There was a proposal a few years ago to build a NASCAR race track on Staten Island, which was not well received by King Bloomberg. That was a mistake – Cumulus in the 3rd month of running a Country music station is up to a 1.8% share and approaching a 1 million cum (the person listened to the station at least once during the month).<\/p>\n
More important, country is becoming the #1 music format among young people nationwide.<\/p>\n
Why is this happening? I don’t know – here are some theories:<\/p>\n
– people who like country music are the least likely to have an MP3 player or stream – so it isn’t so much that more people are listening to country but that people who listen to other music aren’t listening to radio
\n– people moving out of the North discover country music like it, even if they move back north
\n– adults who like country music have more children
\n– rock and roll is grandpa’s music
\n– white teenagers are drawn to a music format that aligns more with their culture than gangsta rap<\/p>\n
I’ve noted since I compiled the station list how there is a huge gap between how many country and contemporary christian music stations there are, and how the radio “biz” pundits and major market radio people view with contempt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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