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people who were in it. Despite all odds and all comers, radio programmers and talent have constantly re-tooled and re-energized the medium.

Radio: The Enemy Within I read with great disdain a quote in Friday’s Tennessean (reprinting a USA Today story, no less) from Pandora Internet Radio founder Tim Westergren, who said of his service, “People are realizing it could really replace broadcast radio.” I angrily dismissed his comment, as I have so many times in the past when reading accounts of radio’s demise. Radio has been pronounced dead countless times. Through the years, movies, TV, eight-tracks, cassettes, CDs, the Walkman, the iPod, satellite radio and internet radio have all been given as reasons why radio was on the endangered species list. But radio has weathered every onslaught, and in the face of each new “killer app,” it has rebounded, stronger than ever. But as I was in mid-guffaw at the latest pronouncement of radio’s demise, I got an email that my friend Stu Evans had been let go after 20 years on the air at KMLE/Phoenix. A little later, I was told that Citadel/ABC would be sending out some kind of buy-out letters to employees this week. Not long after, a friend informed me that Clear Channel would be laying-off 1,400 people over the next week-10 days. And I started to wonder about radio’s future health. Perhaps the changes we’re all going through aren’t cyclical. Maybe, just maybe, radio is undergoing a fundamental change that will forever alter the business we grew up loving. Radio has survived and thrived through the years because of the

Those of you despondent at the thought that you are now reading 2008’s last full Country Aircheck Weekly (and we feel your pain) can take comfort in this week’s publication of our December print issue. Our year-end focus includes the top news stories, Top 100 songs, label chart shares, top performing artists and your favorite memories. Additionally, we bring you a photo retrospective of CMA Week, our first-quarter music preview and Sony/Nashville’s Joe Galante in The Interview. In other words, more than enough to tide you over as Country Aircheck slowly slips into winter slumber. We’ll continue to publish our Country Aircheck Today email this week and as the news warrants, and we’ll be back with an abbreviated chart-free Country Aircheck Weekly on Dec. 29 to help get you primed for the new year. Our first full chart and news publication of 2009 lands the evening of Monday, Jan. 5, with daily emails commencing the next day (1/6). But if you find yourself completely distraught without your daily dose of us, feel free to spend some time in our online archives. Who knows, we might even be better as a memory.

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Most-Played Christmas Songs These are Country radio’s most-played Christmas songs for the last seven days, according to Mediabase. Fun Facts: We ran into Stroudavarious Records CEO, noted producer and musician James Stroud at a Music City eatery last week. He told us that he produced and played drums on the Vince Vance & The Valiants cut, “All I want For Christmas is You.” And, during an email battle between Regent VP/Programming Bob Moody and KMDL/Lafayette, LA PD/middayer Scott Bryant over who was the first to play the song, lead singer Lisa Layne told them her late husband was a jock in Tyler, TX in 1989, and he was the first-ever to play the song.

2008 Country Christmas Current & Recurrent 1. TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas2. CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear3. RASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell Rock4. KELLIE PICKLER/Santa Baby5. FAITH HILL/A Baby Changes Everything6. TAYLOR SWIFT/Santa Baby7. ELVIS PRESLEY & MARTINA MCBRIDE/Blue Christmas8. LUKE BRYAN/Run Rudolf Run9. SONG TRUST/Bring Him Home Santa!10. RASCAL FLATTS/White Christmas11. BRAD PAISLEY/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy12. RASCAL FLATTS/I’ll Be Home For Christmas13. TOBY KEITH/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree14. TAYLOR SWIFT/Christmases When You Were Mine15. GEORGE STRAIT/Jingle Bells16. GEORGE STRAIT/We Wish You A Merry Christmas17. TAYLOR SWIFT/White Christmas18. SUGARLAND/Nuttin’ For Christmas19. BRAD PAISLEY/Winter Wonderland20. TOBY KEITH/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Christmas Country Gold1. VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS/All I Want For Christmas...2. BRENDA LEE/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree3. GEORGE STRAIT/Christmas Cookies

