Thunder Country 100.3 - WCTH - Plantation Key

Country radio has a strange job in the Florida Keys. The nearest real honky-tonk is a boat ride away, and the audience is equal parts locals, fishing crews, and tourists stuck behind an RV on US-1. Thunder Country 100.3 handles it. The playlist is modern Nashville with a red-dirt streak running through it: Chris Stapleton's slower cuts, Miranda Lambert at her sharpest, plenty of Zach Bryan for the long drive to Marathon. Older material shows up too, George Strait and Alan Jackson, songs that don't need a remix to hold up. Is it adventurous? No. Does it work? Yeah, mostly because it never prete…