Oklahoma Radio Station Not Snubbing Beyoncé’s Country Music Despite Claim

A small-town Oklahoma radio station is below hearth 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 whole lot of context lacking right here, clearly, however the person ran with this as what he characterised as blatant racism … suggesting the station was purposely making an attempt 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 are 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 unique request to KYKC, however he was calling for individuals to boycott the station — and, as you would possibly anticipate, plenty of Bey’s followers have their pitchforks out.

Welp, TMZ bought to the underside of this, and the station could be off the hook.

We contacted the X person, who informed us his unique 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 tune, 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 taking part in them. One other Oklahoma nation station — KECO in Elk Metropolis — informed us the identical … they do not have the tracks but.

When it comes to whether or not KYKC was even conscious Beyoncé had dropped 2 nation songs — with a rustic album on the best way — 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 evening, 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 publish bought immediately … KYKC tells TMZ it performed “Texas Hold ‘Em” for the primary time Tuesday afternoon. Downside solved.

As of proper now, Bey’s new songs will not be charting on Billboard — they have 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 nicely on streaming charts, and we suspect KYKC listeners will likely be listening to it loads in coming days.

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