If the market for CW is strong, it will return on another station.
Well, it never came back in NY, even though Kenny Chesney had no problem whatsoever selling out his shows and the critics loved him, too. And, country music had their big awards televised from NY recently. Still, no country music station in that city for years.
Yet, all these BBQ restaurants are now popping up in NY -- it's as if NY just recently discovered BBQ.
These articles about country music leaving L.A. are misleading. KFRG (K-FROG) reaches the entire Southern California market. It just doesn't happen to have a physical station located within the borders of L.A. city/county. So country music fans here can still tune into K-FROG to hear their favorites.
Exactly. Free enterprise will cause someone to come in with a "supply" to fill that "demand".
Meanwhile KZLA jumps into an already well-occupied field and within their format they will become 'one of many'. That's an entirely different position to be in compared to what they have now.