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Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2016
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » CityScape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)
949thebull.iheart.com

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2015
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2014
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2014 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2013
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2013 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2012
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2012 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
94.9 FM The Bull (Permanently Closed)

www.bullatlanta.com


Runner-up: 101.5 (WKHX-FM)


www.wkhx.com

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2009
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM)

Runner-up
94.9 The Bull (WUBL-FM)
1819 Peachtree Road, Suite 700, 404-875-8080, www.bullatlanta.com

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2009
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHK-FM)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2008
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Eagle 106.7 (WYAY-FM)
Keeping up with the ever-changing faces and sounds in country music is a task unto itself. But add the need to keep one foot firmly planted in the traditions of the genre and you end up doing a precarious balancing act. EAGLE 106.7, WYAY-FM, manages these tasks quite well, mixing the old and the newmore...
Keeping up with the ever-changing faces and sounds in country music is a task unto itself. But add the need to keep one foot firmly planted in the traditions of the genre and you end up doing a precarious balancing act. EAGLE 106.7, WYAY-FM, manages these tasks quite well, mixing the old and the new in a way that satisfies both camps. It plays a lot of the hot new stuff the young’uns want to hear, but also pays sufficient homage to Willie, Merle and Bocephus. In addition, it features “Country Gold” Saturday and Sunday nights, covering all the classics for the stalwarts. Sunday morning and afternoon are filled with live NASCAR shows and race coverage — now that’s country. less...

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
WKHX-FM (101.5 FM)
210 Interstate North Parkway, suite 600, 404-741-1015. www.wkhx.com

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Eagle 106.7 (WYAY-FM)
Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt, Del McCoury, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss — don’t you wish there was a great country station in town that had artists like those on its playlist? One of the best examples of how disconnected countrymore...

Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt, Del McCoury, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss — don’t you wish there was a great country station in town that had artists like those on its playlist? One of the best examples of how disconnected country radio is from its fan base came a few years back when the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack was the No. 1 album on the country charts with virtually no airplay from country stations. Although it doesn’t entirely overcome that shortcoming, our favorite local station is EAGLE 106.7 (WYAY-FM) because of Hall of Fame disc jockey Rhubarb Jones and because of the station’s willingness to dip into the past and play such artists as Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard on weekends.
www.wyay.com.

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Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM)
WKHX-FM (101.5) 404-741-1015 www.wkhx.com

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 WKHX-FM (101.5)

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Eagle 106.7
While the general trend in commercial country radio is to play the same 10-15 songs over and over, WYAY - better known as EAGLE 106.7 - manages to buck the system with a fine mix of current and classic tunes. They play plenty of Haggard’s old songs, so if you get a Hank-ering or you are in-Cline’dmore...
While the general trend in commercial country radio is to play the same 10-15 songs over and over, WYAY - better known as EAGLE 106.7 - manages to buck the system with a fine mix of current and classic tunes. They play plenty of Haggard’s old songs, so if you get a Hank-ering or you are in-Cline’d to listen to the twangy stuff, check it out. The station also features “Country Gold” on Saturday and Sunday nights, 7 p.m.-midnight, and NASCAR on Sunday afternoon. Now that’s country. “WYAY-FM 106.7 FM. 404-741-1067. www.wyay.comless...

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Kicks 101.5

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
The Eagle 106.7 WYAY-FM
404-741-1067 www.eagle1067fm.com The Eagle 106.7 FM rolls over its competition like an out-of-control 18-wheeler. The massive beacon of country in the Southeast is the closest thing to those old-fashioned clear-channel AM stations popular with truckers in the ’60s and early ’70s. When travelingmore...
404-741-1067 www.eagle1067fm.com The Eagle 106.7 FM rolls over its competition like an out-of-control 18-wheeler. The massive beacon of country in the Southeast is the closest thing to those old-fashioned clear-channel AM stations popular with truckers in the ’60s and early ’70s. When traveling and searching the radio, you can hear the Eagle soaring after other Atlanta-area stations have faded away. Morning DJ Rhubarb Jones is one of the most recognized and honored DJs in the U.S., and the station participates in a number of high-profile charity events. The Eagle’s play-list features an interesting mix of Country Top 40 and oldies. less...

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM)
Winning pretty much by default, Kicks has the high-power wattage to beam the sounds of Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks out where the signals bearing Dave Alvin and Big Sandy simply cannot reach. With a playlist that’s tighter than Shania Twain’s jeans, it continues to dominate the urban airwaves.more...
Winning pretty much by default, Kicks has the high-power wattage to beam the sounds of Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks out where the signals bearing Dave Alvin and Big Sandy simply cannot reach. With a playlist that’s tighter than Shania Twain’s jeans, it continues to dominate the urban airwaves. less...

Best Country Music Station BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
WMLB 1170 AM
The playlist at WMLB is a dream come true for readers of No Depression magazine and fans of good, rootsy twang music. The station essentially pioneered Americana as a broadcast genre some years back and is still going strong with it today. Now, if only they could boost their signal strength enough tomore...
The playlist at WMLB is a dream come true for readers of No Depression magazine and fans of good, rootsy twang music. The station essentially pioneered Americana as a broadcast genre some years back and is still going strong with it today. Now, if only they could boost their signal strength enough to reach the whole city. less...

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