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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Music SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Music|Beyoncé Fan’s Radio Request Reignites Country Music Debate https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/arts/music/beyonce-oklahoma-radio-station.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT BEYONCÉ FAN’S RADIO REQUEST REIGNITES COUNTRY MUSIC DEBATE A fan asked his Oklahoma radio station to play a new Beyoncé song. The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre. * Share full article * * * Read in app Beyoncé released two new songs from her upcoming country-rock album after the Super Bowl, diving deeper into a genre that has Black musicians at its roots. Credit...Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy By Emily Schmall Feb. 14, 2024Updated 9:13 p.m. ET In Oklahoma, a small country music station that initially refused a listener’s request to play a new song by Beyoncé was forced to change its tune after an uproar from fans who say that Black artists are too often excluded from the genre. On Tuesday morning, Justin McGowan requested that the D.J.s at KYKC, a country music radio station in Ada, play “Texas Hold ’Em,” one of two new songs Beyoncé released as announced in a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday. Beyoncé, who grew up in Houston, sings about hoedowns, and the twangy song also features a fellow Black Grammy winner, Rhiannon Giddens, on banjo and viola. The station manager, Roger Harris, emailed Mr. McGowan back with a concise rejection: “We do not play Beyoncé at KYKC as we are a country music station.” In sending the email, Mr. Harris unwittingly ignited a new flame in a long-simmering debate over how Black artists fit into a genre that has Black music at its roots. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT In the Super Bowl ad, Beyoncé joked that her new release would “break the internet.” She wasn’t kidding. Mr. McGowan put a screenshot of the rejection on social media, tagging a Beyoncé fan group in a post that drew 3.4 million views on X and sparked conversations on Reddit and TikTok. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Emily Schmall is a correspondent for The Times. More about Emily Schmall * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options