June 27, 2011
Readers React: You Call This Independence?
“There are no holidays in radio.” That’s what WXBQ/
Johnson City, TN PD Bill Hagy asserted in last week’s Country
Aircheck Weekly (6/20). The issue stemmed from a corporate
VP questioning the decision to voice-track Memorial Day and
asking his PDs to come up with a better plan for Independence
Day. Needless to say, there is a wide range of opinions on the
issue. Here are a few we’ve received:
• Bill Black, PD, WKSJ/Mobile: “Voicetracking is a great tool when used properly. With
all the demands on-air PDs have these days, you
must take advantage of voice-tracking. However,
that is no excuse for presenting a poor product. In
Mobile, the only holidays I allow for my
Bill Black
regular staff are Christmas Day and New Year’s
Day. Even then, they voice-track a very compelling show,
usually with lots of “best of” bits. I would hope that everyone
knew going into this business that there are no off-days. It’s not
like we turn things off Friday at 5pm and start
again on Monday. Radio is what it is.”
• Bob Glasco, Consultant: “Who is your
customer? Do you care about him or her? Of course
you do. This is another gift from Arbitron via PPM.
When we were diary-driven, we didn’t necessarily
get penalized if one day during the survey period
Bob Glasco
was not business as usual.
(continued on page 7)
Issue 249
Reporter Additions; Schedule Reminder
KHEY/El Paso (1.5), KWNR/Las Vegas (1.7), WNOE/New Orleans
(2.8) and KEGA/Salt Lake City (1.0) have been added to the
Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel (weights in
parentheses). The first airplay week for these new reporters begins
Sunday, July 3. The first chart including their airplay runs in the
July 11 Country Aircheck Weekly.
Reminder: Adjusting for the July 4 holiday, adds and nonmonitored reports will be accepted through 2pm CT Tuesday, July
5. Of course, adds can be reported as early as Thursday (6/30) for
anyone planning to be out of town next week.
Independence Day Song List
Here are a few songs to keep in mind as you set music for the
Fourth of July Weekend. Got a suggestion? Send it here.
• KEITH ANDERSON/Sunday Morning In America
• RODNEY ATKINS/It’s America
• BIG & RICH/Our America
• BROOKS & DUNN/Only In America
• JOHNNY CASH/Ragged Old Flag
• BILLY RAY CYRUS/Some Gave All
• CHARLIE DANIELS BAND/In America
• LEE GREENWOOD/God Bless The USA
• SHOOTER JENNINGS/4th Of July
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• WAYLON JENNINGS/America
• TOBY KEITH/American Soldier
• TOBY KEITH/Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue
• TOBY KEITH/Made In America
• JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA
• WILLIE NELSON/America The Beautiful
• ELVIS PRESLEY/American Trilogy
• LEANN RIMES/God Bless America
• SUGARLAND/Everyday America
• KENI THOMAS/Gloryland
• AARON TIPPIN/Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly
• JOSH TURNER/Firecracker
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl
• PHIL VASSAR/American Child
• HANK WILLIAMS, JR./America Will Survive
Compiled with the help of the Green Book Of Songs By Subject.
Chart Chat
Congrats to Taylor Swift, Jack Purcell and the
whole crew of Big Machine promotion bullies
on scoring this week’s No. 1. The “Mean” team
has now landed three in a row off Speak Now,
including “Mine” and “Back To December.”
Taylor Swift
News & Notes
Westwood One’s CMT Radio Live With Cody Alan has
extended its reach to more than 150 stations nationwide between
its weekend and weekday editions. Alan is also now seen on
CMT twice each weekday in a new country news segment called
Hot Headlines.
Citadel Media’s The Jeremy Show host Jeremy Robinson is
filling in on American Country Countdown July 2-3, as host Kix
Brooks is on vacation.
Avon is accepting song submissions for the Avon Voices
Songwriting Competition through July 1. Winners will be
announced Sept 8. Writers 18 and older can submit here.