4. JEFF FOXWORTHY/12 Redneck Days Of Christmas5. FAITH HILL/Where Are You Christmas?6. MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Merry Christmas From ...7. BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock8. BURL IVES/Have A Holly Jolly Christmas 9. ALAN JACKSON/A Holly Jolly Christmas10. ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie11. SKIP EWING/Christmas Carol12. GARTH BROOKS/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy 13. CLINT BLACK/’Til Santa’s Gone14. KENNY CHESNEY/All I Want For Christmas Is You15. ALAN JACKSON/Let It Be Christmas 16. ALAN JACKSON I Only Want You For Christmas17. JOSE FELICIANO/Feliz Navidad18. NEWSONG/The Christmas Shoes19. GENE AUTRY/Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer20. DOLLY PARTON/Hard Candy Christmas

Whitney Duncan Selections From The Right Road Now (WB) Digital Release A precursor to her debut album expected next year, this digital EP includes five tracks all co-written by Duncan. Songwriter Hillary Lindsay shares writing credit on “The Bed That You Made” and “Little By Little,” as does co-producer John

Shanks. Other tracks include “So Sorry Mama,” “When I Said I Would” and “Away.” Mark Bright co-produced.

Danielle Peck Can’t Behave (Big Machine) Digital Release Peck’s sophomore album will be previewed on Yahoo!Music from Dec. 19-22, and is available to all digital retailers the next day (12/23). Mobile carriers will have it Dec. 30. Tracks include “Bad For Me,” “Do It For Me,” “That’s What Angels

Do,” “Brick By Brick” and “You Like Me Better When I’m Leaving.”

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Country Station Count Steady Country remains the No. 1 music format in America, with 2,024 Country stations as of the end of November, according to M Street. It had been the top format overall until June 2008, when News/Talk took over the top spot. Although Country has lost 344 stations since 1998, the format is down only 23 stations since 2004. And Country is the No. 1 music format in terms of multi-casts, with 84 HD2 and one HD3 station. Nearly 74% of Country stations broadcast on FM.

Something Special In The Air Country radio doesn’t need any extra encouragement to do good in the community, but there’s no denying a spirit of

giving has permeated the airwaves this season:• KIZN/Boise had brought in $4,000 by 5p CT with its annual Keep Kids Warm auction that kicked off this morning (12/15). An autographed Jimmy Wayne guitar was responsible for $1,600 of that total, and Idaho Governor Butch Otter (pictured

Tuesday (12/16) - Jeff Carson, Joe Carter

Wednesday (12/17) - Sharon Skaggs, Kevin Duana Propes, Tracy Byrd, Tim Chewning, Tom Banks, Katie Gillon, Mary McKenna ([email protected]), Christine Smith, J.B. Cloud ([email protected])

Thursday (12/18) - Cowboy Troy, Cledus T. Judd, Buffy Cooper ([email protected]), Joe Galante, Rob Hendon

Friday (12/19) - Little Jimmy Dickens, Janie Fricke, Anthony Martin, Bill Mayne ([email protected]), Roger Ramsey ([email protected]), John Sebastian ([email protected]), Kyle Cantrell

Saturday (12/20) – George Briner ([email protected]), Melissa Pierce, Ronnie Vaughan

Sunday (12/21) – Lee Roy Parnell, Brad Warren, Rhean Boyer (Carolina Rain), Doug Johnson, Nina Rossman ([email protected])

Monday (12/22) – Lori McKenna, Chuck Meade (BR5-49), Marla Burns, Karen Conrad, John Shomby ([email protected])

Wednesday (12/24) -Justin McIntosh ([email protected])

Thursday (12/25) - Laura Bryna, Jimmy Buffett, Alecia Elliot, Barbara Mandrell, Steve Wariner, Christen Lewis ([email protected])

Friday (12/26) - Dustin Eichten, Shelley Hargis ([email protected]), Jan Perry Rodgers, Dave Beller

Saturday (12/27) – Jim Beavers, David Fitzgerald

Sunday (12/21) – Marty Roe (Diamond Rio), Jonathan Fricke ([email protected]), Dan Herrington

Monday (12/29) – Jessica Andrews, Steve Casey, Ken Robold ([email protected])

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with APD/afternooner Steve Shannon) even stopped by the station to show his appreciation for their efforts. The event ends Friday (12/19) and proceeds go to local families in the Treasure Valley. • WUSN/Chicago’s St. Jude Radiothon raised $1,087,712 (12/11-12). • With all the controversy surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, WFYR/Peoria is auctioning the “Governor Seats” to Toby Keith’s Jan. 29 tour stop. The seats are in the station’s private box at the venue and the winning bid’s payment will be given to a local food bank or mission.

