1:33 pm. I like that theyre playing Dwight Yoakum now. So that theory is total bs, in my opinion. 10:44 pm. As Austin rapidly changes and loses its distinct Texas feel KOKE is just laying over by the wasteside. QC Kinetix received an endorsement from Heather White, co-host of KVET-FM radio show in Austin, TX. 5:09 am. So it could be as high as 90%. In 2015 I found The Ranch and their mobile app, it became my primary source of music. 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. March 5, 2017 @ March 6, 2017 @ 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). March 5, 2017 @ Boy did that go over your head. 6:59 pm. I like Kacey Musgraves, I like Josh Abbot, I like the song, but wtf??!! Brittany Aldean Pens Heartwarming Birthday Tribute To Husband Jason Aldean Feb 28, 2023. All Texas, All The Time does not include Brad Paisley. Austin Lee The statement further added that Joe Zolper and Bruno Massel returned for the new season, but Heather Storm would be leaving the show. Take Eli Young Bands Small Town Kid. First, Eli Young was totally a product of Texas country that then moved on to Nashville. Early Saturday, before noon, they played Trampled by Turtles and the Lumineers. However, I dont see GREAT current female purely texas country on this list. Trigger The ones they gain from this switch to mainstream will eventually demand even more of the Tyler Farr, Dierks, Miranda Lambert crap to where it wont be distinguishable from 99.5 or 96.3. Your email address will not be published. Program what works in your town/area/section of the state. It was Texas based country, and southern rock. Depending on my mood its sometimes what I even want to hear. 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 Im not from the area but I could see how they would be upset. Nothing up here for radio stations that are worth a damn anymore. 2:24 pm. But what can you expect from corporate radio, especially when the ratings are there? You guys in the Ft. Worth area seem to have it a lot better than us up here. The Texas music scene isnt exclusive to people born and raised in Texas. And Texans can smell that a mile away. This. 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. Hes considered some kind of outlaw? Just ask any club or any band from any genre thats played a club that changes up their music genres every other week ..and I know theres a lot of players who relate to this . Personally, Ive found that more freedom in what you can play leads to a greater confusion in what to actually play. "She started making excuses about why she couldn't show up for shoots," an insider told Page Six on June 9, not that . But there is something to be said for pragmatism in trying to build a wider fan base behind independent artists. No Springsteen? This is why I think fans of The Ranch do have a right to be concerned. Also, they drop a mainstream songs by Miranda or Kasey every now and then. Maybe hell will freeze over, too. Quite serves me well too. I dont mean to disparage those three groups, I absolutely recognize their talent and what they do, its just not my type of music. They were divorced in March 2000, three months before the release of their second album, De Stijl. Thats not a bad playlist by any means, at least if the sample here is anything to go by. ATX Tiger Paul 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 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! You know what that means. March 5, 2017 @ Former Ranch Fan Maybe Im reaching here but couldnt this be a good thing for the artists and music that these people support? The generic aspect of the sound- the lyric content , the melody , the grooves , the phrasing , the production, the arrangements and the vocalists becomes overwhelmingly boring and un-stomachable ( yes Im making that a word ) beyond 3-4 tunes . That's where the "Bama" nickname came from. March 5, 2017 @ 10:37 am. I found it particularly ironic that anyone was complaining about Miranda being on the playlist considering her love and support of both the music and artists nonsensical complaint, imo. 10-15 years ago we didnt have anywhere near as many stations that played independent country artists as we do now. They have always played Miranda from the beginning and played Maren Morris since she dropped her single My Church. March 6, 2017 @ Miranda, Musgraves should be included. it gets to be much more than 10%. KILT recently added a short-playlist Texas country HD station (KIKK). Orgirl1 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. Luke Bell? Dave Pilot I suspect the ability of The Ranch to expand their audience to be commercially viable and financially sound is at play. Mirandas version of Dry Town is the only time I dont prefer the composers original version. I dont listen to the local country stations, because they dont play country music. To boycott the station is a sure fire way to make sure Texas Country will not be heard in the future. Radio is dead. Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell have always been regular spins, along with more Americana and Red Dirt artists. KVET in Austin was a great classic country & TX formatted station that eventually became full or pop country. 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. The mainstream they do play is very legit nash artists like Church, D. Bentley(rita loves Dierkes) Brett Eldridge, John Pardi, Gary Allan, William Michael Morgan, Lee Brice, Mo Pitney, Josh Turner. Best I can do is try to sing to myself or ignore it. Turned on Outlaw Country this morning (while waiting for the Depeche Mode presale to start) and they were playing U2. Id love to have this station close to where I live. Try hearing the same FGL song 20 times in 8 hours. Not that they dont have great music, thats just not what I want to hear when Im expecting country/Texas country/Red Dirt music. I stream it as an app for my phone. But this is the reason country music these days marks a dividing line of the culture war. You tube and itunes serves me well. White feared it would impact his family. Working with Bama Brown and Rob Mason for the past six years on KASE 101 and now 98.1 KVET has been a joy. ATX Tiger Paul By genre they are Folk music but the fan base for both are Hipster. 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. Terms of the new contract weren't released. And it was never close to 50%. To that end, Turnpike Troubadours and Stoney LaRue are Red dirt, not Texas. Bama Brown moved to Odessa, Texas from Alabama when he was seventeen. I know youre just relying on info given to you, but for those of us who have listened to this station for a decade or more, it was quite clear that 10% is a laughable statistic. Overall the playlist looks good to me. An option Ive come to enjoy is Outlaw Nation. Joe or Janet P1 doesnt trust you anymore. 