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August 24, 2015, Issue 462 Traffic And Weather Revisited Americans are increasingly turning to their digital devices for service information like traffic and weather and the tech industry is accommodating them in a big way. Where that leaves radio with its comparatively generalized, static traffic and weather is up for debate, though conventional wisdom seems to be changing. First, consider the landscape or, if you will, the weather/traffic map. Google, for example, acquired the crowd-sourcing traffic and navigation app Waze for a reported $1.1 billion in 2013, despite already having Google Maps in its stable. And just this month a consortium of German luxury car- makers (Audi, BMW and Daimler) spent $3.1 billion to buy Nokia’s mapping division Here. Apple and Uber have invested heavily in mapmaking technologies of late, and familiar names like Garmin and TomTom offer their own navigation apps. Meanwhile, pinpoint, on-demand weather data is available on apps from local television broadcasters, The Larry Rosin Weather Channel, Weather Underground and Yahoo to name a few. Edison Research’s Getting Crazy: Warner Bros./WAR’s Frankie Ballard (c) Larry Rosin says it’s past time for radio to acknowledge the celebrates his No. 1 “Young & Crazy” with manager smartphone reality. Christian Svendsen (l) and WIL/St. Louis’ Danny Montana. Data Delivery: Rosin first noted a shift in watching his younger colleagues planning their commutes. “They have their phones set up where Google Now or other apps tell them before Fight For Her Write they leave the office that their normal traffic path home has an Hi-Fi Fusion’s Todd Cassetty has helped accident on it, for example,” he says. “You can’t help but wonder create content for artists including Taylor what kind of use they could possibly have for a radio traffic report Swift, Carrie Underwood and Kelsea when Google has completely taken care of it in real time. [And] Ballerini. Like many in the industry, he also Waze is simply a better solution for traffic information than the noticed “a bit of a drought of females” in the best possible radio traffic report.” genre. So last year he teamed with CAA’s Meanwhile, weather apps with information as detailed as Blake McDaniel to start the weekly Nashville songwriter series Song Suffragettes – an outlet real-time radar are ubiquitous. Even so, Rosin isn’t saying stations Todd Cassetty should drop their service reports. Instead, they should find ways where, as Production Manager/Talent Booker to integrate apps where traffic and/or weather is central to the Helena Capps says on the Suffragettes website, “Boys are wel- station’s identity. “You need to be doing deals with [platforms] that come. They just don’t get to perform.” Starting in the backstage room at Nashville venue 3rd & provide traffic or weather or creating your (continued on page 6) Lindsley, the series outgrew the space after only two months. They ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

August 24, 2015 Page 4 moved to The Listening Room, where Cassetty had a set builder construct an onstage environment that “doesn’t look like your PAGE THREE PIC typical stark five-stools-on-a-barren-stage writer round,” he says. Since the series began, more than 80 women have played and approximately 450 have auditioned. “We’re very aggressive about trying to find the best young women we can find,” he says. “We probably have three come through our office a week. A lot of the girls play fre- quently, but we are putting up fresh faces every week. We have a very strong ‘all ships will rise’ mentality. If we put the best out there, they’ll get better together.” Established Morgan Dawson, Kalie Shorr, Deana Carter, Kristen artists are on the Kelly, Maddie Larkin, Julia Cole bill occasionally – Lauren Alaina, Kelsea Baller- ini and Matraca Berg among them. One of Cassetty’s favorite moments happened in June at CMA Music Festival, when Dea- Nineties Country: Then-Atlantic artist Tracy na Carter anchored a Suffragettes show on the CMA Close Up Lawrence (c) with KMPS/Seattle’s (l-r) Mark stage. “They closed the show with ‘Strawberry Wine,’” he recalls. Richards and Tony Thomas during a station visit “Watching all the girls harmonizing with her – they were over the in the late ‘90s. Send your own vintage pictures to moon. It was one of those ‘this is why I like to be in the music [email protected]. business’ moments. Cassetty likens the series to another grassroots movement that produced stars including Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson. “I jokingly have said we’re trying to put on a Shabby Chic MuzikMafia,” he says. Chart Chat “They did something that people got really passionate about and they Congrats to Frankie Ballard, Kevin had some great artists involved. Then when one of those artists broke it Herring, Chris Palmer, Tom Martens and really shined a spotlight on the collective and a lot of those other artists the whole WAR staff on earning this week’s got opportunities as well. That’s really what our hope is.” No. 1 with “Young & Crazy.” The song is the Video clips are shared on the website, YouTube and third consecutive chart-topper from Ballard’s through social media. A Suffragettes tour and perhaps even Sunshine & Whiskey, joining “Helluva Life” and partnering with a label are on the wish list. “I’ve heard so the title track. Frankie many fantastic female songs in the past year,” says Cassetty. And huge kudos to the Arista team Ballard “What we ought to be starting is a publishing company. But including Lesly Simon, Andy Elliott, John again, we didn’t start this thing with a master plan. We started Sigler and Sony’s Steve Hodges on smashing the one week it because it just needed to be started. When you’re passionate Add total with 145 for Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break.” about something and you chase that, the opportunities will The achievement surpasses FGL’s 127 for “Dirt” registered July evolve naturally.” Reach Cassetty here. –Wendy Newcomer 14, 2014. ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

