issue 2 nash fm: under the hood
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January 22, 2013, Issue 329
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Nash FM: Under The Hood “We conducted extensive market research and considered multiple options,” Cumulus EVP/Co-COO John Dickey tells Country Aircheck. “Opportunity for Country is different today given the explosive growth of the format and its wider appeal.” And that opportunity was a big part of the rationale behind flipping recently acquired WRXP/New York to Country, using the Nash FM 94.7 brand (Breaking News 1/21). Calls will eventually be changed to WNSH. Launched yesterday (1/21), Nash FM is jockless and commercial-free with solid music and imaging for now (read further for analysis). “Talent will be announced in a little bit,” Dickey says, adding that “exciting promotions and marketing are planned starting in February.” Some Nashville labels have already been approached by Cumulus about February performances in the market. As for expectations? “Listeners will ultimately define the success of the station,” says Dickey, who declined to be specific about ratings or revenue goals. Asked whether he believes support from Country labels or artists will be ramped up now that the format is back in the nation’s No. 1 radio market after a 17-year absence, Dickey says those expectations are no different than they were before Nash FM’s birth. “Nashville is a great partner and we assume that will continue.” This morning, Cumulus revealed details of the “Nash” brand, announcing plans to launch it across the company’s 83 Country stations (Breaking News 1/22). Cumulus also pointed to an upcoming monthly magazine (Nash Magazine), website, social media, concerts and television programming. (continued on page 11)
Class Bottleneck: WMIL/Milwaukee hosts its Class of 2013 crew Saturday (1/19). Pictured (l-r) are the station’s Kerry Wolfe, Mercury’s Damon Moberly, Valory’s Shari Roth, Mercury’s Charlie Dean, Thomas Rhett, Stoney Creek’s Jen Joe, Kasey Musgraves, BBR’s Dawn Ferris, Valory’s George Briner, Greg Bates, Dustin Lynch, Stoney Creek’s Heather Propper and Randy Houser.
Nash-FM: Big And Growing? With Nash branding and content to be featured on all 83 Cumulus Country stations and a national platform set to include a magazine, website and television programming, how big could the brand become? Cumulus boasts 55 Country outlets in the top 200 markets: four stations in markets 1-25; six in 26-50; 12 in 51-100; 21 in 101-150; and 12 in 151-200. The cume generated by those 83 outlets was more
John Dickey
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Caught Rhett Handed: KSCS/Dallas staffers play hooky for a round of golf with then-MCA artist Rhett Akins in this mid-90’s photo. Pictured (l-r) are KSCS PD Dean James, Akins, Station GM Victor Sansone and the label’s Mike Severson. Got golf shots? Send ‘em to [email protected].
P A G E T H R E E P I Cthan 7.5 million in 2011. And that, of course, doesn’t include WNSH, which will surely top one million listeners. (And, is two million really out of the question?) That’s a heckuva megaphone for the brand. Cumulus also has the potential to grow the audience even larger should it choose to flip any of its other properties to support that national Nash platform. Cumulus owns stations in a number of markets where there is no Country outlet in the cluster. That includes five cities in the Top 25 markets; four in 26-50; six in 51-100; three in 101-150; and four in 151-200. With the number of media assets Cumulus is devoting to Country, it certainly isn’t a stretch to think they may add some new Country stations to the Nash-FM brand.
NYCountry: Executive Thoughts • “Having a full-signal Country station in the heart of New York City, the media capital of the world, is huge,”
says Sony/Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton. “Our music can now be heard 24/7 by the millions of radio listeners in New York. This in turn will help increase record sales in one of our best sales cities. It will also help media awareness and coverage of our artists. Radio stations in New York are not cheap, so I think this shows that Cumulus
is definitely committed to the Country format.” • “I love it,” says UMG/Nashville Chairman Mike Dungan, who recounts a story of a New York-area Keith Urban show from a few years back. Unlike other sold-out shows on the tour, the Big Apple audience was older and a bit more sedate. “We just hadn’t done as well gaining new, younger fans in that market since WYNY left years earlier.” • “We’re looking at a dramatically different landscape from what it was in 1996,” says Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott
Borchetta. “Most of the other formats have imploded and there are only two that are ubiquitous – Top 40 and Country. Everything else splintered. So we have lots of strength and momentum to bring to the marketplace. Plus, we have a younger-skewed target than we did 15 years ago. The timing is excellent, but we have to show patience, as well. Stations in Boston and Philly really stayed with it and it’s paying huge dividends. “ (Ed. Note: Greater Media’s WKLB/Boston increased its market rank among persons 25-54 from No. 5 to No. 2 year-to-year between Dec. ‘11 to Dec. 12. Beasley’s WXTU/Philadelphia also grew during that time, improving its persons 25-54 rank from No. 9 to No. 5.)
