February 11, 2008 Issue 76

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Cumulus Shuffles Music Mix Ho l i d a y Sc h e d u l e Cumulus Country stations have undergone a significant musical realignment since a change was made at the top of its Country Aircheck will be closed Monday, Feb. 18 in observance of the President’s Day holiday. All Country corporate programming department last December. Concurrent Aircheck Mediabase monitored reporters can submit with Sr. VP/Programming station adds via www.airplayaddboard.com any time from Jan Jeffries assuming the this Thursday (2/14) until 3pm ET/Noon PT on Tuesday, Feb. Country reins from former 19. Country Aircheck non-monitored Activator reporters VP/Country Charlie Cook, may submit their full reports any time during that same Cumulus Country outlets time frame. The Country Aircheck Weekly will be delivered have seen the percentage of Tuesday evening, Feb. 19. Current music being played slashed, while Recurrents have taken on a greater role. According to the Gold/Recurrent/Current percentage The story is also pretty much the same in the company’s comparisons of 11/13/07 and 2/11/08, as tabulated by smaller markets, where WLXX/Lexington, KY changed its Mediabase 24/7, KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas has cut its Current Currents from 33%-20%, its Recurrents from 32%-35% and percentages from 34% to 19% while its Recurrents have its Gold from 35%-45%. KRMD/Shreveport has gone from increased from 15% to 28%. Its Gold has remained relatively 35%-18% Current, 27%-29% Recurrent and 37%-53% Gold. flat, edging higher 51% to 53%. There seems to have been little The Average Year in both cases dropped from 2003-2001. change in the actual titles being played, as the Average Year of It has, however, been status quo at WLWI/Montgomery, the music on the station remained steady at 2000. home-base for Cumulus Dir./Country Bill Jones. Currents have There’s a similar story at WSM-FM (The Wolf)/ gone 25%-22%, Recurrents 20%-24% and Gold 55%-54%. Its Nashville, where Currents have dwindled from 26% to 14%. Average Year remained at 1999. The shift to Recurrents and Gold is a bit more subtle, since the WFMS/Indianapolis has remained close to its November previous percentages in those categories were fairly balanced. musical mix, as well. Its Currents are off 34%-30%, Recurrents Recurrents went from 27%-31% while Gold shifted 47%-55%. have gone from 16%-19% and Gold is steady at 51%. Its The Average Year was 2000 in both instances. Average Year has dropped from 2001-2000.

