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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, May 22, 2014 ! NEWS CHART SPIN ZONE ! Top Ten — The Band Perry takes the No. 1 spot this week with Haley To Be Remembered in Nashville “Chainsaw” followed closely by Tyler Farr’s “Whiskey In My A memorial service for Water” at No 2. Chris Young continues his climb as “Who I Am Country radio promotion With You” reaches No. 3. Finishing the top 5 are last week’s No 1, “Play It Again” by Luke Bryan at No 4 and Jake Owen’s “Beachin” veteran David Haley will be at No 5. Eli Young Band drops one spot from last week, to No. 6 held Tuesday, June 10, 2014 with “Dust,” Brad Paisley gains ground by upping to No. 7 with in Nashville. “River Bank.” Blake Shelton is at No. 8 this week with “My Eyes” Haley passed away on May followed by “Song About A Girl” by Eric Paslay. The Swon 3, 2014 in Oxford, MS at Brothers break into the top 10 with their hit “Later On.”! age 56. He moved to ! Nashville in 1984 and Greatest Gainers — Brantley Gilbert’s collaboration with Justin held radio promotion roles at Moore and Thomas Rhett had the biggest gain this week. “Small various labels, including 17 years with MCA Nashville, where he Town Throwdown” had a spin increase of 567. Lady Antebellum’s rose to VP, Promotion. He followed his time at MCA with roles at new song “Bartender” had 508 additional spins this week. Blake Shelton saw a jump in “My Eyes” with the song being played 299 Equity, InstiGator, Edgehill, and Tenacity. more times than last week. Jake Owen’s “Beachin” received extra More information can be found HERE love this week with a play increase of 258. Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk … On A Plane” also had a big increase of 250 spins.! Lee Ann Womack To Release New Project ! Lee Ann Womack will release her ﬁrst Debuts — Jerrod Niemann’s “Donkey” was the highest debut this week at No. 68. Randy Houser broke into the chart at No. 71 with album in nearly seven years when The “Like A Cowboy.” Eric Church’s “Cold One” debuted on the chart Way I’m Livin’ debuts on Sept. 23 on at No. 79 and Rachel Turner is in with “Meet Me In The Middle” at roots label Sugar Hill. No. 80. The project is produced by Frank Liddell and features songs penned by Chris Knight, Mindy Smith, Buddy Miller, Mando Saenz, Hayes Carll, Neil Young, Bruce Robison and one cover song written by Roger Miller.

… Butler Joins MusicMaster Veteran radio programmer, Jerry Butler, has joined MusicMaster as the New Music Scheduling Consultant. Butler brings over 25 years of radio and media experience and will help the international growth of MusicMaster catalog of music scheduling software. He begins his new role on June 5, 2014. Founded by Joe Knapp in 1983, Brett Eldridge after playing at Buck Owen’s Crystal Palace MusicMaster is the world’s largest in Bakersfield, CA. Windows-based music scheduling Pictured L to R: KUZZ PD Tom Jordan, Eldredge, KUZZ’s software for radio and television Lori Jordan stations. Thursday, May 22, 2014

! SINGLES CALENDAR ! WEEKLY CHART DATA! May 19 Jerrod Niemann/Donkey/Arista ! Brantley Gilbert Feat. Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett/Small Town New On The Chart —Debuting This Week Throwdown/Valory Artist/song/label — chart pos. Randy Houser/Like A Cowboy/Stoney Creek Records Jerrod Niemann/Donkey/Arista - 68 Kira Isabella/Quarterback/HitShop Randy Houser/Like A Cowboy/Stoney Creek - 71 Grayson/Time Machine/Way Outback Records Eric Church/Cold One/EMI Nashville – 79 Eric Von/I Can’t Help But Smile/HMG Nashville Rachael Turner/Meet Me In The Middle/Rustic Records - 80 Kate McRae/Warning Label/HMG Nashville ! Jennifer Nickerson/Keep On Keepin On/HMG Nashville Greatest Spin Increase Sweetwater Rain/Tailspin/Curb Records Artist/song/label — chart pos. May 26 Brantley Gilbert/Small Town Throwdown/Valory Music Co. – 567 Casey Donahew Band/Lovin Out of Control/Almost Country Ent. Lady Antebellum/Bartender/Capitol - 508 Crystal Day/Drown/HMG Nashville Blake Shelton/My Eyes/Warner Bros. - 299 DOWNDAY/Crank It Up/Render !Jake Owen/Beachin/RCA Nashville - 258 June 2 Most Added Sheryl Crow/Shotgun/Warner Bros. Brantley Gilbert/Small Town/Throwdown/Valory – 41