August 24, 2015 Page 6 News & Notes MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood will Scripps KTTS/Springfield afternoon host play the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI Sept. 26. Cash Williams discusses his most Sony Music Canada’s Gord Bamford raised more influential music: than $508,000 at the 8th Annual Gord Bamford Charity Golf 1. Dierks Bentley, Springfield, MO, Classic in Alberta, Canada, Aug. 12-13. 2006: Not only was this my first country Mel Tillis signed an exclusive booking agreement with Bud- concert, I got to enjoy it with my good dy Lee Attractions. friend who passed away a year later. T. Graham Brown signed a booking agreement Leroy Van 2. Dierks Bentley/Come a Little Dyke Enterprises. Closer: This is the song that got me Play It Again Publishing signed singer-songwriter Trea hooked on country music and also had Landon to its roster. Songwriters Hall of Fame member Dickey Lee will take part Cash Williams a strong connection with my late friend. 3. Lee Brice/Hard 2 Love: My in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Poets and favorite album of the last five years. It came out as I was going Prophets songwriter series Sept. 5. More here. through a tough breakup. There are so many heartbreaking songs I can relate to and he sings the heck out of them. The Week’s Top Stories 4. Garth Brooks: I’ve seen him three times. He’s the best. My Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. friends still try to claim I cried while he was performing “That • Aloha Station Trust’s WFRE/Frederick, MD revamped its Summer” in Nashville. I admit to nothing! morning show. (8/24) 5. Thomas Rhett/Beer with Jesus: His first-ever radio tour • PR consultant Elizabeth Gregg Santana joined Republic stop was at KTTS. I heard him play this and got chills. I’m a Nashville as a regional. (8/24) proud Christian and this hits me hard. • Show Dog National/Promotion & Social Media Suzanne • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: As Durham resigned. (8/21) embarrassing as it is, probably any early Garth album. I jumped on • Nielsen examined medium and small markets in a new study. the bandwagon with his greatest hits and live albums. I love every (8/20) song I’ve heard from Garth, so it would make sense for me to listen • Columbia National Dir./Field Promotion David Friedman is to the deep tracks. I just haven’t and hate myself for it. said to be joining UMG/Nashville. (8/20) • “Important” music you just don’t get: Toby Keith songs. • Westwood One re-staffed its Hot Country 24/7 format. (8/20) They just don’t connect with me. He’s been a huge part of country • A new study shows that AM/FM reached more people than music for a long time and I respect him. It’s just not my cup of tea. streaming. (8/19) • An album you played incessantly: Sam Hunt’s Acoustic • Greater Media/Philadelphia’s Dave Scopinich returned to Mixtape. I saw Sam before he was signed and downloaded CBS Radio’s crosstown cluster as VP & Dir./Sales. (8/18) this free album from his website immediately. It’s still in high • iHeartMedia WPGB/Pittsburgh middayer Carson Black- rotation in my truck. ley was named MD. (8/18) • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: The new Meghan Trainor/John Legend jam Traffic And Weather Revisited “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” I’m not a big Top 40 guy but this is (continued from page 1) an absolute smash. Also, I’m a hopeless romantic and a sucker own app,” he argues. “Hasn’t the challenge of the industry since for sappy love songs. the internet came along been the nature of our brands and where • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Maddie & they can go? I understand stations struggle to monetize outside of Tae’s EP. Me listening to two teenage girls doesn’t sound like the the AM or FM signal, but that’s just a short-term effect of Nielsen manliest thing, but I love them. I think they’re going to be stars. ratings and the system that’s been created around them. You “Fly” is one of my favorite singles out right now. should be chasing listeners wherever they go.” Reach Williams here. Not So Fast: Programmers aren’t necessarily giving up on

