Zackary Kephart Thursday, September 02, 2021 at 2:05 PM by Simon Ayub. Dont bother with their own app because its terrible. In terms of The Ranch, its a real shame. 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). Whiskey Myers Stone Just realized there had been a format change when the Lumineers came on. So yes, they will change the station after Dierks. White feared it would impact his family. 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. Traditional country fans have Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Lucy biological mother Daisy Carter is alive. 10:44 pm. The. 10:37 am. The biggest problem with mainstream country radio is that its nearly all pop/bro/AC country..essentially its a diversity problem. This is why I think fans of The Ranch do have a right to be concerned. And like any good music fan, theyd just go take a leak when Dierks Bentley came on. The worry is where it may lead The Ranch and stations like it in the future. 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. Marens Church song is ok but the others are definitely more pop. 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 ? Wayde and Heather King starred on Animal Planet's Tanked. After the episode aired, viewers believed the editors mistreated Heather for cutting her out of the episode. 3:42 pm. Its a shame that radio stations like The Ranch arent duplicated all across the country, and with the increased popularity of independent country, perhaps that will happen someday. 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). There is a classic country station in Decatur that I try to catch when im close enough, they play quite a bit of Buck Owens, The Hag, and Hank Snow, etc. 81.5% OR MORE of the playlist is likely the same as before the format change. New Slang posted an analysis that is even more in-depth (and accurate) than mine. So, if someone was going to inherit her fortune, it would be David and Sarah. Wow, that bloc Los incredible to me. No Petty? March 5, 2017 @ It has a phone app or can listen online. The irony is Nashville country stations are finally catching onto the popularity of Texas/Red Dirt music and are trying to play catch up. They played Miranda Lambert on The Ranch before any recent change. Their DJs are much more like able as well. (Dane played Dr. Mark Sloan from season 2 to season 9.) Why did Eric Dane leave Grey's Anatomy? Granted, Im also our only country music DJ, so I get why people dont tune into the station all that often :p. Personally I like the above playlist, it represents a nice balance, a coming together of many different worlds that all exist under the country music world if you will. Plus I work in a factory, so the radio only picks up like 2-3 stations. March 5, 2017 @ I also suspect this one is low on the list of station management priorities at the moment. 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 . Miranda, Musgraves should be included. Whiskey Lullaby does not fit their original foremat. 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 recent playlists have been flat out awful. Personally, Ive found that more freedom in what you can play leads to a greater confusion in what to actually play. If we loyal listeners wanted Seger and Paisley wed have either lobbied for them or made a Pandora station. the pistolero Sometimes you know the artist, sometimes you dont. Commercial radio is increasingly bland because advertisers spend a lot to have radio ads and they want max listeners in return for their spend. 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. The only music station I listen to on my hour plus commute in the afternoon. Below Deck, Bravo, News, Reality TV. After honoring the tradition of . March 5, 2017 @ Here are some observations: Out of 54 songs, only TWO could be considered current mainstream country music singles. According to the program director, it was about 10%, and that has now been corroborated independently by numerous studies. Bama Brown moved to Odessa, Texas from Alabama when he was seventeen. I like what I like. In a previous episode of the hit series, she uttered the word not once, but a few times. Best I can do is try to sing to myself or ignore it. Conflicting reports have emerged regarding Emmy winner Heather Tom 's ( Victoria Newman) future with The Young and the Restless. I do not think RIPRanch will get Hipsters into the listener pool, so why put us thru that? Thats 42.5% of the playlist!!!!!!! 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? ATX Tiger Paul since Im not a pretentious hickster snob, I wouldnt mind that they put sort of decent mainstream country (no bro country thou) and maybe classic rock songs a little bit here and there in the playlist to make some other audiences to feel welcome, hey we might get them into some really great music they havent discovered yet! Brittany Aldean Pens Heartwarming Birthday Tribute To Husband Jason Aldean Feb 28, 2023. Local radio is a part of your community. Brittany was accepted into MIT in the recent Season 4 finale and since Heather Morris is pregnant, the actress likely wants to focus on motherhood in the coming months. I do not live in this area, but I hope the format doesnt get any worse than this. No Stones? Unfortunately, I do not have a snapshot of the old playlist pre format change to make a direct comparison, but someone correct me if Im wrong in saying it was not out of the ordinary to hear Lynyrd Skynrd or other classic rock previously. Id love to have this station close to where I live. Maybe one of the three local country stations could implement it. Early Saturday, before noon, they played Trampled by Turtles and the Lumineers. She went up to Captain Lee and informed him that Jess didn't even give her ten