Sometimes I have a hard time taking it serious though when they play a stray Luke Bryan song. Sometimes I play more older artists, sometimes I give more younger artists a chance. A station like this would be awesome to have up here. Nonetheless, the vocal minority won. He just put out the shittiest country album of his carrer thats NOT EVEN country, and the Ranch puts him on their rotation?!!!??? March 5, 2017 @ Ive been a loyal listener since 2002 but now I will simply listen less and hope they change their minds on alternative because thats all the recourse I have. Most country music icons didnt wear A look because of their music type, it all came naturally. Austin, Texas Area Bama, Rob & Heather in the Morning on KASE 101 at Clear Channel . After leaving the show in Season 11 (2016), the legendary housewife is all set to join the upcoming sixteenth season of RHOC. Coaltrain When they announced it, I figured it was a godsend. They tried this stupid stunt before where they let listeners vote on what they wanted and now they are doing it again. I absolutely love KOKEs format and playlist and I am probably one of the bigger anti-country mainstream guys out there. #1. People who listen to Marren Morris will most likely switch the station when Cody Jinks or TPT comes on. It is great, I like it, but I suppose that one little slip up like adding in songs from mainstream artists can lead to playing some nonsense like Star of The Show or whatever its called by Thomas Rhett. According to the program director, it was about 10%, and that has now been corroborated independently by numerous studies. I have seen artists get absolutely blasted by core fans for releasing a certain single as I explained above, but there are 10 times the amount of fans that eat it up. News in May that the pregnancy made it "somewhat unlikely" that Morris would return as a series regular on "Glee" for Season 5 , "however it's almost certain . Dr. Garcia's beautiful smile makeovers are completed in as little as two weeks, in just two visits. Im an avid Ranch listener. 4:13 pm. Man Trigger this is really the nut of the whole issue right now . YouTube, & other streaming sources let you be your own program director. It runs just like a car. KILT recently added a short-playlist Texas country HD station (KIKK). I discovered this really weird station that comes to my town in the night time that has a similar format. the pistolero Lets all eat Penguin meat . Read the comments here and elsewhere. I think that they are clearly trying to show the musical influences of artists and highlighting the mainstream artists that have made it big time, but are still keeping it country Hats off to The Ranch and my good friend Justin Frazell and what they are doing for Texas Red Dirt music, but let us not forget, those mainstream artists they are playing, at one time, they were a nobody just trying to be heard. March 5, 2017 @ Its still a hell of a lot better of an experiment than KSCS playing Ed Sheeran and Kanye West. 1:39 pm. In short, we try to create something the greater number of people will love and then we sell those numbers to businesses wanting to reach our listeners in order to stay on the air. An option Ive come to enjoy is Outlaw Nation. Saving Country Music studied a multi-hour bloc of The Ranchs playlist as it streamed Saturday (3-4) evening to see just how significant the format change is (see below). In Nashville its WSM AM 650. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. 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. Back to The Red Dirt Rebel as soon as they get their stream fixed. That may be true for certain Maren Morris songs, but maybe not for My Church, which has found pretty universal acceptance among many country music fans. Just realized there had been a format change when the Lumineers came on. Ive never been one of the I dont listen to that Nashville crap. Dont program like the big boys do. They were divorced in March 2000, three months before the release of their second album, De Stijl. Or, perhaps they ask what more mainstream country songs could do. Much like 92.5 circa 2005-6, when they switched to Lonestar. Same deal as when commercials come on during the Super Bowl. 12:08 pm. Just saw Sturgill S. and Jason I. on this list. On July 13th, Heather Moore posted on her official TV Facebook that July 9th was her last night with 3TV. This new playlist has increased the classic rock content at least 4-5 times normal. KOKEs is subtle and based on your analysis, The Ranchs is mirroring KOKEs Nash select playlist. I dont believe that for a second. Ive listened to that stream via iTunes on my computer. Now, they are driving away those hardcore fans. Whiskey Lullaby does not fit their original foremat. Thats why Im complaining. "Fox News and Heather Childers have parted ways. March 5, 2017 @ Their Night format is all Texas Red Dirt along with Sturg and many of the alt country/Americana artists. In terms of The Ranch, its a real shame. 