NY Radio: Make It There... Nash FM’s 94.7 FM frequency first signed-on as WAAT in 1947. An ownership change 10 years later saw the call letters become WNTA, with programming centered on Easy
Gary Overton
Mike Dungan
Scott Borchetta
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OFF THE RECORD : C H R I s J A n s O nBigger Picture’s Chris Janson puts an
industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to KJFF/Farmington, MO. That station stayed on the radio in my Mom’s truck all the time. First time I heard myself on the radio was on J98. I used to make home recordings of myself doing cover tunes. I had some really close friends at the station that would play them on-air. When I used to
hear them, never would I have thought, in a million years, that my original songs would ever be on the radio!I’ll never forget my time I spent hanging around Haggard, Hank and Skynyrd … pretty priceless!I enjoy all of my regional radio reps. They’re great and have my best interest at heart, even when it comes to picking places to eat! ‘I have to say … I’m pretty easy though.’I can’t walk out of a truck stop without buying a bottle of Mountain Dew. The last purchase I made from Skymall … never really bought anything from there. And never really thought about it because I’m super tight with money. I have a hard time coming off of it.There¹s no place like home, but if I had to be stuck somewhere it’d be Adel, GA. There’s nothing to do but hunt, go to the hunting store and drive my truck around.When there¹s downtime I use my favorite Apps: Primo’s Wind Checker, eBay and Craigslist Mobile. The best advice I’ve ever received came from Keith Stegall and my wife, Kelly. They both told me, “Just go be you.” And that’s exactly what I do!
Chris Janson
Listening, Jazz and Classical. The signal changed hands two more times during the 1960s, the last being Family Radio, which operated it as a religious station under the call letters WFME until its sale to Cumulus last October for $40 million. Presently, the station is a 23.5kW Class B located in Newark at 679 feet above average terrain offering local-grade coverage for most of the NYC PPM metro. New York’s first relationship with Country radio was WJRZ-FM (1965-71). The storied WHN-AM (1973-87), WKHK-FM (1980-84) and WYNY-FM (1987-96) followed. The final effort came from Big City Radio (1996-2002) via trimulcast on three smaller FM suburban stations. Within two years of its launch, that arrangement became a quad-cast; one of those stations even acquired the old WYNY call letters.
Chart Chat Congrats to Randy Houser, Carson James, Chris Loss and the whole Stoney Creek promotion team on scoring this week’s No. 1 single with Houser’s “How Country Feels.” The song is the first chart-topper of his career, and the first single from his new album, which shares the title.
Strait: Riding In, Then Off George Strait kicked off The Cowboy Rides Away Tour in Lubbock, TX Friday (1/18) to a 15,000-strong and emotional crowd. Local KLLL PD Jeff Scott and KQBR PD Alyssa Rodriguez help us get the story “Strait.” “Here For A Good Time” was the first of the night’s 29 Strait staples, all with heavy doses of nostalgia. “He talked more and told a lot of stories from early on,” Scott says. “He did songs I’d never heard him do, too. ‘Blame It On Mexico,’ for example.” “He covered Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues,” adds Rodriguez. “He talked a lot about his history with Lubbock.”
Beyond the bittersweet atmosphere, some VIP fans experienced “The King’s Tavern,” a pre-show reception featuring Strait memorabilia. Strait also introduced U.S. Marine Corps E-3/Lance Corporal Christopher Allen, awarding him with keys to a new home
Cake Boss: SC’s Jen Joe, Randy Houser and WMIL’s Kerry Wolfe.
Allen, Strait & Lt. Gen. Leroy Sisco
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through the Military Warriors Support Foundation’s Homes 4 Wounded Heroes program. Twenty homes will be given away at upcoming shows. The concert wrapped with “The Cowboy Rides Away,” leaving many in tears. “People seemed heartbroken,” Rodriguez says. Scott adds, “It was just a very emotional night.”
News & Notes The Nashville Songwriters Association International’s 21st Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival will happen in Nashville April 2-6. Info here. Syndication Services’ Tim Riley is back to work and feeling better after successful prostate surgery earlier this month. Wish him well at 615-646-7035 or here. Creative Editors Lee Tucker and Scott Mele have joined Nashville production house Forward. Event producer Gary Bowman has launched Nashville Live!, a full-service live entertainment company. More here.
Artist News Billy Ray Cyrus and Don Williams have signed with APA for booking. Cyrus and Williams have both been represented by the agency in the past. Average Joes’ Colt Ford will travel across Canada with EMI Nashville’s Eric Church as the opening act for the Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour beginning Feb. 1 in Penticton, British Columbia. It’s the first international run for Ford. Black River’s Kellie Pickler will host The Nashville Humane Association’s 3rd Annual Unleashed: Dinner with Your Dog Jan. 26. The night includes dinner (with dog), an auction and a doggie fashion show featuring “Canine Couture.” More here. Wrinkled Records will help B.J. Thomas celebrate half a century in music with the release of a new acoustic album in the spring. Collaborations with Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Keb’ Mo’, Isaac Slade of The Fray, Richard Marx and more are featured.