seconds before leaving the yacht. Radio/Media 11:28 am. March 5, 2017 @ Just a theory. Also, wouldnt Eli Young Band fall into the category of being a more mainstream act of today as well? Later in November, she announced her new job at Newsmax TV, co-hosting the American Agenda alongside Bob Sellers. The Ranch has always played Miranda, Kasey & Maren with ZZ Top, Skynard & SRV mixed in with Willie, Merle & Waylon. So it could be as high as 90%. But I don;t think we will know that until we see the results of this move. Perhaps by expanding their playlist a bit it might allow them to feature more women. (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. Many people do not realize that radio is a business. It's possible that Heather adopted Lucy without getting married to Daniel but maybe they just consider Heather the mother-figure since she helped raised Lucy. And yes, my labeling of back catalog mainstream singles is up for interpretation, but if a song is 30-years-old, then its a classic if by not other definition than the date. I counted 23 songs tha were not played before Friday on the ranch. They were divorced in March 2000, three months before the release of their second album, De Stijl. Nothing up here for radio stations that are worth a damn anymore. 10:37 am. #1. I understand the emotional vestment we have in the influencers we follow. 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. It also alleged that publishing company Simon Books is likely to get a portion of Betty White's inheritance. That coupled with the more mainstream song has reduced the old format songs to about 50% of what they were. 10:25 pm. 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 Then it seemed like 6 months later, it was back to Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, & The Doors. Heather changed her name to Cheryl at the end of Silent Hill 3. . She is the deceased leader of the most popular and powerful clique at Westerburg High known as The Heathers. Im not saying folks dont have a right to be concerned. Ive heard Dierks Bentley, Jerry Jeff, Skaggs etc on this station many times, however I can say Ive never heard Clapton, but that may be because I dont listen to it enough. Also Dierks as best of mainstream, hahahhaa, he used to be, but not sure anybody has sold out harder lately. 12:34 pm. I had to stop listening to WYRK a few years ago because I could only take so much FGL and Blake Shelton. Listen. That's where the "Bama" nickname came from. Perfecto! Look at the success of wsm650am out of Nashville. 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. Or, perhaps they ask what more mainstream country songs could do. Im not mad, Im let down. I was wondering when youd cover this issue. Garnering a devout following in Ft. Worth and beyond via their web stream, The Ranch is considered an institution of the independent country world for the scores of devoted listeners who tune in every day, and the artists who enjoy airtime that most other country radio stations would never consider giving to such artists. 10:03 pm. ***UPDATE: According to some listeners, The Ranch has also added much more classic rock than what was played on the previous format. Heather Storm's Departure from Garage Squad. Couldnt agree with you more Jimmy. 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. In October 2022, Olivia was . I still had six months on my contract at the time too. On the other hand, if adding just a few songs from the mainstream entices more mainstream-oriented fans to the radio station, and the station sticks to their guns and only keeps those mainstream spins to a minimum, it could potentially result in a sum positive for all the independent and Texas artists featured regularly on The Ranch by exposing them to an entirely new demographic. March 7, 2017 @ For years, radio station 95.9 The Ranch based in Ft. Worth, TX has been a bastion for fans of true country music, Texas country, Red Dirt, Americana, and country classics that are so often missing or never even given a chance on corporate country radio stations. Working with Bama Brown and Rob Mason for the past six years on KASE 101 and now 98.1 KVET has been a joy. Amanda Austin's All-Time Country Favorites Big Frank. Or are you still deflecting that question? This obsession with Maren Morris is utterly dumbfounding. That shits messed up. Rick Dayton was a morning anchor who joined the station in 2009. According to the program director, it was about 10%, and that has now been corroborated independently by numerous studies.. Also, thats not what anyones complaining about. Water the plant and put the pot in indirect sunlight. Trigger 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. Rob: Ken Rice anchored it previously, but I suspect this gig could go to Heather Abraham, David Highfield, Paul Martino or even a reporter or meteorologist. 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. For her first voice-over acting role, Graham lent her pipes to Norm of the North, a children's animated film about a polar bear released in January 2016.You probably didn't hear about it because . Trigger 11:51 am. March 5, 2017 @ 12:55 pm. Trigger 10:06 pm. I would guarantee they have Aaron Watson, Cody Johnson, and Sunny Sweeney in the rotation too. Not easy to talk about, but her and her husband have decided to split.. Post some encouraging words! March 5, 2017 @ 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. I appreciated The Ranch as an alternative to 105.3 The Red Dirt Rebel because I could hear Corb Lund (Im sure hes out of rotation now), Jason Isbell, and Sturgill Simpson on The Ranch. The series' season 5 premiere, "Live Free or Die," opens with a flash-forward to Walt alone in a diner on his 52nd birthday. I was hearing some complaints and tried to look into it a little further. Much like 92.5 circa 2005-6, when they switched to Lonestar. 