New York Is BEHIND The Rest Of The Country?

New York Press Writer Sharon Gordin: The main reason New York City needs a terrestrial country radio station is this: though New Yorkers can wear Gretchen Wilson-“Redneck Woman”-inspired cowboy hats and boots, we’re actually behind the rest of the nation when it comes to learning of the genre’s newest artists, for once not making us the first to know about a trend.

WPLJ's Race Taylor: “Country music has changed very much over the course of the past ten or fifteen years—more than possibly any other format as far as the appearance of the artists, the quality of the product, and the flashiness in consumer appeal that they’re trying to achieve with their music videos.”