“Monitored Radio Airplay” WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM The TRACtion Texas weekly newsletter is published on Tues. evenings by CDX, Inc. — Connecting the music industry with Texas Red Dirt radio. For more information call 615-292-0123 or email President Joe Kelly- [email protected]Wade Bowen Stays At The Top! Vol 4. #21 May 29th, 2019 Dear Readers; WADE BOWEN keeps the #1 position this week with "Fell In Love On Whiskey." TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS' "The Winding Stair Mountain Blues" takes the honors of Most Added and Greatest Spin Gainer and Highest Debut at position #31! Great work everyone! The following stations have been frozen for this week. KHLB-FM (Mason, TX) KSSL-FM (Post, TX) The following stations have been FROZEN for 2 consecutive weeks. KKGQ-FM (Wichita, KS) texashomegrownradio.com (Stephenville, TX) The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. CURTIS GRIMES / Had A Thing DANNY RAY HARRIS / Hello Beer DERRYL PERRY / No Country For A Broken Heart GABE GARCIA / Fast As You Can MELISSA BROOKE / Beast TRACtion TX thanks the following artists who used CDX to distribute their latest releases to Texas Red Dirt radio and the industry. We really appreciate your support! BOB MAULDIN / Summer Days JOHN SCHNEIDER / Love You Ain't Seen The Last of Me CHRISTIAN DAVIS / Hands Of A Working Man JEFF CLAYBORN / I Reckon For those who don’t use CDX to distribute their new music but wish to be monitored by TRACtion TX, you can now go to our upload center, fill out the necessary information and send your MP3s for fingerprinting here: https://www.cdxcd.com/ fingerprinting-upload-center/. WADE BOWEN "Fell In Love On Whiskey" Thirty Tigers CONTENTS — Charts PAGE 2-3 — Monitored Panel List PAGE 5 Chart Breakouts PAGE 5 — Stay tuned, Joe Kelly CDX President [email protected]
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“Monitored Radio Airplay”WWW.TRACTIONTX.COM
The TRACtion Texas weekly newsletter is published on Tues. evenings by CDX, Inc. — Connecting the music industry with Texas Red Dirt radio. For more information call 615-292-0123 or email President Joe Kelly- [email protected]
Wade Bowen StaysAt The Top!
Vol 4. #21 May 29th, 2019
Dear Readers;WADE BOWEN keeps the #1 position this week with "Fell In Love On Whiskey." TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS' "The Winding Stair Mountain Blues" takes the honors of Most Added and Greatest Spin Gainer and Highest Debut at position #31! Great work everyone!The following stations have been frozen for this week. KHLB-FM (Mason, TX) KSSL-FM (Post, TX) The following stations have been FROZEN for 2 consecutive weeks. KKGQ-FM (Wichita, KS) texashomegrownradio.com (Stephenville, TX) The following songs have been moved to RECURRENT status. CURTIS GRIMES / Had A Thing DANNY RAY HARRIS / Hello Beer DERRYL PERRY / No Country For A Broken Heart GABE GARCIA / Fast As You Can MELISSA BROOKE / Beast
TRACtion TX thanks the following artists who used CDX to distribute their latest releases to Texas Red Dirt radio and the industry. We really appreciate your support! BOB MAULDIN / Summer Days JOHN SCHNEIDER / Love You Ain't Seen The Last of Me CHRISTIAN DAVIS / Hands Of A Working Man JEFF CLAYBORN / I Reckon
For those who don’t use CDX to distribute their new music but wish to be monitored by TRACtion TX, you can now go to our upload center, fill out the necessary information and send your MP3s for fingerprinting here: https://www.cdxcd.com/fingerprinting-upload-center/.
