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                                                                                                                                                                  December 12, 2022 • Issue 837
BBR, Wallen, Lynch & Porter Lead ‘22
    After 13 years, there’s a new airplay chart share champ:
Broken Bow Records, fueled in no small part by the year’s No.
                               1 song, Dustin Lynch f/MacKenzie
                               Porter’s “Thinking ‘Bout You.” Full
                               data on 2022 airplay, including the
                               Top 100 songs, Top Performers and
                               label chart share, are out this week in
                               Country Aircheck’s year-end print
                               issue ... but here’s the topline:
                                  Likely no surprise, but Morgan
       MacKenzie Porter
       and Dustin Lynch        Wallen    was the most-heard
                               artist overall, followed by Jason
                      Aldean, Luke Combs, Lynch and Carrie
                      Underwood. The latter leads the Female                                                       You Cake It Easy: Country Aircheck staffers present a cake
                      category, edging Miranda Lambert, who is                                                     to the BBR team to commemorate their Label of the Year win.
                      followed by Lainey Wilson, Maren Morris                                                      Pictured (l-r) are the label‘s Carson James, Jon Loba and
                      and Kelsea Ballerini. Zac Brown Band                                                         Lee Adams, CA‘s Chris Huff, April Johnson and Chuck
                      are the top Duo/Group, and Jackson Dean                                                      Aly and the label‘s Shelley Hargis, Renee Leymon, Ellen
                      is the top New Artist.                                                                       Mundy Ford and JoJamie Hahr.
                          After the Lynch/Porter top song, Cody
 Morgan Wallen        Johnson’s “Til You Can’t” is No. 2, Aldean &
                      Underwood’s “If I Didn’t Love You” is No. 3,                                              Chart Policies & Calendar
                      Parmalee’s “Take My Name” is No. 4 and                                                        Here’s a recap of newly updated Country
                      Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots” rounds out the                                                Aircheck/Mediabase chart policies as well
                      top five.                                                                                 as significant dates for 2023.
                          As for the Label of the Year battle, it was                                               Remaining Schedule: This is the final
                      a photo finish between BBR with 9.58%                                                     add day and chart for 2022. Going forward:
                      of airplay, and 13-year reigning champs                                                   • Monday, Dec. 19: No adds, no chart, no weekly
                      Capitol, who amassed 9.56%. Those two,                                                    • Tuesday, Dec. 27-Thursday, Dec. 29:
            Carrie                                                                                              December PPM ratings published.
      Underwood along with third-place Big Loud (9.0%) were
                      well aware of how close the race was as the                                               • Wednesday, Dec. 28: Country Aircheck Weekly music-free edition
year wound down.                                                                                                published with news updates, CDM ratings and more.
    “I was a dog on a bone,” BBR co-VP/Promotion Lee Adams                                                      • Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023: First chart with no trending and no adds;
says of the drive to the finish. “Last year, we had the opportunity to                                          published in first 2023 edition of Country Aircheck Weekly
be top five, so knowing how close we were this year, I drilled down                                             • Monday, January 9: First add day of 2023; trending resumes.
on every song and rotation.”                                                                                        Adds & Activator Reporting Window: The Mediabase site
                                                   (continued on page 11)                                       is open for reporting adds and Activator playlists beginning 4am
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CHRISTMAS FAVES,                           Just Be Claus                        ET/2am CT/1am PT Wednesday through 3pm ET/2pm CT/ noon
                                                                                PT on Mondays, except for the holidays noted below when the
                                                                                deadline shifts to Tuesday at those times. All reporting must be
Programmers offer their all-time favorite and current country holiday           completed before closing time. Even if a reporter is in the system
tunes. Turns out, “O Holy Night” is pretty elfin’ popular, and more men
than women are willing to admit their love for Mariah Carey.
                                                                                at 1:59 PM CT, if they have not submitted, they will be locked out
                                                                                and no adds will be recorded. A successfully submitted report will
                 Audacy & WUSN/Chicago’s Marci Braun                            result in a confirmation email to the reporter. Absolutely no late
                 All-time favorite: “O Holy Night,” traditional. “Like, the     adds will be taken by phone or email after the deadline.
                 in-church version.”                                                 Monday Holidays: The following are observed by Country
                 Current country favorite: “O Holy Night” by Martina McBride    Aircheck/Mediabase:
MARCI BRAUN
                                                                                • Jan. 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
                 WMZQ/Washington’s Corey Calhoun
                 All-time: “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey    • Feb. 21, President’s Day
                 Current : “Glow” by Brett Eldredge                             • May 29, Memorial Day
                                                                                • Sept. 4, Labor Day
                 WGH/Norfolk’s Karen West                                            Play Limits: Mediabase will credit a maximum of two plays
COREY CALHOUN
                 All-time: “Hard Candy Christmas” by Dolly Parton. “Hey, I      on any individual song across any 60-minute period.
                 know it’s sad, but sometimes I feel like running away from          Spin Discrepancies: The deadline for submitting any
                 home at Christmas, too ... especially when there’s a sink      spin discrepancies that affect the Country Aircheck/Mediabase
                 full of dishes.”                                               Published Country Chart is 5pm CT Sunday each week. Please
                 Current: “Santa Claus Was My Uber Driver” by Lee Brice.
                                                                                direct all queries to mbaction@mediabase.com.
                 “It’s about John, our Uber Santa right here in Virginia
                 Beach, y’all!”                                                      Chart Year: The 2023 Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart
                                                                                year began with airplay from the week of Nov. 6-12, 2022
 KAREN WEST
                 WSLC/Roanoke’s Brett Sharp                                     (11/14/22 chart) and concludes with airplay for the week of Nov.
                 All-time: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Garth               5-11, 2023 (11/13/23 chart).
                 Brooks. “But Brad Paisley’s ‘James Penguin’ would be a              Label Chart Share Policy: Label chart share will be awarded
                 close second.”                                                 for all chart-year airplay received by any song spending at least
                 Current: “Little Drummer Boy” by Carrie Underwood “with        one week on the Top 50 chart. Any song crediting more than one
 BRETT SHARP     her son, Isaiah.”                                              artist (featuring, with, &, etc.) and crediting each respective artist’s
                                                                                promotion team as printed in Country Aircheck during the song’s
                 KFRG/Riverside’s Heather Froglear
                 All-time: “O Holy Night” by Celine Dion. “How she              chart run will result in airplay being assigned equally to each label.
                 delivers it just buckles my knees.”
                 Current: “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” by Rascal Flatts. “As
                 a military brat moving all over the U.S. as a kid, this song   Radiothons: Country Radio Strong
   HEATHER       has such special meaning to me.”                                     Country radio showed its power this past week, as dozens of
  FROGLEAR                                                                      stations aired their annual radiothons, the vast majority benefitting
                 KPLM/Palm Springs, CA’s Kory James                             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Across the 53 stations
                 “What’s my favorite Christmas song?! This is like asking       for which Country Aircheck collected results, a total of more
                 which one of your children is your favorite, or what’s         than $14 million dollars was raised. Radiothons are demanding,
                 your favorite cheese, or for me to pick between Christmas      require long hours and can be emotionally draining, but this
                 Vacation or Elf! It cannot be answered!”
 KORY JAMES                                                                     list (pg. 8) is proof positive that all the effort is worth it. Country
                 SiriusXM The Highway & Y2KCountry’s “Trapper”                  Aircheck salutes all those involved for a job well done.
                 John Morris
                 All-time: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon
                 and Yoko Ono                                                   Chart Chat
“TRAPPER” JOHN   Current: “Silent Night” by Gabby Barrett                          Congratulations to Luke Bryan, Royce Risser, Bobby Young,
                                                                                David Friedman and the Capitol promotion team on taking
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CHRISTMAS FAVES,                             Just Be Claus                      “Country On” to No. 1 this week. Jumping from
                                                                                sixth place is the largest move into the top spot
                                                                                since LoCash made the same six-to-one leap
Programmers offer their all-time favorite and current country holiday           with “One Big Country Song” in Aug. 2020. This
tunes. Turns out, “O Holy Night” is pretty elfin’ popular, and more men         is Bryan’s 28th No. 1 as a lead artist and his 30th
than women are willing to admit their love for Mariah Carey (continued          including collaborations; it also comes almost
from page 4).                                                                   exactly 13 years to the day after his first, “Do I,”
                                                                                hit the top on Dec. 14, 2009. Bryan is now tied
                  Bonneville/Sacramento & KNCI’s Chad Rufer                     with Blake Shelton in seventh place for most         Luke Bryan
                  All-time: “Dominick The Donkey” by Lou Monte
                  Current: “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” by Blake
                                                                                all-time No. 1s as a lead artist. Songwriters are
                  Shelton & Gwen Stefani                                        Mark Nesler, David Frasier, Mitch Oglesby and Styles Haury.
RUFER’S “OFFICE                                                                       And kudos to Kristen Williams and the Warner/WEA
  DOG” ROOF
                  KWEN/Tulsa’s Jenny Law                                        promotion team on notching 63 adds for Bailey Zimmerman’s
                  All-time: “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano. “Specifically,   “Rock And A Hard Place” to top this week’s Add Board. The track,
                  the way my late mother sang it.”                              which has already logged 19 weeks on the CA Activator chart,
                  Current: “There’s A New Kid In Town” by George Strait         debuts at No. 40 on the main chart this week.
 JENNY LAW (L)
WITH DAUGHTER     KUZZ/Bakersfield’s Brent Michaels
    HARPER
                  All-time: “O Holy Night.” “Any version.”
                  Current: “Officially Christmas” by Dan + Shay. “They
                                                                                News & Notes
                                                                                     Blue Chair/Warner/WEA’s Kenny Chesney is honoring
                  are so good with the original Christmas music. It’s fun,
                  it’s catchy.”
                                                                                his rescue dog, Ruby – who passed away last week – with the
                                                                                release of fan-favorite “Da Ruba Girl,” a song inspired by Ruby.
BRENT MICHAELS    WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH’s Ginny Brophey                           All proceeds from the track will benefit Stray Rescue Of St.
                  All-time: “Little Drummer Boy” by For King & Country          Louis. Additional donations in Ruby’s name can be made here by
                  Current: “One favorite? Impossible. Anything on the           including the note “In Honor of Da Ruba Girl.”
                  Martina McBride White Christmas album, ‘Christmas In               Musicians On Call and HCA Healthcare are collaborating
                  The Country’ by Thomas Rhett, ‘Christmas For Every Boy        to bring MOC’s live music programs to additional hospitals
GINNY BROPHEY     And Girl’ from Clint Black, ‘Glow’ by Brett Eldredge and      nationwide. As part of the deal, HCA is giving $1 million to fund
                  Dan + Shay’s ‘Holiday Party’ are all up there, though.”       the creation and launch of MOC’s online platform designed to
                  KAWO/Boise’s Kyle Matthews
                                                                                enhance program delivery and enable the organization to reach
                  All-time: “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by                more patients and healthcare workers.
                  Mariah Carey                                                       Reviver’s Brooke Moriber is donating a portion of proceeds
KYLE MATTHEWS     Current: “Home” by Blake Shelton “with Michael                from her cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas
 (L) WITH WIFE    Freakin’ Bublé!”                                              Is You” to EB Research Partnership to help find a cure for
   JAMIE AND
THEIR TWO FUR                                                                   Epidermolysis Bullosa. Information here.
     BABIES.      KBEQ/Kansas City’s Todd Nixon                                      RCA’s Kane Brown has partnered with Rue21 to create a
                  All-time: “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Live)” by           new line of clothing and accessories called Rue21 x Kane Brown.
                  Bruce Springsteen                                             Available now here.
                  Current: “All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan” by
                  Kenny Chesney
                                                                                     Ashley McBryde, Joe Nichols, Collin Raye, Mackenzie
 TODD NIXON
                                                                                Carpenter and Josh Ross have joined the lineup of the Big
                  WHKO/Dayton’s Nancy Wilson                                    Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta, Canada Aug. 3-6, 2023.
                  All-time: “Christmas In Dixie” by Alabama                     Details and ticketing here.
                  Current: “Mary Did You Know?” by Kenny Rogers and                  Alberta’s installment of the Country Thunder festival has
                  Wynonna. “I truly love country Christmas songs!”              added Bailey Zimmerman to the lineup scheduled for Aug.
NANCY WILSON                                                                    18-20, 2023. Zimmerman will also perform at Country Thunder in
                                                                                Kissimmee, FL Oct. 20-22, 2023. More here.
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                          Country Radiothon Station Totals
Station(s)                         Beneficiary                        Total     Station(s)                                 Beneficiary                          Total
KRST/Albuquerque           St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $200,315   KSSN/Little Rock                   St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $140,585
WUBL/Atlanta               St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $481,285   WAMZ/Louisville                    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $123,529
WPOC/Baltimore             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $391,539   WGKX/Memphis                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $321,079
KYKR/Beaumont              St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $72,025   WMIL/Milwaukee & WMAD/Madison, WI St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital       $261,902
WDXB/Birmingham            St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $281,180   WKSJ/Mobile                        St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $247,430
WBWL/Boston                St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $449,325   WSIX/Nasvhille                     St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $422,970
WKKT/Charlotte             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $216,064   WNOE/New Orleans                   St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $206,770
WUSY/Chattanooga           St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $556,129   WGH/Norfolk                        St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $211,840
WUSN/Chicago               St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $805,213   KTST/Oklahoma City                 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital       $85,372
WGAR/Cleveland             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $253,441   WPAP/Panama City                   St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital       $67,979
WCOL/Columbus, OH          St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $423,988   KMLE/Phoenix                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $331,110
                                                                                WDSY/Pittsburgh                    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $132,531
KCCY/Colorado Springs      St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $92,765
                                                                                KUPL/Portland, OR                  St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $301,205
KRYS/Corpus Christi        St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $36,170
                                                                                WLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL            St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $103,538
KPLX & KSCS/Dallas                Cook Children’s Hospital         $1,045,469   WNCB/Raleigh                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $115,954
KYGO/Denver                St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $438,875   KFRG/Riverside                   Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital    $150,179
WYCD/Detroit               St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $705,100   WYYD/Roanoke                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital       $52,211
WDSD/Dover, DE             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $93,337   KUBL/Salt Lake City                St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $166,315
KHEY/El Paso               St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $27,246   KAJA/San Antonio                   St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $509,407
KKIX/Fayetteville, AR      St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $106,384   KCYY/San Antonio                    Children’s Hospital of San Antonio        $115,820
WBCT/Grand Rapids             Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital        $551,400   KSON/San Diego                     St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $270,123
WSSL/Greenville, SC        St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $206,276   KBAY/San Jose                      St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $104,165
WTQR/Greensboro            St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $131,029   KNUC/Seattle                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $253,460
WWYZ/Hartford              St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $304,422   WFUS/Tampa                         St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $211,309
WQIK/Jacksonville          St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $212,317   WKKO/Toledo                        St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital       $70,045
WIVK/Knoxville             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $373,658   WMZQ/Washington                    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $605,339
KWNR/Las Vegas             St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital     $165,380   KZSN/Wichita                       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      $136,347

