Issue 01 - August 21, 2006

Issue 1
Music Edition
August 21, 2006
Los Angeles Earthquake Shakes Country
It seems especially ironic that Emmis would pull the
plug on KZLA/Los Angeles on the eve of the first of three
sold out shows by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw at LA’s
Staples Center. The flip to Movin’ 93.9 after almost 26
years of Country registered 10.0 on this format’s Richter
scale last Thursday.
Emmis’ exit from the nation’s second largest market
was a blow to Country radio and the country music
business already suffering from the lack of Country outlets
in New York and San Francisco. The next few stories
chronicle the events as they unfolded, the reason why
Emmis made the change and the impact KZLA’s absence
will have on Nashville.
Exiting were APD/MD Tonya Compos (who has
since taken a job with Lofton Creek), morning personality
Peter Tilden ([email protected]), middayer Shawn Parr
([email protected]) and PM driver Whitney Allen
([email protected]). There hasn’t been an evening
talent for the last year and After Midnite with Blair
Garner filled the overnight hours. In fact, Garner’s was
the last voice to be heard on KZLA. He was filling in for
the vacationing Tilden and had started a music sweep
before handing over the reins to Parr -- who never had a
chance to say a word. The plug was pulled shortly after
10am, with Keith Urban’s “Tonight I Wanna Cry” the last
Country song heard on KZLA.
PD R.J. Curtis ([email protected]) said he
had no inkling a change was imminent. Market Manager
Val Maki and Emmis VP/Programming Jimmy Steele
walked in his office about 9am to tell him of the impending
flip. Yesterday was Curtis’ last day at KZLA. Almost 17 of
his 28 years in radio were at KZLA.
Inside The Decision To Flip KZLA
Why did Emmis drop Country? “Because we found a
better business opportunity -- considerably better,” says
Emmis President/Radio Rick Cummings. “We don’t
take exclusive positions lightly and I’m proud of how
well our team made Country work in Los Angeles long
after it was given up in New York and San Francisco. But
it is challenging to do this format in markets with high
ethnicity. “We grew Country radio in Los Angeles every year
[since we’ve owned it] -- nice, steady, incremental revenue
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growth. But the growth stalled well over a year ago. Even
then, we hung in there. But when this opportunity
presented itself, from a business standpoint, we simply
couldn’t ignore it.”
According to BIA, KZLA’s revenue was about $17
million only a few years ago. Its 2005 revenues were
around $28 Million. Was $28 million simply not enough
for an LA stick? Was there more upside? Isn’t it a “clean”
$28 million? Are the marketing, promotion and talent
expenses as high in an exclusive format situation?
“The $28 million was the peak a year ago,” Cummings
explains. “We were on course for the lower 20s this year.
The market growth stalled and that hurt our goal to get
to $30 million. If that was a realistic goal, we’d still be
Country, I’m guessing. There not only was not more
upside, it was a case of diminishing results. And actually,
we had to spend a considerable amount to get performance
-- both in talent and marketing.
“In a big market like LA, you have a top tier of
stations and a secondary tier of what we consider to be
‘viable’ stations. KZLA was at the bottom of the second
tier. And we were fine with that. But in the past year, we
were falling out of that ranking. The last five books 2554 Adults were something like 21st, 24th, 23rd, 21st and
20th. And that was with heavy investment in marketing the
last couple books.
“When you’re 20th in a flat or shrinking revenue
market, you simply don’t get bought by key advertisers. It
was never a question of results -- KZLA got them. We do a
ton of direct retail business and produce results. But when
you’re that far down on the ranker, the direct business
can’t compensate for what you lose with agencies.”
Some pundits have suggested that Emmis’ strength in
Urban and Rhythmic made a format other than Country
more synergistic for the company. “That was never part of
Page Date ChECK
August 30 - DJ & Radio Hall nominations due.
www.crb.org
September 1 - CRB Artist Humanitarian
nominations due. www.crb.org
September 25 - NSAI World’s Largest #1 Party
www.nashvillesongwriters.com
October 22 - 37th Annual NSAI/Nashville
Songwriters Foundation Awards.
