I am concerned. It also alleged that publishing company Simon Books is likely to get a portion of Betty White's inheritance. Nothing up here for radio stations that are worth a damn anymore. 12:47 pm, If anyone is interested in checking out the previous hours playlist, you can pull it up online, http://player.listenlive.co/48801/en/songhistory, Alexander Grant March 5, 2017 @ Jill Zarin. I was wondering when youd cover this issue. Bryan McLarty Others named . You know what that means. March 5, 2017 @ And nobody wants to hear them, except you. 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. But Just like Billy Bobs has transformed from the Worlds Greatest honky tonk to a mediocre dance club that plays country, pop, r&b, latin & TX/red dirt the ranch will transform from a great station to one that is tolerable at best. No, the classic rock was few and far between. Ive done articles on the subject. For Texas country fans you have the Turnpike Troubadours, Cody Jinks, Jack Ingram, Stoney LaRue, William Clark Green, and the Randy Rogers Band. A situation like the above issue, where within a ten song rotation you would get a Maren Morris/Eric Church/Ricky Skaggs/Luke Bryan/Turnpike Troubadours mix? 9 Mar 2008. Ill be searching for a replacement. Bart Adams I now stream music either through Slacker or stations like KNBT or The Ranch. NO. Wayde and Heather King starred on Animal Planet's Tanked. Not easy to talk about, but her and her husband have decided to split.. Post some encouraging words! He can be reached at [email protected] or 617-669-5242. Turned on Outlaw Country this morning (while waiting for the Depeche Mode presale to start) and they were playing U2. According to TMZ, Wayde allegedly threatened her as recently as earlier this month. August 14, 2017 @ And even in there, you have a 28-year-old song from Garth Brooks, a 17-year-old and 10-year-old song from Gary Allan that may have been in the rotation before the change, a 14-year-old Dierks Bentley song, a 13-year-old Brad Paisley song written by Bill Anderson, a single from Kacey Musgraves that bombed on country radio a few years ago, and a song from King George Strait. 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. I do not live in this area, but I hope the format doesnt get any worse than this. While Heather stated her reasons for choosing to leave the show, her castmates and fellow housewives had a few things to say about why they thought she left. Miranda covered another Welch/Rawlings song, Dry Town, on her second album in 2007 (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). Id rather hear classic rock or pre -2000 country over 99% of current pop/bro/mainstream radio country, but wouldnt trade either for a Guy Clark, Gary P. Nunn or Ray Wylie Hubbard song or Shane Smith & the Saints. "He always had the older, cooler friends, he had to forge the . Brent Cobb Black Crow Come on its lucky that this station is on the air. 1:09 am. Honest music DESERVES airplay and we all deserve to be respected as adults by stations with the reach and power to define culture . But while there are still a couple of mainstream acts that cater to that demographic (Tim McGraw and Little Big Town come to mind), they seem to be much less predominant in the country genre these days. Heather's color is red, symbolizing her power over, not only the Heathers, but the entire Westerburg High student body. 4:06 pm. And yes, it is alarming to see this marginal, but clear change of format from 95.9 The Ranch. A Fox News spokesperson announced in July 2020 that the network and Childers had "parted ways.". In 2011, four Real Housewives Of New York were fired: Jill Zarin, Cindy Barshop, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Alex McCord. Yes, the producers did her dirty, but it had to be for a reason. Just Remember what RWH says What you wont find up in Heaven are Dead by Daylight > General Discussions > Topic Details. Try hearing the same FGL song 20 times in 8 hours. Oh, I live in Nashville, and you are pretty correct, as WSMs AM channel *is* pretty close to what I was talking about. That is why radio stations stunt when they change their formats in the first place. Simply put, the hardest road to travel is too narrow of a scope of music. Not that they dont have great music, thats just not what I want to hear when Im expecting country/Texas country/Red Dirt music. Unless theyre trolls, perhaps? Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) April 22, 2022. It annoys me to no end when people dont like a song simply because they havent heard it before. 11:51 am. Heather Thomson looked back on her time on The Real Housewives of New York City during a new interview. 90% of what they play is traditional country and Independent and local artists. Thus far their format has not changed too much, but fans are rightly concerned that it might be the beginning of a bigger shift. I live in Columbus and 92.3 WCOL is pretty terrible but also an iHeart station so that explains it. Even though Heather disappeared from the news desk of American Agenda on Newsmax TV, her fans assumed she had left the channel, but on July 12, 2022, she made a comeback to the desk. Didnt see anyone complaining about the classic rock added, but I can understand why some would be angered. Listeners of The Ranch have a legitimate concern that it might only be one or two songs an hour right now added from mainstream playlists, but it could go to one quarter, then a third, then half, and completely flip some day if the incremental moves are effectivesort of mission creep if you will, but on your radio dial. Play alot of Alt country as well as Sturgill, Isbell, Margo Price etc. His day job is on a morning radio show on 98.1 KVET here in Austin. 