Sirls Interim At Lyric Street Inside Today`s PPM Numbers Goodman

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Sirls Interim At Lyric Street Inside Today`s PPM Numbers Goodman
October 6, 2008
Goodman On Carolwood Launch
The launch of Lyric Street sister-imprint Carolwood -detailed in both a Breaking News email and Country Aircheck
Today last Thursday (10/2) -- comes during a long period of
record industry contraction. We asked Lyric Street/Carolwood
President Randy Goodman
about the thought process behind
building a new promotion team,
among other subjects:
CA: When and how did you
come to the realization you needed a second imprint?
RG: I don’t know that I can put a finger on the exact
moment. Early on at Lyric Street we were having 11 or 12
releases per year. Maybe more. Then the
cycle really began to slow down and singles
began to take longer. When your business
plans are built on being able to launch
albums at 10, 12 or 15 weeks into a single,
and then you get into 20, 25 or 30 week
Randy Goodman singles, everything is clogged up. At some
point you have to look at your alternatives.
We’ve been blessed to be brought great music, [but] you
get to a place where you’re walking away from some really
unique things because you can’t get to them. If I’m inhibited
from putting out new music I’m just going to sit here and die a
slow death. And that didn’t seem to be a good option.
(continued on page 6)
Issue 110
Sirls Interim At Lyric Street
Longtime RCA promotion vet Mike Sirls is joining Lyric
Street as Northeast regional on an interim basis. Sirls will cover
the territory formerly manned by Chris Palmer, who has risen
to the Co-National post at Carolwood. Reach Sirls at 615-4976125 or [email protected].
Inside Today’s PPM Numbers
This afternoon’s Country Aircheck Today featured
overviews of the markets that received their first PPM-ascurrency Arbitron ratings today. Here’s a more in-depth look
inside the West Coast PPM numbers.
KKGO/Los Angeles: Mt. Wilson’s “Go Country” can now
lay claim to being the most-listened to Country station in the
USA with a weekly cume of 1,101,300. It edges CBS Radio’s
WUSN/Chicago which posted a cume of 1,046,800. KKGO’s
2.5 September share 6+ places it 17th in the City of Angels.
KBWF (The Wolf)/San Francisco: PD Scott Mahalick
tells CA the Wolf’s 6+ cume is “pushing 600,000.” Among
the highlights is a midday show that ranks sixth, 25-54 and a
morning show that is tied for eighth in that demo. The PPM
“surprises” include an 11.9 in teens, which Mahalick notes is
tied for second with Clear Channel Urban KMEL. Overall,
Mahalick says, “I love the reality measurement. The format’s
sweet spot of 35-54 is under sampled by Arbitron at only 80%,
so when they correct this we should see a nice pop.”
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KRTY/San Jose: GM Nate Deaton says of the San Jose PPM
numbers, “The biggest surprise is that everything Arbitron said
about PPM has really been true here in San Jose. The San Jose
stations, which have traditionally been under-sampled in the
embedded market, have really risen to the top in PPM. In the
September data there are five San Jose stations in the Top 10, as
compared to only three in the (diary-driven) Spring book.
“KRTY was really sluggish in the last two books, but PPM
data shows our strength and puts us back in the Top 5 in adults
and Top 3 in Women. The sampling of this market seems to be
so much better.”
Deaton also notes that PPM has shown major increases in
midday listening, which he says comes as a bit of a surprise “for
a format that is not a traditional at-work station.”
He added that KRTY’s cume is 148,300 as compared to the
spring’s 88,200. “The biggest cume we ever had was around
115,000. There are three San Jose
Stations over 375,000.”
Readers: Crass Isn’t Greener
The ol’ inbox was full of responses to last week’s editorial
condemning the vulgarities permeating today’s Country radio
airwaves. All listed below agreed with our view, and we would have
printed opposing opinions but, honestly, didn’t get any. If you think
we’re old fuddy-duddies who don’t get today’s on-air humor, let
us know and we’ll print your comments. View the editorial in the
Weekly archives (9/29) at www.countryaircheck.com.
­ Nashville Promotion Executive: “From certain radio
personalities taking cheap shots at my artists during on-air
interviews, to the need to be the funny guy at the artist’s expense
(which makes everyone look stupid, especially the jock), I
wonder how these personalities expect the listeners to take their
entire on air-product seriously. When our artists are exposed to
this type of behavior, we essentially boycott that jock no matter
how great the potential exposure.”
