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October 12, 2009 Issue 162 John Tesh Goes Country If She Builds It: As the recipient of Carrying John Tesh’s Intelligence For this year’s ACM The Home Depot Humanitarian Award, LeAnn Rimes Your Life show on a Country station, let alone headed to Murfreesboro, TN last in mornings, might not seem like the best week to construct a playground at fit. But don’t tell that to the folks at Locally the Spring Valley Apartments. She Owned Radio’s KYUN (The Canyon)/Twin was joined by volunteers from the John Tesh Falls, ID, which is enjoying great success sponsoring The Home Depot, the with this outside-the-box approach. ACM, KaBOOM! and the United Way In a sense, Tesh is a holdover from the station’s of Rutherford and Cannon counties. previous format, AC. “When we transitioned to Country years ago, the show’s Scott Myers “All For The Hall” To Be Streamed Live said they were really trying to get on at Country Tomorrow night’s (10/13) We’re All stations,” says OM/PD Jerre Fender. “The info Jerre Fender For the Hall benefit concert featuring is universal and female-oriented, and Country is host Keith Urban and his very a female-oriented audience, so we picked up a voice-tracked version special friends will be streamed live at and had it on in evenings. And it continued to get good response. keithurban.net, vcastlive.com and at “So a couple years ago we decided to move it to middays,” countrymusichalloffame.com at 7:30pm Fender says. “It went over huge. The surprising part was the CT. Among the artists scheduled to join numbers for men. We had a lot of men, even young men, Urban are Vince Gill, Jason Aldean, listening. In our first book for middays, Fall 2007, Tesh was No. Lady Antebellum, Faith Hill, Little Big 1 adults 18-34, No. 1 men 18-49 and 25-54, No. 2 adults 18-49 Town, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift. and No. 3 adults 25-54.” (Twin Falls is a 24-station market.) Earlier this year, the show was moved to mornings. “Why not Morning Magic From Sow’s Ears try it?” Fender recalls thinking. “With a little extra localization, it What do you do when illness strikes at the very heart of your could really work. And when the spring book came in and we were morning show? Here are a couple of potential solutions to make tied with the heritage Country station for No. 1 adults 25-54.” the most of bad situations. (continued on page 6) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 Skid The Producer of WWKA/ Orlando’s Doc & Grace In The Morning My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e created a contest for pre-season Orlando KITX/Hugo, OK GM/PD/morning co-host Magic tickets when he had to take his Will Payne discusses his most important one-year-old daughter Matilda to work songs, artists or concerts: after his babysitter called in sick. “Uncle” 1. Chris LeDoux, Muskogee, OK: The first Doc and “Aunt” Grace had listeners guess show I ever emceed. I was totally blown away what the toddler was saying, with Doc by Chris and the Western Underground. serving as translator. You can hear how it Skid The Producer It was a rock show! For the next 10 years we & Matilda went here. went to every concert within 200 miles. God Sickness also struck WLHK/Indianapolis’ Wank & O’Brien Will Payne bless my hero, Chris LeDoux. Morning Show co-host Dave O’Brien, who was diagnosed 2. The Great Divide/Never Could: This incredible band, formed with H1N1 and is broadcasting from quarantine for the rest in Stillwater, emulated everything I love about music. Forget law of the week. “Dave took one for the team and got Swine school. This band is the reason I stayed in radio. Flu so we could give our listeners up to the minute details 3. Charlie Daniels Band/Drinking My Baby Goodbye: My first about the pandemic,” says co-host Ed Wank, who also notes solo on-air gig in Tulsa was early on Sunday mornings. I was the they’ve enlisted the help of a local doctor to answer listener only one in the building and jammed out until the CD skipped, concerns about the virus which has hit the Indianapolis area then the volume went to eight. hard this fall. O’Brien is also hoping an All-Star lineup will 4. Jimmy Buffet: His albums, songs, concerts, etc. Buffet is a lot perform a Swine Flu Benefit for him. “I’m thinking Faith Hill, like radio: one crazy lifestyle. Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler ...” dreamed the feverishly 5. Glen Campbell/Rhinestone Cowboy: My first favorite country delusional morning co-host. song, bar none. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: ARB PPM News Jimmy Wakely’s “Slippin’ Around.” One of the hardest-working During today’s Arbitron PPM client conference call, the ratings cowboys in history. firm confirmed that the installation base is between 98% and • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Rockin’ 110% in the eight metros becoming currency in December: Sidney’s “My Toot Toot.” Enough said. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Portland, • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Bad Sacramento, Salt Lake City and San Antonio. PPM is now in Company’s 10 from 6. 