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Q4 Sales: It’s The Stupid Economy As America grapples with a sharp downturn in the economy, the record industry finds itself unfortunately well versed in the art of the down arrow. So as superstar releases and the approaching CMA Awards bring hope for a kick-started holiday selling season, Country Aircheck asked a few label sales execs for an assessment of where the genre stands. As of last week, country album sales are down roughly 18%, compared to an all-genre decline of 12%. And though that disparity can be explained by year-to-year release schedule variations, another troubling trend has emerged. Weekly country sales figures have dipped below 400,000 units for 23 of this year’s 42 weeks, a low only experienced in four previous weeks – all in 2007. The CD, our panel agrees, is sliding toward obsolescence. “In fairness, we experienced a longer tail than other genres,” says UMG/Nashville EVP/Sales, Marketing & New Media Ben Kline. “But finally everyone gets to the finish line, and we’re there.” A troubled economy adds to labels’ fourth quarter uncertainty. Show Dog/Nashville VP/Sales & Marketing Bill Kennedy says he really saw a drop over the summer.

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In Concert: Pour Lots Of Sugar Sugarland headlined Lexington’s Rupp Arena over the weekend, and by the end of the night the duo had taken its place among the format’s elite performers. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush engaged the crowd fully, and there were times when the duo could barely be heard above the crowd’s singing – including album cuts. But don’t take my word, for it. Here’s WDTW/Detroit PD John Trapane’s assessment: “Do you remember when you first saw it? When a rising star became a superstar? When a performer becomes an entertainer? When the audience become worshippers? I’ve seen this three times in my career. The first was in 1992, The Montagne Center in Beaumont, TX when Garth Brooks put 10,000 people in the palm of his hand and took them wherever he wanted to go. I saw it again in 1999 at the Cajundome in Lafayette LA, where the Dixie Chicks were the opening act and the venue was filled to

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the rafters when they hit the stage. The third time: Oct. 25, 2008, Rupp Arena – Sugarland. From ‘Love’ to ‘Love Shack,’ artist and audience became one for two hours. “They made sure the crowd was part of the show, handing out glow sticks and bubbles to everyone – the latter for the R.E.M. cover ‘Nightswimming.’ And they realized that the crowd is truly the star of the show, keeping them lit for most of the show. Kristian ran through the crowd to present one lucky fan with a signed guitar, and they had local video footage of local landmarks during the final. And, then there was the 10,000-voice choir on ‘Stay.’ “All these things contribute, but it’s Jennifer and Kristian who blow you away with the unassuming, always smiling way they go about the show. They’re having more fun than the crowd, and it’s infectious.” –L.H.

NY v. PPM: No Quick Exit Arbitron’s effort to stop N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s lawsuit against the PPM was denied today by federal judge Denise Cote, who ruled in favor of the case being heard in state court. Arbitron commented, “Today’s ruling does not impact [our] right to publish our PPM audience estimates in New York.”

my Tunes: music ThaT shaped my Life

KNTY/Sacramento PD Bob McNeill discusses his most important song, albums or concerts.1. The Beatles, Suffolk Downs, August, 1966: I paid $9.50 for two tickets and stood about 250 feet from the stage. I couldn’t hear anything over the 15,000 screaming girls. The show lasted about a half hour and it changed my life, musically. Nothing has ever compared to that. God, am I dating myself.

2. The Eagles, Richmond, VA, 1973: They were opening for Linda Ronstadt. Yes they were! What a band. I still listen to them…as does just about everybody.3. Aerosmith, “Ragdoll”: This is rock and roll the way I like it – raw and powerful. I listen to Aerosmith before I play golf. It makes me hit the ball really, really hard.4. CSN&Y, “Southern Cross”: I’ve been a sailor all my life and somehow this song reaches out and grabs me. I can’t listen to it and not want to get on a boat and feel the power of the wind.5. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”: I think somebody should do a country cover on this. Seriously, it could work.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: The entire “musical” genre of rap. I’m not a smart man, but music to me always has to have a melody.• A highly regarded musical work you’ve never heard: There are several albums by The Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols and Green Day (except “Time of Your Life”) that I’ve never heard and have no desire to.• An album you listened to incessantly: I just can’t seem to get Jamey Johnson’s That Lonesome Song out of the CD player right now. I don’t think country has had a concept project like this before.

