0 17 14 TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street) 5975 197 2223 121 16.015 1.112 124 1 19 15 WRECKERS/My, Oh My (Warner Bros.) 5859 578 1974 165 16.338 2.162 122 2 18 16 EMERSON /A Good Man (Midas) 5780 85 2166 -6 16.057 0.303 123 3 20 17 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 5319 619 1911 199 14.745 1.975 123 3 13 18 /Love You (Big Machine) 4913 -2231 1670 -857 14.247 -6.656 120 0 23 19 / (Capitol) 4 4788 994 1789 381 13.213 2.253 122 9 22 20 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 4547 424 1776 158 11.709 0.789 121 4 21 21 /Two Pink Lines (Capitol Nashville) 4267 -91 1562 15 11.509 -0.209 120 1 27 22 DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back From... (903 Music) 4184 897 1406 322 11.153 1.757 117 10 24 23 PHIL VASSAR/The Woman In My Life (Arista) 3829 262 1462 108 9.481 0.61 121 2 26 24 /Red High Heels (BNA) 3722 388 1277 126 10.211 1.064 115 3 25 25 /You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 3627 153 1390 79 9.48 0.736 120 0

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

34 26 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 4 2965 936 916 346 8.866 2.575 91 18 30 27 / (Equity) 2831 337 1027 149 7.663 0.777 108 8 29 28 SARAH BUXTON/Innocence (Lyric Street) 2707 169 1032 78 7.013 0.346 119 0 28 29 /The Reason Why (MCA) 2606 66 889 37 6.672 0.161 111 0 33 30 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 2589 494 919 189 7.679 1.976 99 7 32 31 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Asylum-Curb) 2509 245 898 91 6.563 0.577 101 4 43 32 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 4 2265 1284 726 406 7.135 4.486 78 28 38 33 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 2180 760 906 295 5.193 1.555 98 8 36 34 FAITH HILL/Stealing Kisses (Warner Bros. ) 1833 92 724 44 4.409 0.217 102 6 37 35 KEITH ANDERSON/Podunk (Arista) 1780 79 595 20 4.207 0.428 97 2 35 36 LEANN RIMES/Some People (Asylum-Curb) 1779 -130 721 -69 4.775 -0.22 99 0 31 37 CAROLINA RAIN/Get Outta My Way (Equity) 1664 -731 578 -294 4.972 -1.677 109 0 39 38 /Good Directions (Mercury) 1403 253 570 107 3.59 0.707 82 2 42 39 /Startin’ With Me (RCA) 1162 90 455 43 2.516 -0.004 59 4 44 40 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 1102 228 432 82 2.998 0.874 61 2 41 41 /I Don’t...(w/Ronnie Dunn) (Columbia) 1096 18 430 7 2.444 0.083 57 2 50 42 /Me And God (MCA) 990 247 300 88 2.545 0.585 56 11 45 43 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 943 79 360 35 2.051 0.167 66 7 49 44 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 928 164 273 66 2.936 0.905 29 12 48 45 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 889 52 331 12 1.793 0.091 47 2 46 46 /Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 885 30 373 24 1.875 0.184 48 2 47 47 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 854 14 299 25 2.076 -0.038 46 3 Re- Entry 48 /Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 800 87 368 28 2.083 0.37 38 0 Debut 49 JOHN MELLENCAMP/Our Country (Republic/Universal South) 744 125 182 33 2.017 0.263 23 4

Debut 50 JIMMY WAYNE/That’s All I’ll Ever Need (Big Machine) 686 101 268 43 1.501 0.162 61 2

©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page  Aircheck Top Recurrents Aircheck Add Leaders Points HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) 7764 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 28 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 18 DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol) 6810 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 12 RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going... (Curb) 6729 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 11 JOSH TURNER/Would You Go With Me (MCA) 6407 DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back... (903) 10 KEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol) 5811 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country... (Capitol) 9 GEORGE STRAIT/Give It Away (MCA) 5531 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 8 TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog) 5373 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good As Gone (Equity) 8 WRECKERS/Leave The Pieces (Warner Bros.) 5324 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 7 BRAD PAISLEY/The World (Arista) 4511 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 7 STEVE HOLY/Brand New Girlfriend (Curb) 4173