August 24, 2015 Page 8 the on-air staple, however. WFRE/Frederick, OFF THE RECORD: Waterloo Revival MD PD Don Brake considers his station’s traffic reports vital. Frederick is a bedroom George Birge and Cody community to Baltimore and Washington, Cooper of Big Machine’s Waterloo D.C., both of which made a recent list of The Revival put an industry spin on the 50 Worst Commutes in America. “Because of artist interview: the sheer demand for traffic information, it’s GB: We’re both from Austin, among the most important things we focus TX so we grew up listening to KASE. on along with music and jock content,” he ex- Don Brake CC: We listened to Bob Pickett, plains. “We encourage listener interaction with who’s in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. our traffic as that’s often the best source for accurate information.” GB: And Bobby Bones got his If he’s being outdone by tech, Brake doesn’t see it. “We have first break in Austin. They’re solidified not seen a decline in listener participation with traffic, so I don’t Waterloo Revival in our brains as the country music think we are losing them to those new technologies,” he says. “The radio personalities. Waze app is amazing and I hope our listeners are active users GB: The first time we heard ourselves on the radio. We because we have added Waze to our various traffic information were on an Uber ride to the airport. It was surreal. The driver was sources. But I believe listeners use it the same way we do and that’s like, “This is you guys? I hear this all the time. I love this song!” in conjunction with what we already have. They keep us tuned in CC: Different stations have played jokes on us. After we for live updates but are also likely to be checking their in-car GPS played for WQHK/Fort Wayne, IN, they said, “You know guys, we’ve or mobile device for additional details. When traffic is bad here, heard a lot of performances and that was by far the worst we’ve commuters will take information wherever they can get it.” ever heard.” Our radio rep [Alex Valentine] burst out laughing as Brake doesn’t consider weather reports as important as traffic soon as they said it. This is what we have to put up with. in his market unless there’s a severe weather threat, but that’s not CC: My favorite person to travel with is George. We’ve been to say he doesn’t air them. “The addition of smartphones apps great friends for 15 years. To have someone you trust on the road has certainly lessened their importance,” he notes. “We still do two with you is really cool. We support each other through tough times formal weather reports an hour during morning drive and one per and celebrate when things are exciting, like they are right now. hour the rest of the day. People don’t tune in for weather, but it’s CC: I would love to have dinner with Willie Nelson. He a nice perk for those who already listen; kind of like the fortune is oneUPDATE of my biggest influences. Being Texas boys, I think we’d cookie in your Chinese takeout. You don’t order it for the cookie, have to go to a steak house. but you miss it if they don’t include it.” GB: My last impulse buy was a new pair of ear buds at a Most Valuable Players: Consultant Phil Hunt encourag- Mapco. When you’re riding in a car with six people at any given es clients to focus on the listener. “Tools like Waze are powerful time, you need to be able to block out noise and listen to some because they provide real-time information tunes. that’s valuable,” he says. “If broadcast reports CC: You also need ear buds that don’t bleed out, so people are focused, succinct and compelling, they’re can’t hear what you’re listening to. When you’re on 10-hour road valuable, too. Traffic doesn’t do well in PPM trips sometimes you listen to some embarrassing music. and part of the problem is with how it’s being CC: The most redneck thing we’ve done lately is make a done. If you’re taking 45 seconds or a minute pop-screen filter for the mic. We didn’t have one when we were to deliver 15 seconds of information, you’ll get recording a demo the other day, so we made one from a coat killed. Traffic tie-ups are going to be at the usu- hanger and panty hose. al places, right? Offer something like, ‘Usual Phil Hunt GB: I can’t tell you how many interviews we’ve been in flow through the I-430/I-30 interchange.’ Then where they started off with not really a question. They’ll say, “So ... you can get into additional problems by saying, ‘Add 10 minutes Waterloo Revival ...” That’s our least favorite interview question. to your commute because the so-and-so is backing up.’ Do it in a consumable fashion with the most useful of information.”