MY TUnEs: MUsIC THAT sHAPED MY LIFECumulus Media Networks Today’s
Best Country and Real Country PD Gary Reynolds discusses his most influential artists, songs, albums and concerts:1. Elvis Presley, Tulsa, OK, 1973: I was fortunate enough to see him in the Aloha From Hawaii era. And he was great. The best concert I’ve ever been to. No one was a better showman than Elvis was and I remember how impressive his entourage was ... the Stamps Quartet as background
singers, the band behind him, every little detail was fantastic.2. Three Dog Night, Tulsa, OK, 1971: My first concert. That ain’t the way to have fun, son! The opening act was a singer named Gayle McCormick. Gayle was the lead singer of the group Smith, who had a hit with “Baby It’s You.” She even sang backgrounds on a couple of the Three Dog Night songs they did live. This was in the Three Dog Night heyday, just after “Joy To The World” had been a big hit.3. Merle Haggard, Billy Bob’s Texas: This was in the early 2000s and I had never seen Merle live before and he was spot-on. His voice was smooth as silk even at his advanced age. The Strangers were masterful and didn’t miss a note. A magical show.4. Keith Urban, Golden Road: My favorite album of the past 15 years.5. Miranda Lambert/The House That Built Me: Alex Valentine, who worked for Columbia when Miranda first recorded that song, made me leave my office to go out in his car while he drove around and played it for me. It blew me away, mostly because I was in the process of going through my childhood home at that time after my mom had just passed away.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP.• An artist you just don’t get: Bob Dylan.• One album or song in your collection you’d rather not admit you love: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill.• An obscure song everyone should listen to right now: On Reba’s Duets album she does a song with Faith Hill called “Sleeping With The Telephone.” It’s a great song that got lost in the shuffle. Reba was switching labels and Faith had another project going at the time. This song was/is better than anything either of them had done in the past couple of years. It would still work today.
Reach Gary here.
Gary Reynolds
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The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Cumulus WRXP/New York flipped Country as Nash FM 94.7, returning a full-signal Country outlet to The Big Apple for the first time in 17 years. (Breaking News 1/21)• Cumulus/Albuquerque Market Manager Milt McConnell resigned his position and will depart at month’s end after more than 10 years with the seven-station cluster, which includes Country KRST. (CAT 1/22)• Liberty Media gained majority control of Sirius XM following its latest purchase of 50 million shares of the satcaster. (CAT 1/18)• Alpha’s KUPL/Portland upped afternoon personality B-Dub to APD/MD. (CAT 1/16)• Former AC KOST/Los Angeles personality Christine Martindale will join Mt. Wilson Broadcasters’ crosstown Country KKGO for middays effective Feb. 4. (CAT 1/16)• Radio vet Randy Hill joined Cumulus’ WKDF/Nashville for afternoons. (CAT 1/17)• Former Universal Music Group/Nashville Sr. VP/Artist & Media Relations and Middle Tennessee State University professor Beverly Keel was named chair of the university›s Department of Recording Industry, effective Aug. 1. (CAT 1/15)
Nash FM: Under The Hood(continued from page 1)
In addition to registering Nash-related domains for every FM frequency, trademark applications have recently been filed for the words Nash, Nash Country, Nash FM, Nash TV, Nash Awards, Nash Magazine, Nash Interactive and more. Goods and services are cited as “Radio and television broadcasting services; conducting award ceremonies; printed publications, namely, entertainment magazines; providing online publications in the nature of entertainment magazines; providing a website featuring online radio broadcasting, online television broadcasting, and entertainment news, events and information.” Dickey was mum on what role New York’s Nash FM 94.7 will play as a possible flagship to the nationwide brand initiatives, only saying, “stay tuned.”
C H E C K O U TGary Allan Set You Free (MCA) “I think it was the most creative team I’ve been with,” Allan says of the first single “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain),” co-written with Matt Warren and Hilary Lindsay (“Jesus, Take The Wheel”). Working again with producers Mark Wright and Jay Joyce, Allan helped produce, as well as handle lead guitar
responsibilities on some of the album’s 12 tracks.
Tim McGraw Tim McGraw & Friends (Curb) The compilation of collaborations will be released through McGraw’s former record label, Curb, just a few weeks before his Big Machine debut, Two Lanes Of Freedom hits stores. Highlights include the single “Twisted” with Colt Ford, “Sail On” with Lionel Richie and “Me And Tennesse” with Gwyneth Paltrow.
Available exclusively at Walmart.
Randy Houser How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) The 15-track album is the first release from Houser’s new label deal at Stoney Creek Records. Produced by fellow Mississippian Derek George, the album features the title track single and “Wherever Love Goes,” a duet with former American Idol contestant Kristy Lee Cook.
Album release info to [email protected].
