Issue 27
Music Edition
February 26, 2007
Big Stick, High Hopes In L.A.
Most everyone in the country music community was
initially excited over last Friday’s announcement that Mt. Wilson
Broadcasting was foregoing its 540 AM and 1260 AM Country
simulcast to turn Classical KMZT/Los Angeles into KKGO “Go
Country 105.” But then the questions began – most notably about
the signal. I even got an email from a label president over the
weekend who asked, “Does the signal cover the right areas for
us?” From all accounts, the answer is a resounding “yes.”
Addressing that issue specifically, RadioCrunch consultancy
President and L.A. resident Anthony Acampora told Country
Aircheck, “KKGO has one of the top five or six signals in L.A. In
fact, in most respects it has a better signal than KZLA had. KKGO
has 18kw, non-directional on Mt. Wilson. KZLA also had 18kw
and, although it was a bit further up the mountain than KKGO’s
stick, KZLA was directional.”
Mt. Wilson Broadcasting owner Saul Levine says that
the 105.1 FM signal has a 100-mile range. “It goes from Santa
Barbara in the north to Riverside on the east to Southern Orange
County in the South,” he said, adding, “When you add 540 AM
covering San Diego, we now reach over 20 million people – no
other Country station has the reach we do.”
Levine also dispelled any notion that he would be doing
L.A. Country on the cheap. “This is going to be a top-notch
Country station,” he says. “We’ve already hired great people
known among L.A. Country fans and we’re going to have the
best programming people in the U.S. around us. We’re not going
to fool around.”
There may be well over 22 million reasons for Levine not to
fool around. In an August 21 interview (accessible in the archives
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at www.countryaircheck.com), Emmis Radio President Rick
Cummings said that while KZLA posted about $28 million in
2005 revenues, ’06 was expected to be in the “low 20s,” and that
simply wasn’t enough for Emmis to keep KZLA Country.
(continued on page 5)
Seminar Has Arrived
CRS-38 opens tomorrow night with the Country DJ
and Radio Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony, and
officially closes with Friday evening’s New Faces Show &
Dinner. In between, CRB Executive Director Ed Salamon
promises “absolutely no down time.”
“We’re starting on Wednesday, which is earlier,” he says.
“We have panels up against the [Artist Taping Sessions], which
is new. We also have an early evening event on Thursday at the
Wildhorse, which was usually a time that was completely open.”
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Advance registrations are 4% ahead of last year, and Salamon
expects a typically healthy walk-up registration at $655 each.
Tickets are also still available for the Hall of Fame event ($85),
Thursday Spring Town Meeting ($135) and Friday Radio Sales
track ($335). While it’s impossible to predict which session, panel,
showcase or late night (early morning?) dalliance will be the talk
of CRS-38, it’s safe to assume attendees will leave Saturday with
plenty to tell the folks back home.
Date Check
February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner.
www.crb.org
February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. www.crb.org
April 24 - Leadership Music Digital Summit
www.digitalsummit.org/
CRS-38 Daily Buzz
May 8 - Roy Acuff St. Block Party, Nashville
Country Aircheck is publishing the official newsletter of
CRS-38, the Daily Buzz. We’ll recap the previous day’s events
and preview the day ahead in an easy-to-tote format distributed
at general sessions and panels on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday morning. Country Aircheck subscribers will get a PDF
copy delivered via email overnight, in addition to coverage in
the Country Aircheck Today daily email.
Mellencamp Takes West; John Curb
Consults
Curb/Asylum secondary promoter Eric Mellencamp has been
upped to West Coast Regional, effective March 1. He will continue
to be based in Nashville. Concurrently, John Curb becomes Sr.
Consultant to both Curb imprints while retaining responsibility for
reporting stations in Southern California. “Eric’s hard work and
passion for the business he grew up in makes him the perfect choice
to compliment our ongoing relationships in the West Region,”
says Curb Sr. VP/Promotion Carson James. “John’s a wealth of
knowledge and experience that will be invaluable to me and our
promotion departments’ radio marketing efforts.”
Radio News
Programming: WWGR/Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island, FL
is seeking its next PD following last week’s departure of PD/
morning host Mark Phillips for a weekend posting at KPLX
“The Wolf”/Dallas. Airchecks and resumes to Tony Renda at
[email protected].
Personalities: Country radio vet John Calhoun has been named
morning host of ABC Radio’s syndicated 24-hour format Real
Country. Calhoun has been interim host of the show since Dave
Marcum passed away in November 2006.
