212:, playing US and UK country music, launched online in 2013, and since 2016 has been gathering carriage on DAB, mostly on small-scale multiplexes though also on some full local muxes including in London. In some areas Chris Country uses, or has switched to, the DAB+ broadcast standard. Chris Country was sold to the owners of the CountryLine app in 2020, with the radio station rebranded to
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launched. Initially just available through the website, the station is now available on Alexa, multiple radio streaming apps and it has its own
Android app. The station owner Chad J Country has a vision of taking radio back to how it used to be, where DJ's played the music they love and connect with
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and regional acts whose commercial performance would not warrant being played on a mainstream country station; Americana stations do not always self-identify as country. In terms of driving the mainstream popularity of hit country songs within the
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the audience. The station plays a wide range of independent artists as well as the bigger well known acts. Nashville
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