Jeffrey said:
I'm not into country music either. I don't hate it, just not into it.
However I think this time around country in NYC MAY have that chance because you have a lot more artists on the mainstream. Now granted, in terms of mainstream, Z-100 may only play Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum and won't touch other country artists. But I think there could be room here for Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, etc on a country formatted station.
It definitely appeals more to the suburban audience but you DO have people in the city "proper" that are into it. Granted, we may not have many country music venues here but for what it's worth, there ARE country fans here and to my knowledge, whatever artists have been performing at MSG have had their venues sold out. So in that case, the demand IS there. Whether that translates to Madison Avenue remains to be seen but this time around I think country can work. For some, the "twang" works
The only thing I see as a conflict is the same thing that current based dance fans go through.....today vs. the classics. I would think that whatever country station happens here would be current based and not "old school" such as Merle Haggard, George Strait, George Jones (my father listened to country music when he was alive, that's how I know these artists
) and those that like the generation of music that WHN and WKHK had would be upset. Similar in that I think a dance station should be current based and as far as older music, such as freestyle, goes...leave that to 'KTU for their demographics.