Page May 15 - 42nd Annual ACM Awards.
www.acmcountry.com
June 7-10 - CMA Music Festival.
www.cmafest.com
Gig Alert: KNIX/Phoenix morning show producer Josh
McDermitt is relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a comedy
career after 10 years with the Tim & Willy show. PD Ray Massie
says resumes should go to CC/Phoenix c/o the HR department,
4686 E. Van Buren, Suite 300, Phoenix, 85008.
Promotion: WKIS/Miami Director/Marketing & Promotions
Sandy Sloane is leaving the station March 9 for a local posting
with Comcast. GM Carole Bowen is seeking to replace the 10year station vet, and can be reached at 305-654-1722.
Awards: The CMA will begin accepting online submissions for
the CMA Broadcast Awards on Monday, April 2. Submit at
www.broadcast.cmaawards.com.
St. Jude High Water Mark Set
KEEY/Minneapolis’ 15th Annual K102 Cares for St. Jude
Kids Radiothon closed Friday (2/23) after raising $2,153,065,
an all-time St. Jude record. KEEY beat their own record, set last
year, by almost $250,000. The station has raised more than $13
million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1993.
Country Cares For Children
Here are some other recent radiothon totals:
• KPLX/Dallas has finished their “Hunt for a Cure” for St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital, raising more than
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Page Tube Check
Tuesday (2/27) – Kellie Pickler, Randy Rogers Band,
GAC Nights.
Wednesday (2/28) – Blake Shelton, The Late Late
Show with Craig Ferguson, (CBS); Bruce Hornsby,
Ricky Skaggs, CMT Crossroads.
Thursday (3/1) – Jack Ingram, GAC Nights.
Friday (3/2) – Carrie Underwood, In The Moment, (CMT).
Saturday (3/3) – Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Randy Owen,
Suzy Bogguss, Blaine Larsen, Lorrie Morgan, Grand Ole
Opry Live, (GAC); Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Reba
McEntire, Sugarland, Toby Keith, CMT Insider.
Sunday (3/4) – Lorrie Morgan, Blaine Larsen,
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Suzy Bogguss, Randy Owen,
Barbara Mandrell Tribute, (GAC).
Monday (3/5) – Lee Ann Womack and Van Zant,
CMA Celebrity Close-Up, (GAC).
$911,789. The station has raised more than $11 million
dollars for St. Jude in the past eleven years.
• WFMB/Springfield, IL totaled $156,500 during its St.
Jude radiothon last week.
• KRYS/Corpus Christi held its fifth annual radiothon this
past weekend to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network
and the Driscoll Children’s Hospital. The radiothon
raised $73,504, bringing the five-year total to $439,000.
Industry News
GrassRoots Promotion Mgr./National Promotion Jim
Alderdice has been promoted to Dir./Marketing. The company
is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month.
Nashville Star will air its finale on Thursday (3/1). The final
three competitors are siblings Zac and Angela Hacker, and David
St. Romain.
CMA will honor Australian Adam Harvey with the 2007
Global Country Artist Award during this year’s CMA Music
Festival.
Big Machine Records has teamed up with Motorola’s
iRadio to produce its own channel on the mobile phone
entertainment service, which offers nearly 800 commercial-free
music and talk radio channels to mobile phone users.
Music News
180 Music will release New Music From An Old Friend on
Feb 27, available exclusively at Target stores. Produced by Phil
Ramone, the album features Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson,
Brian Wilson, Carole King and others remaking one of their
biggest hits and performing a new song.
Diamond Music Group/Spinville Records will release Todd
Fritsch’s second album Sawdust on April 17.
Artist News
Montgomery Gentry will host the ACM’s annual
motorcycle ride on May 13 in Las Vegas. The charity ride will
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benefit the ACM’s Charitable Fund, which supports music
education and humanitarian efforts. Register at
www.acmcountry.com.
Equity’s Mark Wills is slated to perform March 10 at the
TASER Foundation’s Benefit Concert for Families of Fallen
Officers in Fountain Hills, AZ. Wills is Honorary Chairman of
the TASER Foundation, which provides support to families of
police officers fallen in the line of duty.
Dusty Drake’s “Say Yes” will be featured as an exclusive
single bundle on iTunes beginning March 13. The bundle
includes the Big Machine artist’s single, a karaoke track of the
song and a digital booklet with lyrics.