Like many in the industry, that’s exactly what we did upon hearing Friday night (1/18) that a new format would arrive on inauguration day. After the weekend’s “Wheel of Formats” stunting, a lengthy and highly produced imaging piece kicked off Nash FM Monday at 9:47am ET, featuring hooks of
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Here is Monday’s 2pm hour:Taylor Swift/ Begin AgainDarius Rucker/Don’t Think I Don’t Think About ItDustin Lynch/Cowboys And AngelsReba/Consider Me GoneLittle Big Town/TornadoKeith Urban/Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be MeLady Antebellum/Our Kind of LoveKix Brooks/Moonshine RoadGeorge Strait/I Cross My HeartJason Aldean/Dirt Road AnthemRascal Flatts/ChangeJason Michael Carroll/Livin’ Our Love SongChris Young/Gettin’ You HomeJana Kramer/Why Ya WannaKeith Urban/Better Life Nash FM’s production/imaging package is singularly focused, hammering the point about being “America’s Country Station,” which makes sense after today’s announcement of Nash FM becoming a nationwide brand for Cumulus. The initial launch piece that was New York-centric was used as a legal ID for the remainder of Monday, and is almost the sole production piece centering on the city’s identity. Imaging pieces were played after every two songs and included the following:(v/o) “This is America’s Country Station, The New Nash FM 94-7;” (v/o) “America’s Country Station! (jx) Nash Fm 94-7;” (v/o) “America’s Country Station, (artist drop) We’re The Zac Brown Band! (jx) Nash FM 94-7 (Into ZBB “Free”); (v/o) “This is America’s Country Station, New York’s All-New Nash FM 94-7;” (v/o) “The greatest city in the world: only one thing has been missing (Artist drop montage) they’re all here, on the world’s biggest Country station (jx).” The station’s jingle package has both male and female lead sings as well as group sings. It is woven into voice-over pieces for the most part, but also used as a stand-alone production piece too. Nash FM’s website and stream found here.
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famous songs serenading New York, including Frank Sinatra’s iconic “New York, New York” and Jay-Z’s recent “Empire State of Mind” featuring Alicia Keyes. New York icons including the Rockettes, New York Giants, the Empire State Building and the Yankees all received mentions via audio drops leading into the station’s first song, Randy Houser’s “How Country Feels,” followed by Alan Jackson’s “Gone Country.” A look at Nash FM’s first 14 hours of music on Mediabase shows a fairly even balance of 54.3% current/recurrent songs to 45.7% gold. In the 1pm hour, the 16 songs were distributed as follows: eight gold, four recurrents and 4 currents. Of the four currents, two are heavies, one medium and one light. Nash is playing a total of 19 currents. Additionally, the musical era on Nash FM skews 2010-2012, with 56% of Monday’s titles from that three-year period, versus 37% from 2000-2009. Another 6% of its titles were 1987-99. That mix is nearly identical to sister stations WNNF/Cincinnati, WSM-FM/Nashville and KPLX/Dallas, which are also in the 55-57% range, and a contrast to the company’s WFMS/Indianapolis, KUBL/Salt Lake City or WKDF/Nashville, whose 2010-2012 music library leans into the mid-upper 60% range. Nash FM did feature four ‘90s era songs in its first hour of music; as the day wore on, all but four hours contained at least one ‘90s tune. Because the station is commercial-free right now, Nash FM is music intensive, averaging at least 15 songs per hour Monday. Though only one day old, it appears Nash FM’s heavies are the usual suspects: Brad Paisley’s “Southern Comfort Zone,” Jason Aldean’s “The Only Way I Know,” Zac Brown Band’s “Goodbye In Her Eyes” and Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again.” Kix Brooks’ “Moonshine Road” was also heavy, playing four times Monday. Heavy currents are turning every three hours. CAC
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Here is the final week of Fall 2012 Arbitron diary ratings (Sept. 13-Dec.5), listed alphabetically by market. Not all stations are subscribers and that’s why you won’t see rankings listed.
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.
