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September 8, 2014, Issue 413

Awards: What Are They Good For? After reading Bobby Bones’ comments (CAT 9/4) about the CMA Broadcast Awards finalists, I felt compelled to respond, but not in the way you might think. What concerns me most – perhaps even more than his comment about “going to need a lot of old people in this industry to retire or die before the ‘guard’ lets something new get recognized” – which I just might take a bit personally ;) – are his assertions that the process is “obviously political” and an “antiquated system.” He also opines that he is at a disadvantage because “I simply don’t play the political games the format is known for.” To suggest that any of the above plays a role in the process is a huge disservice to CMA staffers and Radio Committee members Beaches Of Chi-Town: Pearl/RCA’s (l) and RCA’s who through the years have taken great pains to ensure the (r) with KBEQ/Kansas City’s Mike Kennedy integrity of the entire process. It is also an affront to anyone who and wife Nycki in Chicago for Brooks’ world tour. has ever won or been a finalist for a CMA (or ACM) broadcast award. The implication is the award was bestowed for reasons other than for being Garth Against The Machine an excellent broadcaster. The familiar circle-G logo was overtaken by a skull and Regardless, it struck me that there might crossbones and ominous industrial sounds before Garth be a lot of people new to this format who Brooks opened his world tour might also be confused or uninformed outside Chicago Thursday (9/4) about the process, and perhaps an with the new song “Man Against explanation was warranted. So, I offer Machine.” After raging against and this response as a long-time member seeming to beat back the Borg in the of the CMA Board of Directors and the uncharacteristically theatrical opener, Radio Committee, which has oversight Brooks and his 10-piece band carried of the Broadcast Awards process. (In full on in more familiar fashion. But the disclosure, I am also one of three National theme was quite clear. Personality finalists – along with the Big D & Bubba show and After all, his very presence onstage zMax Racing Country – in the category in which Bobby entered.) is notable because he stepped out of the machine to devote his time to Garth Brooks (continued on page 10) ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

September 8, 2014 Page 4 parenting. He also apologized during Thursday’s press conference for continuing to refer to himself in the third person – a device he PAGE THREE PIC employs to acknowledge that “Garth Brooks” is much more than just one person. Topics also included his plans to play YouTube “whack-a-mole” to keep cellphone videos of shows from popping up online. He celebrated Country radio because on social media “it gets twisted ... you guys do it accurate – the guy right there [in his own] voice saying what’s going on.” Brooks also took on ticket brokers (“that’s a kind word”) and discussed the steps he’s taken to keep them out of the process. “I haven’t seen a robot with a credit card yet,” he said. And later, “It’s kind of a man against the machine kind of feel.” Of course, the most momentous announcement was GhostTunes.com, which he founded to avoid selling his music through iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers. “We don’t want corporations wagging the tail of the dog,” he explained. Clearly, Brooks was trying to tell us something. Mostly, though, he wanted to entertain. Following the openers, “” and “,” Brooks admitted, “I’m 107 years old. I can’t sing like this for Blame It All On My Roots: Garth Brooks (l) with RCA’s 11 nights straight so you’re going to have to help me.” The crowd Dan Nelson and his mullet. Have your own hair- carried much of “” and “The River.” “I gotta raising flashback to share? Send it to pagethreepic@ get some more of that,” Brooks said, kicking off a solo-acoustic version countryaircheck.com. of “Unanswered Prayers” that the audience sang throughout. Perhaps the defining aspect of the show and Brooks as a performer is his barely controlled (or is it?) fervor – a near mania As the “orb” that encircled the drum riser began to spin on a that fuels his interaction with fans with an almost drug-like high. horizontal axis (the kit was stationary), rotate laterally and rise “You really think you can keep this up all night long?” he roared, into the air, the singer climbed one of the contraption’s pillars getting the same enthusiasm back as the band jumped into to stand roughly 10 feet above the stage with nothing to hold “Ain’t Going Down (‘Til The Sun Comes Up).” Afterward, already onto but the spinning sphere. drenched with sweat, Brooks asked, “You had enough?” Then Brooks climbed down safely ... and slowly ... ending the night’s he bent over, put his hands on his knees and wheezed into the only precarious wobble. Otherwise, the passion- and sweat- microphone. “You sure you haven’t had enough?” drenched connection between Garth and his fans continued at A few songs later, Brooks was joined by wife Trisha Yearwood such a pitch that it almost begs the question – is he a man ... or for “In Another’s Eyes,” opening her portion of the set. “I think a machine? “To the woman with the sign that says ‘We missed Garth’s gone to put on a gown or something,” Yearwood joked you,’” he yelled near the end, “we missed you! And to the guy after he left the stage. By comparison, her five-song interlude was with the Fresh Horses t-shirt, I have seen you every day we have understated, but no less well-received. Introducing “She’s In Love been gone! And to the young people who knew every word to With The Boy,” she recalled performing the song for the first time every song .... thank you so so much!” –Chuck Aly while opening for Brooks. “I was scared of the crowd, scared of the stage and scared of Garth Brooks ... and tonight, I’m still scared of all those things, but it’s a lot of fun,” she deadpanned. The Intern Conundrum Garth returned to sing harmony on Yearwood’s single For many in the radio and label ranks who credit unpaid “Prizefighter,” then retook the reigns for “More Than A internships with launching their careers, the idea of being anything Memory,” “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” “” and but grateful for the opportunity to get a foot in the door rankles. But “The Dance.” Brooks’ almost unyielding drive to give all he has it’s a litigious new world out there, so Country Aircheck asked a to the audience led to one scary moment during the encore. few folks on the front lines about the evolving landscape. ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