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. Some songs I dont think are that good grow on me of course. Per page: 15 30 50. 10:37 am. Heather Thomson looked back on her time on The Real Housewives of New York City during a new interview. March 6, 2017 @ White feared it would impact his family. March 5, 2017 @ 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 . You can see the playlist on their app without having to listen. March 6, 2017 @ I wonder if you may have missed some songs on the playlist that could also be against the old format. 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. who were the guys I was listening to before I knew there was such a thing as Texas country. March 5, 2017 @ 10:28 pm. So pick the more country cuts on all of them. Here are some observations: Out of 54 songs, only TWO could be considered current mainstream country music singles. Lot of fun.. Jun 12, 2020 - Enjoyed my time with Heather White @KVET. March 6, 2017 @ Id take a little Seger & Paisley any day along with my Jinks, Eady, Sweeney & Troubadors. I live in Columbus, OH. This obsession with Maren Morris is utterly dumbfounding. They recently redid a majority of their KOKE promo plugs. They may give the station a listen because of Dierks, Miranda and Maren Morris and go on to discover TPT, Sturgill and Cody Jinks. I think the easy answer is no, as you have to wonder if mainstream fans would consider that not getting enough of what they want, but I wonder if the mix would actually make a sizable audience happy? Sometimes I play more traditional leaning material, sometimes I play more mainstream material (but not what youre thinking). 2:55 pm, Heres what I played last week, and here I thought balance was a good thing, Jason Eady Barabbas And Texans can smell that a mile away. 81.5% OR MORE of the playlist is likely the same as before the format change. the pistolero 12:01 pm. What worries me is the slippery slope. 12:38 pm. Local radio is a part of your community. Or the other demographic will hit the button after ZZ Tops Tush is over when they realize its not a classic rock station and not what they really dig; which is listening to the same 100 songs in a random rotation that theyve been listening to since 1965. Below Deck fans are dying to know if Heather Chase will get fired from the show. The actress already had experience in Oscar-winning films, with a major role as Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs (via IMDb).She went on to have parts in major motion films post-Grey's, including Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, which starred Matthew McConaughey, and the Fox News drama Bombshell. Blaze Foley would listen to the Ranch these days. 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. Bravo Insider has your exclusive first look at the December 19 episode in which Heather introduces us to her older brother, Tyler. Being written off Grey's Anatomy certainly didn't stunt Smith's career. Thus far their format has not changed too much, but fans are rightly concerned that it might be the beginning of a bigger shift. No Springsteen? I like & listen classic country, western swing, TX & red dirt. I used to stream the Ranch daily. 6:38 pm. None of them are from Texas, and thats only five names out of many off this list that would be excluded. If it works, it could cause a domino affect with a lot of these stations, and The Ranch could decide to put even more mainstream / classic rock in the mix. specifically. Some things are better left unfixed. Thats not to say the Radio station will fold and die. 6:11 pm. Look, Saving Country Music loves to find instances where companies and radio stations screw up and undervalue the independent/traditional country fan. An insider told E! March 10, 2017 @ Miranda, Musgraves should be included. Theyre complaining about Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, etc. BTW before the format change I swear Shane hacked my phone & was using my play list one afternoon. I know it gets talked about a lot on here, but its still stunning to see it on a written out playlist. I can see the reasoning to pluck the feathers and boil the tar because it sounds like it was pretty fricken awesome at one point. 