Pitchfork

8 Song of the Summer Contenders, According to the Radio Programmers Who Choose Them

In theory, we each define our own songs of the summer. In practice, for better but sometimes for worse, certain songs will be as constant between Memorial Day and Labor Day as the smell of ozone and ...

Country Radio Welcomes Taylor Swift Back with Open Arms: ‘It’s the Easiest Programming Decision of the Year’

It’s been 13 years since Taylor Swift reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. But her absence in the top ...
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 ...
Stereogum

Radio Programmers Said Lower Dens’ New Song “Young Republicans” Was “Too Controversial”

Lower Dens just announced their new album The Competition and shared its lead single "Young Republicans," which paints the titular young Republicans as elitist cannibals who literally consume the ...