September 8, 2014 Page 6 “We looked at all the states where we operate and worked with employment attorneys to set standards,” says Emmis VP/Human OFF THE RECORD: Joel Crouse Resources Traci Thomson. “Basically, the most we have to do in any state is what we do in every state. That’s usually California, but Show Dog-Universal’s Joel Crouse puts an New York is a close second.” industry spin on the artist interview: Thomson says Emmis has five specific guidelines for unpaid interns. I grew up listening to WKLB/Boston • They must be enrolled in an accredited college’s academic and WRNX/Springfield. Shaggy the DJ program. “So no 30-year-olds who graduated four years ago.” is still there. It’s so crazy going to see him. • They must spend 20% of their time doing in-job shadowing. When I first met him I was like, “Dude, you’re • They can work 20 hours per week or less, unless the college a legend to me.” requires more. The first time I heard myself on the radio I was on my way to a gig in Virgin- • They have to submit an agreement up front that details these Joel Crouse guidelines signed by someone from their academic program. ia Beach and it was on WGH. It was the • Finally, at the end of the internship, they submit a final written craziest experience to hear it coming through regular radio and report about their experience and what they learned. “A lot of times not a CD player. And then the first time I got in the car and it the college requires this, so we’re basically asking for a copy.” was playing randomly, I was in Seattle and KMPS was playing it. The reports also help the company oversee how interns are I don’t even jam out to it. I just take it all in because it’s such a used. “That way we can monitor what’s happening, finding surreal experience. locations where the program may not be up to par and say, ‘You My first radio visit ever was with Phathead, the program need to hire someone for this, not use interns.’ What you don’t want director at WJVC/Nassau. My radio rep said, “I know this is your to do is find out that one of your markets has 30 unpaid interns. No first radio tour and this really isn’t normal, but would you mind one can manage that many and have it be a good experience.” playing for someone in the delivery room?” My father was a Big Machine Label Group switched to a paid internship pastor and I grew up playing funerals and weddings, so I guess program two years ago with an eye on making an important the next step was births. I played about three or four songs for company tool even more effective. “More than 25% of our Phathead’s wife Dana in the delivery room. She went into labor employees have been hired from our internship program,” says quickly afterwards. To this day, they’re like family to me. COO Andrew Kautz. The goal was “improving it to continue I’ve never made a SkyMall purchase. However, I’ve identifying talent and cultivate potential employees.” been looking at one of those Lord Of The Rings rings – or those Paying interns enriches access to talented prospects. “It allows giant outside TVs. us draw from a much larger pool of applicants,” Kautz says. “[We My go-to truck stop items are usually SmartWater, trail can] compete with Starbucks and restaurants for our interns’ time mix, Purell and a blue raspberry Slurpee. But one time I bought and it allows them to potentially not have to take that second a giant bear. I named him Ralphie Crouse and gave him an Ins- job to afford to intern with us.” Promising graduates can also be tagram page. He’s kind of this alcoholic bear. He’s pretty funny. tapped for a paid internship, which previously wasn’t possible. When I’m on the road, I always need shades and my BMLG employs a staffing company to manage the nationwide good headphones just to get in the right mindset. If I don’t have application process. Roughly 250-300 applicants are culled to 12- those, I’m usually stopping to pick some up. 15 internships per semester. “This allows us the chance to really see I don’t like it when people ask about my personal life. what an intern is capable of doing and to better understand where Someone once asked me about a breakup and I responded, “I and if they potentially fit within our organization,” Kautz says. know, the John Mayer and Katy Perry thing was really unfortunate.” For others, the prospect of legal action is just too great. “There I’m here to talk about music, not about what I do outside of music. are a lot of companies out there abusing it,” says one HR exec at a top company who asked not to be identified. “The reality is, if they are asking an intern to bring them coffee, they might be and giving great opportunities,” our source says. “We were breaking the rules.” diligent in requiring college credit and jumping through all the Like many others, this unnamed entertainment giant recently hoops, but the risk gets a little crazy. At some point, anybody can eliminated unpaid internships. “I know we were providing value sue you for anything and the right answer is to have paid interns.” ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