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It wasn’t all that long ago that traffic reporters were personal- destination than the reason it’s taking longer to get there. That is ities in their own right. “An example years ago was [the late] H.G. unless something big and newsworthy happens like an overturned Listiak at KMLE/Phoenix,” Hunt says. “We’re in the entertainment semi, a school bus accident or road closure. Service reports are as business and he made traffic entertaining. There are ways to important as they ever were.” make traffic and weather reports more competitive and reading a Traffic Jammin’: KRTY/San Jose laundry list of problems isn’t always the answer. The short of it is listeners are less likely to hear traffic reports that traffic is still valuable because it’s local.” despite a high number of San Francis- Mid-West Family WWQM/Madison PD Fletcher Keyes says co-bound commuters. “Canned traffic reports the familiar benchmarks remain viable in his market. “They still on music stations are frankly a thing that we rate highly on research surveys and in focus have evolved beyond,” says KRTY GM Nate groups,” he says. “Weather is still available Deaton. “With the advent of Waze and other on people’s phones, too, but that’s still the mobile platforms, there is just simply no way No. 1 desired info in morning drive. And in Nate Deaton we can be as fast or efficient.” (Waze is head- addition to listeners wanting the information, quartered on Google’s San Jose campus.) we make money on selling traffic reports. “We do have a sister News station that has built its brand on That makes them very important to us.” local traffic, but we have even moved away from that a bit, too,” In addition to revenue, Summit Media/ Deaton continues. “On KRTY we only cover the major freeways Louisville OM Shane Fletcher Keyes and streets in Santa Clara County [as needed] unless there is Collins points to another something major outside of our immediate area that’s going to consideration. “The campaign to keep people affect us, such as the recent closure of the Bay Bridge for repairs.” off their phones while driving continues to As for weather, well, it’s California. “We don’t really have grow, so traffic reports on the radio keep your weather-related issues,” Deaton notes. “If it ever rains here again, eyes on the road,” he insists. that tends to make unusual problems and that’s probably when Collins has made some changes in execu- we’ll spring into action.” tion, however. “We transitioned from acci- We’ll explore other traffic and weather solutions for the digital dent reports to travel times about two years age in an upcoming issue of Country Aircheck Weekly. Share Shane Collins ago,” he explains. “People care more about your thoughts here. –Russ Penuell how long it will take them to travel to their

Banner Day: The Warner Music Nashville and WAR teams celebrate Frankie Ballard’s chart-topper. Pictured (l-r) are Chad Schultz, Chris Palmer, Kevin Herring, John Esposito, Cris Lacy, Scott Hendricks, Tom Martens, Lisa Ray, Anna Cage and Jessica Rouse.

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Fireball Whiskey Whispers: Big Machine Label Group staffers and radio friends join Republic Nashville’s Florida Georgia Line for a shot of fireball ahead of their Dallas show, which also included Warner Bros./WAR’s Frankie Ballard and Valory’s Thomas Rhett.

For The Record: Atlantic/WMN’s Brett Eldredge and label staffers gather to hear Eldredge’s upcoming Illinois and celebrate President/CEO John Esposito’s 29th birthday.

Boro Of Fun: WTQR/Greensboro’s Todd Nixon with artists and label staffers at the station’s End of Summer Jam. Pictured are (back, l-r) the station’s Mimi Wheeler, Arista’s Ali O’Connell and Sea Gayle/Arista’s Jerrod Niemann, Keifer and Shawna Thompson of Stoney Creek’s Thompson Square, Nixon, Dot’s Drake White, and Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason and Kelby Ray of Big Machine’s The Cadillac Three; (front, l-r) Stoney Creek’s Abi Fishbone, Big Machine’s Jeff Davis and Dot’s EJ Bernas.

