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©2007 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. To subscribe visit www.countryaircheck.com Country’s Magnificent Seven – Plus One Like most folks who’ve spent the bulk of their professional lives in Country radio, I drive the family nuts when taking one of those infamous “driving vacations.” It seems no one can quite figure out why I scan for another Country station as soon as the music starts playing, or why I stop on only those stations where someone is talking or a promo is airing. Well, that was pretty much the scene once again last week as we drove from Nashville to Pawley’s Island, SC for a mini-family reunion and a little R&R – or should that be r&r? Now, let me assure you there’s a lot of Country radio to be heard traveling 9 ½ hours on I-40 and I-26. Heading eastbound from Music City, you come across some of Country radio’s most legendary stations in Knoxville, Asheville, Greenville, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach. And that doesn’t even take into account the recent Country launches in those cities or all of the Country stations in assorted small towns within “earshot” of the major highways. The first thing that strikes you as the “scan” mode progresses on the car radio is the number of stops made on Country stations. While you expect that in TN, NC and SC, the huge number of Country choices still boggles the mind. The other thing that amazes me is the huge signals some of these stations possess – most notably WSSL/Greenville and WCOS/Columbia. Listening to more than 25 Country stations along the way, the homogenous nature of today’s Country format became very apparent. Not only did I hear the same songs (do I sound like a civilian listener?), I heard many of the same artists over and over. Returning to the office today, I checked Mediabase 24/7 to see exactly how much of a station’s music comes from the format’s top artists. I did a similar survey about seven years ago while at R&R. Back then, the “Magnificent Seven” of Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, George Strait and Shania Twain accounted for 32% of a Country station’s music over the course of a week. (continued on page 6) Radio News Programming: As first reported in Monday’s Country Aircheck Today, Clear Channel/San Antonio OM and AC KQXT PD George King has added PD duties for Country KAJA following last Friday’s exit of KAJA PD/morning co-host Clayton Allen ([email protected] or 210-561-6041 -- CAT, 7/13). King is looking for a co-host for morning mainstay Randy Carroll and a PD/PM driver for KQXT. (Afternoons has been voice-tracked by Scotty Mac from Baton Rouge.) Airchecks & Resumes to [email protected]. King joined CC/ SA last November after a stint as PD of WMZQ/ ISSUE 47 MUSIC EDITION JULY 16, 2007
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Country’s Magnificent Seven – Plus One Like most folks who’ve spent the bulk of their professional lives in Country radio, I drive the family nuts when taking one of those infamous “driving vacations.” It seems no one can quite figure out why I scan for another Country station as soon as the music starts playing, or why I stop on only those stations where someone is talking or a promo is airing. Well, that was pretty much the scene once again last week as we drove from Nashville to Pawley’s Island, SC for a mini-family reunion and a little R&R – or should that be r&r? Now, let me assure you there’s a lot of Country radio to be heard traveling 9 ½ hours on I-40 and I-26. Heading eastbound from Music City, you come across some of Country radio’s most legendary stations in Knoxville, Asheville, Greenville, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach. And that doesn’t even take into account the recent Country launches in those cities or all of the Country stations in assorted small towns within “earshot” of the major highways. The first thing that strikes you as the “scan” mode progresses on the car radio is the number of stops made on Country stations. While you expect that in TN, NC and SC, the huge number of Country choices still boggles the mind. The other thing that amazes me is the huge signals some of these stations possess – most notably WSSL/Greenville and WCOS/Columbia.
