Houston Needs a Real Country Station, Not More Bull

Texas Mix 105 is a decent station at times. At other times it panders to that ball cap nation yeehaw beer taco crowd. About one song in three has some actual artistic value, the rest is just the usual Best in Texas magazine chart dreck. That's what sponsors like Shiner Bock and Miller Lite want to hear. That and the so-called New Country, which is the worst abomination on mankind since the bubonic plague. Along with this year's rodeo lineup, which has about as much to do with country music as Lady Gaga's wardrobe has to do with taste and class.

Jacob, lets see you sells the most tickets at the rodeo this year, that should tell you who/what is the most popular in Texas music, watch out it might be "OLD" George. They should call the new country stuff  "PUNK COUNTRY". :)

You are just old. Let the new thrive and go back to your George Strait Cds.

Buy a MP3 player, problem solved.

The Bull is about as bad of a brand as The New 93Q, which has had that name for around 10 years or more. Not very new.

Houston needs a Jazz station. Easy listening music is sometimes very needed. A good newspaper is also needed. http://x.co/rqVf

Try Texas Mix 105.3, better that the others at this point...

And while they're at it, a good rock station!

Houston needs real radio period

@NoisePodium Records...90.1 is not the only classic country in Houston. Tune in to 97.1 (Country Legends).

I have to listen to 93Q all day at work. It's horrible. I use my phone to listen to my own country or spotify for a good mix. I only listen to KILT when I want to listen to the game while working.

105.3 out of Hempstead,Tx is the best Texas country station in the area!

90.1 is the only station that plays actual country and Texas music in Houston at this point. Tune in folks!

I am from houston and visiting kids this week and couldn't find a single station worth a hoot.....san antone has this classic texas country station that rocks....what's wrong Aitchtown???

Real Country died with Keith Whitley and Gary Stewart.

"less twang" reminds me of my mother's initial reaction to rap back in the 80's:  "they're not even singing!"...

Keith Urban's stylist is everything you need to know about the state of country music today...  

There is a classic country station thats pretty good. 97 fm I believe.

That is true.

None, none more twang.

Back in the day, KILT tried having a "Texas music" show on Sunday nights. It was nice of them to try, but they dumbed that shit down so quick -- Roger Creager followed by Kevin Fowler followed by, hey, Roger Creager -- that it became a joke. Last radio station in town that actually had a decent mix was 103.7. Bullseye on the Bull. What a tragic joke for a town that used to be a place where legit country music was everywhere. MORE JOHNNY BUSH, Fuckers.

"Listening to FM radio" seems like the downside of being a music reporter/blogger.

"Bull" country, like "Texas" country, tends to be about 1)drinkin Lone Star with my buddies 2) lovin' America 3)drinkin whiskey with my buddies 4)how tough America is 5) drinkin Coronas with my buddies 6) lovin how tough and awesome America is.

Lady Antebellum is the music equivelent of a plain rice cake.

The Lone Star Jukebox on KPFT Saturday mornings is about as good as it gets.

I don't listen to Houston radio. I just plug my phone in and listen to either pandora or the app for KNBT 92.1 out of New Braunfels. 

houston does not even have a ''real'' rock station.....i feel your pain.

97.1 is the best Houston has. I get my real country from XM.

a comment on your cool fictional Radio station, an Odessa TX radio station tried doing that about twenty years ago, The problem it ran into, was the Country DJ's and Rock DJ's didnt know how to mix the songs well. I actually talked to the GM on the phone about it. I suggested he try hiring wedding DJ's, since they have to make those type of mixes all the time. This was before MP3 and laptop mixes. Because of the shitty mixes, The country people tuned out because they weren't playing george strait, and the rock folk tuned out because they weren't playing ZZ Top.