There’s Fire: 19/Arista’s Carrie Underwood helps the Arista team celebrate smoking the Add Board with a record 145 adds on “Smoke Break” this afternoon (8/24). Pictured (l-r) are Sony’s Christy Garbinski, the label’s Olivia Laster, Sony’s R.G. Jones, Arista’s Rusty Sherrill and Andy Elliott, Underwood, Arista’s John Sigler, Sony’s Steve Hodges and the label’s Lesly Simon.

Dude Looks Like A Beasley: Dot’s Steven Tyler at Beasley corporate meetings in Naples, FL with (c) with (l-r) Beasley/ Tampa’s Tee Gentry, WQYK/Tampa’s Cadillac Jack, the company’s George Beasley, Dot’s Chris Stacey and Kris Lamb and Beasley’s Justin Chase.

In For Kenny: Blue Chair/Columbia’s Kenny Chesney in Detroit with (c) with (l-r) Sony’s Christy Garbinski, WDSY/ Pittsburgh’s Mark Anderson, WYCD’s Jack Shell, Columbia’s Bo Martinovich, WBCT/Grand Rapids’ Dave Taft, WYCD’s Tim Roberts and Jay Clark and SiriusXM’s John Marks and wife Colleen.

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

2 1 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 28769 1813 8482 454 56.079 2.963 154 0

3 2 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 27056 1332 7930 429 53.817 2.445 154 1

4 3 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 26030 1041 7706 338 50.172 1.3 153 0

6 4 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) ✔ 24187 2036 7091 536 48.716 4.261 153 0

7 5 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 22256 1647 6691 511 43.624 2.8 153 1

8 6 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 21334 1862 6333 590 41.529 3.56 154 0

1 7 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 21021 -8089 6186 -2300 41.824 -14.405 154 0

9 8 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 19471 1486 5744 457 38.587 2.952 154 0

11 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 18729 1801 5346 571 37.362 2.623 154 0

5 10 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 17417 -7252 5008 -2030 34.15 -14.586 154 0

12 11 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 15521 180 4663 101 31.45 0.451 152 0

13 12 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 15202 242 4292 92 29.709 0.211 154 0

14 13 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 15095 685 4343 233 29.93 2.15 151 1

15 14 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 14538 727 4256 232 29.153 2.342 153 0

16 15 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 14415 1083 4160 267 27.828 2.877 151 11

17 16 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 12796 80 3813 32 24.347 0.365 150 0

18 17 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 12749 376 3635 82 24.933 0.642 148 1

21 18 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 12393 636 3679 158 22.744 1.451 152 0

19 19 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 12350 566 3460 172 21.77 1.443 146 0

20 20 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 12079 310 3386 67 23.25 0.724 154 0

28 21 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) ✔ 11473 3830 3283 1128 20.852 6.779 147 15

22 22 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 11314 -51 3378 101 19.902 -1.304 151 2

23 23 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 10705 69 3202 15 18.398 0.558 150 1

27 24 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 10111 2283 2947 658 17.585 4.291 146 11

24 25 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 9252 354 2835 87 14.285 0.776 148 1

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

25 26 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 9146 412 2587 105 15.655 1.035 133 1

26 27 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 8594 402 2540 113 14.413 0.413 134 4

29 28 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 6369 -12 1768 -2 12.403 -0.271 140 3

30 29 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 6229 174 1867 63 12.238 0.923 140 2

37 30 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) ✔ 6195 2652 1778 779 10.754 4.684 140 23

31 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista)DEBUT ✔ 6171 6171 1799 1799 12.931 12.931 145 145

31 32 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 6161 425 1837 135 9.55 0.461 125 2

39 33 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 5040 1758 1494 537 8.684 2.816 124 13

33 34 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 4654 203 1445 61 8.556 0.509 100 6