September 8, 2014 Page 8 backstory (here) and later, rave reviews (here). If nothing else, compensating interns may be worth the money More shows are on the way for downtown New Orleans. in reduced stress. “We were always told that internships had to be Recent concerts in Champions Square included Justin Moore and inconvenient to us as the employer and a benefit to the student,” the Jake Owen, with not-yet-announced shows from , anonymous exec says. “This is so much better because it takes a lot of David Nail, , Frankie Ballard, and more burden off of supervisors.” Whatever strategies companies take these on tap. Reach Gosselin here. –Jess Wright days, it pays to have a plan for interns – paid or unpaid. –Chuck Aly Put You In A Song News & Notes When Capitol’s went to New Orleans for American The CMA Foundation has donated $125,000 to benefit Idol auditions recently (8/26), he also played a private show at The music education programs in New York City public schools House of Blues Parish Room for a select few fan club members through a partnership with Education Through Music. and listeners of Clear Channel’s WNOE. Only 350 fans saw the Rome Radio’s WSRM/Rome, GA is a new affiliate of show, most winning tickets from the station. Envision’s Looking Up Country. KYUN/Twin Falls, ID is a new “What an amazing night for New Orleans,” says former PD Don affiliate ofEnvision ’s The Live Ride with Marty McFly. Gosselin (CAT 8/21), who has spent the last several years growing Jingle Punks has launched Pop Up Music in Nashville ’s presence in the city. “New Orleans has never been headed by VP/Artist Management & Development Pete Olson thought of as a traditional country town,” he says. “However, we knew and VP/Publishing & Artist Development Liz O’Sullivan. that more than anything, New Orleans is a music town and will support Buddy Lee Attractions has added Outshyne and Brooke great music of all genres.” Hogan to its roster. Gosselin says when he arrived in town three years ago (CAT Star Farm Nashville will handle promotion for Big Spark 5/10/11), there weren’t many country shows coming in. In fact, Music’s Olivia Lane. he had to go to Biloxi that year to see Urban on his Get Closer Nashville Cares, ASCAP and SESAC will hold a Tour, and while he was there, he told Urban about his mission to night Sept. 16 at Nashville’s Listening Room Cafe. Proceeds reinvigorate the country music scene there. benefit the Nashville AIDS Walk and 5K Run. More here. “He said the last time he played there was at Jazz Fest right Big Machine Music and Warner/Chappell Nashville after Hurricane Katrina,” says Gosselin. “He and [wife Nicole have extended their exclusive co-publishing agreement with Kidman] fell in love with the city and he has been back several Laura Veltz (“Drunk Last Night,” “Lonely Eyes”). times just to hang out because he loved the vibe so much.” They’ve SOLID donated a record $40,208 to Nashville charities in 2014 been talking about a show ever since. and is now accepting applications for membership for 2015 here. Gosselin says it was actually Urban’s idea to do the private concert for WNOE listeners when he Artist News knew he was coming Cold River’s Katie Armiger launches her U.S. Girls With in for Idol. Making it Guitars European headlining tour Nov. 16 in Glasgow, featuring happen was a team special guest Holly May. See the full list of dates here. effort. “It really was Eric Church will play a in support ofThe the brainchild of Grammy Foundation in Madison, WI Oct. 8. An Evening with many discussions Eric Church tickets will go on sale Sept. 12 for $67 and a limited between Borman number of VIP tickets will be available for $87. Entertainment and the RCA’s Miranda Lambert has opened a bed and breakfast in label,” says Capitol Tishomingo, OK. See photos of The Ladysmith here. SVP/Promotion Steve Capitol’s Lady Antebellum joined with Divatex to create a Hodges. “WNOE Urban and Gosselin line of bed and bath linens called Lady Antebellum’s Heartland was on board from Home Collection. day one and did a great job of helping lay out the blueprints for the Jake Owen, The Swon Brothers, Tony Joe White overall promotion and that night.” The Times-Picayune covered the and Billy Burnette have been added as performers for the ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Fare Check: Best Eats Big Machine Southwest Regional Alex Valentine discusses a restaurant he goes out of his way to visit. The Place: Louie’s in , TX The Appeal: “Hands down the best food in a ‘bar’ atmosphere – be it their ample Greek salad; meatball appetizers or to-die-for Clams Casino or their signature best pizza ever, don’t care what Chris Alex Loss says about Grimaldi’s. I spent over a Valentine decade on the radio in Dallas and met Louie (the late proprietor) and his brother Chris (the chef). They quickly became close family friends. It’s no coincidence they’re Greek guys from just outside of Chicago. I’m a Macedonian (Greek hillbilly) from just outside of Chicago and their food is very Mediterranean, just like the greatest cook I’ve ever known, my mom. Don’t believe me? Ask , Josh Thompson or any other artists and local radio peeps I’ve walked in with for our Dallas ‘music meetings.’ It was one of those ‘best kept secrets’ but ever since it was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the business has grown exponentially. The Canelakes family will tell you that if anyone needs me when I go to Dallas, they will find me at Louie’s!” Counterpoint: KTFW(HankFM)/Dallas PD/afternoon personality Mike Crow’s local favorite is Coopers BBQ in Ft. Worth. “The Fort Worth location is right down Main Street from HankFM in The Fort Worth Stockyards. It’s the best representation of a Texas BBQ restaurant straight out of the Old West. The huge smoke pit is the first thing you see when you go inside. You pick your meat selection straight off the pit. The pork chops are about three inches thick. A rack of ribs is smoked to perfection and the juicy smoked prime rib is the best anywhere. I’ve actually seen tourists taking pictures of their meal. This sounds crazy but one of the best side items is Jalapeno Mac & Cheese! Since it’s across the street from Billy Bob’s Texas, you never know who will be sitting next to you. The last time I was in there I had lunch with Mike Crow members of ’s band!”

