Issue 25 - February 12, 2007
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Issue 25 - February 12, 2007
Issue 25 Music Edition Underwood Takes Two At Disconnected Grammys Arista’s Carrie Underwood was a big winner at last night’s 49th Annual Grammy Awards, taking the all-genre New Artist honor as well as Female Country Vocal Performance for “Jesus, Take The Wheel.” Vince Gill’s “The Reason Why” landed the Male Country Vocal Performance award, and Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles took Country Collaboration for “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” Other Nashville-related winners include Country Song “Jesus, Take The Wheel” by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson; and Randy Travis’ Glory Train for Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. The Dixie Chicks won in the Country Album and Country Duo or Group categories. Once again, however, the Recording Academy displayed a total disconnect between its awards and performances and the Country radio listener and country record buyer. While Underwood and Rascal Flatts did a fabulous job on their tributes to Bob Wills and the Eagles, it’s a travesty that two of our brightest stars couldn’t sing one of their own songs. I doubt reprising an old Eagles tune helped either of their record sales. As for the Chicks, some have wondered whether their five wins would mean more Country airplay. But it’s hard to imagine the airplay volume changing when the vast majority of PDs interviewed by Country Aircheck said February 12, 2007 Holiday Closing Country Aircheck will be closed Monday, Feb. 19 in observance of the President’s Day holiday. All Country Aircheck Mediabase monitored reporters can submit station adds via www.airplayaddboard.com any time from this Thursday (2/15) until 3pm ET/Noon PT on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Country Aircheck non-monitored Activator reporters may submit their full reports any time during that same time frame. The Country Aircheck Music Edition will be delivered Tuesday evening, Feb. 20. talk of the Chicks was slim or non-existent in the wake of the Grammys. “The morning show did introduce the subject,” says WXBQ/Johnson City-Bristol, TN-VA PD Bill Hagy. “But listeners were mostly not interested.” In Boston, WKLB PD Mike Brophey says his morning team opted not to discuss the Chicks. “The Grammy’s aren’t a huge rallying point for us,” he says. “But we did talk about Carrie Underwood quite a bit.” (continued on page 5) Dee Back At The Beach Cumulus WYAK/Myrtle Beach has hired Country radio vet Joey Dee as PD/afternoon host, effective today. Dee has lived in Myrtle Beach since 1999 and was most recently ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. To s u b s c r i b e v i s i t www.countryaircheck.com Country Aircheck Music Edition February 12, 2007 out of the radio business, though has prior stops at WKXB/ Wilmington, NC and WGTR/Myrtle Beach. He replaces the exiting Rick Roberts. Dee is looking to fill the midday slot so rush airchecks and resumes to him at joey.dee@cumulus.com. Page Date Check February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner. www.crb.org February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. www.crb.org Radio News Personalities: Mid-West Family Broadcasting WWQM/ Madison, WI PD Mark Grantin is looking for a new morning show with the expected March departure of morning man Mickey Miller for a non-Country posting with Clear Channel/Quad Cities. Current morning co-host Jennifer Powers is expected to remains with the station in some capacity. Individuals and teams are encouraged to apply. Airchecks and resumes to Grantin at 730 Rayovac Dr. Madison, WI 53711 or mark.grantin@q106.com. KBEQ/Kansas City morning co-host Jillian is leaving the station in the next several months for fulltime motherhood. PD Mike Kennedy is beginning the search for a new Morning Drive team member now. Airchecks and resumes to him at mkennedy@wilkskc.com. Satellite: The new on-air line-up at Dial-Global’s Hot Country Format has Lisa Taylor moving from Noon-5pm PT to 7am-Noon and Brian Douglas shifting from 3am7am on the Mainstream Country format to Noon-5pm on Hot Country. “The Big Time with Whitney Allen” has been added to in the 5-10pm PT slot. The 10pm-3am shift is currently being handled by part-timers, with a permanent host to be named soon. Programming: The address to send resumes to Cumulus Dir./Formats Charlie Cook for the KPLX (The Wolf)/ Dallas PD post is 3535 Piedmont Rd., Building 14, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30305. St. Jude News WUSN/Chicago hosted Keith Urban’s first live show of the year, raising $50,000 for