Industry News Lost in the post-CMA Awards craziness was the little-known story of the impromptu candlelit dinner enjoyed by more than 500 radio trip winners. When downtown Nashville lost power for several hours on awards day (11/12), What A Trip! and the Wildhorse Saloon were forced to scramble, bringing in generator trucks, trucking in food from Opryland and firing up the wax and string for the pre-awards dinner. The show must go on... BMI/Nashville Assoc. Dir./Sales Jason “Jay” Page has been promoted to Dir./Sales for General Licensing. He has been with the company since Feb. 2003 and previousy owned and operated a restaurant in Murfreesboro, TN.

Artist News Taylor Swift is emceeing GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2008 every weeknight beginning next Monday, Dec. 29 through Jan. 2 at 8p ET. She will be joined by guests Lady Antebellum and Kellie Pickler, with phone-ins from Carrie Underwood and Miley Cyrus. Swift will also announce the show’s sweepstakes winner who will take away $5,000 in cash and $2,500 worth of FYE gift cards. Aaron Watson’s 3rd Annual Charity Auction is in full swing until Monday, Dec. 22 at 10pm here. Items include memorabilia, merch, tickets and more. The proceeds benefit Amber’s Angels organization, which is dedicated to helping children with cystic fibrosis, cancer and asthma, in addition to 15-year-old Nikki Gilbert who has a cancerous brain tumor in and around her brainstem.

Fans can catch behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot from Keith Urban’s “Sweet Thing” at www.keithurban.net. Capitol/EMI is releasing Glen Campbell’s Greatest Hits Feb. 10 with 16 re-mastered songs. Tracks include “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Galveston,” “Gentle On My Mind,” and “By The

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WWQM/Madison PD Brad Austin discusses his most important songs, albums or concerts: 1. Tom Jones, Wisconsin State Fair, 1994: The first concert I ever emceed. I was working at WMIL & WOKY/Milwaukee. It was a classic “right place, right time” moment [because] I was the only WOKY staffer available. I was 17 and shook like a leaf. I called him “Tommy” as

I intro’d him and bought The Complete Tom Jones that night!2. George Strait/The Chair: George is my all-time favorite artist! This could be one of the best country songs ever written or recorded. I’m a traditionalist at heart and love this song.3. Dan Fogelberg/Hard To Say: My friend Tom Cook, who programs in the AC format, turned me on to Fogelberg a decade ago. I’ve been a fan ever since. 4. Earl Thomas Conley/Holding Her & Loving You: Just a classic ‘80s country smash. One part love song, one part heartbreak song. Genius!5. Taylor Swift, York, PA: I was programming WGTY and Taylor came to see me with Scott Borchetta and her mom Andrea. Nobody, including me, knew her beyond a name and a song just barely released called “Tim McGraw.” She played four songs in an Italian restaurant in York after hours. Just the four of us, some of the waitstaff, and Taylor on acoustic guitar. It was like witnessing the birth of a new galaxy. I’m so proud of her and I cherish the pictures from that night; thanks to Andrea for taking some good snaps!� A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Most of the ‘70s rock era. Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, etc. In general, it’s not my thing. � An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Opera. God bless ‘em. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Mark Chesnutt’s Greatest Hits and Eric Church’s Sinners Like Me.

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Wednesday 12/17 - Little Big Town, Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC).

Thursday 12/18 - Trisha Yearwood, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).

Saturday 12/20 - Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Julianne Hough, Opry Live (GAC).

Thursday 12/25 - Toby Keith, A Toby Keith Classic Christmas (CMT); Josh Turner, Mark Chesnutt, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).

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made? Certainly, it hasn’t been “mission accomplished.” Terrestrial radio isn’t being killed by interlopers like internet or satellite radio. It is committing suicide.

This is the last issue of Country Aircheck Weekly for 2008. On behalf of the entire staff – Chuck Aly, Mary Forest Campbell, Erin Duvall, Jeff Green, Kelley Keith and Mike Page – thank you for your friendship and support as all of us in the broadcast and music industries traverse these incredibly difficult times. Our wish is for you to have a joyous holiday with family and friends, and return in 2009 with a renewed vigor and resolve to make the best of the New Year. – LH

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Time I Get To Phoenix.” Jewel is on the January cover of Cowboys & Indians magazine, on newsstands now. Little Big Town will kick off their A Place To Land Tour Jan. 24 at Freebird Live in Jacksonville, FL. Also on the bill for various dates are the Zac Brown Band, Ashton Shepherd, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove and Kate & Kacey. Full list of dates available on their revamped website here. Julianne Hough has been named a supporting act on George Strait’s 2009 tour. Her first date will be May 15 in Charlotte, NC. Full list at www.georgestrait.com. Hallmark has partnered with Jo Dee Messina to produce holiday cards featuring sound clips from her A Joyful Noise Christmas album. The cards, including snippets of “Silent Night,” “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” are available at Wal-Mart.

