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Kingsley's In! On Nov. 17 Bob Kingsley will become just the fifth inductee to the National Radio Hall Of Fame with ties to the Country format and there may be no one more deserving of the distinction. He's been a household name for almost 40 years, is a member of the Country Radio Hall Of Fame and has been recognized with more industry awards than most can count. Country Aircheck caught

Radio To Records: A Year In Almost a year to the day since one of the most dramatic transitions in recent memory (Breaking News 6/29/2015), former iHeartMedia executive Clay Hunnicutt has a top 10 record on the chart as President of Big Loud Records. Country Aircheck asked him what the last year has taught him about the record industry ... and radio. What has surprised you about the record business? The intricacies of publishing and the detail that goes into making sure everything is legal, everybody gets paid the way they’re supposed to and the songwriters and players get credit. There’s so much back office stuff happening that most people don’t see. A lot goes into making the music, writing the songs, and more, but once it’s done and mastered, what happens to get it out to the masses is pretty amazing. What have you learned about radio? The companies are very different. I'd walk into some stations and the PD would joke, "Oh, you've never been here?" Well, I was

never invited. (laughs) The most interesting thing is the uniqueness of every PD. They make decisions for different reasons. Learning the nuances of each PD's radio station is also interesting. I’ve always appreciated that every market is different, and I've realized that even more on this side. Some will share what works in their market and what doesn't. They have that historical perspective. Have you picked up any nuggets

you would use if you went back into radio? I'm not going back to radio, incidentally. The rumor was out there that this was just cover for riding out my non-compete with iHeart. Not true. But yeah, sure. The moment you stop learning from other people, you're done in the business. Any examples of things you would do? There are a few PDs ahead of the curve looking at a complete data package – research, sales, downloads, streaming, Shazam. The PDs who are willing to take a look at the entire field – the whole 100 yards – are getting a bigger (continued on page 8)

Bronx Bombers: Prior to his Saturday night Yankee Stadium show, Garth Brooks met with Nashville guests, surprising them all with Yankee pinstripes featuring their stitched-on names above the famed number “7” – reportedly the first time the number had been issued since the Yanks retired Mickey Mantle’s No. 7 jersey in 1969. Displaying the goods inside the Yankee’s indoor batting cage are (back row, l-r) Sarah Trahern, Steve Buchanan, Ray Waddell, JR Schumann, Trisha Yearwood, Bill Mayne, Blair Garner, Robert Deaton and John Hamlin. Kneeling are (l-r) are Sherod Robertson, Shawn Parr, Garth Brooks, Lon Helton and Charlie Cook.

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up with Kingsley for reaction to this latest honor and what turned out to be an emotional look back at his career. Best Friend A Boy Can Have: The prevailing message? "I'm just over the top," Kingsley beams. "You know that feeling sometimes when you just get overwhelmed? That's how this is. Every time I go to the Hall Of Fame website, I see people in there who were heroes to me as a kid." Serious heroes for a serious situation. Kingsley was bedridden and quarantined for more than a year during his youth after contracting polio. His grandmother, the only person allowed near him, provided a radio that became his primary entertainment. "Those memories just came flooding back this morning," he admits. "I was just this scared-to-death kid. But that radio, man. I've got this big picture of laying there in bed listening to things like The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Amos & Andy, The Green Hornet and Jack Benny. And I see those names and think, 'I'm gonna be hanging in the hall with these people?' It's an honor almost beyond my scope of understanding." Best Is History: Kingsley recovered, of course, and Rock 'n' Roll followed. "I discovered KFWB-AM/Los Angeles," he says. "Al Jarvis and Joe Yocum did a countdown from nine to noon every Saturday morning and I never missed it. I was working as a box boy at a local market not far from home and I would sneak out to people's cars – nobody locked their cars then – and get in and turn the radio on. I had to hear the top 10 and I was always so disappointed when the song I thought should be No. 1 was not. I always believed a countdown was a good thing for a radio station." Kingsley's entry into radio came while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He landed a job as an announcer on Armed Forces Radio's TFK while stationed in Iceland. "The first time I flipped that microphone on I thought, 'Man I am absolutely in heaven,'" he says. "I didn't care – did not care – about making a dollar. I just wanted to play records on the radio." And that he's done for almost 60 years. Radio history, no doubt. KGBS-AM/Los Angeles and KLAC-AM/Los Angeles are on his resume, the latter he programmed in the early '70s. He became Producer of the Casey Kasem and Tom Rounds-created American Country Countdown in 1974 and took over as host in '78. A new distribution deal in 2006 made him host of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40. Mark My Words: What's been the best part of it all? "The same thing I'm looking forward to today," he says. "When I walk in that door like I do every Monday and that theme hits, for the next four or five hours I am there. Truly. I love the artists, the songs and the writers–even the new artists who nationally may not be big-time yet. I know out there in their hometown somewhere their mother, friends or somebody that knows them is listening, and they're thrilled to death at

