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McGraw’s Super In Dallas Curb’s Tim McGraw played the XLV Countdown Live From Cowboys Stadium Friday evening (9/10), which is part of the region’s buildup to the upcoming Super Bowl. McGraw’s “opening acts” included Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and the Texas-sized University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra. “The highlight

Music & Mornings Many factors determine the amount of music a Country station plays in morning drive. The competitive situation, spot load, caliber of air talent and even a change in morning shows are among them. Most recently, PPM ratings have led a number of programmers to increase the amount of music heard between 6-10am. For purposes of this week’s study, we looked at a variety of market situations to see how many songs were played in morning drive on a Wednesday for the last 12 months (excluding December 2009). As always, all airplay information comes from our friends at Mediabase 24/7.

Stand Alone PPM Markets KKGO/Los Angeles has added a couple of songs per hour in the last three months. It averaged about 12 songs between 6-9am up until about three months ago when it bumped to 14-15 songs in that time frame. Its 9am hour has stayed steady at 14 tunes throughout the last year. WUSN/Chicago has been stable in its morning airplay. It routinely has aired six-seven songs in the first hour of morning drive, seven-eight songs in the second hour, eight-nine songs in the third hour and 10-11 songs in the final drive-time hour. WKLB/Boston has also remained steady across all four hours over the last year. It very consistently airs 10-11 songs in the 6am hour, 9-10 in the 7am hour, 12 in the 8am hour and 13 in the 9am slot. KEEY/Minneapolis, which has posted record-setting PPM numbers and ranked No. 1 in the Twin Cities the last few months, has remained steady.

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Medal Heads: “Not bad for an old radio guy!” says WGH-FM/AM/Norfolk Dir. of Programming and Operations John Shomby. He and his niece Sara (left) cheese for the camera after running the Virginia Beach Rock & Roll Half Marathon. At right (l-r), WWFG/Salisbury-Ocean City morning host John Trout (5k), MM Jefferson Ward and Clear Channel’s Diane Walsh (both half-marathon) celebrate completing the local Hidden Treasures runs. Each earned a podium finish in their age groups.

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was hearing Tim performing ‘Live Like You’re Dying’ backed by the 90-piece orchestra,” KPLX (The Wolf) PD/afternooner Mark Phillips tells Country Aircheck. “He performed for an hour with his band to a near sold out crowd (the stadium was configured for about 45,000 people, I think). It was the culmination of a very classy evening to celebrate Super Bowl XLV coming to North Texas.” Adds KSCS’ Chris Huff, “Tim came onstage surrounded by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and a shower of fireworks. He didn’t perform his normal full set, but he certainly packed as much as he could into a 45-minute set. At one point, Tim threw souvenir footballs into the crowd from the stage [and] there is no doubt throwing a ball is in his genes. His perfect spirals easily made their way from the stage at the center of the field, well into the seats beyond the sidelines. It’s too bad the Cowboys didn’t perform as well Sunday night as Tim did two nights before!”

Loretta Tribute Track Listing Sony is celebrating Loretta Lynn’s 50 years in music with the Nov. 9 release Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn. The label has just released the song and sequence info:1. “Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” — Gretchen Wilson2. “I’m A Honky Tonk Girl” — Lee Ann Womack3. “Rated X” — The White Stripes4. “You’re Lookin’ At Country” — Carrie Underwood5. “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” — Alan Jackson and Martina McBride6. “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” — Paramore7. “Love Is The Foundation” — Faith Hill8. “After The Fire Is Gone” — Steve Earle and Allison Moorer9. “If You’re Not Gone Too Long” — Reba10. “I Know How” — Kid Rock11. “Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missin’ Tonight)” — Lucinda Williams12. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” — Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert

Artists Stand Up For The Cause Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Kris Kristofferson and Martina McBride helped raise awareness for cancer prevention over the

My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life

Marconi Small Market Station nominee WCNL-AM/Newport, NH GM/PD Steven Smith discusses his most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Travis Tritt/I’m Gonna Be Somebody; Bad Company/Shooting Star: To me, these are the exact same songs. Both are great storytelling songs that follow the progression of the character. 2. Garth Brooks, April ‘97, Worcester, MA:

Garth was in his prime; he owned the audience. From lights “lifting off” the stage to Garth entering from the middle of a piano, flying around above the crowd, and the drummer playing upside down, ala Tommy Lee. The most amazing concert I’ve ever seen.3. Counting Crows, This Desert Life: This is the only album I’ve found that has evolved lyrically as I’ve grown. It’s been in my car for almost a decade, off and on. As I grow older and wiser, and the more I listen, the more life lessons I pick up. 4. Counting Crows/Anna Begins: Easily my favorite song of all time. I’ve heard it a million times, and sung it out of tune each time. Never a radio hit, this is a gem off the Counting Crows’ first album. 5. Rick Dees and Dick Bartley: Growing up, I didn’t have cable TV, but I had a radio. There was one spot in my parents’ kitchen where I could get a radio station out of Boston that played Dick Bartley’s Solid Gold Saturday Night. I loved listening to Dees. He was funny, quick and played the best new music. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon. I don’t like progressive rock, plus I’ve been told that I “have to listen to it,” which makes me care even less.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: “Stairway To Heaven.” There are so many Led Zeppelin songs that are 10 times better.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Barenaked Ladies’ Gordon. It makes me laugh every time. I never get sick of this album, and it brings back good college memories.• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Loudon Wainwright III’s “Dead Skunk.” I found this song a couple years ago. It wasn’t a big hit, but I play it on my station. People seem to love it.

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weekend through the American Cancer Society and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), respectively. Urban filmed an acoustic version of “Happy Birthday,” which is featured in an ecard series for the Society’s More Birthdays campaign (watch here). Lady A and Kristofferson opened a night of star-studded performances with “I Run To You” and “Help Me Make It Through The Night” (watch here) during Friday’s (9/10) multi-network SU2C telethon. McBride closed the program in a multi-artist Stevie Wonder-led performance of the show’s anthem “Stand Up To Cancer” (viewable here). Watch the entire SU2C on-demand and make an online donation here. ACM Lifting Lives has also dedicated its web feature My Cause to cancer prevention this month. Randy Houser (St. Jude), Toby Keith (Stand Up To Cancer), Lonestar (St. Jude), David Nail (Payton Wright Foundation) and Blake Shelton (St. Jude) are included in the online series. Learn more and make a donation here.

Lady Antebellum and Kris Kristofferson

Here is the final group of Spring 2010 diary Arbitron ratings. With a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are not available, or a station programming another format during that ratings period. Client-exclusive ratings are embargoed from publication.

Spring No. 1s: KIAI, KLAW, KOLZ, KQUS, KWYY, WJLS-FM

WJLS-FM/Beckley, WV 18.4 20.8 1 1WTNJ/Beckley, WV 6.6 6.5 3t 3WVBD/Fayetteville, WV+ 2.6 5.2 9t 4tWKWS/Charleston, WV 0.0 1.3 0 11tWXCC/Williamson, WV 0.0 1.3 0 11tWQBE/Charleston, WV 1.3 11t 0 0 WVBD, WKWS, WXCC, WQBE are for Beckley, WV ArbitronWRJY/Brunswick, GA 6.1 7.1 3 3WMUV/Jacksonville 4.9 4.7 5t 7t Brunswick, GA Arbitron

WYNR/Brunswick, GA 3.7 3.5 8t 9tKWYY/Casper, WY 17.1 17.9 1 1KQLT/Casper, WY 4.9 3.8 6 7tKOLZ/Cheyenne, WY^ 10.7 10.4 1 1KLEN/Cheyenne, WY^^ 5.8 5.2 6t 7KRAN/Cheyenne, WY+ … 4.2 … 8tKXBG/Ft. Collins, CO^ 1.0 1.0 15t 16t Cheyenne, WY ArbitronKCGY/Cheyenne, WY^^ 1.0 0.0 15t 0KSNR/Grand Forks, ND-MN 8.0 8.9 3t 3KYCK/Grand Forks, ND-MN 8.0 8.0 3t 4KKCQ-FM/Bagley, MN 1.8 2.7 11t 8t Grand Forks, ND-MNKQUS/Hot Springs, AR^ 12.5 15.2 1 1KSSN/Little Rock^^ 4.2 4.0 8t 7t Hot Springs, AR ArbitronKLBL/Hot Springs, AR^+ 3.1 3.0 10t 11tKMJX/Little Rock^^+ 2.1 2.0 13t 15tKIXV/Malvern, AR 0.0 0 1.0 19t KMJX, KIXV are for Hot Springs, AR Arbitron