October 23 - 44th Annual ASCAP Country Awards.
www.ascap.com
November 4 - 54th Annual BMI Country Awards.
www.bmi.com
November 6 - 40th Annual CMA Awards.
www.cmaawards.com
our thinking,” asserts Cummings. “We actually liked the
idea of having a Rap station and a Country station together
on the same floor in Burbank. There was terrific interaction
among staffs and artists; it was a wonderful dynamic.
“We have never cared what our formats are and we
think ‘synergy’ is highly over-rated in terms of cluster
performance. We’ve rarely seen it produce. It’s more a
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Country’s Future In An Ethnic Market
Cummings recently told the LA Times that LA is, “40%
Hispanic, 11% Asian and 8% black -- and Country fans
are about 98% Caucasian.” Emmis’ move was, in a sense,
preemptive as LA becomes even more ethnic.
He told Country Aircheck, “I think the fact that
KZLA lasted so long in a marketplace like LA is a tribute
to how good this radio station really was. But when 75%
of the marketplace is pretty much ‘out of bounds’ to the
format, that’s a challenging position to be in.
“When we bought KZLA, we determined that the
very best this station could ever do in Los Angeles, if
everything was superb from the music to the marketing to
the talent, was 12th place adults. As the market grew more
and more ethnic, that became 15th place. In the last couple
of years, a good job was 17th. But we also knew that there
would be a tipping point -- that if the market flattened out
in revenue growth, if the resources to keep ratings higher
were not as plentiful, if the station spent very many books
where the ranker was 20th or below, we’d have trouble
growing. That settled in on us in the last couple of years.
“It is important for our people to know it was
not the programming and it was not the marketing. It
was the circumstances they found themselves in. We
continued to be happy fighting the fight with these
adverse circumstances, until we found an answer that was
considerably better. Then, we felt we had to act. But I
believe Emmis gave Country a great run in LA and have
no regrets. I’m very proud of our people at KZLA.”
As for the $64,000 question, does Cummings foresee
another operator picking up Country? “Maybe. There are
operators in Southern California who would be delighted
to have the revenue picture that KZLA produced. It’s
a smaller hole, but it can be viable for the right operator. In
fact, it can be very good.”
Page TUBE CHECK
Tuesday (8/22) - Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, John Corbett, Grand Ole Opry Live encore. (GAC)
Wednesday (8/23) - Trace Adkins, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS); Brian McComas, GAC Nights (GAC)
Thursday (8/24) - LeAnn Rimes, Lonestar, Steve
Holy, CMT Top Twenty Countdown (CMT); Little Big Town, GAC Nights (GAC)
Saturday (8/26) - Lorrie Morgan, Lonestar, Mark Chestnut, Randy Owen, Grand Ole Opry Live (GAC); Joe
Nichols, CMT Insider (CMT)
Monday (8/28) - Sugarland, Bon Jovi, CMT Crossroads
(CMT)
CMT Video Adds: Bob Seger, “Wait For Me” (Capitol); LeAnn Rimes, “Some People” (Curb); Lonestar,
“Mountains” (BNA)
CMT Pure Country Add: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Down
Home Girl” (Nettwerk America)
GAC Video Adds: LeAnn Rimes, “Some People” (Curb);
Povertyneck Hillbillies, “Mr Right Now” (Rust).
Measuring The Sales Impact
Capitol/Nashville VP/Sales Bill Kennedy says the
loss of KZLA will hurt. “It’s a big loss -- it’s like losing a
top 10 sales market,” he says. “LA might not index very
high in terms of Country sales, but it was huge in terms of
volume. It’s like taking away an Atlanta or Dallas.”
UMG/Nashville Sr.VP/Sales & Marketing Ben
Kline says that LA represents about 2.7% of all Country
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units sold. He says that while the potential losses are
“impossible to gauge,” but he expects they will be “pretty
substantial.” He says, “In terms of raw unit sales, LA is the
biggest country market in America.”
Kline continues, “About the only thing we have to go
on is what’s happened since New York lost its Country
station about five years ago. Since then, that market has
dropped from over 3% of all Country units sold nationally
to about 2.58%. Using that example, we could expect to
lose a half-percent of national Country sales, which totaled
over 82 million units last year.”