The Enemy Within (continued from page 1) But how can radio be revitalized or even remain relevant without the very people who create compelling content? Cutbacks in recent years have severely depleted radio’s creative brain trust and air talent. And now the recession and economic crisis are decimating the ranks of the very people who drive and create the content that is so desperately needed. I read the comments of many of today’s radio leaders, who say the goal is to provide quality content across multiple platforms, whether they emanate from a tower or the internet. But who is going to create and deliver this compelling content? Voice-tracking and other modern means of delivery have killed the small market breeding grounds for talent and programmers. And now, we’re driving away our best talent by laying-off those who make the most money at a station. Then I watch the congressional hearings, where the politicians who have gotten us into this mess chastise the heads of the Big 3 automakers, screaming about the mistakes they have made in leadership. And I wonder about radio’s leadership since the Telecom Act of 1996 brought us consolidation. Were mistakes


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1 1 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 15525 268 4919 105 34.044 0.523 122 0

4 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 14487 657 4520 171 31.107 1.163 122 0

5 3 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 13798 376 4309 89 29.745 0.923 121 0

3 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 13258 -1113 4103 -389 30.352 -2.399 119 0

6 5 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITh URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 12066 442 3760 185 25.496 0.837 121 0

10 6 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4 11424 1274 3722 397 23.685 1.838 119 0

8 7 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 11172 785 3517 246 23.342 1.512 121 0

2 8 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 11109 -3685 3371 -1260 24.69 -7.452 121 0

7 9 JAMEY JOhNSON/In Color (Mercury) 11073 642 3593 211 22.786 1.095 122 2

9 10 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 10962 696 3545 272 23.71 1.952 122 0

13 11 BLAKE ShELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 9636 494 3135 149 20.263 1.043 121 0

12 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 9538 304 3036 88 20.433 0.759 119 0

16 13 TOBY KEITh/God Love Her (Show Dog) 9339 785 2949 273 19.728 1.423 121 2

14 14 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 9249 502 2986 209 19.127 1.121 119 0

15 15 KENNY ChESNEY f/MAC MCANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 9178 617 2831 216 19.793 1.621 123 0

17 16 KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 4 9058 945 2762 298 19.472 2.085 120 0

20 17 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 4 7788 1338 2387 404 16.822 2.897 119 3

18 18 RANDY hOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 7678 -43 2476 10 15.875 0.134 115 0

19 19 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 6954 123 2163 70 13.753 0.127 117 0

11 20 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 6902 -2564 2332 -815 14.758 -5.454 120 0

24 21 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 5895 701 1877 269 11.346 1.375 114 6

22 22 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 5661 287 1833 85 10.641 0.346 115 3

21 23 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 5575 51 1766 41 10.8 0.185 114 3

31 24 TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 4 4972 2261 1514 691 10.341 4.655 108 19

25 25 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 4818 231 1549 108 9.082 0.705 107 3

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26 26 JOSh TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 3982 161 1352 92 7.526 0.241 99 3

27 27 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 3718 655 1158 195 7.01 1.46 105 8

29 28 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 3556 551 1134 189 7.042 1.227 100 9

28 29 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 3310 279 1118 97 6.176 0.582 103 8

23 30 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 3135 -2094 1059 -716 5.564 -4.546 108 0

30 31 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 3009 234 975 71 5.366 0.439 85 5

33 32 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4 2978 983 970 358 5.335 1.968 91 15

34 33 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love... (Republic/Universal South) 2421 491 710 136 4.761 1.191 61 3

35 34 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 2310 470 704 145 3.982 0.985 69 4

36 35 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 1938 323 615 95 3.74 0.604 44 7

38 36 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 1756 427 603 145 2.756 0.656 64 13

37 37 SARAh BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 1376 -13 513 18 1.737 0.025 72 4

40 38 JASON MIChAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 1266 266 465 104 1.709 0.372 66 10

39 39 JOhN MIChAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 1244 215 428 61 2.152 0.371 42 3