A four-station cluster including Country/News-Talk and
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The Page Three Pic
Hair Of Superiority: WXTU/Philadelphia’s 10th anniversary show
(1994) is a gathering of greats. Pictured (l-r) are WGGY/Wilkes Barre’s
Mark Lindow (mark@wcms.com), WBCS/Boston’s Ginny Rogers
(grogers@wklb.com), ‘XTU’s John Hart (hart@bullsi.com), Arista’s
Denise Nichols (denise@theprimacyfirm.com), WCTK/Providence’s
Dan Nelson (dan.nelson@sonymusic.com), WHYL/Harrisburg, PA’s Lee
Adams (ladams@brokenbowrecords.com), Arista’s Teddi Bonadies
(teddi@rodeowave.com) and WBCS/Boston’s Dave Williams. Got
nostalgic images? Send them to pagethreepic@countryaircheck.com.
Country KNAF-AM & FM/Fredericksburg, TX has been sold
out of bankruptcy to Norbert Fritz for $700,000. Dallas-based
Bill Whitley of Media Services Group served as broker.
Artist News
Joe Nichols kicked off his Dunkin’ Donuts
partnership with a live chat via the company’s
Facebook page last week, and a replay is now
viewable here. Nichols’ 2011 tour is sponsored
by the brand; the two first collaborated in 2010
Joe Nichols
when the singer performed at the launch of
Dunkin’ Donuts’ partnership with the USO.
The RIAA has issued gold certification for Luke Bryan’s
“Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”
Toby Keith’s three-year-old colt Sherriff Cogburn ran
second against Astrology in the $250,000 Iowa Derby Saturday
(6/25) at Prairie Meadows.
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My Tunes: Music That Shaped My Life
Patiovation: Warner Music Nashville hosted CRB board members for Thursday’s Pickin’ On The Patio performance by Brett Eldredge, Hunter Hayes and
Jason Jones. Pictured (l-r) are WAR’s Chris Palmer, WMN’s Peter Strickland,
WQYK/Tampa’s Mike Culotta, Clear Channel’s Clay Hunnicutt, KMPS/Seattle’s
Becky Brenner, Jones, Eldredge, WMN’s John Esposito and Chris Stacey,
Hayes, WMN’s Bob Reeves and CRB’s Bill Mayne.
JaneDear girls’ “Wildflower” is among the tracks that
participants aged 8-14 can cover in the Quaker Chewy Superstar
contest. The winner will receive $5,000, a recording session with
the Jonas Brothers’ Nick Jonas and a contract with the Jonas
Management Group. More here.
Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Jack Ingram, Kris
Kristofferson and Willie Nelson are among those featured on
the double-disc compilation This One’s For Him: A Tribute To
Guy Clark, which will street Nov. 1 to celebrate Clark’s 70th
birthday (11/6). And Dualtone will release Guy Clark’s Songs
And Stories Aug. 16. The album includes 23 live tracks from a
performance at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre.
Montgomery Gentry and rockers Kansas will perform
at Darryl Worley’s 10th annual Tennessee River Run Sept.
15-17 at Pickwick Landing State Park. The event will benefit
the Darryl Worley Foundation, which supports several
organizations. More here.
Vince Gill will guest on NPR’s Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! at
the Tennessee Performing Arts Center June 30.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor
guitarist James Burton in the Nashville Cats: A Celebration of
Music City Musicians series July 23.
Country Music Hall of Famer Harold Bradley will be joined
by David Briggs and Norbert Putnam for Legends of RCA
Studio B: Conversations with All the King’s Men. The Country
KUSS/San Diego PD/morning personality
Cindy Spicer discusses her most influential
songs, albums and concerts:
1. Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge Tour,
Berlin, 1995: It was in Hitler’s Olympic
Stadium. My mother left her family in East
Germany before the wall and didn’t see
them for 16 years. So the combination
of the Stones and the location was pure
emotion for me.