32 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 4416 -99 1213 -34 9.695 0.038 117 4

35 36 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 4359 130 1299 4 5.573 -0.005 123 4

34 37 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 4239 5 1151 19 6.089 -0.113 107 0

36 38 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 4048 -62 1224 8 5.341 -0.159 104 0

38 39 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 3635 132 1176 43 4.217 0.235 120 1

40 40 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 3126 69 969 29 3.998 0.289 103 2

41 41 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3021 106 982 47 3.879 0.172 106 4

47 42 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 2855 316 957 86 3.158 0.22 99 2

43 43 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 2734 59 759 3 3.662 0.102 104 2

42 44 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 2731 -1 900 14 2.745 -0.073 109 2

44 45 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 2660 44 823 18 3.502 0.087 97 5

45 46 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 2631 39 791 -8 5.674 -0.045 96 2

48 47 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 2507 28 836 15 2.599 0.007 96 0

46 48 TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 2273 -280 659 -95 2.694 -0.431 102 0

50 49 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 1920 -259 452 -178 3.518 -1.389 67 27

Debut 50 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 1859 104 515 37 5.159 -0.411 21 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 24, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 145 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 2234 ✔ LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 40 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 2020 ✔ WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 30 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 1750 ✔ THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 27 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 1526 ✔ TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 23 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 1408 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 15 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 1397 REBA/Until They Don't Love You (Nash Icon/Valory) 15 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 13 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 1297 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 11 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 1232 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 11 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 1027 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 11 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 989 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 6171 ✔ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 437 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 3830 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 357 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 2652 ✔ KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 330 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 2283 ✔ BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 302 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 2036 ✔ THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 288 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 1862 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 270 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 1813 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 250 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 1801 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 246 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 1758 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 216 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 1647 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 202

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 1799 LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 14407 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 1128 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 12288 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 779 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 10552 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 658 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 9723 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 590 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 9645 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 571 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 8197 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 537 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 8167 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 536 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 8007 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 511 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 7336 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 457 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 6730

©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] August 24, 2015 Chart Page 4 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) Moves 44-45* AUGUST 31 2,660 points, 823 spins Mo Pitney/Boy And A Girl Thing (Curb) 5 adds: KFRG, KMPS, KWNR, WHKO*, WXTU Brantley Gilbert/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) Scotty McCreery/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) Moves 45-46* September 8 2,631 points, 791 spins Amanda Watkins/If I Was Over You (in2une) 2 adds: WGTY, WKSJ Cassadee Pope/I Am Invincible (Republic Nashville) CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) Moves 48-47* SEPTEMBER 14 2,507 points, 836 spins; No adds MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) RACHELE LYNAE/Quicksand (in2une) TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) Moves 46-48 DALLAS SMITH/Kids With Cars (Blaster) 2,273 points, 659 spins; No adds BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) Send yours to [email protected] Moves 50-49 1,920 points, 452 spins CHECK OUT 8/28 27 adds including: KHGE, KKWF, KMDL, KMLE, KPLM, KRTY, KSCS, KSSN, KUPL, KWNR Maddie & Tae Start Here (Dot) RONNIE DUNN/Ain’t No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) Banjo, mandolin, fiddle, steel – they’re all here Debuts at 50* in the duo’s debut album, produced by Dann 1,859 points, 515 spins; No adds Huff. The project features their first No. 1, the platinum-selling “Girl In A Country Song” and EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) current single “Fly.” 1,763 points, 520 spins 4 adds: KKWF, KNCI, WDAF, WGGY Various Mud Digger Vol. 6 (Average Joes) DAVID NAIL/Night’s On Fire (MCA) Mud, motorsports and music collide again in 1,411 points, 466 spins the sixth installment of the series. The album 3 adds: WMAD, WRBT, WRNS includes newly signed duo Trailer Choir’s “Better With A Beer,” I4NI’s “Saturday Afternoon” and WATERLOO REVIVAL/Bad For You (Big Machine) Exit 24’s debut, “Barn Song.” 1,400 points, 458 spins 4 adds: KKIX, WGAR, WKSJ, WWGR Sept. 11 Brett Eldredge Illinois (Atlantic/WMN) CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) Jewel Picking Up The Pieces (Sugar Hill) 1,398 points, 430 spins 2 adds: WKSJ, WNOE Sept. 18 Mac McAnally A.K.A. Nobody (Mailboat) Clare Dunn Self-Titled (MCA) ANDY GRAMMER & ELI YOUNG BAND/Honey, I’m Good Leigh Nash The State I’m In (Thirty Tigers) (S-Curve/Valory) 1,269 points, 282 spins Sept. 25 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up (Valory) 1 add: KJKE Don Henley Cass County (Capitol)