Diary Fall Scoreboard
12+ Share Last ARB
12+ Share Fa ‘12Station/City 12+ Share
Last ARB12+ Share
Fa ‘12Station/City
WOBB/Albany, GA 4.9 5.4WKAK/Albany, GA 4.9 4.3KBRJ/Anchorage, AL 4.5 4.9KASH/Anchorage. AL 4.8 4.2WNCY/Appleton, WI 13.2 12.0WPKR/Appleton, WI 4.3 2.3WPUR/Atlantic City, NJ 7.1 7.1WKXC/Augusta, GA 12.0 11.0KYKR/Beaumont, TX 6.0 5.2KAYD/Beaumont, TX 3.5 3.2WBWN/Bloomington, IL 10.1 10.3WIBL/Bloomington, IL 6.3 4.2WQBE/Charleston, WV 16.2 17.8WKWS/Charleston, WV 5.8 7.4KRYS/Corpus Christi, TX 4.6 6.0WXTA/Erie, PA 9.4 7.1KKNU/Eugene, OR 13.2 13.6WKDQ/Evansville, IN 11.7 10.2WLFW/Evansville, IN 2.8 2.5WBKR/Owensboro, KY 2.5 1.3KKIX/Fayetteville, AR 13.1 13.7KAMO/Fayetteville, AR 1.5 1.8WKML/Fayetteville, NC 13.4 7.7KAFF/Flagstaff, AZ 3.9 4.0WFBE/Flint, MI 6.0 3.7WXFL/Florence, AL 16.1 16.4KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO 7.6 7.1KXBG/Ft. Collins, CO 2.7 2.2WTCR/Huntington-Ashland, 11.0 13.1 WV-KY WUSJ/Jackson, MS 4.3 6.5WMSI/Jackson, MS 5.1 6.1KYKZ/Lake Charles, LA 12.0 13.0KNGT/Lake Charles, LA 7.1 7.0WALS/LaSalle, IL 8.0 6.8WGLC/LaSalle, IL 2.3 1.7WBUL/Lexington, KY 13.5 11.6WLXX/Lexington, KY 3.8 4.2KYKS/Lufkin, TX 14.7 14.0KJCS/Lufkin, TX 4.5 4.7WDEN/Macon, GA 9.4 8.7WHKR/Melbourne, FL 7.0 3.7
KATM/Modesto, CA 11.1 8.4WLWI/Montgomery, AL 5.5 6.9WBAM/Montgomery, AL 6.0 5.4WKKW/Morgantown, WV 14.4 15.6WMDH/Muncie, IN na 10.3WCTK/Providence (New Bedford, MA) 6.9 9.0KHAY/Oxnard, CA 4.4 4.4KPLM/Palm Springs, CA 4.0 4.8WXCL/Peoria, IL^ 8.5 10.2WFYR/Peoria, IL 4.4 5.3WIRL/Peoria, IL^+ 1.9 2.8WLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL 18.4 20.9WIOV/Lancaster, PA (Reading, PA) 6.7 7.1KBUL/Reno, NV 6.6 6.9KWFP/Reno, NV 3.7 3.8WSLC/Roanoke, VA 11.5 10.5WYYD/Roanoke, VA 6.0 5.8WXXQ/Rockford, IL 12.1 10.2WWFG/Salisbury, MD 8.6 9.1WKTT/Salisbury, MD 6.0 2.0KKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA 5.2 4.9KSLY/San Luis Obispo, CA 2.1 1.9KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 6.0 5.5KFGY/Santa Rosa, CA 6.7 5.4KTRY/Santa Rosa, CA 2.5 1.0WJCL/Savannah, GA 7.4 5.1WUBB/Savannah, GA 2.9 4.3KRMD/Shreveport, LA 7.8 9.5KXKS/Shreveport, LA 3.8 5.9WHFB/South Bend, IN 1.6 4.1KTTS/Springfield, MO 12.3 17.8KSWF/Springfield, MO 6.4 4.7KOMG/Springfield, MO+ 3.8 3.1WWOF/Tallahassee, FL 3.9 3.9WTNT/Tallahassee, FL 6.5 3.6KKYR/Texarkana, TX 13.7 12.8KNUE/Tyler, TX 7.7 6.0KATK/Victor Valley, CA 5.6 3.8WQXK/Youngstown, OH 9.1 11.6WDEZ/Wassau, WI 12.1 9.8WYTE/Wassau, WI 6.3 6.2
Airborne indicates songs that have been added to 60% of the Countr y Aircheck/Mediabase repor t ing panel . 4=Top 5 point gainers.
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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2 1 RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 21352 1238 6808 350 52.036 2.502 141 0
3 2 GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 20671 1310 6454 392 51.639 3.427 141 0
4 3 JASON ALDEAN/The Only Way I Know (Broken Bow) 4 20561 2163 6422 564 50.915 5.401 141 0
1 4 ZAC BROWN BAND/Goodbye In Her Eyes (Southern Ground/Atlantic) 18780 -2396 5829 -751 46.307 -5.959 141 0
5 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Southern Comfort Zone (Arista) 18228 827 5767 216 44.963 2.271 141 0
6 6 THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 4 17841 1904 5598 540 44.264 4.214 141 0
8 7 TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 4 16124 1592 5043 431 40.513 4.956 141 0
7 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Begin Again (Big Machine) 15490 951 4878 257 37.421 1.482 141 1
9 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Tip It On Back (Capitol) 14435 742 4513 218 36.182 2.024 141 0
10 10 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Tornado (Capitol) 14278 794 4537 256 34.393 1.878 141 0
11 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista) 13672 1021 4304 318 33.613 2.697 140 0
12 12 HUNTER HAYES/Somebody's Heartbreak (Atlantic/WMN) 13063 811 4085 285 32.371 2.465 141 0
13 13 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Merry Go 'Round (Mercury) 11184 325 3436 109 26.812 1.034 140 0
14 14 CASEY JAMES/Crying On A Suitcase (19/Columbia) 10310 504 3148 165 25.013 1.248 140 1
19 15 LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 9291 1516 2901 480 23.269 4.193 138 2
22 16 BLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 9286 3040 2942 923 21.816 7.778 140 16
16 17 CHRIS CAGLE/Let There Be Cowgirls (Bigger Picture) 9007 644 2800 192 21.939 1.994 128 1
18 18 THOMPSON SQUARE/If I Didn't Have You (Stoney Creek) 8692 860 2777 312 20.833 2.236 128 2
15 19 THOMAS RHETT/Beer With Jesus (Valory) 8468 6 2693 9 19.967 -0.727 129 0
20 20 CHRIS YOUNG/I Can Take It From There (RCA) 8115 650 2651 264 19.009 2.014 136 2
23 21 GEORGE STRAIT/Give It All We Got Tonight (MCA) 6804 735 2161 255 15.767 1.07 125 9
21 22 ELI YOUNG BAND/Say Goodnight (Republic Nashville) 6796 166 2151 86 15.592 0.396 120 2
25 23 DUSTIN LYNCH/She Cranks My Tractor (Broken Bow) 5953 346 1971 112 13.614 1.898 122 2
26 24 TOBY KEITH/Hope On The Rocks (Show Dog-Universal) 5949 412 1877 91 13.719 1.985 134 8
24 25 FAITH HILL/American Heart (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 5368 -246 1710 -63 11.633 -0.623 126 0
Airborne indicates songs that have been added to 60% of the Countr y Aircheck/Mediabase repor t ing panel . 4=Top 5 point gainers.
