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NEWS! SPIN ZONE ! SINGLES CALENDAR! CHART DATA ! NO. 1 SONG! VOICES OF SECONDARY RADIO! COVERING THE SECONDARY RADIO MARKET SINCE 2002 REPORTING ! PANEL! Thursday, January 29, 2015 CHART NEWS SPINZONE BREAKING: MusicRow Stations Receive Nominated for Top Ten— isn’t lonely at the top of the ACMs. To read more, click HERE. MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart. I’m sure he is very content with “Lonely Eyes” reaching No. 1. brings his “Drinking Class” up one spot to No. 2. Blake Shelton’s “Lonely Sets Streamsound Debut Tonight” is not a sequel to Young’s chart topper, it’s his own Kristian Bush will release his debut that is now at No. 3. Jake Owen is going to spend another solo Streamsound Records , week at No. 4 with “What We Ain’t Got” followed by Lady , on April 7. A Antebellum’s “Freestyle” at No. 5. gains one proven hit-maker with the duo spot and is at No. 6 with “Say You Do.” is also one , Bush teamed with step closer to the top with “A Guy Walks Into A Bar” landing at producer Tom Tapley and executive No. 7. Jason Aldean still has momentum with “Just Gettin’ producer for the Started” moving up to No. 8. RaeLynn is in the Top 10 this release. Bush is a co-writer on each week with “God Made Girls” breaking in at No. 9. Easton of the album’s 12 tracks. In 2015, Corbin is also new to the Top 10 with “Baby Be My Love Bush will continue his Put Your Soul In It Tour. For more info, Song” at No. 10. click HERE. … Greatest Gainers— When two country superstars The Cadillac Three Hit The Road On ‘The collaborate on a song, it usually means big gains in spins. This Aviators And Radiators Tour’ is true again for and Eric Church, with their song “Raise ‘Em Up” gaining 641 new plays. Zac Brown Band The Cadillac Three is on the is getting a nice response to “Homegrown.” It is up 529 spins road with The Aviators And this week. Radio listeners are loving A Thousand Horses’ Radiators Tour before they “Smoke,” which gained 398 more times than last week. Tim join Eric Church on select McGraw’s “Diamond Rings And Old Barstools” is up 322 spins dates as guests of The and Kenny Chesney’s “Wild Child” is up 243. Outsiders Tour this fall. The Cadillac Three Collectively, members of The Debuts— Kenny Chesney is our lone debut this week. His Cadillac Three have No. 1 collaboration with Grace Potter on the song “Wild Child” songs and several album cuts from country stars such as makes the chart for the irst time this week at No. 72. Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, , and Jake

Owen. For a listing of dates, click HERE. … … Maddie & Tae Prep Video For “Fly” MusicRow Magazine 2015 Next Big Thing artist, Maddie & Tae, premiered a taste of the oficial for the sophomore single, “Fly,” with the release of a photo. The 19-year olds turned to director Brian Lazzaro to shoot a video clip. Only the third female duo in over 70 years to have a No. 1 with their irst Maddie & Tae single, they brought their second single to the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last Friday (Jan. 23). Additionally, they have an opening spot on Dierks Bentley’s Sounds Of Summer Tour. Vanessa Valli of KWEY/Weatherford, OK spends some time with Garth Brooks and … before a recent show in Tulsa, OK. Thursday, January 22, 2015

