And the storylines were sort of, you know, heading in different directions. As far as the playlist goes Id kill to have that kind of station in Pittsburgh. This uproar is giving them free publicity for the format change which will have a greater negative impact on the playlist than just walking away. Otherwise, its all your usual suspects. The recent playlists have been flat out awful. No Petty? Recently, TV Guide served up their latest Mega Buzz spoiler chat session,and revealed new Grey's Anatomy season 10 spoiler dish. Whiskey Lullaby is better than the whole body of songs of lots of Red Dirt artists. Trigger hit it on the head with the whole slippery slope analogy. In fact, all the commotion is likely to draw a bigger crowd of folks tuning in to see what all the complaining is about. everyone associated that look, the white jacket with dyed blonde hair with Heather, and Cheryl as the little girl from SH1. the pistolero I live in Columbus and 92.3 WCOL is pretty terrible but also an iHeart station so that explains it. Maybe the Ranch can package Alcohol or tequila makes he clothes fall off with something like Sangria Wine, Bourbon Legend or Swerve. BTW before the format change I swear Shane hacked my phone & was using my play list one afternoon. By the way, a threat to a station or their employees is considered by the FBI as an act of terror. That club will eventually bite the dust because it cant find and isnt appealing ( respecting ) a consistent patron base. Make a hole in the soilless mix with your finger, or optionally, a pencil. Honest music DESERVES airplay and we all deserve to be respected as adults by stations with the reach and power to define culture . However, even excluding that point, this still doesnt include Isbell, Simpson, or Haggard. You may call it petty, but it marks a distinct shift in the identity of KOKE. 2:37 pm. Smiles By . I didnt take it as a critique or insult at all, I took it as a question. The only music station I listen to on my hour plus commute in the afternoon. 12:19 pm. As far as I can tell its core audience has become less rural since the end of the neo trad movement in the early 1990s. But there is still work to do to get those artists to the next level, and a massive gulf between the popularity of mainstream and independent artist. In terms of The Ranch, its a real shame. It turns out that we're going to see intern Heather Brooks,played by actress, Tina Majorino, make her exit from the show in episode 1 as Tina has landed a new gig in a . March 5, 2017 @ Jaime Wyatt Wishing Well March 6, 2017 @ only they arent asking for input from listeners, they just changed it. I absolutely love KOKEs format and playlist and I am probably one of the bigger anti-country mainstream guys out there. THIS is the bigger issue . Sorry if my tone came across as weird. You can see the playlist on their app without having to listen. Here are some observations: Out of 54 songs, only TWO could be considered current mainstream country music singles. Nonetheless, I totally understand why some listeners are unhappy, I think they have a right to be concerned the format could get even worse in the future, and they should let their voice and opinions be known. 4:47 pm. Sam Riggs high on a country song and Mike Ryans new hometown are absolutely Nashville pop country songs that they are peddling under the Texas Music banner. Do I want hear Sam Hunt played alongside Wade Bowen? But getting violent over a minor change in a radio format? So, if someone was going to inherit her fortune, it would be David and Sarah. This is why I think fans of The Ranch do have a right to be concerned. You go out of your way to avoid fast food restaurants try to support places that offer completely healthy , nutritional options , equally or more affordable dishes, better atmosphere , better service , restaurants that set a good example of healthy eating for your kids .then one day they close ALL of those places and turn them all into Macdonalds . I live on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. That is why it came as such a shock when late last week the radio station decided to slightly tweak their format, and began to file in songs from a few select mainstream actsartists like Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Miranda Lambert. This is also why I think corporate mainstream radio is doomed in the next two years. March 10, 2017 @ along with WSM, Check out Lighting 100 100.1 FM nashville. I started my whole foray into this Texas music scene more than a decade ago with Pandora introducing me to artists like Jason Boland & The Stragglers, it snowballed from there, including with help of this website introducing me to artists like Cody Jinks and Mike and the Moonpies. 2:44 pm. The Rebel app was often glitchy, often repetitive, and didnt have a live person in studio a lot of the time (which I think contributed to the glitchy and repetitiveness). March 5, 2017 @ IHeartMedia and Cumulus are up to their ears in debt with no plan of how to get out of it, streaming continues to take market share, and the music sucks. I understand, to many Texas country and Americana fans, Brad Paisley still represents putting ketchup on a $48.00 steak. 