25 markets, which represent 52.5% of all ad revenue generated • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to in Arbitron-measured markets. PPM’s daily in-tab is now up right now: Junkyard’s “Simple Man.” to about 34,000 people. VP Bill Rose affirmed company plans to increase total PPM sample for persons 12+ by 10% by mid- 2011, a 15% increase in in-tab cell-phone-only households by year’s end, and a 20% bump by the end of 2010. Arbitron also Radio News & Notes Early Bird Registration announced it has issued new meters with 60 hours of battery CRS 41 ends Oct. 30. Visit www.crb.org to life (double the previous model), which is expected to improve secure your spot for $499. CRS 41 18-34 in-tab rates. Reminders and incentives are in place to is Feb. 24-26, 2010 at the Nashville strengthen response rates for the upcoming holiday season. Convention Center. ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 WKNN/Biloxi, MS raised $52,000 in its St. Jude “Country Cares” radiothon. Bi r t h d a y s The Big Time with Whitney Allen can now be heard on Tuesday (10/13) - Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton, Marie Osmond, Julie KRST-FM/Albuquerque Monday-Saturdays from 7p-midnight, Piat, Wayland Stubblefield, Jennifer Switzer (jennifer@brickagency. replacing GAC Nights. com), Joe Zanger Sandy Weaver has joined the Moby In The Morning Radio Wednesday (10/14) - Natalie Maines, Melba Montgomery, Renee Network for middays. Weaver’s previous stops include WKHX, Behrman, Melissa Miggo, Kerri Pauley, the late Danny Petraitis; Evelyn WYAY and WPCH & WLTM/Atlanta and WMZQ/Washington, Shriver DC. For more info contact Jay Noble at 972-900-9837 or here. Thursday (10/15) - Dean Miller, Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town), Karyn Bishop Macky ([email protected]) Gig Alerts KMLE/Phoenix OM/PD Kris Abrams is seeking a new Friday (10/16) - Jim Ed Norman, Adrian Michaels ([email protected]) afternoon host. “If you love audience interaction (phones and social media) and have ripped up a liner card or two in your Saturday (10/17) - Earl Thomas Conley, Alan Jackson, Joe Patrick time, this is your gig,” Abrams says. Apply online here or via ([email protected]), Anthony Van Dollen snail mail to Abrams at 840 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004. Sunday (10/18) - Josh Gracin, Darlene Evans, Gwen Foster (gwen. Golden Music VP/Promotion & Marketing Brad Howell is [email protected]) seeking an Assoc. Dir./Promotion; contact him here. Monday (10/19) - Jeannie C. Riley, Bill Bennett, Mike Brophey Chart Chat ([email protected]) Congrats to RCA/Nashville VP/Promotion Keith Gale, Nat’l Director Norbert Nix and in Palo Alto, CA and can be reached at [email protected]. their entire crew on scoring Chris Young’s Concurrently, former echomusic Mgr./Artist Services Mark first No. 1 with “Gettin’ You Home (The Confroy has joined the Nashville branch as Mgr./Client Services. Black Dress Song).” He replaces Brian Westerman, who will be deployed to Iraq in Also, a shout-out to Carolwood VP/ late November. Reach Mark at [email protected]. Promotion Kevin Herring, Sr. Directors Chris Chris Young Laura Wright has joined Writer’s Den Music Group as Palmer and John Ettinger and the entire Catalog Manager. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because mouse house on securing the imprint’s first Top 10 withLove Wright is the daughter of Universal South Pres. Mark Wright. And Theft’s “Runaway.” She can be reached at 615-690-6475 or here. And, while we’re handin’ out the love, how about the Capitol UMPG/Nashville has signed songwriter Phillip White (“I’m gang, which has seven songs in the Top 21 and three of the Top Movin’ On”). 10? Huzzahs for SVP Steve Hodges, VP Shane Allen and the Lonesome Day Records has signed vocalist and songwriter label’s merry promo band. Julie Neumark. Her upcoming CD Dimestore Halo will be available in 2010. Industry People Red Current Recording’s Robin Ball and Todd Bradley have Nearby Now founder and VP/Customer Relations Dan formed Burning Blue Music, focusing on artist management, Steinman has joined Mozes, Inc. in the newly created VP/Client recording, producing, songwriting, performance and media Services post. He’ll be based at the company’s headquarters ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5 training. Burning Blue is currently working with Tori Bigelow, Tu b e Ch e c k whose EP I Believe was released Sept. 12. More info at www. burningbluemusic.com. Tuesday 10/13 – Trisha Yearwood, Troy Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, CMT Cribs (re-air). Industry News The Women’s Music Business Association is accepting Wednesday 10/14 – Rascal Flatts, Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien applications for new members until Jan. 19, 2010 at www. (NBC); Toby Keith, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Taylor Swift, Oprah wmbanashville.org. Applicants must be currently working in the (syndicated). industry, and all singer/songwriters must be PRO affiliated. Thursday 10/15 – Toby Keith, Bonnie Hunt Show (syndicated). BMI.com has added numerous features for registered users including: universal login that allows access for affiliates and Friday 10/16 – Toby Keith, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS); licensees; power catalog search engine with multiple options; Eric Church, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Tim McGraw, Late Show with and, downloadable electronic statements. David Letterman (CBS). The CMA Songwriters Series will return to NYC’s Joe’s Pub Nov. 5, with 6:30pm and 9:30 pm shows. Bob DiPiero (“Blue Saturday 10/17 – Kenny Chesney, MacMcAnally, Austin City Limits (PBS). Clear Sky”) will host Jessi Alexander (“The Climb”), Jon Randall (“Whiskey Lullaby”) and Mark Sanders (“I Hope Sunday 10/18 – Trace Adkins, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC). You Dance”). Monday 10/19 – Kenny Rogers, How I Met Your