Country radio went through a time where they were trying to pigeonhole everybody, and trying to make the gap really narrow, and I think that they've opened that up a little bit.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Country radio is much more like a family than any other group of people that I've met.
But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.
I have to thank country radio for believing in me.
Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
Ironically, the success I've experienced at country radio has left me ostracized from pop and other formats of radio.
I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.
I think regardless of where people are from, country music is a through line.
I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.