This Is What It Took For An Oklahoma Radio Station To Play Beyoncé’s Country Songs

In true Avengers fashion, the BeyHive (Beyoncé’s fanbase) assembled to hold an Oklahoma country radio station accountable for initially refusing to play the singer’s new country hits.

Earlier this week, the superstar put the internet in a chokehold after debuting two country songs, “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages,” on Sunday as she announced her transition into the genre via her forthcoming album.

But the buzz over the announcement took a turn after one of her fans went viral on social media for claiming that KYKC 100.1 FM rejected their request for them to play one of Beyoncé’s new tracks.

Sharing a screenshot of the email exchange with the radio station on X (formerly Twitter), the fan wrote , “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.”

“This station needs to be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé,” they added in a separate post.

The fan tagged Queen Bey’s popular fan account, @BeyLegion, which has more than 460k followers, in the posts, drawing attention to the alleged snub.

“#BeyHive! Let’s kindly educate Oklahoma country radio station 1001 KYKC that Beyoncé’s upcoming project and already released singles are indeed country music! Remember to be kind and diplomatic.