Kennedy says his label might really feel the pain when
the new Keith Urban CD hits stores this November, “LA
is his No. 1 sales market,” said Kennedy. “His last album,
Days Go By, has sold 90,000 units there. By comparison, it
sold 77,000 units in Dallas.”
More than record sales are negatively impacted by
KZLA’s demise. Let’s use the upcoming Toby Keith
movie Broken Bridges as an example. If the film’s Sept.
8 opening were mentioned by each jock just twice a shift,
it would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in
publicity and awareness.
The same thing applies to the free publicity that all
Country stations will be giving to Sara Evan’s upcoming
appearances on Dancing With The Stars. And that doesn’t
even scratch the surface when it comes to country tours
hoping to route in market No. 2.
“The potential losses will be softened by the presence
of KFRG/Riverside-San Bernardino and to a lesser extent
KHAY/Ventura-Oxnard, CA,” said Kennedy. “But there
are 14 million people in LA and Orange counties, and right
now a lot of them cannot hear a Country radio station.”
Commenting on the dangerous trend of major markets
losing their sole Country outlet, Kline said, “While we
can’t quantify the losses, everyone should be very nervous
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This week’s birthdays:
August 22 - Mickey Ashworth, Holly Dunn, Ricky Lynn Gregg,
Amy Macy.
August 23 - Rex Allen Jr., Ira Dean, Emilio, Shelly Fairchild, TJ Holland, Woody Paul, Dennis Robbins.
August 24 - John Cowan, Clint Daniels, Darrin Kirkindoll, Kristyn Osborne, Wendy Pearl.
August 25 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Jo Dee Messina, Tim Mensy, Henry Paul, Allyson Scott, Karen Tallier.
August 26 - Jimmy Olander.
August 27 - Colleen Addair, Jeff Cook, Mac Daniels, Andrea Dresdale, Jimmy C. Newman, Frances Preston, Jeffrey
Steele, Cassandra Tynes.
August 28 - Sherrie Austin, Steve Baker, Tina Crawford, Ken
Johnson, Jo McFadden, LeAnn Rimes, Areeda
Schneider, Shania Twain.
about the top two markets in the nation not having the
country’s number one format on the radio.”
Kennedy added, “Having sales go down is bad enough.
But without a Country station in those markets, it’s
impossible to grow the business.”
One More Country Stick For Entercom
Entercom entered into an agreement with CBS
yesterday to acquire radio stations in four markets for $262
million in cash. It picks up four stations in Austin, four
in Cincinnati, three in Memphis and four in Rochester.
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Entercom will also purchase WILD/Boston from Radio
One for $30 million cash. Entercom, which owns Country
outlets WDAF/Kansas City, KWJJ/Portland, WBEE/
Rochester and KKWF/Seattle, will add Country WUBE/
Cincinnati. It will ultimately have to divest two stations in
Rochester.
Check Up
Welcome to the premiere edition of Country
Aircheck. Chuck Aly and I pledge to bring you the same
level of news, analysis and music information you have
come to expect from us.
Very soon we’ll be rolling out a daily news email and
our CountryAircheck.com website. Each week we’ll also
deliver Country Aircheck -- Music Edition, the first issue
of which you are now reading.
Now, if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to speak for myself
for a few paragraphs.
I resigned as the R&R Country Editor after 23 years in
that post because I felt Country needed a strong advocate
for both news and charts. One similar to what R&R had
long stood for.
Country Aircheck is a stand-alone company
solely owned by me, Lon Helton. I am not a Mediabase
employee. I am not a Clear Channel employee. However,
as part of my agreement to carry Mediabase music airplay
information, I will oversee Mediabase’s Country chart
just as I did at R&R during the eight years it carried charts
powered by Mediabase information. I will select reporters
and set chart methodology in conjunction with Mediabase
President Rich Meyer.
Reporters will be chosen with the same criteria I used
for many years: ratings and current percentage. The criteria
currently in use by Mediabase was carried over from
R&R and there have been no changes in methodology or
Page Check out
Albums released this week include:
Pat Green Cannonball (BNA)
Green’s third major label album is his
first for Sony BMG. The Texas sensation
has an enormous fan base, and is looking
to broaden it with this release. Tracks
include “Dixie Lullaby,” a duet with
Sara Evans on “Finders Keepers” and
the single “Feels Just Like It Should.”
