Okay...so its not about radio...its about YOUR politics. this is a radio board and you sound like the "wing" cause people you write about.
Lets talk radio.
> please tell me how not supporting a president is the same
> thing as not supporting our troops??? i for one support the
> troops..but not the boneheaded president who put them in
> harms way..its his fault we have troops losing their lives
> over there...why do you support him??? bruce springsteen
> also doesnt support bush..but our local classic rock station
> plays him every 90 minutes or so..also jackson brown...you
> get the point..david crosby...
>
>
> > I tried to not respond, but sorry:
> >
> > This song will die a slow death. The song isnt as good as
>
> > what is on the rest of the CD and its topic is further
> > polarizing and no...many stations are not supporting it.
> > First four weeks its been in and out of 40 to 36-40 to 38.
>
> > They go backwards in spins whenever any significant
> station
> > plays them with any vigor (WUSN). Possibly the storm of
> > controversy. This years ago would have been at 15 by now.
> >
> > This is a country site. If you program country, you have
> to
> > know your audience values. Natalie didnt and still
> doesn't.
> > The listeners even know about the Entertainment weekly
> > article where they basically trashed country (that made
> them
> > rich)and further drove the nail in their own coffin. Thats
>
> > cause they actually read and are as plugged in to todays
> > society as any other format. Redneck! Give me a break.
> >
> > Not republican...democrat...like or hate Bush. Its Troop
> and
> > country support...period. Lots of fathers, mothers,
> > brothers and sisters of troops putting themselves on the
> > line so people like Natalie can say what she wishes. She
> > had that right, and now her former listeners have the
> right
> > to ignore them...and are.
> >
> > I miss them in the format, but if this is your genre you
> > know your listeners. I have been in this hunt since the
> > beginning. There is and was no effective "wingers" just
> > upset listeners, patriotic not redneck listeners. I hate
> > that phrase, and its especially out of place on this site.
>
> > We have strong and diverse demos in country, and I for one
>
> > am glad that they recognize the cost of freedom and
> support
> > the people fighting the fight. Pop isn't rushing to play
> > this song either. One and two plays. Read your BDS.
> >
> > By the way if you were a pd of an urban station, and there
>
> > was a core artist that trashed blacks, would you rush to
> > play the music...cause after all...its freedom of speech.
> i
> > doubt you would want the outcry of controversy that comes
> > with that freedom.
> >
> >
> >
> > > 2 years ago when this happened i hated them..but i was
> > > listning to hannity, rush and boortz at the time..now i
> am
> >
> > > no longer a republican clone..i no longer support the
> > > republican party..i am a conservative..neither dem nor
> > > republican..and in the case od the dixie chicks..they
> are
> > > right our president has done some stupid crap in 2
> > > years..and i see it now..i support the war on terror but
>
> > not
> > > the war on saddam husseign..we went after him because of
>
> > 92
> > > and his daddy and we have lost over 2000 soldiers
> because
> > of
> > > it...get the man out of office..impeach or something..do
>
> > it
> > > legal but get him out and get the chicks back on the
> > > radio..xm has already told me the song will be played on
>
> > > highway 16...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > I love the song, and I am hanging for the new
> > album.
> > > It
> > > >
> > > > > is
> > > > > > going for add's on AAA and Hot AC, so I am
> guessing
> > > they
> > > >
> > > > > are
> > > > > > pitching for a new audiance. Maybe country radio
> > > doesn't
> > > >
> > > > > > deserve them anyway. As an outsider, what observed
>
> > was
> > >
> > > > > quite
> > > > > > sickening. For a country that claims to be free,
> the
> >
> > > > > format
> > > > > > shut them down without giving them a chance to
> > defend
> > > > > > themselves. I know that stations dumped them based
>
> > on
> > > > > > "RESEARCH", but how do you get a group to slide so
>
> > far
> > >
> > > > so
> > > > > > fast? There music was still the same after the
> > > comments
> > > > > were
> > > > > > made, but because they chose to go against the
> grain
> >
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > average country music fan, they were blacklisted.
> Is
> >
> > > it
> > > > > just
> > > > > > me, or are most country music listeners in the US,
>
> > > right
> > > >
> > > > > > wing sheep?
> > > > > >
> > > > > no just right wing soccer moms
..the only demo
> that
> > > > counts
> > > > > in country radio..or shall we say redneck pop
> > radio..it
> > > > aint
> > > > > country!!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a way Smashedcd was right on but country music is
> > more
> > > > conservate as a whole than just the soccer moms IMO...
>
> > > >
> > > > I figured the chicks would appear on a/c and AAA where
>
> > > > people are more tolerant than on country radio,
> > espcially
> > > > since the song is aimed at the country listener as a
> > > > reaction in song to what happened.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know about some other areas of the country,
> but
> > > > where country radio is a staple in the US south and
> > > midwest
> > > > (you basically can't go anywheres there without at
> least
> >
> > > one
> > > > country station, but usually there are multiple)...
> The
> > US
> > >
> > > > citizens in them areas are fearlessly loyal to
> > > God,country,
> > > > and NASCAR
... and people at the time thought
> Natalie
> > > > Maines and the rest of the chicks were trashing their
> > (the
> > >
> > > > average country listener) beloved (at the time)
> > President
> > > > who was "going after the evil doers of 9/11" with 9/11
>
> > > being
> > > > the first time in almost 60 years that someone
> attacked
> > us
> > >
> > > > inside our own borders.
> > > >
> > > > It wasn't anything that the right wingers came up with
>
> > > from
> > > > what I can find and remember... The Chicks just went
> > after
> > > a
> > > > hot button topic when they opened their mouth in
> redneck
> >
> > > > america and basically went from being loved to being
> > > almost
> > > > completely banned from country radio in a week and a
> > > half...
> > > > No research neccessary when the phones light up after
> a
> > > > chicks song was played telling to "get them traitors
> > > off"...
> > > > hince the line about the death threat in the song.
> > > >
> > > > Country is starting to accept them back in some parts
> > but
> > > > having your first song basically telling the country
> > music
> > >
> > > > fans off (depending upon how the average fan takes the
>
> > > song)
> > > > basically brings them back to where they were after
> they
> >
> > > > opened their mouth.. back on a/c radio where listeners
>
> > are
> > >
> > > > more middle to liberal in some areas (even though a/c
> is
> >
> > > > conservative to middle in the south and midwest also
> and
> >
> > > > places where I wouldn't expect to hear the chicks
> > either)
> > > > and where people aren't as loyal after a bad cd as
> > > > country... IMPO
> > > >
> > > > RFLA
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
