Heather White is part of the "Bama, Rob, and Heather" morning show on 98.1 KVET. March 5, 2017 @ The list you posted is very similar to the mix one hears on Outlaw. Pathetic. I also suspect this one is low on the list of station management priorities at the moment. No Petty? Radio is a dying business model in America, and in the very near future may only exist more as a novelty, and for ultra niche audiences like The Ranch appeals to right now. 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. I absolutely love some of the stuff I hear on The Rebel that I wont hear anywhere else. Austin radio station KVET 98.1 has signed its morning team Bama Brown, Rob Mason and Heather White to a multi-year contract extension. There was a demand for Reckless Kelly, Jason Borland, Ragweed, Jack Ingram etc. If thats all I tuned in for, I would be angry too. If I were listening to a station for the sole reason that they were an alternative to your usual mainstream station I would be pretty bummed out with this format change, and also worried about what this meant for the stations future. IF this is really a "listener" requested change 95.9 should share the data that is driving the change. Law degree. I worked for a Country independent in Kentucky that wouldnt let me play Kentucky Headhunters because they didnt TEST well in SEATTLE!!! Not. I think the easy answer is no, as you have to wonder if mainstream fans would consider that not getting enough of what they want, but I wonder if the mix would actually make a sizable audience happy? March 5, 2017 @ Thus far their format has not changed too much, but fans are rightly concerned that it might be the beginning of a bigger shift. Former Ranch Fan along with WSM, Check out Lighting 100 100.1 FM nashville. March 11, 2017 @ This format sounds very similar to BOB 106.1 in Minnesota. I guess 4% isnt that big of a change. This is a playlist designed to bring in a larger audience in an attempt to reel in some outsider that have no idea that The Ranch even exists. Hes considered some kind of outlaw? March 6, 2017 @ Twitter: @heatherbelly Instagram: @heatherbelly TikTok:@Heatherbelly This is my public page. Hell, Id kill for one here in Nashville! In this sample, no Sunny Sweeney, no Bri Bagwell, no Sarah Hobbs. TEN. Trigger it gets to be much more than 10%. Radio is dead. 137 Comments. Orgirl1 March 5, 2017 @ the other day I start a Turnpike Troubadours station on my Amazon app on the fire stick. No Stones? Does it suck that The Ranch has acquiesced and started putting some mainstream country stuff in their rotation? They changed the format back days ago. I counted 23 songs tha were not played before Friday on the ranch. Miranda made the big-time and has been rewarded for it, but its hard to see how anyone would question that she is Texas and she is country. I actually dont hate all mainstream country. After honoring the tradition of . Its hard to find good music up here in the Rock and Roll hall of fame city. Tap the brakes, it wasnt a critique/insult, I literally was wondering if some of those slipped past ya. Heather Thomson looked back on her time on The Real Housewives of New York City during a new interview. I discovered this really weird station that comes to my town in the night time that has a similar format. Seriously? 2:06 pm. March 5, 2017 @ New Ashley McBryde Song Light On In The Kitchen, Mo Pitney Tributes JD Crowe with Old Home Place, New Adam Hood Song You Love Me Like That, Channing Wilson Crazy Over You (Official Performance Video), Larry Sparks, Mamas Apron Strings (Video), Bella White Break My Heart (Official Video), Johnn Cash Ragged Old Flag Feature from Super Bowl, New Shefton Kash Song Forevers Not As Long As It Used To Be, Kaitlin Butts What Else Can She Do (Official Music Video), New Andrew Scott Willis Song Never Dont, Lainey Wilson Covers Rolling Stones You Cant Always Get What You Want, Ft. Worths 95.9 The Ranch Comes Under Fire After Format Change (+ Playlist Analysis), Album Review Amanda Fields What, When and Without, Country Rapper Katie Noel Goes Viral with Southern (A Rant), Fire On The Mountain The Marshall Tucker Band, Were All In This Together Jack Ingram, Im The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised Johnny Paycheck, The Wall Willie Nelson (Damn good song, btw), Burn Down The Trailer Park Paul Thorn, Aint Nobody Got a Hold On Me Rob Baird, Brown Eyed Handsome Man Waylon Jennings, Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars John Moreland, Too Late For Goodbye Randy Rogers Band, Think Ill Stay Here And Drink Merle Haggard, Bad Live And A Broken Heart Hayes Carll, My Drinking Problem Hank Williams III. What the Ranch is now is still better than most of its competition, its just not what it was a week ago! 2:50 pm. Water the plant and put the pot in indirect sunlight. But I get why people are pissed about it, and given the degree of anger about it, itll be interesting to see what happens, Farmer Brian March 5, 2017 @ The only reason Music Row hasnt moved on is because theyre relied on radio for so long, they know no other way forward. Fucking eh. Didnt see anyone complaining about the classic rock added, but I can understand why some would be angered. Were Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clapton, and Seger played before this change (could be a shot at grabbing some classic rock listeners)? March 5, 2017 @ These probably hipsters are whining about this stations playlist? 