. >> o'donnell: from kasey musgraves to carrie underwood , many of the top musicians in country musicwhere they are gasping for air time, here is nikki battiste on the fight for equal play. >> reporter: have you had a >> count difficult time getting your songs on country radio? >> yeah. ♪ don't keep me waiting on you >> reporter: country music artist lyndsay ell is a victim of that unspoken rule that country music radio stations play a limited number of songs by female artists, and definitely not back to back. >> i really think that this ioole problem of ratios of male to females being played on country radio rolls back to the record labels. >> reporter: and that is a big problem for women, labels have power in a genre where radio is essential to building a fan base. a new study by country music television, a division of viacom/ cbs backs ell's claim, it found 7 in 10 country radio listeners want to hear more female artists but only 10% of air time is dedicated to them. when l.a.'s only country music radio station recently played gabby barrett and kelsey ballerini back to back variety

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