what they're hearing. I can see 'em turn their radio up a dB or two and saying, "Kingsley, man, he's talking about whoever!" Count one observant member of the U.S. military among them, but for a different reason. "I got a note not long ago from an airman that said, 'Hey, we just took this old radio console apart that's been in storage for like 30 years. Is that 'B-K' on it you?' It was. I did – I got underneath there one night and carved my name on it. I was just getting ready to come back to the states all those years ago and thought, 'I gotta leave my mark on this.'" Congratulate Kingsley here. –Russ Penuell

Garth Storms Yankee Stadium Garth Brooks marked his return to New York City 19 years after playing Central Park with a pair of Yankee Stadium shows Friday and Saturday nights. And, because not even Garth can control the weather, the two shows were decidedly different. The Friday show – which you will likely be able to see in video form in the future – was described by the New York Times' Jon Caramanica as "a rousing hour and a half full of honky-tonk anthems, aching ballads and lots and lots of running." I was among a group of folks Garth brought to NYC for the Saturday night show, which was delayed almost three hours by torrential rains and lightning that kept the lighting and camera crews out of the towers. The only thing missing from Saturday's show was all the running; the rain made the stage's enormous circle too dangerous for full-speed laps. I must add, though, that some of those gathered in the suite were taking bets during the rain delay as to whether or not Garth would realize it was too dangerous. Many felt that, in typical Garth fashion, he'd give it a galloping go, regardless.

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He put those questions to rest when he came out and told the crowd he was going to do "a slightly different show." So he, and later wife Trisha Yearwood, merely walked the stage that took them deep into the crowd for a more intimate evening than the fans had perhaps anticipated. Prior to the show, Garth told me the giant ring around the stage was part of the stage originally custom-designed for Dublin's Croke Park Stadium concerts, planned for July 2014 but canceled when the city council was going to cut the number of shows from five to three. The circle – more like a race-track – measured 150-feet across the diameter and was 10 feet above the rear of the stage, dropping to four feet high as it reached into the crowd. There was room for 1800 fans inside the circle. Garth and Trisha treated the fans sitting through the delay to a show lasting more than two and a half hours. According to setlist.fm, the night featured 26 songs, including a mid-set duet with Trisha on "In Another's Eyes," followed by four more from her. Garth did seven songs acoustically, including Bob Seger's "Night Moves" and Billy Joel's "Piano Man." Friday night featured 21 total tunes, five of which were Garth alone on guitar. Oddly enough, Garth's Saturday set omitted Friday night's show-opener, a song even more appropriate for a concert that started at 11:50pm – "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up.)" In full disclosure, we had to leave a little more than halfway into the show to get back to Nashville. But from what I saw – and I went down to the pit for some of the show – the fans' enthusiasm for Garth wasn't dampened in the least. And he responded to their thunderous, albeit wet, reception noting, "Going through what you have gone through tonight … I should have come back to this great city a helluva lot sooner than this." The folks singing and dancing in the pit heartily agreed. It was, after all, still Garth performing at a level few artists ever achieve. – Lon Helton

Chart Chat Congratulations to Jason Aldean, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow promotion staff on "Lights Come On" reaching the No. 1 spot on this week's chart. The song is the first single from his upcoming album They Don't Know. And kudos to Tim McGraw, Jack Purcell, Erik Powell and the Big Machine team on "How I'll Always Be" notching 51 adds, topping this week's board.

