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. March 5, 2017 @ She is the deceased leader of the most popular and powerful clique at Westerburg High known as The Heathers. Banjobison 9:48 am. Cristy Lee, a car enthusiast that had . Why. Personally Id much rather hear more classic country mixed in because that more accurately reflects what my playlist is and what led me to Texas country in the first place. Sunny Sweeney I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight This is because White was a huge animal lover, had many canine friends and was . The recent playlists have been flat out awful. hoptowntiger94 Angelo Rinaldi March 9, 2017 @ I actually dont hate all mainstream country. 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Theres a reason we dont like Keith Urban, its not the style of music we like, just as someone who loves Keith Urban isnt likely to get excited about Cody Jinks. Twitter: @heatherbelly Instagram: @heatherbelly TikTok:@Heatherbelly This is my public page. It annoys me to no end when people dont like a song simply because they havent heard it before. But they are a mainstream commercial station in most respects and I started tuning them out around 2010. Ive done articles on the subject. Maybe one of the three local country stations could implement it. Heather was the leader of the Heathers clique and . 8:29 am. Is it all Money driven? For independent and Texas country fans who often share a radio with co-workers and are used to hearing these names in the rotation along with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, and Sam Hunt, theyre probably wondering what all the hubbub is about. Rick Dayton was a morning anchor who joined the station in 2009. 10:44 pm. I have deleted this station from my preset list and will now stream other stations like KOKE or The Range. #1. March 5, 2017 @ Listen To Podcasts That Examine The Passion, Perseverance, And Power Of Black Culture! Create a tent above the pot with a plastic bag to give the plant humidity, encouraging rooting. "It had become really toxic with a . Fox News has fired Fox & Friends First host Heather Childers after she showed up to work sick and put workers at risk of COVID-19. They may give the station a listen because of Dierks, Miranda and Maren Morris and go on to discover TPT, Sturgill and Cody Jinks. She appeared in 22 episodes in total, giving fans plenty of time to learn her . Bama Brown moved to Odessa, Texas from Alabama when he was seventeen. If using Kacey Musgraves and Dierks Bentley as gateway drugs is what it takes, then this may not be a bad compromise. The influx of top 40 country over the past year and a half or so is astonishing. Your email address will not be published. Sometimes I play more older artists, sometimes I give more younger artists a chance. March 5, 2017 @ 12:16 pm. Maybe hell will freeze over, too. 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. Bryan/College Station TX While its true that there is a lot of bad mainstream country out there, the truth is that you will hear a lot of bad Americana/real country/Texas country/ etc etc if a station plays nothing but that for long enough. As much as i hate to say it, Ive actually had to tell someone before that if they didnt like it, they make a seek button on your radio for a reason. The problem is that for the last 10 years or so we had a BETTER (in my opinion) radio station than what we are peft with now. By the way, a threat to a station or their employees is considered by the FBI as an act of terror. March 6, 2017 @ 12:33 pm. They play everything. The question is not what The Ranch is playing now, but where the station could be headed in the future, and if it may entice other Texas country stations to consider similar moves, especially if The Ranch format tweak is successful luring in new ears. Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! What the Ranch is now is still better than most of its competition, its just not what it was a week ago! I hurt for The Ranch fans. 10:37 am. My radio never leaves it. If you take that into account, along with the clearly more mainstream country, and the other genres (where do the Lumineers fall?) Getty Images. Occasionally you hear a mainstream song that fits in wellusually around ten years old or more. I would think the loss of listeners would outnumber the listeners gained. Eddie Lucas Speaks Out. Mason headed out to the then-Cedar Park Center for the ribbon cutting and announcement of the first event, a George Strait concert. KOKE also plays Southern Rock icons, Grateful Deads Truckin along with the Texas and Outlaw Icons. Make a hole in the soilless mix with your finger, or optionally, a pencil. March 5, 2017 @ 12:34 pm, I live in the area and The Ranch is programmed into my radio, but honestly I only