Issue 132 Seminar Streams on CRS-40 Isn’T Over

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March 16, 2009 Issue 132 Seminar Streams On CRS-40 isn’t over. At least, not on the web. The advent of streaming panels on the CRB’s website keeps the info...and fun...flowing. Take for instance, the “40 Great Programming Ideas” session. Helmed by WKKT/Charlotte OM/PD Bruce Logan, the 10am Thursday session featured top programmers Mike Kennedy (KBEQ/Kansas City), Steve Geoffries (WSSL & WESC/Greenville, SC), John Paul (KUPL/ Portland) and Ken Boesen (WKIS/Miami). And to keep things interesting, Logan turned the session into a bit of a game. Belt One Out: Keith Gale is flanked by Martina and John McBride Producing a large bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon, Logan following his “Rumble On The Row” victory Friday night. said, “If we’re gonna get through 40 ideas in 40 minutes, they can’t go over and be long-winded. They’ve got a time limit.” So Gale Vs. Michaels: The Good Fight if the buzzer sounded during one of the panelist’s comments, they Competitors in the habit of figuratively pummeling each took a shot. And despite the buzzer at times going off just seconds other for an airplay edge turned to a more literal expression into a comment, all four programmers remained coherent. at Friday’s “Rumble On The Row.” Only in this case, the Ideas ranged from important refreshers – “Get out of the motivation was much more altruistic than advancing country office once a week and listen to your station,” “Roll tape on your singles. RCA’s Keith Gale and Curb’s Adrian Michaels competitors” – to notions that seemed well suited to the panel’s may have been boxing, but they were also helping the well-lubricated undercurrent – “Have the staff come by on Charley Foundation raise more than $100,000 to help local Friday for a drink in your office.” Other ideas: children struggling with abuse, neglect, illness, poverty and • Make sure your web stream sounds like your station. homelessness. The rest is, well, a sideshow. • Obtain listener audio at every opportunity; carry a MiniDisc That said, the country music portion of the 5th Annual Ringside: A Fight For Kids was a pretty good show that drew an recorder to events. (continued on page 6) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

March 16, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 equally strong music biz crowd. Tom Baldrica, Abi Durham, My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e Bryan Frasher, Joe Galante, Doug Johnson, John and KSCS/Dallas PD Crash Poteet discusses Martina McBride, Randy Owen, Joe Patrick, Mike Rogers, his most important songs, artists or concerts: Jeff Solima and Butch Waugh were among those ringside. 1. Willie Nelson & Delbert McClinton Live, Michaels acquitted himself in stellar fashion through the fight’s Springfield, MO, 1980: The first country scheduled three rounds, working in close to the body to offset concert I’d ever seen hooked me for life. Gale’s considerable reach advantage. Ultimately, however, Gale 2. George Strait/Unwound: It was 1981. prevailed, taking a unanimous decision and the title belt. I had been in radio for just over a year “A lot was made of the fight inside the boxing ring between and knew everything. I remember thinking me and my very confident opponent,” Gale says. “I’m proud of Crash Poteet this guy would never make it. Valuable the fight that took place in the fund raising arena – I think I won lesson: none of us will ever know everything. there, too! I am deeply appreciative and eternally grateful to all 3. Toby Keith/Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue: Following the Peter Jennings snub of Toby on the post 9-11 4th of July who supported me and this event.” special, my Oklahoma City station started a boot drive that took “It was one of the most fun things I have ever done,” Michaels hold nationally. In protest, we ended up sending more than adds. “Congrats to Keith Gale, and a bigger congrats to the 800 pairs to the ABC offices in New York. It also marked the first Charley Foundation [for raising] $100,000 dollars to make time I had to fire a jock for breaking playlist. He spun the song children’s wishes and dreams come true.” continuously for over two hours while I was in a meeting. In addition to several boxing bouts, the event also included 4. Dixie Chicks, Wide Open Spaces: Politics aside, one great live and silent auctions, leading to an additional nice moment for album. Of course, eventual listener fall-out of epic proportion. Gale. One of the items up for bid was a guitar autographed by As country programmers, we hadn’t seen this kind of negative Bruce Springsteen. John McBride won the item and presented it reaction. Still a very sore subject here in Texas. to Gale, a huge Springsteen fan. 5. Oak Ridge Boys/Tryin’ To Love Two Women: This will always have special meaning as it was the first song I ever played on the radio. Conner Up At Beasley/Philly • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds: I’m only familiar with the singles from this album, Beasley’s WXTU/Philadelphia VP/GM never listened from start to finish. Natalie Conner has been elevated to VP/Market • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Police’s Manager with added oversight for Rhythmic Synchronicity. I respect it as one of the all time greats, but have WRDW, Talk WWDB and Religious WTMR. never connected to it on any level. The promotion follows last week’s exit of • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Eli Young WRDW GM Lynn Bruder. Conner was named Band’s Jet, Black and Jealous. These guys are from our backyard Natalie Conner VP/GM for ‘XTU in 2005. and are ready to break nationally. • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Give a listen to Marc Broussard & LeAnn Rimes’ “When KWLI Gets New Calls, Jocks It’s Good” from his CD Keep Coming Back. KWLI/Denver is now using calls KWOF-FM and has added three jocks. Sister Oldies KXKL morning co-host Tracy Taylor joins for middays, succeeding Leann Weikert takes afternoons, filling the slot vacated last month Sommers, who moved to middays on sister by Michael “Howler” Fisbeck. Also, former Dial Global Hot Hot AC KIMN. Former KATC/Colorado AC Asst. OM/MD/night jock Chad Blake signs on for nights Springs morning host Jeremy “Wingnut” and weekend/fill-in, which were being handled by sister KXKL