Listening to more than 25 Country stations along the way, the homogenous nature of today’s Country format became very apparent. Not only did I hear the same songs (do I sound like a civilian listener?), I heard many of the same artists over and over. Returning to the office today, I checked Mediabase 24/7 to see exactly how much of a station’s music comes from the format’s top artists. I did a similar survey about seven years ago while at R&R. Back then, the “Magnificent Seven” of Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, George Strait and Shania Twain accounted for 32% of a Country station’s music over the course of a week. (continued on page 6) Radio NewsProgramming: As first reported in Monday’s Country Aircheck Today, Clear Channel/San Antonio OM and AC KQXT PD George King has added PD duties for Country KAJA following last Friday’s exit of KAJA PD/morning co-host Clayton Allen ([email protected] or 210-561-6041 -- CAT, 7/13). King is looking for a co-host for morning mainstay Randy Carroll and a PD/PM driver for KQXT. (Afternoons has been voice-tracked by Scotty Mac from Baton Rouge.) Airchecks & Resumes to [email protected]. King joined CC/SA last November after a stint as PD of WMZQ/
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Officer Paul Worley has exited the company he joined in August 2002. Word is that Worley will continue working on some projects for WB, however. It’s expected he’ll announce his future plans in the next week or so. His production credits include Big & Rich, Martina McBride, the Dixie Chicks, Sara Evans and Trace Adkins.
Free -- Streaming Made Easy Jetcast, a global content streaming company, is offering a free, 20-minute webinar that will explain the basics of radio station streaming to radio managers, programmers and engineers. Hosted by Tom Zarecki and Michael Dalfonzo, the program will be offered July 17, 24 and 31 at 10am and 4pm,
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July 21 – “Mr. Record Man: A Conversation with Fred Foster” Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
July 24 - Words & Music For Seniors-Part I Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum August 1 – CRB/Edison Media Presentation of “Hispanic American Relationship to Country Radio and Music” Belmont University
August 22 – Voting on second CMA Awards Ballot closes
August 23 – SOURCE Foundation Awards Musicians Hall of Fame
September 6 – Roy Acuff Street Block Party
September 18 – 4th Annual Dale Franklin Leadership Music Award Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Washington. He programmed Cox’s SA Country combo KCYY & KKYX between Dec. 2002-June 2004, when he left for ‘MZQ. Personalities: KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas part timer Mark Phillips is now the permanent midday personality. He had been handling that slot since Smokey Rivers moved into mornings, replacing Cody Alan a few weeks ago. Phillips was PD of WWGR/Ft. Myers, FL when he left for the Wolf’s weekend slot last February … KWJJ/Portland, OR weekender Steven “Dakota” Bakken is new to MD/PM drive at KBVB (Bob95FM)/Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN. Gig Alerts: WRHD & WRHT/Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, NC OM Mike “Mad Dawg” Biddle is searching for a midday jock. A&Rs to him at 1307 S. Glenburnie Road, New Bern, NC 28562. WGTY/York, PA has immediate openings for part-time weekend jocks, board ops and account executives. A&Rs to HR Coord. Tammy Signor at PO Box 3179, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or here. KATC/Colorado Springs, CO PD Jim “Catfish” Miller is seeking a morning host. A&Rs to him at 6805 Corporate Drive, Suite 130, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 or here.
Philanthropy: The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation has awarded 14 $5,000 scholarships in radio scholarships to college and graduate-level students for the coming academic year. Since 1985, over 320 students have been selected as Bayliss Broadcaster radio scholarship recipients. The annual Bayliss Radio Roast takes place April 2, 2008 at Cipriani in New York. For details visit www.baylissfoundation.org.