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

3 1 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 12126 673 2332 134 56 0 1 2 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 11850 -146 2317 -28 54 0 5 3 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) ✔ 11568 1408 2234 288 56 0 7 4 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 10919 1297 2135 246 57 1 8 5 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 10843 1750 2128 330 57 0 4 6 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 10733 363 2082 60 54 0 2 7 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving You Easy (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 10146 -1725 1952 -340 51 0 9 8 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 9525 1397 1840 270 57 0 10 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) 8958 1232 1743 250 57 1 11 10 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 8033 558 1563 111 56 0 12 11 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 7393 268 1416 61 56 1 15 12 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 7322 769 1409 156 56 0 16 13 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 6890 535 1316 93 52 0 14 14 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 6819 199 1298 39 54 0 18 15 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 6790 565 1325 110 57 5 17 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 6563 278 1277 48 54 0 19 17 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 6407 742 1261 146 53 0 20 18 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 5478 790 1049 150 52 1 21 19 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 5328 731 1035 129 51 3 23 20 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 5206 832 1029 169 56 5 24 21 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 5098 1526 1017 302 54 11 22 22 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 4826 266 952 58 51 0 30 23 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) ✔ 4729 2020 924 357 54 15 27 24 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 3630 404 674 71 47 4 29 25 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 3588 527 674 94 50 2 26 26 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 3448 193 658 30 46 0 25 27 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 3386 -37 656 -16 41 1 28 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 3224 62 611 6 50 1 34 29 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 2835 989 577 202 46 10 32 30 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 2769 397 523 72 45 3

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 31 31 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 2600 121 501 13 40 1 40 32 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 2353 1027 482 216 38 11 Debut 33 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 2234 2234 437 437 33 27 35 34 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 1971 218 305 39 28 1 33 35 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 1938 -108 367 -24 33 0 36 36 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 1926 207 425 48 40 1 37 37 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 1902 230 364 45 39 1 38 38 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 1614 55 301 7 27 1 41 39 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 1443 142 302 27 25 1 39 40 TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 1186 -202 223 -30 28 0 Re-Enter 41 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1165 120 255 37 23 0 48 42 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 1117 457 225 95 24 10 42 43 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (SeaGayle/Arista) 1098 62 246 20 24 1 43 44 OLIVIA LANE/You Part 2 (Big Spark/Star Farm) 1070 119 201 16 18 0 44 45 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 1039 152 212 35 14 0 47 46 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 903 150 172 27 26 1 45 47 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 695 -142 142 -25 14 0 49 48 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 680 43 130 9 14 0 52 49 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 557 120 76 14 9 0 51 50 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 529 61 91 9 11 1 Re-Enter 51 OLD DOMINION/Nowhere Fast (RCA) 510 210 51 21 1 0 50 52 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 479 -13 76 -2 9 0 55 53 ALAN JACKSON/Jim And Jack And Hank (EMI Nashville) 438 91 83 24 8 0 54 54 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 407 45 76 10 8 0 56 55 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 320 38 64 8 10 0 Debut 56 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 270 230 27 23 1 1 60 57 ADAM SANDERS/Somewhere That You Don't Go (Big Yellow Dog) 260 80 26 8 1 0 Debut 58 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 255 47 42 21 3 3 Debut 59 BIG SMO/Rebel Road (Elektra Nashville/WMN) 250 90 25 9 1 0 Debut 60 COREY SMITH/Feet Wet (Undertone/Sugar Hill) 250 60 25 6 1 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]