June 6, 2016, Issue 502

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Management 101: Leading Radio’s People Radio’s inherent stresses and reliance on colorful creative types make effective people management and healthy workplace culture critically important parts of doing business. Just ask Cumulus CEO Mary Berner, whose turnaround efforts are sharply focused on improving the employee experience. “Toxic cultures

are characterized by muddled thinking and decision making, unresolved internal conflicts, high turnover and an inability to recruit and retain quality employees,” she told investors earlier this year. “And they almost always result in poor performance.” Hard to disagree with that, but how are such cultures mended and what does good management look like? Country Aircheck spoke to three high-profile and highly effective radio managers and a college

management professor to find out. Respect, self-awareness, fairness and positivity are the names of the game, says Dr. Jackie Gilbert of Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Business. A large body of research supports a “people-centered” strategy that’s democratic/supervisory in style and egalitarian in nature. “In other words, ‘I don’t work for

you and you don’t work for me, but together we work to accomplish mutual goals,’” she explains. Bones, Hugs And Harmony: It’s a concept Cox KKBQ/Houston PD Johnny Chiang subscribes to. “I equate everything I do to sports and you could probably say I’m a player’s coach,” he says. “Having a harmonious locker room is really important to me.” In fact, Chiang doesn’t really view it as managing at all. “I just look for ways to make

the people around me – my teammates – more comfortable,” he continues. “Not in the lazy sense, but how can I make them feel like they have everything they need? I want them to have all the support they (continued on page 8)

Urban Pulls The Ripcord Capitol’s Keith Urban rolled into Kansas City Thursday (6/2) to launch his RipCord World Tour 2016, complete with seven tour buses, nine semis and an 8’x66’ high definition video screen. And by all accounts, the tour is off to a big start. KFKF afternooner Ed Walker says from the first chord of opening song “Gone Tomorrow (Here Today),” the show was high energy with lots of crowd participation, and a good mix of recurrent hits and cuts from RipCord. “The crowd seemed very familiar with the new album,” he says. “They were singing along to every song from it.” “Like I usually do, I thought the show screamed Entertainer of the Year contender,” says KBEQ PD Mike Kennedy. “The show is so tight, so energetic, yet he still finds a way to take time to engage the crowd one-on-one.”

Ed Walker

Johnny Chiang

Dr. Jackie Gilbert Rip-Roaring Good Time: Capitol’s Keith Urban (second from left) with WIL/St. Louis’ Bud Ford (l), Becca Walls and Jerry Broadway at the second stop of the RipCord Tour Friday (6/3).

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One of the ways he did that was with a second stage at the back of the Providence Medical Center Amphitheater. “He played a couple of songs for the people on the lawn, which I thought was

pretty cool,” says Walker. Columbia’s Maren Morris and Atlantic/WMN’s Brett Eldredge got fans going early. “There was a good early crowd for Maren and she got them singing along to ‘My Church,’” says Walker. “Brett started his set in a straight jacket for ‘Lose My Mind.’” Morris joined Urban for Miranda Lambert’s part of “We Were Us” (watch here) and Eldredge came back to duet on “Somebody Like You.” Carrie Underwood and Pitbull made

appearances, too ... well, sort of. “For ‘The Fighter’, Urban uses a back screen showing Carrie Underwood singing her parts of the song,” says Walker. “For ‘Sun Don’t Let Me Down.’ Pitbull’s part is on file and played back, but we don’t see him on screen like Carrie.” “It’s early in the season, but it was one of the best shows so far,” says Kennedy. “Just being the kickoff of the tour, it’s hard to imagine it’s going to get any better, but knowing the way Keith operates he’s going to try. It was a phenomenal show.” “The guy just goes like a bat out of hell from start to finish,” adds Walker. “There’s no part of the show where it looks like he’s resting. The energy in the crowd was palpable. I’m really glad I had the chance to see the show. I’m still on a concert high!” –Jess Wright

Chart Chat Congrats to Thomas Rhett, George Briner and the Valory promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “T-Shirt.” The song is Rhett’s sixth consecutive chart-topper and third from his current album Tangled Up. And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol crew for securing 54 adds for Dierks Bentley’s “Different For Girls,” topping this week’s board.