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 16, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 jock Mark Andrews. The Jesse & Shotgun morning show Bi r t h d a y s remains in place. Tuesday (3/17) – Paul Overstreet. Chart Chat Wednesday (3/18) – Charley Pride, Philip Sweet (Little Big Town), Congrats to Darius Rucker, Jimmy Harnen, John Huie, Lisa Austin ([email protected]). Steve Hodges and the rest of the Capitol Thursday (3/19) – Bob Kingsley ([email protected]), Nathan Cruise (nathan. promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 [email protected]), Alison Sparico ([email protected]). single with Rucker’s “It Won’t Be Like This Friday (3/20) – “Ranger” Doug Green, Jerry Reed, Rob Dalton For Long.” The song is Rucker’s second chart ([email protected]), Ben Kline ([email protected]). topper at Country radio, and helps Capitol to ownership of No. 1 for a third consecutive week Saturday (3/21) – Lisa Duff, Shane Lane, Denny Mosesman Darius Rucker ([email protected]), Rick Moxley (rick.moxley@showdogmail. and four of the last six weeks. com), Jimmy Rector ([email protected]), Mike Rogers ([email protected]), John Landrum ([email protected]). St. Jude Roundup Sunday (3/22) – James House, Randy Sharp Country radio is still hard at work raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. WBYT/South Bend, IN held its first ever Monday (3/23) – Roxie Dean, Jim Mazza ([email protected]). Quest For A Million Pennies and brought in the equivalent of 3.8 tons of change to add to its $161,699 total. The full list:

• WQSB/Albertville, AL, $87,492 • KGNC/Amarillo, TX, $69,825 • KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA, $141,655 • WYTZ/Benton Harbor, MI, $22,687 • WKLB/Boston, MA, $422,724 • KFLG/Bullhead City, AZ, $19,259 • WKKT/Charlotte, NC, $160,215 • KALF/Chico, CA, $18,930 Take A Number: WKLB/Boston brought in $421,984 (as you can • WGSQ/Cookeville, TN, $112,775 see) during their Country Cares For St. Jude Kids Radiothon last week, taking the station’s all time total to just under a whopping • WTVY/Dothan, AL, $28,500 $6 million. • KYCK/Grand Forks, ND, $20,174 • WRNS/Greenville, NC, $67,098 • KSNI/Santa Maria, CA, $95,115 • KBLL/Helena, MT, $10,115 • KMPS/Seattle, WA, $433,981 • WOGY/Jackson, TN, $155,646 • WBYT/South Bend, IN, $161,669 • WCOW/La Crosse, WI, $26,628 • WACO/Waco, TX, $105,000 • WWQM/Madison, WI, $100,452 • KKOW/Pittsburg, KS, $23,110 • WXXQ/Rockford, IL, $189,824 Radio News • KNTY/San Jose, CA, $78,030 • Jessica Harp, Trent Tomlinson, Jason Michael Carroll, Phil Vassar and John Rich are set to perform (we’re hoping ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 16, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4