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Broken Bow’s Jordan Rager discusses his most influential music:1. Alan Jackson: My first memory of music was at age four or five. I was riding in my granddad’s truck. We were going fishing and his song “Here In The Real World” came on the radio. Even at that young age I remember thinking, “I like the sound of that. That’s really cool.” 2. George Strait’s “The Chair:” It’s the world’s greatest pickup line, first of all. I’ve

always been drawn to that song because from the first time I heard it, I had no idea where it was going until the end.3. ‘90s Country: If you couldn’t tell, I’m a very big fan of country music from that era. I love “Everywhere” by Tim McGraw and “Sunday In The South” by Shenandoah.4. Eagles’ Hotel California: It was the first album I ever listened to front to back. I remember being younger and my dad would play a lot of the Eagles. I’d hear it but not really hear it. At 15 or 16, I actually listened – and I haven’t stopped loving it.5. Kenny Chesney in Nashville, 2015: Me and a buddy got tickets and it was the first time I ever got to see Chesney. He played every song I could’ve hoped he would play. He never lost me. He was entertaining from start to finish. I remember thinking, “That’s what I want to do.”• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I know they’re one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time, and I’m a heavy metal fan, but I’ve never heard a single Iron Maiden song in my life.• “Important” music you just don’t get: Opera is something I could never get on board with.• An album you played incessantly: Chris Stapleton’s Traveller. I have worn that thing out and I’m still not tired of it. I’ve bought two or three copies since it’s come out.• An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Justin Bieber’s new record is pretty cool. If you had talked to me a year ago, I would’ve never said that or admitted it. I was forced to listen to it and now I love it. I’m officially a Belieber.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Probably Bieber. I’m okay with being a fan now. I’ve even covered “Love Yourself” in my show. Everyone was digging it.

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News & Notes Garth Brooks has signed with The GreenRoom for publicity representation. The firm will work closely with Brooks' Los Angeles-based rep Nancy Seltzer & Associates. Skyville Live will broadcast performances by Charles Esten, Chris Carmack, Clare Bowen, Lennon & Maisy Stella, Mark Collie, Colin Linden, JD Souther and Pam Tillis live from Nashville July 13. The episode will stream on AOL.com and go90. Songwriter Chris Tompkins has extended his publishing deal with Big Loud Shirt/Round Hill Music. Lotus KVMX/Bakersfield flipped to Spanish Oldies.

The Week's Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. Country Top 40's Bob Kingsley will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. (7/11) Ryman Hospitality WSM-AM/Nashville PD Dean Warfield exited. (7/11) Beasley KCYE/Las Vegas PD/morning co-host Kris Daniels is vacating her PD role to focus on mornings. (7/8) Black River Project Mgr./Creative Marisa Henderson Coffin will join BBR Music Group. (7/8) iHeartMedia WGTR/Myrtle Beach's interim PD/morning co-host Adam Dellinger was named PD. (7/7) Pearl's Garth Brooks will launch The Garth Channel on SiriusXM Sept. 8. (7/7) CBS Corp. will take CBS Radio public by the end of the month. (7/6) Big River WXFL/Florence, AL midday personality Sherry St. John will be inducted into the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. (7/6) Hubbard's WIL/St. Louis underwent multiple staff changes. (7/5) CBS Radio/Detroit's Tim Roberts was promoted to VP/MusicProgramming. (7/5)

story. We also have influencers in our life that make us want to do what they are doing, and then other people who do things you don't ever want to do. Like what? It's funny to hear PDs – and I used to be one who did so I'll cop to it – complain about the sample rates for PPM. They aren't significant enough, the ratings are unstable, but then turn around

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Warner Bros./WAR’s The Last Bandoleros put an industry spin on the artist interview: Diego Navaira: My father was a successful Tejano musician (Emilio) and was fortunate enough to cross over to country music. He toured with George Strait, Alan Jackson

and Clay Walker. He’s the reason I discovered country music. Jerry Fuentes: Diego and I worked at the same studio. Country music is the music I learned how to produce on. Derek James: My first introduction to country was through my guitar teacher. He showed me Chet Akins and Jerry Reed. And my college roommate would wake me up every day with Travis Tritt’s “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive.” I was also invited to a cattle drive a few years ago. I fell in love with being a cowboy. DN: On a radio tour, you’re in a rush the entire time. We’ve left some stuff behind. Once, Jerry left his wallet and another time I left my in-ear monitors. We were about three hours from playing a show and our runner had to go back to the hotel and get them for me. DJ: Warner got us an Entertainer Coach so we have our first tour bus. When we’re not in the bus, we’re usually in my Saturn Station Wagon. I’m pretty sure it’s the last Saturn ever made. DN: Jerry is always the one picking where we eat. JF: I’ve gotten really good at using Yelp. DN: Let’s put it this way. If it doesn’t have four stars on Yelp, The Last Bandoleros will not be eating there. DJ: Every time we go into a gas station, since I’m a sucker for orange Tic Tacs, I get those. And we’re all really into the spicy almonds. JF: I would probably make Mexican food if I could cook for anyone. I’ve gotten pretty good at making salsa and guacamole. I would want to have dinner with the author Malcolm Gladwell. DJ: I would invite Mario Batali and have him cook! JF: Dwight Yoakam, George Strait, Texas Tornados, and Eagles harmonies all put together in a blender with ice and tequila –that’s our music.