St. Jude. Urban donated all merchandise sales from the Chicago Theatre concert to St. Jude as well. May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards. www.acmcountry.com June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival. www.cmafest.com Citadel WNKT/Charleston, SC held its annual Annual Cat Country Cares for Kids event Feb. 8-9, raising $183,814 for St. Jude. The total tops last year’s effort by more than $80,000. WKHX/Atlanta raised more than $735,000 during its Kicks Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon earlier this month, bringing the station’s overall total to $4 million since 2004. WSIX/Nashville held its 18th annual two-day radiothon for St. Jude last Wednesday and Thursday, setting a new record with $510,138.98 in donations. That shatters their old mark by more than $100,000. KBQI/Albuquerque enlisted Gretchen Wilson for a St. Jude fundraiser last night that drew 1,400 listeners and netted $15,000 for the cause. Kudos! Wichita A Crow-Free Zone The teapot tempest that KFDI/Wichita, KS morning man Dan Tooker has dubbed Crowgate 2007 has taken a revelatory turn. As you may recall, a Revlon Super Bowl ad featured Sheryl Crow purportedly on tour using one of the company’s hair colors -- and the spot referenced a Wichita tour stop that never happened. Tooker and company cried foul, demanding an explanation from Revlon and Crow, as well as a free concert for the city. Revlon’s response: “To answer your question, no Sheryl Crow was not in Wichita on tour. To best depict the ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com Country Aircheck Music Edition February12, 2007 product benefits of the Revlon Colorist hair color system, the director chose to illustrate a ‘tour’ in a documentary style format to portray situational product usage. However, Sheryl Crow does use the product (# 80, Medium Blonde). Also, please note that 100% of the proceeds from [downloadable single] ‘Not Fade Away’ go to the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program.” No word yet from Crow. Music News Warner Bros. will release Big & Rich’s third album Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace on June 5. The first single is “Lost In This Moment.” The duo’s first book, Big & Rich: All Access, also goes to retail on June 5. Montage Music Group has signed vocalist Minnie Murphy to a recording contract. Industry News Sony/ATV Nashville has named attorney Duff Berschback Sr. Director/Business Affairs. Previously in private practice, Berschback served as an entertainment attorney for songwriters, publishers, artists, producers, managers, and record labels. Cherry Lane Music Publishing is now administrating the Elvis Presley catalog owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises and the estate of Julian Aberbach. The catalog contains more than 1,000 songs record by Presley, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald. Monterey Peninsula Artists/Paradigm agent Brian Hill has been voted Pollstar’s Third Coast Agent of the Year and received the award during a ceremony Thursday night in Los Angeles. CRS-38 Update CRS-38 will feature a record number of talent showcases, with Gretchen Wilson recently added to the ASCAPsponsored KCRS Live! set for CRS Wednesday (2/28). She joins previously announced performers John Anderson, John Rich, Rivers Rutherford and Craig Wiseman. CRB still has a tickets available for CRS-associated Page Tube Check Tuesday (2/13) – Taylor Swift, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC); Steve Wariner, Joan Osborne, Billy Currington, Jake Owen, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Miranda Lambert, GAC Nights, (GAC); Bill Engvall, Country Fried Home Videos, (CMT); Troy Gentry, Julie Roberts, Dean Sams, Wheel of Fortune, (CBS). Wednesday (2/14) – Clint Black, The Dr. Phil Show, (NBC); Keith Urban, GAC Specials, (GAC); Joe Nichols, GAC Love Songs, (GAC); Wynonna, Josh Gracin, Richie McDonald, Wheel of Fortune, (CBS). Thursday (2/15) – Sarah Buxton, Top 20 Countdown, (CMT); Mark Wills, Lorrie Morgan, Michael Britt, Wheel of Fortune, (CBS). Friday (2/16) – Keith Urban, The Today Show, (NBC); Trent Tomlinson, Terri Clark, Keech Rainwater, Wheel of Fortune, (CBS). Saturday (2/17) – Craig Morgan, Kellie Pickler, Joe Diffie, Ray Price, Grand Ole Opry Live, (GAC); Tim McGraw, Sing Me Home, (CMT). Sunday (2/18) – Trace Adkins, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, (ABC); Big & Rich, Daytona 500, (Fox). Monday (2/19) – Trent Tomlinson, Keith Anderson, Lorrie Morgan, Julie Roberts, CMA Celebrity Closeup, (GAC). Tuesday (2/20) – Craig Morgan, Kellie Pickler, Ray Price, Opry Live Encore (GAC). events, including Tuesday night’s (2/27) DJ & Radio Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony ($85). The Spring Town Meeting package for Thursday (3/1) includes the Hispanic Study, the No Holds Barred rap session, WCRS Live! and the BMI Exhibit Area Networking Hour ($110). CRS Friday (3/2) is Radio Sales Day, including a full day of panels and performances as well as that evening’s New Faces Show ($335). Details at www.crb.org. ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com Country Aircheck Music Edition February 12, 2007 Artist News The full itinerary for Kenny Chesney’s 2007 Flip Flop Summer Tour has been released, with 52 dates on the books from the April 12 kickoff in Omaha, NE through September. That includes six stadium shows, with Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA selling out in 15 minutes over the weekend. Pat Green and Sugarland join Chesney on all dates this summer, and Sara Evans and Brooks & Dunn join for the stadium shows. Trent Tomlinson has launched a new website at www.trenttomlinson.com. The site includes his first online fan club, T-Town. Quarterback’s Lucy Angel are featured in the Vietti Vinyl series, placing their image and a short bio on cans of the company’s chili. The trio’s music is also available for download on Vietti’s website. The Week’s Top Stories Here are some of the biggest stories featured in Country Aircheck Today since our last Music Edition. Visit the archives section of our website for complete coverage of these stories and more: www.countryaircheck.com. • WQHT (Hot 97)/New York PD John Dimick has been named VP/Programming & Operations for Lincoln Financial Media, owners of preeminent Country outlets KYGO/Denver and KSON/San Diego. Prior to joining Hot 97 in Dec. 2004, Dimick was OM of JeffersonPilot’s three San Diego stations and PD of KSON. Dimick will relocate to Atlanta and report to LFM Radio Division President Don Benson. The company owns 18 radio stations in Charlotte, Miami, San Diego, Denver, Richmond, Atlanta and Charleston. (CAT 2/6) • CBS Radio/Phoenix Director/Sales & Business Development Mark Waters has been promoted to Market Manager for the three station cluster, which includes Country KMLE. Waters replaces the exiting Marco Camacho. (CAT 2/7) Page Check Out Upcoming releases: Feb. 20 Kathie Baillie Love’s Funny That Way (Aspirion) March 6 Sunny Sweeney Heartbreaker’s Hall Of Fame (Big Machine) March 13 Billy Joe Shaver Greatest Hits (Compadre) March 27 Alabama Songs of Inspriation Volume II (RCA) Jack Ingram This Is It (Big Machine) Tim McGraw Let It Go (Curb) April 3 Martina McBride Wake Up Laughing (RCA) April 17 Bucky Covington TBA (Lyric Street) Send album release information to news@countryaircheck.com. • UMG/Nashville Sr. Director/Creative Services Karen Naff has been promoted to VP. Naff, who’s been with the company for nine years, will oversee creative department efforts on behalf of Lost Highway, Mercury and MCA artists and releases. (CAT 2/8) • Dial-Global Mainstream Country personality Melody Morgan has been named PD of the company’s Hot Country format, where she’ll also voice the 10pm-3am PT show. Morgan assumes the HC PD role from David Felker, who remains as PD of the Mainstream Country format and who has taken on additional responsibilities within the company. Morgan has spent the last 15 years as an air talent on the Mainstream Country format. She can be reached at mmorgan@dial-global.com.(CAT 2/9) ... Grammys (continued from page 1) By contrast, KBEQ/Kansas City PD/morning personality Mike Kennedy says, “We talked Grammys a ton. Thank goodness for Carrie Underwood and the class this young lady exudes.” ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com February12, 2007 Country Aircheck Music Edition Page Birthdays Tuesday (2/13) - Randy Owen Wednesday (2/14) - Razzy Bailey, Hank Locklin (hlocklin@cmaworld.com), Shelby Kennedy (skennedy@bmi.com), Stacy Nichols (stacynichols@hotmail.com) Thursday (2/15) - Melissa Manchester, R. G. Jones (rg.jones@sonybmg.com), Brent Jones (brent.jones@emicap.com) Friday (2/16) - Doug Phelps (Kentucky Headhunters), Jo Walker-Meador, Paul Worley Saturday (2/17) - Jon Randall, Bryan White, Larry the Cable Guy Sunday (2/18) - the late Pee Wee King; Juice Newton; Tom Bigbee; Paul Corbin; Dawn Richardson Monday (2/19) - Lorianne Crook, Joe Redmond He points out that Grammy wins aren’t a reflection of popular opinion. “A lot of listeners believe these awards are a function of the mass population and not just a small amount of individuals with ballots that could easily sway momentum a certain direction to make a statement. At this point it will not affect our position on airplay.” “The Grammys are hardly a