Sample of the winning Country Music Radio stations

Looking at the May PPM numbers and crunching some hours in Mediabase, we can target pretty easily how these stations musically are knocking it out of the park in major markets. The three examples are winning handily in their prospective markets. They rely less on 90's gold and more on the mid-ground 2000's with an emphasis on new music from new artists.

5 PM
KEEY-FM	5:02 PM	PAISLEY, BRAD		Ticks	2007	R
KEEY-FM	5:05 PM	LADY ANTEBELLUM		Our Kind Of Love	2010	C
KEEY-FM	5:09 PM	CHURCH, ERIC		Hell On The Heart	2009	R
KEEY-FM	5:14 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
KEEY-FM	5:18 PM	CURRINGTON, BILLY		People Are Crazy	2008	R
KEEY-FM	5:21 PM	CORBIN, EASTON		Roll With It	2009	C
KEEY-FM	5:25 PM	URBAN, KEITH		But For The Grace Of God	2000	G
KEEY-FM	5:29 PM	BRYAN, LUKE		Rain Is A Good Thing	2009	C
KEEY-FM	5:32 PM	BROOKS, GARTH		Unanswered Prayers	1990	G
KEEY-FM	5:35 PM	KEITH, TOBY		Should've Been A Cowboy	1993	G
KEEY-FM	5:38 PM	NAIL, DAVID		Turning Home	2009	C
KEEY-FM	5:43 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
KEEY-FM	5:48 PM	BENTLEY, DIERKS		Free And Easy(Down The Road..)	2006	R
KEEY-FM	5:52 PM	OWEN, JAKE		Tell Me	2009	C
KEEY-FM	5:55 PM	MORGAN, CRAIG		International Harvester	2006	R
KEEY-FM	5:59 PM	UNDERWOOD, CARRIE		Undo It	2009	C

KEEY is a stand alone number one CMR, the balance new music with CMR standards. Very little 90's and most from the class of 2007. KEEY has the highest 6+ share in all the PPM measured markets. 

4 PM
WYCD-FM	4:00 PM	CURRINGTON, BILLY		People Are Crazy	2008	R
WYCD-FM	4:03 PM	KEITH, TOBY		I Love This Bar	2003	G
WYCD-FM	4:07 PM	ALDEAN, JASON		Crazy Town	2009	C
WYCD-FM	4:12 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
WYCD-FM	4:17 PM	SHELTON, BLAKE		Hillbilly Bone w/Trace Adkins	2009	R
WYCD-FM	4:21 PM	RASCAL FLATTS		What Hurts The Most	2005	G
WYCD-FM	4:25 PM	SHELTON, BLAKE		All About Tonight	2010	C
WYCD-FM	4:29 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
WYCD-FM	4:36 PM	CORBIN, EASTON		Little More Country Than That	2009	R
WYCD-FM	4:39 PM	GRACIN, JOSH		Favorite State Of Mind	2006	R
WYCD-FM	4:42 PM	BROOKS, GARTH		Rodeo	1991	G
WYCD-FM	4:46 PM	LITTLE BIG TOWN		Boondocks	2005	G
WYCD-FM	4:49 PM	NAIL, DAVID		Red Light	2009	R
WYCD-FM	4:54 PM	BRYAN, LUKE		Rain Is A Good Thing	2009	C
WYCD-FM	4:56 PM	OTTO, JAMES		Groovy Little Summer Song	2010	C

#2 6+ WYCD relies less on 90's gold and more 2005 era hits balanced with new music. Below KKWF The Wolf Seattle #4 6+ us really the Class of 2005, recurrents and current hits.

5 PM
KKWF-FM	5:00 PM	MORGAN, CRAIG		Bonfire	2009	R
KKWF-FM	5:03 PM	BROOKS & DUNN		Neon Moon	1992	G
KKWF-FM	5:07 PM	PAISLEY, BRAD		Water	2009	C
KKWF-FM	5:10 PM	YOUNG, CHRIS		Gettin' You Home (The Black..)	2008	R
KKWF-FM	5:15 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
KKWF-FM	5:20 PM	URBAN, KEITH		I'm In	2009	C
KKWF-FM	5:23 PM	HILL, FAITH		Mississippi Girl	2005	G
KKWF-FM	5:27 PM	STEEL MAGNOLIA		Keep On Lovin' You	2009	R
KKWF-FM	5:30 PM	JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE		Pray For You	2009	C
KKWF-FM	5:33 PM	CHESNEY, KENNY		I Go Back	2004	G
KKWF-FM	5:37 PM	MOORE, JUSTIN		Backwoods	2009	R
KKWF-FM	5:39 PM	BENTLEY, DIERKS		Settle For A Slowdown	2005	G
KKWF-FM	5:44 PM	BREAK		Commercials And/Or Recorded Promos
KKWF-FM	5:48 PM	WILSON, GRETCHEN		Work Hard, Play Harder	2009	C
KKWF-FM	5:52 PM	BRYAN, LUKE		Do I	2009	R
KKWF-FM	5:55 PM	LARSEN, BLAINE		Chillin'	2010	C
KKWF-FM	5:58 PM	JACKSON, ALAN		Where I Come From	2000	G