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and drop your song based on an M Score, which is a direct correlation off of the same sample they're complaining about. I also understand that can be a way out of playing a song they don't believe in. And that's okay. That's the nature of the business. What about accessibility? I always prided myself on returning phone calls as fast as I could because I wanted my phone calls returned. Not everybody works that way, he says with a smile. Most of the PDs, 95%, have been amazing. Communication overall is fantastic. There are always people who don't want to talk, and right now we're only calling about one artist and single. PDs are incredibly busy, and I know that. I always tell them I appreciate their response more than anything because I know how busy they can be. Time is everything. Have you ever given a former colleague or a young PD/MD radio advice if you thought they were doing something wrong? No! That’s their kingdom and the way they work. So you just bite your tongue if you see something out of whack? There’s no telling what’s going on that day, in that moment, at that radio station when you walk in with an artist. Like I said, most have been amazing on Chris Lane's radio tour. There have been a few where something happened and an hour turned into 10 minutes or the conference room turned into the break room and people were getting coffee. We laugh about it now. Those stories make our journeys memorable. And I've been on the other side where a meeting got set and I couldn't devote the time to a visit. We don't take it personally. Do you have a different perspective now regarding On The Verge and other spin programs? You have to when you see the impact of spins on a new, independent label artist like Chris Lane, both positive and negative. If you’re that [spin program's chosen] artist, it’s an amazing, positive impact. If you’re not that artist, it takes lots away. There are only so many songs a radio station can play in a day. You have to figure out a way around it and push through. Do those factors complicate telling your story on the charts? Oh, it's been told back to us. The PDs are watching. Chris Lane did not get On The Verge, Maren Morris did instead and was well deserving. There were a lot of PDs who assumed we got On The Verge just because of my background. We still have people bring up our jumpstart with On The Verge, but every bit of this has been done with blood, sweat, and tears.

Also, from a radio perspective, how you look at the artist and label is dictated by what company you work for. The other companies look at it as, "Well, that's a CBS artist." "That's an iHeart artist." Because they took ownership and lifted them, which is a very good thing. At the same time there's a backside. How is that going to impact me with Entercom, Townsquare and others. It can be a double-edged sword. Do you view competitive market situations differently now? In radio there were times I was on the heritage side and times when I was the attacker. I understand why a heritage station would want to protect its turf and why a new station would try to get into everything it possibly could. It never mattered to me what the other guy does. If someone comes in with a bigger and better idea, that means I got beat. Plain and simple. I’m not thinking proactively enough. I've been in meet-and-greet situations in radio where the heritage station wanted its own room so they wouldn't have to be in there with us, and that always made me feel bad for the artist, mainly. I'm as competitive as anybody, but it’s bad for business – artists, labels and radio – when it gets vindictive with refusing to play music. If you’re both reporters, we have to do business with both stations. My advice is to be the most creative, proactive, and dynamic radio station you can to the artists, labels and your listeners and the rest will take care of itself. But we all have to deal with it and everything isn't rational. (laughs) Any particular moments stand out for you in the run you've had with Chris? In that three- to four-week period where so many core artists were dropping singles right around the ACMs, I'm really proud of our team for surviving that. A lot of people have believed in Chris as an artist, and I’m really happy with the fighting spirit and passion of the team. There's that tribal mentality you see when someone is wearing a Chris Lane shirt at a show. There's nothing more rewarding than seeing fans who are passionate for a brand you've helped build. I get teary-eyed at shows when I see fans singing the words to “Fix.” That means we’re doing our jobs. Reach Hunnicutt here. –Chuck Aly

Lanco Can: Arista’s Lanco bandmates are scattered among the throng of friends, Arista and Sony Nashville promoters and the Hill Entertainment management team on hand to help the guys celebrate a huge first-week number of radio adds at Nashville’s Losers earlier today. Stop by to wish them well tonight if you can – chances are good they’re still there.

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Country radio shares were up 1.5 % compared to last month and down 4.8% compared to June 2015. Of the 89 subscribing stations listed, 50 increased, 31 decreased and 8 were flat.

