Arkansas Traveler was a bluegrass show on WDET 101.9 FM out of Detroit, Michigan, United States.
[1] Its host was Larry McDaniel, a passionate fan who had an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre.
According to McDaniel, a consultant to the station expressed that although Arkansas Traveler had high Arbitron numbers, it caused "audience churn", meaning everyone would tune in for the show, and then turn it off again (source).
However, after listener pledges dropped significantly through 2005, WDET hired new general manager Michael Coleman, who returned many of the canceled programs to the station.
Even though The Arkansas Traveler was at an all-time high for both ratings and fund-raising dollars, WDET leadership felt the show sounded too different from their other offerings and therefore had to be eliminated from the broadcast schedule.