February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 3 Detailing Current airplay in the company’s three top Country markets, with Currents defined as songs appearing Da t e Ch e c k on the Country Aircheck chart the week prior to the Current March 5-7 - CRS-39 - www.crb.org percentage being calculated by Mediabase, KPLX airs 50 songs six or more times per week; 14 of them are Currents. It March 12-16 - South By Southwest (SXSW) Music plays seven songs 37 or more times per week, five of which are Conference - Austin, TX - www.sxsw.com Current; seven tunes from 20-36 plays per week, five of which are Current; and 36 songs between 6-19 plays, four of which are March 14 - Rumble On The Row - The Factory in Franklin, TN current. The rest are Recurrents. WSM-FM also plays 50 songs six or more times per April 1-5 - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival - Nashville, TN - www.tinpansouth.com week. Of those, 13 are Currents. Four are aired more than 46 times per week, one is played 21 times; six got 11-20 spins April 14 - 2008 CMT Music Awards - Belmont University’s and two are under 10 plays per week. All remaining plays Curb Event Center - www.cmt.com came from Recurrents. Full calendar info at www.countryaircheck.com The picture’s a little different at WFMS, where only 37 songs air more than six times per week. Of those, 21 are Currents. Eight play between 32-34 times per week, seven air from 21-25 times and the next logical and natural continuation of six spin from 8-14 times. All others are Recurrents. that philosophy.” Kraski launched Tenacity The number of songs each of the six stations plays 10 Management & Consulting today, and the or more times a week: KPLX, 12; WFMS, 20; WLXX and company will focus on artist management and KRMD, 13; and, WSM-FM and WLWI, 11. This past week, corporate consulting. Kraski exited Equity in nine songs are common to all six stations. There seem to be a November (Breaking News 11/20) after four couple of “Wild Cards” in each station’s arsenal. KPLX is the years, and previously served as EVP/GM for Mike Kraski lone Cumulus station playing Mark Chesnutt’s latest; WFMS Sony, where he started as an inventory clerk in is the sole station playing the new Phil Vassar single; WLWI 1976. CORRECTED contact info: Phone, 615-351-4449. E-mail, has no company on the Craig Morgan single; WLXX is the [email protected]. Fax, 615-246-2690. PO lone purveyor of the Trace Adkins; and only WSM-FM has Tim Box 1768, Nashville, TN 37212-1768. McGraw in the 10+ category. KPLX and WSM-FM are the only two airing the Eagles. The rest of the differences come in airplay Hot Air: The subtext of Kraski’s departure from Equity includes on two brand new singles – the George Strait and the Taylor speculation that Little Big Town had a key-man clause in their Swift. And, a couple of them aren’t airing Kenny Chesney or contract with the label that named Kraski. Word on the street is Rodney Atkins in double digits. that the band is actively shopping for a new label deal. All of the markets listed here have Country competitors. We’ll keep track of how the new music philosophies translate Radiothon Roundup into ratings. The new year has brought a new round of St. Jude Radiothons. Here’s a look at recent results turned in by Kraski Shows Tenacity Country radio: “My philosophy and goal when I started Equity was that • WKHX/Atlanta, $752,483 (2/7-8) we as a label would be partners with the artist,” says former • WYCD/Detroit, $469,510 (2/6-7) Equity President Mike Kraski. “The formation of Tenacity is • WSIX/Nashville, $416,292 (2/6-7) ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 4

Bi r t h d a y s Tuesday (2/12) - no birthdays

Wednesday (2/13) - Randy Owen

Thursday (2/14) - Razzy Bailey, Shelby Kennedy (skennedy@ bmi.com), Stacy Nichols ([email protected])

Friday (2/15) - Melissa Manchester, R. G. Jones (rg.jones@ sonybmg.com), Brent Jones ([email protected]), Hank Locklin

Saturday (2/16) - Doug Phelps, Jo Walker-Meador, Paul Worley, Jill Napier ([email protected])

Sunday (2/17) - Jon Randall, Bryan White, Larry the Cable Guy

Monday (2/18) - the late Pee Wee King, Juice Newton, Tom Bigbee, Paul Corbin, Dawn Richardson

Tuesday (2/19) - Lorianne Crook, Joe Redmond (joe@ robbinsnashville.com)

• WPOC/Baltimore, $405,153 (2/7-8) • WKHK/Richmond, $222,631 (2/7-8) • WDSY/Pittsburgh, $160,229 (2/7-8) • KXLB/Bozeman, MT, $146,986 (2/7-8) • WYNK/Baton Rouge, $125,197 (2/7-8) • WCOS/Columbia, SC, $79,205 (2/7-8) • WXCL/Peoria, $68,025 (2/7-8) • KKIX/Fayetteville, AR, $67,502 (2/7-8) • WTHI/Terre Haute, $51,753 (2/7-8) • WLFW/Evansville, $33,964 (2/7-8) • KGTW/Ketchikan, AK, $16,685 (2/7-8) • WNUS/Parkersburg, WV, $10,361 (2/7-8) Radio News Formats: WJEN (95.1)/Rutland, VT is simulcasting on now defunct sister station AAA WEBK’s former 105.3 frequency. WJEN will assume the 105.3 frequency permanently and the new as-of-yet-announced format station WDVT will be launched on 95.1 in the next few weeks.

Personalities: Author of seven gardening books Denny McKeown will host the Garden Show on WUBE/Cincinnati Saturday’s from 6-9am. McKeown will also share gardening tips Monday through Friday on the station. WYCD/Detroit has added the After Hours Show with Will Harvey and Matt Vaughn following their live broadcast from Coyote Joe’s with Chuck Edwards. The show airs Saturday night/Sunday morning from 2-6am.

