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Originally Posted by Derekb108
I wished they would bring the Country Music Television CMT channel back loved it when Telewest had this channel...
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It closed because it was losing millions of pounds, because very few people wanted to advertise with them, presumably because of low audience figures.
People in the UK generally have a dislike of country music, possibly because of some of the cheesy stuff produced in the 70s, so I guess audience figures were low.
That is a shame because the music they played was New Country, performed by people who grew up listening to 70s Rock music and traditional country, and it was as much AOR as Country; more Eagles - not Tammy Wynette!
Even when New Country was released in the UK when people like Shania Twain had some hits, it was re-mixed for the UK release, to 'de-twang' it, to try to make it less country.