WEEKLY CHART DATA SINGLES CALENDAR February 2 New On The Chart —Debuting This Week Kenny Chesney/Wild Child/Blue Chair-Columbia Artist/song/label—chart pos. Kip Moore/I’m To Blame/MCA Nashville Kenny Chesney/Wild Child/Blue Chair-Columbia— 72 Parmalee/Already Callin’ You Mine/Stoney Creek Records Macy Martin/Back To Reality/Go Time Records Greatest Spin Increase James Robert Webb/Daddy Made A Million/Bison Creek Records Artist/song/label—Spin Increase Jill & Julia/Cursed/Lamon Records Keith Urban w/ Eric Church/Raise 'Em Up/Capitol Nashville— 641 Lost Hollow/Water & Oil/Render Zac Brown Band/Homegrown/Southern Ground— 529 Jason Cassidy/Cowboy Girl/Nine North Records-Turnpike Music- A Thousand Horses/Smoke/Republic Nashville— 398 Edgehill Music Nashville Tim McGraw/Diamond Rings And Old Barstools/Big Machine— 322 Kayla Calabrese/Whisper/SMG Nashville Kenny Chesney/Wild Child/Blue Chair-Columbia—243 Diana Upton-Hill/Do Love Well/Third Floor Records Jessica Marie/Don’t Let It Bring You Down/Jessica Marie Music Most Added Artist/song/label—No. of Adds February 9 Keith Urban w/ Eric Church/Raise 'Em Up/Capitol Nashville— 42 Mo Pitney/Country/Curb Records A Thousand Horses/Smoke/Republic Nashville—27 Waterloo Revival/Hit The Road/Big Machine Kenny Chesney/Wild Child/Blue Chair-Columbia—20 Blackberry Smoke/Living In The Song/Rounder Records Tim McGraw/Diamond Rings And Old Barstools/Big Machine—20 Zac Brown Band/Homegrown/Southern Ground—20 February 16 Mickey Guyton/Better Than You Left Me/Capitol Nashville— 15 Michael Ray/Kiss You In The Morning/Warner Bros.-WEA Brad Paisley/Crushin’ It/Arista Nashville— 14 David Fanning/Doin’ Country Right/Red Bow Maddie & Tae/Fly/Dot Records— 13 Abi Ann/Future Ex Boyfriend/One Country Records Reba/Going Out Like That/Nash Icon— 10 Mitch Goudy/My Girl’s Hand/Third Floor Records Jordyn Stoddard/Like Me Til’ You Love Me/J Stodd On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Presley & Taylor/Lookin For A Cowboy/SMG Nashville Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Michael Scott/Radio Song/Saba Records—223 February 23 James Carothers/I Must Be Alive/James Carothers— 178 LoCash/I Love This Life/Reviver Records DOWNDAY/Stuck On 17/Render— 172 Jackie Lee/She Does/Broken Bow— 169 March 2 Ricky Gunn/King Of This Town/New Canvas Entertainment— 158 LiveWire/Quit You/Way Out West Records … Frozen Playlist— KSJJ, WKFC, KRGI …

Tim Hadler visits with KYYK/Palestine, TX staffer Jeff Michaels and Mrs. Palestine International 2015, Shera Bowers. Hadler’s new single is “Down By The Railroad WDKN/Dickson, TN gets a visit from Chase Likens while in Tracks.” Pictured (L-R): Hadler, Bowers, Michaels. town in support of his news single “Playing It Safe.” Pictured (L-R): WDKN’s Freeman, Likens, WDKN’s Casey Humbles. Thursday, January 29, 2015

NO. 1 SONG Voices Of Secondary Radio Stan Soboleski/Program Director/WFRY-Watertown, NY Chris Young has climbed back to the top of the MusicRow How long have you been at the CountryBreakout Chart. After 23 station? weeks of working its way up, 18 Years “Lonely Eyes” is this week’s No. 1 How many "hats" do you wear every song. day? I do the morning show, I’m the PD and The third single, released from his MD. We’re a small staff but a well-oiled fourth studio album, A.M., will machine. receive Young his second What is your philosophy on adding MusicRow Challenge Coin in new music? addition to Johnny Bulford, Jason Matthews and Adding emerging artists is very Laura Veltz. His irst single from the album Who I Am With You important. The Garth’s, Taylor’s, was our top song back in June of 2014. Aldean’s, FGL’s were new once upon a time. You just never know. A good song is “Lonely Eyes” has sold close to 200,000 digital sales. The a good song regardless of label or music video was released late last year and can be viewed promotional backing. here. What role do promoters play in your music decisions? In his August 2014 weekly DISClaimer, Robert K. Oermann It’s all about communication and relationships. Hand in Hand. said, “Chris turns the charm meter up to 10 on this throbbing Why is it important to report to MusicRow? roadhouse romance. He also sings his fanny off.” It gives us some “cred” in the Capitol of the World. MusicRow helps out the secondary markets like us. Young is on a co-headlining tour with Lee Brice through Tell us something great about your station and/or city. (Feel March 8. He will be making his third trip overseas as he plans free to brag!) to showcase 2015 A.M. World Tour to international fans. This We are ive miles from the Fort Drum Army Base, home of the tour will begin in Australia on March 11 and will continue the 10th Mountain Division. (They yanked Sadam Hussein from his tour in September with dates in England, Germany, and underground bunker.) The inventors/founders of the lifesaver, Sweden. Dewey Decimal System, Arbor Day, bowling pins, and creme ¥ ¥ ¥ cheese are all from here. Who are some NEW artists that you are excited about? Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Erica Nicole, Granger Smith, Bobby Wills, and several more. The Coin recipients. format is in great shape if you just give some independents a chance.