Syndication: Alan Jackson is hosting a one-hour radio special for his upcoming album Good Time. It’s available at www. mccoyandassociates.biz for broadcast starting Feb. 29. More info at 615-683-5025.

©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 5 Production: KUSS/San Diego Tony and Kris Show Assistant Producer Kristi Lyons has exited the station and can be reached Tu b e Ch e c k at [email protected]. Exec. Producer Jack Heine will Tuesday 2/12 - Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, CMT Online assume her responsibilities. Awards; Brad Paisley, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS); Lori McKenna, GAC Nights Gig Alert: Citadel WGKX/Memphis PD Tim Jones is looking for a night personality who will also handle additional assistant Wednesday 2/13 - Dwight Yoakam, The Collection (GAC). production duties. Overnight airchecks and resumes to him at 5629 Murray Rd., Memphis, TN 38119. No phone calls or Thursday 2/14 - Willie Nelson, Tonight Show with Jay Leno emails please. (NBC); Trace Adkins, The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC). Industry News Friday 2/15 - John Rich, Gone Country (Episode 4) (CMT). Updated contact info for Curb Dir./Promotion Jill Gleason, who is leaving the label Friday after 14 years to pursue her next Saturday 2/16 - Vince Gill, Josh Turner, Rissi Palmer, Opry opportunity, is [email protected]. (CAT 2/11) Live (re-air) (GAC); Kellie Pickler, My USO Diary (GAC); Blake Shelton, Daytona 300 Nationwide (ESPN2). Songwriter Bob McDill is the Country Music Hall of Fame’s next Poet And Prophet, and will do a one-on-one interview with Sunday 2/17 - Garth Brooks, Ultimate Garth (re-air) (GAC). Country Music Hall OF Fame and Museum editor Michael Gray before performing March 1 at the Ford Theater. Monday 2/18 - Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, SOLID and the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Karaoke Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, CMT Insider. Challenge held at Nashville’s Cabana raised close to a thousand dollars for the foundation. WKRN reporter Brad Schmitt hosted Tuesday 2/19 - SHeDAISY, GAC Nights. the event at the last minute after previous host Storme Warren had to cancel to recover from surgery. Tracy Lawrence, Tracy Byrd and Pat Green will Webster & Associates has added Jason Meadows, Trent perform together at the Fourth and Goal Classic in Tomlinson and Lorrie Morgan to their roster for public Atlantic City, NJ June 28. The event benefits the non- relations representation. Tracy Lawrence has also been added profit organization Fourth and Goal that provides financial for television opportunities only. assistance to retired NFL players and their families in need. Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long will host. Artist News Blake Shelton and his NBC Clash Of The Choirs Team Kix Brooks raised $35,000 for the T.J. Martell Shelton have recorded a version of his single, “Home,” as Foundation Feb. 2 at the Arrington Vineyards Kick-off Party the signature song for ESPN’s return to NASCAR for the at New York’s Blue Smoke restaurant. The money was raised by 2008 season. auctioning off items ranging from a Brooks-autographed case of Taylor Swift edited and directed her new video for the song Arrington wine to 2008 Baseball All-Star Game tickets. Guests “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” which is from the Deluxe at the event were also treated to a performance by the Hitmen of Limited Edition of her self-titled album. The video contains Music Row: Bob DiPiero, Craig Wiseman, Tony Mullins and performance clips and candid shots of her on the road. Jeffrey Steele with special guest Brooks. Dwight Yoakam is GAC’s Artist Of The Month and Footage from Jason Michael Carroll’s recent performance GACTV.com is offering fans a chance to meet him after his and interview on ABC’s Good Morning America can be seen here. performance at the 2nd Annual Stagecoach Festival in May. ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page 6