                                          OVERALL TOTAL: $14,338,846
     Lady A, Chris Young, Brett Eldredge and Justin Moore                           Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan will headline Railbird Music
will be among the performers at 2023 Jiffy Lube Country in the                  Festival 2023 June 3 and 4 in Lexington, KY. Details here.
Park, May 5 and 6 at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Details here.                          PickleJar is launching a new ticketing service within its app
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platform. More info here.                                                “That’s a pretty big dang deal, telling the road
    Virtual News Center has added WGSQ/Cookeville, TN as                 crew, ‘All right guys, try something new.’” For
an affiliate of its local newscast service. More info here.              someone whose career was built, in part, on
                                                                         relentless touring, it’s also an adjustment. “I
                                                                         recently took [my bus] down to see my grandpa
The Week’s Top Stories                                                   in Texas just because she needed a ride, but I
    Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.                                didn’t have my bus legs under me. I was like,
• Lafayette, LA’s Country stations and the return of St. Jude’s This     ‘Oh, this is a scary feeling not being used to                Miranda
Shirt Saves Lives campaign were featured in last week’s (12/5)           the bus rolling.’ But it’s just for a time. I’m not           Lambert
Country Aircheck Weekly.                                                 really touring for the next year-and-a-half,
• Capitol/Nashville VP/Promotion Bobby Young is retiring Dec.            so Vegas is kind of it. I’m inviting the change, and the crowds
16. (CAT 12/9)                                                           have been amazing. It’s an opportunity for people to see me who
• Premiere Networks’ Annie Zidarevich was elevated to SVP/               haven’t had me in their market.”
West Coast Operations. (CAT 12/8)                                             By The Numbers: Country’s 2022 didn’t post many feel-
• Saga Interim CEO Warren Lada was elected Chairman of the               good stats. In PPM markets, Country radio is down in both share
Board of Directors. (CAT 12/7)                                           and cume. Country’s market share of recorded music was down
• Travis Daily joined KUBL/Salt Lake City as PD/afternoon                slightly, as well. The issue also includes the In Memoriam list of
host. (CAT 12/5)                                                         industry pros who passed this year, but it does not include this
• Scotty O’Brien was upped to BBRMG VP/Promotion,                        sobering statistic: The number of Chronicle obituaries Country
Marketing, SXM Radio. (CAT 12/5)                                         Aircheck wrote in 2022 was 102, two shy of last year’s all-time
• Chronicle: Norm Pattiz, Peter Cooper.                                  high. In fact, the five-year low of 51 in 2018 rose to 54 in 2019,
                                                                         92 in 2020 and 104 last year.
BBR, Wallen, Lynch & Porter Lead ‘22                                          Nevertheless, the business continues to build careers –
                                                                         professionally and artistically. And the nationwide small town
                                            (continued from page 1)
                                                                         inhabited by everyone from promotion interns at far-flung radio
Adds co-VP Shelley Hargis Gaines, “From the early days                   stations to C-suite Nashville execs remains in it together. Lambert
when no indie labels were really on the map, we had to be                gets the last word: “Country has always been very good about
scrappy. We could easily have gotten jaded, but I challenge any          supporting each other,” she says. “Country music is a family. We’re
rookie in the business to match our tenacity and passion.” Newly         not all best friends. Everybody doesn’t always get along or like
elevated BBRMG VP & BBR Southeast regional Scotty O’Brien                each other’s music all the time. [But] I don’t ever want it to divide.
has questions about the chart share victory. “It’s very exciting, but    Everybody shares in this passion for country music, and that’s what
my understanding is it doesn’t come with a bonus, a free lunch,          bonds us, even though we’re all different.”
balloons, dinner or cake. So, it’s almost more interesting what it
doesn’t mean.” (Ed. Note: Actually, Scotty, cake was provided [see
photo, page 1].)