2:13 pm. Not much of variety up here in central Illinois, 99% of the country stations play literally the same shit everyday. All this is for naught now since the switch back, just trying to make a point that the 10% number quoted here is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. Im listening to KOKE-FM as I type this in fact. Sam Riggs high on a country song and Mike Ryans new hometown are absolutely Nashville pop country songs that they are peddling under the Texas Music banner. To keep up-to-date with what is happening on the croft, please subscribe to our mailing list . Its why we listened to The Ranch. Look, Saving Country Music loves to find instances where companies and radio stations screw up and undervalue the independent/traditional country fan. 2 years ago, I wouldnt have even changed the station from KOKE, now, I frequent KVET because they even do classic country better than KOKE. If using Kacey Musgraves and Dierks Bentley as gateway drugs is what it takes, then this may not be a bad compromise. 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. By the way, a threat to a station or their employees is considered by the FBI as an act of terror. The Rebel app was often glitchy, often repetitive, and didnt have a live person in studio a lot of the time (which I think contributed to the glitchy and repetitiveness). I have seen artists get absolutely blasted by core fans for releasing a certain single as I explained above, but there are 10 times the amount of fans that eat it up. when all the spots are filled with classic rock and 2000 Nashville Country? And for those boneheads that threaten violence, Id say buy your own station. 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. Working with Bama Brown and Rob Mason for the past six years on KASE 101 and now 98.1 KVET has been a joy. 12:19 pm. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. Inconsistency by an artist , a club or a restaurant ends up alienating and even pissing off prospective customers who like to know what they can expect. Personally Id much rather hear more classic country mixed in because that more accurately reflects what my playlist is and what led me to Texas country in the first place. However, we cant get a radio station to have a playlist like this!!! Also, wouldnt Eli Young Band fall into the category of being a more mainstream act of today as well? March 5, 2017 @ What good is exposing listeners to Cody, Aaron, etc. 6:11 pm. 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. Former Ranch Fan Give me Eric Church any day. Today. Heather Childers is no longer with Fox News, having parted ways at the network after being off the air since March. only they arent asking for input from listeners, they just changed it. For "Beverly Hills: 90210" fans, there was potentially no greater source of drama than the love triangle between Brenda Walsh (Shannen Doherty), Dylan McKay (Luke Perry), and Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth).Dylan and Brenda were hot and heavy in the first few seasons of the show - that is, until Brenda went off to Paris and began to fall for each other, all behind Brenda's back (via TVLine). I would guarantee they have Aaron Watson, Cody Johnson, and Sunny Sweeney in the rotation too. Theyre damned lucky the owners didnt flip it to news/talk. March 5, 2017 @ The Ranch has always played Miranda, Kasey & Maren with ZZ Top, Skynard & SRV mixed in with Willie, Merle & Waylon. At least I would have a little more respect for them. Someone made a comment to the effect that people in many other parts of the country would be thrilled to have a station that played this much music that is not considered mainstream country. And he was a lifelong resident of Kentucky. Thats not to say the Radio station will fold and die. Brent Cobb Black Crow Wayde and Heather King starred on Animal Planet's Tanked. However, in 2021, serial killer Ryan Chamberlain received a letter from a Heather W, who claimed to be his biggest fan. Its disingenuous. As far as I can remember, Ive always had a love/hate relationship with country radio. March 6, 2017 @ What? Their sound and singles indicate that they could care less about the roots Texas music has. Austin Lee 10-15 years ago we didnt have anywhere near as many stations that played independent country artists as we do now. Its starts out pretty typicalTurnpike of course, shifts to Reckkess Kelly, Sturgill, Ryan Beaver, Cody Jinksthen whoaan old Brantley Gilbert song sandwiched in between Rob Baird, and The Casey Donahue Bandat first it threw me off, but then I realized it was actually a nice change of pace. When are they going to get an XM station just for the Texas/Red Dirt scene? Adding a little Americana and some classic rock, and even a 10-year-old Brad Paisley song might chase away some of the pop. Former Ranch Fan Announcing at Texas Stars games was almost a fluke. The country radio audience was very female centric from the 1990s through most of the first decade of the 2000s, catering to suburban mothers. I agree with both of you as well. You tube and itunes serves me well. 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. Streets of Bakersfield, Highway 40 Blues, and High Cost of Living may have been mainstream back catalogue inclusions, as well. March 5, 2017 @ Trigger John Deery #32 Just Remember what RWH says What you wont find up in Heaven are How do I know? In May, the news made rounds that Heather Childers is no longer anchor of Newsmax. Yes, there is some irony in some Texas / Red Dirt fans complaining about pop in the format. 