Beyonce may be line dancing her way to the top of streaming and digital sales charts with her new Country singles ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages,’ but – despite the critical acclaim being driven the way of the tunes – she can’t exactly boast the best reception among some of the genre’s diehard enthusiasts.

I requested Texas Hold ‘Em at my local country radio station (KYKC) and after requesting, i received an email from the radio station stating “We do not play Beyoncé on KYKC as we are a country music station. @BeyLegion pic.twitter.com/eQksQemk6m

— JUSTIN ???? (@jussatto) February 13, 2024

An Oklahoma radio station, for example, went viral on Monday (February 12) after a listener took to the Web to reveal DJs refused to play Bey’s latest – a move that felt reminiscent of the discrimination she received for performing at the 2016 CMAs alongside the Dixie Chicks.

Inciting the global #Beyhive to spring into action, the negative press prompted officials at the station to issue a statement on the matter.

“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,” said Roger Harris, the general manager of Southern Central Oklahoma Radio Enterprises (S.C.O.R.E.). “But we love Beyoncé here. We play her on our [other top 40 and adult hits stations] but we’re not playing her on our country station yet because it just came out.”

Harris wanted to make clear the objection against Bey was not prejudicial.

“If somebody calls and requests the Rolling Stones on that station, we’re going to say the same thing,” he said before later relaying, “We don’t play her, but we will [with] this one, if it’s a country song, we will certainly play it,” Harris said. “It just has to chart higher.”

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