KLAW/Lawton, OK 14.9 11.1 1 1KFXI/Marlow, OK 2.0 2.0 9t 10tKACO/Apache, OK^ 2.0 2.0 9t 10tKOLI/Wichita Falls, TX 1.0 1.0 14t 14tKKEN/Duncan, OK 0.0 1.0 0 14tKLUR/Wichita Falls, TX 1.0 0.0 14t 0KKNG/Oklahoma City 1.0 0.0 14t 0 KKEN, KLUR, KKNG are for Lawton, OK Arbitron

KIAI/Mason City, IA^ 12.6 12.8 1 1KSMA-FM/Mason City, IA … 4.7 … 6tKAUS-FM/Austin, MN^ 3.4 2.3 8 9tKQAQ/Austin, MN+ 1.1 1.2 12t 12tKWMT-AM/Ft. Dodge, IA^+ 1.1 0.0 12t 0 KAUS-FM, KQAQ, KWMT-AM are for Mason City, IA Arbitron

WOKK/Meridian, MS 6.2 10.3 4t 3WMSO/Meridian, MS 3.7 3.8 8t 8tWZKR/Meridian, MS 3.7 3.8 8t 8tWBBN/Laurel, MS 1.2 0.0 13t 0 Meridian, MS Arbitron

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Tube checkTuesday 9/14 - Trace Adkins, Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC); The Judds, Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated).

Wednesday 9/15 - Trace Adkins, Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC); the Bellamy Brothers, Fox & Friends (FOX News) & America’s Nightly Scoreboard (Fox Business Network) & the Bellamy Brothers, Fox & Friends (FOX News).

Thursday 9/16 - Kenny Chesney, Boys Of Fall (re-air) (ESPN2).

Friday 9/17 - Zac Brown Band, Pass The Jar: Zac Brown Band And Friends (re-air) (GAC).

Saturday 9/18 - Steel Magnolia, The Country Vibe With Chuck And Becca (syndicated).

Sunday 9/19 - Jamey Johnson, GAC Special: The Guitar Song (re-air).

Monday 9/20 - Luke Bryan, Origins (re-air) (GAC).

Radio News• Cumulus/Nashville’s five stations, including WSM-FM, will hold a Habitat for Humanity Radiothon on October 12. The cluster will broadcast commercial-free from 6am to 7pm, with all proceeds raised going to the Nashville area chapter. Donations can be made by calling 615-312-3535 or by going here.• Kirkman Broadcasting’s Classic Country AM WJKB/Charleston, SC has flipped to sports programming. Air personalities John Dixon and Ted Byrne remain with the company.• WRMS/Beardstown, IL is the latest station to sign up for Envision Radio Networks’ AmeriCountry morning prep service.

Chart Chat Congrats to Dave, Charles and Hillary, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen and the entire Capitol promotion team on scoring this week’s No. 1 single with “Our Kind Of Love.” The song is Lady Antebellum’s third consecutive chart-topper from their current album Need You Now, joining the title track and “American Honey.”

Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song (Mercury) Johnson’s black-and-white double album features the single “Playing The Part” and a number of prominent covers including Keith Whitley’s “Lonely At The Top,” Hank Cochran’s “Set ‘Em Up Joe,” Mel Tillis’ “Mental Revenge” and Kris Kristofferson’s “For The Good Times.” Bill Anderson guests on the title track, and Kate and Kacey Coppola guest on “Macon.” Randy Houser and Mac McAnally also appear. “That’s

Why I Write Songs” was recorded at the Ryman Auditorium. Johnson wrote and co-wrote 20 of 25 tracks with writers including Bobby Bare, James Otto, Rivers Rutherford, Lee Thomas Miller and Shannon Lawson. The Kent Hardly Playboys (Wayd Battle, Jim “Moose” Brown, T.W. Cargile, Kevin “Swine” Grantt, “ “Cowboy” Eddie Long and Dave McAfee), Dave Cobb and Arlis Albritton produced. The three-LP vinyl set will be available Sept. 21.

