Did you know that new york and its surronding areas does not have a country music station? and why?

Question

i live in central jersey. right across from ny city. you can see the skyline from the water. so in the surrrounding areas we do not not have a country music station. we had one years ago maybe 10 yrs but they never last. country music is so popular everywhere else in the country but not here. but it has become so much more nowa days. i bet if they put one out there it would be a great investment! what do you think!?

Answer 1

Country is good anywhere, people change and maybe your right... now is the time.

Answer 2

Country has been tried in NY many times with many dollars spent on promotion. Yet it only does OK. A good signal in NYC must do better than OK, or the owners are not maximizing their investment. It's as simple as that.

Try satellite, it's not that expensive and there's lots of country on either service.

-a guy named duh

Answer 3

NOT A CHANCE!

The Tri-State area(NY/NJ/PA) has always been a traditional place for conservativce talk-radio, rock music(NY's answer to Ryan Seacrest, anybody?), NPR(thanks to WNET?), and ordinary radio programming...

As long as the powers-that-be decide what NY'ers can lsiten to, then that's what essentially you're stuck with...

Blame the IDIOTS at ClearChannel and WestwoodOne for THAT idea(and lousy planning!)!!!...

The closest thing to country music in the NYC Metro area is the Midnight Radio Network(aka the Truckers' Radio Network), mostly Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy, w/ a little bit of George Strait, old Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks hits and the rest of the Night is CB'ing (w/ or w/out profanity?)...

Go to this site and see if they can find a radio station close enough to the NYC Metro area for you to listen to...

Answer 4

It could be that country is financial suicide for a station in that market.  NYC is the top ranked market in the country and makes the most money.  So it makes sense that if you are a radio station general manager that wants to succeed in that market, you will have a format that will lure if you will, people to listen.  The advertisers therefore will pay that station loads of cash to advertise on that station because they know that people are listening.  If they are playing a c**p format, and no one listens, advertisers can't see to pay a station top money to advertise and the station loses money instead of making money.

With the profit maximization culture of Corporate America where some profit is not enough profit and is like loosing money, some station owners will see that country is not profitable enough.  In a top ranked market, you do what has to be done to bring the best in that market, in a market with more competition than anywhere else.

Answer 5

I feel for you guys. I've heard that they did away with the one , and only, in California also.  I'm in a burb just outside Chicago and we have two.  Great listening.

Answer 6

It all about the money..and in New York Country is out. Just a little bit on the last guy who said that country is no longer in LA it back I belive it 103.3 in LA it an O.C.  station  that can be heard in LA.

Answer 7

hillbillies are smart when it come to staying away from that h**l-hole