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March 9, 2015, Issue 438

Terry Dorsey Remembered The unexpected passing of legendary KSCS/Dallas morning personality and Country Radio Hall of Famer Terry Dorsey has stunned and saddened all who knew him. Country Aircheck reached out to a few for their thoughts on what made him so special as a broadcaster ... and as a person. • Former KPLX/Dallas PD and Arista VP/Promotion Bobby Kraig: The first thing is his sense of humor. I’ve never laughed harder or longer with anyone in my whole life, and I could count on that happening on a regular basis. He wasn’t a radio geek, like so many of us. He liked radio because it was the perfect job for him – a perfect extension of his per- Mac Daniels, Bobby Kraig, sonality. He was al- Dorsey ways thinking about what might make a funny bit, but he had a whole life outside of radio when so Bones Chilling: Arista’s The Swon Brothers hide Bobby many people around Bones’ car in vanilla ice cream after Bones calls them vanilla him made it their on-air. Pictured (l-r) are Colton Swon, Bones and Zach Swon. whole life. He found After the prank, the ice cream was donated to Nashville’s a balance and that Second Harvest Food Bank. Watch it all play out here. showed on the air. When I was Pugilism Do-Goodism there, Terry typi- The first-ever bout between music biz women, and a couple of cally wanted to get industry attorneys dropping their briefs for trunks – boxing trunks – out of the station are the highlights of this year’s “Rumble On The Row” during the as soon as his shift was over. So during the last 20 minutes of 11th Annual Ringside: A Fight For Kids Friday (3/13) in Franklin, TN. the show he’d get a music set going and go into the production Having Republic Nashville regional Stacy Blythe and MCA studio to lay down some commercials and get all that stuff done. rep Anna Johnson duke it out was not an easy decision for One day our overnight guy Mac Charley Foundation founder and Ringside organizer Carolyn Daniels thought it would be cute to (continued on page 8) Miller. “I never felt comfortable with it,” Miller says. “I’ve done ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

March 9, 2015 Page 3 training that incorporated boxing and would spar with my best friend, but I would start laughing because I can’t hit my friend. She PAGE THREE PIC could hit me, though. No problem.” The shift came courtesy of former Rumble fighter and Mercury VP/Promotion Damon Moberly, who seems to be a Don King of music industry boxing. “He said, ‘Carolyn, do you want to raise money? It’s going to be huge.’ And those words changed my mind.” Johnson was more than up for the challenge. “I took a few kickboxing classes and decided I was a badass,” she says, acknowledging that the reality is a bit harsher. “Training seems like fun until you get hit full-on Safford & Femia square in the face. Bigger In Texas: The KPLX/Dallas crew gathers in But when you land front of their snazzy station van in 1983. Pictured a punch, that balances it out.” And former participants have been (l-r, standing) are the station’s Jack Monroe, Mike supportive. “Jimmy Rector, Shane Allen and Van Haze have offices McBride, Mac Daniels, the late Terry Dorsey and PD all in a line and they’re having me check in, making sure I’m train- Bobby Kraig; (l-r, kneeling) are KPLX’s John Bibbs and ing and checking my arms.” OM Dan Halyburton. Send your own time machines to “I’m so ready for it,” Blythe says, admitting she’s eager for a [email protected]. few days off from the intense discipline required of boxing. “I pride myself on being a scrappy girl, but it’s tough – a lot tougher physi- from Femia, and he’s not backing down from the challenge. “Rob cally and more demanding than I would have ever expected.” deserves to be punished for all the bad deals he’s given poor, starving UMG/Nashville VP/Business & Legal Affairs Rob Femia’s artists over the years,” Safford says. “I will do my best to exact revenge.” involvement came when he was “asked” by UMGN COO Tom Femia retorts, “The deal an artist gets is only as good as his Becci. “He told me he volunteered me representation, so I understand Scott’s for something,” Femia says. “When he bitterness.” For those considering attend- said it was a fight, I was like, ‘Oh, okay. ing – and tickets are still available – he I’ll fight. I was afraid you wanted me to adds, “This is a great opportunity. It’s not speak at something.’” too often you get to see lawyers you’d Safford Motley partner and attorney love to hit punch each other as much and Scott Safford blames his friend Femia as hard as they can.” for getting him on the card. “This is Rob’s The evening’s special guest is Mick- fault,” Safford says. “He got suckered into ey Ward, famously portrayed by Mark it first, then called me. Despite the fact Wahlberg in the movie The Fighter. Three that he’s one big, solid muscle, a former amateur fights, a seated dinner and live New Jersey policeman and I’ve never and silent auctions are also part of the been in a fight in my life, I said I’d do it.” festivities. “More than anything, this is a As an artist representative, Safford is huge opportunity for Nashville to give used to being across the negotiating table Blythe & Johnson ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

