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Radio Rolls Christmas Music Co u n t r y Ai r c h e c k Re p o r t e r Ch a n g e s A handful of Country stations have already flipped to an KNTY/Sacramento and KBWF/San Francisco have been all-Christmas format, joining a trend of early adopters initiated added to the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting several years ago by AC stations. Even the scores of Country panel. Their airplay information from Sunday Nov. 25 stations that haven’t jumped in the yuletide deep end are jingling through Saturday Dec. 1 will be included in the Dec. 3 chart. their bells several times an hour. No longer reporting are WGAR/Cleveland and KBQI/ Last week we printed a list of the top 25 Christmas songs Albuquerque as the percentage of current music at both of 2006, as compiled by Mediabase. Below, we’ve completed stations has fallen below acceptable levels. the overview of music programmers should be aware of, Also, WUBL/Atlanta has been suspended from the starting with most-played Country reporting panel following its shift to all-Christmas current Christmas music over music. the four-day holiday weekend (11/22-25). 16. Carter’s Chord/Santa Baby (Show Dog) 17. Brad Paisley/Silver Bells (Arista) Top 25 Current Christmas Songs 18. Jack Ingram/Jingle Bells (iTunes Acoustic) (Big Machine) 1. Taylor Swift/Last Christmas (Big Machine) 19. George Strait/We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Hallmark) 2. Kellie Pickler/Santa Baby (BNA) 20. Sara Evans/I’ll Be Home For Christmas (BNA) 3. Carrie Underwood/Do You Hear What I Hear? (BNA) 21. Taylor Swift/Christmases When You Were Mine (Big 4. Brad Paisley/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Arista) Machine) 5. Little Big Town/Go Tell It On The Mountain (Equity) 22. Sugarland/Nuttin’ For Christmas (Mercury) 6. Toby Keith/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Show Dog) 23. Taylor Swift/Silent Night (Big Machine) 7. Brad Paisley/Winter Wonderland (RCA) 24. George Strait/Jingle Bells (Hallmark) 8. Taylor Swift/Santa Baby (Big Machine) 25. Brad Paisley/I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Arista) 9. Brad Paisley/Born On Christmas Day (Arista) (more holiday songs on page 5) 10. Toby Keith/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Show Dog) 11. Toby Keith/Please Come Home For Christmas (Show Dog) Radio News 12. Taylor Swift/White Christmas (Big Machine) Format: Clear Channel Classic Country KHUS/Omaha, NE 13. Toby Keith/Winter Wonderland (Show Dog) flipped to a current Country format last Monday (11/19). 14. Keith Anderson/Please Come Home For Christmas (Arista) Kudos: WFYR/Peoria, IL and Operation Homefront Illinois 15. George Strait/Deck The Halls (Hallmark) are asking listeners to participate in sending Holiday Greetings

