However, she has been absent from the . There is no definite reason as to why Heather was cut out of the show, but viewers did feel bad knowing producers made her come all that way just to be edited out. Luke Bell? March 5, 2017 @ I might have to try streaming them to get a feel for it. The mainstream they do play is very legit nash artists like Church, D. Bentley(rita loves Dierkes) Brett Eldridge, John Pardi, Gary Allan, William Michael Morgan, Lee Brice, Mo Pitney, Josh Turner. Best I can do is try to sing to myself or ignore it. Bill Turner Any recommendations for radio/club in San Antonio? They may give the station a listen because of Dierks, Miranda and Maren Morris and go on to discover TPT, Sturgill and Cody Jinks. This new playlist has increased the classic rock content at least 4-5 times normal. If they want to play classics from current mainstream artists, they should stick to songs like Should Have Been a Cowboy or Where the Green Grass Grows.. You tube and itunes serves me well. March 5, 2017 @ Former Ranch Fan The way the new/old distinction was made likely has much to do with the count. Ill give it another listen . March 5, 2017 @ Just looking at this station playlist, it looks good, there is nothing close to this in my market. And it was never close to 50%. 12:34 pm. Fucking eh. Leading Participant. Ironically, this format change from The Ranch allows them to feature more females, and you can see than in the sample playlist. Traditional country fans have Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Jeff Walker. He just put out the shittiest country album of his carrer thats NOT EVEN country, and the Ranch puts him on their rotation?!!!??? 10:50 am. Its a shame that radio stations like The Ranch arent duplicated all across the country, and with the increased popularity of independent country, perhaps that will happen someday. It seems to me that people may be more worried that 95.9 will turn to the TOP 40 Pop Country Radio Station like 96.3 and 99.5 .IMO If you look at the old play list some of the Tex RDR songs were being played over and over again .Adding some Classic Rock , I guess thats where the Alternative comes into play , personally I dont see where Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty , and some others should be on a Country Playlist , if I wanted Classic Rock I would tune in 92.5 The Bo and Jim show. I mainly listen to the radio while Im driving anyway. I suspect the ability of The Ranch to expand their audience to be commercially viable and financially sound is at play. Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) April 22, 2022. I am streaming this at work right now and theyre playing Merle, so its a pretty big win so far. Theres nothing wrong with Welchs version, but Miranda puts so much attitude/sass/fun in her interpretation. Posted May 7, 2012 at 4:44 p.m., updated May 7, 2012 at 5:48 p.m. A local sports radio personality and former Lady Vol is facing charges in connection with a drunken-driving arrest last month. However, I feel like more stations were beginning to copy what the Ranch was trying to do. March 6, 2017 @ Simply put, the number of listeners just isnt sufficient to get enough money per commercial and enough advertisers to match the bottom line operating costs is at play. Do I like every song we play? These women make GREAT country music. March 11, 2017 @ along with WSM, Check out Lighting 100 100.1 FM nashville. March 6, 2017 @ Dan explained the circumstances: "We were very keen for [Grant, Kari, and Tory] to be a part of the show, we are massive fans of theirs, and what they did over 10 years was phenomenal. Pathetic. Dont program like the big boys do. Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! IF this is really a listener requested change 95.9 should share the data that is driving the change. She did not elaborate if she would be joining another station or something away from TV news. The influx of top 40 country over the past year and a half or so is astonishing. Below Deck fans are disappointed and furious at Chase because she lied. Make a hole in the soilless mix with your finger, or optionally, a pencil. Bama and Heather in the Morning on 98.1 KVET iHeartMedia Feb 2013 - Aug 2021 8 years 7 months. The music list looks pretty good to me.The only thing I see to get offended by is someone threatening violence for playing whatever music. And even in there, you have a 28-year-old song from Garth Brooks, a 17-year-old and 10-year-old song from Gary Allan that may have been in the rotation before the change, a 14-year-old Dierks Bentley song, a 13-year-old Brad Paisley song written by Bill Anderson, a single from Kacey Musgraves that bombed on country radio a few years ago, and a song from King George Strait. I think this is exactly the playlist I would want transplanted to my local radio station. 2016 Speaker. Another independent project that Heather is involved with is "Man Seeks Adventure", a podcast she co-hosts alongside the automotive designer Dave Marek and the entrepreneur Brad Fanshaw. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. The recent playlists have been flat out awful. RitaBallou Quite serves me well too. Ive done articles on the subject. Im happy that they seem to be upping the female songs. Miranda covered another Welch/Rawlings song, Dry Town, on her second album in 2007 (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). Sometimes I play more older artists, sometimes I give more younger artists a chance. Heather Thomson and Leah McSweeney feuded on Season 13 of 'RHONY.'