any organizational changes were occurring, let alone something as major as a format change.

And finally, on Tuesday night, the station released a statement via its Facebook page regarding the new direction. It seems as though this development is but another part of the station's evolutionary process.

"A little over three years ago, the Ranch team began identifying music outside of the daily playlist that appealed to core Texas/Red Dirt listeners," reads the statement. "The station introduced 'Throwback Thursday', focusing weekly on old school country songs learning if, and what, other country music listeners liked. Then 'Free for All Fridays', a weekly wide open playlist to discover if listeners liked music beyond the confines of country or Texas/Red Dirt."

It's important to note here that mainstream country radio, for all ofPleasure for the Planet

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