Mother (CBS). Artist News Miranda Lambert is featured in Rhapsody’s iPhone and Jeff Cook’s 10-track holiday album Christmas Joy will be iPod Touch application advertising campaign along with Luke digitally available Nov. 3 at iTunes, Amazon.com and Cook’s Bryan, who we told you about last week. Both artists’ latest website. Classics “Away In The Manger,” “Run, Run Rudolph,” album covers join others by Black Eyed Peas, Colbie Caillat and “Please, Come Home For Christmas” and “The Night Before Shakira for the commercial airing across MTV Networks. Christmas” join Cook’s original songs. The Southern Gospel Music Association presented Barbara The two-disc collection of Christmas classics NOW That’s Mandrell with the James D. Vaughn Impact Award last What I Call A Country Christmas! features Kenny Chesney, Wednesday (10/7) at the organization’s Hall of Fame Induction Kellie Pickler, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Taylor Swift, Ceremony at Dollywood. Previous recipients include Bill Reba McEntire, Trace Adkins, George Strait and others. The Gaither and J.G. Whitfield. set is available now. Steve Azar is offering a chance to win a trip for two to the 43rd Annual CMA Awards Nov. 11. Enter here until Oct. 28 when the winner will be selected at random. The Week’s Top Stories Laura Bryna has signed multi-CD international record and Full coverage of the week’s news licensing agreement with AGR Television Records, which is is available in the archives at www. distributed by the international division of Universal Music countryaircheck.com. Group. Her upcoming album Trying To Be Me including • John Russo was promoted to President of previously released music and new material will be available Citadel Media from SVP/Citadel Interactive. next year. He succeeds Jim Robinson, who left the John Rosso ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 6 company after 20 years and had served through ABC’s merger Ch e c k Ou t : 10/13 with CapCities and transitions to Disney and Citadel. (CAT 10/8) Brandon Jenkins Brothers Of The Dirt (Red Dirt/E1) • Charlie James joined Double O’s WWNU/Columbia, SC as Including single “White Van Blues,” Jenkins PD/AM driver Monday (10/12). He spent more than a decade wrote or co-wrote all 12 songs on his sixth with crosstown Clear Channel Country WCOS before moving studio album with writers including Randy to CC sister News/Talk WVOC, where he spent eight months Rogers Band’s Randy Rogers, Brady Black, in AM drive before exiting last April. James replaces OM/PD/ Scott Hutchison and Bob Wiles. Rogers, morning co-host Tyler Ryan and co-host Ken Heron, who Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland, Mike McClure exited in August (CAT 8/26). (CAT 10/9) and Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Cody Canada also guest on the • Great Plains Media’s Active Rock KMXN/Topeka, KS flipped record, which was produced by Jenkins and David Percefull. to Country Thursday (10/8) with Chris Merrill as OM/PM Sugarland Gold And Green (Mercury) driver and Amber Lee as PD/middayer. Merrill had programmed Byron Gallimore and Sugarland produced sister Hot AC KLZR and Lee most recently did mornings on the duo’s 10-track holiday album. Five new KAWO/Boise. Merrill and Lee can be reached here and here, songs are featured along with traditional songs respectively. (CAT 10/9) “Winter Wonderland,” “Holly Jolly Christmas,” • The New York Post reported that Clear Channel “Silent Night.” Bonus material comes with Communications may default as soon as the end of 2009 or purchase including access to exclusive content early 2010. The story reiterates earlier speculation that CC’s and a sweepstakes. private equity firm owners,Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners, have been unable to secure funding assistance from October 20 Bomshel Fight Like A Girl (Curb) several banks that financed the $27-billion buyout in 2008. The Tim McGraw Southern Voice (Curb) PE firms say they have not reached out to banks, while CC has October 27 Big Kenny The Quiet Times Of A Rock And Roll declined to comment. (CAT 10/7) Farm Boy (Love Everybody) Joe Nichols Old Things New (Universal South) John Tesh Goes Country Taylor Swift Fearless Platinum Edition (continued from page 1) (Big Machine) Tesh says Country isn’t as much of a stretch as some might think. “Not that this has anything to do with the show, but early Album release info to [email protected]. in my career I lived in Nashville and worked at WSM-TV with Pat Sajack, and Oprah was on across town,” he explains. “And being a musician, I was in the Pickin’ Parlor and Exit/In. And Tesh actually started in radio during college in the early ‘70s, country artists have always been the best interviews, whether it eventually doing news for Rick Dees in Raleigh. Television and was Garth, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill or anyone else. The thing music careers gave him a national platform and, in 2000, he about country is it’s about great stories. Plus, country artists and decided to get back into radio. “I went to a couple of friends and listeners are informed by their faith; that’s why the songs have they all said to do a countdown show, which I did for Westwood those messages. So the combination of songs with a message One,” Tesh says. “That lasted a year before it was canceled.” and people living with purpose in their lives is a good match. His desire to find a workable concept led to a fusion of Because that’s what we talk about.” professional and personal experiences. Then, the inspiration

