NPR

Beyoncé is getting played on country radio. Could her success help other Black women?

When an employee of the KYKC, a country music radio station based in a small southern Oklahoma town, hit send on an email earlier this week responding to a listener's request to hear a new song, they ...
The New York Times

Does Country Radio’s Treehouse Have Room for Beyoncé?

The pop superstar’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” could be a litmus test for a format that’s long been inhospitable to women and Black artists. By Ben Sisario When Beyoncé dropped two songs during the ...
The New York Times

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. By Emily ...
Taste of Country

Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ Is the Hit Radio Needs [Listen]

There is a three-letter word for song's like Beyonce's "Texas Hold 'Em." Beyoncé revealed two country songs during Super Bowl 58: "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages." Sony Music Nashville officially ...
The Washington Post

Beyoncé has a country hit. How will country radio handle that?

NASHVILLE — As the country radio programmers settled into their seats bright and early on a recent Friday morning for a presentation in a hotel ballroom at the annual Country Radio Seminar, they were ...