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 23 2 1 Chris Young/Lonely Eyes/RCA 3482/98 6 183 3299 20 3 2 Lee Brice/Drinking Class/Curb 3350/97 4 130 3220 10 5 3 Blake Shelton/Lonely Tonight/Warner Bros. 3217/90 7 204 3013 24 4 4 Jake Owen/What We Ain't Got/RCA Nashville 3113/97 3 87 3026 14 6 5 Lady Antebellum/Freestyle/Capitol 2981/96 3 96 2885 17 7 6 Dierks Bentley/Say You Do/Capitol Nashville 2966/98 4 106 2860 24 8 7 Tyler Farr/A Guy Walks Into A Bar/Columbia Nashville 2919/97 3 85 2834 11 9 8 Jason Aldean/Just Gettin' Started/Broken Bow 2849/93 5 132 2717 25 11 9 RaeLynn/God Made Girls/Valory 2396/87 7 148 2248 19 12 10 Easton Corbin/Baby Be My Love Song/Mercury 2323/93 7 149 2174 13 1 11 Florida Line/Sun Daze/Republic Nashville 2320/61 -33 -1158 3478 18 13 12 Josh Turner/Lay Low/MCA 2165/91 5 97 2068 28 10 13 Chase Bryant/Take It On Back/Red Bow 2145/65 -8 -174 2319 14 16 14 /She Don't Love You/EMI Nashville 2118/92 7 138 1980 13 18 15 Cole Swindell/Ain't Worth The Whiskey/Warner Bros. 2098/84 8 155 1943 9 17 16 Garth Brooks/Mom/Pearl-RCA Nashville 2058/89 6 110 1948 13 15 17 Toby Keith/Drunk Americans/Showdog-Universal 2003/81 1 14 1989 12 20 18 Billy Currington/Don't it/Mercury Nashville 1738/85 5 89 1649 18 19 19 Erica Nicole/It's Comin' Down/EN Music-PCL 1712/67 2 37 1675 7 21 20 Sam Hunt/Take Your Time/MCA 1652/79 11 162 1490 4 23 21 Miranda Lambert/Little Red Wagon/RCA Nashville 1625/88 14 199 1426 19 22 22 Jon Pardi/When I've Been Drinkin'/Capitol Nashville 1523/72 4 57 1466 11 26 23 The Swon Brothers/Pray For You/Arista Nashville 1476/85 5 66 1410 15 25 24 Kelsea Ballerini/Love Me Like You Mean It/Black River 1473/76 3 49 1424 27 24 25 /Love You Like That/Mercury Nashville 1457/68 2 32 1425 17 27 26 Branch & Dean/Green Light/SSM 1348/58 3 40 1308 10 28 27 Brantley Gilbert/One Hell Of An Amen/Valory 1324/75 3 39 1285 12 29 28 Justin Moore/This Kind of Town/Valory 1275/73 4 53 1222 6 30 29 Little Big Town/Girl Crush/Capitol Nashville 1268/76 7 86 1182 8 31 30 Rachel Holder/I Think Of You/Curb 1215/62 8 86 1129 3 44 31 Zac Brown Band/Homegrown/Southern Ground 1195/69 79 529 666 7 33 32 Rascal Flatts/Riot/Big Machine 1123/67 6 66 1057 18 34 33 Olivia Lane/Steal Me Away/Big Spark 1086/61 7 70 1016 2 61 34 Keith Urban w/ Eric Church/Raise 'Em Up/Capitol Nashville 1046/74 158 641 405 19 35 35 Rick Monroe/Fires Out/MRG Recordings 1021/47 3 26 995 7 38 36 Lonestar/Pretty Good Day/4Star Records 993/51 12 105 888

