Here in southern CA, country music might not be as big as in other parts of the USA, but it seems that we have only “current” country music stations that play primarily new music. Do other parts of the USA have “oldies” country music stations that play songs by Bob Wills and Asleep At The Wheel?
There aren’t any here, in the Nashville area.
This is why satellite radio is good. I get several dozen SIRIUS stations on my Dish TV system. There’s a channel just for “classic” country.
Unfortunately yes. Here in San Antonio we have KKYX. They play all the oldies like Faron Young, Conway Tweety, Buck Owens, Porter Wagoner…my husband loves it! He’s from Ireland and they don’t get those old songs played on the radio there. We’ve only been back in San Antonio since July, so hopefully the novelty will wear off soon and I can listen to my classic rock station soon!!! 
How odd.
Here in the OKC, we have one oldies format Country. And the “current” stations play a regular sampling of classic. One station has had a Classic Country Saturday Night program for about the last 20 years now, so you can imagine their library. (7 to 11 pm)
Around the rest of the state, local Country stations play a completely varied mix of classic, 80s to 90s, and current.
We got one here in central SC a few months ago. I like a lot of what they play, but they seem to have a pretty limited selection.
But for “real” classic country, there used to be a guy in upstate SC on an AM station, Country Earl (no relation). Now he used to dig waaaaaay deep, back even into the 40s, for old songs.
KEXP has a country show on Thursday nights from 6-9 pm Pacific time. It spans the range from, oh, the 1920s to modern alt-country. If you’re curious, they should have their last couple of shows archived on their site.
WAMU is a public radio station at American University in Washington, DC. They have some shows on the weekend that feature country and honky tonk of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. (They also have some bluegrass and gospel shows, along with old-time jazz and blues). That’s all that I know of around here.
As a lifelong country music fan, I find it sadly ironic that country music, with its long association with tradition and history, currently seems less interested in honoring that rich history than in selling us the next hat-and navel superstar out of Nashville.
KVET here in Austin specializes in classic country, but also plays plays some recent releases as well as local and regional artists.
I forgot to do the linkin’! You can listen to KVET here.
Here in Huntsville I can get WQAH out of Hartselle, Alabama. They play old country and bluegrass. On Sunday mornings they play old country gospel. I didn’t grow up with this kind of music and I find it fascinating. My husband, who did, is less than thrilled by it.
They play only local commercials, narrated by DJs with wonderful thick southern accents, that are as entertaining as the music.
In St. Louis one of the AM stations has been bouncing formats and has settled on 60s-70s country for the time being. But except for the occasional Elvis or Patsy Cline single, they don’t go back earlier than the mid-60s.
The only good thing about working in Columbus, OH for four months was being able to listen to Counry Legends K95.5.
I really wish this format would catch on in other markets (Chicago and Detroit, most notably).
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Also in the Northwest… well just Seattle area really… Classic Country 1090AM. I don’t know if it is still on the air but it was a year ago when I moved away. It is/was a truly great station. Their music library always seemed limited in a way but it covered everything from Hank Williams to the early 80s.
They have/used to have a kind of country music Dr. Demento show where they played obscure mostly (but not limited to) country novelty songs and rarities.