Changes in Radio 2012

[firepoint525]

That probably explains why half of it crosses over to 92.9! :

So instead of four country stations in Nashville, there actually are five.
Then again, back in the 60s, you could hear Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Marty Robbins, and Merle Haggard on the pop stations.

I would agree with you on all of them except for maybe the Hag. I don't think any of the others put music out there with the intention of it "crossing over." It just did. But I don't think that the genres were as far apart (musically) as they are now.

Then again, back in the 60s, you could hear Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Marty Robbins, and Merle Haggard on the pop stations.

That was back when Top 40 meant the top 40 records no matter the genre... Beatles, Cash, or Frank. I honestly miss that. Too bad there's not a place for it today.

Well, I'm thinking that there were fewer stations on the dial back then, so there was less of a need to go after a "niche" market. Then again, you also had more than one generation listening to the same station. That probably began to go away in my childhood or teenage years.