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Irma: The Unwelcome Tourist More than 110 million people visited Florida last year, but this year’s Sunshine State count will include one big, unwelcome guest in Hurricane Irma. Radio pros across the peninsula and panhan-dle put in plenty of overtime. Here are their stories:

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All Day All Night: Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and friends prior to the Capitol group’s You Look Good Tour stop in Nashville Saturday (9/9). The trek continues in Europe beginning Oct. 1. Pictured (l-r) are Marilyn Shomby, Kelley, Cumulus’s John Shomby, Tessa Aly and Country Aircheck’s Chuck Aly.

Remembering Don & Troy The country music world took a hard blow Friday (9/8) with the passing of Country Music Hall of Famer Don Williams, followed all too quickly by news that Montgomery Gentry’s Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash. The shock is perhaps best

expressed in the experience of veteran artist manager John Dorris, who represented both at different times. “I was on the phone with Don’s son learning of his passing when John Michael Montgomery called in to tell me about Troy,” he told Country Aircheck Monday (9/11). Dorris and others who worked with Williams or Gentry share stories below illuminating just how big this loss is.

Remembering Don Williams Producer Garth Fundis: “Bob McDill had just finished writing ‘Good Ole Boys Like Me.’ I was blown away. I said, ‘Jiminy Crick-ets Bob, that’s like classic southern literature. Have you played that for Don?’ He men-tioned they were going to pitch it to Kenny Rogers or somebody else that afternoon. I was heartbroken. A few months later I was at Don’s house. He said, ‘Man, I’ve got this one

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As noted in Country Aircheck Today, WCKT/Ft. Myers took the storm full force. “All are accounted for and safe, which is the most important,” says PD Mike Tyler. Company engineers are on the way to solidify backup power and, in the meantime, the sta-tion is streaming audio from their TV partner. CBS Radio WKIS/Miami returned to mu-sic at noon today. “We were wall-to-wall with our TV partners up to then,” says VPP Rob Morris. “Every break is post-Irma coverage letting folks know what is open, what streets are blocked by debris and where there are down power lines.” The facility did not suffer any damage other than a tree knocking over a wall behind the station. “We went through a rough night of cate-gory 1 winds and constant downpours,” says iHeartMedia WAVW/Ft. Pierce PD Heath West. “Besides the eye, the upper right quad-rant of the storm always brings some of the worst weather, including tornados, and that’s what passed over us. We had constant EAS warnings going off Sunday (9/10), but that finally subsided very late. The station stayed on throughout the entire storm with a feed from our TV partner and our sister station in West Palm, News WJNO. Their teams did an excellent job during the storm while we all hunkered down. Today it’s all about clean up. We have lots of downed power lines and trees and some localized flooding. But all in all, we’re in good shape.” Beasley WQYK/Tampa OM/PD Tee Gentry reports, “We’re good. We are live, taking calls from listeners and checking in with ABC Action News. Trying to get as much information out as possible.” On a personal note, “My first hurricane. Not a fan. No power at home, but luckily no damage either.” Staffers spent the weekend together at Cox WWKA/Orlando, “All of us that were on-air throughout the storm or working with our news station here have not left since Saturday,” says MD/morning host Ashley Stegbauer. “The most damage at people’s

homes seems to be from down power lines, down trees, debris from homes caused by high-speed winds, and some flooding over near the water. For the most part, it seems like everyone was really prepared and stayed safe through the storm. I haven’t been able

to check my house or neighborhood yet ei-ther, so hopefully I’ll get to go home tonight.” The station went back to music programming today at 10am. Flooding was a big problem in Northeast Florida. “The city has asked we stay in place,” says iHeartMedia WQIK/Jacksonville PD Cindy Spicer. The St. John’s “river did not empty like it usually does during low tide, so we have a rising tide and evacuations are being ordered because of rising water.” The morning show stayed on through the day with updates and warnings from TV partner First Coast News. Renda WGNE MD/midday host Ashley Wilson added, “We had power outages, internet outages and very dramatic winds, but our team managed to stay on the air throughout the night to deliver informa-tion. We’re exhausted, but doing okay.” In the Capital City, iHeartMedia’s WTNT/Tallahasseee PD Jason Taylor had team coverage. “We were simulcasting all the Tallahassee and Panama City stations,” he says. “We were spared in many ways. Many thousands of people are without power in our area.” The station returned to music at noon with updates twice an hour on gas availability and power outages. Country Radio Hall of Famer and Red Cross spokesman Dan Haly-burton has been there since yesterday (9/10)

and will leave tomorrow for his next assignment. “We’re not sure where they are sending us yet,” he says. –Paul Williams

Chart Chat Congrats to Dustin Lynch, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow team on landing this week’s No. 1 with “Small Town Boy,” which is the second chart-topper from his new album Current Mood. Songwriters are Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip and Kyle Fishman.