Cindy Spicer
2. Randy Travis, Always And Forever:
I was in Pop radio, but played this cassette over and over.
Something about his voice and songs put me in a great mood.
3. Shakira, Dónde Están Los Ladrones: I listened to this album
for six weeks straight on a sailboat in Cartagena, Colombia before
Shakira was known outside of Colombia. I was trying to parrot
her words to improve my Spanish diction and it opened me up to
the music of Carlos Vives, Juanes and its passionate, poetic lyricsand-music-base that’s like country music.
4. Michael Franti, Uptown Theatre, Napa, 2011: It was part of
the Live In The Vineyard promotion with Hot AC artists. We need
to get more country artists involved!
5. Keith Urban, House of Blues, Los Angeles, 2009: Keith is
amazing every concert, but this was intimate and he was on fire!
• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I
probably have heard Radiohead, but I wouldn’t know it if I was
listening to them.
• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: At the risk
of angering lots of Beatles fans — I like the Beatles, just maybe
not as much as Beatles fans.
• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to
right now: Everyone should listen to Mumford & Sons’“Sigh No More.”
• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Zac Brown
Band’s The Foundation and You Get What You Give.
Reach Cindy at cindyspicer@clearchannel.com.
Music Hall of Fame and Museum will present the Elvis Presleythemed event Aug. 9 at Nashville’s RCA Studio B.
Phil Vassar has customized a version of his current single
“Let’s Get Together” for the Arizona Rattlers Arena Football
League franchise. The updated track is titled “Rattler Hum” and
is the team’s new fight song. More here.
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Off The Record: Corey Smith
Average Joes’ Corey Smith puts an
industry spin on the artist interview:
1. What station did you grow up listening
to? It was probably WNNX (99X)Atlanta,
which was an alternative rock station when
alt rock was at its peak. They would play
Shawn Mullins, Matchbox 20, Hootie & the
Blowfish and Dave Matthews Band. As far as
Country, WYAY (Y106)/Atlanta was always
Corey Smith
on at my grandma’s house.
2. When was the first time you heard yourself on the radio?
My wife always listens to WUBL/Atlanta when she’s taking the
kids to school, picking them up and going to the grocery store.
One morning, she was taking my youngest to preschool at like
nine o’clock. She got back in the car, turned it on and my single
was playing. She came running into the house and goes, “You’re
on the radio!” I ran outside and caught the last verse. It’s lifechanging when the radio stations close to home start playing
your music. It means a lot to the friends, family and fans who’ve
been there from early on. The Bull was the first station to add
“Twenty-One.”
3. What nasty truck stop food tempts you? Fried chicken livers
and boiled peanuts.
4. Who in radio has made the biggest impression on you
so far? Lance Houston at The Bull has been a huge supporter,
but I’ve met a lot of people. And, Mike Kennedy in Kansas City
has been a big supporter. It was really important for us to have
someone close to home that was not only a believer, but also
would actually step up and play it. And not just play it, but play it
a lot. Lance was the first person to do that, and it’s always going
to mean a lot to me.
5. Which regional is the worst driver? Jay Cruze because he
doesn’t pay attention. He’s got his iPhone in his hand and he
can’t stop checking his email. Labels should have a policy with
their radio reps not allowing them to use cell phones while their
artists are in the car.
6. What question do you never want to answer again? Who are
your influences? But I know I’m always going to get that question
because it’s standard. But it’s a really broad question for an artist.
The CCMA has named Michelle Wright as an Artist
inductee into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
The Week’s Top Stories
Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com.
• Tenacity Records named industry vets David Haley and
Gary Greenberg SVP/Promotion and Dir./Promotion,
respectively. (CAT 6/22)
• Clear Channel’s WTQR/Greensboro began running jockless
as it prepares to rebrand and relaunch in the next few weeks.
