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Chesney, Flatts & Arista Tops In ‘06 Country Aircheck’sinauguralprinteditionproclaimsKenny Chesneyastheformat’sTopPerformerof2006.ThesameissuecrownsArista/NashvilleastheLabeloftheYearandshowsRascal Flatts’“WhatHurtsTheMost”leadingtheTop100Songs. ChesneytooktopartisthonorsonthestrengthoffourTop15hits,twoofwhichspentacombinedfourweeksatNo.1.Allfourrankamongtheyear’sTop100tunes.TheACMandCMAEntertaineroftheYearfor2006alsofielded one of the year’s top-grossing tours with his “The Road&TheRadio”extravaganza,whichalsoboastedsixstadiumshowsthispastyear. RascalFlatts’No.1songof2006helpedpropeltheband to dizzying -- or is it Disneying? -- heights. The band concluded2006asthebestsellingartistacrossallgenresofmusic.ItwasthesecondconsecutiveyearRFwasthebestsellingCountryartist,but,accordingtothelabel,thefirst time in 14 years that a country artist ended the year withthebestsellingartistalbum.ThelastcountryartisttoaccomplishthatfeatwasBillyRayCyrusin1992.Theband’sMe And My Gang CD is the only artist album released in 2006 to be certified triple platinum by the RIAA. ThedebutCountry Aircheckprintissue,whichhitsthestreetTuesday,featuresaninterviewwithSonyBMGChairmanJoe Galante andArista/NashvilleVP/PromotionSkip Bishop.Galantedescribesworkingonesuperstar
New RepoRteRs; ActivAtoR RepoRteRs sought KCYE(Coyote)/LasVegasandWTDW(TheFox)/DetroithavebeenaddedtotheCountry Aircheck/MediabaseCountrypanel.TheirairplayinformationfromDec.31,2006-Jan.6,2007willbeincludedintheJan.8,2007chart.Stationsnotqualifyingforthepanelbecauseoflowratingsorcurrentpercentageswillbeannouncedlaterthisweek. Country Aircheckisalsoacceptingapplicationfor its new “Activator Chart” panel. The first Activator ChartwillappearintheJanuary8Music Edition.CompiledinconjunctionwithMediabase,theActivatorpanelwillbeacombinationofstationsmonitoredbyMediabaseandreporterssubmittingtheirplaylistsviatheinternet.Submitarequesttoreporter@countryaircheck.com.Pleaseinclude25-54ratingsinfoforthepastyear--sharesandrank--andacurrentplaylist.Inadditiontobeingratingswinners,ActivatorReportersmustmaintainacurrentpercentageof25%andbewillingtosubmitADDSinthecaseofMediabasemonitoredstationsandcurrentairplaylistsandADDSinthecaseofnon-monitoredreporters.SubmissionsareduebyDecember21,2006.
February 27 - Country Radio & DJ Hall of Fame Dinner. www.crb.org
February 28 to March 2 - CRS-38. www.crb.orgMay 15-42nd Annual ACM Awards.www.acmcountry.com
June 7-10 CMA Music Festival www.cmafest.com
Fini ThisisthelastMusic Editionof2006.Thenextfulledition, with the first charts of the New Year, will arrive on Jan.8,2007.Todaywasalsothelastreportingdayoftheyear. There will be no reports on Monday December 25 or January1,2007.Somedatestokeepinmind: >Jan. 3, 2007:ThereturnofCountry Aircheck Today with a news-only version of the CA Music Edition-- or Mini-ME, as we like to call it. >Jan. 8, 2007: The first report day of 2007. Adds from Mediabase-monitored stations will be taken at www.airplayaddboard.com beginning Thursday morning Jan. 4 until Monday Jan. 8 at 3pm ET-Noon PT.
CC Lights Country In Atlanta AsreportedinaCountry Aircheck Breaking Newsupdate earlier today, Clear Channel flipped AC WLTM/Atlanta toCountryatnoonETtoday.Despite denials from CC execs in November, we tipped the move on Nov. 17 and “94.9 The Bull” made its first appearance a week earlier than planned. WLTM has been using the strong cume-magnet of all holiday music since mid-November but launched today with Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochie.” We can’t yet tell you the name of the new PD, but station execs want airchecks and resumes for all dayparts -- including mornings and afternoons -- ASAP. They’re also on the hunt for an on-air APD/MD and a Promotions Director. Send your stuff to 94.9 The Bull, 1819 Peachtree Rd., Ste. 200, Atlanta, GA 30309.