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 7 39 37 Chris Weaver Band/Time Has Wings/American Roots Records 965/57 10 91 874 10 37 38 Chase Rice/Gonna Wanna Tonight/Columbia Nashville 955/57 4 40 915 14 40 39 Mike Ryan/Dancing All Around it/Rock & Soul Records 814/42 1 8 806 13 42 40 Kristian Bush/Trailer Hitch/Streamsound 802/40 5 40 762 10 43 41 Dustin Lynch/Hell Of A Night/Broken Bow 775/49 7 52 723 2 65 42 A Thousand Horses/Smoke/Republic Nashville 766/57 108 398 368 3 51 43 Mickey Guyton/Better Than You Left Me/Capitol Nashville 754/65 38 209 545 3 49 44 Reba/Going Out Like That/Nash Icon 722/56 25 143 579 3 48 45 Craig Wayne Boyd/My Baby's Got A Smile On Her Face/Dot Records 720/52 23 137 583 7 46 46 Haley & Michaels/Just Another Love Song/New Revolution Entertainment 691/44 14 86 605 12 45 47 Brian Collins/Never Really Left/Blue Light Entertainment 688/47 6 38 650 9 47 48 Gloriana/Trouble/Warner Bros. 667/36 11 64 603 2 76 49 Tim McGraw/Diamond Rings And Old Barstools/Big Machine 618/44 109 322 296 8 50 50 John Spicer/Pretty Good At Loving You/Legend Group Records 616/38 9 52 564 6 52 51 Dallas Smith/Wastin' Gas/Big Loud Mountain 573/42 8 40 533 6 53 52 Steven Lee Olsen/Raised By A Good Time/Columbia Nashville 560/41 7 38 522 10 54 53 Frank Ortega/My Old Man/Villa One 554/33 7 36 518 14 55 54 Tim Sweeney/Every Friday Night/Oil House Records 507/29 5 26 481 9 59 55 The Cains Trio/Be Yourself With Me/DayStreet Records-GMV Nashville 503/30 21 87 416 8 56 56 Elizabeth Lyons/#PartyRules/ 493/28 4 20 473 2 80 57 Brad Paisley/Crushin' It/Arista 485/35 73 205 280 4 58 58 James Otto/Somewhere Tonight/Ottopilot Records 467/31 12 50 417 4 62 59 Josh Dorr/Save Your Breath/RCA Nashville 464/36 19 75 389 7 60 60 Chris Chitsey/Lonely In Tucson/Premier Nashville Records 447/25 9 36 411 7 57 61 /He's Messed Up/Dreambound Records LLC 439/27 3 13 426 10 63 62 Aaron Watson/That Look/HTK Records 435/25 12 48 387 6 69 63 Granger Smith/Bury Me In Blue Jeans/Pioneer Music 434/29 29 98 336 3 73 64 Maddie & Tae/Fly/Dot Records 429/39 32 105 324 4 70 65 Austin Webb/Country On You/Streamsound 410/34 22 75 335 2 79 66 Bobby Wills/Never Didn't Love You/Willing Nashville 403/37 43 121 282 3 75 67 Frankie Ballard/Young And Crazy/Warner Bros. 388/28 26 80 308 6 67 68 Colt Ford/Crank It Up/Average Joe's 372/25 8 27 345 5 66 69 Joanna Mosca/He Ain't You/Dolce Diva Music Group, Inc. 362/23 3 12 350 24 32 70 Montgomery Gentry/Headlights/Blaster 351/22 -68 -742 1093 5 68 71 Crab Apple Lane/Hit The Ground Runnin/Chevelle Records 343/22 1 5 338 1 99 72 Kenny Chesney/Wild Child/Blue Chair-Columbia 340/27 251 243 97 4 78 73 Jason Michael Carroll/God Only Knows/For The Lonely Records 340/32 18 53 287 11 64 74 Will Hoge/Middle Of America/Cumberland Recordings 329/24 -13 -48 377 6 74 75 North 40/Whole Lot Of Livin'/Rhymetown Entertainment 316/22 1 4 312 4 77 76 Dylan Scott/Lay It On Me/Sidewalk Records 307/20 6 17 290 15 41 77 Sam Austin/When She Does It/Plateau Music 302/16 -61 -477 779 4 81 78 Denny Strickland/Swerve On/SMG Records 278/18 6 15 263 8 83 79 Joy Styles/Fast/764 Records 266/14 6 15 251 10 82 80 Ricky Skaggs w/ Sharon White/Forever's Not Long Enough/Skaggs Family Records 262/17 4 9 253

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