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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Debut
36 26 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 4 4624 2103 1429 701 10.953 5.589 111 12
28 27 BRANTLEY GILBERT/More Than Miles (Valory) 4435 212 1452 83 10.045 0.574 109 5
27 28 MAGGIE ROSE/I Ain't Your Mama (RPME) 4398 -333 1373 -110 10.505 -0.563 119 0
30 29 THE HENNINGSENS/American Beautiful (Arista) 3748 394 1247 154 6.37 1.017 114 6
29 30 GLORIANA/Can't Shake You (Emblem/W.A.R.) 3393 25 1171 8 6.324 0.386 107 5
34 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Changed (Big Machine) 3075 351 1026 113 5.013 0.549 113 12
35 32 KELLY CLARKSON f/VINCE GILL/Don't Rush (19/RCA/Columbia) 3016 375 942 69 6.407 1.843 97 6
31 33 JANA KRAMER/WHISKEY (ELEKTRA/W.A.R.) 2936 6 816 25 5.88 -0.01 77 3
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 2881 813 822 242 6.127 1.71 87 36
32 35 HAYDEN PANETTIERE/Telescope (Big Machine) 2825 18 872 14 5.381 0.097 82 2
33 36 JERROD NIEMANN/Only God Could Love...(Sea Gayle/Arista) 2774 5 941 19 4.574 0.124 94 2
CRAIG MORGAN/More Trucks Than Cars (Black River) 2581 86 892 25 4.792 0.308 84 4
38 38 LOVE AND THEFT/Runnin' Out Of Air (RCA) 2318 28 799 33 3.517 0.106 80 4
41 39 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outta My Head (Bigger Picture) 2233 327 847 118 3.227 0.294 74 1
39 40 THE FARM/Be Grateful (WMN/New Revolution) 2218 8 707 8 3.56 -0.097 64 0
42 41 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/I'll Keep... (Average Joes/New Revolution) 2081 227 652 69 4.638 0.297 72 4
45 42 DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol) 1726 460 587 194 3.279 0.857 70 18
43 43 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 1497 87 553 26 2.372 0.115 56 1
46 44 ERIC CHURCH/Like Jesus Does (EMI Nashville) 1495 393 479 152 2.976 0.572 55 18
44 45 JOSH TURNER/Find Me A Baby (MCA) 1440 78 556 21 2.345 0.215 66 0
46 EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 1168 445 375 143 1.858 0.617 53 10
47 JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA) 1110 475 248 113 2.477 0.966 15 11
48 CHARLIE WORSHAM/Could It Be (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 1063 596 377 244 1.399 0.802 61 6
48 49 UNCLE KRACKER/Nobody's Sad On A... (Sugar Hill/EMI Nashville) 1063 84 319 5 1.798 0.243 45 2
47 50 KIX BROOKS/Moonshine Road (Arista) 1026 21 428 8 2.038 0.027 15 0
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Best Country Solo Performance
Best Country SongPhillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn
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Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 36
CHRIS JANSON/Better I Don't (Bigger Picture) 19
DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol) 18
ERIC CHURCH/Like Jesus Does (EMI Nashville) 18
BLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Warner Bros./WMN) 16
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 12
RASCAL FLATTS/Changed (Big Machine) 12
JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA) 11
EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 10
GEORGE STRAIT/Give It All We Got Tonight (MCA) 9
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Warner Bros./WMN) 923
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 701
JASON ALDEAN/The Only Way I Know (Broken Bow) 564
THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 540
LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 480
TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 431
GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 392
RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 350
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista) 318
THOMPSON SQUARE/If I Didn't Have You (Stoney Creek) 312
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersBLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Warner Bros./WMN) 3040 4JASON ALDEAN/The Only Way I Know (Broken Bow) 2163 4MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 2103 4THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 1904 4TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 1592 4LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 1516
GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 1310
RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 1238
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista) 1021