No personnel changes were made. (CAT 6/24)
• The KMLE/Phoenix Tim & Willy morning team will
be inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Association
Foundation Hall of Fame Oct. 13. (CAT 6/24)
• Citadel’s WKDF/Nashville midday host Becca Walls was
named Nashville Correspondent for Envision Radio
Networks’ AmeriCountry prep service. (CAT 6/21)
• Clear Channel’s WNOE/New Orleans brought back longtime
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station vet Eddie Edwards for afternoons. (CAT 6/23)
• Big Machine Label Group added Brittney McKenna as
Coord./Marketing ( CAT 6/24)
• At Townsquare/Billings, MT, Market Manager Jerry Butler
left to become PD for University of Florida’s Sports/Country
combo WRUF-AM & FM/Gainesville, while the cluster’s Dir./
Operations Ray Massie, who also programmed Country KCTR
and Classic Rock KMHK, exited. (CAT 6/22, 6/21)
You Call This Independence?
(continued from page 1)
Were we right in taking the day off from serving our customer?
No, but we did it because we thought it was the right thing to do
for our staff and their families. Bottom line: All of us signed on
for a 24/7 business that we love. If we are going to successfully
fend off the new delivery systems and other distractions, we will
only succeed if we remember the customer always comes first.”
• Kenny Shelton, PD/mornings, WYYD/
Roanoke, VA: “I’ll put my vote in for modern
technology. We give the talent time off to
recharge their batteries and enjoy some important
family time. If you have good talent (and we do),
and the content is appropriate for the day (it is),
how it’s delivered isn’t important.”
Kenny Shelton
• Phil Becker, OM, WBTU/Ft. Wayne,
IN: “No matter the day, live programming is best. Now
that everyone has the technology to do voice-tracking and
automation, we have lost our way. We’d be foolish to think the
audience says, ‘Well, it’s a holiday, so I understand the product
doesn’t need to be as good. If you took your family out to dinner
on a holiday, would you say, ‘It’s OK that the service is poor and
the food isn’t as good as it could be. It’s a holiday, so I’ll settle?’
The only argument I would entertain is the one about giving
your hard-working employees time off for the holiday. In that
instance, though, you fill them with your part-time players so
that listeners can still interact. Oh, wait! I forgot you fired all of
them because of the same technology that led to this question.”
• Scott Letourneau, Afternoons, Dial Global Pure AC:
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Check Out
Dolly Parton Better Day (Dolly/WMN)
Emmylou Harris, Randy Kohrs, Alison Krauss, Daily &
Vincent and the Isaacs appear on Parton’s follow-up to
Backwoods Barbie. Parton wrote all 12 tracks including
the lead single “Together You And I.”“Country Is As
Country Does” was co-written with Mac Davis. Kent
Wells produced and Parton executive-produced.
July 12
Blake Shelton Red River Blue (Warner Bros./WMN)
Ashton Shepherd Where Country Grows (MCA)
Chris Young Neon (RCA)
July 19
Ricky Skaggs Country Hits Bluegrass Style
(Skaggs Family)
July 26 Eric Church Chief (EMI Nashville)
Randy Montana Randy Montana (Mercury)
Aug. 2
Trace Adkins Proud To Be Here (Show Dog-Universal)
Aug. 9
Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines (Capitol)
Album release info to news@countryaircheck.com.
“There aren’t many exceptions to all of radio being tracked
every day already. Of course, all but a few places will track July
4, as well, so there won’t be much less quality.”
• Toby Tucker, PD/afternoons, WDZQ/
Decatur, IL: “If you have the right jocks in
place, you can easily trust them to voice-track
a quality show. One thing we often forget as
industry people is that the average person
doesn’t even know we can voice-track. If you
think as you did as a radio listener, way back
Toby Tucker
before you got into the industry, you will quit
over-analyzing many things and save yourself a lot of headaches
and worry.”