Radio NewsProgramming: KFDI/Wichita, KS MD/midday host Carol Hughes has been promoted to Asst. PD.
Networks & Syndication: Huntsman Entertainment has produced an album preview special for John Anderson’s Easy Money. The special, hosted by Blake Shelton, is available Jan. 25 to Feb. 12. The album is due in May. Contact Shantell Ogden for details: [email protected].
Benefits: CongratstoallthefolksatWUSN/ChicagoonsettinganewSt,Jude“CountryCares”radiothonrecordof $2,103,457. One of the few stations to air the fundraiser justbeforeChristmas,US99campedoutatalocalmalllastThursday and Friday. WUSN wrested the record-holding crownfromKEEY/Minneapolis,whichraisedthebarto$1,900,402 last February. KKBQ&KTHT/HoustonjoinedCoxclustermateEightiesKHPTlastweekforaradiothonraisingmorethan$1.1millionforcancerresearchandawarnessatTexasChildren’sHospital.
Industry News Leadership Music and SOLID will hold the fifth annual Music Row Yard Sale on June 9 in Nashville during CMA Music Festival. The organizations are now accepting donations of industry swag and other items folks in the business are currently cleaning out of their offices. Items can be picked up on Music Row. Contact Cori Dodson at [email protected]. Nashville songwriter Alice Randall along with Carter Little and Courtney Little have authored My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America’s Original Outsider Music. The book includes more than 100 different playlists focused on some of the genre’s most popular topics. George Jones wrote the book’s forward. The Canadian Country Music Association will hold its 2008 CCMA Week on Sept. 5-8 in Winnipeg. The 2007 event is already set for Sept. 7-10 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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tube checkRecord News Former Katapult Director/Regional Promotion Chris Borchetta has joined Big Machine as an independent artist development rep. Effective Jan. 1, new Universal South Sr. VP/GM Fletcher Foster can be reached at 40 Music Square West, Nashville, 37203, phone 615-259-5300, [email protected]. Former Warner Bros./Nashville Nat. Dir./Specialty Programming Joe Redmond has been named to the newly-created post of Dir./National Promotion for Cupit Records. Redmond can be reached at 615-731-0100, ext. 16; 615-414-5488 (cell); or [email protected]. After25yearsinMusicCity,Montage’sTed Wagneris finally realizing one of his biggest dreams. No, his golf handicapdidnothitzero.Hewill,however,gracethestage of the Grand Ole Opry Tuesday night (12/19) as memberofJeff Bates’ band. Wagner will fill-in for regular bassistJoel Van Tassel,whoscheduledafamilyvacationbefore the GOO date came up.
Artist News Show Dog’s Rushlow Harris are featured on the website for Mr. Coffee brand coffee makers, www.mrcoffee.com. The promotion features a link to a GAC Short Cuts series video clip about the duo. Rushlow Harris have also created an e-card campaign around their “Bagpipes Cryin’” single, which can be accessed at http://bamah.com/ecard/rushlowharris/lettersfromhome/. Columbia’s Miranda Lambert and Show Dog’s Flynnville Train will open 2007 dates on Toby Keith’s Hookin’ Up & Hangin’ Out Tour. The tour opens Jan. 25 in Albany, NY. Curb’s Rodney Atkins staged a benefit concert last week for Holston United Methodist Children’s Home in Greenville, TN. The show, presented by WIVK/Knoxville, raised funds for the facility from which Atkins was adopted as an infant. Lonestar and Keni Thomas will perform at Atlanta’s 18th Annual Peach Drop 2007 on New Year’s Eve.
Tuesday (12/26) – LeAnnRimes,Top Videos of 2006,(GAC).
Wednesday (12/27) –KeithAnderson,Top Videos of 2006,(GAC).
Thursday (12/28) – SaraEvans,Top Videos of 2006,(GAC).
Friday (12/29) – JoshTurner,Top Videos of 2006,(GAC).
