Viewed in one light, iHeart’s decision makes perfect sense. The company likes to lend its muscle to major stars to help launch their singles. Streaming is driving the music business, but radio wants to prove its continuing worth through coordinated assaults on morning commuters’ airspace. In recent months, the company’s stations spun the hell out of Justin Bieber’s “Yummy” , Khalid’s “Know Your Worth” , and Sam Smith’s “To Die For” .
Non-iHeart stations seem content to sit back for the moment and let other program directors risk censure. But Casey Carter, who works at WNOE in New Orleans, is predicting that most listeners are ready to forget the political battles of 2003, if they haven’t already. “I think it’s time to let go,” she says. “I would like to think that after 17 years, people go back to hearing the music and not what [Natalie Maines] had to say that one time.
Although the conversation around the Dixie Chicks often focuses on a vocal contingent of detractors, there are also plenty of listeners who still love the group. “I was at a sold-out Dixie Chicks concert just a couple years ago; there are obviously a lot of people that want to hear their music,” Carter says. “They have a passionate fanbase,” Zuko agrees. “It would be crazy to ignore that.”
That those who were spectacularly wrong about the Iraq War feel they can be “ready to forgive” those who were right (and it’s treated like a serious thing) explains a lot of where we are today as a nation. SaturdayThoughts COVIDー19
Country radio can fuck right off! They're not worthy of the dixiechicks
Haha, bless! Country radio might want to apologize to the Dixie Chicks. I’m ready to attend their concerts and buy their music
I don’t like the chicks because they suck.
They don't play very many women to start with.
oh thank gosh
They never would have been “cancelled” today, history not good for both Bush presidents.
It's hypocritical that country radio was ever against the DixieChicks to begin with.
amym1972 One question... what the hell is there to forgive?
Glad to hear that the Dixie Chicks are doing well, but it should be noted that The Dixie Chicks are too sophisticated for country radio + the rednecks who listen. I will never understand the vitriol thrown their way. In today’s climate nobody would even blink an eye
Is it Because the GWB thing?
Forgive? Really? They should be apologizing to them.
Which country?
Fuck country radio
Country radio sucks now. The same shitty pop songs over and over.
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