Record News As first reported in today’s Country Aircheck Today, Warner Bros./Nashville Chief Creative
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Artist News A release date of October 23 has been set for Carrie Underwood’s still untitled follow-up to her six-million-selling debut CD, Some Hearts. Mark Bright, who produced seven tracks on Some Hearts, is the producer. CMT will honor Hank Williams, Jr. in a special called CMT Giants that will premier in November. Interior decorators Amie Sikes and Jolie Sikes-Smith (aka “The Junk Gypsies”) pimped out Miranda Lambert’s tour bus for a photo spread in
BirthDays
Tuesday (7/17) - the late Red Sovine, Aaron Clark, Dawnette Faucett, Mary Vyrostek, Gator Harrison ([email protected]), Dale Libby
Wednesday (7/18) - Ricky Skaggs, Elizabeth Cook, Mark Jones, Kara Rosen, Todd Wilke, Paige Conners
Thursday (7/19) - George Hamilton IV, Kelly Shiver, Danny Hall, Nick Hunter ([email protected]), Denise LaRocca, Sherod Robertson, Lisa Lampanelli
Friday (7/20) - Kim Carnes, Radney Foster, T. G. Sheppard, Cliff Blake ([email protected]), Kirk Boyer, Tom McHugh, Terry Wakefield
Saturday (7/21) - Paul Brandt, Sidney Cox, Bill Catino ([email protected]), Brad Mates (Emerson Drive)
Sunday (7/22) - Shannon Brown, Wendy Lynn ([email protected]), Dick Raymond ([email protected]), John Saville, Scott Siman ([email protected])
Monday (7/23) - Alison Krauss, John Dimick, Brad Hansen, Doris Thompson ([email protected]), Debbie Loring, Bonnie Williams
ET. Registration is free and is open to anyone in the radio business, but limited to 200 electronic “seats” at each session. To register, visit www.Jetcast.com, click the “Streaming Myth-Busters” banner and select the session you wish to attend. Last week, Zarecki and Dalfonzo hosted a custom version of the webinar for a select group of Albright & O’Malley Country clients. A&O’s Michael O’Malley said of the session, “If you need to quickly ramp-up on streaming basics and terminologies, this is an easy-to-follow, worthwhile half hour.”
Industry News SESAC has inked a licensing agreement with Myspace which gives the social networking site full access to SESAC’s extensive repertory and provides retroactive licensing dating back to the site’s 2004 founding. Cherry Lane has signed Todd Taylor to a publishing deal. “Country In The Rockies,” which benefits the T.J. Martell Foundation, will return to Steamboat Springs, CO Jan. 23 through Jan. 27. Info at www.citr.org. The 8th Annual Miller Harris Memorial Golf Tournament is set for Sept. 10 at Temple Hills Golf Club in Franklin, TN. Details at www.millerharrisfoundation.com. For the first time, CMA members can purchase tickets to the CMA Awards online, starting August 27 via www.my.cmaworld.com. The 41st annual gala takes place at the Sommet Center (formerly Gaylord Entertainment Center) in Nashville November 7. Sparrow will release I’ll Fly Away: Country Hymns and Songs of Faith July 17. The collection of iconic hymns features Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and others. Publicist Janet Bozeman of Bozeman Media has a new email address: [email protected].
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Lifenotes Congrats to Premiere Radio Networks’ Christy Wilson and Jody Myers, who became engaged this past weekend while on a getaway in Georgia. No wedding date has been set.
Milestones Our condolences to Crosslin, Vaden & Associates’ Mike Vaden on the passing of his mother-in-law, Laila Schulte, who died of a heart attack in her North Dakota home Sunday night. Services are pending. The mother of Pam Vaden is also the mother of Carol Chase, back-up singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
the August issue of Country Living. “We channeled our favorite inspirations,” Amie told the ‘zine. “The thrift-store boho look of Janis Joplin, the rock style of Jimi Hendrix and the rebel look of Willie Nelson.” As for Lambert’s reaction? “She burst into tears, then broke into a smile as wide as her home state of Texas.” The issue is available now. Billy Ray Cyrus has inked with Buddy Lee Attractions for touring and personal appearances. Also signing with BLA is Warner Bros./Nashville artist Ray Scott. Starbucks Entertainment and iTunes have teamed up to exclusively offer the four-song digital EP Country Girl from 1720’s Rissi Palmer July 17. Info at www.itunes.com/starbucks. The Pentagon Channel treated troops around the world to Charlie Daniels Band’s new DVD, Live From Iraq. The channel, which broadcasts military news and information to 2.6 million Armed Forces personnel, aired the DVD four times over the Fourth of July holiday. Pentagon Channel PD James Langdon says, “The troops fighting the war on terror know America cares about them. Charlie Daniels is a genuine, true friend of the military, and we deeply appreciate his contributions.” The Fort Dix, New Jersey motor pool dispatched a contingent July 4 to ensure Army vet Craig Morgan would make it to perform on time for nearly 20,000 people at the base. Morgan’s equipment trailer had broken down, so the soldiers transported his equipment in their own trucks, and proceeded to repair the trailer so Morgan and his crew could hit the road the next morning. Tractor dealer Kyle Wilson placed the winning bid for the tractor that was autographed by celebrity competitors of Michael Peterson’s Celebrity Tractor Race during this year’s CMA Music Fest. The $7,100 raised benefits St. Jude.
