Shortly after the Philadelphia City Council unanimously voted to ban R. Kelly from their city, two radio stations in Charlotte, North Carolina is following suit. WOSF-FM and WBAV-FM have decided to stop playing all of Kelly’s music — yes, even “I Believe I Can Fly.”
According to WBTV Charlotte, WOSF-FM operations manager Jeff Anderson made the call.
“I just don’t think it’s in the best interest to play R. Kelly, just based on the accusations that have come about – that haven’t been answered for and just for the controversy surrounding it,” Anderson said. “” believe especially the female community. They are up in arms. They don’t really want that support there. They expect that we would be a community leader. We are here to serve the community first and foremost, be a voice.”
Local radio personalities say they’re fine with pulling Kelly’s music and haven’t received any pushback from listeners. Chirl Girl on 105.3 FM made the decision to stop playing the disgraced R&B star’s before the announcement.
“I am a survivor of sexual abuse as a child,” Chirl Girl said. “So it makes me feel some kind of way, and when I hear the lyrics — all his songs were creepy. All of them. If you have been a victim of that type of thing, it pulls you back into those same scary circumstances, so I am like why are we traumatizing the public. We are here to make them feel good and dance and relax.”
The radio ban follows Lifetime’s damning Surviving R. Kelly documentary, which premiered last month.
“It sounds like everybody is on one accord,” Anderson said. “Everybody is singing the same song and they are saying this has been going on for some time.”
Who really listens to the radio much anymore anyways…everything is about streaming nowadays…this ain’t really hurting him
Radio sucks anyway and I highly doubt streaming would ban his music. Someone would pick it up and make money. It’s good fuckin music. Banning him makes him even more popular and music more sought after. No worries, labels and dick riders will be back once he’s found not guilty again.
I’m not muting shit
Bitches say anything that makes them feel good if they couldnt get you for money, bandwagon riding, you aint helping them, or they just plain dont like you. Everyone coming out of the woodwork talking about he hurt me…..bitches lying they ass off..if money was offered, theyd go mute. Fuck radio and all them accusers. Yeah kelly is fucked up in head for that aaliyah joint, but what about her parents who offered her up for money…they knew better. When Aaliyah came of age to know…she kept on. Other than that, Kellz beat all charges…and you dont beat pedo charges no matter how much money.
He beat the charges due to a technicality. He had a camera full of kiddie porn that wasn’t admissible as evidence. Aaliyah’s parents weren’t aware of their relationship that’s why he falsified government documents to marry her. Don’t bother sticking up for R.Kelly he’s a piece of garbage.
Also I just looked it up and the relationship ended after the parents found out and had the marriage annulled when she was 15, so how did she keep on when she was of age?
I agree with you ? people love jumping on the bandwagon majority of those brods are lying and not giving all the facts. The dad of the supposedly kidnapped savage chick with him now money hungry lying wanna be in the damn spotlight dad Tim savage said it hom self the brod over the lifetime documentary knew alot of the girls were not telling the truth and still went with the “reality show”. As for Aliyah her and her mom was caught by Kells kin folk in the bed with Kells. Aliyah mom and uncle knew what was going on and until this day they own rights to Kells publication. Kells need to send those brods home and sue the hell of out all of them and lifetime.
Banning R. Kelly won’t do anything!! His discography is so vast it doesn’t matter!! He wrote hits, not just songs, but hits for the Isleys, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, IMX, B2K, Aaliyah, Kelly Price, Mary J. Blige, Pink, Lady Gaga, Chance the Rapper and so many more! You pretty much have to stop playing music to cancel R. Kelly??♂️
his tour was off, but now back on, in new Zealand.
Are you pulling Michael Jackson music too?
Please talk about something more impotant. Master in building Men and not tearing Men down. Yall like R kelly music all rhis time but now you hate him. SHAME ON YOU RADIO STATIONS
You people are so evil and hypocritical ho the hell can you people shit such as this when the man have been convicted of any of these allegations? A man is innocent until proven guilty…you people have already convicted the man before he ever stepped in a court room that is just morally wrong.how can you stop a man from living over some hear say that haven’t been proven yet!!