Today's Best Country

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**Today's Best Country**

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Availability	National; also distributed in Canada, Europe, Armed Forces Radio
Founded	by John Tyler
Owner	ABC Radio Networks (through Citadel Broadcasting)
Key people	Gary Reynolds, Alan Keith, Carl Anderson, Mark Edwards (retired), Dave Nicholson (retired)
Launch date	1985
Website www.todaysbestcountryonline.com

Today's Best Country, also known as Country Coast-To-Coast within the Network, is one of the 24 hour live formats produced by ABC Radio. It is designed to appeal to a wide range of listeners, concentrating on a younger audience than would generally listen to traditional Country stations. It is one of two country formats produced by ABC, the other being Real Country, which skews toward older listeners.

Some of the featured artists are Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, George Strait, The Wreckers and other contemporary Country music artists.

1 History
2 Monday Through Friday Schedule
3 Saturday Schedule
4 Sunday Schedule
5 Alumni
6 Official Web site
7 Sources

[edit] History

Beginning as one of the original Satellite Music Network formats over 20 years ago, it's studios and offices were located in Mokena, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Shortly after SMN was purchased by ABC/Capital Cities in 1990, the format was moved to Dallas, Texas, along with the other SMN formats such as The Touch, Timeless Classics, The Classic Rock Experience, Oldies Radio, Hits & Favorites, Real Country, and Today's Best Hits had previously been established at the Dallas location. In its over 20 year history, Today's Best Country/Country Coast-To-Coast has had three Operations Managers, Mark Edwards, Dave Nicholson and Gary Reynolds.

Citadel Broadcasting purchased ABC Radio Networks and the ABC Owned and Operated radio stations from The Walt Disney Company in February, 2006 and will continue to use the ABC name. The Citadel acquisition does not include Radio Disney or the ESPN radio stations.