Top Stories, Miranda & More                                                                        Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com
    Beyond the year in music, Country Aircheck’s December                                         Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com
issue looks at Top Stories of 2022, gets the awards week travelog
                                                                                           Caitlin DeForest, caitlin@countryaircheck.com
for CMA Radio Award winners, previews labels’ top new music
priorities for 2023 and, in The Interview, asks Miranda Lambert                              Monta Vaden, monta@countryaircheck.com
about her ever-expanding brand.                                                                    Chris Huff, chris@countryaircheck.com
    Among the changes in Lambert’s life is her residency, the Velvet
Rodeo. “We moved 23 people to Vegas,” she says.

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Care Bares
Country Cares For St. Jude Kids
                                                     Ingrid Andress       Dylan Scott

   WGH/Norfolk’s Keith Barton, Cash, Jimmy                                               KSON/San Diego’s John Flint,
   Ray Dunn, Stephanie Taylor, Annaliese, Karen                                          Kimo Jensen, Tammy Lee, Jessica
   West (l-r).                                                                           Chenoweth, Brooks O’ Brian (l-r).

   WCOL/Columbus, OH’s Dan Zuko
   and Kayla Hanley .

                                                                      Cody Johnson

                                                                      Kelsea Ballerini

                                                                                         WMIL/Milwaukee & WMAD/Madison’s Shannen O, Ridder,
                                                                                         Hannah, Scott Dolphin, Chelsey, Erik Tasker, and Shanna
                                                                                         “Quinn” Cudeck (l-r).
                                                                      Jelly Roll

  WUSN/Chicago’sScotty Kay.

                                                                       WDSY/Pittsburgh’s Maria Potts and Cadillac Jack (center)
                                                                       with St. Jude patient Elias (r) and his father George (l).
Chris Janson   Carly Pearce   Parker McCollum   Lainey Wilson

  KUPL/Portland, OR’s Danny                                             KFRG/Riverside’s Anthony Donatelli,
  Dwyer (l) Jake Byron.                                                 Heather Froglear, Dana Swearingen (l-r).