Tu b e Ch e c k American Roots’ TelluRide has signed with Quarterback for radio promotion. Their first single “Pencil Marks” is Tuesday 3/17 – LeAnn Rimes, Live With Regis And Kelly (syndicated); Randy Travis, American Idol (FOX). from the band’s debut album Four Square Miles, which is available digitally. Wednesday 3/18 – Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Randy Travis, Rocky Comfort VP/Publicity/A&R Tami Rose has joined American Idol (FOX). communications and marketing company Team Strategies as Thursday 3/19 – Eric Church, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC). VP/Entertainment Relations. Rose will launch and develop the company’s music and entertainment division. Reach her at 615- Friday 3/20 – Toby Keith, Beer For My Horses (CMT). 330-5672 or [email protected]. Saturday 3/21– Katie Armiger, Early Show (CBS). Sunday 3/22 – Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC). Cracker Barrel Sales To Scan Cracker Barrel is the newest music retail account being Monday 3/23 – Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Crossroads (CMT). tracked by SoundScan, starting March 24 with its participation in sales of Dolly Parton’s Collector’s Edition of Backwoods a rendition of “Happy Birthday”) at WKDF/Nashville’s 10th Barbie. The restaurant/retail outlet has successfully marketed Birthday Bash April 10 at 7pm at the Wildhorse Saloon. its own music program since 2005 with four CD projects per • More than one million iPhone owners have now downloaded year, having featured Charlie Daniels, Sara Evans, Alison Clear Channel’s iheartradio streaming application in the Krauss and Union Station, Kenny Rogers, Josh Turner and service’s first 20 weeks, with online/mobile others. Cracker Barrel has 588 stores, reaching 236 million TSL growing 13% in minutes-per-week. The customers annually. company reports that the service, ranked No. 4 among free music iPhone apps, is now Artist News available in beta for BlackBerry Pearl, Curve Taylor Swift talks love, heartache and Bold users at iheartradio.com. and songwriting in the April issue of Allure magazine. “Let’s say I date a guy Industry News who really does nothing but damage Following his recent me,” she says. “It was worth everything No. 1 with Kenny if you write a song about it.” In other Chesney (“Down The news, tickets to Swift’s Aug. 27 concert Road”), musician/singer/ at Madison Square Garden sold out in songwriter/producer Mac less than 60 seconds over the weekend, McAnally has joined the according to Big Machine. Show Dog artist roster. Brad Paisley closed his Paisley Ashton Shepherd has Party Tour with a sold out concert at Nashville’s Sommet signed with Cherry Heart Show Dog’s Rick Moxley, Bill Kennedy Center Saturday (3/14). Approximately 775,000 attended the and George Nunes (l-r) with Mac 64 stops of the tour, making it Pollstar’s sixth-ranked tour of Entertainment for artist McAnally (seated). management representation. the year (all genre). ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 16, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 5

Ch e c k Ou t : In Sto r e s 3/17 Randy Travis I Told You So: Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.) Travis’ 32-track, two-disc collection features his most popular hits spanning his 23- year career including “Forever And Ever Amen,” “Three Wooden Crosses” and new single “Turn It Around.” The compilation also includes two unreleased songs: “Love’s Alive And Well” and “You Ain’t Right.” Upcoming Album Releases:

