Two New Campaigns to Vote for Dierks!

While we're waiting for the new single to hit radio, we can still vote for our DB Congress president--Dierks Bentley! Check out these two campaigns and come back daily to vote at these links! If you find more websites where we can vote for Dierks, let us know so we can add the link!

Who is Country's Hottest Hunk?  US1035 in Tampa, Florida says, "We know March is the time of year your man is pre-occupied with basketball so, here at US 103.5, we have decided to give you your own, special bracket to have some fun with." It's Bentley vs. Brown (Dierks v. Zac)for the vote in this week one contest! Let's get him to round two!  Click here to vote.

Campaign number two comes to us from Charlotte, NC's 96.9--The Kat. Vote for our country cutie (Dierks) who goes up against Jerrod Nieman this week! "We've compiled a collection of the 64 hottest guys and ladies in Country music, and we need you to tell us which ones are the best of the best! Cast your votes round by round to narrow the field. The competition will be close, but there can only be one winner! Vote as often as you like."  Vote here!

Let's go DB Congress! Show our prez. that we can vote him to the top!

MAKING GAINS: IWMYCYE JUMPS

Dierks Bentley's third single from "Feel That Fire" is starting to make some serious gains on country radio. "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" jumped a healthy FIVE positions to #22 this week, and its star is definitely starting to shine brighter! It's just a tick shy of the top 20, and I'm fairly confident it should make the jump next week. It's currently neck-and-neck with the current Trace Adkins single, but Dierks is garnering more airplay on a day-to-day basis. Slowly but surely, the sexy song is climbing its way up the charts.

I know we're all doing our part, and our efforts are certainly paying off. To echo what we posted a little bit ago about RateTheMusic.com, I definitely want to encourage everybody to sign up. I would also encourage you to check out your local country station's website(s). Many stations have some sort of a listener advisory board that you can join, and they typically get feedback from surveys through RateTheMusic or something similar. I can say first-hand that the results of the surverys are important. WKKT here in Charlotte has the "Music Mafia" and utilizes RateTheMusic survey results to compile its daily "Charlotte's Most Wanted" countdown. "Close Your Eyes" has been a staple on Most Wanted every day since the station debuted it -- therefore it's resonating with the public. It was even #1 last Friday (it's been #2 all this week). To put it in perspective, not even Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova" has been on there consistently. Radio stations do care what we have to say! Sign up today!

I will see you all again next week, hopefully with a Top-20 chart position!

~ Carrie S. (DBC Rep/Chart Reporter ~ NC)