The country superstar blasts Keith Hill, the radio consultant, who said in a recent interview, 'If you want to make ratings in country radio, take females out.'
- May 29, 2015
AceShowbiz - Martina McBride was offended by sexist comments made by a country music radio consultant. The singer took to Facebook on Wednesday, May 27 to blast Keith Hill, a consultant for more than 300 country music radio stations, who said in a recent interview that country radios should stop playing songs by female artists to boost ratings.
"Wow.....just wow. Just read this from a major country radio publication," McBride wrote. "Do you not like to hear other women singing about what you are going through as women? I'm really curious."
"Because to me, country music is about relating. Someone relating to what you are really going through on a day to day basis in your life," she added. "Did you girls [core female listeners] know you were being 'assessed' in this way? Is this how you really feel? Hmmm..."
Wow.....just wow. Just read this from a major country radio publication. How do you feel about this statement? I...
Posted by Martina McBride on Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Hill made the controversial comments while speaking to Country Aircheck Magazine. "If you want to make ratings in country radio, take females out," he said. "Trust me, I play great female records, and we've got some right now; they're just not the lettuce in our salad. The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. The tomatoes of our salad are the females."
Miranda Lambert are among other "tomatoes" who have reacted to the Hill's remarks. "This is he biggest bunch of BULLS**T I have ever heard," she tweeted. "I am gonna do everything in my power to support and promote female singer/songwriters in country music."