• Myla Thomas, Mornings, WBVR/Bowling Green, KY:
“Voice-track! Give us a day off!” CAC
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June 27, 2011
LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points+/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
2
1
TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine)
17943
1128
5853
394
40.764 2.202
129
0
1
2
BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN)
17936
54
5918
-2
41.531
0.404
131
0
3
3
BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville)
16010
305
5262
96
36.466 0.699
131
0
4
4
JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory)
15900
709
5340
157
36.497 2.152
131
0
6
5
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 4
15789
1602
5219
523
36.029 2.924
130
0
5
6
CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA)
15700
898
5293
259
35.503 2.205
131
0
9
7
ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG) 12880
882
4363
333
29.83
2.551
129
0
8
8
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol)
12743
571
4205
172
29.132 1.483
131
0
10
9
DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol)
11607
480
3918
157
26.426 0.94
131
0
11
10
LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol)
10885
-2
3680
15
24.901 0.31
128
0
12
11
KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA)
10183
1068
3352
363
22.966 1.861
129
0
13
12
JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)
9528
691
3199
226
21.211
1.844
131
3
14
13
TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal)
8835
367
3089
126
19.467 0.957
125
0
18
14
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 4 8747
1637
2833
478
20.258 3.687
130
2
15
15
ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville)
8520
132
2965
65
18.893 0.612
128
1
17
16
JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA)
7354
243
2672
88
15.57
122
0
20
17
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury) 4
7160
1139
2419
420
15.459 1.757
124
2
19
18
ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville)
6568
426
2273
174
14.962 1.324
122
3
22
19
SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury)
6416
1063
2043
347
14.379 2.215
117
5
16
20
MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville) 6409
-997
2108
-322
13.272 -2.243
128
0
21
21
RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb)
6346
410
2186
148
13.87
0.567
122
4
25
22
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 4
5748
1977
1908
627
12.54
4.398
121
13
28
23
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 4
4675
1574
1550
539
9.894
3.165
107
26
24
24
STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb)
4339
208
1694
76
9.067
0.387
111
2
26
25
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
4301
957
1522
329
9.147
2.491
113
5
Air bor ne indicates songs that have reached air play on 60% of the Countr y Aircheck/M ediabase repor ting panel.
0.607
4=Top
5 point gainers.
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LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points +/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
27
26
BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory)
3710
535
1244
173
7.596
1.33
100
1
30
27
FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR)
2979
251
1060
79
6.033
0.412
88
4
29
28
DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA)
2920
129
1137
62
5.276
0.169
99
2
32
29
DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol)
2895
458
962
192
5.567
0.937
93
8
33
30
JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 2852
812
956
267
5.355
1.784
104
12
BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia)
1995
237
745
94
3.567
0.467
83
6
34
32
JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)
1855
62
690
28
3.44
0.427
72
1
37
33
EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine)
1806
80
623
32
3.061
0.172
86
1
38
34
CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG)
1723
201
627
75
2.906
0.366
73
9
36
35
GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN)
1693
-50
569
0
3.278
-0.218
66
2
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista)
1629
931
527
297
3.627
2.264
57
23
Debut 36
39
37
JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow)
1601
156
629
32
2.404
0.531
77
3
41
38
JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal)
1561
294
531
81
2.806
0.477
54
6
47
39
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
1340
434
452
160
2.417
0.26
61
21
42
40
KIP MOORE/Mary Was The Marrying Kind (MCA)
1311
59
493
25
1.826
0.168
71
2
43
41
HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN)
1257
88
444
25
2.113
0.231
54
3
49
42
KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA)
1249
469
388
127
1.964
0.588
53
10
46
43
SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville) 1039
89
401
19
1.798
0.384
57
6
45
44
REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory)
967
-67
375
-61
1.571
-0.179
48
2
SARA EVANS/My Heart Can't Tell You No (RCA)
893
340
273
130
1.627
0.529
42
7
LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury) 875
71
305
42
1.569
0.086
34
5
ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville)
849
345
310
130
1.675
0.47
31
13
PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave)
789
41
323
15
1.187
0.067
38
3
Debut 49
LUNABELLES/A Place To Shine (BNA)
774
174
283
61
0.825
0.147
42
2
Debut 50
KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol)
739
678
224
202
1.773
1.642
53
49
Debut 45
48
46
Debut 47
50
48
Air bor ne indicates songs that have reached air play on 60% of the Countr y Aircheck/M ediabase repor ting panel.
