No country, no radio, big problem.

I am not a fan of contemporary country music, but that didn't stop me protesting the loss of country on the radio in the city where more country music is sold than anywhere else in America.
Late last week, Los Angeles lost its last country music broadcaster when KZLA-FM (93.9), self-billed as "America's most listened-to country station," dropped twang for R&B and dance tunes.
I find it intolerable that the city that spawned Wynn Stewart, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Eagles, to name but a few legends, would not have any country music on the radio dial.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the change reflects continuing demographic changes in Southern California.
"Because of their size and loyalty," the Times reported, "minority audiences are becoming more coveted by radio companies than white listeners -- at least in ethnically diverse metropolitan areas."
The *REAL* reason for this change in radio approach could derive from changing technologies, rather than demographics, as the Times reported later in the article:
"iPods and satellite radio are now drawing listeners looking for specialized playlists or genres disappearing from the dial."
To me, it represents a "Catch 22" situation that could endanger many of America's beloved radio stations: As more listeners abandon radio for music they want to hear, radio stations abandon that very music the listeners seek.