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And kudos to Katie Bright and the WMN reps on notching 100 adds for Blake Shelton’s “I’ll Name The Dogs,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes WideOrbit and Cumulus have entered into a licensing agree-ment to install WO Traffic and other software at all 447 Cumulus radio stations. LLC Classic Hits KXXF/Winnie-Beaumont, TX has flipped to Classic Country as “105.3 Free.” Restless Heart was recently awarded the 2017 Operation Troop Aid Chris Kyle Patriot Award. Brad Paisley will honor Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last ride with the JR Nation Appreci88ion Tour free concert Oct. 8 for attendees of the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. More info here. Thompson Square will host the Third Annual Rollin’ For A Reason ride Oct. 1 to benefit the USO of Nashville. More here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com.• 2017 CMA Awards broadcast and artist nominations were released (9/4). • Nielsen released August PPM Ratings (9/5). • Dick Broadcasting purchased 20 stations from Alpha (9/5). • Cris Lacy was promoted to SVP/A&R at Warner Music Nashville (9/6). • Zack Owen and John Elliott marked 25 years at WACO/Waco, TX (9/6). • Rodney Crowell will receive the ASCAP Founder’s Award (9/7). • BMI broke its revenue mark for the third year in a row with $1.130 billion (9/7). • Don Williams passed away at 78 (9/8). • Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash (9/8).

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song here, but I don’t know if I can do it. It’s kind of heavy.’ He sang ‘Good Ole Boys Like Me.’ I told him he could do it, I was sure of it. He said, ‘Okay, let’s give it a try. I won’t know ‘til I get there.’ “From Don, I learned patience, respect for great songs and the songwriters who wrote them. Bigger and louder isn’t nec-essarily stronger or better. There’s a wonderful power in space,

giving things room to breathe. He tried to do the same thing in his concerts. He’d walk out, sit down in his chair and plug in his gui-tar, tip his hat to the audience, nod to the boys and start the first song. He could do three songs in a row without ever speaking. The applause would die down and it would get completely quiet. Don would say, ‘Well, thank you.’ And the audience would erupt in applause all over again. (laughs) That quiet power served him well – in life, in making records and in responding to the audi-ence. I’ve never seen anybody quite be able to do it that way.” Bassist and AFM/Nashville’s Dave Pomeroy: “When I started playing with Don, I’d had in the back of my mind the idea of an electric stand-up bass that a hero of mine, Eberhard Weber, played. I couldn’t afford it, so I went to Don and asked him if he’d loan me the money for half of the cost. He didn’t bat an eye. I paid him back, but he did that without hesitation. “He got our road band a deal with MCA. We made a record which went nowhere, but we got to make a record – and Don and Garth Fundis produced it. At that time in particular, no artist would do that for their band. Over the years I heard a lot of horror stories about the way certain artists treated their bands. I believe the respect Don treated us with totally pushed me towards this role I’m in now of wanting to make sure musicians are treated fairly. Everybody deserves to be treated like Don treated us.”