March 9, 2015 Page 5 back to less fortunate children,” Blythe says. “I hope people will come out and support us in helping the kids.” Standing-room-on- OFF THE RECORD: Sarah Ross ly tickets are still available for $100 at rumbleontherow.com or charleyfoundation.org. –Chuck Aly Average Joes’ Sarah Ross puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to WXTU/ Chart Chat Philadelphia, WPUR/Atlantic City, [Top Congrats to Jason Aldean, Carson 40] WSJO/Atlantic City ... I had a lot of James, Lee Adams and the whole Broken Bow promotion crew on scoring this week’s choices, it was great. [WXTU MD] Razz No. 1 with “Just Gettin’ Started.” The song is stood out to me. He’s helped me a lot in the second single and second chart-topper my career. from Old Boots, New Dirt. My favorite road companion – And kudos to Matthew Hargis and Sarah Ross and she’s gonna get a big head over the Republic Nashville reps on landing 49 this – is my mother. She’s a pain in the adds for the Eli Young Band’s “Turn It On,” Jason Aldean topping this week’s board. butt sometimes like all moms are, but she just wants the best for me. She pushes me to do what I need to do and not mess around as much. News & Notes I stopped playing Candy Crush because there’s that thing CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago and Hubbard’s WUBE/Cin- where you play another game to get to the next level instead of cinnati are the latest Country stations to enlist The Reynolds paying and I could never get past it. I think I was on level 40. Group for talent coaching. Locally Owned KYUN/Twin Falls, ID is a new affiliate of My mom plays all the time. For me it’s a dorky game, but I was Envision’s AmeriCountry prep service. obsessed with Clash of Clans for a while. I do like to play Call of Tanya Tucker has signed with APA Nashville for booking, Duty: Zombies with my brothers when I go home. with tour dates revealed soon. When I was in California for American Idol my mom and I got a rental car and drove to San Diego. We went to the zoo, Artist News and then it was about 10 o’clock at night and we went to a gas Garth Brooks has broken his Portland, OR ticket sales re- station. Being from Jersey, I don’t pump gas. They don’t let you cord with his World Tour, selling more than 61,000 and still going. do it there, it’s against the law. I pumped seven gallons of diesel The previous record was 54,873 set in 1996. into a brand new Buick LaCrosse rental car. There were hobos Lee Ann Womack will release Trouble In Mind, a limited helping us siphon it out. It’s midnight by this time, and it’s three edition three-song 12” vinyl for Record Store Day April 18. hours earlier there than it is back home and I’m trying to call my A rare collection of Jimmie Rodgers’ letters, souvenir pro- dad. I was crying and going, “I don’t know what to do.” grams, newspaper clippings and signed and unsigned photos of the singer will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction begin- I think I’m the only female that’s doing country rap ning Thursday (3/12) here. so maybe that will make people want to check out my EP. It’s Stoney Creek’s Randy Houser will perform at WNSH/New different. I grew up listening to country music and when I hit York’s inaugural Nash Bash March 24, joining the previously an- sixth grade I was introduced to rap. I realized how much I nounced Cole Swindell, Gloriana, Michael Ray and Jana Kramer. liked both genres. Then I was introduced to Colt [Ford] and Info here. my mom was like, “Just try it out.” So I did it, and “You’re No Elektra/Nashville’s Big Smo has postponed shows March 11-28 due to unforeseen circumstances. Rescheduled dates will be Good” was the first YouTube video I put up with rap, and I posted here, and refunds will be available at the point of purchase. loved it. It made me happy.

