{"id":121060,"date":"2024-02-14T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/oklahoma-station-backtracks-after-rejecting-beyonces-new-song\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T07:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T07:24:20","slug":"oklahoma-station-backtracks-after-rejecting-beyonces-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/oklahoma-station-backtracks-after-rejecting-beyonces-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Station Backtracks After Rejecting Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Whew! The Beyhive was buzzing angrily about Oklahoma station <strong>KYKC 100.1 FM<\/strong>\u00a0refusing to play<strong> Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>\u2018s new track. The country music station apparently didn\u2019t categorize <strong>\u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em\u2019<\/strong> as <a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/rasheeda-k-michelle-private-apology-past-beef-domestic-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a rustic joint<\/a> and made positive to let a stan know that \u2014 twice.<\/p>\n<p>Though KYKC <em>in the end<\/em> revealed their intent to play the track, it took an entire lotta ENERGY to get \u2019em there. Keep scrolling to see what occurred.\u00a0The Beyonc\u00e9 stan who shared their emailed rejection and the station spoke to The Shade Room concerning the Feb. 13 alternate.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Beyonc\u00e9 Stan Shares What Oklahoma Station Said In The Emails<\/h3>\n<p>As talked about, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jussatto\/status\/1757444577416417579?s=46&amp;t=okw3g5rBXjPlJw-G7WUARg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Justin McGowan\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>reached out to KYKC on Tuesday to request the nation tune first teased in a Verizon business. That was a lil\u2019 reality Justin teased within the request type.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/beyonce-releases-country-singles-verizon-super-bowl-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marketing Queen! Beyonc\u00e9 Releases Country Singles After Teasing Them In Super Bowl Commercial<\/a><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161273\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161273 lazyload\" alt=\"Oklahoma Station Explains Refusal To Play Beyonc\u00e9's New Song Request Form\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" src=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161273\" src=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Station Explains Refusal To Play Beyonc\u00e9's New Song Request Form\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg?resize=169,300 169w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg?resize=680,1209 680w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg?resize=576,1024 576w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oklahoma-Station-Explains-Refusal-To-Play-Beyonces-New-Song-Reuqest-Form--scaled.jpg?resize=864,1536 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Screenshot supplied by Beyonc\u00e9 fan, Justin McGowan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, shortly after submitting, somebody on the Oklahoma station shut down the Beyonc\u00e9 request from a SCORE Broadcasting electronic mail handle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHi \u2014 we do not play Beyonc\u00e9 on KYKC as we are a country music station. Thank you.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not glad with their miscategorization of Texas Hold \u2018Em, Justin followed up, highlighting Black Americans\u2019 contribution to the style.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em is a new song and it is a country song. It is also labeled as country on Spotify and Apple Music. Please play this song and stop being discriminatory towards her. (By the way, Black people created country music.)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the KYKC worker doubled down and gave an instance as to how their rejection isn\u2019t discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe will check it out. If it\u2019s appropriate to the format, we will play it. Meanwhile, we play tons of Beyonc\u00e9 on our 99.3 station and lots more on our 105.5 station, so\u2026 \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d we aren&#8217;t. Thanks.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See the e-mail alternate screenshots beneath.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161275\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161275 lazyload\" alt=\"Oklahoma Station Explains Refusal To Play Beyonc\u00e9's New Song EMAILS \" width=\"1140\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" src=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161275\" src=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Station Explains Refusal To Play Beyonc\u00e9's New Song EMAILS \" width=\"1140\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=60,60 60w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=680,680 680w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/KYKC-Justin-McGowan-Emails-Beyonce-Song-Texas-Hold-Em-scaled.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots supplied by Beyonc\u00e9 fan, Justin McGowan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">KYKC Explains Their Initial Reaction To The Beyonc\u00e9 Request<\/h3>\n<p>When The Shade Room contacted the Oklahoma station, they labeled their preliminary response to the Beyonc\u00e9 request as a \u201cgeneric reply.\u201d However, of their unique reply, KCYC admitted they might\u2019ve \u201cbeen more detailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf someone emailed our country station and requested a Rolling Stones song, we would have probably replied the same. Beyonc\u00e9 is known for NOT being a country artist, so we just replied to that effect.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The assertion continued:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBut\u2026we are actually excited that she has \u2018crossed over\u2019 to a new genre and we will watch it closely to see if bigger stations start playing it and to watch it on the chart. We do play the song on our Top 40 station, KXFC, but haven\u2019t added it yet to our country station. We are big Beyonc\u00e9 fans here and really hope it does well, as we like seeing new artists get into the format.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Swipe beneath to see the assertion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3TU9S-OuCG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shortly after giving The Shade Room their unique assertion, KYKC took to their X (previously Twitter) for the primary time since May 2020. Their tune appeared to have modified.<\/p>\n<p>They shared a photograph of their playlist and \u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em\u2019 was scheduled to play at 2:28:35 PM native time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLots of call coming in for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em.\u2019 It\u2019s coming up in minutes.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of name coming in for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Texas Hold \u2018Em.  It\u2019s arising in minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w9hZ24w4aw\">pic.twitter.com\/w9hZ24w4aw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 100.1 KYKC (@1001KYKC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1001KYKC\/status\/1757502946739147048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/k-michelle-reacts-mentions-beyonce-country-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aht Aht! Ok. Michelle Addresses Folks Mentioning Her After Beyonc\u00e9 Released Country Songs<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The Shade Room Social Media<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beedev_\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Editor Brianne<\/a> contributed to this unique report.<\/p>\n<p>                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Whew! The Beyhive was buzzing angrily about Oklahoma station KYKC 100.1 FM\u00a0refusing to play Beyonc\u00e9\u2018s new track. The country music station apparently didn\u2019t categorize \u2018Texas Hold \u2018Em\u2019 as a rustic joint and made positive to let a stan know that \u2014 twice. 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