Tuesday (7/17) – Alison Krauss, Emerson Drive, Taylor Swift, Grand Ole Opry Live (encore) (GAC).
Wednesday (7/18) – Jason Aldean, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); Craig Morgan, Master Series (GAC); Trace Adkins, Josh Turner, Terri Clark, CMA Celebrity Closeup (GAC).
Thursday (7/19) – Keith Urban, Stage Left, Inside These Walls (GAC); Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, 60 Minutes Uncut (CMT).
Friday (7/20) – Tim McGraw, CMT Insider.
Saturday (7/21) – Dolly Parton, Master Series (GAC); Trace Adkins, Kellie Pickler, Pat Green, Jo Dee Messina, Grand Ole Opry Live (GAC).
Monday (7/23) – Big & Rich, Alan Jackson, The Wreckers, CMA Music Fest: Country’s Night To Rock (ABC); Kellie Pickler, Good Morning America (ABC).
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CheCk Out
Upcoming releases:
July 24 Billy Ray Cyrus Home At Last (Disney/CO5)
July 31 Tammy Cochran Where I Am (Shanachie)
August 14 Luke Bryan I’ll Stay Me (Capitol) Halfway To Hazard Halfway To Hazard (Stylesonic/Mercury)
August 21 Joe Nichols Real Things (Universal South) Travis Tritt The Storm (Category 5)
Sept. 11 Kenny Chesney Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (BNA)
Sept. 18 Reba McEntire Reba Duets (MCA) Van Zant My Kind Of Country (Columbia)
Sept. 25 Rascal Flatts Still Feels Good (Lyric Street) Mark Wills Familiar Stranger (Equity)
October 2 Various Artists Songs 4 Worship: Country (Time Life) Phil Vassar Prayer Of A Common Man (Universal South)
Album release info to [email protected].
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Country’s Magnificent Eight (continued from page 1) In the current analysis, there are eight artists clearly separated from the pack. They are, in order of airplay since Jan. 1, 2007: Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban. (Urban’s 206,514 total spins ranked eighth, versus the 168,877 total spins for ninth-place Brooks
& Dunn.) The total spins for those eight artists represent 29% of all Country airplay since the first of the year. As long as we were rummaging around in Mediabase, it also seemed to be a good opportunity for a mid-year music check-up. The most-played song of the year thus far is Rodney Atkins’ “Watching You.” The rest of the Top 5: Carrie Underwood’s “Wasted,” Billy Currington’s “Good Directions,” Sugarland’s “Settlin’” and Kenny Chesney’s “Beer In Mexico.” Songs in the Top 50 for the year thus far by artists never having posted a Top 15 song before include Jake Owen’s “Startin’ With Me” (#21), Jason Michael Carroll’s “Alyssa Lies” (#29), Bucky Covington’s “A Different World” (#33) and Kellie Pickler’s “I Wonder” (#46). The Top 5 Gold tunes are Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You,” Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman,” Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker’s “When The Sun Goes Down,” Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” and Garth Brooks’ “Friends In Low Places.” Oh – one other thing the extended family doesn’t quite get is why, while on vacation, I’d drive 45 minutes to go see a country artist in a country nightclub. After all, they wondered, don’t I do enough of that when I’m “working?” Regardless, I had a great time at the “Beach Wagon” in Myrtle Beach last Thursday night. Went up to see Craig Morgan’s show – I love seeing artists outside of Nashville. Spent some time with Craig on the bus and had the chance to hang with WYAK PD Joey Dee and middayer Boomer. Thanks to all for their hospitality. (LH)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
1 1 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 13461 329 4650 121 35.042 1.277 121 0
5 2 KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 12745 1009 4286 337 32.926 2.754 121 0
4 3 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 12331 481 4221 153 31.523 1.091 121 0
2 4 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 11896 -1172 4168 -338 30.288 -3.485 120 0
8 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 10961 787 3693 256 28.423 1.73 120 0
6 6 JAKE OWEN /Startin’ With Me (RCA) 10697 22 3692 -23 27.338 0.719 121 0
7 7 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 10429 157 3505 64 26.021 0.324 121 0
3 8 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 10399 -1781 3563 -653 26.872 -4.662 121 0
9 9 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 9739 467 3315 162 25.329 1.491 120 1
10 10 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 9047 494 3170 150 23.087 1.009 120 0
11 11 TIM MCGRAW w/FAITH HILL/I Need You (Curb) 8898 360 2986 102 22.974 0.869 119 0
12 12 REBA MCENTIRE w/K. CLARKSON/Because Of You (MCA) 8353 186 2798 118 21.559 0.612 115 1
13 13 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 7863 674 2720 165 19.856 1.94 120 2