Bob McNeill

Sweet: Backstage at Sugarland’s Lexington, KY, show, radio folks join UMG/Nashville staffers in the “Sanctuary” – the duo’s retreat, yoga room and meet and greet area. Pictured (l-r) WAMZ/Louisville’s Coyote Calhoun, UMGN’s Bruce Shindler, Mercury’s Allen Mitchell, Damon Moberly and Pat Surnegie, UMG’s Jill Brunett, Country Aircheck’s Lon Helton, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, WUSN/Chicago’s Marci Braun, WDTW/Detroit’s John Trapane, UMGN’s Katie Dean, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and opener Ashton Shepherd. Behind the lens is Mercury’s Charlie Dean.

Writer Hall Inductions The 39th Annual Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction ceremony was held last night at Nashville’s Renaissance hotel. Matraca Berg, Tom Shapiro and John Hiatt were each individually welcomed into the Hall of Fame; Berg by songwriter Bobby Braddock, Shapiro by WSIX/Nashville’s Gerry House and Hiatt by BMI’s Jody Williams.

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Tuesday (10/28) - Charlie Daniels, Brad Paisley

Wednesday (10/29) - Jules Wortman ([email protected])

Thursday (10/30) - Kassidy Osborn, Johnny Parks, Ron Howie, Lia ([email protected]), Mike Owens ([email protected]).

Friday (10/31) - Kinky Friedman, Darryl Worley, the late Dale Evans, Sharon Allen ([email protected]), Lisa Berg ([email protected]), Mark Brown, Jane Messmore ([email protected]), Mike Strange, Amy Willis ([email protected]).

Saturday (11/1) - Big Kenny Alphin, Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Keith Stegall.

Sunday (11/2) - Charlie Walker, Ashley Willms.

Monday (11/3) - Ron Brooks ([email protected]), Jesse Garcia ([email protected]), Margie Hunt, Steve Walker.

BirThdays The evening included the first presentation of the Foundation Mentor Award to publisher/writer Bob Beckham. NSAI also presented its annual Songwriter Achievement Awards: Song - “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Ashley Gorley and Lee Thomas Miller; Songwriter - Casey Beathard (“Don’t Blink”); Songwriter/Artist - Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley.

Radio News• Personalities: KTOM/Monterey MD/Dir./Production/evening host Jim Pearson has added APD/morning co-host duties on sister Talk KION-FM, and passes off Dir./Prod duties to Asst. Dir./Production Jess Gibbs. Cumulus’ WWFF/Huntsville, AL morning co-host Todd Baker has exited the station along with morning producer Tim Michaels. Baker can be reached at [email protected]. • CRB: Consultant Mike McVay has been appointed to the CRB Board of Directors, replacing Mike Peterson who had left the format. Over the past 35 years McVay has worked as personality, PD, OM, Account Exec., Station Mgr., GM and station owner. • Gig Alert: WMZQ/Washington, D.C. PD Meg Stevens is still looking for a night jock. Production skills and the ability to engage the station’s adult audience with great phones, creativity and web interactivity are at the top of the list. Selector experience is a plus. Airchecks and resumes to [email protected].• Kudos: KKWF/Seattle’s Fitz In the Morning was voted the best Local Radio Personality by KING 5-TV.

Hot Air The Zac Brown Band’s label limbo may be drawing to a close. Their single “Chicken Fried,” originally released as part of a deal with Live Nation and promoted by Big Picture Entertainment, has since gone top 10 and lost the Live Nation affiliation when the company did an abrupt 180 on its much-publicized “360” artist deals. Now, Country Aircheck is hearing a contract with Atlantic is in the works, with BPE still directing promotion efforts.

Chart Chat Eight isn’t nearly enough for Arista/Nashville VP/Promotion Skip Bishop, Dir./National Promotion Lesly Tyson and their entire Arista team, but they’ll take it as Carrie Underwood’s “Just A Dream” becomes her eighth consecutive No. 1 single. She’s never had a single that didn’t crack the top of the chart, proving that in her case, apparently you can win them all.

Hall Chairman Roger Murrah, Matraca Berg, John Hiatt and Tom Shapiro.

