A very nice story Alan! I hope your dreams come true in the near future! I still hold out hope I will own a station (or maybe a few) in the future. I would love to be the guy who could come in and put a spark into Jacksonville-area radio. I am not about appeasing share holders. My goal would be to make the station(s) LIVE & LOCAL as much as possible. Some say it takes money, but you have to spend money to make money as they tell me.
If I got my hands on a cluster that included a country outlet, I would order an expanded playlist with hits going back to the 70's at least with a smattering of classic rock hits thrown in that are country in nature at the same time, but not overdone. Also at the same time I would seek to get an Oldies/Classic Hits station back on in the market and program it with a huge playlist that sounds fresh and upbeat and not the same 250 songs over and over. Heck I think JohnJax did a nice research project a year or so ago on the format with songs that could work well.
Anyways that is just me dreaming there for now.
Alan keep up the great work and best of luck with the rest of 2013!