Who or What Determines a Hit Song on the Radio?
Outside of talk stations, country music is the radio format with the most stations dedicated to it. Country radio charts (which determine what a number one hit is) are split up into two levels: Major markets and everybody else. Is this right? Is it another example of corporate consolidation gone awry? Is it good for the country music industry?
Is Country Radio in Trouble?
Something interesting happens when taking a look at the various country music charts. While most people take "Billboard" as the gospel and 'taste maker' for chart 'supremacy' the chart often doesn't take into accout many of the stations which play country music. One chart, Music Row Magazine's "Country Breakout" chart does and the charts are often different. Why?
