Melody Radio Country

MikeyTaylor

Seeking a licence apparently. Already online.
http://radiotoday.ie/2018/01/melody-radio-country-to-apply-for-radio-licence/

Einstein A. Gogo

There's a big opportunity for a proper country music station in Ireland.

According to the article ‘everyone loves country music’! What arrogance, I know plenty who hate it and I don’t think there is a place on the National fm dial for a country station when every local radio station plays that drivel.

Expunge

Has anyone else looked at the website for this Melody Country station?
It's pretty dire - a few links to a few streams, some terrible photos of the elderly presenters - all men except for one and then a few pages of aggregated news headlines.

Very little to no mention of the music, the artists, the philosophy of the station etc.

I'm all for launching a minimum viable product and all that, but this thing is unappealing in the extreme.

Contrast that with Chris Country in the UK. I understand this started basically as a one man show on the web and is now available to hear in many parts of the UK on DAB.

If there is a massive opportunity for a country station (black pudding style or otherwise), I'd suggest this is not it.

JDxtra

The website is pretty bad. It doesn't even play the stream, or have any direct link to it on TuneIn or another service.

It's also confusing as there is Melody Radio and Melody Radio Country with different domain names but similar sites. They've had a peak of 9 listeners on the stream, so off to a slow start you could say.

whisky_galore

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

There's a big opportunity for a proper country music station in Ireland.

Nearly every local radio station IS a country music station.

whisky_galore

whisky_galore wrote: »

Nearly every local radio station IS a country music station.

My point entirely!

Infoanon

Einstein A. Gogo wrote: »

There's a big opportunity for a proper country music station in Ireland.

Treble TR / KIC FM showed that but then Country 106 got a licence and put paid to the publics appetite for a country music station.

There have been temporary licenced country music stations eg ICE but alas they where unable to prove the potential for such a station.

MikeyTaylor

zorro2566 wrote: »

My point entirely!

I would rather have a country station than a dad rock rubbish one.

Losty Dublin

Infoanon wrote: »

Treble TR / KIC FM showed that but then Country 106 got a licence and put paid to the publics appetite for a country music station.

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Of course, had David Harvey and Co. had have played what most Irish people know as Country music instead of the muzak from what they call the Big Hat Brigade, he'd almost certainly still be on air. This was one that the marketing people got dreadfully wrong.