Carrie Underwood

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Joey & Rory The Life Of A Song (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) CMT Can You Duet contestants Joey Martin and Rory Feek wrote or co-wrote seven of 12 songs on their debut album, including the single “Cheater Cheater.” The husband-wife team also had a hand in “Play The Song,” “Tonight Cowboy You’re Mine” and “Rodeo.” They didn’t write, obviously, the waltz

version of “Free Bird” they first played on the show that launched their career as a duo.

Toby Keith That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy (Show Dog) As he did with last year’s Big Dog Daddy, Keith produced and contributed the bulk of the songs. Eight of 11 were co-written with Bobby Pinson, Eddy Raven teamed with Keith on “Cabo San Lucas” and Vicky McGehee helped pen Keith’s next single “God Love Her.” And Keith wrote “Missing Me Some You” from a forward operating base in

Afghanistan during one of his USO tours.

Reba McEntire 50 Greatest Hits (MCA/UMe) This three-disc boxed set spans McEntire’s MCA days, starting with “How Blue” and concluding with the Kelly Clarkson duet “Because Of You.” Tracks include “Whoever’s In New England,” “Fancy,” “Is There Life Out There” and “How Was I To Know.”

Rascal Flatts Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Lyric Street) Thirteen Flatts smashes, from “Prayin’ For Daylight” to “Life Is A Highway,” with “These Days,” “Bless The Broken Road” and “My Wish” in between. A limited edition release includes a three-song Christmas disc featuring “White Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.”

Upcoming Releases:

Nov. 4 Randy Owen One On One (BBR) Brad Paisley Play (Arista) Mark Wills Familiar Stranger (Tenacity)

Album release info to [email protected].

check ouT in sTores: 10/28Artist News Martina McBride will turn on the traditional blue holiday lights and decorations at Elvis’ Graceland Nov. 21. McBride recently recorded a duet of “Blue Christmas” with Elvis that will be included on the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets Album. Luke Bryan inked an endorsement deal with Lucchese Boots. Brynn Marie will headline a December Armed Forces Entertainment tour in Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Djibouti. Darryl Worley will host the Christmas With Darryl Cruise on the Pickwick Belle Dec. 12 at Pickwick Landing State Resort Park near Savannah, TN. Tickets are $125 a person and can be purchased at 877-936-2355, all proceeds go to the Darryl Worley Foundation.   Ray Scott, Katie Armiger, Blue County’s Aaron Benward, Lonestar’s Cody Collins and Dean Sams and Buddy Jewel will perform at the Songs For the Cure benefit Oct. 29 at Nashville’s Listening Room Cafe. The event benefits Relay For Life. Katie Armiger has released two Christmas songs “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and “I Just Want To Be With You This Christmas” to radio and iTunes.

Life Notes Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Julianne Hough, who will be undergoing surgery, according to the AP. Hough went to the hospital last week complaining of stomach pain.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.• CBS Radio/Tampa’s Mike Culotta was promoted to OM for the six-station cluster, which includes Country WQYK. Heidi Heinz rose to cluster Dir./Marketing and John Fennessy jumped to Dir./Sales. (CAT 10/27)• Mercury’s Van Haze was named VP/Promotion for MCA, with Bruce Shindler becoming VP/Field Promotion for UMG/Nashville. (CAT 10/27)

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Monday 10/27 - Darius Rucker, Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC).

Tuesday 10/28 - Mark Wills, Keni Thomas, GAC Nights.

Wednesday 10/29 - Kellie Pickler, Ellen (syndicated); Darius Rucker, Best Damn Sports Show Period (Fox Sports).

Thursday 10/30 - Jessica Simpson, My Music Mix (GAC).

Friday 10/31 - Randy Houser, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC).

Saturday 11/1 - Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, George Jones, Jimmy Dickens, Opry Live (GAC).

Sunday 11/2 - Jamey Johnson, Introducing (GAC).