March 9, 2015 Page 8 Rhett Akins, Lauren Alaina, Danielle Bradbery, Chase MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Bryant, Kristian Bush, Dan + Shay, Love & Theft, Scotty McCreery, Cassadee Pope and Jamie Lynn Spears will join WXFL/WLVS Florence-Muscle Shoals/AL team captains Kellie Pickler and Thomas Rhett April 18 for OM/PD Fletch Brown discusses his most the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Country Checkers influential music: Challenge. They’ll play on a giant checkerboard onsite at the 1. George Strait, Ocean Front Prop- 3rd Annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival at Globe Life Park in erty: When I was a kid my mother played Arlington, Texas to support the USO and DAV. More info here. Alabama, Lee Greenwood, The Grascals, Phil Vas- that album constantly! It was my introduc- sar and Ryan Weaver have been added to the lineup of tion to country music. the Charlie Daniels 40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam Aug. 12 at 2. Metallica, Starwood Amphithe- Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. More info here. atre, Antioch, TN, Aug. 17, 1994: Fletch Brown Cumberland/Thirty Tigers’ Will Hoge will kick off his Small First time I saw one of my all-time favorite Town Dreams tour April 10 in Tallahassee, FL. See all dates here. bands live, and six years to the day before my first child was born. Coincidence? The Week’s Top Stories 3. Patty Griffin: Every album, every song, in perpetuity. Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com. 4. Frank Sinatra: The music is untouchable and timeless. All • Beasley reported Q4 and 2014 revenues. (3/6) the Sinatra! • Billboard Sr. Chart Mgr. Wade Jessen passed away. (3/5) • CBS Radio’s KILT/Houston will launch a new morning show 5. White Zombie, La Sexorcisto: I’m really all over the map March 16. (3/5) musically. Don’t judge me. • Longtime Bristol WXBQ/Johnson City, TN OM/PD Bill Hagy •Highly regarded song or album you’ve never will retire soon. (3/4) heard: Daft Punk. I just missed all their stuff. It’s on my list. • Sun launched The Hit List With Fitz on more than 75 stations. •An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Lady (3/3) Gaga is a mystery to me. Not saying she’s bad; I don’t run from her music. I just don’t understand why the mainstream stuff was Terry Dorsey Remembered so hot! I like her off-the-beaten-path stuff, like her duets with (continued from page 1) Tony Bennett. turn down Terry’s monitors while he was busy in the production •An album you listened to incessantly: LL Cool J’s Bad or studio. So I’m sitting in my office listening to the station and Run DMC’s Raising Hell. To this day I could listen to those albums hear a record fire off, then another and another until there are on repeat. five records playing all at once. I did my version of running to •Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to the studio and find him in a sweat and screaming, “Nothing’s right now: Shannon Lawson and Jon Nicholson just released an working!” Most of us would have looked at the modulation mon- album as El Camino. “I Will Remain” is one of the best songs I’ve itors, but Terry wasn’t into that. I pointed to the needles and said, “Terry, it’s all working!” Then I turned up his monitors. I had a ever heard. Find their album Numero Uno and listen to it. Now! little chat with Mac later. •Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I have really He had his first-class engineering license, but he looked at gotten into Club/Electronic Dance music lately. On most days those needles like he’d never seen them before. He wanted to fo- my office sounds like I have Paris Hilton in there dropping “phat cus on what he did and then go home and live his life. He’d come beats” behind my desk. Not kidding. visit three or four times a year and we didn’t talk much about radio or the record business at all. That’s one of the things I really loved about Terry. Reach Brown here.