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! So were likely talking 1 in 10 songs is new to the playlist. Amanda Holden has revealed that she quit Wild At Heart for the sake of her daughter. Like a newspaper, radio sfations depend on ad money to stay afloat. When I hear the bro country stuff that has been getting played the last few years, and even some of the mainstream singles being released by some female artists, I would guess that the audience would be young blue collar white people from broken families, perhaps young Trumpers who feel alienated that the economy and society have left them behind . 10:50 am. 6:59 pm. Kacey Musgraves Dime Store Cowgirl Heather White is part of the "Bama, Rob, and Heather" morning show on 98.1 KVET. The series' season 5 premiere, "Live Free or Die," opens with a flash-forward to Walt alone in a diner on his 52nd birthday. To argue otherwise shows you never listened to the station. Banjobison Quite serves me well too. I spent hours last night culling through complaints from former listeners of The Ranch, and they were all about Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, and Nashville pop. Even now thats what Im seeing. 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. And it was never close to 50%. No matter what some will complain. That coupled with the more mainstream song has reduced the old format songs to about 50% of what they were. I actually welcome some of the artists you mentioned for some variety, as Im apparently not as hard-core pure country as many on herewhatever the heck that is! Didnt see anyone complaining about the classic rock added, but I can understand why some would be angered. 10:44 pm. Ever. A Fox News spokesperson announced in July 2020 that the network and Childers had "parted ways.". hoptowntiger94 I hear so many artists use that phrase just to push their music. 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. So would Townes and Stevie Ray and Buddy Holly and Janis Joplin. He was in that business until he moved to Austin in 1988 when he was thirty and went into radio on Z102 as a part-time jock. In 2014 I learned about Lubbocks 105.3 The Red Dirt Rebel, and their mobile app/online streaming. The statement further added that Joe Zolper and Bruno Massel returned for the new season, but Heather Storm would be leaving the show. Also, thats not what anyones complaining about. Theyve been playing Kacey Musgraves for years. Its the best station and they stay very true to who they are. Inconsistency by an artist , a club or a restaurant ends up alienating and even pissing off prospective customers who like to know what they can expect. But their nash selected mix during peak hours is subtle and I love they included those artists. 1:30 pm. And the storylines were sort of, you know, heading in different directions. March 5, 2017 @ Play alot of Alt country as well as Sturgill, Isbell, Margo Price etc. Cristy Lee, a car enthusiast that had . Convict charlie Former Ranch Fan 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 . Out of the 54 songs, 10 could be considered either current mainstream country hits, OR back catalog mainstream hits. And in 2022, she was on the short list of obvious suspects when Liz was haunted by memories of Franco. Also Dierks as best of mainstream, hahahhaa, he used to be, but not sure anybody has sold out harder lately. Hats off to Ben Ryan. Also the Ranch is supposed to be from Texas/Oklahoma I thought. There were negotiations, and based on those negotiations, they . If you havent lived that far for the stockyards you dont realize how lucky we are to have great country music. March 6, 2017 @ 12:19 pm. Granted it would be a good Sturgill song, not In Bloom, and they played Stevie Ray Vaughn on occasion (ack!). Still, something rotten smells in Ft Worth-on the Ranch format change. It also must be emphasized here that The Ranch has clearly selected artists from the mainstream that dont represent the worst, but the best of what the mainstream has to offer. Robert St March 6, 2017 @ 9 Mar 2008. Bama Brown moved to Odessa, Texas from Alabama when he was seventeen. Zackary Kephart Im about 20 miles NE of Bucyrus and have a hard time picking that up. 12:34 pm. The big test for The Ranch may not be right now, but in a few weeks when they find out if the format tweak is effective. Speaking as someone who is a college radio DJ for WNIA Radio, it kind of sucks to hear about something like this. March 5, 2017 @ Jill Zarin. For me, its not so much that they have made a change, but the songs that dont fit into what I have been groomed by the Ranch to believe is the sound of Texas just really, really dont fit. Its XM radio, streaming service, or become victim to the iHeart/Cumulus desert up here. 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