Johnny Orr Band/Down South/John and John Ent. Lady Antebellum/Bartender/Capitol -35 Misty Rae Carson/Woke Up One Day/Little Loud Records Eric Church/Cold One/EMI Nashville -15 June 9 Jerrod Niemann/Donkey/Arista -12 Sawyer Brown/Walk Out of the Rain/Beach Street Records Zac Brown Band/All Alright/Southern Ground-Atlantic -9 Mitch Goudy/Aint’ My Fault/Third Floor Records Kip Moore/Dirt Road/MCA -9 Demun Jones/Jones County/Average Joes ! Danny Boone/Fish Grease/Average Joes On Deck—Soon To Be Charting June 16 Breelan Angel/Double Standards/Momentum-Misbehavin’ Records - Bryan Mayer/This Is Me/Sound Check Entertainment 189 Zane Williams/Little Too Late/Be Music & Entertainment - 183 June 23 Amy Allen/Josie Rae/Wormwood – 182 Tyler Barham/More Than a Cotton Dress/YN Records Dan + Shay/Show You Off/ Warner Bros. – 172 Sarah Dunn Band/You or the Whiskey/Audacity Records Bucky Covington/Buzzin’/Bare Footin’ - 154 July 1 ! Colt Ford/Thanks For Listening/Average Joes Frozen Playlists – WJMQ, WXXK, WZZS !

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Branch And Dean visits with KVWF/Wichita in support of Sidewalk Records’ Dylan Scott (Middle) with KMPS/ their single “Glad She’s Not An Angel.” Seattle PD Ed Hill and his wife Heather after his Pictured L to R- Steve Branch- KVWF’s Colby Ericson, performance at the 31st Annual KMPS/ Rotary Dean Scallan Scholarship fundraiser. Thursday, May 22, 2014

! VOICES OF SECONDARY RADIO NO. 1 SONG Ken! Scott, WBWI/West Bend, WI ! What criteria and resources do Someone call Sound you use to determine spins each Forest because The week? Band Perry is on the How are listeners reacting? Are loose with their we getting organic requests that “Chainsaw!” The fourth aren’t prompted? How does it sound on air and do we need more single from the trio’s tempo in other categories? sophomore album What criteria and resources do Pioneer, has climbed to you use to determine which new No. 1 on our music you will add into rotation? CountryBreakout Chart, almost as high as the trees they I watch spin counts on The Musicrow chop down in their music video. The Republic Nashville chart as well as Billboard Indicator. We like to see a tune in the top 60 generally, but we will single was produced by Dann Huff and written by jump on something if it has the “sound” we’re looking modern-day hit makers Shane McAnally, Josh for at the time and it’s well produced. We try to be Osborne, and Matt Ramsey. Of course the responsible ahead of the curve on what “sound” is going to popular. siblings give an ending credit disclaimer for the video, Why is it important for you to be on MusicRow's which features Stihl chainsaws falling trees in the name panel? We want to have a voice in Country music and of heartbreak. A note of reassurance denotes the support MusicRow provides us with that voice. We like to have of the aforementioned Tennessee-based EcoCharity our two cents count! helping to restore natural and urban forests by planting ! trees in rural and urban sites. When they're not falling ! trees, you can catch the trio at the CMT Awards on June ! 4, where they are nominated for two trophies. The siblings will be hanging around at CMA Fest the rest of Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Coin the week in Nashville (June 5-6) after ﬁnishing their We recipients. Are Pioneers World Tour, prior to joining Blake ! !Shelton’s Ten Times Crazier Tour through October.