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The cume leader was Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas with 1,265,500. CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago was second with 1,198,300. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

WKHX/Atlanta 3.2 14 3.6 13 639,200 631,200WUBL/Atlanta 4.2 10 4.9 5 713,700 701,900KASE/Austin^ 5.0 6 5 6 343,900 310,400KVET/Austin^ 5.2 5 5.4 5 346,800 338,700KOKE/Austin 2.8 15 2.3 15t 102,100 97,600WPOC/Baltimore 7.7 3 7.1 4 550,000 580,800WKLB/Boston 4.2 8 4.6 6 801,600 828,600WBWL/Boston 2.9 14t 2.5 16 499,100 547,700WCTK/Providence (Boston) 0.8 22 1 22 174,700 178,300WKKT/Charlotte 7.0 2 6.4 2t 508,300 482,500WSOC/Charlotte 6.6 3 6.4 2t 509,000 515,000WEBG/Chicago 2.0 22 2.3 20 814,200 931,500WUSN/Chicago 2.9 11 2.6 16t 1,135,900 1,198,300WNNF/Cincinnati 2.6 14 3.1 12 289,900 314,500WUBE/Cincinnati^ 8.4 3 8.2 3 535,800 548,200WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.3 18t 1.2 18 160,600 153,500WGAR/Cleveland 7.2 4 7.5 3 449,300 505,600WCOL/Columbus, OH 12.3 1 11.8 1 504,700 177,900KPLX/Dallas^ 4.7 3t 4.7 3t 1,294,300 1,265,500KSCS/Dallas^ 3.5 9t 3.5 9t 1,095,200 1,055,700KWOF/Denver 2.0 20t 1.9 19 242,400 235,100KYGO/Denver 5.0 4 5.6 3t 488,700 506,900WDRQ/Detroit 2.5 18 2.8 16 532,300 574,100WYCD/Detroit 5.3 5t 5.3 6 835,700 884,000WPAW/Greensboro 4.5 7 4.8 6t 240,000 236,900WTQR/Greensboro 6.7 5 6.4 5 288,800 285,000WWYZ/Hartford 7.9 3 9 2 267,900 291,900KILT/Houston 3.7 12 4 10t 996,500 976,200KKBQ/Houston^ 5.5 5 5.2 5 1,088,400 1,086,000KTHT/Houston^+ 2.9 18 2.9 16t 612,700 575,500WFMS/Indianapolis 5.5 7t 5.3 7t 338,600 333,400WLHK/Indianapolis 6.3 5 5.3 7t 373,900 350,800WUBG/Indianapolis 0.9 18 1.1 16 111,300 100,200WGNE/Jacksonville 5.7 7 5.9 6t 272,400 271,600WQIK/Jacksonville 8.2 3t 8.1 3 329,500 310,500KBEQ/Kansas City^ 4.1 13 4.3 11 306,700 332,900KFKF/Kansas City^ 3.7 15 3.9 12 299,600 295,700WDAF/Kansas City 4.2 12 3.8 13 290,100 307,300KCYE/Las Vegas 2.9 13 3.3 12 218,500 233,600KWNR/Las Vegas 3.9 10 5.2 6 224,300 239,200KKGO/Los Angeles 2.1 20 2.3 17t 1,230,700 1,192,900WGKX/Memphis 4.2 8 4.7 8 210,300 201,500WLFP/Memphis 2.5 13 2.9 11 119,000 128,100