James Otto Shake What God Gave Ya(Warner Bros./WMN) Ronnie Milsap guests on the closer of Otto’s third release, which also includes the singles “Groovy Little Summer Song” and “Soldiers & Jesus.” Otto co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks with writers including Terry McBride, Carson Chamberlain, Marv Green and Gary Nichols. Otto and Paul Worley produced.

Joey+Rory Album Number Two (Sugar Hill) Mr. and Mrs. Rory Feek’s second studio album features the Zac Brown Band on the lead single and disc closer “This Song’s For You.” The pair co-wrote two of the collection’s 12 tracks, and Rory Feek co-wrote eight with writers including Wynn Varble, Paul Overstreet and the duo’s oldest daughter Heidi Feek. Carl Jackson and Keith Stegall produced.

Savannah Jack Savannah Jack (McMurry) Single “I Know” kicks off Don Gatlin, Jay Darby and Mike Ulvila’s 12-track debut. Vince Gill guests on “The Apple.” Gatlin and Ulvila wrote and co-wrote nine songs with writers including Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Rob Crosby and Steve Dean. The trio produced.

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birThdaysTuesday (9/14): John Berry, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Jon Grimson (jongrimson@bellsouth.net), Mike Hammond (mike.hammond@citcomm.com), Phil Sweetland (pianopks@aol.com), Danielle Peck, Blake Wise (blakewise@hotmail.com)

Wednesday (9/15): the late Roy Acuff; Jim Zumwalt

Thursday (9/16): David Bellamy, Sonny Lemaire, Terry McBride (terrymcbride@bellsouth.net), Maura O’Connell, Jim Della Croce, Greg Gosselin (ggosselin@aural-alchemy.com), Cynthia Grimson (cynthiagrimson@gmail.com), Mark “Hawkeye” Louis, Jackie Proffit (jackie.proffit@stjude.org), Bobby Randall

Friday (9/17): the late Hank Williams; the late Steve Sanders; Stephen Cochran; Robynn Jaymes (jaymesr@aol.com); Karl Shannon (karlshannon@insightbb.com); Bobby Cudd

Saturday (9/18): the late Hank Penny; Stokes Nielson (The Lost Trailers); Marci Braun (mbraun@wusn.cbs.com); Steve Fishell; Tatum Hauck; Erin Morris (erin@morrispr.biz); Tim Wipperman (timwipp@aol.com)

Sunday (9/19): Jeff Bates, Trisha Yearwood, Ralph Carroll (ralphcarroll@cox.net), Carl Geisler (geislerradio@sbcglobal.net), Bob Heatherly (bob@musiccityrecords.com), Sam Ramage

Monday (9/20): Garth Fundis (gmfmusic@aol.com)

Industry News Rusty Harmon’s MTM Management and Scott Siman’s rpm management have formed a partnership to manage current and future clients. MTM brings Reckless Kelly and former Trick Pony vocalist Aubrey Collins, while rpm currently manages Big Kenny and newcomer Madison Cain. Their first collaboration is a yet-to-be-named band fronted by Collins. The MTM staff has relocated to rpm’s offices at 815 18th Ave. S., Nashville, 37203. Phone: 615-866-4045. Tim Owens (“Ticks,” “Settlin’”) has signed an exclusive songwriting deal with independent publishing company Wide Open Music. He brings with him his Conejos Music catalog, which includes three cuts from Brad Paisley’s current album. Former Leadership Music Exec. Dir. Kira Florita has been named Sr. Dir./Advancement for the Nashville Opera. She can now be reached at 615-986-3560 or kflorita@nashvilleopera.org. SESAC is spreading the love on Music Row Sept. 20 with their American Red Cross blood drive and spare change/canned food drive to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. It kicks off at 10 AM at SESAC’s Music Square East location. Lunch will be provided. Quarterback Records has signed Matt Gary. Gary’s second single “I’m Just Sayin’” will be released Oct. 11. Leadership Music is teaming up with Vanderbilt’s Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law to present “The Evolution of Entertainment Law and Industry in the New World: Where Do We Go From Here?” symposium on Sept. 28. The day-long event will take place at Vanderbilt’s Law School Flynn Auditorium. Tickets are $99. Register here. Canadian singer/songwriter Dean Brody has signed a joint venture publishing deal with Roots Three Music and independent publishing company ole.