Reach Valentine here and Crow here. Have a must-visit restaurant and a fun story to go with it? Tell us here.

8th Annual ACM Honors, held Sept. 9 at Nashville’s . As previously announced, Owen will also host. Streamsound’s Austin Webb will host a StageIt show to benefit Autism Speaks Wednesday (9/10) at 6pm CT. More here. Awards: What Are They Good For? (continued from page 1) First and foremost, all entries are judged by distinguished radio professionals. There are no label people voting for their favorite PDs or MDs. This is not a popularity vote – especially not one by a bunch of old Nashville farts sitting around Losers pounding down a few Bud Lights. In fact, according to CMA, only three judges even live in Nashville. The vast majority of judges have top programming posts at the SVP or VP level within their respective companies, or work in major markets and/or have group responsibilities within their respective companies. All companies are represented – including 10 judges from Bones’ parent Clear Channel. (As explained later, they didn’t judge him or any other CC personality or station.) Some are presently engaged in Country radio; many are not. According to the CMA, 19 of the 58 judges are not employed by a company that owns any radio stations. These are consultants, talent coaches and other industry execs with no ties to a station or group. Many

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September 8, 2014 Page 12 have no direct ties to Country. I’d offer some names, but a large As I hope I’ve outlined, this process is anything but political. part of this depends on the anonymity of the judges. There are no “games” that need to be played. It is anything but Prior to judging, the stations and personalities assigned to each antiquated. In fact, it has been built and honed through the judge are thoroughly vetted by CMA staffers and members of years to eliminate as much of that crap as possible so the CMA the radio committee to avoid conflicts of interest. Every possible award means something to the winners. There is no value without effort is made to ensure that no entry is judged by anyone in the integrity. I might add that this process is almost identical to the one same or sister company as the entrant. Any possible conflicts are used by the ACM (more disclosure: I have been part of the ACM sought out. (One judge was removed from judging a personality Radio Task Force which oversees its Broadcast Awards for the last because 10 years before, the judge had fired that particular jock. few years), which named The Bobby Bones Show as co-winner of Consultants have kicked back entries assigned to them because the National award last April. they were either current or past clients that CMA was unaware of.) I hope the great pains taken to make the Broadcast Awards Each Personality submission includes detailed Bio (10 points), meaningful by both organizations make them far more than “dust Ratings (25 points), and Community Involvement (25 points) collectors.” If one views them as such, I suggest they don’t submit information as well as an Aircheck (40 points). The National entries to the CMA or the ACM, and allow those magnificent Personality entry includes an Aircheck (45 points), Leadership/ trophies to sit in display cases of those who cherish them. Accolades (35 points) and Bio information (20 points). Station On a more personal note to anyone who might be new to of the Year entries are judged on the Aircheck (35 points), this format, Country has long been built on a foundation of Community Participation (20 points) Ratings (35 points) and respect for those who came before. On both sides of the mic. Leadership (10 points.) Ask about Buck Owens. Or Miranda Lambert Each first-round entry is evaluated by three judges. The Top 5 point- about . Or Garth about Haggard, Jones and getters move on to the finals. (Given the limited number of entries in Strait. Or almost any artist in this format about their musical the National category, only three move on to the finals.) In the second heroes. Ask any radio personality about Ralph Emery, Bill Mack round, every finalist is evaluated by nine judges. Those scores are or Gerry House or any of the others in the Country Radio Hall combined with the first round scores to determine the winner. of Fame. The vast majority of us started in Pop radio. Thirty By the way, in the first round, due to the sheer number of years from now I hope today’s young broadcasters are treated entries, judges get submissions from different categories. In the with more respect than some of them are giving to those who second round, each of the nine judges are assigned one category. made what they do possible. Thus, a judge will get all five finalists in the Major Market Station Nothing is perfect, of course. Suggestions for improving group or the Small Market Personality category. That way the the process can go to the CMA’s Brandi Simms at finalists are being judged by the same people against all the [email protected], CMA Radio Chair Mike Moore at others in that particular category, making it easier for the judges [email protected] or the ACM’s Brooke Primero at to rank the entries in the order they think they fall. [email protected]. –Lon Helton

©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 8, 2014 Page 13 The cume leader remains CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago with August 2014 PPM Scoreboard 1,319,100. Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas was second with 1,248,700. Country radio shares were down 5.9% in August (7/17-8/13) Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” compared to July. Of the 85 subscribing stations which posted a designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates 1.0 share or higher, 31 increased, 47 decreased and seven were a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are flat compared to last month. among subscribers.