Curb’s Bomshel has teamed up with Wicked Women
Choppers to auction the “The Wicked Women of Tequila
Rose Chopper” to benefit the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute. On display during CRS, the bike is being auctioned at
CMTAuctions.com.
Taylor Swift’s self-titled Big Machine debut is the
Country Pick of the Month on British Airways.
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.
• Category 5 Co-Director/National Promotion-Sr. Dir./
Northeast Promotion David Shaw has been elevated
to VP/Promotion. Concurrently, Co-Director/National
Promotion-Dir./SE Promotion Nathan Cruise
becomes Mgr./National Promotion, retaining his SE
regional duties. Alan Fletcher joins the label as head
of marketing. Shaw replaces Exec. VP/Promotion
Bill Macky who can be reached at 615-776-3336 or
[email protected]. (CAT 2/22)
• Promotion veteran Nancy Tunick has joined Warner
Bros./Nashville as VP/Promotion. Most recently
Managing Partner at Grassroots Promotion, Tunick’s
background includes national promotion postings at
Asylum and VFR. She can be reached at nancy.tunick@
wbr.com or 615-214-1456. (CAT Breaking News 2/23)
Page Check Out
Upcoming releases:
March 6 Sunny Sweeney Heartbreaker’s Hall Of Fame
(Big Machine)
March 13Billy Joe Shaver Greatest Hits (Compadre)
March 27Alabama 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)
Send album release information to [email protected].
• Industry vet John Sigler has been named Manager/
Northeast Promotion for Arista/Nashville. Most
recently, Sigler worked for 3 a.m. Artist Management
and independent promotion company Bishop Bait &
Tackle, which was owned and operated by current
Arista VP/Promotion Skip Bishop. Sigler will relocate
to Nashville from Woodstock, NY in March. (CAT 2/22)
• Dimensional Music Publishing has promoted Abbe
Nameche to VP/Creative. Before Dimensional,
Nameche was with Dreamworks and Capitol’s Sales/
Marketing department. (CAT 2/23)
Country In L.A.
(continued from page 1)
Levine sees the potential, of course. “Emmis has dumped
a huge opportunity in our laps. That may not be enough for
Emmis or Clear Channel to do Country, but we’d be absolutely
delighted with over $20 million in billing.”
KMZT billed $4.8 million in 2006, and the future was
bleak. “Our January year-to-year was down 40% and we
projected 2007 to be down 80% from ’06,” said Levine. “We
lost KZMT’s biggest advertiser in January when an agency
didn’t renew an annual deal for BMW. Our median age was
60, and agencies just weren’t interested in those demos for any
advertisers. The handwriting was on the wall.”
Levine initially thought he could capture listener hearts and
agency wallets with his AM combo. But that wasn’t working.
“We didn’t get any respect for our AMs,” he said. “We had
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Page Birthdays
Tuesday (2/27) – Eric Beggs
([email protected]), Wyatt Easterling
([email protected])
Wednesday (2/28) – Bruce Logan
([email protected]), Anita Mandell, Gill
Stuart, John Zarling ([email protected])
Thursday (3/1) – Janis Gill, Jennifer McCarter
Friday (3/2) – Larry Stewart, Kim Wiggins, Paul
Jankowski, Chasity Crouch ([email protected])
Saturday (3/3) – Doc Watson, Royal Wade Kimes,
Brett Warren
Sunday (3/4) – Jason Sellers, Jim Scherer, Jim Malito
([email protected])
listeners, but the advertisers just weren’t coming in. Agencies
said we had to be on FM. We got the message and put Country
on our FM. Now everyone’s happy.”
Even though Levine’s FM had only been Country for a
few hours when reached by Country Aircheck, he said he had
already felt an incredibly positive response. “Every agency in
town has said they’ll be buying us,” he said. “A number told
us they just didn’t appreciate the Country format, had taken
it for granted and didn’t realize how much they would miss it
until it was gone. They told us they’d be supporting us because
they want us to stay around. What we’ve heard so far has been
beyond our wildest expectations.”
Vital Signs: In the Fall 2006 Arbitron, KMZT moved 1.2-1.5
in L.A while also notching a .5 in the Riverside-San Bernardino
book. In Winter 2006, KMZT posted a 1.2 in R-SB. >According to Mediabase, which has been monitoring
KKGO-AM since last December and is now surveying the FM,
KKGO is 22% current, 22% recurrent and 56% gold.
