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Do you think we will see more country music radio stations in Seattle?

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fordranger797

When I was a kid in the 90's, it felt like nobody listened to country music. I can remember KMPS 94.1 being the only game in Seattle if you wanted to hear country music (which I did listen to back then).

Today it seems like the country format is expanding on a rather large scale. It appears that KANY 93.7 is breaking into the puget sound market by moving to south mountain, as well as KGY-FM down in Olympia. My question is, how many more of these stations do you think are going to pop up?

One thing is for sure, pretty much every small market today (such as Aberdeen) have multiple country music stations.
 
fordranger797 said:
When I was a kid in the 90's, it felt like nobody listened to country music. I can remember KMPS 94.1 being the only game in Seattle if you wanted to hear country music (which I did listen to back then).
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Actually, for a while there between July 1994 and February 1996 you had KMPS 94.1, KYCW 96.5 and KCIN 106.1.
 
Depends who lives in the area. A regional "collection" of Country stations in Ritzville has a stronger chance of succeeding than several country stations in Olympia...because the audience pie is bigger even though the market is much much smaller. Doesn't make sense for a ton of local stations to pop up around Seattle because they are generally served by the Seattle market (and other) signals .... the emphasis would likely be on local branding and coverage and not necessarily on being competitive JUST on a musical level.
 
Ritzville definitely - farmers all over that area and country music is #1. #2 is Mexican music. You can get KWIQ, KDRK, KXLY, maybe KNCW and others on FM - all country.

-crainbebo
 
It all depends on the success of the format. If country is in a good cycle, which it probably is right now, then expect more.

Country is one of the most viable formats out there, though. These formats seem to be knee-jerk, with only the heritage's surviving year after year. Country changing to something else, or something else changing to Country tend to bring on the most positive/negative response of listeners. I've seen this is research, but unfortunately can't quote where it came from.
 
If the format sticks when they move to South Mountain, KANY on 93.7 may be one of those stations.
 
I have actually been listening to "KXA 1520" lately, and it's pretty good. Unfortunately, I live in an area that doesn't pick up the KXA signal very well, but it still is listenable. I like to tune into Classic Country CKMX 1060 from my hometown of Calgary Alberta at night. Every night, and sometimes during the day, that station will boom in crystal clear, as if it was a local.
 
fordranger797 said:
I have actually been listening to "KXA 1520" lately, and it's pretty good. Unfortunately, I live in an area that doesn't pick up the KXA signal very well, but it still is listenable. I like to tune into Classic Country CKMX 1060 from my hometown of Calgary Alberta at night. Every night, and sometimes during the day, that station will boom in crystal clear, as if it was a local.
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For some reason, I've noticed CKMX with more early-mid 2000s country music now. Really? "Baby Girl" by Sugarland was played early this morning and that's 2003!

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
fordranger797 said:
I have actually been listening to "KXA 1520" lately, and it's pretty good. Unfortunately, I live in an area that doesn't pick up the KXA signal very well, but it still is listenable. I like to tune into Classic Country CKMX 1060 from my hometown of Calgary Alberta at night. Every night, and sometimes during the day, that station will boom in crystal clear, as if it was a local.
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For some reason, I've noticed CKMX with more early-mid 2000s country music now. Really? "Baby Girl" by Sugarland was played early this morning and that's 2003!

-crainbebo
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Hmmm I suppose you are right, I guess they do play some newer stuff. However, at-least its all in good taste. The pitfall with KXA is the fact that they play a lot of "remake songs".
 
I really enjoy KXA. I hope the local advertisers are supporting them. Great, eclectic variety of country--makes it fun to see what's going to be played next. Brings back lots of good memories.
 
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