July 6+ August 6+ July August July 6+ August 6+ July August Station/City Share Rank Share Rank Cume Cume Station/City Share Rank Share Rank Cume Cume WKHX/Atlanta 3.6 12t 3.6 14 704,200 734,000 WNSH/New York (Middlesex)3.7 9 3.8 10 186,200 180,900 WUBL/Atlanta 6.3 4t 6.5 2 813,400 841,600 WMIL/Milwaukee 10.5 1 11.9 1 510,600 510,800 KASE/Austin^ 7.5 2 6.9 2 383,300 368,400 KEEY/Minneapolis 6.7 5 6.3 6t 822,300 764,500 KVET/Austin^ 6.0 3 5.5 4 86,400 342,000 KMNB/Minneapolis 6.6 6 6.3 6t 727,100 727,100 KOKE/Austin 1.9 18t 2.3 16t 86,400 88,900 WKDF/Nashville^ 5.0 8t 5.0 9 304,900 305,500 WPOC/Baltimore 8.4 1 7.2 3 512,100 490,700 WSIX/Nashville 6.3 5t 5.2 8 298,300 279,900 WKLB/Boston 6.0 4 6.3 3 873,400 912,400 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 5.0 8t 4.3 10 281,400 295,900 WBWL/Boston 2.6 16 2.6 18 402,800 464,000 WSM-AM/Nashville 2.8 13t 3.0 12 57,400 60,300 (flipped to Country June 13) WNSH/New York (Nassau) 1.5 23t 1.7 21t 171,100 176,600 WCTK/Providence (Boston) 1.7 20 1.5 21 235,900 239,800 WNSH/New York 2.2 19 2.0 18 1,142,800 1,045,000 WKKT/Charlotte 8.1 1 7.0 3 525,700 544,400 WGH/Norfolk 6.3 3 7.3 3 271,900 286,900 WSOC/Charlotte 7.7 3 6.3 5 497,200 516,700 WWKA/Orlando 6.6 3 6.3 4 302,900 294,400 WUSN/Chicago 4.5 4t 4.3 6 1,356,200 1,319,100 KMLE/Phoenix 3.7 11 4.0 9 623,000 585,300 WNNF/Cincinnati 2.4 14t 2.9 12 290,200 301,400 WUBE/Cincinnati^ 10.7 2 10.2 2 535,900 536,300 KNIX/Phoenix 5.6 2 4.8 3 674,100 618,900 WYGY/Cincinnati^ 2.3 16 1.9 16 222,600 204,400 WXTU/Philadelphia 6.3 2 5.5 3t 902,000 850,300 WGAR/Cleveland 6.8 4 7.0 4 479,700 467,700 WDSY/Pittsburgh 7.3 4 6.5 5 529,200 508,400 WCOL/Columbus, OH 11.3 1 12.4 1 481,000 466,500 KWJJ/Portland 6.1 4 5.8 5t 498,100 439,600 WHOK/Columbus, OH 1.5 13t 1.2 14 100,700 98,400 KUPL/Portland 5.7 5 6.4 3 453,100 455,500 KPLX/Dallas^ 5.6 2 5.7 2 1,256,400 1,248,700 WCTK/Providence 8.9 2 9.1 1 385,700 382,500 KSCS/Dallas^ 4.3 3t 4.0 6 921,200 926,300 WNCB/Raleigh 4.2 9 4.4 9 211,700 222,400 KWOF/Denver 2.4 19 1.9 20 309,300 287,800 (flipped to Country 11/1/13) KYGO/Denver 6.2 1 5.6 3 564,400 545,900 WQDR/Raleigh 11.1 1 11.4 1 338,100 354,000 WDRQ/Detroit 2.5 17 2.5 17 509,100 540,400 KFRG/Riverside 3.5 3 3.9 5 292,100 280,900 WYCD/Detroit 6.0 4 5.6 4 924,700 886,000 KBEB/Sacramento 2.0 18 2.4 15t 193,300 207,100 WPAW/Greensboro 8.2 4 9.3 2 297,800 326,800 KNCI/Sacramento 4.6 7 4.1 8 347,300 353,200 WTQR/Greensboro 8.3 3 7.7 4t 373,800 353,700 KNTY/Sacramento 4.1 10 3.8 10 285,900 207,100 WWYZ/Hartford 7.5 3 7.5 3 257,600 235,900 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.9 18 2.1 16t 228,400 223,200 KILT/Houston 3.4 14t 3.3 15 967,300 861,800 KSOP/Salt Lake City 4.4 9t 4.0 12 261,000 261,100 KKBQ/Houston^ 6.2 3 6.1 4 1,176,600 1,114,600 KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.4 9t 4.7 8t 364,000 365,300 KTHT/Houston^+ 2.0 18 1.8 20 521,300 522,700 KAJA/San Antonio 7.0 3 6.6 3 513,600 546,100 WFMS/Indianapolis 5.7 6 6.4 4 286,600 293,400 KCYY/San Antonio^ 6.4 4 5.8 4 596,500 543,000 WLHK/Indianapolis 6.5 5 7.1 1 326,100 327,500 WGNE/Jacksonville 5.5 6 6.2 4 259,100 269,100 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.5 18 1.7 18 117,100 135,200 WMUV/Jacksonville 2.1 15 1.9 15 120,500 116,500 KSON/San Diego 4.5 6 4.2 7t 443,000 468,900 WQIK/Jacksonville 5.9 4 5.3 6t 264,200 265,100 KRTY/San Jose 4.0 9 4.1 8t 152,100 150,800 KBEQ/Kansas City^ 5.2 6 4.5 9t 389,800 369,600 KKWF/Seattle 4.9 4 5.0 3 643,500 600,400 KFKF/Kansas City^ 5.8 3t 6.8 1 348,200 367,900 KMPS/Seattle 3.1 16t 3.1 17t 592,300 572,900 WDAF/Kansas City 5.3 5 5.2 6 386,900 380,600 KSD/St. Louis 5.8 5 5.0 7t 580,800 554,700 KCYE/ 2.9 15t 3.2 13 183,300 170,100 WIL/St. Louis 7.0 2 6.4 2 609,900 595,400 KWNR/Las Vegas 2.8 17 2.4 18 204,700 194,000 WFUS/Tampa 4.7 8t 4.0 14 437,200 483,600 KKGO/Los Angeles 2.4 17t 2.1 20t 1,047,500 1,027,200 WQYK/Tampa 4.4 9 4.2 11t 391,700 410,700 WEBL/Memphis 1.6 17 1.3 18 92,200 86,100 WMZQ/Washington 4.0 10 3.8 10t 669,900 642,100 WGKX/Memphis 7.4 5 8.0 4t 228,400 232,300 WIRK/West Palm Beach 5.2 1 4.3 5 187,900 168,900 WKIS/Miami 2.8 17 2.8 18 449,900 418,900