4=Top
5 point gainers.
June 27, 2011
Country Aircheck Chart Info
Activator Top Point Gainers
Country Aircheck Add Leaders
KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol)
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal)
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista)
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
RASCAL FLATTS f/NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/Easy (Big Machine)
ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville)
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA)
JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista)
KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA)
CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG)
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA)
1833
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal)
1731
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow)
1297
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin’ (Arista)
1041
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 1040
JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin’ Song (Sea Gayle/Arista) 909
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
853
KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol)
850
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury)
838
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
708
49
26
23
21
17
13
13
12
10
9
1977
1637
1602
1574
1139
1128
1068
1063
957
931
Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA)
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal)
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow)
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista)
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury Nashville)
TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine)
KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA)
SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFET/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG)
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
4
4
4
4
4
Activator Top Spin Gainers
Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA)
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista)
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow)
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal)
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury)
TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine)
KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA)
SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury)
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista)
Chart Page 3
627
539
523
478
420
394
363
347
333
329
4
4
4
4
4
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA)
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal)
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow)
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista)
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista)
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol)
JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin’ Song (Sea Gayle/Arista)
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury)
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol)
311
307
239
191
175
165
165
153
149
126
124
Video Adds
CMT
BIG & RICH f/GRETCHEN WILSON/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR)
FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR)
JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG)
CMT PURE
BIG & RICH f/GRETCHEN WILSON/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR)
JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)
NEEDTOBREATHE/Girl Named Tennessee (Atlantic)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG)
GAC
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