WKIS/Miami 2.5 16t 2.3 16t 441,200 439,400WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.5 10 4 8 175,700 174,400WKTI/Milwaukee 2.9 14 3 13t 256,000 286,500WMIL/Milwaukee 6.6 3 6.6 2 367,100 377,400KEEY/Minneapolis 6.0 5 6.3 5 692,500 766,900KMNB/Minneapolis 4.7 13 5 9t 655,400 707,100WKDF/Nashville^ 2.9 13t 3.9 13 265,800 276,700WSIX/Nashville 4.6 9 4 10t 280,400 275,40WSM-FM/Nashville^ 5.8 5 5.9 6 297,800 305,600WSM-AM/Nashville 2.1 16 2.2 16 499,000 54,800WNSH/New York (Nassau) 2.5 17t 2.8 14t 220,600 216,800WNSH/New York 2.0 20 2.1 17t 1,176,600 1,137,600WGH/Norfolk 5.0 6 5 7 285,200 278,600WOTW/Orlando 1.3 1 1.4 16t 124,600 117,100WWKA/Orlando 3.7 9 3.9 12 254,100 233,500KMLE/Phoenix 4.9 6 5 5 683,000 703,200KNIX/Phoenix 4.3 7 3.9 9t 679,700 614,800WXTU/Philadelphia 4.9 7t 5.5 5t 909,700 947,200WDSY/Pittsburgh 5.7 6 6.2 6 396,600 437,200WPGB/Pittsburgh 4.3 10 4.1 11 311,400 322,000KWJJ/Portland 6.0 3 6.5 3 571,800 542,900KUPL/Portland 5.3 5 4.6 6t 463,000 436,200WCTK/Providence 7.2 4 7.5 4 395,600 413,300WNCB/Raleigh 3.1 15 3.8 10t 233,900 233,600WQDR/Raleigh 6.0 6 5.8 6 350,900 326,800KFRG/Riverside 3.9 5 3.5 6 370,700 385,400KBEB/Sacramento 3.3 11 3 12 225,000 221,000KNCI/Sacramento 4.3 7t 4.6 5 349,300 330,700KNTY/Sacramento 2.2 16 2.3 17 202,100 201,300KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.9 19 1.7 20t 194,500 188,700KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 4.6 8 5 8 315,900 317,800KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ^+ 1.9 19 1.7 20t 59,300 49,000KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.4 11 5.5 5t 393,500 443,400KAJA/San Antonio 5.4 3 5.4 3t 595,100 570,000KCYY/San Antonio^ 6.3 2 6.2 2 628,700 642,900KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.7 19 1.6 19t 97,000 122,200KSON/San Diego 3.8 10 4 8 477,000 439,500KRTY/San Jose 3.4 8t 3.7 6t 179,500 183,100KKWF/Seattle 3.0 17t 3.1 15t 541,000 523,000KMPS/Seattle 4.0 9 3.5 10t 548,400 551,200KSD/St. Louis 4.1 11t 4.2 14 544,500 536,900WIL/St. Louis 4.4 10 4.9 9 533,300 509,900WFUS/Tampa 4.7 6 4.8 6t 494,300 469,500WQYK/Tampa 5.7 3 4.8 6t 483,900 437,400WMZQ/Washington 3.3 12t 3.7 10t 585,700 661,800WIRK/West Palm Beach 6.6 2 4.7 4t 176,800 183,600

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

2 1 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 30768 1408 9007 383 60.746 3.819 159 0

3 2 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 28768 1059 8402 246 56.955 2.151 159 0

4 3 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) ✔ 26874 1781 7752 515 53.18 3.883 159 0

1 4 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 25007 -4972 7160 -1465 51.37 -7.845 159 0

5 5 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 23767 1156 7006 354 47.153 2.214 159 0

6 6 KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia) 23508 1020 6988 308 45.385 1.632 159 0

7 7 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) ✔ 22352 1524 6535 424 42.514 1.66 159 0

8 8 CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) ✔ 22313 1977 6489 496 44.315 4.092 157 1

10 9 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔ 18916 955 5404 256 36.873 2.401 158 0

11 10 JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) 17661 1301 5186 406 35.066 2.757 158 0

12 11 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 16431 867 4639 248 32.505 1.94 159 0

16 12 KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) ✔ 15991 1440 4603 374 30.92 2.892 159 0

13 13 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 15750 476 4581 91 30.69 1.216 158 0

14 14 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 15083 136 4466 34 29.2 0.39 159 0

15 15 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 15035 237 4494 102 28.059 0.054 159 0

17 16 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 13417 412 3870 99 25.162 0.622 157 1

18 17 BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 12255 820 3437 258 24.558 1.536 159 1

19 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) 11479 462 3364 141 22.441 1.121 153 0

21 19 BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way... (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 11349 1450 3264 417 21.805 2.777 148 4

20 20 TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 11081 652 3321 180 20.896 1.123 146 0

22 21 DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 10511 954 3014 269 21.084 2.017 156 1

24 22 BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution) 10270 1233 3056 342 17.744 1.935 151 2

23 23 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 9872 388 3145 100 17.986 0.63 143 1

25 24 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 9420 831 2710 208 17.651 1.596 145 2

26 25 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine) 8692 225 2509 82 14.452 -0.044 154 0

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

27 26 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 8401 568 2277 135 14.938 1.238 140 2

28 27 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 8323 772 2301 178 14.26 0.587 143 1

29 28 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 7939 954 2353 239 13.146 1.627 137 4

30 29 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 6335 668 1809 206 10.583 0.791 139 2

31 30 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 5159 266 1555 90 7.127 0.424 135 3