>Mt. Wilson OM Mike Johnson is the PD, former KZLA
APD/MD Tonya Campos joins next week as APD/MD/midday
host. Former KZLA personality Shawn Parr is in mornings,
with Whitney Allen in Dial-Global-supplied afternoons. DG
programming covers evenings, overnights and most weekend
shifts.
>The website is www.gocountry105.com.
>SoCal Country fans have already launched
www.myspace.com/gocountry105fans.
>KKGO’s phone number is 310-478-5540.
- Lon Helton, [email protected]
Chuck Aly, [email protected]
Stephanie Keshe, [email protected]
(615) 244-4484
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Page They’re No. 1:
WEBB, WNWN, WJLS, KQDY, WHKX, WBVR, WOKO, WIXY, WCYK, KOLZ, KCLR & KORD
Another dozen No. 1s lead this new list of Country ratings results from the Fall 2006 Arbitron. Each week’s
Country Aircheck will highlight the latest quarterly ratings for Country outlets. A “+” indicates a Classic Country
outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “*” indicates a tie.
“Last ARB” refers to the most recent ratings period, as some markets were not measured in Summer 2006.
Station/City
12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank12+ Rank Station/City
Last ARB
Fa ‘06
Last ARB Fa ‘06 WEBB/Augusta, ME
WMCM/Augusta, ME
WQCB/Bangor, ME
(Augusta, ME Arbitron)
WTHT/Augusta, ME
WQCB/Bangor, ME
WBFB/Bangor, ME
WNWN/Battle Creek, MI
WBCT/Grand Rapids, MI
(Battle Creek, MI Arbitron)
WJLS/Beckley, WV
WTNJ/Beckley, WV
WQBE/Charleston, WV
(Beckley, WV Abritron)
KQDY/Bismarck, ND
KBMR-AM/Bismarck, ND
WBWN/Bloomington, IL
WHKX & WHQX/
Bluefield, WV
WJLS/Beckley, WV
(Bluefield, WV Arbitron)
WMEV/Bluefield, WV
WBVR/Bowling Green, KY
WGGC/Bowling Green, KY
WLYE/Bowling Green, KY
WHSK/Bowling Green, KY
WVLE/Bowling Green, KY
WSM-AM/Nashville
(Bowling Green KY Arbitron)
WYNR/Brunswick, GA
WOKO/Burlington, VT
WLFE/Burlington, VT
WIXY/Champaign, IL
WCYK/Charlottesville, VA
WBNN/Charlottesville, VA
9.4
2.9
2.2
10.3
2.9
2.9
2
8*
14
1
9*
9*
3.6
14.7
5.5
16.6
2.1
2.9
17.1
6.0
16.7
2.1
7
1
4*
1
11
9*
1
4*
1
11
23.1
10.3
1.3
20.5
14.1
1.3
1
3
9*
1
2
12*
15.4
12.0
14.3
14.2
12.5
15.1
1
2*
1
1
2
1
12.9
7.8
13.4
6.3
1*
4
1
5
3.4
13.7
9.3
3.3
2.2
2.2
.5
2.4
13.2
9.3
3.3
2.7
2.7
1.1
6*
1
2
8*
12*
12*
10*
9*
1
2
7*
10*
10*
15*
7.8
20.5
1.5
14.9
11.5
1.3
9.0
18.2
1.7
14.8
11.3
1.8
1*
1
10
1
1
11*
2*
1
11
1
1
11*
12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank12+ Rank
Last ARB
Fa ‘06
Last ARB Fa ‘06
WJMA/Charlottesville, VA
1.3
KOLZ/Cheyenne, WY^
16.8
KRAE/Cheyenne, WY
2.1
KCGY/Cheyenne, WY^
1.1
KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO
1.1
(Cheyenne, WY Arbitron)
WVVR/C’Ville-H’Ville, TN-KY
9.7
WSM-FM/Nashville
3.1
(Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron)
WKDF/Nashville
2.6
(Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron)
WSIX/Nashville
2.1
(Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Arbitron)
WKDZ/C’ville-H’Ville, TN-KY
1.0
WFGE/C’ville-H-Ville, TN-KY
1.0
KCLR/Columbia, MO
12.9
KWWR/Columbia, MO
2.7
WKOR/ColumbusStarkville, MS
6.3
WTXT/Tuscaloosa, AL
1.6
(Columbus-Starkville, MS Arbitron)
WWMS/ColumbusStarkville, MS
1.6
WMSI/Jackson, MS
8.7
WUSJ/Jackson, MS
4.3
KMDL/Lafayette, LA
7.1
KXKC/Lafayette, LA
7.2
WYNK/Baton Rouge, LA
2.1
(Lafayette, LA Arbitron)
WHKR/Melbourne, FL
6.0
WWKA/Orlando
4.7
(Melbourne, FL Arbitron)
KORD/Tri-Cities, WA
8.0
KIOK/Tri-Cities, WA
2.2
KWHT/Tri-Cities, WA
.9
11*
1
8*
14
14
13
1
9*
13*
13*
9.9
3.9
2
9
2
7
2.0
11
13*
2.0
13*
13*
1.5
1.0
12.4
2.8
20*
20*
1
11
15*
19*
1
10*
6.3
2.4
5
11*
6
11*
1.6
7.0
4.1
7.5
6.9
2.0
11*
3
5*
5
4
14
12*
4
5
2
4
14
6.9
5.5
3*
6*
2
6
7.2
3.0
1.3
1
12*
19*
1*
12*
17*
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2.2
1.1
1.1
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TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points+/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
3
1
TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol )
13731
450
2
2
RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb)
13233
4
3
KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol)
11980
1
4
GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA)
8
5
5
166
37.689 0.886
121
0
-741
4233 -199
37.683 -2.826
121
0
-129
3752
-44
33.138 -0.241
121
0
11687 -2329
3908 -681
32.318 -7.034
121
0
KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA) 4
11304
677
3521
182
31.698 1.475
121
0
6
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista)
10898
-542
3729
-65
29.351 -1.541
121
0
6
7
MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA)
10897
-261
3460
-15
