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On March 10,when Natalie Maines said she was ashamed to be from the same state as then-U. See latest videos, charts and news. Trending on Billboard. Tonight, as The Chicks kick off their first tour since in St. Ienner : It was literally overnight. You have to remember, the Chicks at the time were like Elvis.

I was completely unaware of it. I guess I took it a little too lightly. Instead, it simmered and festered and grew. It shocked me. Mike Kraski, then executive VP and general manager of Sony Nashville, now runs New Vision Artist Management : The velocity and sameness in response, by supposed country fans, on every station in the country, took everyone by surprise.

Other programmers quickly deleted their songs from playlists. Threatening to come down and beat you up. My night guy told me he had a couple of calls were the dixie chicks gay that overnight, and they actually asked the security guard to escort him to his car that morning.

Kraski : Radio lives and dies by their audience staying on the dial. All their individual jobs were at stake, and the profits of the major radio chains were threatened. Carter : We did an auditorium music test right after this happened. And a Dixie Chicks hook played and it would literally go to zero.

We were well above them in the ratings, and it was their drum to beat, and they would do this for weeks. Kraski : I will go to my grave believing that was not an honest organic reaction from country-music fans. That was a well-executed, coordinated effort on the part of the political right.

Curtis : There were interns, like year-olds, answering phones, and getting the shit beat out of them [on the calls].

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But we had a script, and there were answers. The punishment did not fit the crime. She misspoke. It was a fleeting error in judgment. Mahan: We tested their music every year after that, and it still came back highly negative. Plus, concert ticket sales remained robust.

It became clear — to this day — that the Dixie Chicks are toxic for my radio station. Absolute no-brainer. Logan: We had lots of meetings internally with the air staff about how to handle it and what to talk about.