Canberra - Country Music Capital?

What we need is more specialty radio stations, not less.

Is there anything more cringeworthy and embarrassing than Australian singers singing with an over the top Texas accent

Pommy bastard said :

“Why does Canberra have two country music radio stations?” Would be better expressed as; “why does anywhere have any country music radio stations?”

“Country music” is self contradictory….

🙂 Gold.

astrojax said :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Australia

act first up in this list – two options:
am

star country radio

1323Khz
fm

hot country radio

97.5Mhz

yeee-ha!

the am is now ‘star country radio’ and brands itself as canberra’s only country music station. guess the fm lot must be not from round these here parts..?

The FM one (Hot Country) originates from 2GB in Sydney. It is also on the digital radio trial and is a supplementary station to 2CC and 2CA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Australia

act first up in this list – two options:
am star country radio 1323Khz
fm hot country radio 97.5Mhz

yeee-ha!

the am is now ‘star country radio’ and brands itself as canberra’s only country music station. guess the fm lot must be not from round these here parts..?

Get over it! Is it ruining your life so much having an FM and an AM station playing it? Or would you prefer the mediocre modern day crap that has been forced onto the airways in Canberra and surrounds for many years? Last time I checked, there were more than two radio stations on both the AM and FM frequencies.

Equality and eclectic values are what’s important in “The Bush Capital”.

It wouldn’t we so bad if it wasn’t for the fact that 90% of country music played in Australia is just soft, soppy, middle of the road, male oriented rock with the odd pedal steel guitar riff thrown in. Oh and the performers must wear cowboy / girl hats!
People in Australia don’t really understand the true roots of country music as they’ve only been exposed to the watered down brand that’s become the music of choice for really really white folk! The origins of country / Bluegrass came out of the deep south of the US as a result of rebelious white boys sneaking off to jam with the black folk – unheard of back then! Ironically, modern mainstream American country music has become the refuge of the white conservative. Nothing’s different here in Australia! That sticker covered, giant mudflapped ute culture is about as redneck as it gets. It’s not limited to rural communities either; there are sooo many of them in Canberra!
There are also some excellent Australian country acts – check out The Flood, Karma County!

Make that 1323 kHz on the AM band. Hope they can improve their sound, they have the audio bandwidth of a telephone at the moment.

Listened to Kix last night after reading this post and music was good – really good actually. Has now won a spot on my AM channel settings in my car. Is transmitting at 1353 AM for me.

Country music has produced some gems…

This one for instance, I consider it my theme…

You’re My Son (Kenny Rogered)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDA2TyIvBk