Rucker Opens Southern Style The opening night of Darius Rucker’s Good For A Good Time Tour at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL last Friday (6/3) may not have ushered in the city’s current tropical storm warning, but it definitely caused a stir in the atmosphere. “The crowd energy was great,” says WQYK/Tampa APD/

afternooner Cadillac Jack. “People love live concerts here, compared to other markets I’ve been to. They just go nuts.” “For us, it was the kickoff to our summer concert season,” adds WCTQ/Sarasota PD and WFUS/Tampa APD/afternoons Ryan Nelson. “It kind of starts the domino effect. They all start coming, one after the other. Everybody was standing during the show, into it and rocking.”

Fans benefited from Rucker’s dual status as country star and rock star/lead singer of ‘90s band Hootie & The Blowfish, as Rucker sang hits from both repertoires, including “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” and “Let Her Cry.” “I liked the Hootie and the Blowfish stuff,” says Jack. “It’s great that he did a little bit of everything. Everybody who came to the show got to hear what they wanted to hear. I’d never

seen him do Garth Brooks’ ‘Friends In Low Places’ before. That was awesome. He did a tribute to Prince with ‘Purple Rain’ in his encore that was cool.” Openers Dan + Shay and Michael Ray impressed as well. “Dan + Shay were really polished and put on a great show,” says Nelson. “They exceeded my expectations. And it looks like big things are on the horizon for Michael Ray.” “Darius commands the stage,” adds Nelson. “He’s grown and been around now for more years, and has added to his catalog. It was one song after another of, ‘Oh, I know this song. I love this song!’ It was a well-oiled machine, a good show start to finish.” Reach Jack here; reach Nelson here. –Wendy Newcomer

News & Notes Alpha WUBB/Savannah’s Tim Leary and the Morning Showgram was voted “Best Morning Radio Show” by readers of Connect Savannah.

Thomas Rhett

Ryan Nelson

Cadillac Jack

Mike KennedyDarius Rucker

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Big Loud regional Dave Kirth discusses his most influential artists, concerts and music:1. Michael Jackson’s Thriller: The depth of that album; the vision he had for the textures in it! Was it Pop, Urban, Rock, AC? One of the finest creations.2.Guy’s self-titled album: It was the birth of New Jack Swing. Teddy Riley is the godfather of modern R&B. His mark is still being felt.

3. Frank Sinatra’s In The Wee Small Hours: There may not be a finer Sinatra album in existence. The collection, the vocals! Wow.4. Louis Prima (self-titled): As a Sicilian-American I can tell you that this album or eight-track was in every hi-fi of every house on my block. We knew every word to every song. 5. Prince’s Purple Rain: The only collection of Prince music that even came close to this was half of The Black Album and three-quarters of Sign ‘O’ The Times. A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Anything recorded by The Beatles and here comes the industry outrage. I’ve heard it; I just can’t listen to it. Nails on a chalkboard. Love the songwriting; hate the sound.“Important” music you just don’t get: Today’s Rap and R&B. This stuff is unlistenable. Give me anything pre-2002. An album you played incessantly: Tim McGraw’s Everywhere. Front to back. To this day I have four of these CDs; one for every CD player I have. One obscure or non-country song/artist everyone should listen to right now: Leon Bridges. If you don’t know, now you know!Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: New Age spa music. It’s in my wife’s and my music-to-sleep-by rotation. Plus my baby daughter sleeps better with it!Reach Kirth here.

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

Dave Kirth

Songwriter Donovan Woods has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell. Bill Anderson has re-signed with Sony/ATV Publishing. He first signed with Tree International, now owned by Sony, in 1958 and currently has 40 studio albums and seven No. 1 singles. His autobiography Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music comes out Sept. 1.

Nove Entertainment has opened a 14,000 sq. ft. rehearsal space and storage facility at 6705 Centennial Blvd. in Nashville. Warner Music Nashville will present the fifth annual The Warner Sound presented by Cherokee USA at Nashville’s aVenue (120 3rd Ave. South) June 8-12. Among the events are fan parties and performances from WMN artists including Frankie Ballard, Brandy Clark, Chris Janson and Cole Swindell. The Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP) will host a networking event June 15 5-7pm on the BMI rooftop in Nashville. More info here.

