The Texas Country CD Review Now On HPR3: Indie Country
Indie Country, Heartland Public Radio Channel 3, is proud to welcome The Texas Country CD Review hosted by Tommy Mouser!  The show premiers on Saturday mornings at 6am Central and is then rebroadcast at 10pm Central Saturday night, 9am Central Sunday morning and 6pm Central Sunday evening.  Join Tommy as he features the latest and hottest Texas Country music on The Texas Country CD Review on Indie Country.

HPR2: The Next Generation of Classic Country Music
Since early 2004, Heartland Public Radio has been broadcasting Classic Country music targeted at the Baby Boomer and the pre-Baby Boomer demographics. Since the very beginning, the biggest challenge has been trying to cram more than 50 years of Country Hits onto one channel. Just how do you segue from a Webb Pierce song into Garth Brooks and still sound like you know what you're doing? Heartland Public Radio is pround to annouce the newest addition to our broadcast lineup:
HPR2 - X Country...The Next Generation Classic Country. X Country features Classic Country music for the Generation X crowd with its mainstay of music being from the mid 1970s through the mid 1990s. We hope you enjoy the music!

The Western Music Channel Rides Off Into The Sunset

Three and a half years after launching the world’s only 24/7 all-Western Music Channel, Heartland Public Radio ended the broadcasts on July 1st.
While the listenership (aka: the ratings) of HPR Channel 2 had been growing steadily, sadly, financial support by its listeners had declined exponentially in the past two years.  Given that HPR is dedicated to broadcasting music without commercials (not that such a niche format as Western music is commercially viable by any means), the only source of funding is by direct listener support - period.  Late last fall, Heartland Public Radio started a quiet campaign for funding on its Website, hpr.org, in an effort to raise a minimum of $10,000 needed to sustain operations during 2010.  Sadly, with the year half over, HPR has not even reached the half-way mark – although it’s quite close.  This is like any other budget decision – be it a big business or a household.  If the bills are increasing and the income is decreasing, then cuts have to be made.
To the very few of you who have continued to faithfully support HPR (specifically Western Music) during the past few years (whether you were a monthly contributor or an annual benefactor), we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  And, if there were more conscientious and responsible folks out there like you, then we would not be faced with this difficult decision.  Please know that your generosity was not in vain because it did bring a lot of joy to thousands of listeners around the world.  We just wish that many of these other listeners responded the way you did.  Sadly, they didn’t.  And, those who did have stopped.
At this time, Heartland Public Radio continues to focus its operations and its mission upon the Classic Country genre – the original building blocks of this online broadcast venture.  We sincerely hope that the listeners and fans of Classic Country and Independent Country music will continue to come through in the coming years and that HPR will continue its growth in that musical direction for a long time to come.  However, only time will tell.