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Webster PR’s Kirt Webster: “If you ever saw a Don Williams show, you knew that all he needed was a cup of coffee and an ashtray and he was all set. As Don didn’t like to do many inter-views, I was shocked when his manager Robert Pratt called to tell me that Don had agreed to a media day at our office. Well, with only one condition: he needed a cup of coffee and an ashtray. The office might have been cloudy with the stench of smoke, but Don made every person that came into that office feel so very special.” Dorris: “Don Williams was the reason I got into manage-ment. His manager Bill Hall passed and I was asked by a mutual friend if I would take a meeting. I had never met Don, but I flew to Minneapolis in April 1983 to see and meet him. Ten minutes into the show I was hooked. He came off the stage and asked what I thought. I said, ‘I’ll do it.’ I worked with him until he came off the road in 1988. He was one of a kind. I pull out his music often and listen – it still stands up with anything you want to hear.” Former Sugar Hill Records exec Cliff O’Sullivan: “Don didn’t like talking about himself even a little bit. Everybody in the music business that I came in contact with just loved him, from produc-ers to songwriters to Keith Urban to Alison Krauss, who were on his And So It Goes album. After the Reflections album, we did an Intimate Evening With Eddie Stubbs on WSM-AM. Eddie is an in-credible host and has an encyclopedic knowledge of everybody on his show, especially Don. As hard as it is to get Don to talk about himself, Eddie did a beautiful job. And that was a lot of fun.” Manager Robert Pratt: Don had said it was his dream to play Africa, so I set about arranging it. From the minute he arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe to the minute he left, he was absolutely in awe. He was given the Freedom Of The City of Harare. There were thousands of people trying to see him outside the coun-cil office – so many that the city council members brought their table and chairs outside. They placed them at the top of the steps leading up to the offices, to accommodate the many thousands in the square, hanging off trees and out of all the office buildings. When Don was asked to say a few words, he was so emotional about what he was experiencing, he could hardly speak. It was a beautiful memory that lived with him right up until he passed.”

Remembering Troy Gentry Former Sony CEO John Grady: “When I came in at Sony, Montgomery Gentry were one of the only things we had going [but] they were always a song away from the rocket ship. Rivers Rutherford came to see me with a half-finished song called ‘If You Ever Stop Loving Me,’ which became Troy’s first lead vocal on a

single and their first No. 1. It felt good as a record guy to watch them get that, but mostly to watch Troy bloom into that lead role. He was so grateful to everyone for that success. There was nothing made up about it.” Publicist and former Sony exec Craig Campbell: “Montgom-ery Gentry brought people together, initially because wherever they went it was a blowout party. Two unlikely fans included Queen Lati-fah, who met the guys at an awards show in LA and called the next week to [book them on her talk show]. I was back there with Billy Ray Cyrus a few months later and reminded her that we met when Montgomery Gentry appeared. She puffed up, got this beautiful smile on her face, and said, ‘Oh ... them’s my boys!’ The other was Maya Angelou, who was moved by their ‘Some People Change’ single and asked them to open her TPAC appearance with that song. When she came to the podium, she thanked them for being there and said, ‘Montgomery Gentry – they are my sons.’ I was at Sony music the day they walked in the door in ’98, and I will miss Troy Gentry for as long as I live.” Dorris: “As I texted Eddie [Montgomery] Friday night, I keep thinking about the old song ‘Precious Memories.’ We had 10 wonderful years [managing Montgomery Gentry], and the memory that sticks out is the first time they ever performed ‘Hillbilly Shoes’ for anyone, including the label, was at Fan Fair in 1999. I’ve been in the business a long time and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a song rouse more emotion, including from the label. When it was over, Troy said, ‘Do you think they liked it?’ That was the beginning of a lot of fun and success. On a personal note, I saw them play the Opry four weeks ago. The last thing we did is hug and tell each other, ‘I love you.’ That’s a sweet memory and very special to me. My love and condolences to Angie and his daughters.” Publisher and former Sony A&R exec Mark Brown: “What a privilege it was to work with Troy and Montgomery Gentry. They did something different from what anybody was doing. I remem-ber the first time I heard the My Town record, I thought it and ‘Hell Yeah’ were the coolest things I’d ever heard. I got to work on three subsequent records with them. I liked Troy a lot. He was easy to get along with. I enjoyed going on the road with them and we did some good work together. I’m sorry he’s gone.” Producer and former Sony exec Blake Chancey: “John Dorris told me about these guys and insisted I go to Lexington to see them play at the Grapevine. The club was filled with friends and family, and after the first song the whole place turned around and looked at me – staring holes through me. I was scared to death. I had to sign them so I could get out of there alive! Troy was a great father and a great husband, and I can’t imagine what Angie and his girls are going through. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.”

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Troy, Angie and Craig

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Available JobsHere’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update:

Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield is looking for a midday host. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Cumulus WGKX/Memphis is looking for an afternoon host. Get details and apply here.

Scripps WCYQ/Knoxville is seeking a new morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés here.

Binnie WTHT/Portland, ME is looking for an on-air PD/MD. Send materials here.

Hall WPCV/Lakeland is looking for a morning show co-host. Send materials here.

iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an APD/on-air host. More here.