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September 8, 2014 Chart Page 1

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

1 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Bartender (Capitol) 23030 -289 7623 -135 55.318 -1.488 149 0 2nd Week at No. 1 2 2 /American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 22861 847 7609 284 54.994 1.848 149 0

3 3 /Where It's At (Broken Bow) 21953 228 7275 124 52.813 0.399 149 0

5 4 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get... (Warner Bros./WMN) 21153 1198 7095 349 50.777 3.928 149 0

7 5 /Roller Coaster (Capitol) 4 20849 2152 6867 775 50.851 4.93 149 0

8 6 /Dirt (Republic Nashville) 19875 1189 6551 393 48.641 3.111 149 0

4 7 TIM MCGRAW f/FAITH HILL/Meanwhile... (Big Machine) 16289 -3748 5317 -1426 38.741 -8.644 149 0

9 8 /Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 4 15775 1967 5287 714 37.253 3.876 148 0

6 9 /Drunk On A Plane (Capitol) 15733 -2972 5069 -1098 39.53 -7.456 149 0

10 10 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 14338 971 4590 362 34.899 2.32 147 1

13 11 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/J. MOORE & T. RHETT/Small... (Valory) 13626 918 4591 289 32.53 1.585 149 0

11 12 M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD/Somethin' Bad (RCA/Arista) 13556 486 4517 149 33.362 1.25 147 0

14 13 SWON BROTHERS/Later On (Arista) 12059 121 4028 60 27.983 0.217 149 0

17 14 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 12030 1044 3989 276 29.409 3.145 147 0

15 15 ELI YOUNG BAND/Dust (Republic Nashville) 11675 549 3862 251 28.187 1.146 149 0

16 16 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 11454 387 3908 187 26.947 0.934 147 1

20 17 /Day Drinking (Capitol) 11177 1061 3747 356 26.924 1.69 148 0

23 18 /Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 10890 2190 3617 750 27.482 7.911 144 15

18 19 /All Alright (Southern Ground) 10323 -338 3432 -74 24.76 -0.771 149 0

19 20 ERIC CHURCH/Cold One (EMI Nashville) 10251 8 3471 51 24.448 -0.109 149 0

21 21 BIG & RICH/Look At You (B&R/New Revolution) 10243 560 3337 163 21.368 1.192 139 1

22 22 KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 9629 305 3203 127 23.373 0.927 148 0

25 23 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot Records) 8475 1229 2853 450 17.601 2.297 141 1

24 24 PARMALEE/Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 8317 641 2885 231 18.643 1.287 146 1

GARTH BROOKS/ (Pearl/RCA) 4 Debut 7233 7233 2343 2343 20.897 20.897 131 122

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

27 26 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 7037 520 2435 186 13.174 0.908 139 3

26 27 RASCAL FLATTS/Payback (Big Machine) 6830 24 2352 50 15.326 -0.169 147 0

28 28 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 5891 530 2050 170 10.996 0.393 115 4

29 29 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 5604 295 1919 124 11.911 0.561 142 2

30 30 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Rum (EMI Nashville) 4670 190 1722 77 8.225 0.494 130 2

31 31 DAN + SHAY/Show You Off (Warner Bros./WAR) 4660 394 1614 123 9.516 1.136 130 2

33 32 JUSTIN MOORE f/VINCE NEIL/Home... (Big Machine/Valory) 4639 469 1499 108 10.375 1.221 119 5

32 33 HUNTER HAYES/Tattoo (Atlantic/WMN) 4282 61 1394 93 8.686 0.161 120 4

35 34 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 4106 486 1426 144 6.772 0.506 128 3

34 35 LOVE AND THEFT/Night That You'll Never Forget (RCA) 3691 21 1311 7 5.91 0.122 127 1

39 36 /Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 3178 503 1040 99 6.279 1.499 99 3