32 31 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 4788 503 1426 131 6.689 0.506 128 2

33 32 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 4066 126 1240 40 5.59 0.234 126 4

39 33 THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory) 3937 640 1153 182 6.726 1.144 94 11

34 34 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 3935 154 1081 30 5.884 0.248 90 3

35 35 JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow) 3893 182 1216 62 5.242 0.177 125 4

37 36 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 3794 311 1105 99 5.974 0.498 93 5

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 3679 656 982 153 5.649 0.871 98 12

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 3658 1305 916 316 5.803 2.113 103 19

36 39 JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb) 3550 -21 1034 9 5.243 0.261 107 1

38 40 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN) 3358 -8 951 -26 4.342 0.111 106 0

41 41 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 2640 232 782 83 4.229 0.456 83 5

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 2537 220 811 69 2.669 0.156 95 4

DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (Cold River) 2531 173 922 63 2.541 0.224 95 2

44 44 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 2454 129 859 42 2.938 0.213 93 1

46 45 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 2428 210 751 63 3.196 0.299 77 1

47 46 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 2325 295 631 62 2.532 0.358 74 6

48 47 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 2294 275 724 73 3.329 0.342 85 2

49 48 MADDIE & TAE/Sierra (Dot) 2107 183 599 67 2.19 0.111 76 3

50 49 EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury) 1920 35 552 15 2.418 0.067 71 3

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 515

CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) 496

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 424

BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way... (Warner Bros./WMN) 417

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) 406

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 383

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 374

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 354

BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin'... (B&R/New Revolution) 342

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 316

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersCHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) 1977 ✔FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 1781 ✔JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 1524 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way... (Warner Bros./WMN) 1450 ✔KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 1440 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 1408



BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin'... (B&R/New Revolution) 1233


Activator Top Spin GainersCHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) 199

BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way... (Warner Bros./WMN) 171

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 144

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 119



TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 91

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 75

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 74

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 73

Activator Top Point GainersBLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way... (Warner Bros./WMN) 748 ✔

JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) 747 ✔

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 683 ✔

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 610 ✔

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 540 ✔


TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 482

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 474

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 448

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 400

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) 16262

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol) 15532

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 15464

C. YOUNG & C. POPE/Think Of You (RCA/Republic Nashville) 12882

BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget (Warner Bros./WMN) 11903

OLD DOMINION/Snapback (RCA) 10938

THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 10515

TIM MCGRAW/Humble And Kind (Big Machine) 10481

DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 9659

LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 9077

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 51

LANCO/Long Live Tonight (Arista) 39

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 32

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 25


DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 15

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 12

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 11

THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory) 11

TOBY KEITH/A Few More Cowboys (Show Dog) 9

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SaraBeth Full Speed Ahead (Circle S) The five-song EP includes four co-written by SaraBeth and a cover of The Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way.”

JULY 15David Nail Fighter (MCA)Nail’s fourth album features current single “Night’s On Fire” and boasts guests Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna and Vince Gill, among others. He co-wrote seven

of the 11 tunes and worked with longtime producer Frank Liddell.

Steven Tyler We’re All Somebody From Somewhere (Dot)The Aerosmith front man’s country debut includes “Love Is Your Name,” “Red, White And You” and the title track/current single. Tyler co-produced the album with T Bone Burnett, Dann Huff, Marti Frederiksen

and The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston.

Confederate Railroad Lucky To Be Alive (BFD/RED)The band’s latest album features guests Willie Nelson, John Anderson, Colt Ford and former NFL coach, Jerry Glanville. Included on the project is a 20th anniversary

version of their signature song “Trashy Women.”

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) Moves 46-45* 2,428 points, 751 spins 1 add: WRNS

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) Moves 47-46* 2,325 points, 631 spins 6 adds: KFRG, KPLX*, KUBL*, WDRQ*, WFMS*, WIVK*

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) Moves 48-47* 2,294 points, 724 spins 2 adds: KKGO, WYCT

MADDIE & TAE/Sierra (Dot) Moves 49-48* 2,107 points, 599 spins 3 adds: WDRQ*, WKMK, WXBQ

EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury) Moves 50-49* 1,920 points, 552 spins 3 adds: KWJJ, WBCT, WDXB

CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA) Re-enters at 50* 1,909 points, 623 spins 5 adds: KIIM*, KPLX*, WDRQ*, WFMS*, WNSH*

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 1,597 points, 534 spins 3 adds: KBEB, WCTQ, WFUS

