Casey Donahew Casey Donahew Keeps The Top Spot! "Let's Make A Love Song" Almost Country Records Dear Readers; CONTENTS CASEY DONAHEW keeps the #1 position this week with "Let's Make A Love Song." JOSH ABBOTT BAND's "Little — More You" wins triple honors this week, being the Most Added, Greatest Spin Gainer, and the Highest Debut at position #23! Charts Great work everyone! The following stations have been frozen for this week. KFYN-FM (Paris, TX)

The following stations have been FROZEN for 2 consecutive weeks. KKGQ-FM (Wichita, KS)

The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. BELLAMY BROTHERS, THE / If You Ever Leave BUCK FUFFALO / Wishing Well CASEY PEVETO BAND / Broken Hearts Advice JOSH WARD / The Devil Don't Scare Me Anymore KENT GILL / Your Pretty Hazel Eyes PAGE 2-3 KYLIE RAE HARRIS / Big Ol' Heartache — MILES WILLIAMS / Material Things Monitored Panel List TRACtion TX thanks the following artists who used CDX to distribute their latest releases to Texas Red Dirt radio and the PAGE 5 industry. We really appreciate your support! Chart Breakouts HOLLY TUCKER / Take Me Fishin' PAGE 5 MARK WINSTON KIRK / Show Me Your Tattoo — For those who don’t use CDX to distribute their new music but wish to be monitored by TRACtion TX, you can now go to our upload center, fill out the necessary information and send your MP3s for fingerprinting here:https://www.cdxcd.com/ fingerprinting-upload-center/.

We are also happy to hear the Texas Red Dirt community coming together to donate supplies to teachers for the upcoming school year. This movement has spread through social media with the hashtag #clearthelists. For more information on the movement and how to donate, you can go here: http://www.texasmusicpickers.com/texas-red-dirt-music-community-comes-together-to- clearthelists/

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WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Vol 4. #31 Aug 7th, 2019 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 1 1 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song/Almost Country Records 726 81 38 2 14 3 2 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Old School/Flatland Cavalry Music 642 22 38 0 19 5 3 WILLIAM CLARK GREEN/Stay/Bill Grease Records 626 42 35 0 13 2 4 JAKE WARD/Put You Down Tomorrow/Jake Ward Music 621 -1 34 0 23 6 5 JAMIE RICHARDS/Privileges Of Youth/Jamie Richards Music 540 24 31 0 13 4 6 RANDALL KING/Takin' Me A Heartbreak/Randall King Music 498 -119 37 0 20 10 7 STONEY LARUE/Hill Country Boogaloo/One Chord Song/Smith Group 498 78 31 1 9 9 8 DERYL DODD/I'm So Outta Style/Little Red Truck Music 443 17 27 1 15 13 9 JON WOLFE/Some Ol' Bar In The 90s/Jon Wolfe Music 432 41 27 0 11 14 10 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain Blues/Thirty Tigers 407 28 27 1 11 15 11 RANDY ROGERS BAND/I'll Never Get Over You/Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers 397 37 28 2 5 7 12 JAMES LANN/Memory Like You/Ari-Tex Records 386 -74 28 0 20 16 13 JACK INGRAM/Where There's A Willie/Beat Up Ford Records 350 35 27 1 18 12 14 JUNIOR GORDON/Loved 'Em Everyone/Junior Gordon Music 340 -51 28 0 23 11 15 PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS/Dreamer/Prophets and Outlaws Music 337 -63 24 0 18 18 16 ROBERT RAY/Good Country Song/Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 334 51 20 2 11 24 17 CODY JOHNSON/Nothin' On You/Cojo Music LLC 325 114 23 8 4 20 18 CURTIS GRIMES/Still/Curtis Grimes Music 323 86 25 4 8 21 19 SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven Knows/Geronimo West Records 285 53 19 1 10 23 20 KEVIN FOWLER/Better With Beer/Kevin Fowler Records 284 68 28 7 3 17 21 RAY JOHNSTON BAND/Beautiful You/Ray Johnston Music 282 -17 18 1 20 22 22 WHISKEY MYERS/Rolling Stone/Wiggy Thump/Thirty Tigers 265 35 22 3 6 -- 23 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Little More You/Josh Abbott Band Music 227 227 14 14 1 19 24 KYLIE FREY/Ain't Enough Beer/Kylie Frey Music 217 -55 25 0 28 35 25 SUNDANCE HEAD/Close Enough To Walk/Wildcatter 212 68 18 2 16 30 26 WYNN WILLIAMS/Yeah Buddy/Wynn Williams Music 201 38 20 1 3 29 27 FRANK RAY/Just for a Minute/Frank Ray Music 199 24 17 1 13 28 28 DREW FISH/The Devil You Know/Reel Records 192 6 20 1 8 32 29 HAYES CARLL/If I May Be So Bold/Dualtone Records 168 20 14 2 4 26 30 SCOTTY ALEXANDER/My First Beer/Scotty Alexander Music 166 -23 15 0 15

WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 7th, 2019 | PAGE 2 L T Wks On Spins + Stations Adds W W - Chart Artist / Song Title / Label 25 31 HOLLY TUCKER/Country Music Won't Let Me/M&D Records 165 -33 17 0 16 34 32 ABE MAC BAND/Crazy/Abe Mac Music 163 17 11 2 13 39 33 MARK MCKINNEY/Cinnamon Shore/Mark McKinney Music 162 47 13 2 7 31 34 MARIO FLORES/That Man/Schimflo 152 -2 12 1 18 38 35 DONICE MORACE/The Blues Are Alive And Well/Donice Morace Music 150 13 10 1 6 33 36 MARK POWELL/This Bar Needs A Town/Mark Powell Music 145 -1 13 2 3 36 37 MASON LIVELY/Early Grave/Mason Lively Music 144 2 11 0 11 49 38 KOE WETZEL (& THE KONVICTS)/Ragweed/Koe Wetzel Music 139 41 8 1 2 37 39 JAMES COOK/Let 'Em Run/James Cook Music 138 1 13 0 17 46 40 DUSTIN SONNIER/Between The Stones & Jones/Dustin Sonnier Music 126 24 13 1 2 44 41 MARTY HEDDIN/A Little Less Lonely/Nightlife Entertainment Group/Dreamlined Entertainment Group 119 15 14 0 8 -- 42 ZACH COFFEY/Nobody Frames Bad Days/Zach Coffey Music 118 38 12 3 7 47 43 POWELL BROTHERS, THE/The Way You Are/Tolar Powell Entertainment 109 8 9 0 13 42 44 TANYA TUCKER/The Wheels Of Laredo/Fantasy Records/Concord 107 -1 14 1 4 41 45 KAITLIN BUTTS/White River/Kaitlin Butts Music 106 -3 8 0 7 40 46 MORGAN ASHLEY/Come Find Me/Morgan Ashley Music 105 -8 11 1 8 45 47 GARY KYLE/American Flags/Gary Kyle Music 104 1 10 1 3 48 48 RAGLAND/Footsteps/Ragland Music 102 2 11 1 11 -- 49 JARROD MORRIS/Coyote/Jarrod Morris Music 99 7 6 0 1 -- 50 JODY BOOTH/Life of My Love/S.O.T. Records 96 16 10 3 1

Number 1 = Most Added = Spin Gainer = Bubbling Under Position RODNEY CROWELL/Flatland Hillbillies/RC1 Records 51 DUSTY NEUMAN/Spike Drivin' Blues/Marathon Music Group 52 HAYDEN HADDOCK/Everywhere I Need To Be/Hayden Haddock Music 53 MATT CALDWELL/Highways and Honkytonks/Matt Caldwell Music 54 CASEY BAKER/Life Has Taken Its Toll On Me/Casey Baker Music 55 COMANCHE MOON/Goin' To The Country/CM Music 56 JOSH GRIDER/My First Band/Josh Grider Music 57 STETSON WALKER/That's When the Party Starts/Stetson Walker Music 58 WILL CARTER/Good Bad Idea/Will Carter Music 59 SAINTS ELEVEN (FT. WALT WILKINS)/Strange Round Here/Saints Eleven Music 60

WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 7th, 2019 | PAGE 3 Monitored Stations KAXA-FM Kerrville, TX KNES-FM Fairfield, TX KSSL-FM Post, TX texasboundradio.com KBSO-FM Corpus Christi, TX KOKE-FM Austin, TX KTTU-FM HD4 (K226CH-FX) Lubbock, TX texashomegrownradio.com KBST-FM Big Spring, TX KOLI-FM Wichita Falls, TX KTTX-FM Brenham, TX TexasRedHotRadio.com KECO-FM Elk City, OK KORA-FM Bryan, TX KTXM-FM Hallettsville, TX TBJS Radio Poteau, OK KERP-FM Dodge City, KS KOXE-FM Brownwood, TX KUSH-AM Cushing, OK KFLP-FM Floydada, TX KPAK-FM Alva, OK KUSQ-FM Worthington, MN KFTX-FM Corpus Christi, TX KPUR-FM Canyon, TX KVST-FM Montgomery, TX KFWR-FM Ft. Worth, TX KQSC-AM Colorado Springs, CO KWOX-FM Woodward, OK KFYN-FM Paris, TX KQZQ-FM Kiowa, KS KXKZ-FM Ruston, LA KHLB-FM Mason, TX KRBL-FM Levelland,TX KXOX-FM Sweetwater,TX KHYI-FM Howe, TX KRRG-FM Laredo, TX KYKC-FM Ada, OK KIKK-FM (HD2) Houston, TX KRUN-AM Ballinger, TX KYKM-FM Yoakum, TX KKAJ-FM Ardmore, OK KRVF-FM Kerens, TX KYKX-FM Longview,TX KKCN-FM San Angelo, TX KRVN-FM Lexington, NE KYYK-FM Palestine, TX KKGQ-FM Wichita, KS KSAM-FM Huntsville, TX coyotecountryradio.com KMOM-FM Aberdeen, SD KSEL-FM Portales, NM madeintexasradio.com Strikethrough = Removed Bold = Newly Added Underlined = Frozen this Week Double Underlined = Frozen 2 Weeks

TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. Go to https://www.cdxcd.com/fingerprinting-upload-center/ for fingerprinting.

Chart Recurrent Methodology

When does a song move to recurrent on the With this in mind, the CDX TRACtion Texas chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we recurrent policy grades each chart position on a encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Texas curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart chart system. Rather than relying on subjective position and spin history for that song. Newly editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart process using the weekly chart data as a marker. before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered We strive to avoid having singles past their prime by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles loss from the single’s previous peak spin count upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a But we also try to ensure that singles “on the percentage, depending on the chart position. bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while In addition to making sure that only singles with to establish a solid base among early believers at significant downward movement become recurrent, radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any this methodology also benefits slow-developing number of reasons, the path to peak chart position singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the and/or chart position growth. lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at On a monitored airplay chart like CDX TRACtion risk of being moved to recurrent status with two Texas, the reality is that new singles bounce around consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly return to positive spin growth the following week, in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin which will reset the clock. increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.

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WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM “Monitored Radio Airplay” Aug 7th, 2019 | PAGE 4 Most Added Adds JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Little More You Josh Abbott Band Music 14 CODY JOHNSON/Nothin' On You Cojo Music LLC 8 KEVIN FOWLER/Better With Beer Kevin Fowler Records 7 CURTIS GRIMES/Still Curtis Grimes Music 4 WHISKEY MYERS/Rolling Stone Wiggy Thump/Thirty Tigers 3 ZACH COFFEY/Nobody Frames Bad Days Zach Coffey Music 3 JODY BOOTH/Life of My Love S.O.T. Records 3 KIN FAUX/Teardrops on the Rocks Kin Faux Music 3 DALTON DOMINO/Love Is Dangerous Lightning Rod Records 3 Buzz Russell w Hayden Haddock at KNES in Fairfeild, TX. CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song Almost Country Records 2

Greatest Spin Gainers Increase JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Little More You Josh Abbott Band Music 227 CODY JOHNSON/Nothin' On You Cojo Music LLC 114 CURTIS GRIMES/Still Curtis Grimes Music 86 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song Almost Country Records 81 STONEY LARUE/Hill Country Boogaloo One Chord Song/Smith Group 78 KEVIN FOWLER/Better With Beer Kevin Fowler Records 68 SUNDANCE HEAD/Close Enough To Walk Wildcatter 68 SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven Knows Geronimo West Records 53 ROBERT RAY/Good Country Song Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 51 MARK MCKINNEY/Cinnamon Shore Mark McKinney Music 47

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