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DJs Suspended for Playing Dixie Chicks

Tuesday, May 6, 2003
(12:34 PM)
The Associated Press

Jerry Grant said Moore and Singer will be out for a couple of days. “I gave them an alternative: stop it now and they'll be on suspension, or they can continue playing them and when they come out of the studio they won't have a job.”

The Dixie Chicks - Emily Robison, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire - hold the Grammy award for best country album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 23, 2003 in New York.
Image Credit: Kathy Willens -- AP / File

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- AP
Country-music station KKCS has suspended two disc jockeys for playing songs by the Dixie Chicks in violation of a ban imposed after one group member criticized President Bush.

Station manager Jerry Grant said he banned the music after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience on March 10: “Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”

The comment was made as war was looming with Iraq, and Maines later apologized. But her remark brought the group a flood of criticism and media attention.

“We pulled their music two months ago, and it's been a difficult decision because how can you ignore the hottest group in country music,” Grant said.

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