TAYLOR SWIFT/Begin Again (Big Machine) 951
Activator Top Spin GainersBLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Arner Bros./WMN) 351
THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 175
GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 170
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 166
DIERKS BENTLEY/Tip It On Back (Capitol) 152
DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol) 150
TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 149
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 145
LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 138
CHRIS YOUNG/I Can Take It From There (RCA) 122
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Cruise (Republic Nashville) 13243
KIP MOORE/Beer Money (MCA) 11370
JUSTIN MOORE/’Til My Last Day (Valory) 10828
LUKE BRYAN/Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Capitol) 9835
JAKE OWEN/The One That Got Away (RCA) 8131
LEE BRICE/Hard To Love (Curb) 7745
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Blown Away (19/Arista) 7015
HUNTER HAYES/Wanted (Atlantic/WMN) 5999
JASON ALDEAN/Take A Little Ride (Broken Bow) 5752
ERIC CHURCH/Springsteen (EMI Nashville) 5721
Activator Top Point GainersBLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Arner Bros./WMN) 1822 4THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 921 4GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 905 4MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 799 4FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 785 4GEORGE STRAIT/Give It All We Got Tonight (MCA) 756
DIERKS BENTLEY/Tip It On Back (Capitol) 735
TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 709
LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 673
CHRIS YOUNG/I Can Take It From There (RCA) 663
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JANUARY 28BILLY RAY CYRUS/Hillbilly Heart (Keeping It Country) (Blue Cadillac)ERIC CHURCH/Like Jesus Does (EMI Nashville)BLACKBERRY SMOKE/Pretty Little Lie (Southern Ground)LADY ANTEBELLUM/Downtown (Capitol)
FEBRUARY 4JOEL CROUSE/If You Want Some (Show Dog–Universal)PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek)
FEBRUARY 11JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA)GREG BATES/Fill In The Blank (Republic Nashville)
A D D D A T E sCountry Aircheck ActivityJOSH TURNER/Find Me A Baby (MCA) Moves 44-45* 1,440 points, 556 spins No adds
EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) Debuts at 46* 1,168 points, 375 spins 10 adds: KCYE, KXKT, WCTK, WGNA, WKKT, WRNS, WUSJ, WYCD*, WYNK, WYRK
JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA) Debuts at 47* 1,110 points, 248 spins 11 adds, including: JAKA, KMNB*, KSD, KSOP, WIL, WKKT, WOGK, WQYK*, WSIX, WUBL
CHARLIE WORSHAM/Could It Be (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) Debuts at 48* 1,063 points, 377 spins 6 adds: KKBQ*, WFUS, WKKT, WKML, WUSH, WZZK*
UNCLE KRACKER/Nobody’s Sad On A Saturday ... (EMI Nashville/Sugar Hill) Moves 48-49* 1,063 points, 319 spins 2 adds: KMLE*, KNIX
KIX BROOKS/Moonshine Road (Arista) Moves 47-50* 1,026 points, 428 spins No adds
SARAH DARLING/Home To Me (Black River) 939 points, 379 spins No adds
AARON LEWIS/Forever (Blaster) 875 points, 365 spins 3 adds: KRTY, WSLC, WWGR
CMTCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista)
CMT PURECARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista)CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC/Sheets Down (Vintage Earth/Rocket Science Ventures)EMERSON DRIVE/She’s My Kind Of Crazy (TTA)JOSH ABBOTT BAND/I’ll Sing About Mine (PDT)PUNCH BROTHERS/Movement And Location (Nonesuch)
GACCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista)
THE COUNTRY NETWORkNone listed
V I D E O A D D s
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 850 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
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3 1 GARY ALLAN/Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) (MCA) 4 10550 905 2108 170 52 0
2 2 RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 10398 227 2063 39 50 0
4 3 JASON ALDEAN/The Only Way I Know (Broken Bow) 10001 589 2021 85 51 0
6 4 THE BAND PERRY/Better Dig Two (Republic Nashville) 4 9542 921 1950 175 52 0
5 5 BRAD PAISLEY/Southern Comfort Zone (Arista) 9039 24 1817 -29 52 0
1 6 ZAC BROWN BAND/Goodbye In Her Eyes (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 8969 -1671 1797 -316 49 0