mandate for the return of the Chicks,” says WGKX/Memphis PD Lance Tidwell. “I don’t read much into this with regard to P1s and the Country life group.” Overall, the Grammy process continues to raise questions. “There’s a general consensus among those in the industry that the Grammys have never really accurately reflected what was going on in mainstream country music,” says WKIS/Miami PD Bob Barnett. “I get the whole liberal-artsy-fartsy non-mainstream Grammy mindset, but over the years the nominees and the winners have been so off it’s been almost laughable.” As for the future of the Dixie Chicks and Country radio, KEEY/Minneapolis PD Gregg Swedberg says, “Almost everyone -- except perhaps the most politically driven -- wants this [Chicks controversy] to be done. But this whole CD has never really been about just the music. It’s about the argument, which is a shame. I don’t know when the right wing gets over what Natalie said, and I don’t know when the left wing gets tired of vilifying anyone who chose not to play the record.” - Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com (615) 244-4484 © 2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com Country Aircheck Music Edition February 12, 2007 Page Fall No. 1s: KKCNG, WNCY, KHAK, KKNU, KKIX, WFLS, WQHK, WPCV, WBBN, KRWQ, KSUX & KTTS A baker’s dozen of Country outlets lead this week’s ratings wrap-up, with 13 of our format’s finest leading their market’s 12+ audience race in the Fall 2006 Arbitron. Stations tacking on more than a share include KGNC/Amarillo, WIBL/Augusta, GA and WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN, which was up 1.9 shares. And, a shout-out to Clear Channel’s KSWF/Springfield, MO, which moved 3.3-5.0 and leaped from 14th to sixth place, 12+. A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie. Station/City 12+ Share Last ARB 12+ Share Fa ‘06 12+ Rank Last ARB 12+ Rank Fa ‘06 8.1 7.3 4.2 15.1 2.9 9.2 7.3 5.0 14.3 4.0 1 3 11 1 12 1 3* 9 1 8* 7.4 5.0 1.3 5.5 4.8 2.2 -- 19.7 11.9 10.2 7.9 9.0 12.3 6.0 3.6 12.7 1.8 6.9 6.0 1.0 6.2 3.3 1.9 1.4 17.7 11.6 10.1 6.9 9.8 11.9 3.6 3.3 13.3 2.0 3 8 17 3* 8 16* -- 1 1 2 3* 2 1 5 10* 2 13* 3 6 18* 4 12 15 17 1 1 2 5 1 1 9* 11 2 12 1.0 1.8 11* 13* 16.1 4.1 1.1 1.4 14.4 2.8 1.3 1.3 1 4* 19* 19* 1 7 18* 18* 5.4 3.3 2.2 5.8 2.7 1.5 3 11 16 4 11* 20 KGNC/Amarillo KATP/Amarillo^+ KMML/Amarillo^ WNCY/Appleton, WI WPKR/Green Bay, WI (Appleton, WI Arbitron) WKXC/Augusta, GA WIBL/Augusta, GA WTHO/Augusta, GA KIZN/Boise, ID^ KQFC/Boise, ID^ KFXD-AM/Boise, ID^^+ KTMY/Boise, ID^^ KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA WAXX/Eau Claire, WI WQRB/Eau Claire, WI^ WATQ/Eau Claire, WI^+ KKNU/Eugene, OR KKIX/Fayetteville, AR KAMO/Fayetteville, AR^ KQSM/Fayetteville, AR^ WKML/Fayetteville, NC WQDR/Raleigh (Fayetteville, NC Arbitron) WEGX/Florence, SC (Fayetteville, NC Arbitron) WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA WGRX/Fredericksburg, VA WJMA/Fredericksburg, VA WMZQ/Washington (Fredericksburg, VA Arbitron) WWGR/Ft. Myers, FL WUSV/Ft. Myers, FL WCKT/Ft. Myers, FL Station/City WAVW/Ft. Pierce, FL WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN WBTU/Ft. Wayne, IN WPCV/Lakeland, FL WFUS/Tampa 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank Last ARB Fa ‘06 Last ARB Fa ‘06 5.7 8.7 4.0 16.5 3.4 6.0 10.6 4.0 14.5 2.5 4 1 9 1 7 2 1 8* 1 12 1.5 1.2 22* 19* 13.2 13.7 1 1 4.8 3.9 4.4 6* 6* 10 8* 8.3 4.2 2.3 9.4 4.8 3.7 5.9 4.5 1.8 10.0 7.1 1.4 1 11 14* 2 5 8 6* 5 15 3 7* 12 1 9* 14 2 6 9 7 9 15 1* 7* 10* 1.4 13.6 5.0 4.7 9.2 3.3 2.6 11 1 14 3* 2* 9 13 10* 1 6 7* 2 10* 13 (Lakeland, FL Arbitron) WQYK/Tampa (Lakeland, FL Arbitron) WBBN/ Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS WUSW/ Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS WZKX/Biloxi, MS 4.8 (Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS Arbitron) KRWQ/Medford, OR 10.5 KAKT/Medford, OR 3.3 KRRM/Medford, OR 1.4 WSLC/Roanoke, VA 10.4 WYYD/Roanoke, VA^ 6.3 WZBL/Roanoke, VA^ 4.8 KRMD/Shreveport 5.8 KXKS/Shreveport^ 6.3 KWKH-AM/Shreveport+^ 1.9 KSUX/Sioux City, IA 11.0 KKYY/Sioux City, IA 6.2 KWMT-AM/Ft. Dodge, IA .7 (Sioux City Arbitron) WNAX/Sioux City, IA KTTS/Springfield, MO KSWF/Springfield, MO KOMG/Springfield, MO KXDD/Yakima, WA KDBL/Yakima, WA^ KUTI/Yakima, WA^ 1.4 13.6 3.3 7.2 8.7 4.5 2.8 ©2 0 0 6 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. To s u b s c r i b e v i s i t www.countryaircheck.com February 12, 2007 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points+/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 1 1 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 14750 -1048 4753 -306 41.982 -2.91 121 0 2 2 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 