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The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage can be accessed in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • Press Communications’ WKMK (Thunder 98.5)/Monmouth swapped its Class A signal with that of Class A sister Top 40s WBBO/WHTG (106.5 & 106.3) September 15 at 3pm ET. (CAT 9/8) • Former Townsquare/St. Cloud, MN OM and WWJO PD Mike Dylan joined Haugo Broadcasting’s Country KIQK & Triple A KSQY/Rapid City, SD as OM. (CAT 9/8) • The Average Joes Entertainment promotion staff grew twice with the additions of Gwen Foster and Jay Cruze. (CAT 9/9) • KRMD-FM/Shreveport, LA. PD/afternoon personality Todd Nixon is leaving the Cumulus station for similar duties at Clear Channel’s WCKT/Ft. Myers. (CAT 9/7) • Peak Broadcasting’s KSKS/Fresno middayer Greg Lane and afternoon jock “Gnarley Charley” Fitzgerald have moved to mornings with the departure of PD/morning co-host Tom Jordan. (CAT 9/7) • Country Music Hall Of Famer Merle Haggard is among the five 2010 Kennedy Center Honors recipients. (CAT 9/7) • Capitol’s Keith Urban will host his second We’re All For The Hall benefit for the Country Music Hall Of Fame & Museum Oct. 5 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. (CAT 9/7) • After receiving “numerous complaints,” Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit (9/3) against Sirius XM Radio for alleged violations of the state’s no-call rules. (CAT 9/9) • Former Adult Hits WSMW/Greensboro morning host Jeff Wicker was hired at crosstown Clear Channel’s WTQR for afternoons, replacing station vet Bill Dotson. (CAT 9/10)

Music & Mornings (continued from page 1) Over the last year it has averaged six songs in the 6am and 7am hours and 13 songs in the 9am hour. It appears to have made an adjustment in the 8am hour, adding an extra two-three songs when compared to the latter part of ‘09.

Competitive PPM Markets Atlanta: Perennial Country leader WKHX has slightly increased the number of morning drive songs over the last year. It has gone from seven songs to eight in the 6am and 7am hours and from eight to nine in the 8am hour. It appears to have gone up from 12 to about 14 songs per hour in the 9am time frame. Competitor WUBL has also made a slight adjustment. It averaged

one-two songs an hour more than WKHX in mornings late last year and when ‘KHX added a song or two per hour, so did the Bull. A year ago, it aired eight or so songs in each of the first three morning drive hours. It looks like new clocks kicked in after the first of the year, with nine-ten songs airing per hour in that time frame. Its 9am hour has remained steady at 14-15 songs over the last year. Seattle: KMPS added two-four songs an hour following the Dec. 2009 departure of longtime morning personality Ichabod. From an average of seven tunes an hour in the 6am-8am hours a year ago, it now plays nine-10 songs each hour. KMPS has put the pedal to the metal in the 9am hour, leaping from 11-12 songs an hour with Ichabod to 18-19 songs an hour now. Crosstown, KKWF increased the number of songs it plays in morning drive following KMPS’ morning changes. A year ago, the Wolf played two-three songs an hour between 6-9am and bumped to 10-11 songs at 9am. Since Jan. 2010, KKWF has moved to five-six songs an hour between 6-9am and jumped to 16-17 songs an hour at 9am. Portland: KUPL also made a change in a long-running morning show, but kept its musical load relatively steady despite the changes. Wake-up personality Lee Rogers left last Dec. after 15 years. He regularly played seven-eight songs per hour from 6-9am and 15-16 after 9am. The new morning show now averages about one song per hour more 6am-9am. After 9am, however, KUPL is up to 18-19 songs an hour. Crosstown, KWJJ played seven-eight songs an hour a year ago and appears to have added about a song an hour over the first three hours of morning drive. It has always been in the 17-18 songs a 9am.

Pre-Currency PPM Markets WMIL/Milwaukee: There is more music per hour now than there was a year ago. Last fall, WMIL’s award-winning morning show averaged eight songs in the 6am, 7am and 8am hours. In June of this year, that number was pushed to nine-10. The 9am slot increased from 12 to 14. WWKA/Orlando: K92 also made some changes of late. Last fall, it played six songs an hour, like clockwork, in the first three hours of morning drive before bumping to 14 tunes an hour. Somewhere between Aug. 11 and Sept. 1 this year new clocks were put in that now have WWKA playing eight songs an hour for the first three hours and 15 songs an hour after 9am. WQDR/Raleigh: No changes here with PPM close to currency, as WQDR has maintained a steady diet of eight-nine songs an hour between 6am-9am. However, it appears to have added a couple songs an hour after 9am, increasing from 11 to 13.