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Content Paul Layendecker is looking for a MD/                             Walker is searching for a midday personality.                               PD Keith “Fish” James is seeking a morning co-host
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and airchecks here.                                                            Saga Group PD Scott Chase is looking for a                             send résumés, cover letters and airchecks to James here.
      Cumulus WFMS/Indianapolis OM/PD                                     morning host to join WCVL/Charlottesville, VA.
Christopher “Boomer” Layfield is searching for a                          Complete job posting here; send résumés and airchecks                                                WEST COAST
Digital Content Dir./midday personality. Complete job                     to Chase here.
description and application here.                                              Saga/Charlottesville, VA OM Paul “Uncle                                     Bicoastal/Centralia, WA OM/Sports Dir. &
      Hubbard/Bemidji, MN OM Kev Jackson is                               Pauly” McDaniel is seeking a Dir./Production for                            Country WMNT afternoon personality Ryan Trotter
seeking a PD/morning host for Country KBHP. See                           the six-station cluster that includes Country WCVL.                         is heading up the search for his own successor. Send
the complete job posting here; send résumés and                           Complete job description here; send résumés,                                résumés and airchecks to him here.
airchecks here.                                                           production samples and airchecks to McDaniel here.                               AGM Regional Mgr. Rich Watson is looking for a
      Sound Management/Bloomington, IN EVP/                                    Saga Classic Country WSIG/Harrisonburg, VA                             PD/morning host for Country KSNI/Santa Maria, CA.
Pres. Arthur Angotti III is looking for a GM/DOS for                      OM Brandy Lindsey is searching for a PD. Send résumés                       See the complete job posting here; send résumés, social
the cluster that includes Country WHCC. Send résumés                      and airchecks to here here.                                                 links and airchecks here.
to him here.                                                                   Forever WOGY/Jackson, TN EVP Jared Mims is                                  Washington Interstate Broadcasting KUNK/Kelso,
      Midwest KTWB/Sioux Falls, SD OM Tom                                 searching for a morning co-host who will also write and                     WA GM/OM/PD John Paul is searching for a morning
Gjerdrum is looking for a morning co-host. Send                           produce newscasts each morning. Send résumés and                            host. See the complete job posting here; send résumés
résumés, cover letters and airchecks to him here.                         airchecks to him here.                                                      and airchecks to Paul here.
      Linder Radio KRUE/Waseca, MN is seeking a PD/                            Stephens Country KLAA & Classic Country KBBK/                               Results Radio/Redding, CA MM Beth Tappan
afternoon host to succeed Ben Merritt. Send résumés                       Alexandria, LA SVPP Bob Thornton is looking for                             and SVP/Strategic Development Dave Shakes
and airchecks here.                                                       an experienced PD/on-air talent to join the cluster. Send                   are looking for an OM for the five-station cluster
      Midwest WXCL/Peoria, IL OM Rick Hirschmann                          résumés, references and airchecks to him here.                              that includes Country KNCQ. See the complete job
is searching for a Brand Mgr./afternoon personality. See                       South Georgia Broadcasters WBYZ/Baxley,                                description here; send résumés here.
the complete job description here; send résumés and                       GA Pres. Jim Graham is seeking a PD/MD/on-air                                    Townsquare KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO Brand Mgr.
airchecks to Hirschmann here.                                             personality. Send résumés, cover letters and airchecks to                   Matt Sparx is hunting for a morning host. See the
      Hoosier WCJC/Kokomo, IN OM/PD Big John                              him here.                                                                   complete job description and apply here.
Morgan is seeking an APD/Prod. Dir./afternoon                                  Curtis/Lenoir, NC OM Dave Thomas is looking                                 Buck Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield PD Brent
personality who can also handle middays on Rock                           for a morning host for Country WKVS. Send résumés                           Michaels is searching for a full-time evening
sister WMYK. Send résumés, production samples and                         and airchecks to him here.                                                  personality. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.
airchecks to him here.                                                         Bristol Broadcasting Country WMEV/Marion, VA                                Momentum KJUG/Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil
      MacDonald WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD Jason                              GM Roger Bouldin is seeking a morning personality.                          is looking for an APD/midday personality. Complete
Addams is searching for future full-time on-air staff,                    Send résumés and airchecks to him here.                                     job posting here; send résumés, social media profiles,
including morning show hosts and teams. Complete                               Delta Media Classic Country KOGM/Lafayette,                            mobile content, examples of past success and airchecks
job posting here; send résumés and airchecks to                           LA Station Captain Tanya Ardoin is looking for a                            to McNeil here.
Addams here.                                                              midday host. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.
      Titan KBKB/Burlington, IA OM Savanna Evans                               First Natchez/Natchez, MS Group PD Kidd                                                              OTHER
is on the hunt for an afternoon personality who can                       Conley is seeking a five-station APD to do live middays                          iHeartMedia/Premiere Networks SVP/Talent
handle board op duties for KBKB and Hot AC sister                         on Country WQNZ. Send résumés, production demos                             & Brand Integration Rick Murray is seeking a Mgr./
KGRS. See the complete job description here; send                         and airchecks to Conley here.                                               Brand Integration & Digital Design. See the complete
résumés and airchecks here.                                                    Forever EVP/Programming, Digital & Sales                               job description and apply here; send résumés to
		                                                                        Development Jared Mims is on the hunt for a GM                              Murray here.
                       NORTHEAST                                          for the Bowling Green, KY and Glasgow, KY markets.                               OH Creative owner Olivia Hanceri is looking
                                                                          Oversight includes Country WBVR/Bowling Green                               for a full-time, Nashville-based assistant. Send résumés
     Audacy/Rochester, NY VP/GM Sue Munn is                               and Classic Country WLYE/Glasgow. See the complete
looking for Brand Mgr. for the five-station cluster that                                                                                              and cover letters here.
                                                                          job description here; send résumés here.                                         RIAA Chief Communications Officer Mitch
includes Country WBEE. Complete job description and                            Alpha/Fredericksburg, VA is looking for an OM
application here.                                                                                                                                     Glazier is searching for an Assoc./Communications for
                                                                          & Country WFLS Dir./Content to succeed Bill West.                           the Washington, DC-based team. See the complete job
     WBEE OM Cooper Fox is also searching for a                           Complete job description and application here.
morning host/content creator. See the complete job                                                                                                    description and apply via LinkedIn here.
                                                                               Gulf South WTVY/Dothan, AL PD Duke Rice is                                  Riser House Mgr./Label Megan Schultz is
posting and apply here.                                                   seeking an afternoon on-air talent to join the station.
     Townsquare/Atlantic City, NJ Dir./Content Joe                                                                                                    looking to add a Project Mgr. to the team. Complete job
                                                                          Send résumés and airchecks to him here.                                     description here; send résumés to Schultz here.
Kelly is on the hunt for an Asst. Dir./Digital & Radio                         Beasley/Tampa MM Steve Triplett is looking for
Content to join the cluster that includes Country WPUR.                   a PD/Brand Mgr. to join Country WQYK. Send résumés
Complete job description and application here.                            and cover letters to him here.
     Forever/Ocean City, MD MM Mark                                            Mississippi Broadcaster WOKK/Meridian, MS PD
Schollenberger is looking for a morning personality                       Todd Berry is searching for a live-and-local morning
to join Country WCHK. Send résumés and airchecks to                       host or team. See the complete job posting here; send
him here.                                                                 résumés, cover letters and airchecks to Berry here.
     Seven Mountains Chief Programming Officer JC                              Crain KWCK/Searcy, AR GM Nick Allan is on
Burton is on the hunt for a PD to helm Country WPIG/                      the hunt for a cluster OM and a PD/MD/on-air talent.
Olean, NY. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.
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                                                                                                                                                                SEEK & EMPLOY
 SEEKING JOBS
•Tony Kelly                                                               •Mark McKay                                                                 •Annie Brooks
Former WUSN/Chicago morning producer                                      Former Riser House Dir./Southeast Promotion                                 Former Triple Tigers Dir./West Coast Regional
KellyT_60468@yahoo.com                                                    MMcKay973@gmail.com                                                         Promotion
708-642-8518                                                                                                                                          AnneFBrooks@gmail.com
                                                                          •Amber Rainey
•Greg Cole                                                                Former KSON/San Diego middays
Former WKCQ/Saginaw, MI OM/PD                                                                                                                         •Tony Randall
                                                                          AmberRaineyOnAir@gmail.com
GCole27000@gmail.com                                                                                                                                  Former WIVK/Knoxville morning host
916-502-4734                                                              •Tami Rumfelt                                                               Tony@tonyandkris.com
                                                                          Former WPAW/Greensboro afternoons
•Marc Lavik (aka Dave Marcus)                                             TamiRumfelt@gmail.com                                                       •Kris Rochester
Former on-air talent                                                                                                                                  Former WIVK/Knoxville morning host
ZimaGuy@gmail.com                                                         •Mike McKay                                                                 Kris@tonyandkris.com
401-467-6737                                                              Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI Brand Mgr./
                                                                          mornings
•Cory Mikhals                                                                                                                                         •Cody Underwood
                                                                          McKProd@charter.net
Former KIZN/Boise morning co-host                                                                                                                     Former WIVK/Knoxville morning producer
CoryProductions@icloud.com                                                •Jimmy Elliott                                                              Underwood.A.Cody@gmail.com
                                                                          Former WOVK/Wheeling, WV WPP/PD/MD/mornings
•”Big” John Horton                                                        JimmyElliottSchlosser@gmail.com                                             •Brian Taylor
Former KFSA/Ft. Smith, AR afternoon host                                                                                                              Former KATC/Colorado Springs
BigJohn@TheBigJohnShow.com                                                •Amy Lynn                                                                   midday personality
                                                                          Former WCKT/Ft. Myers, FL middays                                           BrianTaylorLive@gmail.com
•Kris Richards
                                                                          AmyLynnRadio@gmail.com
Former WKJO/Smithfield, NC afternoons
FireCop947@yahoo.com                                                                                                                                  •Scott Gaines
                                                                          •Bill “Stu” Stewart
                                                                                                                                                      Former Summit/Knoxville OM & WCYQ PD
                                                                          Former KASH/Anchorage, AK PD/morning co-
•AJ McCloud                                                                                                                                           GainesRadio@gmail.com
                                                                          host
Former WWFF/Huntsville, AL APD/afternoons
                                                                          602-785-5329
AJ.McCloud@charter.net
                                                                          BStu1013@gmail.com                                                          •T.J. “J.T.” Michaels
256-503-2301
                                                                                                                                                      Former WCPV/Burlington, VT PD/afternoons
                                                                          •Jess Tyler
•Bill Hickok                                                                                                                                          TJMichaelsRadio@gmail.com
                                                                          Former WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH Brand Mgr./
Former KBMR/Bismark, ND morning host                                                                                                                  802-249-3570
                                                                          MD/middays
BillHickok1950@gmail.com                                                  JTyler1999@yahoo.com
                                                                                                                                                      •Caitlin “CJ” Johnson
•Amy Nic
                                                                          •Jim Pearson                                                                Former KKBQ/Houston afternoons
Former WAMZ/Louisville afternoon host
                                                                          Former KDBL/Yakima, WA PD/mornings                                          Caitlin.M.Johnson25@gmail.com
AmyNicRadioChick@gmail.com
                                                                          JimsCoolEmail@gmail.com
                                                                          831-261-1822                                                                •Newman
•Ron “Keyes” Stevens
Former WQRB/Eau Claire, WI afternoon host                                                                                                             Former WRBT/Harrisburg, PA PD/MD/afternoons
                                                                          •Aaron “Gator” Glass                                                        Newman@mooremusicdjs.net
RonStvns@yahoo.com
                                                                          Former WQNU/Louisville mornings
                                                                          GatorGlass.53@gmail.com
•Scott Davidson                                                                                                                                       •Charlie Maxx
Former WHOF-HD2/Canton, OH PD/on-air host                                                                                                             Former WXTU/Philadelphia APD/middays
                                                                          •Carly Quinn
Davidson1023@gmail.com                                                                                                                                & Dir./Production
                                                                          Former WGH/Norfolk morning co-host
                                                                          NewEnglandClamChowder2021@yahoo.com                                         ChazMaxx@gmail.com
•Trace Hamilton
                                                                          757-617-8171
Former WEBG/Chicago night host
                                                                                                                                                      •Jonathan Wier
TheTraceHamilton@gmail.com                                                •Chuck Akers                                                                Former WKLB/Boston morning co-host
                                                                          Former KTHT/Houston morning co-host
•Ryan McCall                                                                                                                                          JonWierWLCA@gmail.com
                                                                          chuckakers@comcast.net
Former WGLR/Platteville, WI MD/afternoons
RyanMcCall@yahoo.com                                                      •Kyle Murphy                                                                •Brian Mulhern
                                                                          Former KSJB-AM/Jamestown, ND                                                Former WCTK/Providence morning host
•David Dean                                                               morning personality                                                         BriPharm@gmail.com
Former KXDD/Yakima, WA afternoons                                         KyleMurphyRadio@gmail.com
DaviDean5@gmail.com                                                                                                                                   •Quinn Alexander
                                                                          •Gail Austin                                                                Former WCJC/Kokomo, IN middays
•Brian “Wookie” Kostek                                                    Former KSD/St. Louis PD/on-air personality                                  Quist23@gmail.com
Former WDSY/Pittsburgh APD/MD/afternoons                                  GailHowell7@gmail.com
BKostek24@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                      •“Vic D” Dominguez
                                                                          •“Amanda McGraw” Burd
•Kim Brixton                                                                                                                                          Former KUZZ/Bakersfield nights
                                                                          Former KHGE/Fresno & KOSO/Modesto, CA PD/
Former WNWN/Battle Creek, MI mornings/middays                             on-air talent                                                               VicDRadio22@gmail.com
KimBrixton@gmail.com                                                      AmandaABurd@gmail.com
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LW   TW    Artist/Title (Label)                                              Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