Artist News Capitol artist Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” has been certified gold by the RIAA ahead of the June 17 release of California Sunrise. Red Bow’s Joe Nichols is among the performers at Clay Walker’s annual Chords of Hope benefit June 8 as WSIX/Nashville’s Tige & Daniel host. Capitol’s Eric Church returns with his Pop Up Store in East Nashville during CMA Music Festival (6/9-12). Warner Bros./WMN’s Brandy Clark will headline Nashville’s July 3 lineup at Riverfront Park as the city’s Independence Day festivities expand to two days and three stages. Sheryl Crow headlines the next day’s Let Freedom Sing! show. Both shows close with fireworks, though July 3’s will last only five minutes. EMI Nashville’s Gary Allan is holding trunk shows at his boutique The Label June 8 and 10 during CMA Music Fest. More here. Alan Jackson will perform at downtown Nashville’s Acme Feed & Seed June 7 as part of the venue’s songwriter series Acme Unplugged Presented by Wrangler. The show will stream live on WranglerNetwork.com, AcmeRadioLive.com and the TuneIn app. Lauren Alaina, David Nail, Easton Corbin, Canaan Smith and guests will perform during Sounds Like Nashville Late-Night Concert Series at Tootsie’s Honky Tonk Alley in Nashville. The event starts immediately after the CMT Music Awards Wednesday (6/8) and continues each night through Saturday (6/11). More here. Kellie Pickler will compete for the charity United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) on the new season of ABC-TV’s Celebrity Family Feud, premiering June 26. Her team includes husband Kyle Jacobs and other relatives. Big & Rich will test the Ally Financials app Splurge Alert and share how they spend their money through a series of videos and social media posts. More here.

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Drew Copeland from Croakin’ Poets’ Sister Hazel puts an industry spin on the artist interview: We were on tour and made the super-wise decision of buying our own tour bus, a 1963 Silver Eagle. It didn’t have reverse. The frame had a lot of rust damage and one day at a truck stop, a guy said, “You guys are crazy if you put this thing back on the road.” So we ended up in a Ryder truck, with all our gear and some lawn chairs in the back with

a couple beer coolers. One day our sound engineer said, “You guys, shut up and listen!” He turned up the radio and we heard, “This is Casey Kasem and coming in at No. 38, a little band out of Gainesville, Florida. Here’s Sister Hazel with ‘All For You.’” We were all screaming and laughing. We couldn’t believe it. I remember us going, “We’ll never be in a Ryder truck again!” And of course we were, plenty of times after that. One time on our radio tour we had two shows on the same day. The first was in Knoxville and then we had to fly somewhere in this little private plane. That was a pretty scary adventure, climbing up in the air with all that gear, the crew and the band in this little prop plane. My favorite people to travel with are my family. My wife and kids are home to me. But they’re my least favorite to travel with too, because on my own, I know how to get from gate to gate and what needs to happen if I’m running short on time. When they were little I’d find myself carrying My Little Pony and Star Wars backpacks plus two other suitcases, trying to make it through the airport. None of us can go to a truck stop and not spend at least three dollars. I don’t care if it’s three in the morning, you go in there knowing you’re going to drop some money on something stupid. The most redneck thing I’ve done lately? Taking two Solo cups, putting a paper towel between them and drinking my coffee out of it. That’s my insulated coffee mug. I have to tell the truth. I have a blanket from home that I have to take with me on the road. The guys would call me out on it if they saw this article and I didn’t say that. Yes, I have a “blankie.” Don’t judge me.

OFF THE RECORD: SISTER HAzEL

Drew Copeland

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Evans/Reno, NV’s “Big” Chris Hart has added PD/MD duties and moved to afternoons on Country KWFP. (6/6)• iHeartMedia/Dayton programmer/personality Jeff Stevens has been promoted to SVP/Programming. (6/6)• Adams/Valparaiso, IN PD Scott Smith was promoted to VP/Country Programming. (6/3)• Leadership Music’s Class of 2017 was revealed. (6/3)• iHeartRadio SVP/GM Owen Grover was promoted to EVP & GM/Content Development & Distribution for iHeartMedia. (6/2)• Radio vets Jay Lawrence, John Quinn and Nikki Mckie joined Aloha Station Trust’s WFRE/Frederick, MD for weekends. (6/2)• Alpha Mgr./Corporate Product Robert “Cisco Kidd” Mueller was named MM for Alpha/Amarillo, TX. (6/1)• Star Farm Sr. Dir./Promotion Chris Borchetta left the company. (6/1)• Randy Travis and former CBS Radio WKIS/Miami GSM Carole Bowen will be honored at the Country Radio Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards ceremony June 22. (5/31)