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2 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 14719 461 5290 143 37.673 1.688 128 0

1 2 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 14484 -522 5162 -212 36.765 -1.293 128 0

5 3 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 13171 598 4715 240 33.64 1.874 128 0

8 4 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 4 12222 1540 4402 554 30.331 2.856 128 0

7 5 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4 12104 1246 4369 478 30.433 2.13 127 0

6 6 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Atlantic/Top Dog/BPG) 12071 -431 4128 -223 30.992 -0.765 122 1

3 7 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 11996 -1507 4276 -584 30.002 -4.111 128 0

4 8 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 11179 -2011 3924 -803 30.581 -2.859 128 0

9 9 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 10638 337 3756 95 27.44 1.093 127 0

10 10 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 10579 837 3744 297 27.375 2.237 128 0

11 11 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 9889 244 3397 99 25.235 0.909 128 0

12 12 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 9637 519 3466 215 24.411 1.149 125 0

14 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 8699 238 3093 132 21.638 0.572 128 0

13 14 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 8202 -511 3024 -240 21.074 -1.257 122 0

17 15 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 4 7994 949 3046 379 19.897 1.414 125 6

15 16 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 7384 238 2805 142 18.549 1.156 119 0

16 17 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 7249 154 2797 46 17.463 0.734 122 0

18 18 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 7156 426 2591 138 18.385 1.398 124 3

19 19 ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 6812 745 2385 265 18.335 2.189 125 2

21 20 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 4 6791 922 2470 381 15.55 0.874 126 0

22 21 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 6630 816 2407 337 17.457 2.18 128 2

20 22 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 6625 598 2459 240 15.41 1.496 125 0

23 23 TOBY KEITH/Trailerhood (Show Dog-Universal) 5604 -181 2051 -1 14.124 -0.086 119 1

24 24 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 5114 476 1847 179 12.994 1.279 114 7

26 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 5038 799 1797 239 12.246 1.88 114 5

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25 26 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 4801 368 1845 167 11.626 0.928 115 1

27 27 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 3733 0 1466 15 8.692 -0.113 96 1

33 28 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 4 3497 1568 1247 604 8.884 4.003 109 23

28 29 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 3324 611 1187 196 7.155 1.45 108 7

31 30 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 3026 798 1127 260 7.362 2.295 95 9

30 31 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 2965 403 1138 95 6.801 1.436 90 3

29 32 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 2955 255 1083 101 6.233 0.614 104 1

34 33 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 2053 293 793 79 3.959 0.716 75 5

32 34 DANNY GOKEY/I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) 2053 41 728 5 4.117 0.283 77 1

35 35 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 1878 254 757 105 3.836 0.696 69 5

36 36 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 1800 260 703 114 3.719 0.605 82 7

37 37 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 1701 202 720 76 3.538 0.859 74 2

38 38 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 1499 367 597 122 3.156 1.028 56 4

40 39 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 1290 230 529 84 2.006 0.627 64 6

39 40 JOHN RICH/Country Done Come To Town (Reprise/WAR) 1290 197 482 60 2.321 0.502 53 1

41 41 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 1266 304 473 135 2.044 0.556 65 9

42 42 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me... (Stoney Creek) 980 55 446 44 1.231 0.015 61 3

43 43 JAMEY JOHNSON/Playing The Part (Mercury) 842 143 322 39 1.571 0.315 47 6

45 44 DIERKS BENTLEY/Draw Me A Map (Capitol) 771 146 282 62 1.582 0.084 43 10

44 45 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 767 112 342 54 1.206 0.064 42 3

49 46 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 614 187 190 60 0.976 0.242 34 4

46 47 STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) 555 31 250 -1 0.818 0.103 34 0

48 48 BLAINE LARSEN/Leavin' (Treehouse/Stroudavarious) 523 79 184 27 0.984 0.152 24 2

49 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 463 164 203 80 0.733 0.313 30 3

47 50 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Drop On By (Mercury) 434 -42 143 -10 0.792 -0.014 19 0