Da t e Ch e c k tell somebody else how to make a change, or give them that item to use as a water-cooler bit.” October 15, 2009 – 15th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards – Hendersonville, TN – www.ccma.cc And for KYUN, that focus is working, and Fender says the audience reaction has been balanced. “Some people didn’t like October 19, 2009 - 47th Annual ASCAP Country Awards - the change; some told us it was great and they love getting that Nashville, TN - www.ascap.com information. As with any other syndicated show, you get out of it what you put into it. The initial challenge was figuring ways to November 10, 2009 - 57th BMI Country Awards - Nashville, TN - www.bmi.com personalize the show. But I have a bunch of different announces for artist and songs. It sounds very local, very seamless. The December 3-6, 2009 – Country On The Beach – Cancun, Mexico - content is what matters. People in the business might think of www.tjmartellfoundation.org him as the New Age music guy or the Entertainment Tonight guy. But most of the audience, especially the younger listeners, December 7, 2009 - Christmas At Belmont hosted by Trisha Yearwood - Nashville, TN - www.belmont.edu only know him as the radio guy.” Tesh admits KYUN’s strong male numbers weren’t expected. January 31, 2010 - 52nd Annual Grammy Awards - Los Angeles, “It really does surprise me because if you google my name CA - www.grammy.com you’ll find lots of references to me being way too saccharin. There are a lot of nice ‘I hate John Tesh’ sites out there. But I’ve February 24-26, 2010 - CRS-41 - Nashville, TN - www.crb.org been off ET for 13 years now, and so with younger male listeners I’m just the radio guy. They don’t know that other person. PPM is beginning to show us a lot of closet listeners, too.” finally struck at home. “I was having an argument with my wife, And whether it’s male listeners hoping to glean insight into who was complaining about the mess on my side of the bed,” the women in their lives, or the female listeners at which the Tesh says. “It was all wires, keyboards and stuff you’d expect show is most directly aimed, Tesh understands the audience. from a guy with ADD. And I looked over on her side of the “I live with my wife, who is an actress, businesswoman and bed and it was all magazines stacked up with yellow sticky mother, and a 15-year-old-girl who’s right in the middle of that notes on articles she was just never going to have time to teenage thing. So we do a lot of stuff on how to talk to your kids get to. And I thought, that’s the show. Everything a woman or live with your wife – and I’m living that life. Of course, I’ll 25+ wants to know; the best ways to do things. I called Scott try those tips on the girls, and more often than not they’ll go, Myers, who worked for me as a songplugger, and told him ‘Listen, don’t do that radio show thing.’” he would be the syndicator, that the show would be called Intelligence For Your Life and that we’d need 10 researchers and 25 people to do the show. “Everyone said the title was too long and it would be too expensive, but we did a demo and started calling stations. Lon Helton, [email protected] Chuck Aly, [email protected] I didn’t take a salary for three years.” Now on roughly 360 Jeff Green, [email protected] stations, the show has created its own niche. “A lot of radio and Erin Duvall, [email protected] TV stations try to be everything to everybody. We don’t have Lauren Tingle, [email protected] potty humor, there are no celebrity birthdays. We just solve your (615) 320-1450 problems. We want to cause somebody to make a change, to go

