"I suppose you could still argue that none of them is an "area-wide" station, since their patterns don't cover west L.A., Santa Monica, or Malibu. But, from a realistic standpoint, it wouldn't matter much because THE country music fan out there doesn't listen to the radio much, anyway."
Interesting comment. I am an old rock & roll guy who is thoroughly sick of rock and roll. We have no country music station in my city and they don't even carry country music magazines on the racks in the stores. Can you recommend a magazine?
NO COUNTRY STATION IN PITTSBURGH??????
What's the world coming to?
A magazine...
Search Ask.com for "country music magazine", and take your choice. There's lots to choose from.
Sounds like your situation is tailor-made for satellite radio. I'm using a Sirius receiver at home, and have several country channels to choose from, plus an extensive collection of decade-specific rock music including one for the seventies if I start having an attack of disco deprivation.