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WHMA Anniston, AL KSMA Mason City, IA KRRV Alexandria, LA WFGE State College, PA WGLR Platteville, WI WXFL Florence, AL KXIA Marshalltown, IA KXKZ Ruston, LA WWBE Selinsgrove, PA WJMQ Shawano, WI KCJC Russellville, AR KICR Sandpoint, ID WKTT Salisbury, MD KYTN Union City, TN WJVL Janesville, WI KCNY Conway, AR KTHK Idaho Falls, ID WATZ Alpena, MI WDKN Dickson, TN WQPC, Prairie du Chien WI KDXY Jonesboro, AR WAAG Galesburg, IL WJNR Iron Mountain, MI WEIO Huntingdon, TN WDGG Huntington, WV KQUS Hot Springs, AR WIBL Normal, IL WUPY Ontonagon, MI WLLX Lawrenceburg, TN WKKW Morgantown, WV KWCK Searcy, AR WOOZ Carterville, IL KBXB Sikeston, MO WOWF Crossville, TN WKWS Charleston, WV KSED Flagstaff, AZ WIFE Connersville, IN KDKD Clinton, MO WUCZ Carthage, TN WTCR Huntington, WV KTTI Yuma, AZ WLJE Valparaiso, IN KFAV Warrenton, MO Renegade Radio Nashville KWHW Altus, OK KVAY Lamar, CO KAIR Atchison, KS KWWR Mexico, MO Nashville, TN KZPK St. Cloud, MN WTRS Ocala, FL KKOW Pittsburgh, KS KZZY Devils Lake, ND KFTX Corpus Christi, TX KRGI Grand Island, NE WZZS Zolfo Springs, KVWF Wichita, KS KRVN Lexington, NE KGKL San Angelo, TX WMKC Cheboygan, MI FL KYEZ Salina, KS WXXK Lebanon, NH KMKS Bay City, TX WDZQ Decatur, IL WBYZ Baxley, GA WBKR Owensboro, KY WCJW Warsaw, NY KXOX Sweetwater, TX KHBZ Harrison, AR WOKA Douglas, GA WDHR Pikeville, KY WDNB Liberty, NY KYYK Palestine, TX WMCI Mattoon, IL WTHO Thomson, GA KDOL Livingston, TX WKLI Latham, NY WTCM Traverse City, MI WBWI West Bend, WI KBOE Oskaloosa, IA WGGC Bowling Green, KITX Hugo, OK WAKG Danville, VA WKPQ Hornell, NY KIAI Mason City, IA KY KKAJ Ardmore, OK WMEV Marion, VA WFRY Watertown, NY KLMJ Hampton, IA WKDZ Cadiz, KY KREK Bristow, OK WAXX Altoona, WI WKFC London, KY KMGO Centerville, IA KIAI Mason City, IA KWEY Weatherford, OK WCOW Sparta, WI KBKB Burlington, IA KLMJ Hampton, IA ! KWOX Woodwards, OK page 1 Thursday, May 22, 2014

Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 13 2 1 The Band Perry/Chainsaw/Republic Nashville 3305/97 1 48 3257 27 3 2 Tyler Farr/Whiskey In My Water/Columbia Nashville 3249/94 6 182 3067 20 4 3 Chris Young/Who I Am With You/RCA Nashville 3047/97 4 116 2931 11 1 4 Luke Bryan/Play It Again/Capitol Nashville 2991/81 -17 -608 3599 17 6 5 Jake Owen/Beachin'/RCA Nashville 2861/92 10 258 2603 18 5 6 Eli Young Band/Dust/Republic Nashville 2741/97 1 36 2705 7 9 7 Brad Paisley/River Bank/Arista 2557/95 9 210 2347 7 10 8 Blake Shelton/My Eyes/Warner Bros. 2506/91 14 299 2207 13 11 9 Eric Paslay/Song About A Girl/EMI Nashville 2421/92 11 247 2174 17 12 10 Swon Brothers/Later On/Arista Nashville 2295/96 7 151 2144 17 15 11 Easton Corbin/Clockwork/Mercury Nashville 2093/88 8 161 1932 19 13 12 Joe Nichols/Yeah/Red Bow 2075/81 3 65 2010 14 16 13 Lee Brice/I Don't Dance/Curb Records 1961/80 4 78 1883 6 19 14 Tim McGraw/Meanwhile, Back At Mama's/Big Machine 1880/91 14 234 1646 12 17 15 David Nail/Kiss You Tonight/MCA Nashville 1757/83 5 76 1681 12 18 16 Tracy Lawrence/Lie/Lawrence Music Group 1738/77 4 64 1674 6 24 17 Dierks Bentley/Drunk On A Plane/Capitol 1628/87 18 250 1378 23 20 18 Robby Johnson/South of Me/Contrast Music Records 1571/64 3 42 1529 18 21 19 Katie Armiger/Safe/Cold River 1558/60 10 146 1412 11 25 20 Kacey Musgraves/Keep It To Yourself/Mercury Nashville 1510/74 10 136 1374 16 26 21 Erica Nicole/I Listen To My Bad Girl/EN Music/PCL 1506/64 10 132 1374 10 22 22 Jon Pardi/What I Can't Put Down/Capitol 1481/78 7 91 1390 10 23 23 Cassadee Pope/I Wish I Could Break Your Heart/Republic Nashville 1469/79 6 85 1384 10 27 24 Clare Dunn/Get Out/Road 43 1408/76 3 45 1363 13 28 25 Jo Dee Messina/A Woman's Rant/Dreambound 1401/64 4 58 1343 8 31 26 Dustin Lynch/Where It's At/Broken Bow Records 1389/67 19 226 1163 10 30 27 Chase Rice/Ready Set Roll/Columbia Nashville 1331/70 12 146 1185 9 32 28 Cole Swindell/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight/Warner Bros. 1234/71 7 76 1158 17 29 29 Kelleigh Bannen/Famous/EMI 1220/55 1 7 1213 14 34 30 Glen Templeton/Ball Cap/Black River Entertainment 1146/50 8 88 1058 8 35 31 Love And Theft/Night That You'll Never Forget/RCA Nashville 1114/68 10 100 1014 5 39 32 Zac Brown Band/All Alright/Southern Ground/Atlantic 1092/71 24 214 878 8 36 33 Brothers Osborne/Rum/EMI Nashville 1037/61 6 61 976 12 37 34 Branch & Dean/Glad She's Not An Angel/SSM Nashville 1006/52 4 40 966 19 33 35 The Cadillac Three/The South/Big Machine 992/53 -8 -87 1079

Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Reports Power +- # Spins 9 40 36 Rachel Holder/Shining Now/Curb Records 988/54 14 122 866 14 38 37 Sherry Lynn/Girls Will Be Girls/Steal Heart 932/46 2 22 910 11 41 38 Levi Riggs/I'm Good/Windridge Records 912/51 9 79 833 6 42 39 Scotty McCreery/Feelin' It/Mercury 906/57 19 146 760 2 71 40 Brantley Gilbert/Small Town Throwdown/Valory 832/62 214 567 265 5 43 41 Josh Thompson/Wanted Me Gone/Show Dog - Universal 815/57 16 112 703 2 70 42 Lady Antebellum/Bartender/Capitol 789/59 181 508 281 11 44 43 Big & Rich/Look at You/Big & Rich Records-New Revolution 754/48 9 64 690 13 46 44 SaraBeth/That's The Sound/Circle S 719/33 10 64 655 4 52 45 Kip Moore/Dirt Road/MCA 675/45 34 171 504 13 45 46 Gloriana/Best Night Ever/Emblem/Warner Bros. Nashville 664/41 1 7 657 9 48 47 Austin Webb/Raise 'Em Up/Streamsound 652/48 12 68 584 11 47 48 Natalie Stovall and the Drive/Baby Come On With It/HitShop Records 632/35 6 34 598 4 54 49 Leah Turner/Pull Me Back/Columbia Nashville 603/46 27 127 476 5 57 50 Frankie Ballard/Sunshine & Whiskey/Warner Bros. 592/41 35 154 438 9 50 51 Steve Richard/South of Heaven/Force MP 549/37 5 26 523 12 49 52 Jeremy Phifer/Take the L out of Lover/HMG Nashville 549/29 1 3 546 13 53 53 Parmalee/Close Your Eyes/Stoney Creek 539/31 9 45 494 8 51 54 Clinton Gregory f/Collin Raye/Some Real Good People/Melody Roundup Music 533/29 6 28 505 5 55 55 Lonestar/Just The Rain/4 Star Records 527/35 16 73 454 8 58 56 Brandon Chase/One/After Eden 476/37 13 53 423 10 56 57 North 40/Tell Me Somethin' Good/Rhymetown Entertainment 463/30 3 15 448 5 59 58 Danielle Bradbery/Young In America/Big Machine 435/33 6 23 412 6 60 59 Deana Carter/Do Or Die/Little Nugget Records 417/27 6 23 394 5 63 60 Leah Seawright/Dixie Daughter/Attababy 373/24 7 26 347 7 62 61 Michelle Cupit/She's A Trainwreck/Cupit 366/21 5 18 348 2 67 62 John King/Tonight Tonight/Black River Entertainment 365/26 22 65 300 4 66 63 Tim Sweeney/Somebody To Love/Oil House Records 350/28 11 35 315 7 65 64 Callie Bobsin/Lookin At You/Stillbrook Records 346/22 7 23 323 5 68 65 Courtney Rau/Click/2014 AP Music 327/19 11 33 294 2 73 66 Chris Weaver Band/American Dreamer/American Roots Records 326/27 26 68 258 4 69 67 Joe Bachman/Lookatchu/Rock Ridge Music 313/26 7 20 293 1 87 68 Jerrod Niemann/Donkey/Arista 304/28 83 138 166 3 74 69 DOWNDAY/Crank It Up/Render 297/26 16 40 257 6 72 70 Kayla Calabrese/This Is How It Feels/GTR Records/ Spin Doctors 281/16 7 18 263 1 82 71 Randy Houser/Like A Cowboy/Stoney Creek 266/25 40 76 190 4 81 72 Soul Circus Cowboys/That's The Way We Roll/SMG 260/16 18 40 220 3 80 73 Blair Mathews/It's About Us/Stoney Hill Productions 259/16 18 39 220 4 79 74 Marshall Dane/Alcohol Abuse/Gold Lake-MTS 257/16 16 36 221 6 75 75 Lexi Larsen/You Can Leave (If You Want To)/OWC Records 251/18 2 5 246 4 77 76 Stevie Lee Woods/Hey What Do I Know/Krazy Town Records 244/17 9 20 224 7 76 77 Stephanie Grace/How's That Workin' For Ya/SMG 236/12 5 11 225 3 78 78 Chelsea Bain/Cowboy in a Cadillac/Bigger Picture 233/19 5 11 222 1 124 79 Eric Church/Cold One/EMI Nashville 225/19 463 185 40 1 88 80 Rachael Turner/Meet Me In The Middle/Rustic Records 191/13 18 29 162

Going For Adds May 26 Casey Donahew Band/Lovin Out of Control/ Almost Country Ent. Crystal Day/Drown/HMG Nashville DOWNDAY/Crank It Up/Render Sarah Davidson/Drink You Up/Supertone June 2 Sheryl Crow/Shotgun/Warner Bros. Johnny Orr Band/Down South/John and John Ent. Misty RaeCarson/Woke Up One Day/Little Loud Records Morgan Riley/Rowdy Shoutin Cowboy/ SkyTone Entertainment June 9 Sawyer Brown/Walk Out of the Rain/Beach Street Records Mitch Goudy/Aint’ My Fault/Third Floor Records Demun Jones/Jones County/Average Joes Danny Boone/Fish Grease/Average Joes June 16 Bryan Mayer/This Is Me/Sound Check Entertainment