Oklahoma Radio Station Not Snubbing Beyoncé’s Nation Music Regardless of Declare

A small-town Oklahoma radio station is beneath fireplace after a listener accused it of purposely barring Beyoncé‘s new nation songs — however the entire thing has been completely warped, and in reality, it is now resolved.

Here is the deal … somebody on X hopped on-line Tuesday, claiming KYKC — a neighborhood nation station in Ada, OK — had informed him they refused to play Bey’s 2 new nation singles when he requested them, as a result of they “do not play Beyoncé.”

There was a number of context lacking right here, clearly, however the person ran with this as what he characterised as blatant racism … suggesting the station was purposely attempting to field her out.

He wrote, “I requested Texas Hold ‘Em at my local country radio station (KYKC) and after requesting, i received an email from the radio station.” He posted a screenshot of the KYKC response, which notes they seem to be a nation music station, and that is why they would not play Beyoncé.

Once more, on X, the person did not clarify (or present proof of) the precise wording of his authentic request to KYKC, however he was calling for individuals to boycott the station — and, as you would possibly anticipate, numerous Bey’s followers have their pitchforks out.

Welp, TMZ bought to the underside of this, and the station is perhaps off the hook.

We contacted the X person, who informed us his authentic request to KYKC was … “Please play the new song, ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ by Beyoncé.” In his eyes, he says it ought to’ve been apparent to the station he was requesting a rustic track, because it’s already been labeled as such on main streaming platforms.

We additionally reached out to KYKC, and a staffer informed us the station hasn’t acquired Beyoncé’s new songs — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” — but, and that is why it is not enjoying them. One other Oklahoma nation station — KECO in Elk Metropolis — informed us the identical … they do not have the tracks but.

By way of whether or not KYKC was even conscious Beyoncé had dropped 2 nation songs — with a rustic album on the way in which — the reply appears to be no.

We obtained additional correspondence between the X person and KYKC that strongly suggests the station simply was not conscious of Bey’s new drops. Reality is, if its programmers weren’t on social media Sunday night time, or watching the Tremendous Bowl when Beyonce’s Verizon business aired … it is sensible they’d don’t have any clue.

However, the Beyhive can fall again. Due in no small half to all the eye the X person’s submit bought right this moment … KYKC tells TMZ it performed “Texas Hold ‘Em” for the primary time Tuesday afternoon. Downside solved.

As of proper now, Bey’s new songs aren’t charting on Billboard — they had been simply launched 2 days in the past, so they will not seem on Billboard’s charts till subsequent week, on the earliest. Nevertheless, “Texas Hold ‘Em” is doing very effectively on streaming charts, and we suspect KYKC listeners can be listening to it loads in coming days.

There’s been a number of dialogue — on-line and IRL — about Beyoncé breaking into nation, and, on its face, it looks like some have preconceived notions concerning the nation music scene.