29.073 -0.919
121
0
7
8
CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR)
10398
-442
3540
-49
28.335 -0.502
120
0
9
9
TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb)
10082
390
3236
147
28.438 0.922
121
1
10
10
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista)
10062
572
3062
175
28.009 1.909
121
0
11
11
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury)
8783
482
2776
186
23.776 1.492
121
0
13
12
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 4
8635 1156
2709
334
23.244 2.228
121
0
12
13
JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South)
8472
172
3005
32
23.39 0.495
121
2
14
14
SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA)
7075
9
2377
58
18.879 0.151
120
0
19
15
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4
7052 1296
2271
407
18.444 2.957
120
5
15
16
BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista)
6763
-11
2236
34
17.35 0.427
121
1
17
17
DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol)
6721
467
2194
154
16.912 0.952
120
5
18
18
GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA)
6242
157
2038
52
15.911 -0.303
119
1
21
19
ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista)
5850
318
1957
122
15.109 1.197
121
1
20
20
JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine)
5737
43
1823
39
14.497 0.032
121
5
23
21
BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury) 4
5074
883
1831
294
12.521 1.582
119
4
22
22
CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum)
5061
656
1613
197
12.61 1.285
119
0
24
23
JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA)
4258
299
1481
169
10.518
0.48
118
1
25
24
BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) 4
4176
726
1332
244
10.086 1.145
116
5
26
25
EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution)
3720
516
1319
171
9.529 1.462
112
4
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LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points +/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
27
26
JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street)
3082
251
983
66
7.286 0.763
116
3
29
27
TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5)
2997
373
1042
112
8.359 0.916
101
5
28
28
JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA)
2980
286
999
58
7.562 0.708
112
4
30
29
PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA)
2713
264
804
61
6.677 0.389
105
5
32
30
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 2468
613
787
211
6.75 1.831
98
13
31
31
DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine)
2236
178
767
67
0.4
99
4
37
32
BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.)
1868
405
481
146
4.729 0.742
60
23
33
33
GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia)
1849
143
577
23
4.692 0.318
93
1
34
34
JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR)
1788
296
595
146
4.751 0.702
73
11
35
35
BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street)
1710
234
622
100
4.032 1.041
74
5
36
36
STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb)
1669
200
657
83
3.716 0.626
103
1
40
37
ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol) 1440
275
442
73
3.246 0.616
63
6
38
38
CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity)
1359
48
493
21
3.08 0.234
71
2
41
39
COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia)
1224
73
430
31
2.077 0.048
65
4
44
40
KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA)
1056
272
334
102
2.81 0.824
53
17
39
41
ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1053
-130
272
-45
2.433 -0.527
55
0
42
42
DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5)
959
23
322
-7
1.624 -0.084
53
3
45
43
TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine)
933
178
297
78
1.93 0.513
59
12
43
44
DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine)
901
19
314
14
1.689 -0.355
37
3
47
45
MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity)
775
134
290
28
1.249 0.135
59
1
49
46
SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street)
746
192
218
35
1.641 0.631
40
7
46
47
BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA)
700
45
249
19
1.412 0.084
28
2
50
48
LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol)
596
175
198
56
1.017 0.209
32
3
48
49
CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA)
596
-1
245
-1
1.118 -0.029
36
3
LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity)
437
226
132
84
0.719 0.301
34
8
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February 26, 2007
Aircheck Add Leaders
BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.)
KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA)
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine)
JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR)
LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity) SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street)
ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol)
BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.)
BOMSHEL/Bomshel Stomp (Curb)
BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol)
JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine)
PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA)
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out (Rocky Comfort/CO5)
23
17
13
12
11
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Aircheck Point Gainers
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)1296 4
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street)
1156 4
BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury)
883 4
BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.)
726 4
KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA)
677 4
CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 656
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 613
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista)
572
EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution) 516
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury)
482
Aircheck Spin Gainers
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street)
BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury)
BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros.) MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum)
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury)
KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista)
EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution)
407
334
294
244
211
197
186
182
175
171
Chart Page Activator Point Gainers
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 1673 4
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 1279 4
JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 1017 4
BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros. )
918 4
TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 890 4
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista) 885
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury) 825
DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol) 752
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia) 717
CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum) 706
Activator Spin Gainers
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street)
JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR)
BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista)
TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb)
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol)
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia)
CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum)
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista)
MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway
(RCA)
Video Adds
353
284
223
220
212
189
181
168
166
144
117
112
CMT
JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA)
JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw)
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
CMT PURE COUNTRY
JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA)
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista)
JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw)
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
GAC
JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA)
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Livin’ Our Love Song (Arista)
JOHN ANDERSON/A Woman Knows (Raybaw)
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog)
JASON MEADOWS/100% Cowboy (Baccerstick)
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February 26, 2007
Chart Page Aircheck Activity
MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity)
Moves 47*-45*; 775 points, 290 spins
1 ADD: WGGY
LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA)
310 points, 114 spins
3 ADDS: KVOO*, WYCD*, WYRK*
SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street)
Moves 49*-46*; 746 points, 218 spins
7 ADDS: KBEQ, KDRK*, KSON, KTOM,
WCTQ, WGH, WSOC*
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
BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man
(Giantslayer/BNA)
Moves 46*-47*; 700 points, 249 spins
2 ADDS: WSOC*, WWNU
Aircheck Add Dates
LUKE BRYAN/All My Friends Say (Capitol)
Moves 50*-48*; 596 points, 198 spins
3 ADDS: KEEY, KHKI*, KSKS*
CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA)
Moves 48*-49; 596 points, 245 spins
3 ADDS: KSD, KSKS*, WMZQ
LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity)
Debuts at 50*; 437 points, 132 spins
7 ADDS: KBEQ, KDRK*, KEEY, WBCT,
WKHX, WOGK, WPCV*
HANK WILLIAMS, JR./A Country Boy Can Survive
(Curb/Asylum)
349 points, 115 spins
0 ADDS
RANDY ROGERS BAND/One More Goodbye (Mercury)
311 points, 101 spins
3 ADDS: KBEQ, KHKI*, WNKT*
March 5
FLYNNVILLE TRAIN/Last Good Time (Show Dog)
KENNY ROGERS/Calling Me (Capitol)
March 12
BRAD PAISLEY/Ticks (Arista)
March 19
No Adds
Aircheck Top Recurrents
BRAD PAISLEY/She’s Everything (Arista)
RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista)
JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR)
SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury)
TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street)
RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb)
JOSH TURNER/Would You Go With Me (MCA)
TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb/Reprise)
HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek)
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8438
7115
6991
6784
5459
5306
4494
4433
4312
4052
ACTIVATOR
February 26, 2007
LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
TW Points
+/- Points
TW Plays
1
1
TRACE ADKINS/Ladies Love Country Boys (Capitol)
14581
173
3257
47
3
2
KEITH URBAN/Stupid Boy (Capitol)
13456
114
3052
27
2
3
GEORGE STRAIT/It Just Comes Natural (MCA)
13451
-726
3005
-172
4
4
MARTINA MCBRIDE/Anyway (RCA)
13163
410
2983
83
5
5
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Alyssa Lies (Arista)
12698
-30
2883
5
6
6
CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR)
12537
108
2759
16
7
7
KENNY CHESNEY/Beer In Mexico (BNA)
12019
519
2726
103
8
8
RODNEY ATKINS/Watching You (Curb)
10951
-492
2422
-129
10
9
TIM MCGRAW/Last Dollar (Fly Away) (Curb) 4
10913
890
2418
189
9 10
JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South)
10428
-43
2376
14
11 11
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Wasted (Arista)
10298
885
2290
212
12 12
SUGARLAND/Settlin’ (Mercury)
9468
825
2112
181
16 13
RASCAL FLATTS/Stand (Lyric Street) 4
9120
1279
2016
284
14 14
BROOKS & DUNN/Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista)
8600
97
1968
10
17 15
DIERKS BENTLEY/Long Trip Alone (Capitol)
8556
752
1917
168
13 16
SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA)
8482
-125
1881
-8
18 17
GARY ALLAN/A Feelin’ Like That (MCA) 8062
312
1813
73
21 18
TOBY KEITH/High Maintenance Woman (Show Dog) 4
7660
1673
1693
353
18 19
BILLY CURRINGTON/Good Directions (Mercury)
7532
558
1648
131
19 20
JACK INGRAM/Lips Of An Angel (Big Machine)
6807
259
1567
64
23 21
CLAY WALKER/‘Fore She Was Mama (Curb/Asylum)
5948
706
1363
144
22 22
JOSH TURNER/Me And God (MCA)
5725
354
1267
90
24 23
ALAN JACKSON/A Woman’s Love (Arista)
5287
429
1124
76
25 24
BLAKE SHELTON/Don’t Make Me (Warner Bros. )
5151
479
1147
109
26 25
EMERSON DRIVE/Moments (Midas/New Revolution)
5030
381
1114
88
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ACTIVATOR
LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
February 26, 2007
TW Points
+/- Points
TW Plays
+/- Plays
28
26
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Lucky Man (Columbia)
4037
717
876
166
27
27
TRACY LAWRENCE/Find Out... (Rocky Comfort/CO5)
3907
537
842
112
29
28
JOSH GRACIN/I Keep Coming Back (Lyric Street)
3168
81
723
13
30
29
JAKE OWEN/Startin’ With Me (RCA)
3110
301
685
68
32
30
DANIELLE PECK/Isn’t That Everything (Big Machine)
2691
454
605
104
31
31
BUCKY COVINGTON/A Different World (Lyric Street)
2557
245
568
57
33
32
PAT GREEN/Dixie Lullaby (BNA)
2238
271
491
59
41
33
JASON ALDEAN/Johnny Cash (BBR) 4
2219
1017
481
223
42
34
BIG & RICH/Lost In This Moment (Warner Bros.)4
2000
918
453
220
37
35
STEVE HOLY/Come On Rain (Curb)
1902
307
446
69
34
36
DUSTY DRAKE/Say Yes (Big Machine)
1876
100
413
24
36
37
ERIC CHURCH/Guys Like Me (Capitol)
1870
202
426
44
35
38
GRETCHEN WILSON/Come To Bed (Columbia)
1820
121
401
20
38
39
COLE DEGGS & THE LONESOME/I Got More (Columbia)
1601
127
357
29
39
40
DONOVAN CHAPMAN/House Like That (Category 5)
1456
94
303
11
46
41
TAYLOR SWIFT/Teardrops On My Guitar (Big Machine)
1373
613
304
143
40
42
ALISON KRAUSS/Missing You (w/John Waite) (Rounder) 1164
-99
278
-19
43
43
LONESTAR/Nothing To Prove (BNA)
1146
116
253
24
47
44
KELLIE PICKLER/I Wonder (BNA)
1000
272
220
58
49
45
SARAH BUXTON/That Kind Of Day (Lyric Street)
901
252
182
40
44
46
CAROLINA RAIN/Isn’t She (Equity Music Group)
890
84
189
17
45
47
MARK WILLS/Take It All Out On Me (Equity)
814
37
154
14
Debut48
LITTLE BIG TOWN/A Little More You (Equity)
797
584
175
135
50
CATHERINE BRITT/What I Did Last Night (RCA)
705
118
142
21
BLAINE LARSEN/Spoken Like A Man (Giantslayer/BNA)
670
152
148
32
49
Debut50
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