Chart Chat Considering the hits they’ve had and the albums they’ve sold, it’s hard to believe that “Want To” is Sugarland’s very first No. 1 single. But it is -- and
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biRthDAyscongrats to Mercury VP John Ettinger and his entire crew for nabbing the top spot and giving Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush one heckuva Christmas present.
Milestones We’resaddenedtoreporttheearlySaturdaymorningpassingoflongtimeJackson,MSradiopersonalityScott Mateer. He was 46. The cause of death has not been established;hewas,however,sufferingfromdiabetesandhighbloodpressure.MateerwasontheairinJacksoninthe80sand90s.Hewasthemorningpersonality,andlaterthe PD, of Country legend WMSI/Jackson. He was also on the air at Country WJKK and Oldies WYJS. After radio he co-founded Solarfire Records. Mateer was also co-writer, with Carson Whitsett, of Lorrie Morgan’s 1989 Top 10 “Dear Me,” for which they receivedaGrammynomination.Mateerwasalsothevoiceof “The Preacher” on Queensryche’s album “Operation: Mindcrime.” Fewdetailswereavailableatpresstime.VisitationwillbeWednesdaynightandfuneralserviceswillbeonThursdayat11amattheFirstBaptistChurchinJackson,MS. Condolences are also extended to the family of Debi Fleischer-Robin whose father Philipp Fleischer passed away Dec. 13 at his home in Sherman Oaks, CA. He was 86. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Milton Grossman Early Education Fund c/o The Temple, 5015 Harding Road, Nashville, 37205. Fleischer-Robin can be reached at [email protected] or 851 Neartop Drive, Nashville, 37205.
Week In ReviewFriday, Dec. 15:LegendaryproducerandAtlanticRecordsfounderAhmet Ertegun died Thursday (12/14) at age 83. ThemusicalvisionaryneverrecoveredfromaheadinjurysustainedafterafallwhileattendingaRollingStonesconcert in New York on Oct. 29. •Capitol/NashvillehasreleasedtheentirecareercatalogfromthelateChris LeDoux.Herecorded37
(Deaton Flanigen), Lon Helton (Country Aircheck), Les Leverett and Don Light (Don Light Talent).
Tuesday, Dec. 12: Former WMZQ/Washington morning co-host Jessica Cash has joined Brian Strobel for wake-ups at WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA. • Kenny Chesney is co-producing Willie Nelson’s next album with Buddy Cannon. Songs for the project come from the pens of Kris Kristofferson, Dave Matthews, Guy Clark, Jimmy Buffett, Randy Newman and Nelson.
Thursday, Dec. 14: Clear Channel KIAI/Mason City, IA PD/morning co-host Gary Murdock is leaving the station at year end for an as yet undisclosed PD posting with a new station in West Tennessee. CC/North Iowa OM Tim Fleming is accepting resumes and airchecks at [email protected]. No calls. • Cumulus WKAK/Albany, GA afternoon host Dotty Davis has picked up PD duties from morning host Stew Sawyers who will be leaving the station soon to work with John Berry. This leaves Davis looking for a “young and hungry” morning talent. If you fit the bill, send your resume and aircheck to her at [email protected]. • Clear Channel WMAD/Madison MD/afternoon host Boomer is leaving the station effective Jan. 12, creating an opening PD Jon Reilly is looking to fill. Send your resume and aircheck to him at 2651 South Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, WI 53711. • Warner Bros. Director/Marketing Scott Heuerman has left the label after 18 years. He can be reached at 615-496-7721 or [email protected]. • Hot Air: Look for former Hollywood Records regional Donna Jo Passuntino to join MCA/Nashville’s promo staff. She’ll reportedly fill the Midwest post vacant since George Briner left to join BNA as Dir./National Promotion a few weeks ago. Passuntino handled Hollywood’s Midwest region for eight years out of Chicago, where she’ll continue to be based. • The RIAA has issued platinum certification for Sugarland’s Enjoy The Ride.Wednesday, Dec. 13:New officers for the Country Music Retirement Community are President Randy Himes (AFTRA), Exec. VP Tandy Rice (Top Billing), Treasurer Paul Corbin and Secretary Jeanne Pruett. New directors include Debbie Carroll (MusiCares), George Flanigen
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Aircheck Activity includes 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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