"NEWS! "SPIN ZONE ! "SINGLES CALENDAR! "CHART DATA ! "NO. 1 SONG! VOICES OF SECONDARY RADIO! " COVERING THE SECONDARY RADIO MARKET SINCE 2002 REPORTING ! PANEL! Thursday, December 11, 2014 " " NEWS SPIN ZONE CHART " " MusicRow’s “Next Big Thing” Issue Is Here Top Ten— Eric Church speeds to the No. 1 spot this week MusicRow, Nashville's leading music with “Talladega.” Darius Rucker is up one spot to No. 2 with industry publication, is proud to reveal “Homegrown Honey” followed by Thomas Rhett’s “Make Me the 11 artists who are highlighted in its Wanna” at No. 3. Lee Brice moves up to No. 4 with “Drinking inaugural 2015 Next Big Thing print Class.” Jake Owen is at No. 5 with “What We Ain’t Got.” magazine. These artists range from Florida Georgia Line’s “Sun Daze” is up to No. 6 and Chris established hit-makers prepping their Young’s “Lonely Eyes” lands at No. 7. Randy Houser gains next moves, to newcomers ready to claim one spot to No. 8 with “Like A Cowboy.” Luke Bryan makes a their turns in the spotlight—what they all big jump into the Top 10 with “I See You” up seven spots to have in common is plenty of forward No. 9. Tyler Farr is at No. 10 again this week with “A Guy "momentum. To read the story, Click HERE. "Walks Into A Bar.” … Greatest Gainers— Luke Bryan breaks into the Top 10 and lands at No. 9 after 413 new spins this week. Blake Shelton is Eric Paslay Extends Headlining Tour on his way up with “Lonely Tonight.” The song saw 398 EMI Records Nashville’s Eric Paslay will extend his national additional plays this week. Jason Aldean’s “Just Gettin’ headlining tour into 2015, kicking off in Chicago on Jan. 2. Started” was up 272 spins and Garth Brooks’ “Mom” up 255. The Make Every Night A Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” moved up 15 spots thanks to Friday Night Tour runs 240 new plays. through the end of April, " making stops in over 30 Debuts— Steven Lee Olsen had the highest debut with markets. Between his “Raised By A Good Time” at No. 71. Also making their chart headlining dates, Paslay will debut are Steve Everett’s “50 Shades Of Cowboy” at No. 75, join Luke Bryan and Dallas Smith and “Wastin’ Gas” at No. 76, Colt Ford’s “Crank Florida Georgia Line on It Up” at No. 77, North 40’s “Whole Lot Of Livin’” at No. 78, Eric Paslay Crash My Playa, the ultimate country Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” at No. 79 and Granger Smith concert experience, in Riviera Maya, at No. 80 with “Bury Me In Blue Jeans.” Mexico on Jan 25. For a list of dates, Click HERE. " … … Jerry Duncan Promotions Adds Secondary Promotion Manager Heather Stupeck has joined Jerry Duncan Promotions as Secondary Promotion Manager. Stupeck is a former Digital Media Assistant and On-Air Personality at WKDQ and WDKS in Evansville, Ind. Duncan commented, “Heather brings a tremendous amount of energy, creativity and passion to our company and we are very excited to have her on board.” Stupeck can be reached at 615-329-1032, or Columbia Nashville’s Steven Lee Olsen recently met staffers at [email protected]. Heather Stupeck WGTY/York. Olsen’s debut single “Raised By a Good Time” is at radio now. Pictured (L-R): WGTY PD Rick Kennis, Olsen and " … WGTY PD Scott Donato " Thursday, December 11, 2014 WEEKLY CHART DATA SINGLES CALENDAR " " New On The Chart —Debuting This Week December 15 Artist/song/label—chart pos. Little Big Town/Girl Crush/Capitol Steven Lee Olsen/Raised By A Good Time/Columbia Nashville—71 Josh Dorr/Save Your Breath/RCA Nashville Sweetwater Rain/Tailspin/MCC Curb Steve Everett/50 Shades Of Cowboy/Morning Sunshine—75 " Dallas Smith/Wastin’ Gas/Big Loud Mountain—76 January 5, 2015 Colt Ford/Crank It Up/Average Joe’s—77 Austin Webb/All Country On You/Streamsound North 40/Whole Lot Of Livin’/Rhymetown Entertainment—78 Downday/Stuck On 17/Render Little Big Town/Girl Crush/Capitol Nashville—79 " Granger Smith/Bury Me In Blue Jeans/Pioneer Music—80 January 12 " Corey Cox/Wake Up Drunk/Markle Music Group Greatest Spin Increase The Vic Harris Band/Rowdy Ass Cowboy/Airwave Artist/song/label—Spin Increase " Luke Bryan/I See You/Capitol Nashville— 413 January 19 Blake Shelton/Lonely Tonight/Warner Bros.