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Yup........Radio ISN'T interested in the Music of TRAITORS........
"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country radio still isn't ready to make nice
with the Dixie Chicks. With a haul of Grammys Sunday, the Texas trio
topped their comeback from their 2003 Bush-bashing comment that turned
them from superstars to pariahs - but Music Row isn't welcoming them
back into the country- music fold.
"Most country stations aren't playing the Chicks, and they aren't
going to start now," said Jim Jacobs, owner of WTDR-FM, a country
radio station in Talladega, Ala.
The awards might have the opposite effect, sparking another radio
backlash against the group. Country broadcasters said Monday that the
group's five Grammys show how out of touch the Recording Academy is
from the average country fan.
"I think (the listeners) are outraged," said Tony Lama, program
director for KXNP in North Platte, Neb. "This is rural, conservative
America. They are just disgusted."
The Grammy for best country album almost never goes to a mainstream
Nashville act.
Bluegrass siren Alison Krauss and Union Station won the award last
year for "Lonely Runs Both Ways," and Loretta Lynn won in 2005 for
"Van Lear Rose." Neither got airplay on country radio.
Wes McShay, program director of KRMD-FM, in Bossier City, La., said
country fans understand that the big stars don't win Grammy awards.
"If you're talking about who's selling out 15,000-seat auditoriums,
those acts are not awarded at the Grammys year after year," McShay
said.
Consider the Country Music Association awards handed out a few months
ago in Nashville: Entertainer of the year went to Kenny Chesney; the
other big winners were radio favourites Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley,
Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts. The Chicks weren't even nominated for a
CMA award."
"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country radio still isn't ready to make nice
with the Dixie Chicks. With a haul of Grammys Sunday, the Texas trio
topped their comeback from their 2003 Bush-bashing comment that turned
them from superstars to pariahs - but Music Row isn't welcoming them
back into the country- music fold.
"Most country stations aren't playing the Chicks, and they aren't
going to start now," said Jim Jacobs, owner of WTDR-FM, a country
radio station in Talladega, Ala.
The awards might have the opposite effect, sparking another radio
backlash against the group. Country broadcasters said Monday that the
group's five Grammys show how out of touch the Recording Academy is
from the average country fan.
"I think (the listeners) are outraged," said Tony Lama, program
director for KXNP in North Platte, Neb. "This is rural, conservative
America. They are just disgusted."
The Grammy for best country album almost never goes to a mainstream
Nashville act.
Bluegrass siren Alison Krauss and Union Station won the award last
year for "Lonely Runs Both Ways," and Loretta Lynn won in 2005 for
"Van Lear Rose." Neither got airplay on country radio.
Wes McShay, program director of KRMD-FM, in Bossier City, La., said
country fans understand that the big stars don't win Grammy awards.
"If you're talking about who's selling out 15,000-seat auditoriums,
those acts are not awarded at the Grammys year after year," McShay
said.
Consider the Country Music Association awards handed out a few months
ago in Nashville: Entertainer of the year went to Kenny Chesney; the
other big winners were radio favourites Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley,
Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts. The Chicks weren't even nominated for a
CMA award."