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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama’s Song (19/Arista) 1568 4EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 1540 4JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 1246 4RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 949 4REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 922 4DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 837BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 816MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 799LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 798ZAC BROWN BAND/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/BPG/Atlantic) 745

Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 604EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 554JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 478REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 381RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 379BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 337DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 297ZAC BROWN BAND/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/BPG/Atlantic) 265LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 260KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 240JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 240

Activator Top Point GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 529 4JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 348 4KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 296 4ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 296 4RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 277 4EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 276REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 244BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 240BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 216TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No... (Show Dog-Universal) 208

Activator Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 328JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 186RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 184ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 182REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 174BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 159KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 156TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love... (Show Dog-Universal) 134EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 129JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 122

Country Aircheck Add LeadersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 23KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol) 16DIERKS BENTLEY/Draw Me A Map (Capitol) 10JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 9LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 9BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not Looking (Reprise/WMN) 7CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 7JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 7JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista) 7JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 7WALKER HAYES/Pants (Capitol) 7

CMTKENNY CHESNEY/Coastal (BNA)

CMT PURECARRIE RODRIGUEZ/Big Love (Ninth Street Opus)CASEY DONAHEW BAND/No Where Fast (Almost Country)KENNY CHESNEY/Coastal (BNA)

GACTAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine)

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September 20BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I’m Not Looking (Reprise/WMN)KEITH URBAN/Put You In A Song (Capitol)LOCASH COWBOYS/Keep In Mind (Stroudavarious)TROY OLSEN/Good Hands (EMI Nashville)

September 27GARY ALLAN/Kiss Me When I’m Down (MCA)JERROD NIEMANN/What Do You Want (Sea Gayle/Arista)MARGARET DURANTE/Mississippi’s Crying (Emrose/Stroudavarious/9 North)RANDY HOUSER/A Man Like Me (Show Dog-Universal)SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA)

october 4THE HARTERS/If I Run (BPG)

Country Aircheck ActivityCLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) Moves 44*-45*; 767 points, 342 spins 3 ADDS: KUZZ, WSIX, WUBL

GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) Moves 49*-46*; 614 points, 190 spins 4 ADDS: KNTY, WSIX, WSOC*, WUSH

STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) Moves 46*- 47*; 555 points, 250 spins No Adds

BLAINE LARSEN/Leavin’ (Treehouse/Stroudavarious) Remains 48*; 523 points, 184 spins 2 ADDS: KBEQ, KZSN

ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) Debuts at 49*; 463 points, 203 spins 3 ADDS: KATC*, WRNS, WXBQ

LAURA BELL BUNDY/Drop On By (Mercury) Moves 47-50; 434 points, 143 spins No Adds

GRETCHEN WILSON/I Got Your Country Right Here (Redneck/CO5) 379 points, 168 spins 1 ADD: WIWF

JOSH GRACIN/Cover Girl (Average Joes) 376 points, 169 spins No Adds

TRAILER CHOIR/Shakin’ That Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal) 367 points, 151 spins No Adds

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UNCLE KRACKER f/KID ROCK/Good To Be Me (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 355 points, 71 spins 1 ADD: WKXC

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Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

KEITH URBAN/I'm In (Capitol) 9356ZAC BROWN BAND/Free (SouthernGrnd/Atlantic/BPG) 7308JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 6474LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 6083CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Undo It (19/Arista) 5870MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 5758JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 5601BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 5493JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 5119CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 4820

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2 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Our Kind Of Love (Capitol) 4502 144 2755 101

1 2 BILLY CURRINGTON/Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer (Mercury) 4345 -163 2711 -105

3 3 KENNY CHESNEY/The Boys Of Fall (BNA) 4 4325 296 2658 156

6 4 JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 4 4118 348 2527 186

7 5 EASTON CORBIN/Roll With It (Mercury) 3775 276 2318 129

9 6 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 3328 11 2072 26

5 7 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 3192 -630 1962 -355

11 8 DARIUS RUCKER/Come Back Song (Capitol) 3134 179 1955 119

8 9 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 3026 -316 1873 -175

10 10 SUGARLAND/Stuck Like Glue (Mercury) 2988 28 1823 30

12 11 GEORGE STRAIT/The Breath You Take (MCA) 2974 109 1872 74

13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT/Mine (Big Machine) 2913 69 1762 52