2016 Speaker. KRTY has been around for a long time, and was supposed to be an independent station. Stop dragging great songs down just because they had mainstream success. Absolutely not, but its not my own personal playlist. Saving Country Music studied a multi-hour bloc of The Ranchs playlist as it streamed Saturday (3-4) evening to see just how significant the format change is (see below). At least the listeners dont have to pay to listen. KILT recently added a short-playlist Texas country HD station (KIKK). Marens Church song is ok but the others are definitely more pop. Jun 12, 2020 - Enjoyed my time with Heather White @KVET. I listen to one of three Texas radio stations. (Abuser of punctuation). Shayne Hollinger (.. he asked somewhat rhetorically ) .. Randy Watkins iHeartMedia KVET/Austin morning co-host Heather White has departed after more than 15 years with the company and eight with the station. Trigger, Im curious as to your opinion of who would be the main target audience for mainstream country radio over the next few years. He was in that business until he moved to Austin in 1988 when he was thirty and went into radio on Z102 as a part-time jock. I live in Columbus, OH. They recently redid a majority of their KOKE promo plugs. Like a newspaper, radio sfations depend on ad money to stay afloat. Getting those beautiful teeth might involve an easier process than you imagined. Glad I have no radio loyalty. Shows by these artists sell out all the time up here. I am streaming this at work right now and theyre playing Merle, so its a pretty big win so far. Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell are on the list. Heather Thomson will not be returning for the next season of The Real Housewives of New York City, the reality star confirmed to ET . Ive been a loyal listener since 2002 but now I will simply listen less and hope they change their minds on alternative because thats all the recourse I have. Country maybe. Trigger Former "Real Housewives of New York" star Heather Thomson spills all about her co-stars Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer, and explains she quit because show is "contrived." If you have a small niche group of listeners that doesnt grow, the station will eventually be forced to change the format to get more listeners and advertisers. KOKEs is subtle and based on your analysis, The Ranchs is mirroring KOKEs Nash select playlist. This is only 54 songs among thousands upon thousands of songs on their playlist. Overall, I get the frustration from long-time listeners. This video was originally featured on her Facebook page: . though. Might as well be 95.9 Jack FM now. On my pandora station I have a massive mix (including rap, rock, americana etc), but it includes mainstream country. As for me, Ive turned off The Ranch. 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. Seak ..you make THE point about mainstream country I think . 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. They play everything. Just realized there had been a format change when the Lumineers came on. Zackary Kephart 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. As a listener, your voice needs to be heard, you need to support the stations advertisers and by all means stick with them. Of course it does. He got started in radio at 15, and it was always a passion for him. Fans were left puzzled when they noticed a slight change in Garage Squad season 6. This new playlist has increased the classic rock content at least 4-5 times normal. March 5, 2017 @ ThatFireGuy13 I hurt for The Ranch fans. Former Ranch Fan Granted, Im also our only country music DJ, so I get why people dont tune into the station all that often :p. Personally I like the above playlist, it represents a nice balance, a coming together of many different worlds that all exist under the country music world if you will. When I hear the bro country stuff that has been getting played the last few years, and even some of the mainstream singles being released by some female artists, I would guess that the audience would be young blue collar white people from broken families, perhaps young Trumpers who feel alienated that the economy and society have left them behind . Heather Thomson Discusses the "Scary" and "Upsetting" Experiences That Led Her to Quit RHONY, Talks Warning Sign She Saw with Luann and Texts from Bethenny! Look at the success of wsm650am out of Nashville. Dr. White's research program focuses on the health and nutrition of dairy cows during the transition period and is centered on hepatic and whole-animal nutrient partitioning and metabolism. What worries me is the slippery slope. The. I have deleted this station from my preset list and will now stream other stations like KOKE or The Range. 10:28 pm. You just alienated your core fan base because you want to pick up that listener who scrolls looking for a song that is popular, then changes the channel when anything they have never heard before comes on. website builders . Maybe hell will freeze over, too. Someone who listens to The Ranch, because its The Ranch, isnt calling you up asking to play some Zac Brown followed by CCR. New York City is officially down one housewife. Still, something rotten smells in Ft Worth-on the Ranch format change. Also play Bingham, Margo Price, John Moreland, AA, Old Crow, Aaron Tasjan, Luke Bell and few other East Nashville artists more than anyone in Texas. "We . Occasionally you hear a mainstream song that fits in wellusually around ten years old or more. Dead by Daylight > General Discussions > Topic Details. Im seconding that thought here in Southern IL. No more. 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. Lets ALL drive grey Corollas . I think KOKE has really slid since its reincarnation. 11:21 am. And yes, it is alarming to see this marginal, but clear change of format from 95.9 The Ranch. Sorry if my tone came across as weird. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. This is because White was a huge animal lover, had many canine friends and was . Why do we need an Eric Clapton song? 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