March 24 Eric Church Carolina (Capitol) Shooter Jennings Bad Magick: The Best of... (Universal South) Do You See What He Sees? Producer Tony Brown shows off his Cecil Scaife Visionary Award to friends and family. Pictured (l-r) are Heidi Newfield, Martina McBride Shine (RCA) Rodney Crowell, guitar player James Burton, Emmylou Harris, Brown, Lee John Rich Son Of A Preacher Man (Warner Bros.) Ann Womack and Anastasia Brown. March 31 Rodney Atkins It’s America (Curb) Keith Urban Defying Gravity (Capitol) The stars are set for the inaugural “The Stars Go Blue” for Colon Cancer benefit for MusiCares and Colon Cancer Alliance. Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Hal Ketchum and Jamie O’Neal will perform the March 24 event in Nashville. The Week’s Top Stories Information here. See all the week’s news in the archives at www. Danielle Peck will host her third annual Danielle Peck & countryaircheck.com. Friends benefit concert March 30 in Nashville for the Safe • Cumulus’ WFMS/Indianapolis laid off seven staffers in a Haven Family Shelter. Joining Peck are Halfway to Hazard, cost-cutting move, including night personality Darren Tandy Whiskey Falls and more. Details here. (317-847-9788). (CAT 3/16) Proceeds from ringtone sales of Krista Marie’s “Drive It • Country Thunder closed. GM Craig Morris, SVP/Promotion Like I Stole It” will benefit the non-profitB.R.A.K.E.S. , which & Artist Development Bobby Young, Northeast rep Rick “RJ” promotes safe and responsible driving. Text “DRIVEIT” to Jordan, Dir./Artist Development Ralph Salazar and Dir./ 26220 to purchase. New Media Rachel Wills assume positions within Graham Wynonna is partnering will weight loss supplement alli to Artist Management. Exiting are: VP/Sales/Marketing Kim release 200,000 free copies of her latest album Sing with the Markovchick (615-438-7537), West Coast rep Steve Pleshe purchase of specially marked alli starter packs or 170-count refill (559-307-8148), Southeast rep Jeff Davis (615-260-4975), packs. Information here. Southwest regional Rosey Fitchpatrick (405-769-7570 or Jo Dee Messina’s website will “go dark” for 24 hours in 405-255-1001) and Mgr./Promotion Seth Necessary (615-642- honor of Nashville Earth Hour 2009 to encourage people to turn 1854). (Update 3/15). off nonessential lights in their homes for one hour at 8:30pm • Former WTRS/Gainesville-Ocala, FL evening jock Wolf March 28. “When it comes to the environment, we all play a Bowers joined KIAI/Mason City, IA as PD/morning host. part, and it’s up to all of us to take action,” Messina says. (CAT 3/13)

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March 19, 2009 - CMA Songwriters Series - New York City, NY - www.cmaworld.com March 23-25, 2009 – Leadership Music Digital Summit 2009 – Nashville, TN – www.digitalsummit.org March 31-April 4, 2009 – 17th Annual Tin Path South Songwriters Festival – Nashville, TN - www.tinpansouth.com April 5, 2009 – 44th Annual ACM Awards – Las Vegas, NV – www. acmcountry.com April 25-26, 2009 - Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival Indio, CA - www.stagecoachfestival.com May 21, 2009 - CMA Songwriter Series - New York City, NY - www. cmaworld.com Big Hits: Major league baseball player Barry Bonds surprised Blake Shelton at his star-studded No. 1 party for “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” June 11-14, 2009 – CMA Music Festival – Nashville, TN – www. cmafest.com Friday (3/13) at BMI in Nashville. Bonds attended the soiree on songwriter Jennifer Adan’s invitation. Pictured (l-r) BMI’s Jody Willams, June 17, 2009 – CMT Music Awards – www.cmt.com Bonds, Shelton, Adan, Jeffrey Steele, Cory Batten and Steve Wariner. September 10-13, 2009 – Canadian Country Music Week – Vancouver, BC – www.ccma.org Seminar Streams On (continued from page 1) October 15, 2009 – 15th Annual Inspirational Country Music • Do a daily video on your site; buy a Flip Mino and use it. Awards – Hendersonville, TN – www.ccma.cc • Turn one new artist a year into a star in your town. December 3-6, 2009 – Country On The Beach – Cancun, Mexico - • Have a listener be the station photographer at a concert. www.tjmartellfoundation.org • Backup key station files on a home computer. • Send voice-trackers a market specific one-sheet every day. For details on these and other ideas – as well as several other sessions – visit www.crb.org. • Former WQXK/Youngstown, OH PD/MD Dave Steele joined WBTU/Ft. Wayne, IN as PD replacing Chris Sargent, who exited last week. (CAT 3/12) • Robbins/Nashville shuttered its promotion department. VP/ Lon Helton, [email protected] Promotion Tony Benken (615-478-9056) and Dir./National Chuck Aly, [email protected] Promotion Joe Redmond (615-414-5488) exited. (BN 3/11) Jeff Green, [email protected] • WFMS/Indianapolis MD/afternoon jock JD Cannon and Erin Duvall, [email protected] middayer Vicki Murphy picked up interim programming duties Lauren Tingle, [email protected] for the station following Bob Richards’ resignation. GM Chris (615) 320-1450 Wheat is seeking a replacement; send airchecks and resumes to [email protected]. (CAT 3/10) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] March 16, 2009 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 16078 535 4980 174 35.699 1.463 122 0 3 2 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 14117 -612 4399 -219 30.715 -1.292 121 0 1 3 KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 13883 -2967 4357 -852 31.383 -5.949 122 0