March 9, 2015 Page 10 • Former KSCS APD/MD Chris Huff: Talk about a guy that • Longtime KSCS morning co-host Mark “Hawkeye” just had zero ego. When we covertly led the charge to get him Louis: He never realized what a big deal he was, especially in nominated for the Country Radio Hall of Fame, we had to send Dallas. His passing was on all of the major newscasts last night him a fake email under the guise of a trade magazine wanting to and one of the top stories. But when he wanted to retire, he gave do an interview just to get information. He just didn’t talk about us nine days notice. What he wanted to do was to announce his himself. retirement on the last break of the last day. I was like, “Terry, we I grew up listening to Terry Dorsey and even if you didn’t listen can’t do that. You’ve been on this station for 26 years and you to him you knew who he was. You’d heard of Hiney Wine, you’d think you’re just going to walk out of here like that?” But that’s seen him on billboards and TV commercials. He was larger than how he thought. life in that market. Through the ‘80s and ‘90s he had an unprec- This morning’s was a special show because yesterday was so edented string of No. 1 books in morning drive. Nobody thought difficult for everybody when we heard. This was a day for people [KVIL’s] Ron Chapman could be knocked off the top, but Terry to get together and share funny stories about Terry. There was a quietly did, and to him it wasn’t a big deal. time where we told him, “George Strait would like to meet you Terry did not crave the spotlight. Quite the opposite, he enjoyed shining the spotlight on others. He loved to make other Hawkeye & Dorsey people the star, especially listeners. People still talk about the bit he used to do on Junior Radio Rangers. People still brag 20 years later about being a Terry Dorsey Junior Radio Ranger. I don’t think Terry ever fully understood the huge impact he had on listeners, co-workers and just everybody around him. The one silver lining is that he was able to see a lot of that love and admiration when he retired in December. • KSCS OM/PD JR Schumann: He was more than a radio legend, he was an icon that shaped an industry. Hawkeye said it on the air this morning: There are people on the air all over the country right now because Terry Dorsey gave them a shot or inspired them. But that wasn’t Terry’s mission. He was just your friend and that’s all he wanted. One of the ongoing jokes about Terry is that he was terrible at remembering names. I remember the first time I was walking down the hallways and he said, “Hey, JR!” instead of “Hey, pal.” Once you crossed the threshold to where Terry had committed your name to memory, that was a huge accomplishment.

March 9, 2015 Page 12 after the show!” And he said, “Aww, pal, I’ve gotta get going.” He Stecker, me, Mark and Terry went to Tony Romas for a “quick” bite never was impressed with the industry and had such little ego. and feel-out session. We left about three hours later after 12 rib Today’s show was part of a big healing process not just for and chicken entrees and a few pitchers. You would have thought us, but for the listeners. It was filled with love and laughter. We Terry and Mark were old college roommates. Terry made it that heard from people who listened to Terry as their mom took them easy for the then-young Hawkeye to feel at home. And we have all to school and listened to him as they took their own kids to school. been laughing ever since. That doesn’t happen with other formats. We worked together for • Former Susquehanna/Dallas SVP/GM Dan Halyburton: 26 years and in all that time had one argument. And it was over A fun memory I have of Terry was the rollout of Hiney Wine. It eggs at a Denny’s in Nashville. started as a simple morning show bit and became a monster. Terry • Former KSCS President/GM Victor Sansone: He was and TJ Donnelly, then the GM, decided to sell Hiney Wine shirts. the consummate morning broadcast guy. Contrary to most, We expected a few orders and in fact hundreds of orders rolled in. Terry wasn’t really a chatty person by nature – he was actually a We had no plan and no staff to handle the workload. The station man of few words so being long in radio speak wasn’t an issue. staff pitched in. We had tables of T-shirts and envelopes and or- What he did say was crisp, funny and on-target. If he ever went ders everywhere. The little bit developed a life of its own. Terry was long with one of his many bits there was always a great payoff always an easygoing guy, easy with a laugh and loved by the staff. at the end – worth the wait. He knew how to milk a topic that • Consultant and former KSCS PD Dean James: As soon as hooked you, and he knew when to let it go. He loved to laugh I got there in 1993 he had his heart attack. We were doing some and his was infectious. He was a master of timing with Mark research and found out the biggest things on the station were the Louis (Hawkeye). He never had to be the “star” and was really Dorsey Gang, the money we were giving away and music, in that a dream to manage. He was absent of the ego [you’d expect] of order. So that was great that our top draw was in the hospital. But someone who was the best of them all. He simply knew his craft he didn’t look at himself as a broadcaster. Up and down the halls, and had great judgment. in a hospital bed or playing cards at his house, he was exactly the To show you what kind of guy he was, we scheduled a lunch same as who he was on the air. to see if Hawkeye and Terry could possibly work together. PD Ted I remember when he was in the hospital talking about his prostate cancer. He’d had the surgery and gone through the whole thing, and he said the worst part was when they took out the catheter. He said it felt like they were removing a studded Dorsey, Victor & Susan Sansone snow tire. He had a way of finding the simplest things and making them funny. He loved what he did, rarely if ever got mad and just had that happy-go-lucky attitude. That’s why he did so well on the air. People liked to talk about him. Part-timers would come in, other person- alities, people at other stations I worked at – they’d all say, “Tell me about Dorsey.” So many people I’ve met through the years are different on-air than they are in person. That wasn’t the case with Terry. He was a true natural. –Chuck Aly, Russ Penuell CAC