Cox KKBQ & KTHT/Houston are looking for a Na-tional Sales Assistant and Account Executives for the cluster. Apply here.

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Country radio shares were down by 1% compared to last month. Of the 87 subscribing stations listed, 35 increased, 45 decreased and 7 were flat. The cume leader was Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas with 1,333,400. Mt.

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Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles was second with 1,230,100. 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 4.8 5 3.9 13t 632,400 643,200WUBL/Atlanta 4.5 7 4.3 9t 729,400 695,200KASE/Austin^ 5.0 6 4.2 8 347,700 285,300KVET/Austin^ 6.1 2t 6.7 2 325,100 330,900KOKE/Austin 2.0 17 2.2 17 100,300 119,200WPOC/Baltimore 7.4 3 7.4 2 465,800 431,300WKLB/Boston 4.5 6 4.5 7 718,700 660,200WBWL/Boston 2.5 16 2.7 14 512,900 513,300WCTK/Providence (Boston) 0.7 24 0.5 24 170,300 145,200WKKT/Charlotte 5.7 4t 6.1 1 516,400 497,200WSOC/Charlotte 6.0 1 5.6 5 489,500 445,000WEBG/Chicago 2.8 14t 2.2 21t 866,400 812,400WUSN/Chicago 4.1 5 4.2 4 1,216,500 1,199,100WNNF/Cincinnati 2.9 14 2.5 15 263,900 236,000WUBE/Cincinnati^ 7.6 3 7.6 3 459,100 499,400WYGY/Cincinnati^ 1.9 17 1.3 19 151,400 140,000WGAR/Cleveland 6.6 7t 6.8 5 467,600 477,400WCOL/Columbus, OH 12.7 1 11.8 1 516,500 522,900KPLX/Dallas^ 5.6 1 5.8 1 1,236,000 1,333,400KSCS/Dallas^ 4.4 5 4.6 5 1,000,200 1,028,100KWOF/Denver 2.4 17 2.5 18 321,200 280,600KYGO/Denver 6.5 1 6.4 1t 591,000 570,500WDRQ/Detroit 2.5 18 2.4 18 475,200 481,800WYCD/Detroit 5.5 4 5.4 5t 755,800 768,700WPAW/Greensboro 7.0 5 7.7 4 254,800 272,500WTQR/Greensboro 6.9 6 7.1 6 304,500 278,300WWYZ/Hartford 8.3 2t 8.3 2 265,700 261,800KILT/Houston 3.9 10t 4.1 11 958,700 888,600KKBQ/Houston^ 4.2 8 4.2 8t 1,007,100 1,010,200KTHT/Houston^+ 1.8 21 2.0 20t 466,100 486,400WFMS/Indianapolis 5.8 7 6.6 5 350,200 350,500WLHK/Indianapolis 6.1 5t 6.4 6t 378,200 356,100WGNE/Jacksonville 4.6 8 4.3 9 248,600 219,900WQIK/Jacksonville 11.6 1 10.4 1 280,300 286,700KBEQ/Kansas City^ 3.5 14 3.4 15 308,600 325,100KFKF/Kansas City^ 6.0 3 6.1 3 365,600 357,000WDAF/Kansas City 4.1 12 4.8 5t 287,000 299,500KCYE/Las Vegas 3.7 10t 2.9 13t 234,200 216,800KWNR/Las Vegas 4.9 3 5.0 6 274,600 277,800KKGO/Los Angeles 2.8 13t 2.7 12t 1,262,900 1,230,100WGKX/Memphis 5.5 7 6.3 5t 199,700 188,600WLFP/Memphis 3.4 11 3.5 10 127,600 129,600WKIS/Miami 2.1 18t 2.3 18 417,200 436,100

WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.8 10t 3.8 10t 208,700 187,800WKTI/Milwaukee 4.0 11 4.8 8 276,900 299,800WMIL/Milwaukee 5.5 5t 6.5 2 352,900 377,300KEEY/Minneapolis 6.2 4 5.5 8 652,000 682,400KMNB/Minneapolis 4.1 11 3.9 12 568,300 587,900WKDF/Nashville^ 3.9 11 4.3 11 262,100 269,500WSIX/Nashville 5.4 8 5.6 8 274,200 291,900WSM-FM/Nashville^ 4.1 10 4.5 10 276,600 276,800WSM-AM/Nashville 1.8 17 1.7 16t 41,500 38,600WSIX HD2/Nashville 1.1 18t 1.0 20t 66,200 56,400WNSH/New York (Nassau) 1.6 22 1.5 23 182,400 160,400WNSH/New York 2.1 17t 1.8 20 1,126,000 1,103,000WWKA/Orlando 3.4 11 4.0 11 226,200 264,800KMLE/Phoenix 4.1 8 3.7 10 508,200 521,300KNIX/Phoenix 3.2 11t 3.3 14 522,200 554,400KSWG/Phoenix 0.6 31t 0.7 30t 70,800 68,700WXTU/Philadelphia 4.0 10 3.7 11t 721,700 673,600WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.6 9 4.5 9 371,800 362,500WPGB/Pittsburgh 3.8 10 3.7 11 285,500 289,200KWJJ/Portland 5.6 4 5.2 5t 449,900 406,400KUPL/Portland 4.9 6t 4.9 7t 412,000 404,200WCTK/Providence 8.4 2t 7.9 4 413,900 374,200WNCB/Raleigh 4.1 11 3.8 12 251,900 222,200WQDR/Raleigh 7.7 2 7.4 2 363,300 350,200KFRG/Riverside 5.0 3 4.9 4 339,000 330,800KBEB/Sacramento 3.1 12t 2.3 14 239,200 201,600KNCI/Sacramento 6.0 4 5.4 4 347,000 322,400KNTY/Sacramento 2.6 15 2.5 14 195,600 201,600KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.6 23 1.6 22 183,100 188,100KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 6.0 3 4.9 8 309,000 265,900KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ^+ 0.8 25t 0.8 26 52,600 45,900KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.8 8 5.1 5t 390,800 370,900KAJA/San Antonio 5.2 5 4.7 5t 509,400 526,200KCYY/San Antonio^ 5.4 3t 5.6 2 611,200 622,100KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.2 22 1.4 22 122,700 135,400KSON/San Diego 5.4 4t 5.2 4 496,700 421,800KRTY/San Jose 4.7 5 4.3 7t 209,200 201,900KKWF/Seattle 2.7 18t 3.3 14t 469,500 452,500KMPS/Seattle 4.9 6 4.2 7t 508,000 481,200KSD/St. Louis 4.2 9 3.9 11 499,200 450,700WIL/St. Louis 6.0 5 6.8 5 560,600 551,900WFUS/Tampa 4.4 8 4.5 9 468,600 464,700WQYK/Tampa 4.7 5 4.9 7 391,500 398,000WMZQ/Washington 3.2 12 3.3 10 557,500 574,700WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.5 7 4.8 4 173,200 187,900

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2 DUSTIN LYNCHSmall Town Boy (Broken Bow)

27647 1142 9112 317 62.241 2.291 159 0

1 2 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 23094 -3733 7731 -1319 53.958 -5.431 159 0

3 3 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 21931 1522 7374 544 49.097 2.941 159 0

4 4 KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ 21665 1802 7375 681 47.292 3.99 159 0

5 5 JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 21190 1339 7105 431 47.61 3.261 159 0

6 6 KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 19224 1271 6386 474 41.614 2.875 158 0

8 7 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) ✔ 17214 1675 5769 556 37.9 2.629 159 0

10 8 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 15691 1489 5329 584 33.586 2.811 159 1

13 9 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 14202 1161 4910 378 30.441 3.006 159 0

14 10 LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 14193 1507 4774 474 31.789 3.855 159 0

16 11 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) ✔ 13793 1918 4643 670 30.839 4.366 158 2

12 12 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 13666 361 4814 67 28.415 0.687 158 0

17 13 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 12570 749 4131 227 26.533 1.685 159 0

7 14 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 12380 -3705 4166 -1213 32.146 -8.179 159 0

18 15 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 12367 625 4090 165 26.194 1.712 156 2

19 16 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 10875 302 3899 73 22.827 0.608 156 0

9 17 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 10802 -3690 3352 -1371 23.934 -7.397 156 0

21 18 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 10681 918 3669 322 19.894 2.514 156 0

20 19 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 10581 368 3569 103 22.657 0.909 152 1

23 20 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) ✔ 9514 2111 3239 868 19.775 3.636 155 7

22 21 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 8757 450 3097 149 18.161 1.031 157 2

15 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 7998 -4552 2640 -1635 17.985 -10.873 159 0

29 23 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 7615 1556 2491 595 16.363 2.734 146 13