 6   1       LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol)                             4
                                                                                 25707      4687     7535       1353     30.941 5.866        155      0
             (Mark Nesler, David Frasier, Mitch Oglesby, Styles Haury)

 3    2      JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek)                       22836       262     6938       139      26.318 -0.101       153      0

 4    3      JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek)                               22587       907     6681       286      26.139 1.384        156      0

 5    4      JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA)                       22218      1031     6611       383      26.572 0.897        156      0

 9    5      NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 4                                20455      2112     5996       687      24.505     1.18     156      0

 1    6      BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Elektra/Warner/WEA) 4                19975      -7653    5746      -2501     28.147 -6.485       156      0

10    7      KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA) 4                        19419      2088     5671       577      23.957 2.151        154      0

 7    8      GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR)                               18675      -422     5513        -60     21.663 -0.994       156      0

11    9      JASON ALDEAN/That's What Tequila... (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 15634              221     4568        71      18.999 0.124        156      0

12    10     ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle (Home Grown/Warner/WAR) 14700                 -202     4325        -22     16.338 -0.777       156      0

17    11     MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud) 4                  13813      2272     4117       738      15.408 2.168        156      3

13    12     LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck (Broken Bow)                       13795        10     4108         8      14.297 -0.85        156      0

15    13     LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone (River House/Columbia)                13155       800     3950       255      14.787 1.294        156      2

14    14     BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't (BMLGR)                                      13041        42     3863        72      13.485 -0.666       154      0

