Thursday, June 4, 2015

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Country Music Consultant Advises Stations To Play Fewer Songs By Female Artists

By CBS Tampa, Jun. 2, 2015

TAMPA (CBS Tampa) – Female country music stars are accusing country music consultant Keith Hill of discriminating against women after he advised stations to play fewer songs by female artists.

Hill, who calls himself “the world’s leading authority on music scheduling,” made the comments to Country Aircheck Weekly.

“They’re just not the lettuce in our salad,” he said. “The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. The tomatoes of our salad are the females.”

But he insisted he is not being sexist.

“In a deep irony, it’s the demand of female listeners who aren’t thinking about it. They’re just responding to that flow of song after song, and if that mix has more females in it, they turn off quicker,” explained Hill.

He added, “My stations win by taking females out. Sometimes that’s enough to go from the number three station to the number one station in a market.”




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