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• Long-term contract extensions were given to Clear Channel execs including Clay Hunnicutt, Alan Sledge, Alfredo Alonso, Darren Davis, Phil Hunt, Tom Owens, Tom Poleman and Gene Romano. (CAT 10/21)• Clear Channel/Detroit VP/Programming Dom Theodore joined crosstown CBS Radio’s six-station cluster, which includes Country WYCD, in the same role. (CAT 10/21) • Dial Global consolidated its Jones Radio Networks music formats under Sr. PD Jim Murphy. (CAT 10/21 & 22)• Former WLAY/Muscle Shoals, AL OM/PD Brian Landrum rejoined the station for the same duties. (CAT 10/21)• The first signing for Lyric Street’s Carolwood is Jessica Andrews. (CAT 10/23)• Montage Music’s Head of Radio Marketing Mike Wilson will leave the label Nov. 5. Reach him at 615-390-6675 or [email protected]. (CAT 10/24)

Q4 Sales (continued from page 1)“When gas prices shot up followed by the market going down, it really became difficult to get out of the [300,000 units-per-week range],” he says. “Our fans just don’t have a lot of extra disposable income. The comments I’ve seen coming out of Wal-Mart are that their customers are running out of money four, five

or six days before they get paid.” The idea that entertainment won’t be as affected as other sectors of the economy doesn’t find much play with Kline, though he’s hopeful about the holidays. “I don’t necessarily believe in the recession-proof argument,” he says. “But from what I’ve heard, the under $25 and under $10 gift is very important for both retailers and consumers this season. The value proposition music delivers has the opportunity to be highlighted again.” Kennedy sees another indication of compressed check books in a relatively new imbalance between digital track sales and album sales. “Last year, if a project sold 10,000 albums in a week you’d see 8,000 to 10,000 track sales as well,” he says. “Now, projects that are hitting that level of track sales are only selling 2,000 albums. To me, that’s the economy. People will buy the new single they like, but they just can’t commit to that full album purchase.” But it’s the big album releases, including last week’s No. 1 debut from Kenny Chesney and upcoming albums from Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift, that need to lead the Q4 charge. Lyric Street VP/Marketing, Sales & Media Greg McCarn admits, “Big records come along and change things a lot, but we don’t know what to expect,” he says. “You have to assume with any new release that the trend will be down from previous numbers. The hope is that music becomes an attractive gift as people move away from bigger ticket items.”

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Summer No. 1s: WGNA, WSOC, WUSY, WOGK, WIVK, WQDR

This week we continue our roundup of Summer Arbitron results. As part of our weekly market-by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. PPM markets are not included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and an “t” indicates a tie.

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Each week we’ll have a running tally of the Summer 2008 Arbitron ratings and rankings for all Country stations printed on this page in Country Aircheck Weekly. The ratings/rankings in these box scores are only those from the station’s home market.

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WGNA/Albany 8.5 9.9 1 1WFFG/Albany 1.0 1.1 19t 18WBGK & WBUG/Albany 1.0 .9 19t 21tKBQI/Albuquerque 3.4 3.6 9t 9KRST/Albuquerque 3.4 3.4 9t 10KAGM/Albuquerque+ 2.1 2.2 19 16KASE/Austin^ 5.4 5.2 4 3KVET/Austin^ 5.8 4.6 3 4KUZZ/Bakersfield^ 6.3 7.8 3 2KCNQ/Bakersfield .6 1.5 23t 20 KCWR/Bakersfield^ 1.4 1.3 19 21tWYNK/Baton Rouge 6.4 4.7 5t 7WYPY/Baton Rouge^+ 2.7 3.6 11 9tWTGE/Baton Rouge^ 3.1 2.8 10 11tWZZK/Birmingham^ 8.3 9.1 3 3WDXB/Birmingham 4.2 4.3 9 7WNCB/Birmingham^ 1.5 2.0 18 15WEZL/Charleston, SC 7.0 7.7 3 2WIWF/Charleston, SC 3.8 3.1 10 11tWSOC/Charlotte 7.0 6.2 1 1WKKT/Charlotte 5.4 5.1 4 4WUSY/Chattanooga^ 14.0 14.6 1 1WLND/Chattanooga^+ 5.8 5.4 5 7WOGT/Chattanooga 4.9 3.3 7 10

WCOS/Columbia, SC 5.4 5.7 6 3WWNU/Columbia, SC^ 2.6 2.8 15 14WWNQ/Columbia, SC^ 3.4 2.3 12 15KHEY/El Paso 4.6 5.1 7 8KSKS/Fresno 5.3 5.1 na naKHGE/Fresno 1.8 2.1 na na (Subscriber only market; no ranks)