14458 -6 4741 8 40.863 0.219 121 0 3 3 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 12540 495 4086 144 34.186 1.855 121 0 4 4 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 11370 156 3645 86 31.609 1.119 121 0 8 5 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 4 10953 1274 3568 335 29.745 2.104 121 0 6 6 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 10818 816 3367 252 29.269 1.334 121 0 7 7 CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 10333 346 3501 124 27.511 -0.501 121 0 9 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 9820 591 3098 226 27.78 2.288 121 0 12 9 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 8837 918 2799 259 24.38 2.884 120 1 5 10 JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 8827 -2292 2983 -748 25.684 -5.356 120 0 15 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 4 7987 1107 2434 368 21.67 3.158 121 2 10 12 TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street) 7880 2679 -197 21.565 -0.939 121 0 18 13 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 4 7763 1133 2424 367 20.325 3.076 121 3 13 14 JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 7631 415 2793 65 1.75 120 1 16 15 SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 6791 32 2231 1 17.374 0.052 121 1 17 16 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 6660 -6 2195 -49 17.032 0.075 121 0 24 17 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 4 6313 1644 2056 524 17.43 5.321 121 10 20 18 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 5922 348 1974 116 15.04 0.707 120 2 19 19 DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back From A War (903) 5909 -152 1875 -83 15.084 -0.917 119 0 22 20 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 5682 418 1860 125 13.904 0.36 120 4 23 21 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 5529 769 1700 221 14.313 1.612 121 4 25 22 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 4829 514 1623 174 12.486 1.365 118 4 21 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good As Gone (Equity) 4441 -888 1482 -304 11.358 -2.647 120 0 27 24 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 4391 246 1400 62 11.509 0.862 116 3 28 25 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 3881 222 1441 74 9.977 1.005 117 6 (5th Week at #1) ©2007 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. -505 4 = To p 5 p o i nt g a i n e r s. 20.9 www.countryaircheck.com February 12, 2007 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS 42 26 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4 3632 2562 1114 816 10.003 6.776 29 27 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 3306 135 1135 24 8.729 0.407 112 5 31 28 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 2927 389 951 89 7.434 1.134 108 3 34 29 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 2799 345 1011 133 6.853 0.62 109 5 30 30 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 2685 86 877 27 6.13 0.175 107 1 33 31 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 2602 116 895 12 6.467 0.005 107 2 36 32 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 2277 177 681 58 5.676 101 6 35 33 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 2228 24 795 29 6.22 0.192 94 4 37 34 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2013 335 670 75 4.888 0.656 99 2 38 35 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1419 -161 466 -54 3.507 -0.416 68 0 39 36 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1290 -25 531 -7 2.549 -0.055 69 4 47 37 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 1287 429 368 132 3.571 1.031 50 19 43 38 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 1208 144 452 69 2.287 0.303 66 10 41 39 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1163 -10 286 37 3.037 -0.091 57 1 45 40 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1090 189 339 50 2.268 0.425 50 4 Debut41 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 1045 713 304 216 2.187 1.267 79 16 44 42 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 1035 7 385 11 2.118 0.037 50 2 46 43 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1033 172 358 71 1.94 0.283 56 5 50 44 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 780 184 262 66 1.779 0.416 35 7 49 45 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 658 -43 260 -3 1.074 -0.008 47 2 -- 46 BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) 626 60 219 24 1.314 0.278 24 0 Debut47 CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) 579 100 209 47 1.007 -0.043 32 5 Debut48 MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 446 -52 195 -21 0.904 -0.096 25 0 48 RUSHLOW HARRIS/Bagpipes Cryin’ (Show Dog) 411 -320 151 -108 0.733 -0.681 29 0 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 394 223 115 65 0.974 0.668 37 7 49 Debut50 ©2007 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. 