. Robert St Heather White is part of the "Bama, Rob, and Heather" morning show on 98.1 KVET. WTF?#!!! White feared it would impact his family. San Antonio country radio blows syphilitic goats, with the exception of KKYX (680 AM/104.9 FM). I like ZBB, the Avett Brothers. Zackary Kephart Tap the brakes, it wasnt a critique/insult, I literally was wondering if some of those slipped past ya. Testing out of market?? Fans are so furious over the move, they have hammered The Ranchs social media accounts with complaints, filled the stations message board with missives of discontent, someone has set up a Facebook page boycotting the station, and program director/DJ Shayne Hollinger has even received threats of violence from angry listeners. She appeared in 22 episodes in total, giving fans plenty of time to learn her . People like me simply wont be tuning in, because we dont want to hear that stuff in the first place. Earhardt is allegedly doing her shows from the home of Sean "Softball" Hannity. A college here in Nashville about a year ago switched to an all Americana format. Depending on my mood its sometimes what I even want to hear. specifically.. IF this is the case, and IF they dont slowly creep away from the Texas country thing altogether, then perhaps it will help. Im in PA and I listen to the Ranch via Tunein Radio. I just wish they would come right out and call this what it really is, a money grab. We used to have 101.3 WNCO out of Ashland that was pretty good about 6-8 years ago and theres a real spotty Classic country AM station that started recently in the Bucyrus area. Its easy to recognize her talent but the two best songs her name has been tied to are Ill Be the Moon and the outstanding live cover of Fire Away with Brothers Osborne. Heather Dubrow starred on Bravo 's hit show from Seasons 7 to 11. So, if someone was going to inherit her fortune, it would be David and Sarah. Place the cutting in the hole and gently pat down the soil around the stem. March 6, 2017 @ (Abuser of punctuation). Really? radio three years ago here in the Triad of NC, the above playlist is quite nice, to my eyes though. Below Deck fans are dying to know if Heather Chase will get fired from the show. They played some Aaron Watson and Cody Johnson, and some other good artists that I didnt know. Since we dont have a baseline, its hard to say if any of the ten mainstream songs would have been included before the change, but some of them probably were. Angelo Rinaldi I also can kind of understand WHY the station might be feeling pressure to add more listeners with some recognizable mainstream artists in the mix. The worry is where it may lead The Ranch and stations like it in the future. KVET in Austin was a great classic country & TX formatted station that eventually became full or pop country. In 2014 I learned about Lubbocks 105.3 The Red Dirt Rebel, and their mobile app/online streaming. the pistolero On stations I have had the opportunity to program, my research has found the typical listener is familiar with and likes other music than simply a more hardcore country sound. Rob: Ken Rice anchored it previously, but I suspect this gig could go to Heather Abraham, David Highfield, Paul Martino or even a reporter or meteorologist. By my count 18 of the last 40 songs played on The Ranch, as of 1:30PM CST, wouldnt have been played last Sunday., Shayne Hollinger When you alienate your core listenership by dickin with the playlist, getting rid of the deeply beloved jock or god forbid flipping formats, the damage is irreparable. Austin radio station KVET 98.1 has signed its morning team Bama Brown, Rob Mason and Heather White to a multi-year contract extension. iHeartMedia KVET/Austin morning co-host Heather White has departed after more than 15 years with the company and eight with the station. The only thing I can add to this conversation is I wish we had something half as good as the updated format up here in Ohio. According to a new report, Heather is being accused of walking away from the show amid production on season 13 after her plan to act as a moral ally for the series' first Black cast member, Eboni K. Williams, backfired. Simply put, the hardest road to travel is too narrow of a scope of music. Meanwhile for Americana/independent fans you have Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Jon Moreland, and Hank Williams III. I can get the new alternative songs anywhere. Anngelle Wood exits as a weekend host at WZLX and 101.1 WGIR-FM Manchester NH. March 5, 2017 @ Sturgill Simpson, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Isbell, Waylon, Willie, Merle, Nikki Lane, Miranda Lambert, Uncle Tupelo and so much more! Showbiz Cheatsheet reported in 2020 that Tamra Judge also thought . Lets all eat Penguin meat . Adding a little Americana and some classic rock, and even a 10-year-old Brad Paisley song might chase away some of the pop. IF this is really a "listener" requested change 95.9 should share the data that is driving the change. So yes, they will change the station after Dierks. when all the spots are filled with classic rock and 2000 Nashville Country? March 5, 2017 @ According to TMZ, Wayde allegedly threatened her as recently as earlier this month. Wayne D, Tay & Bama Weekday Mornings On 98.1 KVET! Its not bad at all. Is it all Money driven? 