Gerry House, WSIX/Nashville morning personality, who
was referenced in the editorial: “Dirty/juvenile/crude is so easy.
I just can’t believe listeners aren’t tired of it. But, when it’s
everywhere, I think the listener is sort of numb. I also refuse to
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My Tunes: Music That Shaped My Life
Wortman Works owner Jules Wortman
discusses her five most important songs,
albums or concerts:
1. Bruce Springsteen, The River Tour, 1981:
The last stop in the tour was at Riverfront
Coliseum in Cincinnati. It was full throttle
energy and set the pace for my high
school years.
2. Bruce Springsteen, “Thunder Road”: The
song. The lyrics. Life. What a statement.
3. James Taylor, “Your Smiling Face”:
Jules Wortman Another lyrical genius who marked my love
of singer/songwriters. This is a perfect song.
4. “How Great Thou Art”: Without God and the greatest of his
word, what is there?
5. John Hiatt, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett: The Marlboro
Music Songwriters in the Round Tour played the Chicago Theater
in 1990. Amazing.
• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard:
Timbaland, Timbaland Presents Shock Value.
• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Enya.
• An album you played or listened to incessantly: SheDaisy,
Knock on the Sky.
• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to
right now: John Gorka’s “Prom Night In Pigtown.”
let anyone even mention the word prude. It’s not old and out
of touch to want to hear pleasant things, especially early in the
morning. The folks I know just want to laugh and not have to
explain some dipwad’s comments to their kids. Is that too much
to ask? And, ‘freakin’/frickin’/friggin’’ drive me up the wall.
Don’t be such a weasel you can’t even say the real word. If it’s
that important, go ahead and say it and get fired.”
Nate Deaton, KRTY/San Jose GM: “We have the one type
of music that folks feel they can listen to in the car with kids.
Why ruin that with content from jocks? From what I am seeing
in PPM, folks turn it off. The crass, dirty stuff has no place on
commercial country radio.”
Bill Hagy, WXBQ/Johnson City, TN PD: “Just imagine
how much better station numbers could be if the talent only
understood ‘Suzy’ sometimes becomes uncomfortable trying
to screen the over-the-line crassness from her soccer playing
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Birthdays
Tuesday (10/7) - Kieran Kane, Bill Dotson (bdotson@clearchannel),
Mary Hamilton, Cindy Heath ([email protected]), the late
Buddy Lee, Jon Peterson, Ryan Simpson, Rick Walker, William Patton
Wednesday (10/8) - Bucky Covington, Ricky Lee Phelps, Debbie
Holley ([email protected])
Thursday (10/9) - Tom Archibald, Joe Putnam (joe.putnam@umusic.
com), Ray Randall
Friday (10/10) - John Prine, Tanya Tucker, Austin Clark, Tom Baldrica
([email protected]), Don Browning, Patrick Clark (Patrick.
[email protected]), Denise Roberts ([email protected]), Sheree
Latham ([email protected])
Saturday (10/11) - Paulette Carlson, Gene Watson, the late Dottie
West
Sunday (10/12) - Martie Maguire, Lisa Andrick, Mark Evans, Eddie
Long, Justin Niebank, Erin Beller
Monday (10/13) - Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton, Marie Osmond, Julie
Piat, Wayland Stubblefield, Jennifer Switzer (jennifer@brickagency.
com), Joe Zanger
children. I’m also with you on the banning of the use of the
word ‘frickin’. It is possible to communicate your point of view
without this word.”
John Shomby, Max Media/Norfolk Dir./Programming &
Ops: “We haven’t been developing talent for years -- and that’s
where it starts. Too many groups hire personalities who can
‘get attention’ rather than bond with the audience and actually
develop an ongoing relationship. The airchecks I get on a daily
basis are perfect examples.”
Claire Ratliff-Sears,
Laughing Penguin Publicity: “I have
loved radio since I was in elementary school. Radio was a
friend, a guest in our home. What I don’t love? The lowbrow,
scatalogical, infantile, sexual, “easy” humor of many talking
heads, boldly and rudely coming into my home or my car
regardless of who else may be in my company. That’s being a
lousy guest. Sure, I have the liberty of changing the station, just
like my friends have the option of never inviting me back into
their homes if I am a lousy guest. But why would I risk that with
my friends?”
A CA “Soccer Mom” Reader: “‘Suzy’ might actually turn
off her iPod if those morning guys didn’t remind her of sitting in
eighth-grade health class.”
