RadioTime, developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, released the first RadioTime.com Top 19 Country Music Stations rankings, a list of the most listened-to country music stations on RadioTime.com. The list features stations airing country, classic country and bluegrass music across the U.S., and includes one station nominated for a Country Music Association award for Radio Station of the Year and two Internet-only stations.
The five most popular stations are:
KTHT-FM “Country Legends 97.1” (Houston, Texas)
KKAT-FM “Country Legends 107.5” (Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah)
WXTU-FM (Philadelphia, Pa.)
KTPK-FM “Country Legends 106.9” (Topeka, Kan.)
WSM (Nashville, Tenn.)
Chicago’s 99.5 WUSN, which has been nominated for a 2009 Country Music Association Radio Station of the Year award, ranks seventh on the RadioTime list. Two Internet-only stations, 181.FM Front Porch and 1.FM Classic Country, also make the list at numbers 12 and 14 respectively. HD radio is represented with WAMU-HD2 “Bluegrass Country” in Washington, D.C.
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RadioTime.com’s Top 19 County Music Stations |
1 |
KTHT “Country Legends 97.1″/Houston, Texas |
2 |
KKAT “Country Legends 107.5″/Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah |
3 |
WXTU/Philadelphia, Pa. |
4 |
KTPK “Country Legends 106.9″/Topeka, Kan. |
5 |
WSM/Nashville, Tenn. |
6 |
KSCS “The Big 96.3″/Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas |
7 |
WUSN “US 99.5″/Chicago, Ill. |
8 |
WZZK/Birmingham, Ala. |
9 |
KTFW “Country Legends 92.1″/Glen Rose, Texas |
10 |
WIVK/Knoxville, Tenn. |
11 |
KPLX “The Wolf”/Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas |
12 |
181.FM Front Porch/Internet Stream |
13 |
WAMU-HD2 “Bluegrass Country”/Wash. D.C. |
14 |
1.FM Classic Country/Internet Stream |
15 |
KNFM/Midland, Texas |
16 |
KKWF “The Wolf”/Seattle, Wash. |
17 |
WKDF/Nashville, Tenn. |
18 |
WUBL “The Bull”/Atlanta, Ga. |
19 |
KBWF “The Wolf”/San Francisco, Calif. |