In response, the station declared its admiration for Beyonce and revealed it was unaware of her foray into the country music scene.
The celebrity debuted two country-style songs during the weekend’s Super Bowl commercials, but KYKC vehemently objected when a fan requested that they play one.
On X, the succinct response—that we “do not play Beyonce on KYKC as we are a country music station”—got 3.5 million views and 25,000 fans.
Claiming “blatant racism and discrimination” on the part of the station, the fan asked others to email in order to request the track.
It seemed that tagging the fan account @BeyLegion worked, as the station swiftly altered its mind.
It claimed it was merely unaware that Beyoncé had dropped Texas Hold Em and 16 Carriages, two new country hits.
General manager Roger Harris stated, “At first, we wouldn’t have played it the same way if someone had asked us to play the Rolling Stones on our country station.”