Trisha Yearwood fans can sign up for a free profile at h e c k u t DigitalRodeo.com and join her neighborhood to enter to win C O several prizes. The grand prize winner will receive a flyaway trip Upcoming Releases: to meet Yearwood, while 10 finalists will receive an iPhone and copy of Heaven, Heartache and The Power Of Love. Feb. 19 Chris Cagle My Life’s Been A Country Song (Capitol) Feb. 26 Trent Willmon Broken In (Compadre) Urban Sells Green Shirts Dolly Parton Backwoods Barbie (Dolly) Keith Urban and Chaser Merchandise have created environmentally conscious tour merchandise such as “Green March 4 Alan Jackson Good Time (Arista) T’s” made from recycled plastic bottles. “While I am far from Ashton Shepherd Sounds So Good (MCA) the greenest guy on the block, I do look for situations where I can make even a small difference,” Urban says. “And so the idea April 1 George Strait Troubador (MCA) that our concert T’s could retain the same look and feel, but be Aaron Watson Angels & Outlaws (BIG Label) partly made from recycled materials appealed greatly to me. I believe making even a small contribution like this and running April 8 Jeff Bates TBA (Black River) our trucks on bio-diesel can make a big difference.” James Otto Sunset Man (Warner Bros./Raybaw) Chronicle April 15 Phil Stacey TBA (Lyric Street) Our most heartfelt sympathies to former Citadel CEO/ Album release info to [email protected]. President Larry Wilson on the Feb. 10 passing of his wife, Claire, who battled a brain tumor for the last 13 years. A celebration of her life will be held at their Montana ranch on Classic Country KBET-AM. (CAT 2/7) Feb. 27. Sympathies can be sent to Larry at 1015 Eastman Drive, • Mapleton Classical KBOQ/Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, Big Fork, MT, 59911. CA moved from 95.5 to 103.9, with Country launching on the former signal as Hank-FM. (CAT 2/8) The Week’s Top Stories • Veteran tour manager Robert Allen has been named VP at rpm Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives management. (CAT 2/11) at www.countryaircheck.com. - Lon Helton, [email protected] • Oldies KOOL/Phoenix PD Kris Abrams is now also Chuck Aly, [email protected] programming CBS Radio Country sister KMLE after Erin Duvall, [email protected] company wide cuts included the departure of KMLE PD Jay (615) 320-1450 McCarthy, who can be reached at 602-321-4945 or ijunot@ cox.net. (BN 2/7) • Former SFX Entertainment VP/Dir. Country Programming Rosemary Young has joined Premiere Radio Networks as Sr. Producer/Country Programming. (CAT 2/6) • Chuck Maylin has joined Beasley/Las Vegas as VP/Market Manager of the five station cluster including Country KCYE and