RASCAL FLATTS/ (Disney) 3131 Leading Point Gainers JOSH TURNER/Your Man (MCA) 2750 BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) +1620 4 RASCAL FLATTS/What Hurts The... (Lyric Street) 2681 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) +1284 4 BON JOVI w./ J. NETTLES/Who Says... (Mercury) 2569 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country... (Capitol) +994 4 BROOKS & DUNN/Building Bridges (Arista) 2486 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) +979 4 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Bring It On Home (Equity) 2499 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) +936 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Summertime (BNA) 2420 DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back... (903) +897 BILLY CURRINGTON/Must Be Doing... (Mercury) 2419 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) +760 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Some People... (Columbia) +728 PHIL VASSAR/Last Day Of My Life (Equity) 2416 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) +654 TOBY KEITH/A Little Too Late (Show Dog) 2413 JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) +624 Aircheck Add Dates Leading Spin Gainers December 4 BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) +457 /He Believed (Nippit/Rust) KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) +406 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country... (Capitol) +381 December 11 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) +346 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back... (903) +322 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) +301 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) +295 January 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Some People... (Columbia) +249 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) +215 ALISON KRAUSS, JOHN WAITE/Missing You (Rounder) JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) +212 Holiday Singles SONNY BURGESS/The Stars Haven’t Changed... (CPI) JACK INGRAM/Jingle Bells (Big Machine)

©2006 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com November 27, 2006 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page  Aircheck Activity GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) Moves 48-45*; 889 points, 331 spins 563 points, 237 spins 2 ADDS: KFKF, KSCS* 1 ADD: WIL Stations with 7 or more spins: 17 Stations with 7 or more spins: 12 Significant spins: KTYS (21), KKWF (21), Significant spins:KHKI (18), WCTK (16), KBEQ (19), KUZZ (18), KATM (15) WGNE (15), KRTY (14), WDSY (12), KATM (12), KDRK (12) BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) Move 46*-46*; 885 points, 373 spins STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 2 ADDS: KMLE*, WRBT 472 points, 211 spins Stations with 7 or more spins: 24 1 ADD: WTQR Significant spins:KKWF (25), WYPY (20), Stations with 7 or more spins: 9 WSJR (18), KBQI (18), WKHX (17), KXKC (17), Significant spins:KJUG (19), WNKT (18), KJUG (17) KHKI (12), KNIX (10)

PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) ALISON KRAUSS w/JOHN WAITE/Missing You Moves 47*-47*; 854 points, 299 spins (Rounder) 3 ADDS: KBEQ, KUBL*, KXKC* 417 points, 130 spins Stations with 7 or more spins: 17 0 ADDS Significant spins: KASE (22), WIRK (17), Stations with 7 or more spins: 3 KSCS (16), KHEY (15), KPLX (13) Significant spins:KSKS (25), KYGO (18), KUSS (13)

TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who Your... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) Re-enters at 48*; 800 points, 368 spins 349 points, 168 spins 0 ADDS 1 ADD: WIVK* Stations with 7 or more spins: 19 Stations with 7 or more spins: 11 Significant spins:KSOP (40), KSD (34), KAJA (33), Significant spins:KTOM (19), WXBQ (18), KKNG (28), KUZZ (20), KTEX (19), WNKT (19) WTNR (10), KJUG (10)

JOHN MELLENCAMP/Our Country (Republic/Universal South) GARY NICHOLS/I Can’t Love You Anymore (Mercury) Debuts at 49*; 744 points, 182 spins 348 points, 182 spins 5 ADDS: KFRG*, KMLE*, WAMZ, WBCT 0 ADDS Stations with 7 or more spins: 11 Stations with 7 or more spins: 10 Significant spins:KSCS (28), WCTK (25), Significant spins: WWNU (21), KHKI (17), KTOM (16), WGAR (13), KMLE (13) KRTY (14), WYPY (12)

JIMMY WAYNE/That’s All I’ll Ever Need (Big Machine) RUSHLOW HARRIS/Bagpipes Cryin’ (Show Dog) Debuts at 50*; 686 points, 268 spins 322 points, 164 spins 2 ADDS: KEGA, WGKX* 1 ADD: WRBT Stations with 7 or more spins: 14 Stations with 7 or more spins: 9 Significant spins:WWNU (22), KBEQ (19), Significant spins:WRNS (17), KJUG (15), WQMX (19), WXBQ (17), KTOM (16), WGTY (15), KHKI (14), WXBQ (13) WOGI (13) Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 45-50 on this RANDY ROGERS BAND/Kiss Me In The Dark (Mercury) week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a 564 points, 138 spins minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in 0 ADDS two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) Stations with 7 or more spins: 5 Significant spins:KPLX (36), KTYS (23), KSCS (16)

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