4:47 pm. I actually welcome some of the artists you mentioned for some variety, as Im apparently not as hard-core pure country as many on herewhatever the heck that is! Heather was locked up in D'Archam Asylum and hadn't been seen on screen since 2016. This is my town and my station. Mirandas version of Dry Town is the only time I dont prefer the composers original version. One of the songs on the playlist (Look At Miss Ohio written by Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings off Welchs 2003 album, Soul Journey) was covered by Miranda on her 2011 album Four The Record. March 5, 2017 @ I dont understand why youd hear Florida Georgia Line at all, unless youre in a bar or somewhere that someone plays them on the jukebox, or maybe in a store with the clerk having a radio on? Mason headed out to the then-Cedar Park Center for the ribbon cutting and announcement of the first event, a George Strait concert. Part and parcel as to why Radio is such a mess anymore. So pick the more country cuts on all of them. I now stream music either through Slacker or stations like KNBT or The Ranch. Do I want hear Sam Hunt played alongside Wade Bowen? You may call it petty, but it marks a distinct shift in the identity of KOKE. Thats why Im complaining. and the folks at Galleywinter are sticking up for the change because they have to maintain those radio relationships I would probably do the same thing. As for the mainstream country songs, What Was I Thinking is pretty BroCountry to me and has zero nostalgia-factor. While its true that there is a lot of bad mainstream country out there, the truth is that you will hear a lot of bad Americana/real country/Texas country/ etc etc if a station plays nothing but that for long enough. Might as well be 95.9 Jack FM now. 2:50 pm. As well, in late 2019 Heather and Erica Schrull started the project "2 Car Girls Cruise Cali", a month-long road trip along California's most . She is the deceased leader of the most popular and powerful clique at Westerburg High known as The Heathers. I think that they are clearly trying to show the musical influences of artists and highlighting the mainstream artists that have made it big time, but are still keeping it country Hats off to The Ranch and my good friend Justin Frazell and what they are doing for Texas Red Dirt music, but let us not forget, those mainstream artists they are playing, at one time, they were a nobody just trying to be heard. The nearest big commercial FM country station is KATM in Modesto, which is heard from some eastern parts of the Bay Area all the way to Yosemite. Radio stations trying to play anything and everything will find listeners who only need music ( ads and DJ s ) as a form of company ..a minor distraction .playing in the background at the shop , playing in the garage , around the house while they vacuum ,playing in the van dropping kids at school .. etc.. Absolutely not, but its not my own personal playlist. For independent and Texas country fans who often share a radio with co-workers and are used to hearing these names in the rotation along with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, and Sam Hunt, theyre probably wondering what all the hubbub is about. I started my whole foray into this Texas music scene more than a decade ago with Pandora introducing me to artists like Jason Boland & The Stragglers, it snowballed from there, including with help of this website introducing me to artists like Cody Jinks and Mike and the Moonpies. New Slang posted an analysis that is even more in-depth (and accurate) than mine. I have deleted this station from my preset list and will now stream other stations like KOKE or The Range. Heather Chandler, portrayed by the late Kim Walker, is the first female antagonist of the cult classic film Heathers. Theres a reason we dont like Keith Urban, its not the style of music we like, just as someone who loves Keith Urban isnt likely to get excited about Cody Jinks. That is why radio stations stunt when they change their formats in the first place. The popular MotorTrend Network's show is all about car make-overs, and it features the best talents, including the host. I gave up on f.m. ThatFireGuy13 I wonder if you may have missed some songs on the playlist that could also be against the old format. BwareDWare94 My comment was not addressing the playlist. 1:39 pm. It could be good for the station for growth while also being good for the fans and its not as though they are playing the bad mainstream stuff either. Lindell was then finally given a chance . 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As a listener, your voice needs to be heard, you need to support the stations advertisers and by all means stick with them. March 6, 2017 @ Theyre not trying to appeal to everyone, theyre targeting people that buy brand new full size trucks every two years, drink copious amounts of corporate beer, and pretend theyre from the country when they really live in the suburbs. 2:59 pm. Hats off to Ben Ryan. A few years ago, we went from Todays Country & your All-Time Favorites to just Todays Country. #8 < > Showing 1-8 of 8 comments . 