ZAC BROWN BAND f/JIMMY BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atlantic/BPG)
KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA)
Katie Armiger/I Do, But Do I (Cold River)
Terri Clark/Northern Girl (BareTrack)
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers/Jubilation Day (Rounder)
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Country Aircheck Chart Info
Country Aircheck Activity
BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR)
624 points, 192 spins
2 adds: KCCY, KXKT
JASON JONES/Ferris Wheel (Warner Bros./New Revolution)
575 points, 256 spins
4 adds: KRST*, KWOF, WFUS, WIVK*
KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG)
557 points, 197 spins; No adds
AARON LEWIS/Country Boy (R&J)
513 points, 175 spins; No adds
JACOB LYDA/I’m Doing Alright (DMG/Nine North)
490 points, 257 spins; No adds
JOSH ABBOT BAND/Oh, Tonight (PDT)
457 points, 115 spins
1 add: KSCS*
JOSH KELLY/Gone Like That (MCA)
448 points, 188 spins
1 add: WFUS
STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville)
427 points, 152 spins; No adds
COREY SMITH/Twenty One 2011 (Average Joes)
415 points, 131 spins; No adds
JT HODGES/Hunt You Down (Show Dog-Universal)
414 points, 162 spins
4 adds: KMLE*, KSSN, WMAD, WQHK
ASHLEY GEARING/Five More Minutes (Curb)
386 points, 180 spins; No adds
ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek)
377 points, 174 spins
1 add: KIIM*
LOCASH COWBOYS/You Got Me (R&J)
360 points, 143 spins
2 adds: KWOF, WYCD
Chart Page 4
Add Dates
JULY 5
DIRT DRIFTERS/Always A Reason (Warner Bros./WMN)
JULY 11
Ashton Shepherd/Where Country Grows (MCA)
BILLY RAY CYRUS/Runway Lights (Buena Vista/CO5)
Christian Kane/Let Me Go (BPG)
Jason Cassidy/Honky Tonk Heaven (A-Blake/Quarterback)
Jason Sturgeon/The Cover (Toolpusher/Spinville)
Katie Armiger/I Do But Do I (Cold River)
JULY 18
Craig Morgan/This Ole Boy (Black River)
Darren Warren/Cowboy Up and Party Down (NuCorp)
Kristin Chenoweth/I Want Somebody (Sony/CO5)
LeAnn Rimes/Give (Curb)
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents
Points
BRAD PAISLEY f/ALABAMA/Old Alabama (Arista)
10080
KEITH URBAN/Without You (Capitol)
10044
THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me ... (Stoney Creek)7147
SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA)
6954
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Heart Like Mine (Columbia)
6624
KENNY CHESNEY/Live A Little (BNA)
5682
JASON ALDEAN & KELLY CLARKSON/Don't You... (Broken Bow) 5239
RASCAL FLATTS/I Won't Let Go (Big Machine)
4974
TIM MCGRAW/Felt Good On My Lips (Curb)
4490
DARIUS RUCKER/This (Capitol Nashville)
4314
GLEN TEMPLETON/I Could Be The One (Capstone)
358 points, 168 spins
1 ADD: KUBL*
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Numbers (For The Lonely/Quarterback)
312 points, 119 spins; No adds
RASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine)
311 points, 74 spins
17 adds including: KATC, KBEQ, KCCY, KIXZ, KSOP, KUPL, KYGO, WCOL, WDSY*, WGNE
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TW
Artist/Title (Label)
June 27, 2011/ Chart Page 5
TW Points
+/- Points
TW Plays
+/- Play
1
1
BLAKE
SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN)
th
15914
-987
2740
-183
2
2
CHRIS YOUNG/Tomorrow (RCA)
15384
-276
2676
-23
3
3
JUSTIN MOORE/If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (Valory)
15087
-255
2611
-29
5
4
JASON ALDEAN/Dirt Road Anthem (Broken Bow) 4
14761
1297
2566
239
4 Week at No. 1
4
5
BAND PERRY/You Lie (Republic Nashville)
14597
-226
2545
-21
7
6
ZAC BROWN BAND f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Grnd/Atl./BPG)
13041
284
2278
70
6
7
TAYLOR SWIFT/Mean (Big Machine)
12940
-219
2222
-40
8
8
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Just A Kiss (Capitol)
12337
184
2176
59
10
9
