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Ella Langley scores her first solo No. 1 on country radio with "Weren't For The Wind," proving authenticity can break through ...
In this age of on-demand listening, terrestrial and satellite country radio are still the key power players in making or breaking a star.
As one country radio programmer recently told Variety, " The core country audience is still that 35-to-45-year-old soccer mom, and they don't just listen to country, they listen to pop, where ...
Bluffton’s Mark Robertson of The River attracted listeners from Savannah to Hilton Head by sharing information and songs with ...
Country radio has been slow to adopt that, for some reason I can’t figure. I think for most country stations, they really want (the signal) to come from Nashville, ...
Grammy-winning stars The Chicks' political beliefs overwhelmed their genre popularity in 2003, leading to their "cancellation ...
Watson started clicking through slides about inclusivity and diversity on country radio: From 2002 through 2023, songs by White artists averaged 96.5 percent of country radio airplay.
Country Radio Broadcasters has made a commitment to continue with these committees through the remainder of 2023 with the intention of making a presentation to the industry at CRS 2024.
Since commercial country radio is still the easiest way to mass market an artist, we're seeing a trend now where artists are altering their approach to recording in response to trends at radio.
On Billboard’s Country Airplay chart — a more focused barometer of radio programming decisions — “Texas Hold ’Em” has so far climbed only as high as No. 33.
You can’t turn on country radio without hearing songs about girls breaking hearts or girls knockin’ boots. But you might hear 10 (or more) songs in a row about women before you hear one by a ...
In 2018, the Tennessean reported that the number of charting songs from women on Country Aircheck (a measure of terrestrial radio play) had only dropped — from 13% in 2016 to 10.4% in 2017.