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March 9, 2015 Chart Page 1

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

4 1 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 26766 1454 7718 332 60.234 3.317 151 0

1 2 BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 26751 -317 7761 -27 59.801 -1.437 151 0

5 3 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 26010 1425 7447 432 59.391 2.871 151 0

6 4 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 22186 694 6397 237 50.025 1.813 151 0

8 5 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 22116 1356 6451 433 48.942 2.452 151 0

2 6 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 21939 -4407 6417 -1273 49.728 -9.376 151 0

7 7 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 21894 1084 6235 371 51.45 3.331 151 0

9 8 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 20875 966 5944 253 46.697 2.567 151 0

10 9 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 19868 1757 5524 441 45.283 4.184 151 0

11 10 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 19631 1629 5570 437 45.056 4.576 151 0

3 11 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 19515 -6138 5803 -1809 43.635 -13.53 151 0

12 12 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 17041 981 4862 304 39.472 1.965 151 0

14 13 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 14999 1630 4393 481 34.594 5.06 151 1

15 14 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 14769 1466 4234 441 32.404 3.401 151 1

16 15 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 13401 477 3949 104 30.325 1.561 151 0

17 16 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic) 12494 711 3578 156 28.112 1.567 150 0

19 17 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 11369 571 3271 180 25.53 1.998 147 3

21 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 11008 1260 3186 351 22.006 3.204 135 1

20 19 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 10341 563 2987 192 20.116 1.516 147 1

23 20 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 10136 1552 2980 442 22.736 3.132 150 2

22 21 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 9790 926 2801 238 19.284 2.603 146 0

24 22 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 9534 1441 2872 396 21.614 5.829 149 7

25 23 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 8235 742 2419 185 14.545 1.416 136 2

26 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 8108 954 2529 321 16.752 1.764 141 5

29 25 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 7840 1776 2413 534 16.674 4.975 137 4

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

18 26 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 7656 -4080 2157 -1303 16.393 -9.263 151 0

27 27 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 6775 329 1920 133 11.899 0.71 138 6

34 28 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 6454 1530 1919 424 14.788 4.913 137 8

28 29 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 6324 214 1907 103 10.868 0.673 131 1

30 30 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR) 6027 450 1652 119 13.321 0.869 131 5

31 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 5748 456 1699 146 9.284 0.851 128 1

36 32 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 5628 1037 1630 335 9.309 1.632 133 8

41 33 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 5403 2382 1455 725 11.262 4.902 117 25

33 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 5278 290 1513 70 9.748 1.039 129 4

35 35 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 5018 285 1360 65 10.875 1.09 114 6

37 36 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 4785 441 1405 127 8.309 0.835 115 4

38 37 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 4389 154 1301 65 6.919 0.574 123 3

39 38 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 4107 67 1190 28 7.786 0.191 124 1

40 39 REBA/Going Out Like That Nash Icon/Valory) 3687 221 1036 78 9.302 0.911 43 1

42 40 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 3341 328 983 93 5.158 0.315 113 7

44 41 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 3199 431 964 95 4.743 0.746 103 5

MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA) 2787 823 787 241 4.916 1.756 106 17

45 43 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 2786 187 863 76 3.883 0.322 104 6

43 44 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 2778 -124 880 -24 3.554 0.078 112 1

Debut 45 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 2356 1103 654 306 4.647 2.024 87 32

47 46 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 2067 216 668 71 3.252 0.257 85 6

Debut 47 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 1731 324 550 95 2.633 0.528 61 6

Debut 48 GARY ALLAN f/C.STAPLETON/Hangover Tonight (MCA) 1652 879 394 217 3.187 1.639 56 14

48 49 RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) 1635 54 483 22 2.435 -0.034 65 2

50 50 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 1534 79 587 28 1.781 0.209 66 1

