Posts — Guides and Stories About Country Radio

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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min What 376 country stations played in 30 hours We logged 69,228 songs from country stations in 33 countries. Here is who they played, what surprised us, and which legends are still on the air.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min How to listen to country radio online, without the hassle Which streams sound best, how much data an hour of radio uses, why some stations won't play in your browser — and what to do about it.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min Red dirt and Texas country: the scene that doesn't need Nashville For fifty years, a circuit of dance halls, college bars and independent radio across Texas and Oklahoma has made its own stars. Lately Nashville has been coming to it.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min Six honky-tonks every country fan should know A hundred-year-old garage in Tulsa, a dance hall older than the telephone, and the purple bar behind the Ryman where the songwriters drank. Where country music is still played live, and loud.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min Getting into bluegrass: a beginner's guide to the high lonesome sound What to listen for, ten records to start with, and where to hear it — for anyone who has liked a banjo tune and wondered where to go next.
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26 Sep 2026 · 4 min A listener's guide to the instruments of country music The steel guitar's cry, the Telecaster's twang, the banjo's roll. What you are hearing, where it came from, and the records where it shines.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min How our country airplay chart works (and what it can't tell you) Every number on this site comes from the song titles stations broadcast inside their own streams. Here is exactly how we collect them, how we rank them, and where the method falls short.
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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min Country radio around the world: what 928 stations tell us There are country stations broadcasting from 52 countries in our directory. Where they are, what makes each scene different — and why a station in Dubai is not always what it seems.