Rooster 101

Rooster 101 doesn't try to be a Nashville factory. This is country radio that sounds like it's broadcasting from a back porch. The playlist skips the polished pop-country and goes for the real stuff - Johnny Cash growling through "Folsom Prison Blues" followed by Tyler Childers' raw Appalachian storytelling. It's the kind of station that would play a full album side if the DJ got lost in the music. That's rare these days. The signal might come from elsewhere, but the spirit is pure honky-tonk. Morning slots have a live, unscripted feel - banter about trucks and dogs sits between songs. Evening…