16    15     CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do (Big Machine)                        12421       143     3728        21      12.737 -0.511       154      0

19    16     HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Big Loud/Broken Bow)           11543       498     3480       101      12.361 0.095        152      1

18    17     DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold (Capitol)                                       11451       237     3330        97      12.073 -0.151       154      0

20    18     PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA)                                 11020       355     3217       148      11.451 0.227        155      0

21    19     BLAKE SHELTON/No Body (Warner/WMN)                                  9424         -8     2854        32      9.059 -0.841        151      1

 8    20     JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine)                       9126       -9343    2785      -2771     9.741 -9.784        156      0

22    21     COREY KENT/Wild As Her (Combustion/RCA)                             8969        746     2620       222      8.376     0.753     144      2

23    22     SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA)                               8693        738     2475       161      8.098      0.71     149      1

25    23     CODY JOHNSON/Human (Warner/CoJo/WMN)                                7432        200     2229        66      7.959     0.178     139      4

26    24     KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol)                               7415        304     2187        84         7     -0.105     150      2

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 LW   TW      Artist/Title (Label)                                            Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
 28    26      SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR)                            7001       1002     2020       292      6.391     0.464     142      6

 31    27      DAN + SHAY/You (Warner/WAR)                                       5383        145     1575        53      4.915     0.133     137      0

 29    28      WALKER HAYES/Y'all Life (Monument)                                5373        -64     1578         6      3.312 -0.118        134      1

 30    29      K. CHESNEY & O. DOMINION/Beer... (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA/Arista) 5040         -257     1455       -50      4.481 -0.389        128      0

 32    30      RANDY HOUSER/Note To Self (Magnolia Music)                        5019        37      1512        11      2.822 -0.159        126      0

 33    31      DILLON CARMICHAEL/Son Of A (Riser House)                          4559        383     1472        95      2.602     0.096     123      5

 36    32      SCOTTY MCCREERY/It Matters To Her (Triple Tigers)                 4381        575     1307       174      4.336 -0.379        120      6

 35    33      ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR) 3962           80      1221        35       3.22    -0.179     106      11

 34    34      MATT STELL/Man Made (Records)                                     3896         7      1227         5      2.733     0.115     133      10

               PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek)                              3762        389     1157        60      3.039     0.425     109      24

 39    36      ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville)                    3411        235     1111        87      2.222     0.143     128      16

 38    37      HAILEY WHITTERS/Everything She Ain't (Pigasus/S&D/Big Loud)       3404        203     1050        61      2.454     0.077      87      3

 40    38      CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Hate My Heart (Capitol)                          3242        318      878       105      3.291     0.111     109      8

 41    39      JON PARDI/Your Heart Or Mine (Capitol)                            2785        54       747        29      3.859 -0.068         92      3

 55    40      BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA) 2544             1170      786       331      2.983     1.349      90      63

 44    41      DYLAN SCOTT/Can't Have Mine (Find You A...) (Curb)                2492        73       818        30      1.428 -0.053         82      2

 43    42      KOLBY COOPER/Excuses (Combustion/Wheelhouse)                      2446         -1      845        20       1.65    -0.007      81      3

 42    43      MIRANDA LAMBERT/Strange (RCA)                                     2390       -175      694       -59      1.379 -0.177         77      0

 47    44      B. GILBERT & B. SHELTON f/V. GILL/Heaven By Then l (Valory)       2344        322      707        82      1.462     0.229      90      5

 46    45      DRAKE MILLIGAN/Sounds Like Something I'd Do (Stoney Creek)        2201        106      694        37       1.21     0.097      72      2

 45    46      ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia)            2192       -137      621       -41      1.512 -0.141         77      0

 48    47      A. COOKE & B. YOUNG/Never 'Til Now (Back Blocks/Big Loud/BMLGR) 1961          116      660        48      1.348     0.195      66      1

 50    48      EASTON CORBIN/I Can't Decide (Stone Country)                      1889        77       627        26      1.035     0.151      69      1

 49    49      J. MOORE & P. BLOCK/You, Me, And... (Valory/InDent/Mercury)       1840        12       541         9      1.698     -0.15      68      2

Debut 50       MORGAN EVANS/Over For You (Warner/WEA)                            1726        178      562        53      1.299     0.057      53      10

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders                                     Adds       Activator Top Point Gainers
BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA)        63       JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA)                  1422 4
RUSSELL DICKERSON/God Gave Me A Girl (Triple Tigers)               46       MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud)               1390 4
PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek)                               24       SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR)                          988 4
TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin' In The Country (EMI Nashville)               18       NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista)                              772 4
ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville)                     16       HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Broken Bow/Big Loud)       642 4
MITCHELL TENPENNY/We Got History (Riser House/Columbia)            15       JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek)                           582
MEGAN MORONEY/Tennessee Orange (Arista)                            14
                                                                            JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living (Quartz Hill)                   566
KELSEA BALLERINI/If You Go Down (I'm Going...) (Black River)       11
                                                                            KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)                      541
NEON UNION/Bout Damn Time (Red Street)                             11
                                                                            PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA)                             527
ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR)     11
                                                                            ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Warner)                     499

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers                                         Activator Top Spin Gainers
LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol)                                  4
                                                               4687        MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud)                   292
MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud)            2272 4         JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA)                      232
NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista)                          2112 4         SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR)                             189
KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)                  2088 4         NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista)                                 151
BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA) 1170 4         KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)                         131
JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA)                  1031        JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek)                              126
SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR)                         1002        HARDY f/L. WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Broken Bow/Big Loud)          122
JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek)                            907       JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living (Quartz Hill)                      112
TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin' In The Country (EMI Nashville)             820       PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA)                                 97
LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone (River House/Columbia)             800       ZACH BRYAN/Something In The... (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR)          89

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers                                          Country Aircheck Top Recurrents                                  Points
                                                                           COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Warner/WMN)          21684
LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol)                                  1353
MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud)                  738      MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof (Big Loud)                               21394

NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista)                                687      T. RHETT f/R. GREEN/Half Of Me (Valory/BMLGR)                    21129
KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)                        577      TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9 (EMI Nashville)                           17664
JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA)                     383      LUKE COMBS/The Kind Of Love We Make (River House/Columbia) 15221
BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA)       331      I. ANDRESS w/S. HUNT/Wishful Drinking (Atlantic/Warner/WEA) 12007
SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR)                            292      PARMALEE/Take My Name (BMG/Stoney Creek)                         11739
JIMMIE ALLEN/down home (Stoney Creek)                             286      MORGAN WALLEN/Wasted On You (Big Loud)                           11488
TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin' In The Country (EMI Nashville)              285      MITCHELL TENPENNY/Truth About You (Riser House/Columbia)           9543
LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone (River House/Columbia)              255      CODY JOHNSON/’Til You Can't (Warner/CoJo/WMN)                      9126
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                                                                                                                          Source: Mediabase