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] October 12, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 8 September PPM Rating Scoreboard Last week’s release of Arbitron’s PPM ratings for Detroit provided the first glimpse of what happens when a Country station changes format in a PPM world. Clear Channel’s WDTW flipped to Rhythmic AC on Sept. 4, giving CBS Radio’s WYCD a clear shot at a little extra Time Spent Listening (Average Time Exposed in PPM parlance) from WDTW’s 511,400 cumers (Aug. ‘09 Arbitron PPM, 6+). In its first month as the Motor City’s lone Country outlet, WYCD set record highs for share and cume as the share soared 5.1-6.0 while the cume was up more than 42,000. Here’s a look at all of the September cume and share figures in PPM markets released last week by Arbitron. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator, a “t” indicates a tie and a “*” indicates a record high showing for the station in that particular category. 6+ Share 6+ Share Cume Cume 6+ Share 6+ Share Cume Cume Station/City (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) Station/City (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) (Rank) Aug ‘09 Sept. ‘09 Aug ‘09 Sept. ‘09 Aug ‘09 Sept. ‘09 Aug ‘09 Sept. ‘09 WKHX/Atlanta 5.1 (5) 5.3 (5) 790,800 (11) 742,500 (11) WDSY/Pittsburgh 7.1 (3) 7.7 (3) 560,600 (5) 541,100 (6) WUBL/Atlanta 3.5 (11t) 3.8* (9*) 649,700 (13) 659,900 (13) WOGG/Pittsburgh^ 2.3 (16) 1.9 (17) 132,600 (19) 128,300 (18) WWLG/Atlanta^+ .9 (26) .7 (26) 124,000 (28) 129,000 (27) WOGI/Pittsburgh^ 1.4 (18t) 1.7 (18) 153,900 (17) 170,700 (17) WPOC/Baltimore 7.8 (3) 7.6 (3) 519,800 (4) 547,000 (4) WOGH/Pittsburgh^ 1.0 (22t) 1.2 (20) 98,900 (21) 100,500 (21) WKLB/Boston 5.1 (6) 4.5 (9) 605,000 (12) 573,500 (12) KFRG/Riverside, CA 4.0 (8) 3.9 (7) 302,400 (10) 274,600 (11) WUSN/Chicago 4.8 (4) 4.8 (3*) 1,290,400 (12) 1,385,400* (10*) KKGO/Los Angeles 1.2 (26t) 1.4* (25t) 102,100 (30) 85,200 (35) (Riverside, CA Arbitron PPM) KPLX/Dallas 6.6 (1) 6.1 (1) 1,284,000 (3) 1,303,300 (3) KSON/San Diego 3.3 (11) 3.3 (13t) 381,100 (13) 393,100 (13) KSCS/Dallas 3.7 (7) 4.0 (6) 982,400 (8) 896,100 (9) KUSS/San Diego 2.4 (17t) 2.2 (19t) 311,200 (16) 328,100 (15*) KYGO/Denver 4.9 (4) 5.9 (3) 481,400 (10) 490,800 (10) KBWF/San Francisco 2.4 (17t) 2.1(20t) 514,300 (22) 495,000 (21) KWOF/Denver 2.1(20) 2.2 (20) 275,200 (18) 246,800 (19) KRTY/San Jose .9 (30t) 1.0 (31) 210,300 (34) 245,800* (31) WYCD/Detroit 5.1 (6) 6.0* (2*) 891,100 (6) 933,400 (6) (San Francisco Arbitron PPM) WDTW/Detroit 2.3 (19t) -- 511,400 (18) -- KRTY/San Jose 3.4 (11t) 3.8 (9) 171,200 (13) 199,200* (10) (WDTW dropped Country on Sept. 4, 2009) KMPS/Seattle 4.2 (7) 4.5 (5) 589,000 (8) 573,800 (8) KKBQ/Houston^ 3.9 (10) 4.1 (9) 996,400 (7) 972,000 (7) KKWF/Seattle 3.4 (14t) 4.3 (6t) 525,700 (10) 533,700 (11) KILT/Houston 3.3 (13) 3.2 (12t) 897,000 (9) 880,600 (10) KNBQ/Seattle 2.1 (21t) 1.9 (23) 273,700 (20) 306,700 (20) KTHT/Houston^+2.0 (20t) 1.9 (22) 564,700 (19) 535,600 (20) WIL/St. Louis 6.0 (5) 5.4 (6) 592,100 (7) 577,400 (7) KKGO/Los Angeles 3.1 (11t) 3.1 (12t) 1,146,600 (21) 1,160,300 (21) KSD/St. Louis 4.2 (13) 3.4 (17) 571,000 (9) 473,600 (10) KFRG/Riverside, CA .3 (48t) .3 (47t) 328,000 (43) 354,600 (40) (Los Angeles Arbitron PPM) WQYK/Tampa 5.9 (4) 6.5 (4) 422,400 (12) 507,700 (9) WKIS/Miami 3.6 (11t) 3.7 (11) 498,400 (15) 460,200 (15) WFUS/Tampa 5.6 (6) 4.4 (9t) 424,700 (11) 461,300 (10) KEEY/Minneapolis 8.7 (2) 8.9* (1*) 779,800 (4) 802,400 (4) WMZQ/Washington, DC 3.6 (13) 3.8 (12) 592,300 (12) 633,900 (12) WXTU/Philadelphia 4.3 (7) 4.4 (7) 770,700 (15) 730,600 (16) WFRE/Frederick, MD .7 (24t) .8 (23t) 170,400 (25) 151,000 (29) (Washington, DC PPM) KMLE/Phoenix 4.3 (7) 3.8 (10) 607,500 (9) 580,200 (11) KNIX/Phoenix 4.0 (11) 3.6 (12) 574,100 (12) 579,500 (12)

