The Big 615

[TheBigA]

i doubt Garth is expecting people to pay for just one station. It seems more likely The Big 615 will be available to those who subscribe to TuneIn Premium. One of the main perks of Premium is a growing number of commercial-free music channels.

Correct. Plus he will be adding other stations to his service. The other music channels aren't hosted.

Garth Brooks Launches The Big 615 Country Radio Station With TuneIn: ‘We’re Going to Lean a Little More Traditional’

Garth Brooks has launched a new country radio station with TuneIn called The Big 615.

www.billboard.com

 

[Saladressing]

Love the station name as it evokes an era when radio, today known as streaming, was larger than life. And there was a time that it certainly was. One of seemingly infinite examples was the afternoon show "The Cannon Mess" on 830 WCCO/Minneapolis. The following clip doesn't nearly do the show justice but was all i could find.

 

[TheBigA]

Here's more detailed reporting on The Big 615:

What We Learned About Garth Brooks’ The Big 615 On Its First Day.

Appropriately, Garth Brooks picked 615 Day in Nashville — a reference to the city’s primary area code — to go live with “The Big 615,” the first station from his

www.countryinsider.com

 

[Mark Roberts]

Other than Canada and Australia and, to a tiny extent, the UK, where else in the world is there interest in Country music?

I picked up this pamphlet in the Ardèche (Rhône-Alpes, France) a decade ago. (see attachments)

 

[Mark Roberts]

Other than Canada and Australia and, to a tiny extent, the UK, where else in the world is there interest in Country music?

I picked up this pamphlet in the Ardèche (Rhône-Alpes, France) 11 years ago. (Apologies for the duplication; I thought the post had been lost. I can't delete the other one.)

 

[Kelly A]

Correct. Plus he will be adding other stations to his service. The other music channels aren't hosted.

And, if the subscription thing doesn't work out, there's always beer advertising..