4 = To p 5 p o i nt g a i n e r s. 0.39 www.countryaircheck.com 105 59 Country Aircheck Chart Info February 12, 2007 Aircheck Add Leaders TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)59 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 19 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 16 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street)10 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 10 LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol) 9 BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 8 SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 8 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 7 KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) 7 Aircheck Point Gainers TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)2562 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 1644 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 1274 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 1133 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 1107 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 918 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 816 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 769 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 713 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 591 Aircheck Spin Gainers TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 4 4 4 4 4 Chart Page Activator Point Gainers TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)2739 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 1339 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 1329 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 1322 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 1255 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 1236 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 1196 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 1095 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 982 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 927 Activator Spin Gainers TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 649 314 304 283 276 253 250 245 235 200 Video Adds 816 524 368 367 335 259 252 226 221 216 CMT BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb) NORAH JONES/Thinking About You (Blue Note) TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) CMT PURE COUNTRY AARON TIPPIN/He Believed (Nippit) BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) GAC TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) Little Texas/Missing Years (Montage) BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com 4 4 4 4 4 Country Aircheck Chart Info February 12, 2007 Aircheck Activity DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) Moves 49*-45; 658 points, 260 spins 2 ADDS: WGGY, WXTU BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA) Re-enters at 46*; 626 points, 219 spins 0 ADDS CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA) Debuts at 47*; 579 points, 209 spins 5 ADDS: KTOM, KUBL*, KUZZ, WCTO*, WQYK* MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 446 points, 195 spins 0 ADDS KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA) Debuts at 50*; 394 points, 115 spins 7 ADDS: KBEQ, KSD, WKKT, WPCV*, WPOC, WTQR, WWQM HANK WILLIAMS, JR./A Country Boy Can Survive (Curb/Asylum) 344 points, 116 spins 0 ADDS BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.) 338 points, 59 spins 8 ADDS: KBEQ, KEEY, KJUG, WBCT, WDTW, WQYK*, WUSN*, WWQM TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) 328 points, 94 spins 3 ADDS: KFRG*, KIXZ, KUZZ Chart Page SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street) 303 points, 98 spins 8 ADDS: KFRG*, KIXZ, KSCS*, KSD, KSKS*, WBCT, WGTY, WMIL Aircheck Activity includes songs that rank 4550 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) Aircheck Add Dates February 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine) February 26 Little Texas/Missing Years (Montage) March 5 FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog) KENNY ROGERS/Calling Me (Capitol) Aircheck Top Recurrents BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista) 10421 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista) 7898 RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street) 7946 SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury) 6203 WRECKERS/My, Oh My (Warner Bros.) 5358 RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb) 4939 TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb/Reprise) 