Various Artists Believe: Songs of Faith... (Arista).
The full title is Believe -- Songs of
Faith From Today’s Top Country &
Christian Artists, and that’s exactly what
the album delivers. In addition to Brooks
& Dunn on the title track, the collection
includes Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus
Take The Wheel,” Kenny Chesney’s
“Who You’d Be Today” and Third Day’s “I’ve Always
Loved You.”
reporters (except for the removal of KZLA/Los Angeles).
Reporters need to be ratings winners. For a second
reporter to be added in a market, it must have half of the
reporter’s 25-54 shares to be considered. No markets over
market 100 will have two reporters.
Currently, there is a 25% current music requirement.
Enforcement of that policy has been lax for a variety of
reasons. That policy will be examined in the next few
weeks with input from both radio and labels, and whatever
new policy comes from those discussions will be enforced.
A radio station’s ownership will never come into play
when it comes to selecting reporters.
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One other thing I need to address: I’ve recently
heard claims that I have not dropped stations below 25%
current because they carry Country Countdown USA, the
syndicated radio show I do for Westwood One. Let’s look
at the numbers:
On Monday Aug. 14, 17 stations were below 25%
(many were between 24-25%). Of those, four carry the
show. Another station dropped the show a year ago and
yet another that is below 25% competes with a CCUSA
affiliate and has remained a reporter. Both could have
been dropped for being in violation of the policy with
no questions asked; both remained reporters -- primarily
because they are in major markets and do very well in the
ratings. I hope that addresses any questions of impropriety.
As I launch a new facet of my career, I want to
thank those who have sent along their best wishes. They
have been overwhelming and humbling. We will do our
best to continue to earn your trust. Please let us know
what you think at [email protected] or chuck@
countryaircheck.com.
Air Waves
Cumulus WPKR/Appleton-Oshkosh, WI midday host
Mike Ryan has been promoted to PD, replacing Scott
Wagner. Tory Hunter is upped to APD and moves from
evenings to Wagner’s old afternoon air slot.
Scotty O’Brien has joined WKHX/Atlanta for
nights, filling the slot previously held by Wylie Rose who
recently moved to afternoons. O’Brien comes to Atlanta
from Nashville where he worked at CHR/Pop WQZQ and
Country WSIX.
Jay McRae has joined KGFY/Stillwater, OK as PD,
replacing Gil Stuart. McRae’s previous stops include
KMXW/Wichita, KS.
KKWF/Seattle Promotion Director/morning producer
Page Joe Hammill has moved to Entercom sister Alternative
KNDD as Promotions Director.
Record Check
Former KZLA/Los Angeles APD Tonya Campos has
been hired as Manager/West Coast Regional Promotion
for Lofton Creek. Campos will remain based in L.A. and
can be reached at [email protected]
beginning Sept. 6.
Dorothy Campbell has been hired as Legal Counsel
for Capitol/Nashville. Campbell previously consulted for
MTV Networks after serving as VP/Business & Legal
Affairs for CMT. She reports to EMI CMG Exec. VP/
General Counsel Richard Green and Capitol/Nashville
COO Tom Becci.
Business News
Kevin Kritch has been hired as VP/Studio Operations
at GAC, and Suzanne Gordon has joined as Director/
Programming. Both hires are effective today (8/21). Kritch
comes to the network from Shop At Home, as does Gordon
who has also served as director of Grand Ole Opry Live.
Artist management firm Levin/Nelson Entertainment
has opened Nashville offices at 1012 16th Avenue South,
Nashville, 37212. Phone: 615-747-5829. Clients include
Trent Tomlinson, Katrina Elam and James Otto.
Moraine Music Group has signed Canadian singer/
songwriter Johnny Reid to an exclusive publishing
agreement. Reid is nominated for 5 Canadian Country
Music Awards.
Kane Entertainment Executive Assistant Kelly Sanson
has been promoted to Associate Manager handling day-today for Neal McCoy.
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Speaking Charitably
Neal McCoy and Darryl Worley are swapping out
benefit performances next month. McCoy will perform
at Worley’s 5th Annual Tennessee River Run on Sept. 15
& 16 at Pickwick Landing State Park in Hardin County,
TN, along with Diamond Rio, Rebecca Lynn Howard and
John Corbett. Worley returns the favor the next weekend at
McCoy’s 12th Annual East Texas Angel Network benefit
in Longview, TX. The Drew Davis Band will also perform.