Bob Moody, Regent VP/Programming: “(There is an)
increasing failure of many air personalities to reflect the values
of their listeners. More and more morning shows are so selfcentered that I suspect they are serving as a substitute for
therapy. The focus is entirely on the jock, who is often trying to
portray an image that much of the audience would find repulsive.
The really great personalities in our format -- including Gerry
House -- come across as someone you would like to be friends
with. They generally talk about themselves only to introduce a
subject with universal appeal. That’s a long way from assholes
and boogers and childish posturing. ‘Focus on the listener’ is
a major theme when I work with Regent’s on-air talent (in all
dayparts). It ain’t a matter of being a dinosaur or not; it’s a
matter of common sense and good business practices.”
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Nashville: Let’s Get Political
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Check Out In Stores: 10/7
As the nation’s attention turns to Nashville for tomorrow’s
(10/7) Presidential Debate, country artists are getting in on
the action. Sunday night’s Belmont University-themed Grand
Ole Opry may have brought out alums Brad Paisley, Trisha
Yearwood, Josh Turner and Julie Roberts, as well as Darius
Rucker, but it was CBS newsman Bob Schieffer who stole the
show. The Face The Nation host performed two songs and later
joined Paisley on stage.
Curb’s Bomshel will perform at
the Belmont Block Party on campus
prior to the debate. The event will
also feature local bands, and will
have a number of national news
outlets broadcasting live from
Face Maker: Darius Rucker, Bob
the area. McCain supporter and
Schieffer and Brad Paisley
campaign-themed songwriter John
at the Opry.
Rich will be in the Belmont area
earlier in the morning, appearing on the CBS Early Show.
Songwriter Gretchen Peters is donating royalties from her
song “Independence Day” to Planned Parenthood in the name
of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin after Palin
was brought onstage to the song following the recent VP debate.
Peters says the GOP’s use overlooks the song’s “context and
message...to promote a candidate who would set womens’ rights
back decades.”
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley
is showing up on political blogs, as
his new radio spot endorsing Obama
(listen here) has been cited as part
of a micro-targeted radio strategy. In
Stanley’s case, the spots are airing in
Picker & Grinner: Obama
his native Southwestern Virginia.
• Consultants: Musicrunch co-founder Kevin McCabe
has rejoined the company as partner to President/co-founder
Anthony Acampora. McCabe and Acampora, both formerly with
R&R, will work to further expand the company’s Musicrunch
and Radiocrunch divisions. Contact McCabe at musicrunch@
rocketmail.com, and Acampora at [email protected].
Radio News
Artist News
and Stanley.
• Personalties: KHKX/Midland, TX morning duo Mike and
Dana, who are in their 17th year of marriage, are celebrating
their 20th anniversary on the air in West Texas.
Tim McGraw Greatest Hits 3 (Curb)
The third installment of Tim McGraw’s greatest
hits series includes chart toppers “Last Dollar (Fly
Away),”“Angry All The Time,”“Back When,” and a
live version of “Real Good Man.” Also included are
“Nine Lives” with Def Leppard and “Find Out Who
Your Friends Are” with Tracy Lawrence.
George Strait Classic Christmas (MCA)
For his third Christmas album, George Strait
has moved away from contemporary songs like
“Merry Christmas Strait To You” and “All I Want For
Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth).” As he explains
in the album’s liner notes, “I selected some favorite
traditional Christmas songs -- the ones I grew up
hearing and singing -- and added a little country
flavor to make them sound more like me.” Tracks
include “Silent Night,”“Jingle Bells,”“O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Deck
The Halls.”
Various Artists Billy: The Early Years Soundtrack
(Arista/Essential)
The motion picture soundtrack includes songs
from Sara Evans (“Low”), Brooks & Dunn and
Third Day’s Mac Powell (“Over The Next Hill”),
Alan Jackson (“Look At Me”), Brad Paisley (“What
A Friend We Have In Jesus”) and Josh Turner
(“Almost Persuaded”). Also on the album is “Ruth’s
Prayer,” written by Alan Jackson from a poem by
Graham’s wife Ruth and performed by Patty Griffin.
