Mainstream Country, known on-air as The Best of the New and Gold: Your Kind of Country, was a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One. Its playlist is composed of classic and modern country music in the mid-1980s to the present. "Mainstream Country" also includes a daily syndicated Young and Verna morning show, which is also offered by its sister outlet Hot Country as well as independently syndicated. Its competitors were " Country Today" and " The Bar" by

Waitt Waitt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charlie Waitt (1853–1912), baseball player *Chris Waitt (born 1974), filmmaker, musician and writer *Maude C. Waitt, member of the Ohio Senate *Mick Waitt, football coach who managed t ...

CD Country CD Country was a 24-hour music format produced by Jones Radio Networks. Its playlist is composed of mostly modern country music from artists such as Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, and Rascal Flatts. Unlike other country ...

and U.S. Country by

Jones Jones may refer to: People *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname *List of people with surname Jones * Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment * Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwell ...

, however those assets were absorbed by Triton Media Group, leaving

Citadel Media Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. From 2011 until its merger with Westwood One, it controlled many of the radio assets formerly belonging to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which w ...

Today's Best Country Best Country Today (formerly known as Country Coast-to-Coast, The Best Country Around and Today's Best Country) was one of the 24-hour live formats produced by Cumulus Media Networks. It is designed to appeal to a wide range of listeners, conce ...

and

Real Country Real Country is a 24-hour radio format produced by Westwood One. Real Country is marketed at the demographic of men aged 35 to 64. Its programming consists of a fairly broad playlist of "Today's Stars and the Legends." Classic country is the st ...

the only competitors. The Jones and Waitt networks, except for "The Bar," will be integrated into Mainstream Country and other Dial Global country formats in late 2008 and early 2009. By 2020, its website was no longer functional.

References

External links

Mainstream Country - Info from Dial Global
{{Triton Media Radio formats Defunct radio networks in the United States