42 40 TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas (Big Machine) 1227 318 331 82 3.011 0.639 20 1

41 41 hEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (‘Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 1162 193 413 70 1.611 0.322 50 7

46 42 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear (19/Arista) 1105 328 324 112 2.791 0.906 21 4

43 43 EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory) 1013 134 302 70 1.664 0.312 47 14

44 44 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 965 159 377 53 1.636 0.315 41 3

47 45 ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 924 219 345 70 1.249 0.39 46 5

48 46 JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) 913 224 301 65 1.321 0.395 38 4

47 RASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell Rock (Lyric Street) 889 314 258 96 2.098 0.749 5 2

49 48 JEREMY MCCOMB/Cold (Parallel/New Revolution) 850 215 334 72 1.185 0.356 32 2

49 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 788 233 254 74 1.283 0.393 34 10

50 KELLIE PICKLER/Santa Baby (19/BNA) 751 160 229 58 1.818 0.457 10 2Debut

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Aircheck Top Point GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 2261 4GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 1338 4ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 1274 4RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 983 4KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 945 4DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 785TOBY KEITh/God Love Her (Show Dog) 785DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 701BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 696RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 657

Aircheck Top Spin GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 691GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 404ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 397RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 358KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 298TOBY KEITh/God Love Her (Show Dog) 273BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 272DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 269DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 246KENNY ChESNEY f/MAC MCANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 216

Activator Top Point GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 510 4RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 424 4KENNY ChESNEY f/MAC McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 325 4ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 301 4DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 293 4KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 274

GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 254

JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 225

MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 219

BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 206

Activator Top Spin GainersTAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 284

RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 207

KENNY ChESNEY f/MAC McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 195

DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 170

KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 168

ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 164

GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 162

BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 154

MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 130

JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 126

Aircheck Add LeadersTAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 19JOSh GRACIN/Telluride (Lyric Street) 17RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 15EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory) 14JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 13JASON MIChAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 10KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 10MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 9JESSICA ANDREWS/Everything (Carolwood) 8JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 8MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 8

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CMT PurEADAM GrEGOrY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine)EMErSOn DrIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory)rOGEr ALAn WADE/First Time I Saw Waylon (Johnny Knoxville)SuGArLAnD/Love (Mercury)WHITnEY DunCAn/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.)

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Aircheck Top RecurrentsCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 7607TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 7284DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 6991JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 5601KENNY ChESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 5593KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Top Dog/Atlantic/CO5) 5145BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 5123JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 4808TOBY KEITh/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 4543TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 4242

JANUARY 5ShANE O’DAZIER/I Hate This Town (Robbins)

JANUARY 12TRACE ADKINS/Marry For Money (Capitol)

JANUARY 20 CRAIG MORGAN/God Must Really Love Me (BNA)

Add dAteSAircheck ActivityADAM GrEGOrY/What It Takes (nSA/Midas/Big Machine) Moves 47*-45*; 924 points, 345 spins 5 ADDS: KCYE, KKWF, WPCV*, WSOC*, WSSL

JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) Moves 48*-46*; 913 points, 301 spins 4 ADDS: KFDI, KJuG, WQHK, WSSL

rASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell rock (Lyric Street) Enters at 47*; 889 points, 258 spins 2 ADDS: KMLE*, KWnr*

JErEMY MCCOMB/Cold (Parallel/new revolution) Moves 49*-48*; 850 points, 334 spins 2 ADDS: WEZL, WSSL

KELLIE PICKLEr/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BnA) Enters at 49*; 788 points, 254 spins 10 ADDS: KDrK, KHKI*, KKBQ*, KrTY, WFuS, WPCV*, WQDr, WSIX, WSSL, WXCY

KELLIE PICKLEr/Santa Baby (19/BnA) Stays at 50*; 751 points, 229 spins 2 ADDS: KWnr*, WIrK*

FAITH HILL/A Baby Changes Everything (Warner Bros.) 744 points, 194 spins 3 ADDS: KILT*, KSD, KWnr*

JESSICA AnDrEWS/Everything (Carolwood) 665 points, 239 spins 8 ADDS: KCYE, KSOn, WBEE, WBuL, WGTY, WSIX, WXTu, WYPY

ELVIS PrESLEY f/MArTInA MCBrIDE/Blue Christmas (Sony/rCA) 551 points, 187 spins; 0 ADDS