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

2 1 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 15113 909 5421 350 35.826 2.338 126 0 1 2 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 14620 -134 5120 -107 34.577 -0.096 126 0 3 3 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 14370 730 5083 267 33.987 1.661 125 0 6 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4 14087 1926 5002 701 33.099 3.655 124 0 5 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 13110 711 4669 184 30.471 2.016 126 0 7 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 11701 1048 4007 350 28.267 2.824 125 0 10 7 KENNY CHESNEY f/DAVE MATTHEWS/I'm Alive (BNA) 9524 253 3366 61 22.701 1.039 124 0 14 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 4 9463 1230 3268 449 23.597 2.87 125 0 13 9 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 9222 959 3282 309 21.454 2.763 119 0 12 10 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 9216 504 3235 169 21.172 1.205 123 0

15 11 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fifteen (Big Machine) 8965 892 3042 284 21.039 2.171 123 0 11 12 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 8854 -159 3283 -1 19.102 -1.674 123 0 16 13 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 8086 505 2971 164 18.092 0.782 124 0 17 14 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 7651 355 2780 138 17.215 1.19 123 1

8 15 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 7646 -2185 2885 -737 16.439 -5.356 123 0 19 16 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 4 7394 1342 2590 505 16.35 1.985 124 5 20 17 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 4 7204 1395 2493 510 15.994 2.265 121 1 18 18 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY GIBBONS/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 7136 400 2619 162 15.772 1.043 117 2

21 19 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 6447 856 2344 309 13.895 0.804 115 3 22 20 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 5109 126 1809 73 11.623 0.302 116 3 23 21 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 4762 914 1700 315 10.781 2.307 115 6 25 22 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 4643 985 1568 317 11.013 2.893 110 14 26 23 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 4197 983 1467 355 8.801 2.705 112 12 27 24 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 3776 719 1458 257 8.25 1.439 103 5 24 25 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 3774 -63 1418 -17 8.526 -0.204 107 0