14 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Why Wait (Big Machine) 2783 98 1682 69

15 14 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 2677 183 1541 75

16 15 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 4 2668 277 1648 184

19 16 REBA/Turn On The Radio (Starstruck/Valory) 2501 244 1585 174

17 17 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 2430 95 1497 76

18 18 TOBY KEITH/Trailerhood (Show Dog-Universal) 2362 98 1456 80

20 19 BAND PERRY/If I Die Young (Republic Nashville) 2347 240 1445 159

21 20 BRAD PAISLEY/Anything Like Me (Arista) 2153 216 1376 106

22 21 ZAC BROWN BAND f/A. JACKSON/As She's... (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG) 4 2145 296 1316 182

23 22 JUSTIN MOORE/How I Got To Be This Way (Valory) 2043 203 1244 122

24 23 TRACE ADKINS/This Ain't No Love Song (Show Dog-Universal) 1935 208 1187 134

25 24 JASON ALDEAN/My Kinda Party (BBR) 1782 160 1067 110

26 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Only Prettier (Columbia) 1704 165 1048 85

30 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Mama's Song (19/Arista) 4 1426 529 889 328

28 27 LUKE BRYAN/Someone Else Calling You Baby (Capitol) 1214 179 728 97

27 28 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 1137 -60 700 -31

29 29 ERIC CHURCH/Smoke A Little Smoke (EMI Nashville) 987 76 592 50

31 30 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 945 149 552 75

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33 31 DIERKS BENTLEY/Draw Me A Map (Capitol) 748 154 476 114

32 32 JOE NICHOLS/The Shape I'm In (Show Dog-Universal) 721 90 479 69

34 33 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Just By Being You (Halo &... (Big Machine) 621 64 387 28

35 34 JANEDEAR GIRLS/Wildflower (Reprise/WMN) 536 102 320 60

37 35 SUNNY SWEENEY/From A Table Away (Republic Nashville) 484 112 316 65

38 36 JOSH KELLEY/Georgia Clay (MCA) 442 143 246 73

41 37 FRANKIE BALLARD/Tell Me You Get Lonely (Reprise/WAR) 410 126 203 41

42 38 JAMES WESLEY/Real (BBR) 381 121 229 57

36 39 DANNY GOKEY/I Will Not Say Goodbye (19/RCA) 367 -13 232 -8

40 40 JAMEY JOHNSON/Playing The Part (Mercury) 360 65 220 48

39 41 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek) 304 7 205 2

43 42 CLAY WALKER/Where Do I Go From You (Curb) 265 51 180 35

44 43 GRETCHEN WILSON/I Got Your Country Right Here (Redneck/CO5) 222 26 109 9

59 44 GWYNETH PALTROW/Country Strong (RCA) 202 145 110 71

45 45 JOHN RICH/Country Done Come To Town (Reprise/WAR) 192 81 102 54

46 BLAKE SHELTON/Who Are You When I'm Not... (Reprise/WMN) 188 169 128 114

55 47 JAMES OTTO/Soldiers And Jesus (Warner Bros./WMN) 173 105 123 69

47 48 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Family Man (BPG) 150 49 86 27

49 49 JOANNA SMITH/Gettin' Married (Columbia) 143 51 94 27

50 50 BLAINE LARSEN/Leavin' (Treehouse/Stroudavarious) 113 24 88 19

51 51 DARREN KOZELSKY/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Major 7th/Spinville) 95 11 58 12

46 52 SARA EVANS/A Little Bit Stronger (RCA) 95 -9 33 -1

48 53 TRAILER CHOIR/Shakin' That Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal) 95 1 57 3

52 54 JARON & TLRTL/That's Beautiful To Me (Jaronwood/Republic/Big Machine) 92 13 75 16

53 55 KATIE ARMIGER/Leaving Home (Cold River) 86 11 51 3

56 56 ZONA JONES/Prove Me Right (Rocky Comfort) 80 21 57 15

57 EMERSON DRIVE/That Kind Of Beautiful (Amdian/Nine North) 71 17 51 12

58 ADAM BRAND/Ready For Love (Arista) 68 24 52 15

54 59 STEALING ANGELS/He Better Be Dead (Skyville/Nine North) 64 -10 42 -8

56 60 DUE WEST/The Bible And The Belt (Black River) 59 0 43 0

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