WOGK/Gainesville, FL 12.9 12.6 1 1WTRS/Gainesville, FL 4.1 3.8 5t 7tWDVH-AM/Gainesville, FL+ 1.0 1.6 19t 13tWBCT/Grand Rapids^ 9.8 6.6 1 3WTNR/Grand Rapids, MI 2.2 2.9 13 13WMUS/Muskegon, MI^ 1.0 .7 19 23t ( G r a n d R a p i d s A r b i t r o n )

WPAW/Greensboro, NC 5.5 6.9 4 3WTQR/Greensboro, NC 5.4 5.8 5 4WIST/Greensboro, NC+ 1.7 1.8 15 16WBRF/Greensboro, NC 1.3 1.4 17 18WESC/Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 8.2 7.6 2 2WSSL/Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 7.6 6.7 3 4tWRBT/Harrisburg, PA 7.6 7.0 2t 2tWCAT/Harrisburg, PA 2.7 2.2 12 10tWIOO-AM/Harrisburg, PA+ 1.2 1.6 20 18WQIK/Jacksonville 8.2 7.2 2 2WGNE/Jacksonville 3.8 3.7 10 9

WIVK/Knoxville 19.6 16.8 1 1WMYL/Knoxville^ 1.7 1.9 10t 11WITL/Lansing 11.1 10.1 na naWBCT/Grand Rapids 1.8 1.4 na na ( L a n s i n g A r b i t r o n )

WGKX/Memphis 5.3 4.7 5t 7WMC-AM/Memphis .5 .9 24t 17tWSM-FM/Nashville 4.5 4.9 8 6tWSIX/Nashville 4.8 4.8 7 8WKDF/Nashville 4.2 4.5 9 9WSM-AM/Nashville+ 2.3 2.6 15 14WGH-FM/Norfolk 6.8 5.2 3 4tWUSH/Norfolk 2.6 1.8 14 17KTST/Oklahoma City^ 6.4 5.9 2 2tKKNG/Oklahoma City 4.2 4.3 9 8KXXY/Oklahoma City^ 4.9 3.6 6 10WWKA/Orlando 4.7 6.8 6t 2WPCV/Lakeland, FL 2.1 1.1 18 18 ( O r l a n d o A r b i t r o n )

WQDR/Raleigh 5.9 7.4 4 1WRDU/Raleigh 2.1 1.8 12 14WKHK/Richmond 8.1 7.3 3 5WLFV/Richmond 1.5 1.0 15 15WBEE/Rochester 9.3 9.6 2 2

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3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 16142 583 4864 160 34.506 1.751 121 0

1 2 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 15754 -1056 4714 -393 33.83 -2.12 122 0

2 3 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 14500 -1669 4355 -483 30.752 -4.07 122 0

4 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 4 13741 909 3989 203 29.333 2.575 122 0

5 5 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 12772 462 3910 148 26.55 0.892 121 0

6 6 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken... (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 4 12344 937 3956 345 26.396 2.34 115 2

8 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 4 11630 761 3584 250 24.193 1.964 122 1

9 8 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 11137 553 3370 191 23.881 1.234 121 0

13 9 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 10039 867 3236 246 20.41 1.876 121 0

10 10 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 9960 -190 3161 -79 19.635 -0.639 117 0

12 11 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 9888 663 3000 184 20.771 0.787 122 0

11 12 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 9743 442 2889 125 20.591 1.069 121 0

15 13 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 9568 887 2951 266 19.441 1.901 119 0

14 14 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 8424 -520 2562 -151 16.762 -1.275 119 0

16 15 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 8307 341 2602 89 16.696 0.781 118 0

17 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 7899 283 2388 93 16.029 0.477 113 1

18 17 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 6896 856 2117 253 13.873 1.99 115 4

23 18 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4 6239 1035 1992 325 12.708 2.201 113 6

24 19 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be... (Warner Bros.) 6010 838 1829 260 11.906 1.776 113 5

25 20 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 4 5941 933 1789 241 12.104 2.253 115 7

21 21 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 5866 460 1742 157 11.389 0.617 109 5

22 22 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 5250 -2 1611 30 9.97 -0.246 101 0