Fall Arbitron No. 1s: KBRJ, WKSF, WQCB, Co u n t r y Ra t i n g s Fa l l Bo x Sc o r e Each week we’ll have a running tally of the fall Arbitron WHWK, KHAK, WQBE WUSY, WGSQ & ratings and rankings for all Country stations printed in the weekly Country Aircheck Weekly. The only ratings/rankings KEZJ Join A Dozen Others On Top in these box scores are those from the station’ s home market. Here’s a look at how Country stations have fared in the fall 12+ Shares 12+ Rankings 2007 Arbitron ratings. As part of our weekly market-by-market TW Total TW Total offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a Stations 68 323 68 323 Up 30 134 32 133 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country Down 33 171 18 112 outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market Flat 4 17 17 77 owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. Debut 1 1 1 1 No. 1 na na 21 65 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Station/City Share Share Rank Rank Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 Last ARB Fa ’07 KBQI/Albuquerque 3.8 3.9 7* 7 KQDY/Bismarck, ND^ 12.6 12.2 1* 1 WDJR/Dothan, AL 9.6 8.2 3 3 KRST/Albuquerque 3.3 3.2 10* 10* KBMR-AM/Bismarck, ND^+ 12.6 9.9 1* 2* WVVL/Dothan, AL 1.5 1.1 15* 18* KAGM/Albuquerque+ 1.4 2.4 19* 15* KUSB/Bismarck, ND 6.3 6.9 9 9 KKCB/Duluth, MN 7.8 9.7 2 1 KKRG/Albuquerque+ 1.0 1.7 25* 19* WYNR/Brunswick, GA 8.3 6.6 2* 3 KTCO/Duluth, MN 6.5 4.4 5* 7* KBRJ/Anchorage, AK 3.9 6.6 11 1 KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA 16.6 15.7 1 1 WAXX/Eau Claire, WI 12.4 13.4 1 1 KASH/Anchorage, AK 4.6 5.3 9* 4* WEZL/Charleston, SC 7.1 7.1 3 3 WQRB/Eau Claire, WI^ 10.3 11.2 2 2 WWWW/Ann Arbor, MI 6.3 5.2 1* 2 WIWF/Charleston, SC^ -- 3.0 -- 12 WATQ/Eau Claire, WI^+ 6.2 7.0 5 5 WYCD/Detroit 1.8 2.0 14* 15* WNKT/Charleston, SC^ 3.3 3.5 9 9* KKNU/Eugene, OR 10.6 10.6 1 1 WKSF/Asheville, NC 17.1 14.6 1 1 WQBE/Charleston, WV 18.1 14.4 1 1 WKML/Fayetteville, NC 12.0 9.3 2 2 WEBB/Augusta, ME 10.1 7.5 1* 2* WKWS/Charleston, WV 7.7 8.2 4 4* WCNK/Florida Keys 5.4 6.5 5* 4 WTHT/Lewiston, ME) 2.9 3.0 9* 7* WCYK/Charlottesville, VA 10.7 11.3 1 1 WCTH/Florida Keys 4.3 3.2 7 7* (Augusta, ME Arbitron) WBNN/Charlottesville, VA 1.8 1.3 12* 12* WAVW/Ft. Pierce, FL 5.6 5.3 4 3 WQCB/Bangor, ME 2.2 2.2 14* 13* (Augusta, ME Arbitron) WJMA/Charlottesville, VA 1.2 1.3 14* 12* KMDL/Lafayette, LA 7.6 8.2 3* 2 WMCM/Augusta, ME 1.4 1.5 16* 17* WUSY/Chattanooga^ 14.4 15.4 1 1 KXKC/Lafayette, LA 7.6 6.3 3* 4* WQCB/Bangor, ME 14.2 16.4 1 1 WOGT/Chattanooga 3.1 3.9 9* 7* WXBM/Pensacola 12.0 10.1 1 1 WBFB/Bangor, ME 4.6 6.8 7 3 WLND/Chattanooga^ 3.6 3.6 8 9 WYCT/Pensacola 9.5 7.7 2 2 WNWN/Battle Creek, MI 18.4 20.3 1 1 KOLZ/Cheyenne, WY 15.9 12.1 1 1 WWFG/Salisbury, MD 6.3 8.1 4 1 KYKR/Beaumont, TX 7.0 5.0 4 7 WGSQ/Cookeville, TN^ 25.0 21.56 1 1 WICO & WXJN/Salisbury, MD 7.1 4.5 2 6 KAYD & KSTB/Beaumont, TX 4.5 4.8 7* 8 WHUB-AM/Cookeville, TN^ 5.8 5.4 5 5 WBEY/Salisbury, MD 1.3 1.0 18* 20* KTHT/Houston 4.5 4.3 7* 9 WWKA/Orlando 5.6 6.0 3 2 KEZJ/Twin Falls, ID 9.9 9.5 1 1 (Beaumont Arbitron) (Daytona Beach Arbitron) KSJJ/Bend, OR 10.2 9.5 1 1 WKRO/Daytona Beach 3.3 2.1 10 13 KKMV/Twin Falls, ID 7.9 6.8 2* 2* KMTK/Bend, OR 7.1 4.7 4 8 WDZQ/Decatur, IL 10.1 11.4 2 1* KYUN/Twin Falls, ID^+ 4.2 5.8 9 4* WHWK/Binghamton, NY 15.7 13.5 1 1 WZUS/Decatur, IL 3.7 3.8 8 8* KART-AM/Twin Falls, ID+ 2.6 2.1 12 13* WQNY/Binghamton, NY 1.3 .7 13 14* WTVY/Dothan, AL 12.2 10.4 1 1 KAYN/Twin Falls, ID^+ 2.1 2.1 13* 13* ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