4 4 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 13629 -15 4295 10 29.208 -0.002 122 0 6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 13504 448 4222 175 29.232 1.186 123 0 7 6 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 12329 320 3889 136 26.217 0.443 122 0 10 7 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4 11369 928 3645 283 24.431 1.438 122 0 9 8 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 11205 673 3518 208 23.398 1.265 123 0 8 9 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 11030 474 3531 184 24.281 1.128 123 0 11 10 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 10702 642 3468 195 22.769 1.5 119 1 12 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 9777 333 3009 122 22.032 0.665 122 0

14 12 JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.) 8781 29 2679 44 18.779 0.103 119 1 13 13 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 8685 -299 2668 -111 17.374 -1.217 121 0 15 14 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 8362 69 2579 21 17.441 0.12 122 0 17 15 TRACE ADKINS/Marry For Money (Capitol) 7331 -142 2361 7 14.811 -0.422 116 0 16 16 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 7221 -573 2230 -166 14.587 -1.007 120 1

21 17 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 4 7106 1454 2203 448 15.571 3.311 117 4 18 18 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love... (Republic/Universal South) 6595 222 2029 47 13.08 0.638 113 1 19 19 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 6385 82 2117 34 12.247 0.077 118 0

22 20 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 4 6292 1008 2050 331 13.154 2.359 118 4 24 21 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 5547 614 1891 190 9.903 1.143 113 3 23 22 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 5124 137 1603 32 9.627 0.245 111 1

25 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 4473 883 1399 294 8.864 2.055 95 13 26 24 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 3470 142 1153 17 6.528 0.397 89 3

31 25 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 3382 716 1134 210 7.028 1.624 89 13

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

32 26 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 4 3243 1030 1025 341 6.518 1.97 90 24 28 27 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 3162 284 976 102 5.856 0.876 78 4 30 28 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 3126 382 1030 131 6.366 0.959 83 17 27 29 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry ('Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 3078 47 1008 29 5.483 0.281 93 5

29 30 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 2822 52 897 -6 5.557 0.168 63 0 34 31 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 2267 574 704 178 4.096 1.269 69 11 33 32 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 2031 70 644 13 3.638 0.004 60 3 35 33 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 1960 311 570 76 3.361 0.675 56 7

Debut34 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 4 1833 1833 536 536 4.383 4.383 71 67 39 35 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 1746 266 565 97 3.093 0.8 63 5 37 36 TRENT TOMLINSON/That's How It Still Oughta Be (Carolwood) 1705 167 543 42 3.054 0.416 56 6 36 37 ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 1628 39 562 10 2.478 -0.03 64 0 50 38 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 1230 504 294 110 2.084 1.205 32 6 45 39 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 1212 289 387 90 1.792 0.278 50 11 44 40 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 1168 143 427 45 1.704 0.326 51 4

43 41 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 1138 106 441 54 1.627 0.166 51 5 Debut 42 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 1137 494 405 175 2.161 1.005 41 12 41 43 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 1130 35 368 18 1.722 0.175 41 3 42 44 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 1089 -3 338 -4 1.772 -0.056 43 3 46 45 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 944 108 309 41 1.407 0.334 31 1