ELI YOUNG BAND/Saltwater Gospel 1,396 points, 309 spins 8 adds: KBEQ, KHEY, KHGE, KJUG, KKBQ*, KWOF, WLHK, WUSH

JOSH ABBOTT BAND f/C. PEARCE/Wasn’t That Drunk (PDT/1608) 1,307 points, 355 spins 1 add: WBWL

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July 18RANDY HOUSER/Chasing Down A Good Time (Stoney Creek)TRENT HARMON/There’s A Girl (Big Machine) STEVEN TYLER/We’re All Somebody From Somewhere (Dot)CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)JAKE MCVEY/Back Seat (Purple Cow)JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR)ERIC PASLAY/Angels In This Town (EMI/Nashville)

July 25TRACE ADKINS/Lit (Wheelhouse)

August 1RAELYNN/Love Triangle (WMN)

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

2 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 11906 224 2475 58 54 0

3 2 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 11893 474 2421 74 54 0

1 3 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 11667 -352 2392 -98 52 0

6 4 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 10483 495 2170 97 53 0

5 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia) 10181 -266 2144 -47 52 0

4 6 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 9659 -1550 2004 -316 51 0

8 7 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) ✔ 9637 683 1985 144 52 0

10 8 JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) ✔ 8152 747 1655 108 53 0

11 9 CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) ✔ 7879 849 1615 199 50 0

9 10 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR) 7852 244 1620 44 52 0

12 11 KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 7244 339 1443 73 53 0

16 12 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 6683 540 1332 75 52 1

13 13 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 6630 -196 1372 -26 51 0

14 14 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 6409 38 1315 10 52 0

15 15 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 6296 -1 1299 -12 51 0

17 16 ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) 6272 194 1236 41 52 0

19 17 BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way With Words (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 5795 748 1194 171 54 3

18 18 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 5531 173 1169 33 48 0

20 19 BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 5275 364 1139 69 51 1

21 20 DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 4937 320 1005 69 53 0

22 21 TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 4739 482 946 91 48 2

23 22 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 4043 315 841 53 48 2

24 23 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 3796 221 739 44 50 2

26 24 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 3454 448 631 65 43 3

25 25 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 3316 211 663 21 48 4

28 26 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 3188 338 607 69 47 2

27 27 BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution) 3063 81 624 -8 39 0

30 28 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 2978 313 614 66 43 0

29 29 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine) 2959 126 611 34 41 0

31 30 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 2597 249 529 50 42 2

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

32 31 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 2409 312 398 54 33 4

33 32 THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory) 1968 206 353 50 33 6

34 33 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 1717 149 292 32 23 0

36 34 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 1593 70 345 5 38 1

35 35 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 1570 30 325 8 37 2

37 36 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1490 88 274 15 32 1

39 37 MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia) 1339 165 246 50 24 3

38 38 JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb) 1250 -51 264 -6 33 0

52 39 TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) ✔ 1159 610 249 119 19 7

41 40 AARON WATSON/Bluebonnets (Big/Thirty Tigers) 1000 104 218 21 16 0

42 41 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 920 63 168 6 18 0

48 42 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 912 222 154 29 21 1

40 43 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine (Big Spark) 911 -3 189 1 18 0

43 44 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA) 758 -74 141 -2 14 4

44 45 JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow) 727 -68 142 -24 23 2

45 46 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN) 651 -124 146 -14 22 0

51 47 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 651 87 136 24 16 1

57 48 THE LAST BANDOLEROS/Where Do You Go? (Warner Bros./WAR) 607 147 113 34 10 1

50 49 EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury) 595 -12 81 -7 7 0

47 50 JOSH ABBOTT BAND w/C. PEARCE/Wasn't That Drunk (PDT/1608) 582 -118 119 -14 7 0

49 51 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 566 -49 111 -15 13 0

56 52 ELI YOUNG BAND/Saltwater Gospel (Valory) 530 62 78 16 6 1

54 53 JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 516 32 60 9 3 0

53 54 SMITHFIELD/Nothing But The Night (---) 500 -10 50 -1 1 0

55 MADDIE & TAE/Sierra (Dot) 482 180 96 35 15 2

55 56 RYAN FOLLESE/Float Your Boat (Republic Nashville) 480 0 48 0 1 0

57 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 420 -47 97 -15 11 0

60 58 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Vinyl (Warner Bros./WMN) 390 40 39 4 1 0

59 RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse) 376 60 85 13 7 0

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