7 7 TIM MCGRAW/One Of Those Nights (Big Machine) 8165 709 1668 149 51 0
9 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/Begin Again (Big Machine) 7666 586 1533 99 51 0
8 9 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Tornado (Capitol) 7598 515 1541 102 52 0
10 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Tip It On Back (Capitol) 7563 735 1541 152 51 0
11 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Two Black Cadillacs (19/Arista) 7125 319 1442 61 52 0
12 12 HUNTER HAYES/Somebody's Heartbreak (Atlantic/WMN) 6575 354 1325 60 52 0
13 13 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Merry Go 'Round (Mercury) 5725 343 1141 60 51 0
15 14 CHRIS YOUNG/I Can Take It From There (RCA) 5148 663 1057 122 49 0
16 15 THOMPSON SQUARE/If I Didn't Have You (Stoney Creek) 4830 544 939 91 48 0
26 16 BLAKE SHELTON/Sure Be Cool If You Did (Arner Bros./WMN) 4 4698 1822 983 351 51 2
20 17 LEE BRICE/I Drive Your Truck (Curb) 4618 673 960 138 50 0
18 18 ELI YOUNG BAND/Say Goodnight (Republic Nashville) 4461 342 853 55 47 0
21 19 GEORGE STRAIT/Give It All We Got Tonight (MCA) 4394 756 845 113 48 0
17 20 THOMAS RHETT/Beer With Jesus (Valory) 4251 55 798 14 44 0
19 21 TOBY KEITH/Hope On The Rocks (Show Dog-Iuniversal) 4230 202 857 47 49 0
22 22 DUSTIN LYNCH/She Cranks My Tractor (Broken Bow) 4047 429 764 85 47 0
23 23 CHRIS CAGLE/Let There Be Cowgirls (Bigger Picture) 4019 617 759 113 42 1
25 24 CASEY JAMES/Crying On A Suitcase (19/Columbia) 3298 248 672 53 39 0
24 25 FAITH HILL/American Heart (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 3178 3 595 -14 43 0
28 26 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 4 2690 799 580 145 43 2
27 27 BRANTLEY GILBERT/More Than Miles (Valory) 2656 426 558 70 44 2
30 28 KELLY CLARKSON f/VINCE GILL /Don't Rush (19/RCA/Columbia) 2094 362 391 52 36 1
33 29 GLORIANA/Can't Shake You (Emblem/W.A.R.) 1881 363 390 75 41 1
31 30 THE HENNINGSENS/American Beautiful (Arista) 1849 236 359 31 40 4
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29 31 RASCAL FLATTS/Changed (Big Machine) 1844 84 389 11 39 4
32 32 JERROD NIEMANN/Only God Could Love You More (SeaGayle/Arista) 1836 304 363 57 36 0
41 33 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 4 1759 785 415 166 38 2
39 34 DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol) 1612 614 349 150 32 7
34 35 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/I'll Keep The Kids (Average Joe's/New Revolution) 1328 -29 248 -4 25 0
37 36 CRAIG MORGAN/More Trucks Than Cars (Black River) 1310 233 259 28 27 0
40 37 LOVE AND THEFT/Runnin' Out Of Air (RCA) 1097 109 217 20 30 1
36 38 KIX BROOKS/Moonshine Road (Arista) 1075 -62 212 -10 7 0
38 39 HAYDEN PANETTIERE/Telescope (Big Machine) 1065 40 224 1 24 1
35 40 MAGGIE ROSE/I Ain't Your Mama (RPME) 1021 -151 160 -40 26 0
44 41 JANA KRAMER/Whiskey (Elektra Nashville/W.A.R.) 1004 159 170 28 24 2
42 42 EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 935 31 196 13 16 3
43 43 JOSH TURNER/Find Me A Baby (MCA) 838 -55 160 -12 15 0
46 44 ERIC CHURCH/Like Jesus Does (EMI Nashville) 779 304 180 77 21 7
45 45 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outta My Head (Bigger Picture) 657 88 131 18 11 0
47 46 UNCLE KRACKER/Nobody's Sad On A Saturday... (Sugar Hill/EMI Nahsville) 420 20 90 2 9 1
49 47 SARAH DARLING/Home To Me (Black River) 376 43 106 2 11 0
48 48 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/I'll Sing About Mine (Pretty Damn Tough) 344 5 78 2 8 0
50 49 CHARLIE WORSHAM/Could It Be (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 337 35 53 10 8 2
56 50 THE FARM/Be Grateful (WMN/New Revolution) 324 116 55 25 15 1
51 JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA) 308 205 97 82 14 5
58 52 KIP MOORE/Hey Pretty Girl (MCA) 267 98 62 29 10 4
51 53 TRAIN f/ASHLEY MONROE/Bruises (Columbia/Nine North) 241 -50 81 -13 4 0
52 54 HIGH VALLEY/Love You For A Long Time (Eaglemont Ent./Rodeowave) 238 -26 75 -4 5 0
53 55 AARON LEWIS/Forever (Blaster) 228 7 29 0 3 0
54 56 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 216 0 68 -5 4 0
59 57 JOHN MAISON/Love Is A Trip (Big High Five) 146 -20 28 -3 4 0
55 58 BILL GENTRY/Hell And Half Of Georgia (Tenacity) 140 -70 18 -7 3 0
59 TAYLOR MADE/That's What Life Is (LG) 133 2 24 0 4 0
60 60 SWEETWATER RAIN/Starshine (Curb) 122 -25 29 -3 9 0
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