12:08 pm. Deckhand Rayna Lindsey heard her say . The true story. The Texas Red Dirt music scene is a boiling pot for all music. KILT recently added a short-playlist Texas country HD station (KIKK). "It had become really toxic with a . Im the odd one who is okay with the new artists being added. Lee Ann Womack Last Call So that theory is total bs, in my opinion. Glad I have no radio loyalty. In May, the news made rounds that Heather Childers is no longer anchor of Newsmax. Does it suck that The Ranch has acquiesced and started putting some mainstream country stuff in their rotation? Christian Coalition Right Wing Conservatives But there is something to be said for pragmatism in trying to build a wider fan base behind independent artists. March 5, 2017 @ Fox News has fired Fox & Friends First host Heather Childers after she showed up to work sick and put workers at risk of COVID-19. Garnering a devout following in Ft. Worth and beyond via their web stream, The Ranch is considered an institution of the independent country world for the scores of devoted listeners who tune in every day, and the artists who enjoy airtime that most other country radio stations would never consider giving to such artists. His day job is on a morning radio show on 98.1 KVET here in Austin. Dead by Daylight > General Discussions > Topic Details. As an example, often when mainstream stars put out terrible singles, much of their fan base complains. The wife of Jonathan Schindler made her long-awaited return to the hit Bravo series in the fifth episode of Season 13, which is entitled "Putting the Tiff in Tiffany's." As soon as Heather sat down for dinner at Ramona Singer's home in the Hamptons, Leah McSweeney began to call . Id rather hear Josh Turners Home Town Girl than anything by CCR when Im listening to what I think is supposed to be a country station. And yes, it is alarming to see this marginal, but clear change of format from 95.9 The Ranch. If a song checks off whatever boxes in my mind it takes for me to appreciate it, I can surely like it a whole lot the first time I hear it, even if its from an artist Ive never heard before. We have a very loyal base of Americana/Alt-Country fans up here. I stream it as an app for my phone. I banned the Ranch a year ago when I counted that out of a playlist of 200 songs, they played TEN by women. Eldon Thacker As far as I can remember, Ive always had a love/hate relationship with country radio. Former Ranch Fan Your band is booked as a country band this week following last weeks Pink Floyd tribute act following last months Top 40 dance band . KRTY has been around for a long time, and was supposed to be an independent station. Please send me these studies. In Nashville its WSM AM 650. None of them are from Texas, and thats only five names out of many off this list that would be excluded. But this is the reason country music these days marks a dividing line of the culture war. If they keep with this format change, then they really need to change the name and get rid of their current slogan of The sound of Texas. KVET's White Departs. Yes, there is some irony in some Texas / Red Dirt fans complaining about pop in the format. No Stones? The truth is, I didnt want to very often, and still dont. I was just trying to make a narrow point that the mainstream artists they did add, at least in regards to this specific playlist, were two women. Country maybe. March 6, 2017 @ The only music station I listen to on my hour plus commute in the afternoon. IHeartMedia and Cumulus are up to their ears in debt with no plan of how to get out of it, streaming continues to take market share, and the music sucks. Or the other demographic will hit the button after ZZ Tops Tush is over when they realize its not a classic rock station and not what they really dig; which is listening to the same 100 songs in a random rotation that theyve been listening to since 1965. I realize KOKE plays mainstream and Nashville artists, but at least they are upfront about it and dont bullshit their listeners. It runs just like a car. True country fans, especially ones that have been listening to The Ranch for years as a safe harbor from pop country, are so diametrically opposed to mainstream music, they would rather hear rock or pop invade their radio station than even the best of what country radios mainstream stations play. My radio never leaves it. I still remember the day XM took away XM 12 Cross Country and forced me to listen to Outlaw Country instead. But there is still work to do to get those artists to the next level, and a massive gulf between the popularity of mainstream and independent artist. I was wondering when youd cover this issue. The big test for The Ranch may not be right now, but in a few weeks when they find out if the format tweak is effective. In terms of The Ranch, its a real shame. No concrete reason was given for the other . As a formerly loyal Ranch listener I can tell you they most definitely played My Church and Vice before this horrendous program change. March 5, 2017 @ March 5, 2017 @ And I also recall that political and cultural conservatives seemed to be a big part of mainstream countrys fan base in the years after 9/11, but less so today. 