New Group Seeks to Keep Country Radio in America’s Largest Cities

Country radio is alive and well, but not necessarily in America's largest cities. New group offers petition for country music fans to support country radio and return the format to the airwaves of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2006 -- CountryFanLink.org, a grassroots organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is coordinating a petition drive to help shed light on the dwindling number of country radio stations in America’s largest cities.

With Thursday’s shuttering of Emmis Communications’ 93.9 KZLA in Los Angeles in favor of a “Rhythmic AC” format, Los Angeles joins the ranks of the growing list of major cities with no country radio outlets.

CountryFanLink.org feels very strongly that not having country radio in New York, San Francisco, and now Los Angeles, is an extreme disservice to country recording artists and their devoted fans. “Country music is a wonderful genre and is appreciated by millions of people around the country and around the world. In fact, there are over 2000 country stations in the U.S. But, the shrinking number of country radio stations in major markets is somewhat disturbing to those of us who love the music and the artists. Country music often provides a positive alternative to some of the other styles of music available. Not having a country radio station in a market inhibits having our youth exposed to a wider variety of music and simply makes it that much harder to spread the word about an artist’s CD or about an upcoming concert,” said Richard Gordon, director of CountryFanLink.org.

To address this problem, CountryFanLink.org has started a new petition which will eventually be forwarded to major media corporations to impress upon them the potential country music listener market and the need for more country radio in major markets.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Country_Fan_Link/

CountryFanLink.org, with this petition, will advocate to keep terrestrial country radio alive and well in America's largest cities. "Waiting until country radio comes back to our largest metro areas may be a viable option. But, if we can help expedite the comeback of radio in these markets, everyone will benefit," continues Mr. Gordon. If you would like more information on this project, or to schedule an interview with Richard Gordon, please call (310) 318-0777.

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