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Lars Brandie ,II -44- 207 -420 -6068 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU CHIEFS: Christie Eliezer (Australe), Larry LeBlanc (Canada). tention that CMT was receiving, and every in on 8o million homes with the best rat- There is also the fact that country has Steve McClure (Asia Wolfgang Spahr (Germany) CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Sam Andrews, Juliana Koranteng, Paul Sexton once in a while we'd see that a country ings in its history, and country radio is always been a vibrant scene with real stars album hit No. t on The Billboard zoo, clearly on the rise. After falling to a low and real artists -people with whom the CREATIVE DIRECTION 8 CONSULTING CREATIVE DIRECTION: STARK DESIGN (wwv starkdesgnny corn). DANIEL STARK but few people put all the pieces together point in fall 2ooz with a national iz -plus listener can identify. As other formats ART DIRECTOR: Timothy Jones; SENIOR DESIGNER: Jodi Miller to detect what has become a clear trend: Arbitron share of 8.2, the format has con- struggle to find a name to attach to their CHARTS B RESEARCH Country music is back. sistently trended upward on the way to most popular music, there is no such DIRECTOR OF CHARTS /SENIOR ANALYST: GEOFF MAYFIELD (LA.) CHART MANAGERS: Bob Allen (Boxscore. Nashville). Keith Caulfield (Pop Catalog. Soundtracks. Rnck mociprn Rock ght Recans). You need to look no further than the its current, very healthy 8.8 share. It is problem in country, where the fans know Production Credits L t. Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Spotl LJ Ir Ricardo Companioni c -. Latin. Classical), Mary DeCroce 1 -'. I _ NBA All -Star Game for confirmation.