Apple Redubs Beats 1 as Apple Music 1, Adds New Stations
It’s hard to believe, but Apple’s Beats 1 live radio station is over five years old (“A Tour of Apple Music,” 2 July 2015). To mark the anniversary, Apple is rebranding Beats 1 as Apple Music 1 and is adding two new stations: Apple Music Hits, which plays hits from the 1980s through the 2000s, and Apple Music Country, which focuses on modern country music.
You can still listen to Apple Music 1 without an Apple Music subscription, but Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country are available for only a limited time without one.
They should add Jazz and Classical stations IMO, as they are just as big genres in their own right as Country is.
Jazz & Classical are very international. Country does have an international following, but is still largely a US-centric audience.