Adam Gregory will make several in-store appearances as part
of his partnership with Cricket Communications. Also included
is exclusive mobile content including ringback tones and an
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Tube Check
Tuesday 10/7 - Sara Evans, Good Morning America (ABC)
Wednesday 10/8 - Josh Turner, CBS Early Show
Thursday 10/9 - Mel Tillis, Rissi Palmer, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV)
Friday 10/10 - Billy Currington, Lee Ann Womack, Top 20 Country
Countdown (GAC)
Saturday 10/11 - Darryl Worley, Lorrie Morgan, Hal Ketchum, Kenny
Rogers, Opry Live (GAC)
Sunday 10/12 - John Michael Montgomery, Master Series (GAC)
Monday 10/13 - Kenny Chesney, Lucky Old Sun (GAC)
interview contest, as well as cross-promotion with radio stations
of Gregory’s fall club tour dates. Gregory will visit 22 Cricket
markets before the end of the year.
Mark Wills is offering a $19.95 pre-launch promotional
pack of his new album Familiar Stranger that includes a
t-shirt, customized keychain and
autographed CD here. Fans will
also be given the option to donate
an additional $25 to the Children’s
Miracle Network for which
they’ll receive a pair of Skullcandy
headphones. Proceeds from every
sale will benefit the CMN hospital
in the area the purchase was made.
To celebrate the longest-standing
Grand Ole Opry member Little Jimmy Dickens’ 60th Opry
anniversary Trace Adkins, George Jones and Brad Paisley
will participate in a Signature Show Nov. 1 at the Opry House.
Exile members, J.P. Pennington, Sony LeMaire, Les
Taylor, Steve Goetzman and Marlon Hargis, have reunited
after 23 years and will perform at the Grand Ole Opry Nov.
4. The group will announce additional tour dates on their
MySpace here.
Julianne Hough will headline the 20th Annual Peach Drop
New Year’s Eve Celebration at Underground Atlanta Dec. 31.
The Lost Trailers “Holler Back” football version is now
available as a ringtone here.
George Strait, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley,
Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert will pay musical
tribute to Alan Jackson at this month’s taping of CMT Giants:
Alan Jackson. The 90-minute special will be recorded at
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Oct. 30 and air on the networks
Dec. 6 at 9pm ET/PT.
Stonewall Jackson and the Grand Ole Opry settled
Jackson’s federal age discrimination lawsuit last Friday (10/3).
Terms of which were not disclosed.
Loggins & Messina will be honored by the International
Entertainment Buyers Association with their Lifetime
Achievement Awards at the organization’s Honors Awards
Dinner Oct. 14. Crystal Gayle, Joe Nichols and Diamond
Rio will perform at the event, which will also honor CMA’s
50th anniversary.
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The Week’s Top Stories
Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives
at www.countryaircheck.com.
• Arbitron commercialized September PPM ratings and also
made July and August “currency” for New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, San Francisco, Nassau-Suffolk, Middlesex-SomersetUnion, Riverside-San Bernardino and San Jose two days early.
Arbitron also a New York court for injunctive relief from the
N.Y. Attorney General’s office’s threat to sue the ratings firm
over PPM. (CAT 10/6)
• Former Clear Channel SVP/Western Region Ed Krampf was
named SVP/Market Manager for CBS Radio/Tampa’s six-station
cluster, which includes Country WQYK. (CAT 10/1)
• Former Citadel/Providence GM Andrea Scott was named
Market Manager for Mainline Broadcasting/Dayton’s fivestation cluster, which includes Country WKSW. (CAT 9/30)
• Former KATP/Amarillo, TX PD Ted Brown joined KHEY/El
Paso as PD/morning host. (CAT 9/30)
• Zimmer’s KIXQ/Joplin, MO PD/midday host Cody Carlson
was named PD for Clear Channel’s KZSN/Wichita. (CAT 10/1)
• Sony BMG/Nashville Sr. Dir./Media Wes Vause was promoted
to VP/Media for BNA. (CAT 10/2)
• Qantum’s WGTR/Myrtle Beach PD/morning host Jeff Roper
left the station to join WTQR/Greensboro as morning host.
(CAT 10/6).
• Clear Channel’s KHGE/Fresno OM Paul Wilson took over
programming duties with the exit of PD/afternoon host Chuck
Geiger. (CAT 10/6)
Goodman On Carolwood (continued from page 1)
Did you have to do much convincing in Los Angeles?
Most major media companies are in a hiring freeze. [Buena Vista
Music Group Chairman] Bob Cavallo is such a music guy, so I
played him some of the new music we were working on.
He finally said, “You’re going to tell me now that you can’t
get to this. Right?” He was very perceptive and got where I
was leading him. If I had walked in there and tried to make a
business case for this, I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere. Because
he was really taken by the music, he became an advocate for us
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in the company and really made this thing happen.