(continued from page 1)Management 101: Leading Radio’s People

could ever want so they can do the absolute best they can.” Emmis/Indianapolis SVP/MM and Interim New York MM Charlie Morgan has actively studied leadership since his days as a programmer. When in his late 20s and newly named as PD for WFMS, Morgan found himself at a management crossroads of sorts. “It wasn’t a particularly proud moment,” he recalls. “I was definitely stressed to the max and probably barking at people. I thought that working hard and being of average intelligence was kind of all you needed to be successful, and you do achieve a certain level of success if you have those things. But it literally dawned on me that I can’t work any harder and I’m not getting any smarter, so If I’m going to have more impact, I’ve got to find a way to be a catalyst for others to be successful.” Rules Of Engagement: Chiang, too, was shaped by earlier experiences. Specifically, he saw the corrosive effects of staff disengagement. “I learned a lot of good things from a high-profile PD I once worked for, but I also learned things that weren’t so good,” he says, noting his boss’ harsh, uniform approach to staff. “We had a great afternoon drive guy who was very sensitive

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and you had to be aware of that in how you critiqued him. You couldn’t do it while he was on the air, for example, because you’d lose him for the rest of his show.” A good talking-to immediately after a bad break wasn’t an issue for the morning guy, however. “He might give you the middle finger, but he’d be okay with it and move on,” Chiang continues. “This PD approached everyone in the same way; undressing them in the hallway – name it. It got to where this highly compensated team of air talents was just there for the paycheck and I made a conscious decision not to be like that.” Disengaged employees have lost emotional connection to their work and tend to perform with minimal effort, which can be costly. Gallup’s 2013 State of The American Workplace shows that disengaged workers have 37% higher absenteeism, 49% more accidents and 60% more errors in their work. The estimated financial cost to the American economy annually tops $450 billion. Engagement is the obvious goal and just one reason motivation efforts are so important. “Non-monetary motivators are powerful and require little time to administer,” Gilbert contends, though no one is suggesting radio’s bonuses should be taken away. “Things like early morning pleasantries, heartily thanking employees for a job well done, occasionally and genuinely inquiring as to how they’re doing, and getting to know them in less formal settings like group lunches and outings can be very effective.” Some Beach: Both Chiang and Beasley WQYK/Tampa OM/PD Tee Gentry make a point to schedule group outings to recognize accomplished goals and sometimes for no reason at all. “Our marketing director Hillary Hatch recently helped us put together a beach party for programming,” Gentry notes (pictured). “We had some beer, cooked out and even had a boat. You can tell in the pictures it was a great time and things like that really help.” Staff outings are particularly good opportunities to recognize

good work. “I try to plan something four or five times a year,” Chiang says. “And I point out positive things my teammates did or even time someone sacrificed to be at a station event.” Organizations who give regular thanks to employees far outperform those who don’t, according a 2012 study by management research firm Bersin by Deloitte. The State of Employee Recognition shows that “recognition-rich” cultures have a 31% lower voluntary turnover rate, for example. To Chiang’s point, recognition should celebrate specific behavior and be accompanied by some degree of public description. Unfortunately, the report also shows that nearly 70% of employees are recognized annually or not all. Specificity matters because it illustrates genuine, personal interest. “I’m a huge believer in personal, handwritten notes,” Morgan offers. “When you walk around a building where someone has done that, they’re thumb-tacked up to peoples’ workspace. Now it has to be more than, ‘Hey, nice job!’ It’s about knowing someone personally and being able to say, ‘Wow. You told me that was your goal and I know you’ve been working on that for six months; I saw today you achieved it and just wanted to say well done and I’m so proud of you.’ That’s the stuff. I have a few of those notes from my own career and that matters to me.” More Like It: Management isn’t always sunshine and rainbows, of course, especially in radio. Difficult situations and personalities come with the territory and the way they’re handled carries significant implications for the individual and the group. Country Aircheck explores the best way to handle those issues next week while also examining the importance of self-awareness, benefits of dealing with people as individuals, and effective time management and decision-making techniques. Reach Chiang here, Morgan here and Gentry here. Explore the aforementioned management issues and many others via Dr. Gilbert’s searchable blog here. –Russ Penuell CAC

Some Beach: Beasley/Tampa promotions and programming staffers let their hair down at Archibald Memorial Beach Park last month in St. Petersburg, FL.

