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Only one country station in all of Boston? That in a nutshell explains the problem with boston.
Probably have 15 rock, 5 or 6 black and 3 or 4 latin and at least two N.P.R. stations and only one country.
Wish the whole liberal home of ted would fall into the big dig.

Used to be three about 5 years ago. One good station for the Boston area. There are more out west near Worcester and Springfield but don't come in to well. Hew Hampshire of course has several. There is a latin station and there is a "rap" station (still not that many blacks in Boston compared to other big cities.) A lot of "classic rock" and easy listening with a hard rock station- a pop station- and an "alternative" station.

Only one country station in all of Boston?

There used to be two but the dominant one bought the other out and now they have a talk radio format (which features conservative Jay Severin). I live north of Boston so I pick up the big New Hampshire country station (97.5) loud and clear. Anyway, when I get tired of modern country, I have a stack of classic country CDs in the car. Everything from Johnny Cash to Waylon to Hank Williams.

There is a college station in town (MIT = 88.1) that has some excellent country programming every Saturday. "Sleep Holler" from 6-8AM, "Lost Highway" from 8-10, "Backwoods" from 10-12 and finally "Jake's Juke Joint" from 12-2. ("Backwoods" also focuses on early American rock and roll). You can listen live from anywhere. Beware however, like all college radio stations, this is a radio station with a leftist-Marxist political bent. But Saturday mornings is a welcome reprieve from their usual nonsense.