What will the roster look like?
The plan was to make the organizational announcement and
within two weeks’ time make the creative announcement. Our
hope is to have a first single from a known quantity before the
end of this year. Beginning next year we’ll be launching our first
new act.
Is there the possibility that a current Lyric Street artist
could be moving over?
One of the things I wanted to do, as we did launching Lyric
Street, was to start with a known quantity. So there have been
discussions of moving an act over and having them be the initial
driver. But at the end of the day the initial artist will not come
from Lyric Street. They will be newly signed.
Will the artist deals be structured differently?
No. Overall, deals are morphing and changing organically. The
marketplace is changing with such velocity that we’re looking
constantly at that, but we won’t be doing something completely
foreign to what’s going on at Lyric Street.
You seem to be bullish at a time when much of the record
industry is pulling back. Is that simply about the music?
It’s also about the product flow. Even though our business is
in decline, our model is to be venture capitalists in the music
business. We invest in artists and look to build them into a brand.
The length of time for singles to develop has doubled, and we
had to find a way to be more aggressive. This is the only way
I could really see to grow my business without flooding Lyric
Street to the point where we had no focus.
- Lon Helton, [email protected]
Chuck Aly, [email protected]
Erin Duvall, [email protected]
(615) 320-1450
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TW
Artist/Title (Label)
Total Points+/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
2
1
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go... (Blue Chair/BNA)
16268
751
4889
247
35.255
2.016
122
0
1
2
DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol)
15892
-742
4792
-226
34.811
-0.991
122
0
4
3
TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog)
15277
622
4618
215
32.648
1.508
122
0
3
4
KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5)
15037
213
4426
28
32.075
0.232
114
0
5
5
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista)
14399
737
4402
223
30.57
1.581
121
0
6
6
GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA)
11149
-1252
3396
-337
22.787
-3.303
121
0
8
7
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
10930
968
3371
310
21.695
1.97
121
0
11
8
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine/Uni Republic)
9961
1601
2864
494
21.828
3.854
122
3
10
9
LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol)
9018
579
2839
218
18.503
1.355
116
0
9
10
HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb)
8908
-32
2831
68
17.9
-0.016
121
0
12
11
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia)
8674
497
2657
200
18.067
1.158
121
0
14
12
CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA)
8491
672
2618
167
17.263
2.06
118
0
19
13
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
8400
1647
2475
499
18.387
3.993
120
5
13
14
BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street)
8394
547
2631
200
16.517
1.345
119
0
17
15
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
8168
1125
2606
367
17.071
2.578
106
3
16
16
CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA)
7717
353
2374
131
15.207
1.031
117
1
23
17
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
7588
1426
2169
399
16.687
3.455
114
7
22
18
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
7462
1172
2309
378
16.418
3.176
120
1
18
19
JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury)
7361
336
2323
123
14.287
0.872
117
3
15
20
JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR)
7015
-532
2214
-146
13.718
-1.26
119
0
20
21
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol)
6907
345
2073
111
13.899
0.646
109
3
21
22
CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA)
6657
224
2017
57
12.815
0.35
115
0
24
23
KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA)
6025
341
1883
101
10.971
0.754
110
1
27
24
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South)
4787
373
1408
79
9.208
0.764
95
3
26
25
BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury)
4737
249
1478
99
8.88
0.713
99
6
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TW
25
26
ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA)
4687
80
1480
33
8.874
0.083
99
0
28
27
PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA)
4537
149
1260
39
8.267
0.01
99
2
29
28
TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol)
4500
451
1427
154
8.442
0.686
99
2
30
29
BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.)
4146
332
1236
109
8.16
0.96
92
3
32
30
JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA)
2789
123
838
62
4.533
0.144
91
10
33
31
PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South)
2672
58
775
7
4.926
0.134
77
5
34
32
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol)
2662
83
750
26
4.799
0.122
67
1
41
33
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
2599
1266
885
396
4.947
2.494
76
22
40
34
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
2371
900
718
281
4.667
1.834
73
27
35
35
BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street)
2307
59
679
19
3.849
0.405
89
3
37
36
LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA)
2164
49
674
8
3.324
0.035
81
5
36
37
KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista)
2070
-91
599
-19
3.197
-0.374
74
4
39
38
JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA)
1942
338
659
109
2.873
0.582
76
9
42
39
MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia)
1273
55
378
26
2.279
0.254
48
8
44
40
JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory)
1231
49
374
25
1.765
0.127
46
2
43
41
RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR)
1113
-96
337
-20
1.54
-0.04
54
1
45
42
JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street)
1087
140
383
55
1.517
0.218
55
6
38
43
JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.)