Tee Gentry

Charlie Morgan

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

3 1 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) ✔ 28192 2325 8932 718 60.742 4.34 158 0

1 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget (Warner Bros./WMN) 25798 -1389 8168 -424 55.843 -2.989 158 0

4 3 LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 25300 1105 7917 373 54.652 2.004 158 0

6 4 TIM MCGRAW/Humble And Kind (Big Machine) 23721 945 7391 245 51.881 2.172 158 0

8 5 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 21762 1335 6712 560 47.59 3.339 158 0

2 6 OLD DOMINION/Snapback (RCA) 21237 -4943 6733 -1509 44.524 -10.686 158 0

10 7 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) ✔ 19788 2893 6094 884 43.756 5.627 158 0

9 8 MAREN MORRIS/My Church (Columbia) 19580 606 6245 279 41.063 1.57 158 0

13 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) ✔ 17373 2404 5156 577 38.214 4.67 158 0

11 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia) 17344 805 5511 267 38.282 2.012 158 0

5 11 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) 17305 -6420 5270 -2002 38.105 -12.625 158 0

12 12 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 16518 1044 5170 227 35.213 2.579 158 0

15 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) ✔ 15221 2515 4524 728 35.127 6.558 158 2

14 14 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 14994 1344 4791 368 32.665 3.431 158 0

16 15 CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) 12696 583 3982 168 27.531 1.555 153 0

17 16 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 12643 880 4036 224 26.81 2.052 158 0

18 17 JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) 12145 690 3832 236 27.186 1.904 156 0

20 18 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR) 11663 1028 3632 273 24.114 2.761 157 0

19 19 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 11530 487 3735 160 23.316 1.044 158 0

21 20 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 11255 631 3535 242 23.505 1.388 156 0

23 21 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 10999 1022 3306 300 22.533 1.961 156 3

22 22 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 10080 -70 3192 31 18.77 -0.292 154 1

26 23 KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 8464 1239 2617 384 16.712 2.843 153 3

25 24 TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 8192 259 2676 96 16.937 0.412 129 6

24 25 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 8013 -1294 2546 -430 16.689 -2.759 156 0

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

30 26 ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) 7195 895 2246 292 15.05 1.681 144 4

27 27 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine) 6933 159 2080 73 12.527 0.615 153 0

29 28 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 6851 377 2332 141 13.585 1.035 130 1

28 29 BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution) 6800 96 2214 19 12.435 0.282 142 0

32 30 BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) ✔ 6743 1532 2021 453 14.146 4.213 152 7

31 31 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 5659 -43 1760 -13 9.508 0.07 133 1

33 32 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 5100 459 1638 138 8.892 0.553 131 4

35 33 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 4635 640 1403 222 8.552 1.443 116 7

34 34 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 4625 627 1229 154 8.129 1.154 113 15

36 35 CAM/Mayday (Arista) 4042 131 1315 59 5.65 0.09 131 4

37 36 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober (RCA) 3862 315 1126 76 6.027 0.486 118 5

39 37 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 3666 455 1092 121 5.869 1.02 110 3

40 38 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 3583 579 1022 146 6.815 1.121 111 9

41 39 JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow) 3238 247 1065 69 4.96 0.3 115 7

42 40 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN) 2936 139 843 68 4.406 0.071 88 0

43 41 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 2777 254 933 98 4.087 0.215 112 3

44 42 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 2675 193 790 63 3.978 0.453 83 2

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 2478 273 826 47 3.648 0.642 95 3

47 44 JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb) 2288 487 694 168 3.216 0.793 84 4

45 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1946 677 575 190 3.524 1.285 65 11

46 46 DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (Cold River) 1895 26 765 31 2.076 -0.031 79 1

RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek) 1832 101 614 24 2.045 0.01 95 2

50 48 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 1788 93 665 46 2.33 0.145 86 1

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 1711 -1596 513 -602 3.695 -4.336 99 54

50 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA) 1617 34 565 10 1.515 0.037 68 0Re-Enter