24 24 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 7578 328 2674 112 14.86 0.579 148 1

25 25 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 7537 652 2409 187 15.332 1.762 144 4

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

26 26 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 6988 318 2294 91 13.844 0.634 138 1

27 27 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 6876 391 2309 111 13.506 1.067 144 3

28 28 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 6259 -2 2304 20 9.777 0.187 141 0

33 29 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 5398 1000 1717 324 9.367 1.456 135 7

31 30 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 5183 388 1566 141 9.058 0.515 117 7

30 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 5141 255 1633 120 8.136 0.43 128 4

32 32 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 4779 260 1597 98 8.77 0.475 111 2

35 33 ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 4035 83 1466 12 5.426 0.238 132 0

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The... (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 3994 3994 1393 1393 10.092 10.092 100 100

36 35 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 3819 110 1257 54 6.187 0.354 123 3

37 36 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 3299 27 1096 69 6.541 0.166 112 2

38 37 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 3275 222 1186 43 4.186 0.505 125 2

40 38 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 3100 111 1048 45 5.136 0.312 83 1

41 39 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 2910 119 963 50 5.171 -0.015 94 1

39 40 WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) 2892 -143 980 -62 6.316 -0.23 115 3

42 41 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 2615 84 920 54 3.478 0.2 100 3

44 42 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 2573 416 945 170 3.751 0.814 109 5

43 43 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 2432 137 784 44 4.207 0.151 70 3

45 44 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 2279 236 696 67 3.831 0.591 79 2

49 45 DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 2102 399 744 133 2.66 0.271 92 14

46 46 ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 2060 173 783 74 3.039 0.275 89 6

47 47 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1841 6 661 5 1.584 0.002 93 4

48 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 1798 483 545 156 2.863 0.498 67 7

LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1760 54 660 18 2.424 -0.05 96 7

50 50 PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 1688 -7 621 4 2.117 -0.018 74 0

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 1393

LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 868

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 681

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 670

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 595

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 584

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 556

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 544

KANE BROWN/What Ifs f/Lauren Alaina (RCA) 474

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 474

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersBLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 3994 ✔LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 2111 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 1918 ✔KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 1802 ✔KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 1675 ✔FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 1556

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 1522



JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 1339

Activator Top Spin GainersLUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 353

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 336

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 167

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 166


LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 136


CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 98

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 82

LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 79

Activator Top Point GainersLUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 1796 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 1465 ✔

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 790 ✔

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 677 ✔

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 620 ✔



KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 368

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 364


Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 16804

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA/Capitol) 16301

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 12870

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 12056

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 11465

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 10682

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 10364

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN) 7214

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 6892

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 6879

Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsBLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 100BILLY CURRINGTON/Wake Me Up (Mercury) 21DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 14FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 13CHASE BRYANT/Hell If I Know (Red Bow) 10COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 9BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 7BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 7DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 7LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 7LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 7WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 7


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Big & Rich, Did It For The Party (B$R)The duo’s new album features 13 songs produced by B&R’s Big Kenny and John Rich. It kicks off with lead single “California” and additional cuts include “Congratulations (You’re A Rockstar),” “We Came To Rawk” and

“Freedom Road.”

Radney Foster For You To See The Stars (Devil’s River)Foster’s 11th studio album is part of a book/CD combo. The project includes nine new tracks and a re-recording of his 1999 song “Raining On Sunday” (also recorded by Keith Urban in 2003).

Various A Tribute To John D. Loudermilk (Vector)The late Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer is honored with this live tribute album featuring Rodney Crowell (“Tobacco Road”), Rosanne Cash (“Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), Ricky

Skaggs with The Whites (“Waterloo”) and Emmylou Harris, Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose (“Where Have They Gone”). All artist royalty proceeds benefit MusiCares.

DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin’ (Warner Bros./WAR) Moves 49-45* 2102 points, 744 spins 14 adds: WNSH*, KPLX*, WKHX*, KUBL*, WFMS*, WKDF*, KIIM*, WCTO*, KHKI*, WIVK*, KATM*, KATC*, KIZN*, WITL

ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR) Remains 46* 2060 points, 783 spins 6 adds: WDRQ*, KUPL, WGKX*, WYRK, KDRK, KXLY

LITLLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) Remains 47* 1841 points, 661 spins 4 adds: WYRK, KBQI, KSSN, KDRK

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts 48* 1798 points, 545 spins 7 adds: WBWL, WDRQ*, WWKA*, KTST, KHEY, WUSY, KFDI

LAUREN ALAINA/Doin’ Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) Moves 48- 49* 1760 points, 660 spins 7 adds: WNSH*, WLFP, WWYZ, WOGK, WTHT, WMAD, KJUG

PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) Remains 50* 1688 points, 621 spins; no adds

JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA) 1444 points, 518 spins 4 adds: KBEB, WPOR, KMDL, WITL

LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 1397 points, 485 spins 2 adds: WDXB, WKML

TYLER FARR/I Should Go To Church Sometime (Columbia) 1372 points, 491 spins; no adds

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C H E C K O U T 9 / 1 5

September 18JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don’t Care (Valory) OLD DOMINION/Written in the Sand (RCA)

September 25RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse)MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine)LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol)

october 2KID ROCK/Tennessee Mountain Top (Red Bow)WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Vinyl (Warner Bros./WMN)

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

2 1 DUSTIN LYNCHSmall Town Boy (Broken Bow)

10050 -73 2268 -15 48 0

4 2 KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9210 368 2032 77 49 0

3 3 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 9111 90 2057 30 49 0

1 4 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 8590 -2128 1929 -512 46 0

5 5 JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 8520 212 1943 69 49 0

8 6 KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) ✔ 8078 790 1834 167 47 0

7 7 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 7756 261 1723 46 49 0

9 8 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 6992 -244 1563 -67 49 0

11 9 LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 6681 304 1450 77 49 0

13 10 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 6525 437 1471 119 49 1

15 11 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 6208 587 1324 141 48 2

16 12 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 5890 303 1353 98 49 1

17 13 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 5344 -236 1173 -38 47 0

6 14 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 5342 -2580 1211 -556 40 0

18 15 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 5301 -14 1136 -14 49 1

19 16 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 5172 129 1105 23 48 0

14 17 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 4853 -831 1103 -175 44 0

20 18 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 4579 -244 965 -40 49 0

23 19 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) ✔ 4467 620 981 136 48 1

27 20 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) ✔ 4004 1796 829 353 49 5

22 21 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 3860 -70 812 -17 48 0

21 22 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 3738 -222 817 -32 46 0

24 23 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 3249 108 688 27 45 0

25 24 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 3071 296 613 51 47 4

28 25 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) ✔ 2794 677 635 166 47 10

26 26 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 2552 -169 588 -19 45 0

29 27 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 2436 364 454 82 46 5

30 28 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 2028 38 397 7 43 0

32 29 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 1952 121 449 16 40 3

33 30 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 1711 61 426 18 37 0

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

35 31 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 1630 251 295 71 28 6

37 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1516 267 312 79 25 3

33 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 1465 1465 336 336 32 21

36 34 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 1369 40 284 8 27 0

38 35 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 1328 161 290 53 36 0

43 36 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 1098 207 252 46 23 3

40 37 ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 1064 -26 254 17 16 3

39 38 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 1053 -58 208 -13 31 5

44 39 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 967 184 136 57 9 2

42 40 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 936 12 191 1 22 1

41 41 ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 880 -118 215 -32 31 0

54 42 DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR) 709 159 136 60 17 8

46 43 CODY JOHNSON/Wild As You (Cojo) 700 8 152 0 12 1

45 44 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 691 7 108 2 22 1

50 45 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 629 59 65 8 2 1

56 46 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 612 89 111 24 11 2

47 47 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 605 -45 101 -1 11 1

55 48 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 603 78 94 17 9 1

60 49 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 600 140 60 14 1 0

48 50 LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 595 -23 70 0 9 0

51 51 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 593 31 131 9 12 2

59 52 KANE BROWN/Better Place (RCA) 560 80 56 8 1 0

58 53 CARLY PEARCE/If My Name Was Whiskey (Big Machine) 560 60 56 6 1 0

49 54 LUCAS HOGE/Dirty South (Rebel Engine/Star Farm) 544 -64 99 -15 7 0

52 55 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 535 -24 76 -1 5 0

56 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 518 273 90 46 9 3

57 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 501 265 58 27 3 1

53 58 ADAM DOLEAC/Whiskey's Fine (287) 470 -80 47 -8 1 0

59 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 466 180 74 25 8 0

60 JANA KRAMER/I've Done Love (---) 440 -10 44 -1 1 0

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