36 37 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 3138 146 1070 50 4.836 -0.054 95 1

38 38 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 2980 123 971 39 5.839 0.069 100 4

37 39 JANA KRAMER/Love (Elektra/WAR) 2838 -46 990 23 4.207 -0.278 106 2

40 40 JOHN KING/Tonight, Tonight (Black River) 2718 89 980 34 3.781 0.165 103 1

42 41 /Make Me Wanna (Valory) 2375 245 921 89 4.469 0.431 88 4

47 42 /Lonely Eyes (RCA) 2174 702 595 188 4.503 1.305 68 8

43 43 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 2019 203 667 75 5.243 0.581 82 5

50 44 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 1942 875 644 262 4.21 2.033 86 28

BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 4 Debut 1898 1400 656 515 3.707 2.564 101 26 44 46 /Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1881 115 711 52 2.859 0.181 94 0

45 47 JOSH THOMPSON/Wanted Me Gone (Show Dog-Universal) 1814 58 625 17 2.91 0.192 85 0

46 48 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 1633 -11 543 29 3.064 0.042 71 4

49 49 THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) 1368 62 527 36 1.753 0.131 75 3

48 50 JAKE OWEN/Summer Jam (RCA) 1279 -57 345 -30 3.304 -0.033 18 1 ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 8, 2014 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 122 GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 2335 4 TIM MCGRAW/Shotgun Rider (Big Machine) 57 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 1124 4 /Drinking Class (Curb) 37 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 785 4 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 28 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 779 4 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 27 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 742 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 26 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 606 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 15 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 467 /Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 9 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 464 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 8 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 435 JUSTIN MOORE f/VINCE NEIL/Home... (Big Machine/Valory) 5 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/J. MOORE & T. RHETT/Small...(Valory) 389 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 7233 4 GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 592 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 2190 4 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 282 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 2152 4 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 223 JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 1967 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 195 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 1400 4 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 176 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 1229 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 162 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely... (Warner Bros./WMN) 1198 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 139 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 1189 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine... (Warner Bros./WAR) 126 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 1061 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 113 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 1044 DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 103

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 2343 LEE BRICE/I Don't Dance (Curb) 11114 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 775 JOE NICHOLS/Yeah (Red Bow) 9537 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 750 BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 8816 JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 714 BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) 8437 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 515 LUKE BRYAN/Play It Again (Capitol) 7320 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 450 CHRIS YOUNG/Who I Am With You (RCA) 6653 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 393 JAKE OWEN/Beachin' (RCA) 6285 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 362 THOMAS RHETT/Get Me Some Of That (Valory) 6043 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 356 JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That All... (SeaGayle/Arista) 5707 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely... (Warner Bros./WMN) 349 BRETT ELDREDGE/Beat Of The Music (Atlantic/WMN) 5660 ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 8, 2014 Chart Page 4 Country aircheck activity A D D D AT E S BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) Debuts at 45* September 15 1,898 points, 656 spins /Lay Low (MCA) 26 adds including: KBEQ, KCYY*, KFRG, KKWF, KWJJ, Olivia Lane/Steal Me Away (Big Spark) WCKT, WCTK, WCTQ, WDAF, WEZL JACKIE LEE/She Does (BBR) JERROD NIEMANN/Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) Trisha Yearwood/Prizefighter (Gwendolyn/RCA) Moves 44-46* 1,881 points, 711 spins September 22 No adds /Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) /When I’ve Been Drinking (Capitol) JOSH THOMPSON/Wanted Me Gone (Show Dog-Universal) Moves 45-47* KATIE ARMIGER/One Night Between Friends (Cold River) 1,814points, 625 spins No adds September 29 Chuck Wicks/Saturday Afternoon (Blaster) TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) /Put My Heart Down (RCA) Moves 46-48* 1,633 points, 543 spins Send yours to [email protected]. 3 adds: KHGE, WNSH*, WRNX

THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) CHECK OUT 9/9 Remains at 49* Alabama Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel 1,368 points, 527 spins Favorites (Cracker Barrel) 3 adds: WGNA, WLHK, WRBT From “I Saw The Light” to “I’ll Fly Away” the group’s new project is full of gospel favorites plus JAKE OWEN/Summer Jam (RCA) their own inspirational classic, the title cut. Moves 48-50 1,279 points, 345 spins Lee Brice I Don’t Dance (Curb) 1 add: WBBS Brice followed up the No. 1 title cut with “Drink- ing Class” - and there’s much more to come from DEAN ALEXANDER/Live A Little (Elektra/WEA) the 16-track on which he played many 1,062 points, 415 spins of the instruments (guitar, banjo, drums) and 1 add: WUBE produced.

MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Headlights (Blaster) Dustin Lynch Where It’s At (Broken Bow) 1,045 points, 409 spins Lynch’s follow-up to Cowboys And Angels is 1 add: WNOE already off to a great start with the gold-certified title cut. The album was produced by Brett Bea- CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) vers (Dierks Bentley), Luke Wooten (Brad Paisley) 1,003 points, 379 spins and Mickey Jack Cones (Jason Aldean). 1 add: WTHT Brothers Osborne Self-Titled (EMI Nashville) LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) The Maryland sibling duo’s 5-song project includes 981 points, 327 spins the feel-good summer song “Rum” and introduces 37 adds including: KAJA, KASE, KBEQ, KEEY, KFDI, KFGY, fans to their swampy groove-soaked sound. KHGE, KILT, KKIX, KKWF

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

1 1 KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9025 362 2334 100 54 0 2nd Week at No. 1 2 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Bartender (Capitol) 8728 143 2217 32 53 0 5 3 DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 8319 334 2138 103 53 0 4 4 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 8237 224 2075 80 54 0 8 5 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 4 7804 785 2014 223 54 0 7 6 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 7510 467 1931 139 53 0 3 7 TIM MCGRAW f/FAITH HILL/Meanwhile Back At Mama's (Big Machine) 6456 -2039 1677 -480 47 0 10 8 JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 5720 351 1475 99 50 1 12 9 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/J. MOORE & T. RHETT/Small Town Throwdown (Valory) 5619 389 1471 78 52 0 13 10 M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD/Somethin' Bad (RCA/Arista) 5496 269 1441 65 51 0 14 11 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 5154 435 1287 126 54 0 18 12 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 4 5145 742 1284 176 49 2 11 13 SWON BROTHERS/Later On (Arista) 5014 -278 1277 -35 52 0 15 14 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 4978 355 1234 113 54 1 16 15 ERIC CHURCH/Cold One (EMI Nashville) 4822 204 1214 39 52 0 19 16 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 4652 343 1168 99 52 1 20 17 KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 4417 367 1145 100 53 1 Re-Enter 18 ELI YOUNG BAND/Dust (Republic Nashville) 4414 297 1121 90 48 0 22 19 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 4304 1124 1129 282 52 10 23 20 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 3602 606 930 162 51 2 21 21 RASCAL FLATTS/Payback (Big Machine) 3450 -16 876 9 52 0 24 22 BIG & RICH/Look At You (B&R/New Revolution) 3207 336 781 84 47 1 25 23 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 3133 464 747 91 49 2 26 24 PARMALEE/Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 2745 250 703 72 46 0 27 25 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 2428 69 619 14 46 0 Debut 26 GARTH BROOKS/People Loving People (Pearl/RCA) 4 2335 2335 592 592 39 38 29 27 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 1959 236 446 75 33 4 28 28 JUSTIN MOORE f/VINCE NEIL/Home Sweet Home (Big Machine/Valory) 1944 26 532 15 42 1 31 29 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 1874 246 511 62 45 1 30 30 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Rum (EMI Nashville) 1856 218 439 64 43 2 ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com September 8, 2014 Chart Page 6

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

32 31 DAN + SHAY/Show You Off (Warner Bros./WAR) 1632 44 390 2 39 2 35 32 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 1300 119 338 45 39 4 34 33 JOHN KING/Tonight, Tonight (Black River) 1251 27 257 6 27 1 36 34 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 1153 133 283 40 29 2 48 35 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 4 1122 779 282 195 31 14 38 36 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 1057 70 261 19 24 2 40 37 HUNTER HAYES/Tattoo (Atlantic/WMN) 986 165 246 36 27 1 37 38 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 966 -42 223 -13 21 0 39 39 JANA KRAMER/Love (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 868 -52 187 -11 21 1 43 40 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 754 225 164 57 21 3 45 41 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 688 239 156 51 16 4 41 42 LOVE AND THEFT/Night That You'll Never Forget (RCA) 668 -67 180 -9 25 2 42 43 JOSH THOMPSON/Wanted Me Gone (Show Dog-Universal) 583 -26 142 -8 16 0 44 44 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 473 -7 106 3 14 0 46 45 JERROD NIEMANN/Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) 397 -23 98 -6 15 0 51 46 TIM MCGRAW/Shotgun Rider (Big Machine) 386 168 124 63 12 7 47 47 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 368 -5 92 1 10 1 58 48 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 344 199 80 52 10 7 49 49 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 298 37 59 14 7 5 54 50 /Headlights (Blaster) 270 78 61 22 7 1

Debut 51 DEAN ALEXANDER/Live A Little (Elektra/WEA) 237 107 37 16 2 0 50 52 KIP MOORE/Dirt Road (MCA) 228 -18 50 -6 8 0 55 53 THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) 221 35 89 9 9 1 53 54 SUNNY SWEENEY/Bad Girl Phase (Crescendo/Thirty Tigers) 203 -9 36 -3 2 0 52 55 BEN RUE/I Can't Wait (Be My Wife) (Arista) 198 -16 65 -7 9 0 57 56 LUCY HALE/Lie A Little Better (DMG/In2une) 154 3 62 10 11 0 Debut 57 LEE ANN WOMACK/The Way I'm Livin' (Sugar Hill) 142 9 45 2 7 0 Debut 58 /We'll Come Back Around (Black River) 138 11 35 1 8 0 60 59 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 133 0 36 0 4 0 Debut 60 OLIVIA LANE/Steal Me Away (Big Spark/Star Farm) 130 62 28 18 4 1 ©2014 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com