Oklahoma country station won’t play new Beyoncé song — here’s why

nypost.com:

Beyoncé’s new country single “Texas Hold ‘Em” — but the station’s general manger is defending the decision. One Beyoncé fan went viral on X after sharing an email from Southern Central Oklahoma Radio Enterprises Broadcasting after she requested the new song.

The response states, “We do not play Beyoncé on KYKC as we are a country music station.”Fans were outraged by the memo, and some of them even accused the station of “blatant racism and discrimination” against the “Single Ladies” singer and claimed it should be “held accountable.”Other fans penned their own emails to the station about not playing “Texas Hold ‘Em,” as well as Beyoncé’s other new country tune, “16 Carriages,” which both dropped on Super Bowl Sunday.“The refusal to play these songs raises concerns about the station’s stance on artists of color.

Whether intentional or not, such action contributes to the narrative of racial bias within the country community,” one fan wrote. “They about to get it,” a third fan said along with a screenshot of their email complaint.This prompted a response from S.C.O.R.E general manger, Roger Harris, who explained that KYKC isn’t playing the new Beyoncé songs due to the size of the market. “We are a small market station.

We’re not in a position to break an artist or help it that much, so it has to chart a little bit higher for us to add it,” Harris said in a statement. “But we love Beyoncé here.