Buddy Shula wrote:

Wow, why all the haters on here?? I actually love Canada and I am getting clobbered on this forum. I have turned BIG WECK from a nothing to a top 10 in Buffalo. I employ real people. I love radio. You folks need to get your facts straight.  - The Patriot had zero advertiser and listener suppport. My bad. That's done. Let's move on to US COUNTRY - a total hit. In case you did not know, I have spent most of my radio career at WYRK and WLKK (Formerly WNUC)-  Hot Retro Country is a no-brainer. Have you seen the staff I have hired, including our advisor, the person who invented WYRK and saw it to #1 for almost 20 years? Folks, there is somehting wrong with country radio when you are not playing Garth, Reba, George, Alan, Shania, Kenny, etc. You cannot here that anywhere but US COUNTRY. Also, regarding the WXRL thing, you realize they have like a .05 share right, and they play more polka than country? We can leave them out of this conversation. US COUNTRY will not compete against WYRK - US COUNTRY will compliment them and extend the playlist of country in Buffalo, which includes that biggest era of country music, the 80's and 90's. Sit back, have another Molson, and let me run the station, then watch the ratings go up. Wow, so many haters. If you should hate anything it should be some other person in the US, not me. -Buddy

PS. We are perfectly happy being Buffalo's #2 country station. Especially when the #1 country station is the highest revenue getter and highest ratings getter in the market. I'm totally fine being #2 

I did'nt like the pro-america format of the patriet.
And I'm starting to hear what makes the new US country different from WXRL.
I love the new format, kind of reminds me of CHAM from 2010 to 2012 and ckpc before it became christian and then shut down.
But, at first, when the format was anounced, I had some douts.
I said on this forum, what's going to set it apart from WXRL?
Buddy should of made it a localy-focused WGN-like talk station, a 24/7 polka station, or a full-service more station.

Buddy Shula wrote:

Of course the website is up, so is the app,so are the the Alexa skills and I Heart app. The FM’S cover 85% of the entire metro. This is incredibly well buttoned up

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant what is the URL?

Never mind, I tracked it down. 

U.S.country.com

Last edited by RadioActive (October 26, 2026 10:59 pm)

Country formats have a long history of failure in Toronto and I've never really been able to figure out why. CFGM was the only station that came close to being around a long time, while CKEY, CISS-FM and a few others that tried country did not stay with it.

The music is still around, but now largely seems confined to peripheral GTA stations, like 88.5 in Newmarket. 

I've never understood why it doesn't seem to work well in the city, but until someone hits on the right formula, it's hard to find on the local Toronto radio dial.

RadioActive wrote:

Country formats have a long history of failure in Toronto and I've never really been able to figure out why. CFGM was the only station that came close to being around a long time, while CKEY, CISS-FM and a few others that tried country did not stay with it.

The music is still around, but now largely seems confined to peripheral GTA stations, like 88.5 in Newmarket. 

I've never understood why it doesn't seem to work well in the city, but until someone hits on the right formula, it's hard to find on the local Toronto radio dial.

It's not just here. Country does not do well in NYC and LA either. WKMK ranks 22nd in NY with a 1.0 share while KKGO also sits in 22nd place with a 2.0 share.

RadioActive wrote:

Country formats have a long history of failure in Toronto and I've never really been able to figure out why. CFGM was the only station that came close to being around a long time, while CKEY, CISS-FM and a few others that tried country did not stay with it.

The music is still around, but now largely seems confined to peripheral GTA stations, like 88.5 in Newmarket. 

I've never understood why it doesn't seem to work well in the city, but until someone hits on the right formula, it's hard to find on the local Toronto radio dial.

Then how does CFXJ still have its country format?

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Country formats have a long history of failure in Toronto and I've never really been able to figure out why. CFGM was the only station that came close to being around a long time, while CKEY, CISS-FM and a few others that tried country did not stay with it.

The music is still around, but now largely seems confined to peripheral GTA stations, like 88.5 in Newmarket. 

I've never understood why it doesn't seem to work well in the city, but until someone hits on the right formula, it's hard to find on the local Toronto radio dial.

Then how does CFXJ still have its country format?

It went country in Sept. 2024. Two years is not a long time and its ratings are so low, it's not even really reflected in the David Bray list of Numeris numbers that comes out a few times a year. I guess it has a following. But it seems to be a small one.