Huntington’s Poole Passes
Sincerest condolences to the family and friends of
WTCR/Huntington, WV MD/PM driver Dave Poole,
50, who died Saturday Aug. 19 following a cerebral
hemorrhage suffered while on the air Monday Aug. 14.
Poole, a 29-year station vet, is survived by wife Charlotte
and three grown stepchildren. Poole was stricken by a
brain hemorrage in 1996 but miraculously recovered and
returned to the station, and, for a short time, a market
competitor. His remarkable story was chronicled in a
book titled One In A Million written by his wife. Funeral
services are Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 11am ET at the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington. In lieu of flowers,
the family has asked donations be made to the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church Medical Mission.
Artist News
Following Friday night’s sold out Soul2Soul II tour
stop in Los Angeles, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill played
a “Bread & Water” show at the Whisky on Sunset. The
two traded performances on songs including “Sweet Home
Alabama,” “Think” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
for a standing room only crowd considerably smaller
than the 16,000 in attendance at the Staples Center. Reba
McEntire joined the festivities and sang “When Will I
Page Be Loved” with Hill. Proceeds from the show benefit the
Neighbors Keeper Foundation’s Katrina relief efforts.
Earlier in the evening, the two honored their one-millionth
ticket holder, Christine Nevins, with a Dodge Charger
loaded with Hershey chocolate and an XM Satellite Radio.
Aaron Tippin and Brian McComas will perform a
free concert presented by GAC in Knoxville on Aug. 27.
The show marks the conclusion of the network’s summer
bus tour, which covered 40 states and 25,000 miles.
Danielle Peck is cited as a fashion “Worst of the
Week” in the current issue of the tabloid Star, only the
picture in question isn’t her. “I guess it is not a bad thing
to be in a magazine millions of people read,” Peck says,
“but I’d have thought the first time I made the tabloids
the picture would have actually been me. My family and
friends have certainly had a lot of fun with this.”
Billy Gilman has a number of media appearances on
tap as he builds toward the Sept. 5 release of his self-titled
album on Image Entertainment. Stops include GAC’s
Country Music Across America, Country Weekly, CMT
Insider and WKRN-TV/Nashville.
Willie Nelson has called for support of the American
Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which goes before
Congress on Sept. 5. Nelson says 100,000 horses are
slaughtered annually in foreign-owned slaughter houses on
American soil, for consumption overseas. Details at www.
saplonline.org/horses.htm.
Advance screenings of Toby Keith’s Broken Bridges
feature film have been held for U.S. troops deployed in
the Middle East. Service members stationed at Camp
Liberty, Iraq; Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Bagram Air Base,
Afghanistan and Al Udeid, Qatar got a sneak peak Aug.
11-13. The U.S. premiere will be Sept. 7.
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Page Leading this pack of market toppers are KGNC, WQCB, KTCR, KQDY, KHAK, KKCB, WAXX, KKIX,
KIXQ, KRWQ, WPAP, WNNUS, KORD, WAAC and WDEZ.
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 are not measured in Winter 2006.
Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank
Last Arb
Sp ‘06
Last Arb. Sp ‘06
WKAK/Albany, GA
WOBB/Albany, GA
KGNC/Amarillo
KATP/Amarillo
KMML/Amarillo
KASH/Anchorage, AK
KBRJ/Anchorage, AK
WQCB/Bangor, ME
WBFB/Bangor, ME
KCTR/Billings, MT
KGHL-FM/Billings, MT
KGHL-AM/Billings, MT
KQDY/Bismarck, ND^
KBMR-AM/Bismarck, ND^
KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA
KKCB/Duluth, MN
KTCO/Duluth, MN
WAXX/Eau Claire, WI
WQRB/Eau Claire, WI^
WATQ/Eau Claire, WI^+
WXTA/Erie, PA
WUSE/Erie, PA
WGYY & WGYI/Erie, PA 2.0
KKIX/Fayetteville, AR
KAMO/Fayetteville, AR^
KQSM/Fayetteville, AR^
WEGX/Florence, SC
WHLZS/Florence, SC
KYCK/Grand Forks, ND-MN
KNOX-FM/Grand Forks, ND-MN
KNOX-AM/Grand Forks, ND-MN
KIXQ/Joplin, MO
KBTN/Joplin, MO+
KKOW/Joplin, MO
6.4
5.0
6.8
6.0
4.5
5.6
3.9
16.7
4.1
19.6
7.1
2.4
16.0
10.9
14.1
10.5
7.4
11.4
13.5
7.6
11.1
5.6
2.2
10.1
5.6
3.9
10.0
5.4
11.8
6.4
7.3
12.9
6.1
6.7
5.9
4.4
8.1
7.3
4.2
6.3
4.7
14.7
5.5
18.0
5.4
3.6
15.4
12.0
19.7
9.8
6.0
11.9
10.2
7.9
13.1
6.1
10
12.3
6.0
3.6
8.6
6.5
9.9
7.2
5.4
12.3
5.8
4.5
4*
7
4
6
9
5
8*
1
9
1
3*
13*
1
3
1
1
4
2
1
4
3
6
11*
1
6
10
2
4
2*
6
4*
1
5
3*
5*
8*
1
3
11
3*
7*
1
4*
1
6*
10*
1
2*
1
1
7
1
2
3
2
5*
1
5
10*
3
4
3
5
6*
1
5
7*
Station/City 12+ Share 12+ Share 12+ Rank 12+ Rank
Last Arb
Sp ‘06
Last Arb. Sp ‘06
KRWQ/Medford, OR
KAKT/Medford, OR
KRRN/Medford, OR
WOKK/Meridian, MS
WMSO/Meridian, MS
WYYW/Meridian, MS
WNOE/New Orleans
KKND/New Orleans
WPAP/Panama City, FL
WAKT/Panama City, FL
WNUS/Parkersburg, WV^ WGGE/Parkersburg, WV
WHNK-AM/Parkersburg, WV^+
WPOR/Portland, ME
WTHT/Portland, ME
KRST/Albuquerque
(Santa Fe, NM Arbitron)
KBQI/Albuquerque
(Santa Fe, NM Arbitron)
KKRG/Santa Fe, NM
KSUX/Sioux City, IA
KKYY/Sioux City, IA
WNAX/Sioux City, IA
KORD/Tri Cities, WA
KTOK/Tri Cities, WA
WAAC/Valdosta, GA
WVGA/Valdosta, GA^
WKAA/Valdosta, GA^
WOBB/Valdosta, GA
WTUF/Valdosta, GA
WDEZ/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI
WYTE/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI
WAXX/Eau Claire, WI
(Wausau-Stevens Point, WI Arbitron)
9.6
4.3
2.4
13.6
4.5
5.7
7.4
2.8
12.9
4.7
16.6
13.5
1.2
9.1
4.9
4.6
10.5
3.3
1.4
16.5
8.2
4.7
9.6
1.5
12.9
3.9
15.5
14.8
1.3
7.0
4.4
3.7
1
10
14
2
8*
6*
3
10*
1
8*
1
2
10*
1
6
4
1
11
14*
2
3
7*
4
13*
1
9*
1
2
10*
2
10
6*
2.1
3.2
12*
8*
3.1
13.2
7.0
1.6
6.6
2.6
10.4
4.0
4.0
1.6
1.6
13.0
9.3
2.4
2.1
11.0
6.2
1.4
8.0
2.2
11.4
5.7
4.9
1.6
1.6
14.0
10.0
3.3
7*
1*
6
11*
2
12
1
8*
8*
12*
12*
1
3
11
15*
3
7*
11
1
12*
1
5*
7
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10*
1
3
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Chart Page LW
TW Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points+/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations New
1
1
RODNEY ATKINS/If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb)
13265 -1032
4568 -362
40.667 -2.706
125
0
2
2•
WRECKERS/Leave The Pieces (Warner Bros.)
13160
431
4622
240
39.370 1.538
125
0
4
3•
STEVE HOLY/Brand New Girlfriend (Curb)
12255
928
4333
323
36.169 2.766
125
0
5
4•
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Bring It On Home (Equity)
11634
412
4244
110
34.216 1.014
125
0
7
5•GEORGE STRAIT/Give It Away (MCA)
10740
922
3774
384
32.936 3.098
125
1
10
6•
FAITH HILL/Sunshine & Summertime (Warner Bros.)