February 11, 2008 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 13607 -335 4525 -59 35.987 -1.339 120 0 3rd Week at No. 1 2 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 13024 -766 4392 -294 33.986 -2.434 120 0 3 3 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 12569 166 4281 80 32.111 0.124 120 0

5 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 4 12043 1013 4071 344 31.376 1.615 119 0 6 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 11483 873 3837 272 30.335 1.672 120 0 4 6 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 11448 318 3782 57 29.458 1.02 119 0

7 7 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 4 11305 1270 3776 419 29.297 2.663 120 0 8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 10311 386 3492 133 27.247 0.973 120 0 9 9 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 9413 173 3264 107 24.15 0.222 118 0 12 10 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 8407 50 2963 77 21.255 0.122 113 1 11 11 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 7964 -462 2739 -96 20.415 -1.275 120 0 15 12 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 7531 221 2638 80 19.332 0.75 115 5 14 13 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 7426 39 2557 30 18.99 0.115 113 1 13 14 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 7195 -514 2461 -140 18.196 -1.352 120 0 16 15 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 6978 464 2513 162 17.841 1.036 111 3

18 16 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 4 6732 1382 2227 448 17.404 3.303 114 4 17 17 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 5941 109 1986 38 14.669 0.691 116 1 19 18 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 5788 713 1979 245 13.846 1.616 109 3 20 19 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin'... (Pearl/Big Machine) 4933 189 1646 55 11.293 0.296 97 1 23 20 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 4694 617 1632 193 11.003 1.081 101 4 21 21 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 4652 158 1615 40 10.807 0.741 110 2 22 22 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 4395 70 1622 9 9.654 -0.067 99 1 24 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 4196 203 1406 95 9.792 0.763 92 2

Debut 24 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 4 3632 3613 1093 1088 10.333 10.258 104 61 28 25 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 3319 603 1143 222 7.905 1.35 85 8

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

33 26 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 4 3099 1252 992 421 7.731 3.106 90 28 25 27 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 3044 41 1081 4 6.879 0.101 93 3 27 28 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 2932 144 1004 29 5.932 0.008 94 3 26 29 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 2723 -81 936 -1 6.518 -0.028 64 0 29 30 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 2549 25 874 19 5.513 -0.068 80 4 30 31 JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 2290 200 860 92 5.317 0.61 75 8 35 32 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 2180 588 662 155 5.157 1.409 73 29 31 33 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 2064 36 767 3 4.206 0.227 84 2 32 34 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 1812 -36 699 -12 3.433 0.018 78 1 34 35 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 1657 -54 544 0 3.45 -0.208 55 1 36 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 1472 107 507 21 2.859 0.187 45 2 38 37 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 1381 199 454 89 3.092 0.41 41 8 37 38 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 1289 -56 460 -31 2.651 -0.202 47 1 41 39 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're... (Big Machine) 1138 212 410 83 2.647 0.599 46 5 39 40 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 1068 -6 440 8 1.962 -0.018 49 2 42 41 JYPSI/I Don't Love You Like That (Arista) 995 72 333 29 1.862 0.268 41 1 45 42 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 960 305 302 100 2.127 0.701 38 3 44 43 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 816 80 302 32 1.639 0.054 42 11 47 44 EAGLES/Busy Being Fabulous (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 758 154 268 62 1.782 0.481 28 9 46 45 CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) 751 140 213 45 1.962 0.308 19 4 43 46 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 722 -36 311 -12 1.437 -0.105 34 0 Debut 47 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn't Love Me (Lyric Street) 643 228 257 85 1.117 0.351 42 12 Debut 48 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 608 204 179 56 1.297 0.414 22 9 50 49 STAR DE AZLAN/She's Pretty (Curb) 576 119 222 47 0.9 0.102 29 1 49 50 CARTER'S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 510 18 204 10 0.769 -0.019 36 6

