San Francisco radio stations won't play Lorde's 'Royals' during the World Series
SF radio stations ban Lorde's 'Royals'
Hey, did you know that Kiwi songstress Lorde wrote a Grammy-winning song that has the same name as the baseball team from Kansas City? Well, if you live in San Francisco and it has somehow eluded your ears, you're going to have to look somewhere other than the radio to find it.
On Friday, two stations in the Bay Area, KFOG and KOIT, removed the song from their playlists for the duration of the World Series:
No offense, Lorde, but for the duration of the World Series, KFOG Radio will be a "Royals"-free zone. We're sure... http://t.co/7uvseCjb03
- KFOGRadio (@KFOGRadio) October 17, 2014Thanks 4 your comments! #Lorde #Royals will be removed from the @965KOIT playlist until the end of the World Series #GoGiants...
- 96.5 koit (@965KOIT) October 17, 2014But if you can't imagine a life without Lorde's catchy hit, don't worry about it. KC's 99.7 The Point hit back. No, they're not banning Vampire Weekend's "Giant", They Might Be Giants or any mention of Andre the [REDACTED]. Instead, on Tuesday, the station will play "Royals" on the hour every hour from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
No word on whether SF will counter with hourly repetitions of this:
