A rock song is defined by the guitars. You take all of the guitars out of a rock song then it's not a rock song. If Rise, Making History and I Don't Want To Have To Need You Now is not a rock song then what are they? They are certainly not pop although they may have elements of that in there. Masterpiece is a Pop song. We Are Magic is a pop song.

Country radio is still playing country music, just not what YOU define has country music. Like any style of music it has evolved and changed over the years to be almost unrecognisable from what it originally was. Yes it's crossed over into other genres but so did metal in the 80s....

You're hearing what you want to hear. I know you'll accuse me of the same, so I'm not going round in circles with you. Genres are all subjective really at the end of the day. People hear different things in the same things...