14 14 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 7016 293 2410 84 17.136 0.94 119 0
15 15 SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 6948 574 2396 233 17.713 1.588 119 5
16 16 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 6386 365 2189 135 16.11 0.928 120 7
19 17 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 6277 868 2127 294 16.118 2.679 119 4
17 18 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 6121 110 2114 37 14.751 0.297 110 0
18 19 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 6058 401 2039 104 14.212 0.805 118 3
29 20 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 5655 2433 1891 932 13.886 4.282 114 26
20 21 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 5349 129 1895 54 13.243 0.272 97 2
21 22 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 5272 207 1926 76 11.979 0.486 111 2
22 23 TIM MCGRAW/If You’re Reading This (Curb) 5134 225 1800 90 13.935 0.402 92 4
23 24 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 4851 279 1694 80 11.107 0.777 107 0
24 25 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 4364 478 1355 184 11.484 1.159 94 9
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
25 26 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 4009 238 1485 86 9.447 0.503 93 5
26 27 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 3787 207 1438 74 9.081 0.649 105 0
27 28 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 3741 334 1220 89 8.815 1.073 92 1
28 29 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 3393 99 1127 20 8.505 0.135 81 2
30 30 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her... (Lyric Street) 2937 264 1029 54 6.865 1.017 93 4
31 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 2566 140 881 38 5.84 0.332 79 6
39 32 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 2397 986 812 313 5.858 2.441 83 29
32 33 FAITH HILL/Lost (Warner Bros.) 2258 108 768 38 4.959 0.279 74 2
33 34 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 2157 182 687 79 4.807 0.673 76 5
34 35 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 2047 110 695 37 4.842 0.096 66 1
35 36 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 1934 15 738 20 4.375 0.028 79 1
36 37 LEANN RIMES/Nothin’ Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 1751 73 623 62 3.934 0.165 51 6
37 38 TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 1715 133 526 59 4.071 0.393 49 2
38 39 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 1480 -5 506 38 2.995 -0.321 62 13
47 40 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 1346 605 457 206 3.097 1.217 43 14
41 41 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 1257 23 395 33 2.824 0.41 53 1
42 42 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train... (Midas/New Revolution) 1141 14 464 1 2.047 0.122 59 0
44 43 PHIL VASSAR/This Is My Life (Universal South) 1077 105 371 28 2.3 0.393 45 1
46 44 PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 1012 232 253 70 2.022 0.23 32 7
45 45 SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 972 114 362 34 2.086 0.407 44 1
43 46 STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks... (Curb) 943 -72 390 -26 1.618 -0.265 52 3
48 47 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 788 67 283 16 1.427 0.037 31 5
48 BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) 780 213 273 75 1.566 0.498 31 7
49 49 DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) 668 8 226 13 1.358 0.021 29 6
-- 50 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I’ll Stand By You (Arista) 654 60 226 15 1.601 0.108 18 0
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Aircheck Add LeadersBRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 29RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 26JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 14SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 13DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 9BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) 7BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House... (Arista) 7JO DEE MESSINA/Biker Chick (Curb) 7PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 7CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 6DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) 6LEANN RIMES/Nothin’ Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 6MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small... (Columbia) 6