©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 2 February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 61 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 863 4 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 29 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 567 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 28 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 494 4 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 493 SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) 13 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 471 4 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I’m Dead (Arista) 12 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 370 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn’t Love Me (Lyric Street) 12 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 341 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 11 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 283 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 9 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 269 EAGLES/Busy Being Fabulous (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 9 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin’... (Pearl/Big Machine) 262 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 8 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain’t No Crime (Universal South) 8 Activator Top Spin Gainers JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 8 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 558 Aircheck Top Point Gainers TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 353 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 1088 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 306 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 448 4 TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 298 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 421 4 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 260 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 419 4 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 255 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 344 4 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 208 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 272 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 171 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 245 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 166 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain’t No Crime (Universal South) 222 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 163 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 193 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 162 Vi d e o Ad d s Aircheck Top Spin Gainers CMT GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 3613 TAYLOR SWIFT/I’m Only Me When I’m With You (Big Machine) TRACE ADKINS/You’re Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 1382 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 1270 CMT Pure TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 1252 TAYLOR SWIFT/I’m Only Me When I’m With You (Big Machine) RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 1013 TRENT WILLMON/Broken In (Compadre/Music World) KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 873 GAC PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 713 ELIZABETH COOK/Sunday Morning (31 Tigers) JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 617 TAYLOR SWIFT/I’m Only Me When I’m With You (Big Machine) JOE NICHOLS/It Ain’t No Crime (Universal South) 603 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 588 ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] February 11, 2008 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) Moves 46*- 45*; 751 points, 213 spins FEBRUARY 19 4 ADDS: KILT*, WGNE, WIRK*, WWQM CLINT BLACK/Long Cool Woman (Equity) BLUEFIELD/Butterfly (Country Thunder) TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) MICA ROBERTS f/T. KEITH/Things A Mama Don’t Know (Show Dog) Moves 43*- 46; 722 points, 311 spins; 0 ADDS FEBRUARY 25 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn’t Love Me (Lyric Street) JEFF BATES/Don’t Hate Me For Lovin’ You (Black River) Enters at 47*; 643 points, 257 spins JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 12 ADDS INCLUDING: KATM*, KBEQ, KFRG*, KIZN*, JEREMY MCCOMB/This Town Needs A Bar (Parallel/CO5) KSON, KYGO, WGGY, WGNE, WIVK*, WPCV* LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine (Curb/Asylum) EMILY WEST/Rocks In Your Shoes (Capitol) BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) Enters at 48*; 608 points, 179 spins MARCH 3 9 ADDS: KNTY, KSKS, KTOM, KWJJ, KWNR, WBEE, WCTK, JO DEE MESSINA/I’m Done (Curb) WGNA, WYRK MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) STAR DE AZLAN/She’s Pretty (Curb) Moves 50*- 49*; 576 points, 22 spins 1 ADD: WQHK CARTER’S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) Aircheck Top Recurrents Moves 49*- 50*; 510 points, 204 spins TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine) 8568 6 ADDS: KKWF, KMLE*, KRST*, KUBL*, KWLI*, WGNE MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 7237 DOLLY PARTON/Better Get To Livin’ (Dolly) SUGARLAND/Stay (Mercury) 6831 446 points, 101 spins; 0 ADDS KENNY CHESNEY/Don’t Blink (BNA) 6521 KEITH URBAN/Everybody (Capitol) 5442 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I’m Dead (Arista) DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy (Down The Road..) (Capitol) 4706 424 points, 157 spins TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 4446 12 ADDS INCLUDING: KBEQ, KBWF, KKBQ*, KKNG, BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4283 KNTY, KSD, KSKS, KSSN, WBCT, WDAF JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 3778 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 3764 ROAD HAMMERS/I Don’t Know When To Quit (Montage) 411 points, 170 spins; 0 ADDS ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Carnival) 319 points, 99 spins; 0 ADDS RANDY OWEN/Braid My Hair (DMP) 400 points, 121 spins BIG & RICH/Loud (Warner Bros.) 6 ADDS: KKWF, KSON, WBCT, WDTW, WTQR, WWGR 316 points, 91 spins; 0 ADDS