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersJASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 884

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 728

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) 718

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 577

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 560

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 453

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 384

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 373

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 368

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 300

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersJASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 2893 ✔FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 2515 ✔CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 2404 ✔THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) 2325 ✔BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 1532 ✔ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 1344

KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 1335

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 1239

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 1105

JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 1044

Activator Top Spin GainersJASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 261

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 223

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 163

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) 142

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 141

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 124

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 120

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 113

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 107

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 94

Activator Top Point GainersJASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 1228 ✔

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 1012 ✔

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) 738 ✔

ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) 648 ✔

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 642 ✔

ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 636

LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 634

JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 554

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 520

BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 508

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol) 20506

C. YOUNG & C. POPE/Think Of You (RCA/Republic Nashville) 15318

THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (BMLG/Republic) 9523

RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 9421

COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here (Warner Bros./WMN) 8981

LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver) 8387

GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) 8169

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession (Republic Nashville) 8118

CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 7164

BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love (Atlantic/WMN) 6758

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 54

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 34

JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 27

CASSADEE POPE/Summer (Republic Nashville) 25

BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way With... (Warner Bros./WMN) 20

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 15

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 11

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 10

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 9

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 8

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Frankie Ballard El Rio (Warner Bros./WMN)Ballard and producer Marshall Altman left Nashville to record at famed studio Sonic Ranch outside El Paso. His second album includes current single “It All Started With A Beer” plus the Chris Stapleton-

penned “El Camino” and “Cigarette” and a cover of Bob Seger’s “You’ll Accomp’ny Me.”

Little Big Town Wanderlust (Capitol)“It’s not a country record and it’s not like anything we’ve ever done,” says LBT’s Karen Fairchild of the eight-song project produced by Pharrell Williams. The album is being released digitally and includes “One

Of Those Days” which they recently performed on The Voice. Kris Kristofferson The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection (Legacy/Sony)In celebration of Kristofferson’s 80th birthday, the set brings together 11 essential studio albums recorded from 1970 through 1981, individually

packaged in a sleeve reproducing the original album artwork. It also includes five bonus discs of unreleased and hard-to-find live and studio material.

Brandy Clark Big Day In A Small Town (Warner Bros./WMN)Clark worked with producer Jay Joyce for her second album and describes it as “12 Stories’ cousin,” referring to her debut. She wrote 11 songs

including current single “Girl Next Door” and her co-writers include Shane McAnally, Lori McKenna and Josh Osborne.

Drew Baldridge Dirt On Us (Cold River)The Illinois native co-wrote 11 of the 13 tracks, including debut single “Dance With Ya.” Guests include co-writer and duet partner Emily Weisband (“Rebound”); and Baldridge also puts his spin on the

gospel classic “It Is Well With My Soul.”

Tara Thompson Someone To Take Your Place (Valory)The self-described “hillbilly from East Tennessee” wrote each of the five songs on her debut EP and her cowriters include Leslie Satcher, Erin Enderlin and producer Alex Kline. “Someone To Take Your Place”

is the first single.

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) Debuts at 45* 1,946 points, 575 spins 11 adds including: KCCY, KCYE, KDRK, KILT, KMLE, WCKN, WDRM, WIRK, WQMX, WRNX

DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya (Cold River) Remains at 46* 1,895 points, 765 spins 1 add: WGAR

RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek) Moves 49-47* 1,832 points, 614 spins 2 adds: KJKE, WQMX

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts of Heaven (Red Bow) Moves 50-48* 1,788 points, 665 spins 1 add: KBEQ

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY C H E C K O U T 6 / 1 0

June 13GARY ALLAN/Do You Wish It Was Me? (EMI Nashville)THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek)SCOTT BRANTLEY/How Summer Goes (Studio Gold)THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory)BLAKE SHELTON/She’s Got A Way With Words (Warner Bros./WMN))

June 20THE LAST BANDOLEROS/Where Do You Go? (Warner Bros./WAR)SARABETH/You Rock My Rodeo (Circle S) MICKEY GUYTON/Heartbreak Song (Capitol)OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

June 27MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

2 1 LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin'... (Capitol) 11623 634 2443 120 54 0

3 2 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory) 11064 285 2383 76 53 0