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 . KILT recently added a short-playlist Texas country HD station (KIKK). Nonetheless, the vocal minority won. Either way, you tell them to F-Off, and hang up the phone. I would think the loss of listeners would outnumber the listeners gained. Convict charlie Its hard to please everyones tastes, and thats why I try to balance everything out. 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. Getty Images. She did not elaborate if she would be joining another station or something away from TV news. 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. Hats off to Ben Ryan. When I go home, Ill turn it on now and its still better than whats it Columbus, but nothing like it used to be like you said Farmer Brian. 9 Mar 2008. The chief stew has spoken out about the n-word controversy. Deckhand Rayna Lindsey heard her say . Nonetheless, I can appreciate the fans who loved the station because it was unique and played a more narrow, and Texas-oriented playlist. Hes considered some kind of outlaw? Out of the 54 songs, 10 could be considered either current mainstream country hits, OR back catalog mainstream hits. That's why you're seeing Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt doing their show remotely from their respective homes. Fucking eh. I think this is exactly the playlist I would want transplanted to my local radio station. Theres a phone app and also on Roku. Not much of variety up here in central Illinois, 99% of the country stations play literally the same shit everyday. There was a demand for Reckless Kelly, Jason Borland, Ragweed, Jack Ingram etc. Randy Watkins I hurt for The Ranch fans. I think the fear is just like TNN & CMT or an untold # of great country stations once they start changing the format it starts the transformation to something unrecognizable. Heather White Radio personality, J.D., Mom.probably not in that order. March 5, 2017 @ 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. She decided to speak out about this after a post Natalie put . How is this a minor tweak?????? I listen to one of three Texas radio stations. and I have listened religiously for the last 13 years. Any recommendations for radio/club in San Antonio? Some things are better left unfixed. I think KOKE has really slid since its reincarnation. Im not from the area but I could see how they would be upset. Occasionally you hear a mainstream song that fits in wellusually around ten years old or more. Their Night format is all Texas Red Dirt along with Sturg and many of the alt country/Americana artists. I know it gets talked about a lot on here, but its still stunning to see it on a written out playlist. 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. I now stream music either through Slacker or stations like KNBT or The Ranch. In 2011, four Real Housewives Of New York were fired: Jill Zarin, Cindy Barshop, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Alex McCord. Lets ALL paint our houses white . March 5, 2017 @ According to a statement from her spokesperson, Tom will leave the show by year's end because of "creative differences" with the show's executive producer David Shaughnessy. That is why its important for listeners to voice their opinions. QC Kinetix received an endorsement from Heather White, co-host of KVET-FM radio show in Austin, TX. 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! Right, so we should also remove Turnpike Troubadours, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Stony LaRue, and Merle Haggard? Earhardt is allegedly doing her shows from the home of Sean "Softball" Hannity. Im about 20 miles NE of Bucyrus and have a hard time picking that up. I understand what has happened, I just dont like it. Radio is a dying business model in America, and in the very near future may only exist more as a novelty, and for ultra niche audiences like The Ranch appeals to right now. 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 If youre gonna be on the north/northeast side you might try KNBT 92.1 out of New Braunfels, but other than that theres nothing. San Antonio country radio blows syphilitic goats, with the exception of KKYX (680 AM/104.9 FM). By the way, a threat to a station or their employees is considered by the FBI as an act of terror. I didnt take it as a critique or insult at all, I took it as a question. But I do have a life and didnt want to spend my entire Saturday/Sunday compiling a 200-plus playlist. YouTube, & other streaming sources let you be your own program director. Angelo Rinaldi it gets to be much more than 10%. I think we can all come together and agree that Tyler Farr is terrible . So would Townes and Stevie Ray and Buddy Holly and Janis Joplin. On stations I have had the opportunity to program, my research has found the typical listener is familiar with and likes other music than simply a more hardcore country sound. The nearest big commercial FM country station is KATM in Modesto, which is heard from some eastern parts of the Bay Area all the way to Yosemite. However, she has been absent from the . About 15 of them are songs I wouldnt care to hear, Bob Segers Night Moves anyone? Its still a hell of a lot better of an experiment than KSCS playing Ed Sheeran and Kanye West. Place the cutting in the hole and gently pat down the soil around the stem. But lets be honest here about the motivations behind this format change by 95.9 The Ranch: MONEY. Even though there are still some 90s songs mixed in here and there, for the most part if its more than 10 years old it doesnt get played. 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