rarely listen to it because for every 30 minute block I try, there are always a few songs that I just dont care for at all, and I end up switching it to another station or just turning it off. True country fans, especially ones that have been listening to The Ranch for years as a safe harbor from pop country, are so diametrically opposed to mainstream music, they would rather hear rock or pop invade their radio station than even the best of what country radios mainstream stations play, ..especially if The Ranch format tweak is successful luring in new ears. Heather Harrington, 28, co-host for WNML's Sports Animal morning show, was arrested April 29 for allegedly driving under the influence, according to an . Its still a hell of a lot better of an experiment than KSCS playing Ed Sheeran and Kanye West. On the other hand Brad Paisleys Whiskey Lullabye fits their original format and was a great example of the little bit of classic country influence that made it back into the mainstream around 2002-2004. 11:51 am. The chief stew has spoken out about the n-word controversy. BTW before the format change I swear Shane hacked my phone & was using my play list one afternoon. On July 13th, Heather Moore posted on her official TV Facebook that July 9th was her last night with 3TV. This is my town and my station. The theory of osmosis is very hard to prove in music, but the reason the station made the change is they believe it will make it appeal to more people. Try hearing the same FGL song 20 times in 8 hours. The 40 songs before that included gems such as Mellencamps Jack and Diane and Tyler Farr. But getting violent over a minor change in a radio format? They tried this stupid stunt before where they let listeners vote on what they wanted and now they are doing it again. Former Ranch Fan Ive never been one of the I dont listen to that Nashville crap. San Antonio country radio blows syphilitic goats, with the exception of KKYX (680 AM/104.9 FM). I live in Columbus and 92.3 WCOL is pretty terrible but also an iHeart station so that explains it. So, if someone was going to inherit her fortune, it would be David and Sarah. If thats all I tuned in for, I would be angry too. There is no excuse for Tyler Farr, Ill give you that. Lets ALL paint our houses white . Blaze Foley would listen to the Ranch these days. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Ida Red Austin, Texas Area Bama, Rob & Heather in the Morning on KASE 101 at Clear Channel . 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. Many would kill to have a radio station like this in their life. Same deal as when commercials come on during the Super Bowl. December 27, 2021. There is no definite reason as to why Heather was cut out of the show, but viewers did feel bad knowing producers made her come all that way just to be edited out. 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. How many times have we mentioned the lack of female artists in the Texas country scene? Unless theyre trolls, perhaps? Sometimes you know the artist, sometimes you dont. March 5, 2017 @ In a previous episode of the hit series, she uttered the word not once, but a few times. Hell, Id kill for one here in Nashville! They dont play Carrie Underwood and the only Brad P. song they play was his college football themed song. Find out more about our Social Croft and activities or send us an email to hello@socialcroft.co.uk. Otherwise, its all your usual suspects. And those two songs, highlighted in red below, which are My Church by Maren Morris, and Vice by Miranda Lambert, are both critically acclaimed singles from women, both of which were nominated for Best Country Song at the 2017 Grammy Awards, both artists are from Texas, and both arguably represent some of the best music in the mainstream. To argue otherwise shows you never listened to the station. White advocates heavily for children on the Autism spectrum. She decided to speak out about this after a post Natalie put . Daisy whereabouts are just unknown after being released from the psychiatric hospital. Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell? Heather Thomson Discusses the "Scary" and "Upsetting" Experiences That Led Her to Quit RHONY, Talks Warning Sign She Saw with Luann and Texts from Bethenny! Local radio is a part of your community. March 5, 2017 @ 12:30 pm. 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. You guys in the Ft. Worth area seem to have it a lot better than us up here. March 6, 2017 @ Today. 2. Im a pretty big consumer, I buy albums and singles, I dont use Spotify, and very seldom do I use Pandora anymore. 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. The country radio audience was very female centric from the 1990s through most of the first decade of the 2000s, catering to suburban mothers. Just looking at this station playlist, it looks good, there is nothing close to this in my market. 