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

28 26 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 3505 489 1234 161 7.68 1.251 92 1 33 27 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 4 3487 1534 1238 562 7.591 3.153 108 20 32 28 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 2727 605 920 176 5.591 1.818 78 7 31 29 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 2438 283 967 103 4.855 0.74 93 3 29 30 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 2423 60 963 35 4.803 0.223 92 4 37 31 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 2331 780 773 254 5.029 1.89 81 17 34 32 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 2228 465 845 150 4.425 0.907 82 11 35 33 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 1866 255 731 87 3.618 0.689 68 7 38 34 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 1694 218 651 71 3.105 0.603 70 4 36 35 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 1571 -5 560 -22 2.945 -0.022 59 1 39 36 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 1433 217 532 81 2.467 0.425 64 5 40 37 LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin' Loud) (BNA) 1223 34 462 18 2.221 0.096 53 1 43 38 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 1151 216 419 62 1.809 0.372 56 8 41 39 BIG KENNY/Long After I'm Gone (Love Everybody/Bigger Picture) 1134 89 449 48 1.592 0.093 57 4 Debut 40 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 1118 696 414 243 2.429 1.595 49 25 48 41 JIMMY WAYNE f/D. HALL & J. OATES/Sara Smile (Valory) 1109 417 393 130 2.019 0.767 52 13 46 42 PHIL VASSAR/Everywhere I Go (Universal South) 1014 285 404 87 1.615 0.519 46 6 44 43 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 889 37 374 12 1.231 0.092 47 2 42 44 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 888 -118 362 -16 1.333 -0.569 40 1 45 45 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 887 41 356 3 1.41 0.238 49 3 47 46 ASH BOWERS/Stuck (Stoney Creek) 808 113 338 54 1.042 0.172 48 1 49 47 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 680 117 283 60 1.101 0.177 32 6 50 48 MICHELLE BRANCH/Sooner Or Later (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 624 81 250 31 0.709 0.059 33 1 Debut 49 GLORIANA/How Far Do You...(Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) 515 247 211 88 0.78 0.345 27 6 Debut 50 BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse) 461 12 181 6 0.568 -0.028 25 1

Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 25 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 570 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 20 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 472 4 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 17 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 461 4 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 15 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 384 4 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 14 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 379 4 JIMMY WAYNE f/D. HALL & J. OATES/Sara Smile (Valory) 13 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 310 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 290 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 11 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 282 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 8 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 271 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 7 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 262 JOSH TURNER/Why Don’t We Just Dance (MCA) 7

Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 1926 4 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 363 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 1534 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 317 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 1395 4 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 296 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 1342 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 225 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 1230 4 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 225 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 1048 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 193 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 985 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 189 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 983 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 178 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 959 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 175 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 914 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 174 Aircheck Top Spin Gainers ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 701 Vi d e o Ad d s RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 562 CMT REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 510 JOSH TURNER/Why Don’t We Just Dance (MCA) DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 505 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fifteen (Big Machine) LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 449 CMT PURE MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 355 JOSH TURNER/Why Don’t We Just Dance (MCA) TAYLOR SWIFT/Fifteen (Big Machine) CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 350 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 350 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 317 GAC LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin’ Loud) (BNA) DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 315

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s OCTOBER 19 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) BUCKY COVINGTON/Gotta Be Somebody (Lyric Street) Stays at 45*; 887 points, 356 spins DAVID ST. ROMAIN/That’s Love (Matchless/Edgehill) 3 ADDS: KWJJ, KWNR, WSIX FAST RYDE/Make It Rain (Republic Nashville) JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Universal South) ASH BOWERS/Stuck (Stoney Creek) JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) Moves 47*-46*; 808 points, 338 spins 1 ADD: KRST* OCTOBER 26 DARREN KOZELSKY/Real Superman (Major 7th/Spinville/Nine North) BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) Hello Dave/Golden (Mountain Records/Nine North) Moves 49*-47*; 680 points, 250 spins Jamie Tate/One Beer Away From Lovin’ You (Bodell/Edgehill) 6 ADDS: KJJY*, KWJJ, KYGO, KZSN, WCKT, WGNE OAK RIDGE BOYS/Mama’s Table (Quarterback) RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin’ Girls (Curb) MICHELLE BRANCH/Sooner Or Later (Reprise/Warner Bros.) TRENT TOMLINSON/Angels Like Her (Carolwood) Moves 50*-48*; 624 points, 250 spins 1 ADD: KFRG* NOVEMBER 2 AARON WATSON/The Road (BIG Label/Edgehill) GLORIANA/How Far Do You Wanna Go? Blake Shelton f/Trace Adkins/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros) (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) RANDY HOUSER/Whistlin’ Dixie (Universal South) Debuts at 49*; 515 points, 211 spins 6 ADDS: KNCI*, KWNR, WGNA, WIWF*, WYCD*, WYRK Aircheck Top Recurrents JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 9732 BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse) JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 9379 Debuts at 50*; 461 points, 181 spins BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 7135 1 ADD: WMAD DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 6252 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 5313 WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.) GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 5244 392 points, 208 spins; 0 ADDS LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 5216 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 4991 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin’ (Golden) ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever...(Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4987 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 4778 360 points, 166 spins 1 ADD: WCKT