TAYLOr SWIFT/Santa Baby (Big Machine) 551 points, 169 spins; 2 ADDS: WQYK*, WYCD*

LuKE BrYAn/run run rudolph (Capitol) 495 points, 137 spins; 2 ADDS: WQYK*, WYCD*

rICHIE MCDOnALD/How Do I Just Stop (Stroudavarious) 477 points, 179 spins 3 ADDS: KSOn, WEZL, WPCV*

SOnG TruST/Bring Him Home Santa (Giantslayer/Capitol) 471 points, 142 spins; 1 ADD: KIZn*

JESSICA SIMPSOn/remember That (Columbia) 449 points, 135 spins; 0 ADDS

MELISSA LAWSOn/What If It All Goes right (Warner Bros.) 416 points, 68 spins; 0 ADDS

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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1 1 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 5466 -53 3030 -32

3 2 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 4909 50 2721 49

4 3 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 4876 111 2717 71

7 4 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4 4609 301 2548 164

6 5 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITh URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 4477 -74 2525 -8

8 6 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 4090 206 2274 154

9 7 JAMEY JOhNSON/In Color (Mercury) 4036 198 2293 93

10 8 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 3930 192 2159 109

11 9 BLAKE ShELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 3548 110 1904 86

14 10 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 3513 186 1890 88

12 11 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 3441 9 1916 12

15 12 TOBY KEITh/God Love Her (Show Dog) 3365 144 1826 83

16 13 KENNY ChESNEY f/M. MCANALLY/Down The Road (Blue Chair/BNA) 43318 325 1794 195

17 14 RANDY hOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 3006 16 1666 17

18 15 KEITh URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 2919 274 1592 168

19 16 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 2825 254 1570 162

13 17 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 2645 -724 1431 -424

21 18 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 2368 35 1306 34

24 19 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 4 2211 293 1206 170

23 20 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 2101 117 1120 65

22 21 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 2090 22 1130 42

25 22 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 1902 135 1009 67

26 23 JOSh TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 1815 123 946 77

31 24 TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 4 1558 510 876 284

30 25 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 1311 219 671 130

27 26 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 1297 111 702 69

32 27 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 4 1289 424 669 207

29 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Capitol) 1267 155 661 105

34 29 JOhN MIChAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 834 138 351 76

36 30 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 792 225 410 126

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35 31 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 726 51 401 33

39 32 JASON MIChAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 573 124 237 64

38 33 SARAh BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 559 95 266 45

37 34 hEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (‘Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 544 55 274 24

40 35 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 498 88 298 39

45 36 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 474 173 234 84

47 37 JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) 363 85 161 30

42 38 JAMIE O'NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 349 -5 121 -5

41 39 MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity) 345 -13 118 -2

43 40 KATIE ARMIGER/Unseen (Cold River/Nine North) 333 9 193 7

51 41 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 308 116 135 62

48 42 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good Lord Willing (Capitol) 295 44 147 15

59 43 TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas (Big Machine) 285 150 139 69

46 44 JEFF BATES/Riverbank (Black River) 283 -8 97 -4

49 45 EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory) 283 34 118 21

50 46 TRACY LAWRENCE/You Can't Hide... (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 257 11 110 4

58 47 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear (19/Arista) 248 88 116 40

55 48 JESSICA ANDREWS/Everything (Carolwood) 240 76 121 28

Debut 49 JOSh GRACIN/Telluride (Lyric Street) 236 181 119 85

Debut 50 RASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell Rock (Lyric Street) 183 85 83 32

Debut 51 ELVIS PRESLEY f/MARTINA MCBRIDE/Blue Christmas (RCA) 181 88 82 31

Debut 52 FAITh hILL/A Baby Changes Everything (Warner Bros.) 179 72 75 27

Debut 53 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) 169 80 83 36

53 54 ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 167 1 77 4

54 55 STEVE AZAR/You're My Life (Ride/Dang/CO5) 165 1 70 -2

56 56 KELLIE PICKLER/Santa Baby (19/BNA) 163 1 74 -2

Debut 57 JEREMY MCCOMB/Cold (Parallel/New Revolution) 144 25 71 16

57 58 JEWEL/Till It Feels Like Cheating (Valory) 134 -28 45 -2

-- 59 MATT STILLWELL/Shine (Still7/CO5) 128 1 60 2

60 60 RICK hUCKABY/Ain't Enough Blacktop (HeadCoach) 120 -9 72 -6

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

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