About Me

We are an internet radio station on the Live365 network. If you like twang in your country and NO POP - tune in!

Stop by our website at www.ramradio.net to get the latest music news and to visit our forums and chatroom.

Free! No login required - Click the yellow button.

RAM Radio- Traditional country, honky tonk, western swing, bluegrass, Bakersfield

RAM Grass - Traditional bluegrass & old time country only

Now Available on iTunes

RAM Radio's broadcasts are covered by a blanket license with the major U.S. royalty agencies (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange.)

Stay on top of country and bluegrass news and what currently playing with our toolbar.

RAM Radio's toolbar | RAM Grass's toolbar

www.SaveNetRadio.org

My Interests

Music, music, music, American history and horses.

Over 27,000 records in my collection and that's not counting the 167 wax cylinders. I miss the early 90's when I could get used records for a nickel.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who listens to RAM Radio or any bands we play on the station.

RAM Radio Newsticker

Read all the news

Add the RAM Radio Newsticker to your MySpace Page

Music:

Merle Haggard, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Jean Shepard, Jimmie Rodgers, Carter Family, Dale Watson, Wayne Hancock, JB Beverley & Wayward Drifters...HARD country music!

Television:

I don't have TV. Don't miss it either.

Books:

American Murder Ballads and Their Stories by Olive Woolley Burt, This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin, The Long Tail by Chris Andersen, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

My Blog

Time is running out

RAM Radio needs your help to survive. It is critical that you contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to co-sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act. Please visit SaveNetRadio.org to find...
Posted by RAM Radio on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:47:00 PST

RAM Radio at George Jones University

I'll be there next week as Professor McCluskey to lecture on the ins and outs of online marketing and internet radio airplay!More information on the University:Donald Trump, Vanderbilt Chancellor Gord...
Posted by RAM Radio on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

RAMagazine - June/July Issue

EditorialCarolina Chocolate Drops InterviewAlbum ReviewsIrving Waugh and Hank WilliamsRAM Radio Top 30 Read the issue...
Posted by RAM Radio on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:29:00 PST

Pop vs Country: What are we fighting for?

This analysis of culture and music was written by Alan Lomax: Quote: "A musical style is learned as a whole and responded to as a whole by a member of any culture. If some familiar element is...
Posted by RAM Radio on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:44:00 PST

RAM Radio T-Shirt

You can help us keep the Circle unbroken! These all cotton T-shirts are heavy weight and pre-shrunk. The logo is silk screened. (Detail of logo) All proceeds to be used to support RAM Radio's broadcas...
Posted by RAM Radio on Sat, 20 May 2006 03:50:00 PST

Open letter to the Big & Rich fan who wants to sue us

Every great cause begins as a movement, degenerates into a business and winds up a racket.~ Eric Hoffer From the pure to the pedestrian to the profane that's how the river flows, and the only way ...
Posted by RAM Radio on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:59:00 PST

RAM Radio now available on iTunes!

We have been added to iTunes as a new internet radio station. Our flagship station, RAM Radio, is under the Country category and her sister station, RAM Grass, is located under the Americana category....
Posted by RAM Radio on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:33:00 PST

Demographics and the Dinosaurs that Love Them

Once upon a time, music lovers listened to their FM radio's and watched videos to find out about new music. The Marketing Dinosaurs carefully monitored their activities and divided the audience in...
Posted by RAM Radio on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:53:00 PST