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers ELI YOUNG BAND/Turn It On (Republic Nashville) 49 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 1099 ✔ ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 32 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 1076 ✔ LOGAN MIZE/Can't Get Away From A Good... (Arista) 32 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 1054 ✔ ASHLEY MONROE/On To Something Good (Warner Bros./WMN) 28 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Folks Like Us (Blaster) 28 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 956 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 25 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 788 ✔ MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA) 17 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 763 GARY ALLAN f/C.STAPLETON/Hangover Tonight (MCA) 14 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 730 TRISHA YEARWOOD/I Remember You (Gwendolyn/RCA) 13 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 709 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Biscuits (Mercury) 10 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 628 RUTHIE COLLINS/Ramblin' Man (Sidewalk) 10 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 622 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 2382 ✔ COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 239 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 1776 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 235 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 1757 ✔ KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 200 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 1630 ✔ TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 190 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 1629 ✔ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 174 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 1552 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 168 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 1530 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 159 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 1466 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 158 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 1454 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 141 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 1441 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 130

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 725 LUKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 15480 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 534 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sun Daze (Republic Nashville) 12583 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 481 TIM MCGRAW/Shotgun Rider (Big Machine) 9555 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 442 ERIC CHURCH/Talladega (EMI Nashville) 9403 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 441 KENNY CHESNEY/Til It's Gone (Blue Chair/Columbia) 8854 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 441 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 8779 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 437 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Something In The Water (19/Arista) 7554 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 433 KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 7112 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 432 BRAD PAISLEY/Perfect Storm (Arista) 6695 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 424 DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 6569 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 9, 2015 Chart Page 4 COUNTRY AIRChECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI/Nashville) Debuts at 45* March 16 2,356 points, 654 spins Drake White/It Feels Good (Dot) 32 adds including: KBEQ, KCCY, KEEY, KEGA, KHEY, KMLE, KACEY MUSGRAVES/Biscuits (Mercury) KNIX, KRTY, KSOP, KUAD StrIking Matches/Hanging On A Lie (I.R.S.) PARMALEE/Already Callin’ You Mine (Stoney Creek) March 23 Moves 47-46* RaeLynn/For A Boy (Valory) 2,067 points, 668 spins LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 6 adds: WBEE, WDRM, WGH, WKLI, WQYK, WYRK CAM/My Mistake (Arista)

MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) Outshyne/Moonlight Crush (in2une) Debuts at 47* 1,731 points, 550 spins March 30 6 adds: KDRK, KRYS, WCTK, WKMK, WOGK, WRBT Brothers Osborne/Stay a Little Longer (EMI Nashville) Casey James/Fall Apart (19/Columbia) GARY ALLAN f/CHRIS STAPLETON/Hangover Tonight (MCA) Debuts at 48* 1,652 points, 394 spins Send yours to [email protected]. 14 adds including: KBEQ, KHGE, KJKE, KMPS, WCOL, WDSY, WGH, WKMK, WKXC, WMAD

RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) Moves 48-49* 1,635 points, 483 spins C H E C K O U T 2 adds: WDXB, WWKA* Luke Bryan Spring Break … Checkin’ Out (Capitol) AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) This is the last in Bryan’s Spring Break series, with all six Remains at 50* from last year’s EP and new tunes the title cut, “My Ol’ 1,534 points, 587 spins Bronco,” “Games,” “Spring Breakdown” and “You And 1 add: WIL The Beach.”

JOSH DORR/Save Your Breath (RCA) Eli Young Band Turn It On (Republic Nashville) 1,428 points, 420 spins EYB teamed with producers Ross Copperman and Jeremy 2 adds: WGTY, WWGR Stover for this four-song EP, including the title cut/current single, “Plastic,” “Your Place Or Mine” and “Drink You DAN + SHAY/Nothin’ Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) Up.” 1,413 points, 400 spins 8 adds: KASE, WBEE, WDXB, WEZL, WMZQ, WPAW, Mar. 17 Allison Moorer Down To Believing (eOne) WPCV*, WPOR Abi Ann 17 (One Country)

WATERLOO REVIVAL/Hit The Road (Big Machine) Mar. 24 Striking Matches Nothing But The Silence (I.R.S.) 1,114 points, 374 spins Canaan Smith Self-Titled (Mercury) 4 adds: WGGY, WLHK, WMAD, WRBT Mar. 31 Darius Rucker Southern Style (Capitol) OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) Jon Wolfe Natural Man (Fool Hearted Productions) 832 points, 232 spins 1 add: WSOC