Debut 46 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 889 171 261 65 1.349 0.337 36 7 Debut 47 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 847 179 241 74 1.3 0.029 26 14 47 48 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 828 26 316 9 0.857 0.07 39 2 49 49 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 810 76 294 32 0.999 0.102 32 3 Debut 50 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 800 161 308 55 0.868 0.218 39 2

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com March 16, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Aircheck Add Leaders Activator Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 67 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 545 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 24 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 507 4 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 18 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 470 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 17 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 393 4 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 373 4 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 13 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 360 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 13 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 323 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 307 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 12 JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.) 298 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 11 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 283 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 11 Activator Top Spin Gainers Aircheck Top Point Gainers KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 302 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 1833 4 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 272 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 272 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 1454 4 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 211 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 1030 4 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 206 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 1008 4 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 206 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 928 4 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 201 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 883 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 189 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 716 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 178 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 673 JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.) 177 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 642 Vi d e o Ad d s JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 614 CMT Billy Ray cyrus/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Rodney atkins/It’s America (Curb) shooter jennings & jamey johnson/Somewhere Between KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 536 Jennings And Jones (excerpt from CMT Crossroads) (Universal/Mercury) SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 448 CMT PURE DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 341 Billy Ray cyrus/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) Marc Broussard f/Leann Rimes/When It’s Good (Atlantic) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 331 Rodney atkins/It’s America (Curb) LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 294 shooter jennings & jamey johnson/Somewhere Between Jennings And Jones (excerpt from CMT Crossroads) (Universal/Mercury) RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 283 GAC ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 210 Billy Ray cyrus/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) jeff bates/One Thing (Black River) RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 208 Marc Broussard f/Leann Rimes/When It’s Good (Atlantic) JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 195 One night rodeo/Alive And Living Rodney atkins/It’s America (Curb) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 190

Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin’ You Home (The Little Black...) (RCA) MARCH 23 Moves 46*-45*; 944 points, 309 spins Sarah Darling/Jack Of Hearts (Black River) 1 ADD including: KKGO NATHAN LEE JACKSON/Small Town Rain (Star City/CO5) JONATHAN SINGLETON AND THE GROVE/Livin’ In Paradise (Universal South) LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) Enters at 46*; 889 points, 261 spins REBEL HEARTS/Jesse Dunn (Rebel Hearts/Nine North) 7 ADDS including: KNCI*, KWNR, WCOL, WCTO*, WKKT, Williams Riley/I’m Still Me (Golden Music/Nine North) WRBT, WWGR MARCH 30 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) Enters at 47*; 847 points, 241 spins ROGER CREAGER/A Good Day For Sunsets (Fun All Wrong/Thirty Tigers) 14 ADDS including: KBWF, KNTY, KSKS, KUPL*, KUZZ, KWJJ, JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) WDAF, WIVK*, WRBT, WWGR TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) JO DEE MESSINA/Shine (Curb) BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) MARCEL/Believin’ (Red Stripe Plane/BPP/New Revolution) Moves 47*-48*; 828 points, 316 spins TELLURIDE/Pencil Marks (American Roots/Quarterback) AARON WATSON/Rollercoaster Ride (BIG Label/Thirty Tigers) 2 ADDS: WIVK*, WXTU APRIL 6 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) RICHARD JAYMES/Dollar And A Dream (ShotGun/CO5) Stays at 49*; 810 points, 294 spins EMILY WEST/That Kind Of Happy (Capitol) 3 ADDS: KWNR, WGTY, WIRK* DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) Enters at 50*; 800 points, 308 spins Aircheck Top Recurrents 2 ADDS: KBWF, WCTK* TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 11100 HOLLY WILLIAMS/Keep The Change (Mercury) KENNY CHESNEY f/M. McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 9441 742 points, 267 spins DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 8235 2 ADDS: KDRK, KRST* BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 6745 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 6434 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 741 points, 252 spins BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 5843 5 ADDS: KJJY*, KNIX, KUBL*, WOGK, WSSL ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4694 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 4383 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 704 points, 252 spins MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 4135 18 ADDS: KKWF, KRTY, KWJJ, WFUS, WKHX, WKKT, WKLB, DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think About It... (Capitol) 3926 WMIL, WUBE, WXTU CARRIE UNDERWOOD/The More Boys I Meet (19/Arista) KID ROCK/Blue Jeans And A Rosary (Atlantic/CO5) 654 points, 142 spins; 0 ADDS 409 points, 115 spins 1 ADD: WSOC* JAMIE O’NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 636 points, 235 spins; 0 ADDS CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Home Sweet Home (19/Arista) 365 points, 127 spins JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 2 ADDS: KATM*, KUBL* 461 points, 134 spins 1 ADD: KWNR Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR March 16, 2009/Chart Page 5