November 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 to service persons overseas by taping 15 second segments at a Da t e Ch e c k local mall. KYGO/Denver morning crew Kelly, Mudflap and JoJo Nov. 30 - Last Day for CRS-39 Earlybird Registration - raised $37,952 in a little over four hours during their 7th Annual www.crb.org Feed The Need Radiothon for the Denver Rescue Mission. Dec. 5 - CRS-39 New Faces Show Finalists Announced - Gig Alert: Equity VP/Promotion David Haley is looking for a 2pm www.crb.org Coor./Promotion and can be reached at 615-320-1990. Jan. 11-12 - Sprint Sound & Speed Festival Nashville’s Industry News Sommet Center - www.soundandspeed.org The deadline to renew professional memberships or join the Academy of Country Music to be eligible to vote for the Jan. 23-27 - Country In The Rockies 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is Friday, Nov. 30. Details at www.acmcountry.com. Jan. 24 - 26th Annual Colgate Country Showdown CRB Early Bird Registration rate of $499 for CRS 39 ends National Final - Ryman Auditorium www. Friday, Nov. 30. Find more info at www.crb.org. countryshowdown.com Craig Wiseman will be the fourth songwriter honored with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Poets and Feb. 8 - 50th Annual Grammy Awards - www.grammy.com Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters Dec. 15 at 2pm in the Ford Theater. March 5-7 - CRS-39 - www.crb.org Musicians On Call is one of the charities benefiting from the Full calendar info at www.countryaircheck.com Gaylord Opryland Hall of Trees charity auction. View them at www.halloftrees.com until Dec. 22. and parents Allan and Margaret. “My dad kept nudging me in The Women’s Music Business Association is holding the arm and saying ‘Can you believe this, ain’t this something.’ I its 2nd Annual Duos In December with songwriters Jeremy was so honored to be there,” said Atkins. Spillman, Chris Cavanaugh, Megan Hames, Red Wilhelm, Heather Morgan and Leah Crutchfield at Nashville’s Tin Roof Artist News Dec. 4 at 6:30pm. Admission is free with an unwrapped toy to be GAC will sponsor Trace Adkins’ 2008 American Man tour, donated to Toys For Tots. which kicks off Jan. 24 in Bangor, ME. Luke Bryan, Jason Michael Carroll, Bucky Covington and Kellie Pickler are Atkins Plays For First Audience among the artists slated to open select dates. Rodney Atkins performed Dolly Parton, Wynonna, Randy Owen, Alison Krauss, Big for President Bush and the & Rich and Cowboy Troy are just a few of the 23 signatures First Lady at the White on the First Act Guitar for auction on ebay to benefit St. Jude House on Nov. 16 as a Children’s Research Hospital. Bid here. spokesperson for National Music City Promos, a new company started by journalist Adoption Month. Also in Dan Harr, is offering radio stations websites, webzines and attendance were members of blogs free access to online contests from artists including Congress, adopted children Alabama, Josh Turner, Whiskey Falls and Lonestar. Details at and their families, Atkins’ www.musiccitypromos.com. wife Tammy, son Elijah (who Taylor Swift will sign autographs at New York City’s NBC Elijah Atkins with the President and climbed on the President’s Laura Bush Experience Store to celebrate the release of NBC Sounds Of lap during the performance) The Season: The Taylor Swift Collection, Nov. 27 at 2:30pm. ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4

Bi r t h da y s Tuesday (11/27) – the late Eddie Rabbitt; Darlene Starr ([email protected]) Wednesday (11/28) - Kristine Arnold, Cheryl Cranford, Gene Dries, Mike Kennedy ([email protected]), Clint Clifton ([email protected]). Thursday (11/29) - Jody Miller, the late Merle Travis; Ryan Bitzer; Kory James Friday (11/30) - Jeannie Kendall, Mindy McCready, Teddy Wilburn, Jimmy Bowen, Adam Clark, Linda Engbrenghoff Saturday (12/1) - Kim Richey, Dave Ashcraft, Larry Shell, Jenny Wallace, Kirk Yoquelet, Paul Riddle Sunday (12/2) - Tom Hanranhan (tomhanrahan@ clearchannel.com) Monday (12/3) - Paul Gregg, Ferlin Husky, Autumn House ([email protected]), S. Wade Hunt (wade.hunt@ sonybmg.com) She will also grace the Dec./Jan. cover of Justine magazine, be profiled in the same month’s issue of Seventeen, and featured in CosmoGirl’s Best of 2007. Katie Armiger will sing the National Anthem for the Texas 5A High School Football Championship at the San Antonio Alamodome Dec. 22. Correction An address was misprinted in today’s note of condolence about the passing of Mercury VP Bruce Shindler’s mother Ruth. The family will be mourning her loss at the Scheinberg household, 9 Hartman Hill Road, Huntington, NY 11773. We regret the error. The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.

• Following complaints from four radio groups about PPM sample size issues (CAT 11/15), Arbitron is delaying the launch of the service in nine markets including Los Angeles, Riverside, Chicago, San Francisco, San Jose and Dallas. (CAT 11/26) • Equity Music Group aligned with investment groups Southern Maryland and Optimum Venture 3. Label President Mike Kraski exited, but remains on the company’s board and retains his ownership share. SVP Derek Simon was named GM and interim president. Kraski can be reached at mkkraski@ yahoo.com. (CAT 11/20) • The Hartford Courant published extensive reporting on Connecticut’s ongoing investigation of patient care and financial practices of Haven Healthcare, including whether Medicaid funds were illegally used in unrelated business transactions that include the launch and operation of Nashville-based Category 5 Records. Haven Healthcare declared bankruptcy, but the company’s CEO Ray Termini, also Category 5’s founder, refuted the allegations. (CAT 11/20) • Ft. Wayne Radio WBTU/Ft. Wayne, IN APD/MD Adam Mayfield exited. PD Scott Roddy picks up Mayfield’s duties as the position has been eliminated. Reach Mayfield atadamdm@ gmail.com. (CAT 11/21) • Country Thunder Southeast rep Jim Dorman was named