  Christmas Chart                                                                                                        ALL TITLES
      LW      TW    Artist/Title                                                                               Points   +/-   Plays   +/-
        1       1   BURL IVES/A Holly Jolly Christmas                                                           1082    300    295     77
        2       2   TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas                                                                  923    148    238     34
        3       3   BRENDA LEE/Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree                                                 920    215    241     48
        7       4   JOSE FELICIANO/Feliz Navidad                                                                 863    308    230     84
      14        5   BING CROSBY/It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas                                      830    358    247    103
      16        6   ANDY WILLIAMS/Most Wonderful Time Of The Year                                                772    314    210    100
        5       7   LUKE BRYAN/Run Run Rudolph                                                                   719    139    186     32
      13        8   GEORGE STRAIT/Christmas Cookies                                                              664    173    178     56
      11        9   BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock                                                                 657    147    172     37
      18       10   GARTH BROOKS/It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year                                        651    219    152     51
        4      11   ELI YOUNG BAND/Wonderful Christmastime                                                       584    -37    153    -16
        6      12   VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS/All I Want For Christmas Is You                                   551    -11    134     -8
       --      13   GENE AUTRY/Here Comes Santa Claus                                                            548    246    140     67
       --      14   JOHNNY MATHIS/It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas                                    547    379    155    106
       --      15   ALAN JACKSON/A Holly Jolly Christmas                                                         487    162    135     47
        8      16   ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie                                                                   485    -63    131    -16
       --      17   GARTH BROOKS/Sleigh Ride                                                                     478    298    131     77
      15       18   BING CROSBY/We Wish You A Merry Christmas                                                    440    -30    136    -12
       --      19   ELVIS PRESLEY/Blue Christmas                                                                 419    277    113     76
      19       20   GARTH BROOKS/(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays                                   417     -2    101      1

                                                                                                   CURRENTS & RECURRENTS
      LW      TW    Artist/Title                                                                               Points   +/-   Plays   +/-
       --       1   HIGH VALLEY/Back Home Christmas                                                              292    284      89    85
       --       2   RUNAWAY JUNE/Cowboy For Christmas                                                            255    240      78    73
        3       3   DAN + SHAY/Officially Christmas                                                              244     87      65    25
        1       4   DAN + SHAY/Take Me Home For Christmas                                                        205     19      51     3
        2       5   DAN + SHAY/Holiday Party                                                                     161     -7      46    -5
        6       6   C. UNDERWOOD f/I. FISHER/Little Drummer Boy                                                  161     31      35    -3
        9       7   DAN + SHAY/Christmas Isn't Christmas                                                         108     30      21     2
        7       8   CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas                                      106      8      17    -1
       --      9t   STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN/Precious Promise                                                        95     95      26    26
       --      9t   SCOTTY MCCREERY/Holly Jolly Christmas                                                         95     95      26    26

MARKET AIRPLAY PROFILE - OKLAHOMA CITY                                                         FLASHBACK No. 1s
 Rank                                                                   KJKE     KTST TOTAL
                                                                                              1 YEAR AGO
  1         JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home                                        65      56   121
                                                                                              KENNY CHESNEY
  2         JELLY ROLL/Son Of A Sinner                                    53      53   106    Knowing You
  3         THOMAS RHETT f/RILEY GREEN/Half Of Me                         44      57   101
  4         GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up                                      48      47    95
                                                                                              5 YEARS AGO
  5         NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You                                     48      46    94    LUKE BRYAN
  6         BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love                                 56      37    93    Light It Up
  7t        TYLER HUBBARD/5 Foot 9                                        47      37    84
  7t        JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around                       37      47    84
                                                                                              10 YEARS AGO
  9         LUKE BRYAN/Country On                                         20      58    78    FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
 10         MORGAN WALLEN/You Proof                                       40      33    73    Cruise (2nd week)
 11         BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't                                        34      36    70
 12         CHRIS STAPLETON/Joy Of My Life                                55      13    68
                                                                                              15 YEARS AGO
 13t        COLE SWINDELL/She Had Me At Heads Carolina                    22      43    65    TAYLOR SWIFT
 13t        KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God                          25      40    65    Our Song
 15         LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck                              32      31    63
 16         JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin'                               53      2     55
 17         ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle                              20      32    52    20 YEARS AGO
                                                                                              RASCAL FLATTS
 18         JASON ALDEAN/That's What Tequila Does                         22      29    51
                                                                                              These Days (2nd week)
 19         CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do                                17      33    50
 20         INGRID ANDRESS w/SAM HUNT/Wishful Drinking                    20      28    48

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December 12, 2022
COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY
DRAKE MILLIGAN/Sounds Like Something I’d Do (Stoney Creek)
   Moves 46-45*
                                                                                  ADD DATES
   2201 points, 694 spins
   2 adds: WIVK*, WUSY                                                                Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia)                     JANUARY 9
    Moves 45-46                                                            TENILLE ARTS/Jealous Of Myself (Dreamcatcher)
    2092 points, 621 spins; No adds

A. COOKE & B. YOUNG/Never ‘Til Now (Back Blocks/Big Loud/BMLGR)            JANUARY 16
    Moves 48-47*                                                           None Listed
    1961 points, 660 spins
    1 add: WIRK                                                            JANUARY 23
                                                                           None Listed
EASTON CORBIN/I Can’t Decide (Stone Country)
   Moves 50-48*
   1889 points, 627 spins
   1 add: KZSN

                                                                                 CHECK OUT
J. MOORE & P. BLOCK/You, Me, And Whiskey (Valory/InDent/Mercury)
    Remains at 49*
    1840 points, 541 spins
    2 adds: WAMZ, WQHK*
                                                                            JANUARY 6
MORGAN EVANS/Over For You (Warner/WEA)                                      Brandon Ratcliff Tale Of Two Towns (Monument)
  Debuts 50*
  1726 points, 562 spins
  10 adds: KFDI*, KTTS*, WAVW, WCYQ*, WIRK, WKHK*,                          JANUARY 20
    WOLF, WQNU*, WTHT, WZZK*                                                Hardy The Mockingbird & The Crow (Big Loud)
                                                                            Jordan Harvey It Is What It Is (BBRMG)
TYLER HUBBARD/Dancin’ In The Country (EMI Nashville)
    1632 points, 463 spins
    18 adds, including: KJKE, KNCI, KPLM, WBWL, WGGY,
                                                                            JANUARY 27
                                                                            Tyler Hubbard (EMI Nashville)
      WKHX*, WQYK, WTQR, WUSH, WZZK*                                        Elle King Come Get Your Wife (Columbia)
                                                                            One Night in Nashville - Presented by the Cheat Codes
TOBY KEITH/Oklahoma Breakdown (Show Dog/Thirty Tigers)
                                                                              (Cheat Codes LLC/Downtown Music)
   1624 points, 565 spins
   1 add: KPLM
                                                                            FEBRUARY 10
GRANGER SMITH/Forever Forward (Wheelhouse)                                  Chase Rice I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell (BBR)
   1515 points, 452 spins
   3 adds: WNOE, WQIK, WYNK
                                                                            FEBRUARY 17
KYLIE MORGAN/If He Wanted To He Would (EMI Nashville)                       Jordan Davis Bluebird Days (MCA)
   1477 points, 474 spins                                                   Nate Smith (Arista)
   3 adds: WFUS, WKIS, WPAW

MEGAN
  ©2022MORONEY/Tennessee      Orange
        Countr y Aircheck™ — All r ights(Arista)
                                         reser ved. Sign up free at w w w.countr yaircheck .com. S end news to news@countr yaircheck .com
   1423 points, 451 spins
   14 adds, including: KAJA, KCYY, KILT, KWBL, WBEE, WDXB,
     WIVK*, WOLF, WWQM, WXBQ