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? Heather then spent the top of the latest episode of her podcast addressing the "elephant in the room" of the situation with Natalie. The only music station I listen to on my hour plus commute in the afternoon. Absolutely not, but its not my own personal playlist. 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. March 5, 2017 @ Shayne Hollinger March 5, 2017 @ And nobody wants to hear them, except you. Find out more about our Social Croft and activities or send us an email to hello@socialcroft.co.uk. 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. As a formerly loyal Ranch listener I can tell you they most definitely played My Church and Vice before this horrendous program change. Also Dierks as best of mainstream, hahahhaa, he used to be, but not sure anybody has sold out harder lately. Make a hole in the soilless mix with your finger, or optionally, a pencil. 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And he was a lifelong resident of Kentucky. And though its painful to say it, all the bellyaching by hardcore listeners still may not outweigh the gains the radio station could receive by the slight change in the format. There was a demand for Reckless Kelly, Jason Borland, Ragweed, Jack Ingram etc. How do I know? 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. Being written off Grey's Anatomy certainly didn't stunt Smith's career. 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. A college here in Nashville about a year ago switched to an all Americana format. The 40 songs before that included gems such as Mellencamps Jack and Diane and Tyler Farr. Give me Eric Church any day. I appreciated The Ranch as an alternative to KOKE-FM because I wouldnt ever hear Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Josh Turner, Little Big Town, Easton Corbin, Brett Eldredge, etc. Its the best station and they stay very true to who they are. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. 12:01 pm. And for those boneheads that threaten violence, Id say buy your own station. Trigger By the way, a threat to a station or their employees is considered by the FBI as an act of terror. Most independent and Texas country listeners would probably salivate to have a station like this within antenna range, and will wonder why they didnt tune in online sooner, while the amount of mainstream songs and artists added in the rotationdespite the characterization by some listeners that The Ranch has completely flipped to a pop country modelis marginal at the worst. Jackson Burnes exits as the Executive Producer for "Karlson, Mckenzie and Heather" at Classic Rock 100.7 WZLX. 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 other possibility is for animal rights organizations, the ASPCA and such. I actually dont hate all mainstream country. I was wondering when youd cover this issue. They have made some minor adjustments to accommodate the Bay Areas progressive culture, such as occasionally playing a Brandy Clark song, or such as not boycotting the Dixie Chicks during the 2003 Iraq War. You would never hear that song on any mainstream iHeartMedia or Cumulus country channel. Amanda Holden has revealed that she quit Wild At Heart for the sake of her daughter. 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? March 5, 2017 @ In 2014 I learned about Lubbocks 105.3 The Red Dirt Rebel, and their mobile app/online streaming. 81.5% OR MORE of the playlist is likely the same as before the format change. By my count 18 of the last 40 songs played on The Ranch, as of 1:30PM CST, wouldnt have been played last Sunday., Shayne Hollinger March 6, 2017 @ However, we cant get a radio station to have a playlist like this!!! Below Deck, Bravo, News, Reality TV. Same deal as when commercials come on during the Super Bowl. At this point, The Ranch either has to perform better or 1) drop air talent or 2) change format entirely. I like ZBB, the Avett Brothers. Jul 14, 2021. On the other hand, I would be happy as hell if my local station played that playlist. Trigger 10:25 pm. He can be reached at [email protected] or 617-669-5242. Thats 18.5% of the playlist (highlighted in black below). I also suspect this one is low on the list of station management priorities at the moment. 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! New Slang posted an analysis that is even more in-depth (and accurate) than mine. 10:03 pm. Someone who stops their radio dial because they hear Zac Brown Band is just as likely to start it again when Cody Johnson comes on afterwards. As well, in late 2019 Heather and Erica Schrull started the project "2 Car Girls Cruise Cali", a month-long road trip along California's most . No Steve Miller? Amanda Bill Turner Trigger, Im not attacking you , I dont think youre a sexist pig. Im not mad, Im let down. Pathetic. Play alot of Alt country as well as Sturgill, Isbell, Margo Price etc. Insiders also offer that the show's request . Also, thats not what anyones complaining about. Why do we need an Eric Clapton song? I just wish they would come right out and call this what it really is, a money grab. Bama was trained in oil and gas and roughnecked on rigs and did almost every kind of oil-related job. Christian Coalition Right Wing Conservatives 4:13 pm. I dont believe that for a second. Heck, even streaming Radio Texas Live on Saturday nights would be great, EW in DFW March 5, 2017 @ Ive never been one of the I dont listen to that Nashville crap. Thursday, September 02, 2021 at 2:05 PM by Simon Ayub. A few years ago, we went from Todays Country & your All-Time Favorites to just Todays Country. This is only 54 songs among thousands upon thousands of songs on their playlist. Explore. A lot of the artist on The Ranchs playlist are selling out large venues and have huge followings. radio three years ago here in the Triad of NC, the above playlist is quite nice, to my eyes though. Were Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clapton, and Seger played before this change (could be a shot at grabbing some classic rock listeners)? I do not think RIPRanch will get Hipsters into the listener pool, so why put us thru that? To argue otherwise shows you never listened to the station. Why. March 6, 2017 @ Tap the brakes, it wasnt a critique/insult, I literally was wondering if some of those slipped past ya. Former Ranch Fan Dr. Garcia's beautiful smile makeovers are completed in as little as two weeks, in just two visits. 12:34 pm. Heather White is part of the "Bama, Rob, and Heather" morning show on 98.1 KVET. None of them are from Texas, and thats only five names out of many off this list that would be excluded. Except they would play some older country song Murder on Music Row and make a comment in praise of the songs message right after, and then they would play that very same Thomas Rhett song right in between Aaron Watsons Freight Train and Luke Bells Where Ya Been. 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