9807
407
3393
154
29.456 1.366
125
0
8
7•
BROOKS & DUNN/Building Bridges (Arista)
9721
214
3414
18
29.518 0.916
125
0
11
8•
JOSH TURNER/Would You Go With Me (MCA)
9277
569
3370
176
27.413 1.670
124
0
6
9 GARY ALLAN/Life Ain’t Always Beautiful (MCA)
8779 -1980
3042 -774
25.531 -5.892
123
1
13
10• PAT GREEN/Feels Just Like It Should (BNA)
7717
428
2553
90
22.639 1.952
124
0
12
11• BILLY CURRINGTON /Why, Why, Why (Mercury)
7610
-13
2769
81
21.981 -0.160
125
0
15
12• DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol) 7438
844
2635
381
21.327 2.000
125
0
9
13
RASCAL FLATTS/Me And My Gang (Lyric Street)
6836 -2602
2492 -1014
18.989 -8.228
123
0
14
14
JAKE OWEN/Yee Haw (RCA)
6430
-766
2367 -219
17.214 -2.530
125
0
20
15• HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek)
6373
1522
2056
518
18.103 3.510
117 11
16
16• BIG & RICH/8th Of November (Warner Bros.)
6111
182
2073
64
16.526 0.861
124
1
18
17• TRACE ADKINS/Swing (Capitol)
6081
295
2241
97
16.127 0.582
123
0
17
18• DANIELLE PECK/Findin’ A Good Man (Big Machine)
6056
223
2248
100
16.075 0.481
124
0
19
19• ALAN JACKSON/Like Red On A Rose (Arista)
5528
497
1968
200
15.126 1.254
124
3
21
20• LONESTAR/Mountains (BNA)
4939
398
1753
180
13.780 1.323
125
1
22
21• BLAINE LARSEN/I Don’t Know... (Giantslayer/BNA)
4749
324
1690
120
12.429 0.903
121
0
26
22• SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury)
4399
606
1484
211
12.503 2.654
116 10
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23• KEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol)
4346
4346
1321 1321
14.943 14.943
113 113
25
24• MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Some People Change (Columbia) 4142
288
1495
98
11.253 0.457
121
2
23
25•GRETCHEN WILSON/California Girls (Columbia)
170
1420
16
10.774 0.454
123
1
4140
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TW
Artist/Title (Label)
24
26• JACK INGRAM/Love You (Big Machine)
4054
157
1411
43 10.417
0.396 120
0
27
27• RASCAL FLATTS/Life Is A Highway (Lyric Street)
3714
482
1370
176 11.694
1.872 106
20
33
28• KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA)
3621
1803
1260
629 10.699
4.885 106
30
36
29• CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista)
2710
1164
886
377
8.545
3.452
80
31
28
30
2694
-63
1029
-36
6.465 -0.220 116
2
31
31• JASON ALDEAN/Amarillo Sky (BBR)
2621
276
1069
107
6.714
29
32• EMERSON DRIVE/A Good Man (Midas)
2574
67
1064
30
33• TAYLOR SWIFT/Tim McGraw (Big Machine)
2564
96
32
34• DARRYL WORLEY/Nothin’ But A Love Thang (903)
1903
34
35• CAROLINA RAIN/Get Outta My Way (Equity)
37
SHEDAISY/In Terms Of Love (Lyric Street)
Total Points +/- Points Total Plays+/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations New
0.716 112
10
50
6.603 -0.001 103
3
912
66
6.589
0.336 108
4
36
737
-3
4.851
0.161
99
19
1777
-10
652
1
4.622 -0.233
98
0
36• TRENT TOMLINSON/One Wing In The Fire (Lyric Street)
1666
227
699
68
3.227
0.401
95
10
35
37GARY NICHOLS/Unbroken Ground (Mercury)
1438
-235
561
-91
3.296 -0.159
70
1
43
38• TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb)
1384
644
531
233
3.771
1.844
66
47
38
39• JO DEE MESSINA/It’s Too Late To Worry... (Curb)
1215
7
500
11
2.636 -0.155
69
4
60
40• TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog)
1189
850
470
328
2.771
1.978
72
42
65
41• RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street)
1010
735
341
264
2.994
2.204
57
45
47
42• CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit Of Life (BBR)