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

3 1 JASON ALDEAN/Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 11107 327 2320 60 55 0 2 2 BLAKE SHELTON f/ASHLEY MONROE/Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 10812 -171 2258 -39 55 0 4 3 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 10375 1 2226 8 54 0 9 4 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The Whiskey (Warner Bros./WMN) 9230 1099 1977 239 55 0 9 5 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 8946 228 1875 64 55 0 6 6 LEE BRICE/Drinking Class (Curb) 8921 254 1868 53 55 0 8 7 DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 8825 512 1834 102 51 0 7 8 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 7974 -667 1661 -179 47 0 11 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 7919 621 1682 141 54 0 10 10 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 7899 164 1697 34 55 0 1 11 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 7766 -3374 1605 -669 45 0 13 12 SAM HUNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 7267 356 1579 93 54 0 14 13 KEITH URBAN f/ERIC CHURCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 7101 956 1519 200 56 0 15 14 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 6540 529 1411 130 54 1 17 15 A THOUSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 6080 622 1302 120 55 1 16 16 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 5794 -83 1232 2 52 0 18 17 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Little Red Wagon (RCA) 5550 163 1159 27 53 1 20 18 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 5392 1054 1127 190 55 5 19 19 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 4987 628 1010 127 54 2 22 20 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 4910 730 1040 158 54 1 23 21 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 4649 610 919 110 50 1 21 22 ERIC PASLAY/She Don't Love You (EMI Nashville) 4448 198 938 55 52 1 24 23 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 3953 433 846 87 52 6 12 24 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 3801 -3306 788 -646 36 0 26 25 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 3449 788 719 174 51 6 29 26 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 3341 709 680 159 48 9 27 27 JOSH TURNER/Lay Low (MCA) 2991 342 619 69 50 4 28 28 JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow) 2988 355 578 77 42 1 30 29 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 2543 22 501 6 43 2 31 30 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 2540 134 500 32 25 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com March 9, 2015 Chart Page 6

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

32 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 2221 340 451 83 40 4 38 32 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 2168 763 486 168 40 5 41 33 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 2031 1076 496 235 42 10 33 34 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 2003 154 449 32 37 3 34 35 MICKEY GUYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 1810 164 362 24 36 0 36 36 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 1803 215 421 38 39 4 35 37 GLORIANA/Trouble (Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR) 1674 53 357 13 35 4 37 38 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 1562 155 320 40 35 3 39 39 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 1314 23 287 12 33 0 40 40 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 1205 79 265 11 25 0 45 41 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 1056 512 262 110 27 8 45 42 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 750 181 179 41 23 0 43 43 THE SWON BROTHERS/Pray For You (Arista) 690 -36 146 -8 19 0 44 44 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 627 -36 109 -9 12 0 57 45 GARY ALLAN f/C. STAPLETON/Hangover Tonight (MCA) 617 400 132 81 20 7 52 46 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 576 288 88 45 9 1 49 47 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 573 152 173 46 14 1 48 48 AUSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 568 55 140 12 14 0 47 49 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 562 38 139 11 20 0 56 50 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA) 448 218 96 49 14 6 50 51 AARON WATSON/That Look (Big Label/Thirty Tigers) 436 62 113 16 10 1 51 52 RICKY GUNN/King Of This Town (New Canvas) 342 1 72 2 7 0 53 53 RODNEY ATKINS/Eat Sleep Love You Repeat (Curb) 322 38 73 12 11 1

Debut 54 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 287 164 90 42 6 3 55 55 BRIAN COLLINS/Never Really Left (Blue Light) 245 11 52 2 6 0 Debut 56 OLIVIA LANE/Steal Me Away (Big Spark/Star Farm) 236 -32 59 -6 6 1 59 57 BROOKLYHN WOODS/(When You Love A) Wild Thing (PCG/Nine North) 218 51 51 13 5 1 54 58 CRAIG WAYNE BOYD/My Baby's Got A Smile On... (Dot/Republic) 210 -56 51 -12 11 0 58 59 JOSH DORR/Save Your Breath (RCA) 192 0 38 0 3 0 Debut 60 ELI YOUNG BAND/Turn It On (Republic Nashville) 187 111 47 26 6 2 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com