                                                                                                                                    Chart Page 5
December 12, 2022
LW    TW       Artist/Title (Label)                                                              Points   +/- Points   Plays   +/- Plays Stations ADDS

               JELLY ROLL
3     1        Son Of A Sinner (BMG/Stoney Creek)
                                                                                                 10099      -197       1947      -13       48       0

9     2        JORDAN DAVIS/What My World Spins Around (MCA) 4                                   9475       1422       1844      232       47       0
5     3        JIMMIE ALLEN/Down Home (Stoney Creek)                                             9176        582       1796      126       46       0
6     4        GABBY BARRETT/Pick Me Up (Warner/WAR)                                             9014        492       1764       82       46       0
1     5        BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Fall In Love (Elektra/Warner/WEA)                                8868       -2155      1744      -424      46       0
4     6        LUKE BRYAN/Country On (Capitol)                                                   8806       -485       1726      -74       45       0
8     7        KANE BROWN & KATELYN BROWN/Thank God (RCA)                                        8603        541       1677      131       47       0
10 8           NATE SMITH/Whiskey On You (Arista) 4                                              8159        772       1662      151       48       0
11 9           LAINEY WILSON/Heart Like A Truck (Broken Bow)                                     6743        131       1322       62       47       0
17 10          MORGAN WALLEN/Thought You Should Know (Big Loud) 4                                6627       1390       1275      292       48       1
12 11          LUKE COMBS/Going, Going, Gone (River House/Columbia)                              6419        241       1228       39       46       0
13 12          JASON ALDEAN/That's What Tequila Does (Macon Music/Broken Bow)                    6309        309       1261       88       44       0
14 13          BLAKE SHELTON/No Body (Warner/WMN)                                                5800        -67       1114      -12       45       0
7     14       JACKSON DEAN/Don't Come Lookin' (Big Machine)                                     5792       -2617      1128      -526      44       0
18 15          PARKER MCCOLLUM/Handle On You (MCA)                                               5741        527       1066       97       47       0
19 16          HARDY f/LAINEY WILSON/Wait In The Truck (Broken Bow/Big Loud) 4                   5721        642       1152      122       48       0
16 17          DIERKS BENTLEY/Gold (Capitol)                                                     5651        323       1067       65       47       0
15 18          ZAC BROWN BAND/Out In The Middle (Home Grown/Warner/WAR)                          5312       -181       1045      -17       42       0
20 19          CARLY PEARCE/What He Didn't Do (Big Machine)                                      4406        172        921       32       46       2
22 20          BRETT YOUNG/You Didn't (BMLGR)                                                    4216         86        849       33       42       0
23 21          SAM HUNT/Water Under The Bridge (MCA)                                             3485        276        653       41       45       1
24 22          KEITH URBAN/Brown Eyes Baby (Capitol)                                             3425        222        648       45       44       2
25 23          CODY JOHNSON/Human (Warner/CoJo/WMN)                                              3407        255        668       58       44       3
26 24          K. CHESNEY & OLD DOMINION/Beer With My... (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA/Arista) 2897                 -18        513        8       35       0
27 25          ZACH BRYAN/Something In The Orange (Belting Bronco/Warner/WAR)                    2657        499        463       89       30       2
28 26          ERIC CHURCH/Doing Life With Me (EMI Nashville)                                    2338        250        393       30       28       0
33 27          SHANE PROFITT/How It Oughta Be (BMLGR) 4                                          2274        988        459      189       42       11
29 28          COREY KENT/Wild As Her (Combustion/RCA)                                           2083        270        467       82       45       1
30 29          CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Hate My Heart (Capitol)                                          1963        158        338       29       32       2
34 30          JOE NICHOLS/Good Day For Living (Quartz Hill)                                     1851        566        359      112       39       6
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December 12, 2022

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

    31 31           SCOTTY MCCREERY/It Matters To Her (Triple Tigers)                                 1844       324       328         56       39      0
    32 32           RANDY HOUSER/Note To Self (Magnolia)                                              1602       199       311         39       40      1
    35 33           WALKER HAYES/Y'all Life (Monument)                                                1320        36       287         12       42      1
    38 34           DILLON CARMICHAEL/Son Of A (Riser House)                                          1211       317       244         63       33      1
    36 35           DAN + SHAY/You (Warner/WAR)                                                       983         58       222         17       34      0
Re-Enter 36         TIM DUGGER/Heart Of A Small Town (Curb)                                           923         22       175          2       26      0
    52 37           BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Rock And A Hard Place (Elektra/Warner/WEA)                       922        365       147         54       20      3
    43 38           B. GILBERT & B. SHELTON f/V. GILL/Heaven By Then (Valory/WMN)                     922        226       193         49       27      1
    42 39           JON PARDI/Your Heart Or Mine (Capitol)                                            850         97       130         11        9      1
    37 40           ELLE KING f/DIERKS BENTLEY/Worth A Shot (RCA/Columbia)                            840        -57       129        -11       17      0
    39 41           CODY JINKS/Loud And Heavy (Late August/16camino)                                  802        -30       133         -5       12      0
    40 42           JORDAN DAVIS/Next Thing You Know (MCA)                                            800         20        80          2        1      0
    41 43           MORGAN EVANS/Over For You (Warner/WEA)                                            739        -30       174         -9       12      0
    47 44           HAILEY WHITTERS/Everything She Ain't (Pigasus/S&D/Big Loud)                       707         83       151         14       27      1
    49 45           JAKE OWEN/Up There Down Here (Big Loud)                                           673         58       122         10        8      0
    51 46           J. MOORE & P. BLOCK/You, Me, And Whiskey (Valory/InDent/Mercury)                  661         82       103         20        8      0
    50 47           L. COMBS & M. LAMBERT/Outrunnin' Your Memory (River House/Columbia)               660         70        66          7        1      0
    44 48           BAILEY ZIMMERMAN/Never Leave (Elektra/Warner/WEA)                                 660        -30        66         -3        1      0
    46 49           MATT STELL/Man Made (Records)                                                     652         20       131          1       26      1
    45 50           PRISCILLA BLOCK/Off The Deep End (InDent/Mercury)                                 630        -10        63         -1        1      0
    48 51           PARMALEE/Girl In Mine (Stoney Creek)                                              624         7        128          4       19      7
    53 52           MUSCADINE BLOODLINE/Me On You (Stancaster)                                        572         24       110         12       12      0
    55 53           KYLIE MORGAN/If He Wanted To He Would (EMI Nashville)                             557         71        71          4       11      0
    54 54           MAREN MORRIS/I Can't Love You Anymore (Columbia)                                  513         12        67          2        3      0
    57 55           BOOMTOWN SAINTS/All Trucks Go To Heaven (8 Track Entertainment)                   494         28        87          4        8      0
  Debut 56          KAMERON MARLOWE/Girl On Fire (Columbia)                                           450         30        45          3        1      0
  Debut 57          NATE SMITH/I Found You (Arista)                                                   450         30        45          3        1      0
    58 58           CHASE WRIGHT/Lying With You (---)                                                 450         0         45          0        1      0
    56 59           MIRANDA LAMBERT/Strange (RCA)                                                     440        -40        84         -7       14      0
Re-Enter 60         RYAN SIMS/Learning Not To Love You (Cave Creek)                                   431         9         78          2        6      0
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