VP/Promotion for the label, effective immediately. Current VP CA Pr e s e n t s PPM Se m i n a r Doc Gonzales continues to oversee promotions while sharing additional label duties with CEO Herbert Graham following Country Aircheck is presenting The People Meter: What the exit of Bill Mayne, who will not be replaced. (CAT 11/26) It Means To The Country Music Industry on Friday, Dec. • Clear Channel WUBL/Atlanta became “Christmas In The 14 from 9:30am to 1pm at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Country” at 7pm Thanksgiving evening. (CAT 11/26) Ford Theater. Limited seating is still available for this free • Clear Channel KBKO/Bakersfield, CA flipped to an all- panel, which includes Arbitron’s Gary Marince, consultant Christmas sound on Thursday as well. Also, PD Kenn McCloud Jaye Albright, CBS Radio’s Jeff Garrison, MediaSense’s has returned to the air in afternoons. (CAT 11/26) Bob Michaels and WXTU/Philadelphia’s Bob McKay. This • Equity Coor./Promotion & Specialist/Nat’l Promo Heather technology could change the Country radio and music Propper was hired as Robbins/Nashville Dir./Promotion business industry as much as Soundscan changed the Southeast, effective Dec. 3. (CAT 11/26) record business. Don’t miss it. Reserve your seat by emailing (continued from page 1) [email protected]. Top 25 Gold Christmas Songs Clint Black/Milk And Cookies (Equity) 1. Vince Vance & The Valiants/All I Want For Christmas Is You Brooks & Dunn/Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (BNA) 2. Brenda Lee/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Carter’s Chord/O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Show Dog) 3. Skip Ewing/Christmas Carol Johnny Cash/Silent Night (BNA) 4. Clint Black/’Til Santa Gone... Kenny Chesney/Jingle Bells (BNA) 5. Bobby Helms/Jingle Bell Rock Bucky Covington/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Lyric Street) 6. Burl Ives/Have A Holly Jolly Christmas Josh Gracin/O Holy Night (Lyric Street) 7. Alan Jackson/A Holly Jolly Christmas Josh Gracin f/Kassidy Osborn/The Virgin’s Lullaby (Lyric Street) 8. Jose Feliciano/Feliz Navidad Josh Gracin/Please Come Home For Christmas (Lyric Street) 9. Alabama/Christmas In Dixie Jennifer Hanson/All I Want For Christmas Is You (Universal South) 10. Montgomery Gentry/Merry Christmas From The Family Jennifer Hanson/Santa’s Toy Ride (Universal South) 11. Dolly Parton/Hard Candy Christmas Jennifer Hanson/Have Yourself A Merry... (Universal South) 12. Elvis Presley/Blue Christmas Ty Herndon/A Not So Silent Night (Pyramid) 13. Newsong/The Christmas Shoes Blaine Larsen/Away In A Manger (BNA) 14. Kenny Chesney/All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan Tracy Lawrence/Cold Beer (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 15. Alabama/Angels Among Us Tracy Lawrence/All Wrapped Up... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 16. Ricochet/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Martina McBride/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (RCA) 17. Garth Brooks/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy Martina McBride/Winter Wonderland (RCA) 18. Gene Autry/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Martina McBride f/Dean Martin/Baby, It’s Cold Outside (RCA) 19. Martina McBride/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Joe Nichols/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Universal South) 20. Elmo & Patsy/Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Joe Nichols/Have Yourself A Merry... (Universal South) 21. George Strait/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Joe Nichols/The Christmas Song (Universal South) 22. Bing Crosby/White Christmas Joe Nichols/I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Universal South) 23. Garth Brooks/Sleigh Ride Brad Paisley/Penguin, James Penguin (Arista) 24. George Strait/Merry Christmas Strait To You ) Rissi Palmer/Grown Up Christmas List (1720 Entertainment) 25. Gene Autry/Here Comes Santa Claus George Strait/Up On The Housetop (Hallmark) Trent Tomlinson/Christmas In Dixie (Lyric Street) More Christmas Songs Phil Vassar/Let’s Make A Little Christmas Tonight (BNA) Here are some more recent Christmas tracks for your Porter Wagoner/Tennessee Christmas (Lyric Street) programming consideration. ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 5, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 6