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 . Streets of Bakersfield, Highway 40 Blues, and High Cost of Living may have been mainstream back catalogue inclusions, as well. I do not think RIPRanch will get Hipsters into the listener pool, so why put us thru that? Listening to complaints that Brad Paisley aint Texas country from people who think Jason Boland and Merle Haggard are helps me to better understand how hacks like Pat Green and Kevin Fowler got big in Texas music. Hell No!!! Leading Participant. Whiskey Myers Stone the pistolero I realize KOKE plays mainstream and Nashville artists, but at least they are upfront about it and dont bullshit their listeners. Julian Spivey I discovered this really weird station that comes to my town in the night time that has a similar format. I did not care for Springsteen or ZZ Top being played. Showbiz Cheatsheet reported in 2020 that Tamra Judge also thought . 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. At this point, The Ranch either has to perform better or 1) drop air talent or 2) change format entirely. Also the teen country, innocent girl songs seems to have disappeared in the last year or two, perhaps Taylor took that audience with her when she officially left the country genre. After being off the past two mornings, the morning show at iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM Austin returned today sans one of their key members as Rob Mason departs as one of the many affected by the company's nationwide cuts.. Mason and Bama Brown were first teamed together at Country "KASE 101" in 1999. I hurt for The Ranch fans. 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. If it is, then maybe they pat themselves on the back and go about their business. Three years after the Yummie founder left her full-time role on the show, she . Well I have a job, and Im not the radio czar. Many people do not realize that radio is a business. The only thing I can add to this conversation is I wish we had something half as good as the updated format up here in Ohio. All of this talk about Pandora stations *has* got me wonderingwould something like a Jack FM / We play anything! format work on mainstream/corporate country radio? 10-15 years ago we didnt have anywhere near as many stations that played independent country artists as we do now. Turns out, what Grant, Kari, and Tory were asking for was deemed unreasonable by the producers. To that end, Turnpike Troubadours and Stoney LaRue are Red dirt, not Texas. The other possibility is for animal rights organizations, the ASPCA and such. I dont believe that for a second. Insiders also offer that the show's request . Radio tries to create an attractive vehicle youll love but it never gets down the road until you put some gas in the gas tank (aka the money from advertising). But if a Song like Kiss Tomorrow goodbye by Luke Bryan was followed by 7&7 by Turnpike Troubadours on commercial radio I probably wouldnt hate either one near as much as I currently do. March 6, 2017 @ Their playlist was mostly the same pop country commercial fare as well, though at least they would redeem themselves with a classic country program for a few hours on Sundays, Id hear the occasional Loretta Lynn or George Jones song on the drive back from the Sierra but that was 5-10 years ago. THIS DOESNT HAPPEN , thank God With more musical options available to listeners than ever before WHY does mainstream country radio have to be so narrow and mind-numbingly generic ? 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 . Maybe one of the three local country stations could implement it. On the other hand, I would be happy as hell if my local station played that playlist. Trigger In fact, all the commotion is likely to draw a bigger crowd of folks tuning in to see what all the complaining is about. I worked for a Country independent in Kentucky that wouldnt let me play Kentucky Headhunters because they didnt TEST well in SEATTLE!!! Thats not a bad playlist by any means, at least if the sample here is anything to go by. This is also why I think corporate mainstream radio is doomed in the next two years. March 5, 2017 @ Later in November, she announced her new job at Newsmax TV, co-hosting the American Agenda alongside Bob Sellers. 5:09 am. I added other songs that were certainly not mainstream country in style, lyric and formula regardless of artist, so long as they fit what might be termed the gritty and raw feeling that is Texas Music and Red Dirt Music. I agree that songs like Night Moves and Jack and Diane are far from classic country, though they have been around for several decades, long before the millennials took over our airwaves with their hip hop culture. I get that. (Abuser of punctuation). March 6, 2017 @ As Austin rapidly changes and loses its distinct Texas feel KOKE is just laying over by the wasteside. Id rather hear Josh Turners Home Town Girl than anything by CCR when Im listening to what I think is supposed to be a country station. Is it all Money driven? WAY way too suspect. March 5, 2017 @ 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. If they keep with this format change, then they really need to change the name and get rid of their current slogan of The sound of Texas. Sometimes you know the artist, sometimes you dont. Contact Heather, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. I drove to KC listening the whole way. Heather then spent the top of the latest episode of her podcast addressing the "elephant in the room" of the situation with Natalie. March 6, 2017 @ Plus I work in a factory, so the radio only picks up like 2-3 stations. Former "Real Housewives of New York" star Heather Thomson spills all about her co-stars Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer, and explains she quit because show is "contrived." Hell, Id kill for one here in Nashville! Eddie Stubbs is a treasure. Now, they are driving away those hardcore fans. I like Kacey Musgraves, I like Josh Abbot, I like the song, but wtf??!! I like & listen classic country, western swing, TX & red dirt. Its the independent owners that need to super serve their listenership while corporate Radio continues to turn each station into a Pandora or iHeartradio app channel. In a just country music landscape ,far more authentic music and honest , talented artists should be trickling through onto the mainstream playlists rather than the other way around . People like me simply wont be tuning in, because we dont want to hear that stuff in the first place.