NPR

Beyoncé is getting played on country radio. Could her success help other Black women?

When an employee of the KYKC, a country music radio station based in a small southern Oklahoma town, hit send on an email earlier this week responding to a listener's request to hear a new song, they ...
Variety

Will Country Radio Play Beyoncé’s New Songs? A Superstar’s Surprise Move Will Put Old Rules to the Test

Is Beyoncé going to get some love at the country radio format, now that she’s released a single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” that openly embraces the genre? That’s a big question mark, as radio programmers, ...
Today

Oklahoma country radio station responds to outrage after not playing Beyoncé's country song 'Texas Hold 'Em'

A local country radio station in Oklahoma has reversed their initial decision to not play a released single from Beyoncé's forthcoming country album. 100.1 KYKC in Ada, Oklahoma, previously declined a ...
Radio Ink

Elaina Smith Reflects on Country Radio’s Cultural Influence

Country radio trailblazer Elaina Smith doesn’t have a lot of free time. She recently took the reins as co-host of Key Networks and Beasley Media Group’s Backstage Country, while continuing to serve as ...
PBS

KWTO-Legendary Live Country Radio

Explore KWTO origins, personalities, country music in the Ozarks and beyond. As radio blossomed in the early twentieth century, one local station in Springfield, Missouri quickly became an epicenter ...
Tennessean

Oklahoma country station explains why it turned down a fan's Beyoncé song request

KYKC, a country music radio station based in Oklahoma, came under fire for rejecting a fan's request to play Beyoncé's new single "Texas Hold 'Em," one of two new country singles she released after a ...
Business Insider

On 'Cowboy Carter,' Beyoncé beats country radio's gatekeepers at their own game

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NPR

A radio station is now playing Beyoncé's country song after an outcry from fans

An Oklahoma-based radio station said it is now playing Beyoncé's new country single, "Texas Hold 'Em," after its initial move to not play the song drew quick criticism from fans over what they ...
The Washington Post

Beyoncé has a country hit. How will country radio handle that?

NASHVILLE — As the country radio programmers settled into their seats bright and early on a recent Friday morning for a presentation in a hotel ballroom at the annual Country Radio Seminar, they were ...
Radio Ink

Mike Preston On Keeping Country Radio Country

Managing two competing Country stations within the same cluster is a unique challenge, but the experience has given Cumulus Media Dallas Program Director Mike Preston rare insights – ones that he ...
Business Insider

6 songs that were shunned by country radio and rejected by Nashville — but still became hits

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