19 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're... (19/BNA) 5174 -777 1658 -213 9.48 -1.535 114 0

26 24 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 5103 196 1641 77 9.783 0.49 102 0

27 25 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 5019 235 1429 81 9.449 0.47 107 1

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29 26 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 3903 205 1206 82 7.243 0.232 99 2

31 27 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 3431 366 1069 121 6.205 0.76 94 4

30 28 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 3267 186 958 20 6.296 0.345 90 7

37 29 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 3085 1428 945 376 5.824 2.783 85 28

34 30 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 2898 435 844 103 4.828 0.757 84 2

33 31 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 2576 80 887 51 4.242 0.329 84 1

35 32 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody Said... (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 2452 59 740 -1 3.813 0.11 93 1

32 33 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol) 2124 -458 582 -158 3.862 -0.685 68 0

38 34 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 1981 628 548 167 3.518 0.717 63 14

36 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 1968 256 618 87 3.437 0.579 64 3

41 36 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 1689 547 522 140 2.717 0.937 54 11

44 37 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 1524 550 464 151 2.639 1.104 59 7

39 38 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 1369 130 487 39 1.963 0.171 63 4

40 39 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 1362 138 451 61 2.076 0.366 60 5

40 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 1193 581 296 139 2.241 1.017 40 21

43 41 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The... (Republic/Universal South) 1136 84 322 34 2.147 0.143 38 7

42 42 RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR) 1083 15 330 5 1.652 0.222 57 1

45 43 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 971 89 352 25 1.259 -0.08 42 4

49 44 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 967 253 292 56 1.274 0.249 41 4

46 45 JOEY & RORY/Cheater... (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 935 186 273 52 1.707 0.402 23 2

46 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 840 263 252 91 1.189 0.286 39 12

47 47 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Epic/Columbia) 793 55 207 2 1.158 0.11 30 2

50 48 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 787 140 249 34 1.094 0.236 27 2

48 49 WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) 713 -5 280 18 1.054 -0.012 32 3

50 KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) 706 258 199 54 1.101 0.305 22 5

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Aircheck Top Point GainersBROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 1428 4ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 1035 4ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 937 4DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 933 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 909 4CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 887BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 867BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 856BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 838MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 761

Aircheck Top Spin GainersBROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 376ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 345ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 325CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 266BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 260BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 253MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 250BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 246DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 241TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 203

Activator Top Point GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken... (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 388 4ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 345 4BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 339 4BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 291 4BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 289 4RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 277

SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 263

DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 253

TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 252

DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 215

Activator Top Spin GainersZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken... (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 221

ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 199

BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 196

TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 170

RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 165

BRAD PAISLEY& KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 164

BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 150

DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 133

CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 130

SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 122

Aircheck Add LeadersBROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 28DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 21TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 21SARAH BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 19JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 14LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 12ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (Big Machine/NSA/Midas) 11GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 11KENNY CHESNEY w/MAC MCANALLY/Down The Road (Blue Chair/BNA) 10DEAN BRODY/Brothers (Broken Bow) 7DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 7ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love... (Republic/Universal South) 7JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 7PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 7

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Aircheck Top RecurrentsDARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 11380KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 9956BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 8601JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 8493JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 6019KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 5627KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 5238TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 5181BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 4712ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 4702

RANDY ROGERS BAND/In My Arms Instead (Mercury) 337 points, 73 spins 1 ADD: KILT*

LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb) 307 points, 108 spins 0 ADDS

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)

Aircheck Activity JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) Moves 46*-45*; 935 points, 273 spins 2 ADDS: WBCT, WRBT

LOST TRAILERS/How ‘Bout You Don’t (BNA) Enters at 46*; 840 points, 252 spins 12 ADDS including: KILT*, KKNG, KKWF, KNTY, WCTK*, WFUS, WKIS, WQDR, WSIX , WXCY

JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) Stays at 47*; 793 points, 207 spins 2 ADDS: KCCY, KMPS*

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) Moves 47*-50*; 647 points, 215 spins 2 ADDS: KUBL*, WWGR

WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) Moves 48*-49*; 713 points, 280 spins 3 ADDS: KJJY*, KUZZ, WIVK*

KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) Enters at 50*; 706 points, 199 spins 5 ADDS: KATC*, KHKI*, KSOP, WKSJ, WOGI

SARAH BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 511 points, 145 spins 19 ADDS including: KBEQ, KBWF, KKBQ*, KUBL*, WCOL, WGNA, WKKT, WMIL, WQYK*, WYCD

TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 498 points, 145 spins 21 ADDS including: KEEY, KSOP, KUSS, KWJJ, WDTW, WKHX, WKKT, WKLB, WUBE, WUBL

JEREMY MCCOMB/Cold (Parallel/New Revolution) 408 points, 173 spins 2 ADDS: KUBL*, WGKX*

ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca) 402 points, 145 spins 0 ADDS

NOVEMBER 3HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (‘Til The Sun Shines) (Curb)DARIUS RUCKER/It Won’t Be Like This For Long (Capitol)

NOVEMBER 10JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I’m From (Arista)CAROLINA RAIN/Weight Of The World (Equity)KENNY CHESNEY w/MAC McANALLY/Down The Road (BNA)TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog)RICHIE McDONALD/ How Do I Just Stop (Stroudavarious)

NOVEMBER 17EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Valory)MARTINA McBRIDE/Ride (RCA)

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3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 5495 33 3064 18

1 2 KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 5344 -215 2941 -171

2 3 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 5158 -333 2873 -238

4 4 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 4840 154 2782 105

7 5 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 4 4449 388 2462 221

5 6 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 4376 79 2446 122

6 7 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 4347 170 2401 103

8 8 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 3918 -66 2171 -55

9 9 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 3909 263 2167 122

11 10 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 4 3463 289 1890 164

10 11 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 3360 51 1898 28

14 12 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 3190 277 1760 165

15 13 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 3110 204 1708 130

16 14 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 2811 100 1590 51

17 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 2802 153 1513 87

12 16 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 2750 -345 1500 -207

19 17 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4 2583 345 1409 199

18 18 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 2390 -3 1310 6

20 19 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 4 2367 291 1289 150

21 20 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 4 2346 339 1278 196

23 21 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 2002 129 1090 78

24 22 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 1943 215 1090 133

22 23 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 1701 -185 898 -155

25 24 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 1619 93 842 63

26 25 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 1497 93 817 65

32 26 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 1259 187 659 121

28 27 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 1255 109 665 60

31 28 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 1211 113 584 52

29 29 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 1161 58 574 22

33 30 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 1125 112 523 57

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30 31 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol) 1011 -88 513 -38

34 32 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 914 206 382 72

35 33 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 725 54 383 19

37 34 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 711 97 348 53

38 35 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 711 184 349 102

36 36 BILLY RAY CYRUS/Somebody Said A Prayer (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 634 -12 318 -10

40 37 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 575 143 278 54

39 38 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 500 9 196 5

41 39 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 445 72 199 30

42 40 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 395 23 171 6

Debut 41 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 382 253 160 113

43 42 WHITNEY DUNCAN/When I Said I Would (Warner Bros.) 358 3 172 4

44 43 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 339 -6 159 4

45 44 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 327 47 177 28

47 45 KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) 325 74 142 39

46 46 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 306 46 170 31

Debut 47 TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 252 252 170 170

48 48 LEANN RIMES/What I Cannot Change (Curb) 236 -8 90 -1

49 49 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) 209 -25 87 -11

50 50 MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity) 205 -18 73 -5

56 51 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 205 50 127 31

Debut 52 JEWEL/Till It Feels Like Cheating (Valory) 189 153 72 55

54 53 JAMIE O'NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 188 21 60 12

52 54 KATIE ARMIGER/Unseen (Cold River/Nine North) 186 6 112 5

59 55 JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) 180 35 84 17

53 56 STEVE AZAR/You're My Life (Ride/Dang/CO5) 163 -9 47 -4

Debut 57 TRACY LAWRENCE/You Can't Hide... (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 157 43 46 8

57 58 CHAD HUDSON/Somebody Find Me A Preacher (Robbins) 157 7 43 2

58 59 RANDY TRAVIS/Dig Two Graves (Warner Bros.) 147 0 56 -1

55 60 RICK HUCKABY/Ain't Enough Blacktop (HeadCoach) 146 -9 51 0

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