DIERKS BENTLEY/Am I The Only One (Capitol)
11355
91
2012
45
11
10
LUKE BRYAN/Country Girl Shake It For Me (Capitol)
10419
-321
1804
-68
12
11
TRACE ADKINS/Just Fishin' (Show Dog-Universal)
10286
188
1799
47
13
12
KENNY CHESNEY f/GRACE POTTER/You And Tequila (BNA)
10146
654
1779
119
14
13
JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)
9305
316
1607
61
16
14
BRAD PAISLEY & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Remind Me (Arista) 4
8683
1040
1538
191
15
15
ERIC CHURCH/Homeboy (EMI Nashville)
8479
-18
1462
10
19
16
BILLY CURRINGTON/Love Done Gone (Mercury)
7976
838
1401
149
18
17
RODNEY ATKINS/Take A Back Road (Curb)
7405
232
1322
59
20
18
JOSH TURNER/I Wouldn't Be A Man (MCA)
7195
110
1227
20
21
19
ELI YOUNG BAND/Crazy Girl (Republic Nashville)
6251
209
1107
44
24
20
GEORGE STRAIT/Here For A Good Time (MCA) 4
6223
1833
1106
311
17
21
MARTINA MCBRIDE/Teenage Daughters (Republic Nashville)
6118
-1256
1020
-220
22
22
SCOTTY MCCREERY/I Love You This Big (19/Interscope/Mercury)
5746
540
1015
109
25
23
TOBY KEITH/Made In America (Show Dog-Universal) 4
5688
1731
1026
307
27
24
THOMPSON SQUARE/I Got You (Stoney Creek)
4577
708
815
126
23
25
STEVE HOLY/Love Don't Run (Curb)
4417
20
772
6
26
26
DARIUS RUCKER/I Got Nothin' (Capitol)
4134
238
745
45
28
27
BRANTLEY GILBERT/Country Must Be Country Wide (Valory)
3518
330
613
61
30
28
JERROD NIEMANN/One More Drinkin' Song (Sea Gayle/Arista )
3177
909
546
153
29
29
FRANKIE BALLARD/A Buncha Girls (Warner Bros./WAR)
2642
-52
448
-3
31
30
JOE NICHOLS/Take It Off (Show Dog-Universal)
2398
141
439
28
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June 27, 2011/ Chart Page 6
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
TW Points
+/- Points
TW Plays
+/- Plays
40
31
RONNIE DUNN/Cost Of Livin' (Arista) 4
2335
1041
419
175
33
32
DAVID NAIL/Let It Rain (MCA)
2278
99
389
17
45
33
SHANIA TWAIN/Today Is Your Day (Mercury)
1801
853
322
165
35
34
BRADLEY GASKIN/Mr. Bartender (Columbia)
1641
-43
282
-7
36
35
JAMES WESLEY/Didn't I (Broken Bow)
1545
-76
268
-1
34
36
REBA/When Love Gets A Hold of You (Starstruck/Valory)
1390
-535
245
-96
42
37
CRAIG CAMPBELL/Fish (BPG)
1386
225
242
43
37
38
JANEDEAR GIRLS/Shotgun Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)
1272
-183
245
-31
38
39
SUNNY SWEENEY/Staying's Worse Than Leaving (Republic Nashville)
1198
-213
222
-29
39
40
PHIL VASSAR/Let's Get Together (Rodeowave)
1163
-178
215
-25
41
41
GLEN TEMPLETON/I Could Be The One (Capstone)
1135
-96
211
-14
KEITH URBAN/Long Hot Summer (Capitol)
1110
850
217
165
Debut 42
43
43
HUNTER HAYES/Storm Warning (Atlantic/WMN)
1083
5
197
3
44
44
LAUREN ALAINA/Like My Mother Does (19/Interscope/Mercury)
1065
39
191
10
52
45
KELLIE PICKLER/Tough (BNA)
1033
467
188
89
50
46
ALAN JACKSON/Long Way To Go (EMI Nashville)
935
349
195
75
47
47
GLORIANA/Wanna Take You Home (Emblem/WMN)
816
9
133
3
46
48
EDENS EDGE/Amen (Big Machine)
745
-74
122
-12
48
49
DAVID BRADLEY/Hard Time Movin' On (Gecko)
696
-9
129
6
53
50
BIG & RICH/Fake ID (Warner Bros./WAR)
581
56
101
9
60
51
SARA EVANS/My Heart Can't Tell You No (RCA)
467
93
91
19
51
52
STEALING ANGELS/Paper Heart (Skyville)
434
-133
67
-21
57
53
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Numbers (For The Lonely/Quarterback)
415
-18
73
-1
LOCASH COWBOYS/You Got Me (R&J)
351
166
54
27
KID ROCK f/SHERYL CROW/Collide (Atlantic/RRP/BPG)
343
-40
57
-6
RASCAL FLATTS/Easy (Big Machine)
333
251
65
49
ASH BOWERS/I Still Believe In That (Stoney Creek)
312
-65
47
-7
Debut 54
58
55
Debut 56
59
57
Debut 58
D.J. MILLER/Between Sundays (Evergreen/NNR/Spinville)
311
46
48
13
Debut 59
COREY SMITH/Twenty One (2011) (Average Joes )
306
-40
48
-5
293
182
64
42
Debut 60
PISTOL ANNIES/Hell On Heels (Columbia)
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