961
258
388
115
2.526
0.520
51
18
39
43
904
-51
422
-27
1.788 -0.271
54
0
41
44• JOE NICHOLS/I’ll Wait For You (Universal South)
882
92
360
37
2.256
0.359
52
8
40
45• LEANN RIMES/Some People (Curb/Asylum)
871
8
354
20
1.843 -0.049
61
12
42
46• SAMMY KERSHAW/Tennessee Girl (Category 5)
834
62
335
19
1.961
0.156
35
3
45
47• TRACY BYRD/Cheapest Motel (Blind Mule/New Revolution)
817
106
362
41
1.543
0.277
51
9
48
48• SARAH BUXTON/Innocence (Lyric Street)
796
155
267
65
1.865
0.130
44
9
46
49• PHIL VASSAR/The Woman In My Life (Arista)
783
75
306
37
1.693
0.068
50
12
44
50• RUSHLOW HARRIS/That’s So You (Show Dog)
775
50
322
13
1.241
0.223
53
3
BOMSHEL/Ain’t My Day To Care (Curb)
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Country Aircheck Chart Info
August 21, 2006
Aircheck Add Leaders
KEITH URBAN/Once In a Lifetime (Capitol)
TIM MCGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb)
TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista)
RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street)
KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA)
SUGARLAND/Want To (Mercury)
HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek)
PHIL VASSAR/The Woman In My Life (Arista)
CRAIG MORGAN/Little Bit of Life (BBR)
SARA EVANS/You’ll Always Be My Baby (RCA)
87
32
30
26
25
19
12
9
8
7
7
Leading Point Gainers
KEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA)
HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista)
STEVE HOLY/Brand New Girlfriend (Curb)
GEORGE STRAIT/Give It Away (MCA)
TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol)
RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street)
TIM McGRAW/My Little Girl (Curb)
+4346
+1803
+1522
+1164
+928
+922
+850
+844
+735
+644
Leading Play Gainers
KEITH URBAN/Once In A Lifetime (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/You Save Me (BNA)
HEARTLAND/I Loved Her First (Lofton Creek)
GEORGE STRAIT/Give It Away (MCA)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Every Mile A Memory (Capitol)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Before He Cheats (Arista)
TOBY KEITH/Crash Here Tonight (Show Dog)
STEVE HOLY/Brand New Girlfriend (Curb)
RASCAL FLATTS/My Wish (Lyric Street)
WRECKERS/Leave The Pieces (Warner Bros.)
+1321
+629
+518
+384
+381
+377
+328
+323
+264
+240
Chart Page Aircheck Top Recurrents
Points
TOBY KEITH/A Little Too Late (Show Dog)
9666
BRAD PAISLEY/The World (Arista)
9181
KENNY CHESNEY/Summertime (BNA)
8399
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Don’t Forget... (Arista)
6942
KEITH ANDERSON/Every Time I Hear... (Arista)
5601
PHIL VASSAR/Last Day of My Life (Arista)
5238
RASCAL FLATTS/What Hurts The Most (Lyric Street) 4248
JASON ALDEAN/Why (BBR)
4160
BON JOVI w/ J. NETTLES/Who Says... (Mercury)
4069
JOSH TURNER/Your Man (MCA)
3931
LEANN RIMES/Something’s Gotta... (Curb/Asylum) 3695
DIERKS BENTLEY/Settle For a Slowdown (Capitol) 3571
BILLY CURRINGTON/Must Be Doin’... (Mercury)
3250
JACK INGRAM/Wherever You Are (Big Machine)
2943
KENNY CHESNEY/Living In Fast Forward (BNA)
2784
TIM MCGRAW/When The Stars Go Blue (Curb)
2744
BRAD PAISLEY/When I Get Where I’m Going (Arista) 2596
TRACE ADKINS/Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (Capitol) 2592
KEITH URBAN/Better Life (Capitol)
2575
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Jesus, Take The Wheel (Arista) 2558
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