One of many - KC Radio Stations Dump Dixie Chicks:
If you tuned in to any of Kansas City's country music stations Thursday, you did not hear the Dixie Chicks.That's one way of describing it.
Several stations in town have dumped the group's music over the lead singer's controversial comments about President Bush, KMBC's Jeremy Hubbard reported.
At a concert in London earlier this week, Natalie Maines, the band's lead singer said, " Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
The Guardian, a London paper that reported the comment, said Maines' remark got the crowd cheering.
Many local residents, however, were not excited about the singer's point of view.
"If you guys play another Dixie Chicks song, we'll never listen to you again," one country music fan told KBEQ.
The station logged nearly 700 phone calls Thursday, denouncing Maines' comment.
The reactions from listeners were enough for programmers at all three big Kansas City country radio stations to pull the Dixie Chicks from their playlists, Hubbard reported.
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Friday morning, one local station will take the ban a step further. They have invited their listeners to come to the station's studios and dump their Dixie Chicks CDs in a big trash can, Hubbard said.
Bye bye!