10:06 pm. Not that other stations would have easy access to it but once in awhile they do a guest country star being the dj. So were likely talking 1 in 10 songs is new to the playlist. As per Page Six, Kelly Dodd said that Heather left in 2017 " because she had too much 'ego' after being demoted ". Married to the love of my life: @chris_p_ratt Instagram: @heatherbelly . Heather Dubrow starred on Bravo 's hit show from Seasons 7 to 11. I like that theyre playing Dwight Yoakum now. But I get why people are pissed about it, and given the degree of anger about it, itll be interesting to see what happens, Farmer Brian Just Remember what RWH says What you wont find up in Heaven are QC Kinetix received an endorsement from Heather White, co-host of KVET-FM radio show in Austin, TX. The Texas Red Dirt music scene is a boiling pot for all music. Someone made a comment to the effect that people in many other parts of the country would be thrilled to have a station that played this much music that is not considered mainstream country. Since we dont have a baseline, its hard to say if any of the ten mainstream songs would have been included before the change, but some of them probably were. Thats the reason all the songs sound the same and all mention beer and trucks. Thats not to say the Radio station will fold and die. He can be reached at [email protected] or 617-669-5242. People who listen to Marren Morris will most likely switch the station when Cody Jinks or TPT comes on. If they could get Opry to agree to syndicate, itd be the cherry on top, although I know there is a SiriusXM channel that has it, so there might be contract issues there. That is why its important for listeners to voice their opinions. This might be a reflection of the sad state of mainstream country, but I would rather hear Seger and Mellencamp on FM radio, than the likes of Taylor Swift, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia Line, and Luke Bryan. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Ida Red Im in radio and researched the Texas Music format for years and years. If so, hopefully the sharks smelling mainstream blood will win. They changed the format back days ago. Posted May 7, 2012 at 4:44 p.m., updated May 7, 2012 at 5:48 p.m. A local sports radio personality and former Lady Vol is facing charges in connection with a drunken-driving arrest last month. The consensus among scientists has always been that lower levels of vitamin D at higher latitudes where the sun is less intense caused the lightening effect when modern humans, who began . But I do love the legit nash artists and KOKE plays them. Id take a little Seger & Paisley any day along with my Jinks, Eady, Sweeney & Troubadors. Absolutely not, but its not my own personal playlist. But They play Sturgill more than anyone in Texas. Simply put, the number of listeners just isnt sufficient to get enough money per commercial and enough advertisers to match the bottom line operating costs is at play. This metro area with over 6 million people has only one country radio station, KRTY, which an underpowered transmitter about 50 miles south of San Francisco. Same deal as when commercials come on during the Super Bowl. 6:38 pm. As a listener, your voice needs to be heard, you need to support the stations advertisers and by all means stick with them. Im fine with Miranda. Im happy that they seem to be upping the female songs. 1:30 pm. I had to stop listening to WYRK a few years ago because I could only take so much FGL and Blake Shelton. Oh, I live in Nashville, and you are pretty correct, as WSMs AM channel *is* pretty close to what I was talking about. Listen. I worked for a Country independent in Kentucky that wouldnt let me play Kentucky Headhunters because they didnt TEST well in SEATTLE!!! The 40 songs before that included gems such as Mellencamps Jack and Diane and Tyler Farr. TRuck, Whiskey, & women I love all three, but you can only take that as the theme of your music for so long, not to mention that these ignorant fools are mixing in Rock & Roll guitar licks, the rock rhythms from the drummers, and guys who wear Cowboy hats like they a part of a uniform. Early Saturday, before noon, they played Trampled by Turtles and the Lumineers. The music list looks pretty good to me.The only thing I see to get offended by is someone threatening violence for playing whatever music. I can get the new alternative songs anywhere. Merle Haggard My Own Kind Of Hat So yes, they will change the station after Dierks. Right, so we should also remove Turnpike Troubadours, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Stony LaRue, and Merle Haggard? Sometimes I play more traditional leaning material, sometimes I play more mainstream material (but not what youre thinking). 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