Tu b e Ch e c k Tuesday (11/27)- Bob DiPiero, Tony Mullins, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman, Hitmen of Music Row (Episode Two) (GAC); Lonestar, GAC Nights. Wednesday (11/28) - Kellie Pickler, Live with Regis & Kelly (syndicated); Taylor Swift, Today Show & Christmas In Rockefeller Center (NBC). Thursday (11/29) - Rascal Flatts, Behind The Video: Take Me There (GAC). Friday (11/30) - Jo Dee Messina, Today Show (NBC); Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers, Oprah (syndicated); Billy Ray Cyrus, Live with Regis & Kelly (syndicated); Keith Urban, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated); Various Artists, 13th Annual Inspirational Country Awards (NRB). Saturday (12/1) - Trace Adkins, American Man (GAC); Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Cole Deggs & The Lonesome, Cherryholmes, Opry Live (GAC); Lonestar, Southern Fried Flicks with Hazel Smith (CMT). Sunday (12/2) - Deana Carter, Julie Roberts, Blue County, Steve Azar, Bucky Covington, Christmas At The Tennessee (GAC)

Monday (12/3) - Alison Krauss, A Hundred Miles Or More (GAC).

2007 Christmas Albums Diamond Rio The Star Still Shines (Word) Toby Keith A Classic Christmas (Show Dog) Tracy Lawrence All Wrapped Up in Christmas (Rocky Comfort/CO5) Lonestar My Christmas List (Cracker Barrel) Richie McDonald If Everyday Could Be Christmas (Loremoma) Taylor Swift Sounds Of The Season (Target Exclusive) (Big Machine) Various Artists Hear Something Country Christmas (BNA)

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

2 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/So Small (19/Arista) 13073 -78 4471 49 33.615 -0.275 120 1 1 2 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 12470 -844 4158 -263 32.281 -2.447 120 0 3 3 GARTH BROOKS/More Than A Memory (Pearl/Big Machine) 12326 -741 4234 -222 31.128 -1.906 120 0 5 4 GEORGE STRAIT/How 'Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 11065 11 3794 28 27.597 -0.221 119 0 8 5 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 10850 333 3752 180 27.103 -0.3 120 1 6 6 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 10473 -544 3626 -133 26.316 -1.329 118 1 7 7 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 10318 -204 3671 -4 25.199 -1.02 120 0 4 8 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 10219 -2091 3437 -722 26.988 -4.664 120 0 9 9 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 10197 524 3421 161 26.115 1.472 120 0 10 10 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 9060 533 3060 189 23.313 1.626 120 0 12 11 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 8718 579 2943 180 22.031 1.549 119 3

13 12 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 4 8578 631 2926 226 22.016 1.885 120 1 11 13 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 8453 70 2892 26 21.665 0.597 120 0 14 14 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 8108 309 2700 47 20.482 1.385 120 0 15 15 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 7334 -9 2484 40 17.717 -0.41 119 0 16 16 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 6724 574 2287 165 15.875 1.58 117 1

19 17 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 4 6312 885 2137 305 15.981 2.742 115 4 17 18 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 6156 48 2043 45 15.254 0.521 109 3 22 19 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 5216 136 1700 72 12.265 0.489 112 3 20 20 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache... (Big Machine) 5050 -187 1758 -18 11.585 -0.185 117 1 21 21 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 4965 -238 1687 -20 11.881 -0.453 101 3 25 22 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 4369 587 1528 233 10.468 1.589 108 9 24 23 EAGLES/How Long (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 4163 311 1368 101 9.594 0.773 88 1 26 24 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 3834 253 1337 132 9.464 0.546 81 6

29 25 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 4 3809 1106 1429 396 9.249 2.761 102 7

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

27 26 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 3772 367 1274 104 9.159 1.326 90 3 28 27 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 3194 167 1200 71 7.56 0.341 90 5 30 28 FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) 2827 317 952 105 6.588 0.649 79 4

33 29 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 4 2797 803 980 313 6.744 2.01 85 14 31 30 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 2764 359 974 120 6.213 0.953 94 3