12:33 pm. Jul 14, 2021. Im fine with Miranda. There were negotiations, and based on those negotiations, they . But I do love the legit nash artists and KOKE plays them. No Springsteen? Maybe Im reaching here but couldnt this be a good thing for the artists and music that these people support? And the storylines were sort of, you know, heading in different directions. Shayne would seem to deviate a bit from the format during his show, but not like it is now. As far as I can tell its core audience has become less rural since the end of the neo trad movement in the early 1990s. Dr. Heather White is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the area of dairy cattle nutritional physiology. I welcome a slight change in format to fill the airplay with really good music, even if some are from the Nashville scene. If it is, then maybe they pat themselves on the back and go about their business. If you take that into account, along with the clearly more mainstream country, and the other genres (where do the Lumineers fall?) QC Kinetix received an endorsement from Heather White, co-host of KVET-FM radio show in Austin, TX. 5:24 pm. She is a radio morning show host, a lawyer and mom to two special needs children. Trigger, I share your perspective. But I do have a life and didnt want to spend my entire Saturday/Sunday compiling a 200-plus playlist. I actually dont hate all mainstream country. That is why it came as such a shock when late last week the radio station decided to slightly tweak their format, and began to file in songs from a few select mainstream actsartists like Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Miranda Lambert. In a just country music landscape ,far more authentic music and honest , talented artists should be trickling through onto the mainstream playlists rather than the other way around . 2:06 pm. Did The Ranch have classic rock songs in their playlist before? the pistolero These listeners dont buy music , they dont support tradition , they dont go out to hear live music or support a venue and the only reason they MAY go to a club with a schizophrenic band schedule is that its walking distance from their house . This format sounds very similar to BOB 106.1 in Minnesota. To argue otherwise shows you never listened to the station. Julian Spivey But its still worth noting that 98% of the country would kill for a playlist like this from a local radio station. But The Ranch still comprises one of the best playlists in the entire country, and if people want to see it remain filled with the best of Texas country and Americana, and inspire other radio stations to adopt similar formats, they should support it instead of slogging it just because they want smart mainstream listeners to also feel accepted into the listenership. And Im not patronizing you, Im just trying to find out what the concern is. Fans were left puzzled when they noticed a slight change in Garage Squad season 6. Law degree. Also, thats not what anyones complaining about. This video was originally featured on her Facebook page: . 10:50 am. Take Eli Young Bands Small Town Kid. First, Eli Young was totally a product of Texas country that then moved on to Nashville. I agree that songs like Night Moves and Jack and Diane are far from classic country, though they have been around for several decades, long before the millennials took over our airwaves with their hip hop culture. 7:53 pm, Just to clarify, put of that list only 10 are new to the playlist, Former Ranch Fan Its the independent owners that need to super serve their listenership while corporate Radio continues to turn each station into a Pandora or iHeartradio app channel. If they could get Opry to agree to syndicate, itd be the cherry on top, although I know there is a SiriusXM channel that has it, so there might be contract issues there. I dont begrudge Shane, Justin or any of the DJs for doing what they are told and Im not going to throw a hissy fit about it. Haha, its way better than any radio station I can dial into here in Ohio, but I think my Hellbound Glory and Hank3 stations are honed in more to my tastes. I think we can all come together and agree that Tyler Farr is terrible . Listening to complaints that Brad Paisley aint Texas country from people who think Jason Boland and Merle Haggard are helps me to better understand how hacks like Pat Green and Kevin Fowler got big in Texas music. Give me Eric Church any day. Outlaw Country comes close every once in a while or even doing a radio show on that channel every once in a while. Ive streamed The Ranch for a the past few years since Houston didnt have anything close to it. March 5, 2017 @ For me, its not so much that they have made a change, but the songs that dont fit into what I have been groomed by the Ranch to believe is the sound of Texas just really, really dont fit. Hes considered some kind of outlaw? Im a pretty big consumer, I buy albums and singles, I dont use Spotify, and very seldom do I use Pandora anymore. Later in November, she announced her new job at Newsmax TV, co-hosting the American Agenda alongside Bob Sellers. Shayne keeps saying this is what their listeners have been asking for. No Seger? Further to that, I can say in 15 years of listening I have never ever wished I could hear these alternative songs during my Ranch listening time and now I find myself just turning it off when these songs come on, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for the rest of the day (in fact I just turned it off when The Joker came on). Listen To Podcasts That Examine The Passion, Perseverance, And Power Of Black Culture! I would think the loss of listeners would outnumber the listeners gained. website builders . 7:16 am. They recently redid a majority of their KOKE promo plugs. On 1st April 2019, Discovery had a press release in which they announced that Garage Squad would be returning for season six. Jackson Burnes exits as the Executive Producer for "Karlson, Mckenzie and Heather" at Classic Rock 100.7 WZLX. 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