1038
-843
373
-256
1.681
-1.615
69
0
46
44
DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious)
779
122
291
41
1.083
0.228
36
0
49
45
ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The... (Republic/Universal South)
656
163
167
47
1.414
0.385
18
5
JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine)
647
501
152
115
1.34
1.035
16
7
ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca)
567
85
197
24
0.69
0.086
26
1
Debut 48
JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North)
552
96
158
24
0.969
0.186
15
2
Debut 49
DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly)
539
505
155
147
0.329
0.29
4
3
WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.)
508
13
188
8
0.804
0.012
21
4
Debut 46
50
48
47
50
Artist/Title (Label)
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Country Aircheck Chart Info
Aircheck Add Leaders
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory)
BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista)
GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA)
JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA)
JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury)
JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA)
MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia)
BRAD PAISLEY & Keith Urban/Start A Band (Arista)
JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine)
JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Epic/Columbia)
Activator Top Point Gainers
27
22
19
15
11
10
10
9
8
7
7
7
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine)
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA)
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia)
Activator Top Spin Gainers
Aircheck Top Point Gainers
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine)
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista)
Aircheck Top Spin Gainers
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine)
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista)
1647
1601
1426
1266
1172
1125
968
900
751
737
499
494
399
396
378
367
310
281
247
223
Chart Page 3
4
4
4
4
4
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine)
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA)
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia)
641 4
608 4
492 4
391 4
368 4
356
325
286
258
251
395
310
259
207
202
197
183
160
150
119
Video Adds
CMT
TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/Got A Little Crazy (Blue Chair/BNA)
SARA EVANS/Low (Excerpt From Billy:The Early Years) (Arista/Essential)
CMT PURE
TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol)
SARA EVANS/Low (Excerpt From Billy:The Early Years) (Arista/Essential)
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South)
GAC
TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol)
KENNY CHESNEY/Got A Little Crazy (Blue Chair/BNA)
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South)
MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia)
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October 6, 2008
Country Aircheck Chart Info
Aircheck Activity
ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs
(Republic/Universal South)
Moves 49-45*; 656 points, 167 spins
5 ADDS: KBEQ, KSD, WGGY, WMAD, WQHK
JACK INGRAM/That’s A Man (Big Machine)
Enters at 46*; 647 points, 152 spins
7 ADDS: KIXZ, KKWF, KRTY, KSCS*, WBUL, WQYK*, WUBE
ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca)
Moves 50*-47; 567 points, 197 spins
1 ADD: WFUS
JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North)
Enters at 48*; 552 points, 158 spins
2 ADDS: KCYE, WUBE
DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly)
Enters at 49*; 539 points, 155 spins
3 ADDS: KSOP, WFUS, WQYK*
WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.)
Moves 48*-50*; 508 points, 188 spins
4 ADDS: KBEQ, KHKI*, KTOM, WDTW
JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia)
504 points, 139 spins
7 ADDS: KAJA, KATM*, KSD, KUBL*, WQHK, WQYK*, WRNS*
JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown)
447 points, 135 spins
2 ADDS: WFUS, WYCD*
LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb)
384 points, 143 spins
0 ADDS
Chart Page 4
Add Dates
OCTOBER 13
KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia)
JACK INGRAM/That’s A Man (Big Machine)
LOST TRAILERS/How ‘Bout You Don’t (BNA)
JAMIE O’NEAL/Like A Woman (1720)
ROAD HAMMERS/I’ve Got The Scars To Prove It (Montage)
OCTOBER 20
BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Arista)
Derek Sholl/(I’ll Be) Here (CO5)
DOUG STONE/Don’t Tell Mama (TNT/Progression)
OCTOBER 27
Dean Brody/Brothers (BBR)
ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine)
Jewel/Till It Feels Like Cheating (Valory)
TRACY LAWRENCE/You Can’t Hide Redneck (Rocky Comfort/Nine North)
Aircheck Top Recurrents
CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA)
SARA EVANS/As If (RCA)
GARY ALLAN/Life Ain't Always Beautiful (MCA)
ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South)
SARA EVANS/A Real Fine Place To Start (RCA)
DIERKS BENTLEY/Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do (Capitol)
BLAKE SHELTON/Nobody But Me (Warner Bros.)
