Hank Takes Down The Wolf

[The New Chico]

Does KKXA not subscribe to Nielsen? If they do, then I'm surprised they never show up. The 50kw signal has pretty good coverage as far south as Renton. They play a lot of '80's Country.

The owner of KXA and KRKO sometimes shows up on this board, and I am not speaking for him. But listening to the stations they do a really solid job of superserving Snohomish county. Not sure there would be any reason for them to subscribe- I am sure they are not getting any agency buys anyway. Sounds like everything they do is locally results driven marketing. (And, sad to say after he went through so much trouble to build the physical plant for both of the AMs, but likely the vast majority of the listeners are hearing him on the FM translators anyway.)

 

[KilowattKat]

I haven't read about any potential cuts at KUOW. With such a large audience, and being in a top 20 market, they should be able to weather the storm of CPB funding loss.with minimal impact. KUOW is one of the lucky ones.

 

[Bongwater]

Totally agree about current Country radio. A playlist that consists of mostly Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs is not for me either I like the music by those artists, but c'mon there's a lot more to Country music than that.

I've said this many times and I will say it again; Country music is dead. And has been since the day Nashville let Kid Rock in. All Beyonce could do from that point is improve it.

What's called "Country" music today is really "Suburban". For those lumberjack bearded, jail tattooed contractor hamburger pokes rustling at The Costco Corral who ride Denalis and come home to rented 3rd floor ranch houses (on Polygon Properties.)

And the trad wives who hate them with the passion of 10,000 burning suns (if you listen to the ladies of this music.)

Or at least that's the most romantic vision one could make of it all after an hour of KPNW lately.

That said, historically while KMPS and KKWF have had periods at #1, this should not be taken that Seattle is any major hotbed for this music. It really isn't. The Seattle suburbs are. In the North and South primarily.

Because it's suburban money. From spots for suburban box stores, suburban fast food, suburban convenience stores and suburban car dealerships that keep these stations going. I could go on.

For suburban listeners that keeps this format going.

Just add baseball cap.

It's Suburban. Just call it what it is.

 

[TheBigA]

I've said this many times and I will say it again; Country music is dead. And has been since the day Nashville let Kid Rock in.

Funny, that's what they said in the 60s when Waylon & Willie were first making music. Charlie Rich was so angry, he set the card on fire when he read John Denver's name for CMA Entertainer of the Year. A lot of stations refused to play Ronnie Milsap because he was too pop. Most recently, voters at the Country Music Hall of Fame refrained from inducting Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap because they were too pop.

Everybody thinks the new music isn't as good as the old music. The Opry didn't allow drums or electric guitars on the stage until the 60s. Purists didn't approve of the steel guitar in Hank Williams music. Fans of Roy Acuff felt George Jones was a novelty act. Roy Acuff didn't approve of John Anderson because his hair was too long. I could go on and on.

Radio stations aren't musicologists. They'll play whatever makes them money.

For suburban listeners that keeps this format going.

It doesn't matter. The market covers both the city & suburbs. That's probably true in a lot of places, including Chicago.

 

[guruofradio]

Country is a fine format but there is really only room for one in this area. KPNW has some solid 18-34 and WOLF occasionally cracks 25-54 demo. HANK is much older which may be their intent matched with KVI and KNWN in an older targeted cluster. The country cume is limited in Seattle. Same problem in LA, SF and several other markets. In other markets like Dallas or Denver country has a fine cume. I stand corrected, KUOW squeeked in at number 6 25-54, but is rarely that high. I do agree it is the top news/talk station in the market. Typically their audience is much older which is probably just fine for a listener supported station vs a station that relies on commercial inventory to survive.

 

[TheBigA]

Country is a fine format but there is really only room for one in this area.

We've gone through this many times before. Seattle has had three country stations before.

Seattle has room for as many stations in a format as advertisers are willing to support. Radio stations are more than just the music.

 

[guruofradio]

Agreed.