Aircheck Top Point Gainers RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 2433KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted...(BNA) 1009BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 986TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 868TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My... (Big Machine) 787CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 674JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 605SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 574BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 494KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 481 Aircheck Top Spin GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 932KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing... (BNA) 337BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 313TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 294TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My... (Big Machine) 256SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 233JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 206DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 184CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 165RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 162
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Activator Top Point Gainers RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 2830BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 1370TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 1142JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 1076BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House... (Arista) 825TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My... (Big Machine) 739DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 729RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 682REBA MCENTIRE w/K. CLARKSON/Because... (MCA) 662BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 629 Activator Top Spin GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 620BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 306TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 271JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 220DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 183BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House... (Arista) 177REBA MCENTIRE w/K. CLARKSON/Because... (MCA) 158BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World(Lyric Street) 154KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing... (BNA) 152TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My... (Big Machine) 151
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CMTOLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW/I Hear Them All (Nettwerk)TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out Who Your Friends Are (Rocky Comfort/CO5)TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5)
CMT PureTIM MCGRAW w/FAITH HILL/I Need You (Curb)WAYCROSS/Nineteen (Dreamcatcher)WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train Running (Midas)
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Aircheck Activity
SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) Stays at 45*; 972 points, 362 spins 1 ADD: WYRK
STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls…) (Curb) Moves 43-46; 943 points, 390 spins 3 ADDS: KCYE, WPAW, WRBT
BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) Moves 48*-47*; 788 points, 283 spins 5 ADDS: KBEQ, KCCY, KWJJ, KWLI*, WGNA
BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) Moves 53-48*; 780 points, 273 spins 7 ADDS: KDRK*, KKWF*, KMDL, WOGK, WTQR, WUSY, WYNK
DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) Stays at 49*; 668 points, 226 spins 6 ADDS: KHKI*, KNIX, KSON, WKDF*, WPCV*, WYPY
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/I’ll Stand By You (Arista) Moves 51-50*; 654 points, 226 spins 0 ADDS
CROSSIN DIXON/Guitar Slinger (BBR) 648 points, 256 spins 0 ADDS
MARK WILLS/Days Of Thunder (Equity) 581 points, 213 spins 2 ADDS: WQYK*, WWQM
CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 475 points, 134 spins 6 ADDS: KILT*, KZSN, WGGY, WGNE, WPKX, WUSY
FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Nowhere Than Somewhere (Show Dog) 393 points, 147 spins 2 ADDS: KTEX, KWJJ
Aircheck Add Dates July 23GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) ALISON KRAUSS/Simple Love (Rounder/CO5) RIO GRAND/That’s My Memory (Curb/Asylum) July 30 CAROLINA RAIN/Dealin’ (Equity) JENNIFER HANSON/Joyride (Universal South) TRISHA YEARWOOD/Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love (Big Machine) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think About That (Columbia) TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO 5)
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August 13 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Ready, Set, Don’t Go (Disney/CO5) MARK CHESNUTT/Rollin’ With the Flow (Lofton Creek)