4601 HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek) 4491 JOSH TURNER/Would You Go With Me (MCA) 4583 TAYLOR SWIFT/Tim McGraw (Big Machine) 4384 ©2 0 0 7 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. S e n d n e ws to news@countryaircheck.com ACTIVATOR Febuary 12, 2007 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays 1 1 GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA) 14383 141 3246 19 3 2 TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol) 14011 1095 3151 235 4 3 KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol) 13102 982 2983 200 2 4 RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb) 12697 -1039 2804 -217 7 5 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista) 12479 1236 2809 253 5 6 CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR) 12114 567 2681 142 8 7 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA) 4 12080 1255 2756 283 10 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 10438 889 2411 245 11 9 JOE NICHOLS?/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South) 10073 557 2274 128 6 10 JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR) 9768 -1669 2123 -381 9 11 TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street) 9729 166 2130 36 12 12 TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 4 9423 1322 2105 276 14 13 SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA) 8429 777 1858 146 13 14 BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista) 8307 418 1920 91 17 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 4 8257 1329 1832 314 18 16 SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 8012 1196 1796 250 16 17 GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 7556 510 1680 104 19 18 DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 7295 927 1652 186 15 19 DARRYL WORLEY/I Just Came Back From A War (903) 7228 50 1635 4 22 20 RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street)4 6682 1338 1498 304 20 21 BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 6258 431 1367 105 23 22 JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine) 6035 814 1383 186 21 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good As Gone (Equity) 4940 -777 1108 -173 24 24 JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA) 4893 386 1087 108 25 25 CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 4661 226 1099 48 ©2007 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. 4 = To p 5 p o i nt g a i n e r s. www.countryaircheck.com +/- Plays ACTIVATOR LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Febuary 12, 2007 TW Points LW Points TW Plays LW Plays 26 26 BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 4 4513 749 981 142 28 27 ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista) 4221 788 929 164 27 28 EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 4068 526 900 119 43 29 TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 3691 2739 841 649 31 30 TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 2971 706 657 152 29 31 JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street) 2828 283 656 70 30 32 JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA) 2505 201 561 59 32 33 DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine) 2156 70 472 15 38 34 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 2111 834 464 200 34 35 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street) 1895 505 423 126 35 36 ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1574 203 369 52 33 37 STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb) 1563 42 374 10 39 38 PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA) 1554 290 354 70 37 39 GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia) 1425 147 330 36 41 40 COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia) 1366 256 308 61 36 41 DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5) 1316 6 286 8 45 42 DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine) 1314 499 290 119 44 43 ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1207 311 281 79 42 44 BLUE COUNTY/I Get To (Curb/Asylum) 927 -103 211 -15 40 45 RUSHLOW HARRIS/Bagpipes Cryin’ (Show Dog) 828 -324 176 -72 Debut46 JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 823 698 165 142 48 47 LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA) 807 190 174 52 46 48 HEARTLAND/Built To Last (Lofton Creek) 803 73 172 8 49 49 CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity) 720 113 152 18 MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity) 566 10 108 3 Debut50 ©2007 Co u nt r y Ai rc h e c k ™ — Al l r i g ht s re s e r ve d. 4 = To p 5 p o i nt g a i n e r s. www.countryaircheck.com