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Question re: country music radio formats

Posted by Curious Georgette on September 4, 2020, 2:13 pm

Considering that country/country-western music has been commercially popular for almost a century, and has a broad demographic appeal (at least in certain parts of the USA), why are there no "country oldies" stations similar to "rock/pop oldies" stations? At least in the greater Chicago area?

I would think that there would be an audience for 1950s-80s country hits, just like the pop hits on WRME, etc., and the "dusties" shows on some "urban" stations.

Why does it appear that only "contemporary country" stations make it big around here?

Re: Question re: country music radio formats

Posted by Jeremy Andrews on September 4, 2020, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Question re: country music radio formats"

They do really well in small markets. Duluth, Lansing, Appleton, etc all have them. The same service that syndicates MeTV-FM to other stations also syndicates the format heard in the above markets. Very broad. I swear WCCQ is using a variation of it.

However I think it has problems billing in other markets.

Re: Question re: country music radio formats

Posted by omega media on September 5, 2020, 11:18 am, in reply to "Re: Question re: country music radio formats"

CCQ is running their own format — skews way younger than most classic formats. The typical country oldies format doesn’t include any modern product, CCQ runs a lot of modern country

Re: Question re: country music radio formats

Posted by Scoop Dog on September 5, 2020, 9:10 am, in reply to "Question re: country music radio formats"

The demos for the format you’re portraying typically are too old, and not wanted.

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