3:06 pm. Miranda, Musgraves should be included. March 11, 2017 @ 10:06 pm. All Ive ever wanted was a seat at the table (including award shows). Haha, its way better than any radio station I can dial into here in Ohio, but I think my Hellbound Glory and Hank3 stations are honed in more to my tastes. March 5, 2017 @ March 5, 2017 @ 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. Austin radio station KVET 98.1 has signed its morning team Bama Brown, Rob Mason and Heather White to a multi-year contract extension. The statement further added that Joe Zolper and Bruno Massel returned for the new season, but Heather Storm would be leaving the show. Thats 18.5% of the playlist (highlighted in black below). March 5, 2017 @ I am streaming this at work right now and theyre playing Merle, so its a pretty big win so far. But The Ranch still comprises one of the best playlists in the entire country, and if people want to see it remain filled with the best of Texas country and Americana, and inspire other radio stations to adopt similar formats, they should support it instead of slogging it just because they want smart mainstream listeners to also feel accepted into the listenership. But I don;t think we will know that until we see the results of this move. March 5, 2017 @ Whiskey Lullaby does not fit their original foremat. That's why you're seeing Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt doing their show remotely from their respective homes. Country program directors and Nashville record executives. If you like the change enjoy & support the Ranch & if your dont vote with you feet stop going to remotes & Ranch sponsored shows, stop posting on the wall & facebook. Program what works in your town/area/section of the state. Their Night format is all Texas Red Dirt along with Sturg and many of the alt country/Americana artists. Im in PA and I listen to the Ranch via Tunein Radio. It seems to me that people may be more worried that 95.9 will turn to the TOP 40 Pop Country Radio Station like 96.3 and 99.5 .IMO If you look at the old play list some of the Tex RDR songs were being played over and over again .Adding some Classic Rock , I guess thats where the Alternative comes into play , personally I dont see where Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty , and some others should be on a Country Playlist , if I wanted Classic Rock I would tune in 92.5 The Bo and Jim show. I stream it as an app for my phone. I wouldnt insult my knowledge of the Texas scene. I also can kind of understand WHY the station might be feeling pressure to add more listeners with some recognizable mainstream artists in the mix. One of the songs on the playlist (Look At Miss Ohio written by Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings off Welchs 2003 album, Soul Journey) was covered by Miranda on her 2011 album Four The Record. The. Later in November, she announced her new job at Newsmax TV, co-hosting the American Agenda alongside Bob Sellers. March 6, 2017 @ WATCH: Heather Thomson Tells All Thomson signed onto the reality show three years ago, and said that her third year felt like "the end." "My third year I kind of figured out where I was with the . Lee Ann Womack Last Call On 1st April 2019, Discovery had a press release in which they announced that Garage Squad would be returning for season six. 4:24 pm. hoptowntiger94 Its a complete disrespect for choice , for intelligence , integrity and conscience when $$$$$ force folks to shove things down our throats we know are harmful to us socially and spiritually . Turns out, what Grant, Kari, and Tory were asking for was deemed unreasonable by the producers. Former Ranch Fan Ive streamed The Ranch for a the past few years since Houston didnt have anything close to it. It also alleged that publishing company Simon Books is likely to get a portion of Betty White's inheritance. Matter. Whiskey Lullaby is better than the whole body of songs of lots of Red Dirt artists. And Im not patronizing you, Im just trying to find out what the concern is. Amanda Miranda covered another Welch/Rawlings song, Dry Town, on her second album in 2007 (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). March 6, 2017 @ An option Ive come to enjoy is Outlaw Nation. (as im typing this, Marshall Tucker band is playing, Luke Bryan was before that, no one is blowing up our phone lines bitching) No matter what you do in radio, theres always gonna be someone who is unhappy, but you can not program a station for just one small group. Now, they are driving away those hardcore fans. March 5, 2017 @ She did not elaborate if she would be joining another station or something away from TV news. 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