Here we go again!
Three major radio stations in Montreal have pulled Michael Jackson’s music from airplay in the wake of the HBO so called documentary “Leaving Neverland”. The news was first reported in The Canadian Press.
“We are attentive to the comments of our listeners, and the documentary released on Sunday evening created reactions,” a spokesperson for Cogeco Media, which owns the three stations — CKOI, Rythme and The Beat — said on Tuesday. “We prefer to observe the situation by removing the songs from our stations, for the time being.”
She noted that the decision extends to Cogeco stations in smaller markets in Quebec.
At press time Cogeco was the only company to make such a move. “We currently have no plans to pull the songs but are monitoring the situation closely,” a spokesman for Corus Radio said in an email to The Canadian Press on Sunday.
In the U.S., the second-largest radio network, Cumulus, deferred any such decision to individual stations. “Cumulus Media is never in favor of censorship,” the rep said. “This is a local market decision where the company is allowing local Program Directors to make the right decision regarding airplay for their communities.” A rep for iHeartRadio, the country’s largest radio network, declined for comment; the same is true of Spotify and Apple Music, the two largest streaming services in the U.S.
Check out Pez Jax’s article “Why you should play Michael Jackson’s Music More now than ever”
Their loss isn’t it!!! Proves they are weak minded individuals who are following what they read and hear in the news. We teach the children innocent until proven guilty so how about as adults we set a good example. People are idiots – thankfully the UK seems to agree that we’ve heard all this shit before!
Amen
We don’t need them.
L.O.V.E. Michael.
We have him on many platforms. I use Spotify, Iheart, and Pandora but neither are my main source. I rely mostly on my cds dvds and YouTube but I will still cancel my accounts if they pull him. It is something every day.
It’s a sad reflection of how mis-information fed to the public by the media can have widespread influence. The muting of Michael’s music in the wake of the documentary (or ahead of it, in some instances – based solely on press coverage) will only be a termporary thing. Unfortunately the use of the image at the top of this article for the #MJinnocent campaign shows a muted Michael, and that’s what we’ve got in the case of these radio stations. It’s not an image I liked at the outset, and this is one of the reasons why. We want to give voice to Michael’s side of the argument (by the presentation of facts) not mute it. It’s only symbolic, I know, but still, I personally don’t like that image, which uses a photo out of context with the years of the accusations, and shows Michael muted. Other than that, everyone working to get the truth out is doing a fantastic job. I am so grateful for all the efforts of the global MJ family. Some of us don’t have the resources or support to do what others have done.
Mjfam don’t worry just pray an keep at it whit god all things are possible .
I don’t believe a word of that documentary. People will do anything for money and fame. They have no respect for the dead or a person’s life work. This generation just can’t believe there are still good people in this world. Ones that would do this kind of thing obliviously have a problem themselves. The radio stations that don’t play Micheal Jackson’s music will never have me listen to their station again and I will discourage others from listening too. I hope they go out of business, and the ones that did this to Micheal I hope they have the same thing happen to them.