ROCKIE LYNNE/I Can’t Believe It’s Me (Robbins) Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this 351 points, 90 spins week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum 1 ADD: WYPY of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR February 11, 2008Chart/ Page 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 2 1 BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 4567 34 2877 21 3rd Week at No. 1 5 2 RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 4 4432 471 2797 306 1 3 RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 4394 -244 2772 -189 4 4 BILLY RAY CYRUS f/M.CYRUS/Ready... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 4332 201 2788 119 3 5 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 4112 -143 2673 -79 6 6 KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 4081 283 2582 171 7 7 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 4045 370 2554 255 8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 3593 191 2270 149 9 9 CRAIG MORGAN/International Harvester (BBR) 3398 132 2126 78 10 10 CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 3335 164 2172 121 14 11 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 3116 269 1897 166 13 12 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 3015 64 1868 43 11 13 TOBY KEITH/Get My Drink On (Show Dog) 2949 -99 1842 -34 12 14 TIM MCGRAW/Suspicions (Curb) 2912 -99 1826 -73 16 15 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 2891 148 1766 93 18 16 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 4 2714 493 1645 298 17 17 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 2641 242 1681 154 19 18 GARTH BROOKS & HUEY LEWIS/Workin...' (Pearl/Big Machine) 2391 262 1431 125 20 19 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 2354 242 1430 163 21 20 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas) 2039 95 1321 67 25 21 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 4 1943 494 1195 260 22 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 1886 119 1117 54 23 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 1877 149 1171 109 26 24 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 1586 163 936 107 24 25 MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek) 1580 28 1026 33 30 26 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 4 1452 567 839 353 29 27 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 1175 169 667 70 27 28 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 1156 117 632 65 28 29 JOSH TURNER f/TRISHA YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 1133 100 665 70 32 30 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 1122 256 611 148 ©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com ACTIVAT OR February 11, 2008Chart/ Page 6

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

34 31 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 1001 177 569 73 33 32 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 950 123 539 41 Debut 33 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 4 877 863 574 558 35 34 LUKE BRYAN/We Rode In Trucks (Capitol) 863 47 471 22 31 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 844 -39 414 9 42 36 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 783 341 408 208 38 37 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 704 94 389 49 37 38 TERRI CLARK/In My Next Life (BNA) 661 45 340 19 39 39 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 582 26 283 12 40 40 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're Talking To (Big Machine) 559 33 276 26 41 41 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 472 21 269 16 44 42 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 470 111 201 56 43 43 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 455 76 176 38 45 44 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn't Love Me (Lyric Street) 284 8 112 10 48 45 EAGLES/Busy Being Fabulous (ERC/Mercury/Lost Highway) 280 60 184 36 50 46 ROCKIE LYNNE/I Can't Believe It's Me (Robbins) 245 44 95 16 47 47 SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) 244 -5 95 -1 46 48 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Devil And The Cross (Stylesonic/Mercury) 242 -25 132 13 49 49 CARTER'S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 219 16 116 6 51 50 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (Arista) 218 25 87 21 60 51 KENNY CHESNEY/Just Not Today (BNA) 215 80 43 16 54 52 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 210 34 126 19 58 53 TRENT WILLMON/Broken In (Compadre/Music World/Quar) 193 52 79 20 52 54 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Everything We Knew (Aria/Quarterback) 191 -2 131 7 55 55 JYPSI/I Don't Love You Like That (Arista) 178 12 103 9 Debut 56 LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of ... (Curb/Asylum) 148 98 39 24 Debut 57 CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) 148 18 89 12 Debut 58 RANDY OWEN/Braid My Hair (DMP) 145 51 97 24 57 59 REBA MCENTIRE f/K.CHESNEY/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 141 -1 41 -2 -- 60 ROAD HAMMERS/I Don't Know When To Quit (Montage) 140 6 52 -6