1 3 BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget (Warner Bros./WMN) 10716 -996 2265 -191 52 0

4 4 TIM MCGRAW/Humble And Kind (Big Machine) 10465 -85 2203 8 54 0

5 5 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time (Capitol) 9833 372 2060 88 54 0

7 6 MAREN MORRIS/My Church (Columbia) 9454 303 1992 77 53 0

10 7 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) ✔ 8415 1228 1765 261 54 0

8 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Noise (Blue Chair/Columbia) 8369 294 1766 81 53 0

9 9 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year (EMI Nashville) 8028 636 1670 141 54 0

11 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) ✔ 7850 1012 1638 223 53 0

12 11 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 7113 283 1486 88 52 0

14 12 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y. (Republic Nashville) ✔ 6625 738 1348 163 54 0

13 13 JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song (RCA) 6474 231 1325 46 54 0

15 14 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 5862 261 1228 49 52 0

16 15 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up (Warner Bros./WAR) 5689 306 1195 77 52 0

16 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer (Warner Bros./WAR) 5576 17 1137 21 51 0

17 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink (Valory) 5509 554 1151 113 52 0

17 18 CHRIS LANE/Fix (Big Loud) 5373 47 1063 24 48 0

18 19 KIP MOORE/Running For You (MCA) 4579 245 1002 67 48 1

20 20 KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) ✔ 4550 642 935 124 52 3

19 21 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 4405 383 951 92 48 1

21 22 TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 3692 62 738 11 43 1

24 23 ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway (SG/Varvatos/Dot) ✔ 3364 648 713 142 48 2

23 24 BRAD PAISLEY f/DEMI LOVATO/Without A Fight (Arista) 3296 508 716 107 51 1

22 25 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle (Mercury) 3158 -314 646 -76 39 0

25 26 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 2754 173 577 37 41 2

26 27 BIG & RICH f/TIM MCGRAW/Lovin' Lately (B&R/New Revolution) 2645 71 548 22 38 1

27 28 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You (Big Machine) 2642 103 510 24 37 2

30 29 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN) 2207 388 428 62 39 7

28 30 CAM/Mayday (Arista) 2021 -219 419 -26 39 2

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

29 31 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot) 2016 73 423 16 40 1

31 32 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 2006 243 423 51 37 1

32 33 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville) 1941 232 359 42 36 1

33 34 LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver) 1578 117 325 31 36 1

37 35 DIERKS BENTLEY f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 1502 508 294 94 31 16

34 36 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober (RCA) 1423 14 273 4 31 2

35 37 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (Republic Nashville) 1411 108 248 36 30 7

38 38 JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb) 1125 147 212 36 23 3

36 39 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse) 1068 42 245 10 23 1

39 40 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury) 954 82 199 24 20 2

46 41 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 928 308 159 52 11 5

40 42 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine (Big Spark) 886 56 184 13 18 0

41 43 AARON WATSON/Bluebonnets (Big/Thirty Tigers) 826 42 184 -10 16 0

42 44 OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 768 8 79 3 5 1

43 45 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo (MCA) 707 -25 123 0 14 0

44 46 CHRIS STAPLETON/Fire Away (Mercury) 660 -70 66 -7 1 0

48 47 THOMAS RHETT/Vacation (Valory) 656 -24 68 0 6 0

50 48 RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7 (Stoney Creek) 611 32 129 5 15 0

51 49 JORDAN RAGER w/JASON ALDEAN/Southern Boy (Broken Bow) 611 50 135 11 22 1

50 CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 592 520 85 67 8 4

54 51 EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me (Mercury) 590 104 82 16 7 1

49 52 JOSH ABBOTT BAND w/C. PEARCE/Wasn't That Drunk (PDT/1608) 560 -35 101 -5 7 0

58 53 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door (Warner Bros./WMN) 540 113 99 23 22 1

56 54 MAREN MORRIS/80's Mercedes (Columbia) 520 50 52 5 1 0

55 55 PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek) 506 34 119 6 10 1

53 56 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR) 479 -14 72 -2 9 0

57 BLAKE SHELTON/She's Got A Way With Words (Warner Bros./WMN) 433 399 50 43 4 5

60 58 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA) 415 15 85 9 8 0

57 59 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 407 -24 102 -4 15 0

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