KEITH URBAN/Tonight I Wanna Cry (Capitol)
TOBY KEITH/A Little Too Late (Show Dog)
LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb)
377
389
394
397
402
404
407
409
424
428
JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury)
362 points, 129 spins
10 ADDS: KATM*, KHKI*, KUBL*, WBCT, WDTW, WEZL,
WGKX*, WGNA, WGNE, WYRK
GARY ALLAN/She’s So California (MCA)
329 points, 128 spins
11 ADDS including: KDRK, KHKI, KKGO, KSKS, KUZZ,
WKHX, WOGK, WRBT, WSIX, WXCY
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart
or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and
have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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ACTIVATOR
LW
TW
Artist/Title (Label)
October 6, 2008/
TW Points
+/- Points
Chart Page 5
TW Plays
+/- Plays
2
1
KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go To... (Blue Chair/BNA)
5541
325
3053
59
1
2
DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol)
5277
-326
2905
82
3
3
TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog)
5227
83
2959
26
4
4
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista)
5104
171
2854
132
5
5
KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/C05)
4393
-151
2388
39
7
6
TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb)
4332
286
2410
221
7
7
LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol)
3710
15
2039
21
8
8
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia)
3604
251
1949
112
16
9
TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine)
3103
641
1711
36
11
10
CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA)
3020
144
1629
-142
12
11
BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street)
2987
171
1693
28
14
12
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)
2890
258
1604
100
9
13
JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR)
2843
-318
1524
46
13
14
CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA)
2798
40
1498
155
18
15
SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury)
2686
368
1461
63
19
16
BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)
2645
492
1415
358
15
17
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol)
2645
49
1404
5
17
18
JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury)
2442
46
1385
198
20
19
RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street)
2428
356
1327
379
21
20
TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol)
2189
134
1179
187
22
21
KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA)
1969
109
1088
94
23
22
CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA)
1762
50
979
-43
26
23
BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury)
1747
217
945
75
24
24
BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.)
1740
53
923
57
31
25
ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista)
1635
608
825
-1
27
26
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South)
1571
83
849
74
25
27
ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA)
1496
-106
740
58
28
28
PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA)
1463
36
765
2
46
29
DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol)
1092
391
538
10
29
30
PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South)
1082
-8
512
15
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Artist/Title (Label)
October 6, 2008/
TW Points
+/- Points
Chart Page 6
LW
TW
TW Plays
30
31
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol)
1066
15
525
298
33
32
JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA)
917
98
457
1
34
33
LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA)
881
95
390
32
36
34
JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA)
811
59
424
8
35
35
BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody Said A Prayer (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 637
-118
317
14
39
36
MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia)
599
83
263
25
38
37
KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista)
568
-45
287
-27
32
38
JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.)
551
-304
244
17
40
39
DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious)
475
91
185
12
43
40
WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.)
338
54
150
26
53
41
JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown)
322
205
138
6
49
42
JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury)
306
140
132
13
42
43
JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory)
306
9
137
0
44
44
CHRIS CAGLE/Never Ever Gone (Capitol)
291
17
133
2
41
45
RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR)
283
-49
130
-4
47
46
LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb)
252
41
94
2
52
47
ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 228
97
137
-3
48
48
JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street)
221
21
113
4
Debut 49
BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista)
192
157
82
25
50
CHAD HUDSON/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Robbins)
167
17
45
3
Debut 51
DOLLY PARTON/Shinola (Dolly)
150
124
89
0
60
52
KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia)
146
64
70
4
57
53
DEREK SHOLL/(I'll Be) Here (Salt Creek)
142
26
41
9
Debut 54
SARA EVANS/Low (Arista/RCA)
137
78
64
-9
Debut 55
JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North)
134
64
80
-18
Debut 56
JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory)
133
127
50
8
Debut 57
MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity)
129
61
50
-11
51
50
RICK HUCKABY/Ain't Enough Blacktop (HeadCoach)
119
-16
36
9
Debut 59
RANDY TRAVIS/Dig Two Graves (Warner Bros.)
117
40
55
3
54
STEPHEN COCHRAN/Thinkin' I'm Drinkin' (Aria)
115
-2
66
4
58
60
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