Aircheck Top RecurrentsTRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 8104BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 6970EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 6523BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista) 5844RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 4524CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 4510RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 3900SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 3801KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 3677CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He... (Arista/RMG) 3616
KENNY CHESNEY/Flip Flop Summer (BNA) 323 points, 70 spins 1 ADD: KEEY*
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)
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3 1 KEITH URBAN/I Told You So (Capitol) 13366 504 2999 108 2 2 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 13365 -20 2922 -43 1 3 GEORGE STRAIT/Wrapped (MCA) 12797 -1043 2808 -261 5 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 12774 598 2848 152 7 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 12091 739 2746 151 8 6 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 11820 544 2682 136 6 7 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 11262 -392 2522 -75 9 8 RODNEY ATKINS/These Are My People (Curb) 11224 682 2471 13510 9 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 10790 629 2416 15411 10 REBA MCENTIRE w/ K. CLARKSON/Because Of You (MCA) 9518 662 2179 15813 11 TIM MCCGRAW w/ FAITH HILL/I Need You (Curb) 8970 319 2042 6212 12 CRAIG MORGAN/Tough (BBR) 8928 197 2014 5114 13 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 8220 232 1857 5516 14 SUGARLAND/Everyday America (Mercury) 7721 589 1757 13015 15 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 7543 34 1674 718 16 TIM MCGRAW/If You’re Reading This (Curb) 7078 534 1538 11820 17 BROOKS & DUNN/Proud Of The House We Built (Arista) 7073 825 1577 17717 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE/How I Feel (RCA) 6979 160 1567 3722 19 TOBY KEITH/Love Me If You Can (Show Dog) 6820 1142 1538 27119 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) 6622 143 1489 3321 21 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 6262 329 1405 8623 22 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista) 5549 123 1198 2532 23 RASCAL FLATTS/Take Me There (Lyric Street) 5283 2830 1152 62024 24 TRACE ADKINS/I Wanna Feel Something (Capitol) 5234 104 1202 2725 25 DIERKS BENTLEY/Free And Easy... (Capitol) 4954 729 1136 18327 26 JACK INGRAM/Measure Of A Man (Big Machine) 3947 26 881 629 27 TRENT TOMLINSON/Just Might Have Her... (Lyric Street) 3635 174 809 4528 28 CLAY WALKER/Fall (Curb/Asylum) 3616 89 857 2734 29 BRAD PAISLEY/Online (Arista) 3381 1370 746 30630 30 JOE NICHOLS/Another Side Of You (Universal South) 3318 368 736 84
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31 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Famous In A Small Town (Columbia) 2757 44 620 10 33 32 FAITH HILL/Lost (Warner Bros.) 2348 -83 534 -13 35 33 KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America (Arista) 2246 284 482 72 47 34 JOSH TURNER/Firecracker (MCA) 1834 1076 365 220 37 35 SARA EVANS/As If (RCA) 1823 246 405 53 38 36 TRAVIS TRITT/You Never Take Me Dancing (Category 5) 1671 212 399 47 36 37 LEE BRICE/She Ain’t Right (Curb/Asylum) 1610 32 390 8 39 38 BLAKE SHELTON/The More I Drink (Warner Bros.) 1429 41 328 9 42 39 LEANN RIMES/Nothin’ Better To Do (Curb/Asylum) 1400 102 332 20 41 40 WHISKEY FALLS/Last Train... (Midas/New Revolution) 1395 90 291 18 40 41 PHIL VASSAR/This Is My Life (Universal South) 1340 22 280 5 43 42 BILLY CURRINGTON/Tangled Up (Mercury) 1332 142 303 41 -- 43 HALFWAY TO HAZARD/Daisy (Stylesonic/Mercury) 1111 74 256 16 44 44 DANIELLE PECK/Bad For Me (Big Machine) 950 82 210 16 46 45 STEVE HOLY/Men Buy The Drinks (Girls...) (Curb) 856 85 188 20 45 46 SARAH JOHNS/The One In The Middle (BNA) 735 -59 146 -10 48 47 CROSSIN DIXON/Guitar Slinger (BBR) 625 77 131 13 50 48 PAT GREEN/Way Back Texas (BNA) 550 117 129 26 49 49 STEPHEN COCHRAN/Friday Night... (Aria/Quarterback) 517 31 106 6 51 50 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Nowhere Than... (Show Dog) 446 26 101 8 52 51 MARK WILLS/Days Of Thunder (Equity) 381 10 77 2 54 52 CLINT BLACK/The Strong One (Equity) 362 79 83 21Debut 53 EMERSON DRIVE/You Still Own Me (Midas/New Revolution) 316 161 66 34 58 54 JO DEE MESSINA/Biker Chick (Curb) 236 66 47 13 53 55 JASON MEADOWS/18 Video Tapes (Baccerstick/CO5) 222 -63 44 -14Debut 56 GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 207 207 45 45Debut 57 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 200 112 46 27 56 58 RISSI PALMER/Country Girl (1720 Entertainment) 199 9 44 2 55 59 COLLIN RAYE/Soldier’s Prayer (StarPointe) 195 -3 39 0 57 60 ANDY GRIGGS/Tattoo Rose (Montage) 181 -5 31 -1
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