36 31 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 4 2483 965 792 346 5.951 2.484 81 26 32 32 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 2208 71 827 16 5.17 0.398 67 1 34 33 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 1941 31 681 26 4.13 0.094 73 3 35 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/I'm With The Band (Equity) 1625 48 547 23 3.627 0.181 57 0 38 35 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 1527 124 444 24 3.861 0.363 33 4 39 36 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 1439 206 478 85 3.143 0.576 56 6 41 37 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 1330 195 419 55 2.691 0.283 43 4 40 38 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 1320 139 471 52 2.382 0.339 58 5 42 39 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 1316 264 466 68 2.632 0.795 54 4 43 40 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 993 19 283 10 2.143 0.035 41 2 44 41 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 956 143 274 44 1.594 0.433 37 8 45 42 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 848 81 351 25 1.739 0.291 32 4 46 43 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 788 22 330 18 1.23 0.064 49 3 47 44 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 784 74 283 42 1.416 0.117 37 5 48 45 MARTINA MCBRIDE/For These Times (RCA) 715 61 245 17 1.226 0.147 38 2 49 46 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 656 60 206 25 1.087 0.109 29 1 Debut 47 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 463 208 166 86 0.911 0.361 24 11 50 48 ANDY GRIGGS/What If It's Me (Montage) 460 -99 162 -35 0.872 -0.117 31 0 Debut 49 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 459 65 184 31 0.803 0.064 27 1 Debut 50 BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) 457 111 121 29 0.856 0.175 9 1

©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 2 November 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 26 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 1101 4 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 18 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 945 4 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 14 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 898 4 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 11 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 780 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 9 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 694 4 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She’ll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 8 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 644 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 599 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 7 LEANN RIMES/Nothin’ Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 594 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 6 GEORGE STRAIT/How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 544 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 6 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 506 Activator Top Spin Gainers JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 253 Aircheck Top Point Gainers ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 229 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 1106 4 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 194 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 965 4 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 189 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 885 4 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street 146 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 803 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 145 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 631 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 142 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 587 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 140 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think...(Columbia) 132 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 579 LEANN RIMES/Nothin’ Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 131 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 574 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 533 Vi d e o Add s TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 524 CMT CARTERS CHORD/O Come... (from Unplugged at Studio 330) (Show Dog) DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin’ (Dolly) JOSS STONE w/LEANN RIMES/Good...(from CMT Crossroads) (Virgin/Curb) Aircheck Top Spin Gainers KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (from 2007 CMA Music Awards)(BNA) TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 396 ROBERT PLANT w/ALISON KRAUSS/Gone... (Done Moved On) (Rounder) ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 346 CMT Pure BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 313 CADILLAC SKY/Born Lonesome (Skaggs Family) CARTERS CHORD/O Come... (from Unplugged at Studio 330) (Show Dog) BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 305 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin’ (Dolly) RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 233 JIM BRICKMAN f/Richie MCDONALD/Coming Home... (SLG) JOSS STONE w/LEANN RIMES/Good...(from CMT Crossroads) (Virgin/Curb) RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 226 Luke Bryan/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 189 ROBERT PLANT w/ALISON KRAUSS/Gone... (Done Moved On) (Rounder) JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 180 GAC AsHton Shepherd/Takin’ Off This Pain (MCA) SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 180 Big & Rich/Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace (Arista) GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 165 Luke Bryan/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] November 26, 2007 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Ai r c h e c k Add Da t e s Aircheck Activity MARTINA MCBRIDE/For These Times (RCA) DECEMBER 3 Moves 48- 45*; 715 points, 245 spins No Adds 2 ADDS: WAMZ, WYAY DECEMBER 10 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) RIO GRAND/The Storm Inside Of Me (Curb/Asylum) Moves 49*- 46*; 656 points, 206 spins The Road Hammers/I Don’t Know When To Quit (Montage) 1 ADD: KMLE* DECEMBER 17 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) No Adds Enters at 47*; 463 points, 166 spins 11 ADDS: KBQI*, KFRG*, KIZN*, KKNG, KWNR, WKHX, WMIL, WPCV*, WUBE, WWGR, WXTU Aircheck Top Recurrents ANDY GRIGGS/What If It’s Me (Montage) BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 6163 Moves 50*- 48; 460 points, 162 spins TIM MCGRAW/If You’re Reading This (Curb) 5763 0 ADDS RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 4771 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4751 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 4515 Enters at 49*; 459 points, 184 spins TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 4325 1 ADD: KSD BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4200 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 4126 BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 3983 Enters at 50*; 457 points, 121 spins JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 3756 1 ADD: WDTW WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) BON JOVI w/ LEANN RIMES/Til We Ain’t Strangers Anymore 385 points, 155 spins (Mercury) 8 ADDS: KATM*, KHKI*, KIZN*, KSON, KSOP, WGH, 437 points, 139 spins; 0 ADDS WIRK*, WQYK*

COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/Girl Next Door (Columbia) VAN ZANT/Goes Down Easy (Columbia) 414 points, 154 spins 349 points, 89 spins; 0 ADDS 2 ADDS: KWLI*, WSOC* CROSSIN DIXON/Make You Mine (BBR) HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Devil And The Cross (Stylesonic/Mercury) 345 points, 104 spins; 0 ADDS 403 points, 142 spins; 0 ADDS Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on BOMSHEL/Power Of One (Curb) this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a 392 points, 183 spins minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of 1 ADD: WYCD* the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 1 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/So Small (19/Arista) 13748 -7 3089 18 2nd Week at No. 1 6 2 GEORGE STRAIT/How 'Bout Them Cowgirls (MCA) 12841 544 2909 123 7 3 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 4 12786 1101 2886 253 5 4 GARTH BROOKS/More Than A Memory (Pearl/Big Machine) 12325 2 2749 15 3 5 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin' Our Love Song (Arista) 12096 -557 2690 -107 4 6 KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 12014 -465 2650 -124 9 7 TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 11278 599 2520 142 2 8 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road...) (Capitol) 10925 -2120 2354 -514 11 9 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) 10863 496 2410 132 10 10 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 10651 137 2381 22 8 11 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 10520 -254 2322 -94 12 12 SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 10028 351 2292 93 13 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 9757 299 2189 86 14 14 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 8825 149 1971 29 15 15 LEANN RIMES/Nothin' Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 8571 594 1904 131 16 16 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 7959 397 1772 86 18 17 BILLY RAY CYRUS F/ M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 4 7784 694 1737 146 19 18 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 7368 644 1645 145 20 19 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 5957 206 1385 57 22 20 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 5803 323 1336 71 21 21 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And The... (Big Machine) 5802 110 1307 28 24 22 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 5487 455 1184 110 25 23 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 5419 506 1177 140 27 24 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 4 5279 780 1173 189 26 25 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 4750 150 1032 28 28 26 EAGLES/How Long (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 4458 268 1026 69 30 27 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 3943 207 846 47 29 28 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 3788 -18 883 0 31 29 FAITH HILL/Red Umbrella (Warner Bros.) 3430 -108 776 -22 34 30 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 4 3411 898 765 194 ©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com ACTIVAT OR November 26, 2007/Chart Page 6

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

36 31 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 4 2914 945 670 229 33 32 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 2692 26 584 -2 35 33 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 2639 330 575 75 37 34 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 2114 199 455 54 38 35 LITTLE BIG TOWN/I'm With The Band (Equity) 2033 159 436 25 39 36 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 1951 93 484 26 40 37 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 1572 304 337 74 41 38 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 1440 195 287 25 43 39 MARTINA MCBRIDE/For These Times (RCA) 1219 210 275 43 42 40 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 1101 -5 250 -1 44 41 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 1019 149 226 40 48 42 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 885 160 212 44 46 43 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 883 100 152 15 47 44 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 842 78 179 15 49 45 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Devil And The Cross (Stylesonic/Mercury) 782 61 164 14 50 46 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 581 11 107 4 52 47 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/Girl Next Door (Columbia) 572 61 122 15 45 48 ERIC CHURCH/Sinners Like Me (Capitol) 546 -320 125 -83 56 49 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 483 108 124 21 53 50 BON JOVI w/ LeANN RIMES/Till We Ain't… (Mercury/Curb) 476 -8 104 -1 51 51 DOUG STONE/Nice Problem (TNT/Spinville) 470 -52 107 -14 Debut 52 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 433 179 101 48 Debut 53 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 433 337 98 83 Debut 54 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 432 129 114 38 54 55 REBA MCENTIRE w/J. TIMBERLAKE/The Only Promise… (MCA) 402 -15 82 -4 55 56 TRAVIS TRITT/Something Stronger Than Me (Category 5) 390 4 99 2 Debut 57 DREW DAVIS BAND/Back There All The Time (Lofton Creek) 380 76 100 13 57 58 ANDY GRIGGS/What If It's Me (Montage) 378 16 71 3 Debut 59 CROSSIN DIXON/Make You Mine (BBR) 361 106 75 20 -- 60 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin' (Dolly) 354 63 72 4