—398 Logan Mize/Can’t Get Away From A Good Time/Arista Nashville Jason Aldean/Just Gettin’ Started/Broken Bow—272 Chase Likens/Playing It Safe/HMG " Garth Brooks/Mom/Pearl-RCA Records—255 … "Sam Hunt/Take Your Time/MCA—240 Most Added Artist/song/label—No. of Adds Little Big Town/Girl Crush/Capitol Nashville—19 Dallas Smith/Wastin’ Gas/Big Loud Mountain—19 Sam Hunt/Take Your Time/MCA— 17 Rascal Flatts/Riot/Big Machine—16 "Chris Weaver Band/Time Has Wings/American Roots Records—14 On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Crab Apple Lane/Hit The Ground Runnin/Chevelle Records—232 James Otto/Somewhere Tonight/Ottopilot Records—228 Joanna Mosca/He Ain’t You/Dolce Diva Music Group, Inc. — 219 Morgan Riley/Rowdy Shoutin’ Cowboys/Skytone Records—209 Clinton Gregory w/ Ira Dean/You Can’t Hide High/Melody Roundup Music— 205 SSM Entertainment’s Kayla Adams (R) helps KRKT/ " Albany, Ore. collect donations for their Holiday Food Frozen Playlist- KBKB, WCJW, WDNB, WMEV, WTRS, KYEZ Drive at a local Wal-Mart. Adams is pictured with KRKT’s Scott Schuler and his son Lincoln. " … Thursday, December 11, 2014 NO. 1 SONG Voices Of Secondary Radio " "Skip Clark /Program Director/WOLF105.1 & 96.7/Syracuse NY One last MusicRow chart for the year How long have you been at comes next week. Looking back, one your station? might say 2014 has been the year country radio took time to remlect on I have been in the building life. Looking at hits “Automatic” since Feb. 16, 2006. New (Lambert), “I Hold On” (Bentley), or Country WOLF 105.1 & 96.7 “Dirt” (FGL), all titles bring about a was put on the air Aug. 28, nostalgic sense to allow the listener 2009. time to remlect on legacies built one How many "hats" do you day at a time. This week’s wear? CountryBreakout Chart hit falls in I wear many hats. That pretty that same ballpark, joining “Bring Me much seems to be the norm Back My Hometown,” from Eric nowadays for all of us Skip Clark (R) with WOLF’s Taylor Smith Church’s album The Outsiders album, Eric Church the fourth single called “Talladega.” working in the industry. Program Director, Music Director, on-air afternoons, website. What is your philosophy on new music? Written by Church and Luke Laird, the title longs for the youthful New music needs to be heard. If it mits what our listeners are looking innocence that fades over time. Although the song’s lyrics are based on the Talladega Superspeedway, Laird and Church are no for, then chances are I am going to give it a shot. doubt writing about the existential relationships and experiences Why is it important for you to report to MusicRow? that endure throughout life. MusicRow will give new artists the recognition they deserve, a chance to be heard and compete alongside more established artists. Have any doubts? Take a peek at the Peter Zavadil-directed Tell us something great about your station or city. music video, which premiered one week ago (Dec. 4). The video The WOLF is the “real” WOLF. Those are our calls (WOLF-FM), didn’t even need to be milmed at the legendary speedway in Heritage radio station in Syracuse, N.Y. Dick Clark, among many Lincoln, Ala. The Nashville Speedway offered the setting while the others, worked in this very same building. Much of the building minal concept was augmented with archival Super 8mm footage of remains the same as it did years ago. The WOLF is locally owned. family, celebration and racetracks. Syracuse is awesome, with everything from the Syracuse Orange Basketball/Football at the Carrier Dome to enjoying the four Church is on the road with Dwight Yoakam and Halestorm on seasons. Skiing, hiking and so much more. Not to mention the love his own The Outsiders World Tour through Dec. 13 before heading for great new country music! out for an extended leg in January 2015. We're looking forward to Who are some new artists that you are excited about? more radio hits, too. For tickets to Church's live shows, visit Brett Eldridge, Kelsea Ballerini, Randy Houser, Haley and Michaels, ericchurch.com. Chase Rice…. • • • • • • Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Coin recipients. 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