Real Country

For the syndicated Australian radio program, see Ben Sorensen's REAL Country.
Real Country
Type Radio network
Country United States
Availability National; also distributed in Canada, Europe, Armed Forces Radio
Slogan "It's All About The Music!"
Owner Westwood One
Key people
 Kris Wilson, Music Director
Launch date
 1988, Jim Murphy as Operations Manager. In 1993 David Nicholson joined as General Manager. When network was sold to ABC in 2000 Nicholson became Director of Country Operations for ABC Music until 2007.

Real Country is a 24-hour radio format produced by Westwood One. Real Country, originally one of the Satellite Music Network stations, is marketed at the demographic of men aged 35 to 64. Its programming consists of a fairly broad playlist of "Today's Stars and the Legends." Classic country is the station's primary core, with frequent airplay of artists such as George Jones and Johnny Cash, while the station also plays newer hits, particularly by established neotraditional country artists such as George Strait and Alan Jackson. Real Country's playlist also tends to skew toward more male artists than many contemporary country music stations.

More contemporary artists can be heard on Cumulus' other country format, Best Country Today.

Its direct competitor was "True Country" by Dial Global.

Schedule

Although stations that program "Real Country" use it for a majority of their programming, affiliates -- like most others who use satellite programming -- will often replace the network feed at certain points of the day for local programming, most often news, sports and markets (depending on the station).

Up to six minutes are given to affiliates at the top of every hour for news or commercials. In addition, at least one block of one to three minutes is provided for local commercials every ten minutes. After each commercial block and 14 seconds before the top of the hour, time is provided for affiliate station identification.

Hosts currently heard on the network include 24 year Real Country veteran Kris Wilson, Jim Casey and Jacy Shepherd.

Former hosts

Affiliates

This is a partial list.
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