JYPSI/Mister Officer (Arista) Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or 312 points, 122 spins; 0 ADDS 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) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR October 12, 2009/Chart Page 5

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

1 1 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 4364 -20 2854 -14 2nd Week at No. 1 2 2 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 4280 138 2797 88 4 3 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 4181 217 2726 138 6 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4150 461 2715 317 3 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 4124 119 2685 78 8 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 3238 219 2102 150 7 7 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 3047 -387 1983 -265 10 8 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 2982 262 1930 189 9 9 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 2956 -57 1998 -7 12 10 KENNY CHESNEY/I'm Alive (BNA) 2896 199 1861 112 11 11 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 2798 94 1795 77 13 12 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 2719 98 1758 59 15 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 2683 290 1690 178 21 14 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 2449 570 1561 363 17 15 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fifteen (Big Machine) 2440 201 1578 139 16 16 BROOKS & DUNN f/BILLY GIBBONS/Honky Tonk Stomp (Arista) 2365 22 1541 -11 20 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 2288 384 1475 225 19 18 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 2225 244 1473 159 18 19 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 2117 77 1346 47 23 20 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 1716 310 1116 193 24 21 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 1662 271 1067 174 22 22 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 1448 40 939 49 25 23 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 1278 100 811 64 28 24 RASCAL FLATTS/Why (Lyric Street) 1198 379 767 225 27 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 1174 282 750 175 32 26 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 966 202 630 133 26 27 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 943 32 571 31 30 28 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 933 125 582 78 27 29 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 899 90 571 67 33 30 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 856 159 531 106 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR October 12, 2009/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 35 31 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 813 234 531 128 34 32 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 724 89 423 49 44 33 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 691 472 446 296 37 34 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 539 91 339 52 36 35 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 436 -21 295 -13 41 36 JIMMY WAYNE f/D. HALL & J. OATES/Sara Smile (Valory) 404 112 236 65 38 37 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 383 7 198 8 40 38 LOST TRAILERS/Country Folks (Livin' Loud) (BNA) 316 8 176 13 43 39 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 306 22 182 4 39 40 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 305 -13 219 -8 42 41 BIG KENNY/Long After I'm Gone (Love Everybody/Bigger Picture) 244 -1 117 2 47 42 PHIL VASSAR/Everywhere I Go (Universal South) 221 26 144 16 48 43 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 220 40 133 26 45 44 WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin' (Warner Bros.) 215 0 140 -7 50 45 GLORIANA/How Far Do You...(Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) 212 70 112 21 46 46 MICHELLE BRANCH/Sooner Or Later (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 208 1 118 2 49 47 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 185 23 118 11 48 48 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 174 41 115 25 58 49 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin' (Golden) 146 25 95 14 59 50 MICA ROBERTS/Days You Live For (Show Dog) 129 64 76 38 53 51 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 103 7 64 7 54 52 TELLURIDE/Stay (American Roots/Quarterback) 103 8 63 5 Debut 53 BUCKY COVINGTON/Gotta Be Somebody (Lyric Street) 95 67 50 30 55 54 JOEY & RORY/To Say Goodbye (Sugar Hill/Vanguard/C05) 95 2 72 4 Debut 55 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 92 86 60 54 52 56 ANTHONY SMITH/Bringin' Back The Sunshine (Stroudavarious) 90 -17 68 -8 56 57 KATIE ARMIGER/Gone (Cold River) 89 1 60 5 Debut 58 EMMA JACOB/Julianna (Black River) 77 21 57 12 Debut 59 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 76 31 52 21 Debut 60 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 69 35 29 12 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com