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

2 1 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 4894 72 2806 59 3 2 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 4671 -140 2724 -34 4 3 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 4233 -326 2468 -92 1 4 KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 4185 -790 2377 -451 6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 4118 145 2405 103 7 6 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 4035 209 2315 178 8 7 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 3954 145 2249 97 9 8 TIM MCGRAW/Nothin' To Die For (Curb) 3894 360 2248 206 10 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Here Comes Goodbye (Lyric Street) 3752 222 2140 122 11 10 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 3684 393 2112 211 12 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I Told You So (19/Arista) 3156 163 1809 104 14 12 JOHN RICH/Shuttin' Detroit Down (Warner Bros.) 3024 298 1728 177 13 13 TRACE ADKINS/Marry For Money (Capitol) 2912 116 1689 72 18 14 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 2458 283 1386 161 15 15 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 2401 -258 1352 -160 20 16 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 2328 470 1292 272 17 17 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 2303 75 1324 59 16 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 2293 -49 1323 -15 19 19 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal) 2125 111 1282 73 21 20 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 1795 70 947 60 22 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 1708 186 962 83 24 22 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 1566 323 884 206 23 23 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 1516 76 850 45 28 24 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 1313 373 730 201 26 25 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 1167 201 656 129 25 26 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 1138 -12 636 3 27 27 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 1004 57 567 25 30 28 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 957 116 522 75 29 29 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 887 25 482 3 31 30 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA) 746 -9 387 -5 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR March 16, 2009/Chart Page 6

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

48 31 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 712 507 414 272 37 32 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 695 307 413 189 33 33 TRENT TOMLINSON/That's How It Still Oughta Be (Carolwood) 665 87 327 44 34 34 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/New Revolution) 639 110 316 48 41 35 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 556 254 278 129 Debut 36 KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 545 545 302 302 36 37 CHUCK WICKS/Man Of The House (RCA) 524 84 282 39 35 38 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 502 40 242 20 40 39 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 460 139 240 88 39 40 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 459 131 230 54 38 41 JAMEY JOHNSON/High Cost Of Living (Mercury) 371 31 182 10 52 42 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 366 183 189 121 42 43 PAT GREEN/Country Star (BNA) 333 40 152 17 43 44 ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 278 -3 157 6 45 45 HOLLY WILLIAMS/Keep The Change (Mercury) 249 31 144 12 44 46 TRAILER CHOIR/What Would You Say (Show Dog) 239 4 135 4 46 47 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 224 11 103 7 51 48 KATIE ARMIGER/Trail Of Lies (Cold River) 200 14 112 7 54 49 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 190 45 113 24 53 50 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Back To Tennessee (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 182 15 85 8 50 51 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 174 -24 78 -12 49 52 KEITH ANDERSON/She Could've Been Mine (Columbia) 170 -30 56 -12 47 53 JAMIE O'NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 166 -43 69 -18 55 54 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 139 18 87 10 58 55 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 119 28 57 8 59 56 JULIA BURTON/What A Woman Wants (Emerald River) 91 2 50 1 Debut 57 JOSHUA STEVENS/Rock 'N' Roll & Pensacola (Robbins) 91 0 48 0 Debut 58 JO DEE MESSINA/Shine (Curb) 83 83 21 21 56 59 KID ROCK/Blue Jeans And A Rosary (Atlantic/CO5) 80 -40 43 -29 Debut 60 ZONA JONES/You Should've Seen Her This... (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 76 -6 63 -4 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com