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Artist / Song Title / Label
Spins +- Stations Adds Wks On Chart
1 1 WADE BOWEN/Fell In Love On Whiskey/Thirty Tigers 804 12 40 0 132 2 MIKE RYAN/Other Side Of The Radio/Mike Ryan Music 711 -65 44 0 195 3 AARON WATSON/Kiss That Girl Goodbye/BIG Label Records 680 78 42 0 206 4 JOSH WARD/The Devil Don't Scare Me Anymore/Josh Ward Music 669 76 38 1 73 5 KEVIN FOWLER/Country Song To Sing/Kevin Fowler Records 650 -106 45 1 204 6 RANDY ROGERS BAND/Crazy People/Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers 599 -93 46 0 1410 7 JESSE RAUB JR/Touch the Water/Jesse Raub Jr. Music 579 55 30 1 1311 8 RANDALL KING/Takin' Me A Heartbreak/Randall King Music 576 67 34 2 107 9 CORY MORROW/Top Of My Heart/CM Music 546 -40 40 0 1913 10 FLATLAND CAVALRY/Old School/Flatland Cavalry Music 509 41 31 0 914 11 SARAH HOBBS/Like I Love You/Sarah Hobbs Music 499 46 30 0 1412 12 CHAD COOKE BAND/Whatever It Takes/Chad Cooke Band Music 498 -10 32 0 1915 13 JAKE WARD/Put You Down Tomorrow/Jake Ward Music 492 54 32 2 139 14 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 468 -58 31 0 4716 15 JUNIOR GORDON/Loved 'Em Everyone/Junior Gordon Music 408 -2 26 1 1317 16 CASEY BAKER/It Was Only Me/CaBay Music 390 -18 26 1 1319 17 JADE MARIE PATEK/Love's to Blame/Jade Marie Patek Music 333 14 22 0 1618 18 CLAY HOLLIS/Hard Headed Heart/Clay Hollis Music 323 -67 28 1 1621 19 KYLIE FREY/Ain't Enough Beer/Kylie Frey Music 321 18 27 0 1822 20 JAMES LANN/Memory Like You/Ari-Tex Records 314 19 23 1 1028 21 WILLIAM CLARK GREEN/Stay/Bill Grease Records 313 108 22 7 320 22 JACK INGRAM/Where There's A Willie/Beat Up Ford Records 303 -3 22 1 826 23 JAMIE RICHARDS/Privileges Of Youth/Jamie Richards Music 301 83 20 6 323 24 KYLIE RAE HARRIS/Big Ol' Heartache/Torrez Music Group 274 4 25 1 1425 25 PROPHETS AND OUTLAWS/Dreamer/Prophets and Outlaws Music 271 34 21 0 824 26 CODY WAYNE/Small Town/Cody Wayne Music 267 20 19 2 1029 27 CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love Song/Almost Country Records 257 54 17 4 431 28 DERYL DODD/I'm So Outta Style/Little Red Truck Music 228 48 19 4 530 29 RAY JOHNSTON BAND/Beautiful You/Ray Johnston Music 201 19 13 0 1032 30 HOLLY TUCKER/Country Music Won't Let Me/M&D Records 191 16 13 1 6
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Number 1 = Most Added = Spin Gainer =
Bubbling Under PositionZACH COFFEY/Nobody Frames Bad Days/Zach Coffey Music 51MORGAN ASHLEY/Come Find Me/Morgan Ashley Music 52RAGLAND/Footsteps/Ragland Music 53BUBBA T. (WITH BRI BAGWELL)/Like A New Man/County Road 441 Entertainment 54JORDAN ROBERT KIRK/Hi-Ho Rita/New Tyme Music 55MARTY HEDDIN/A Little Less Lonely/Nightlife Entertainment Group/Dreamlined Entertainment Group 56WYNN WILLIAMS/Yeah Buddy/Wynn Williams Music 57COOPER WADE/In The Middle Of The Second Verse/Cooper Wade Music 58BEN MARSHAL/Good Man's Name/Ben Marshal Music 59SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven Knows/Geronimo West Records 60
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Artist / Song Title / LabelSpins +- Stations Adds Wks On
Chart
-- 31 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain Blues/Thirty Tigers 176 149 14 11 134 32 MARIO FLORES/That Man/Schimflo 176 17 13 0 827 33 JERROD MEDULLA/Sometimes Forever/Jerrod Medulla Music 175 -34 17 1 2436 34 WILLIAM BECKMANN/I Wanna See You Tonight/William Beckmann Music 169 23 16 2 1235 35 STETSON WALKER/That's When the Party Starts/Stetson Walker Music 155 2 15 0 1042 36 SCOTTY ALEXANDER/My First Beer/Scotty Alexander Music 138 30 13 0 537 37 SUNDANCE HEAD/Close Enough To Walk/Wildcatter 130 9 10 0 638 38 DAMON CURTIS/Heart of Stone/Damon Curtis Music 128 9 13 0 1244 39 FRANK RAY/Just for a Minute/Frank Ray Music 126 23 12 1 3-- 40 ROBERT RAY/Good Country Song/Big R.I.G. Country, LLC 125 92 9 5 139 41 JAMES COOK/Let 'Em Run/James Cook Music 120 4 12 0 743 42 FELIX TRUVERE/Always Somethin'/Felix Truvere Music 114 7 13 0 449 43 GARY KYLE/Looking For You/Gary Kyle Music 113 20 10 0 1141 44 ZANE WILLIAMS/Good Man To Have Around/Texas Like That Records 110 0 10 0 1640 45 JACKSON TILLMAN BAND/Maybe Means Goodbye/Jackson Tillman Music 105 -11 10 0 1048 46 POWELL BROTHERS, THE/The Way You Are/Tolar Powell Entertainment 105 6 9 1 345 47 HAYDEN HADDOCK/She Don't Know It Yet/Hayden Haddock Music 101 0 11 1 447 48 ABE MAC BAND/Crazy/Abe Mac Music 101 0 7 0 3-- 49 MASON LIVELY/Early Grave/Mason Lively Music 95 48 7 5 1-- 50 JON WOLFE/Some Ol' Bar In The 90s/Jon Wolfe Music 93 93 5 5 1
“Monitored Radio Airplay”
Chart Recurrent Methodology
When does a song move to recurrent on the chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Texas chart system. Rather than relying on subjective editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this process using the weekly chart data as a marker.
We strive to avoid having singles past their prime create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. But we also try to ensure that singles “on the bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while to establish a solid base among early believers at radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any number of reasons, the path to peak chart position rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin and/or chart position growth.
On a monitored airplay chart like CDX TRACtion Texas, the reality is that new singles bounce around a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.
With this in mind, the CDX TRACtion Texas recurrent policy grades each chart position on a curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart position and spin history for that song. Newly serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin loss from the single’s previous peak spin count is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a percentage, depending on the chart position.
In addition to making sure that only singles with significant downward movement become recurrent, this methodology also benefits slow-developing singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at risk of being moved to recurrent status with two consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still return to positive spin growth the following week, which will reset the clock.
TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. Go to https://www.cdxcd.com/fingerprinting-upload-center/ for fingerprinting.
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Monitored Stations KAXA-FM Kerrville, TXKBSO-FM Corpus Christi, TXKBST-FM Big Spring, TXKECO-FM Elk City, OKKERP-FM Dodge City, KSKFLP-FM Floydada, TXKFTX-FM Corpus Christi, TXKFWR-FM Ft. Worth, TXKFYN-FM Paris, TXKHLB-FM Mason, TXKHYI-FM Howe, TXKIKK-FM (HD2) Houston, TXKKAJ-FM Ardmore, OKKKCN-FM San Angelo, TXKKDT-FM Burdett, KSKKGQ-FM Wichita, KS
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Most Added AddsTURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain BluesThirty Tigers 11WILLIAM CLARK GREEN/StayBill Grease Records 7SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven KnowsGeronimo West Records 7JAMIE RICHARDS/Privileges Of YouthJamie Richards Music 6ROBERT RAY/Good Country SongBig R.I.G. Country, LLC 5MASON LIVELY/Early GraveMason Lively Music 5JON WOLFE/Some Ol' Bar In The 90sJon Wolfe Music 5CASEY DONAHEW/Let's Make A Love SongAlmost Country Records 4DERYL DODD/I'm So Outta StyleLittle Red Truck Music 4MARTY HEDDIN/A Little Less LonelyNightlife Entertainment Group/Dreamlined Entertainment Group 3
Greatest Spin Gainers IncreaseTURNPIKE TROUBADOURS/The Winding Stair Mountain BluesThirty Tigers 149WILLIAM CLARK GREEN/StayBill Grease Records 108JON WOLFE/Some Ol' Bar In The 90sJon Wolfe Music 93ROBERT RAY/Good Country SongBig R.I.G. Country, LLC 92JAMIE RICHARDS/Privileges Of YouthJamie Richards Music 83AARON WATSON/Kiss That Girl GoodbyeBIG Label Records 78JOSH WARD/The Devil Don't Scare Me AnymoreJosh Ward Music 76SHANE SMITH AND THE SAINTS/Heaven KnowsGeronimo West Records 69
RANDALL KING/Takin' Me A HeartbreakRandall King Music 67
JESSE RAUB JR/Touch the WaterJesse Raub Jr. Music 55
Lauren Corzine with Uncle Charley at KHLB.
Drew Fish w Uncle Charley and Wynn Williams at KHLB in Mason.
