A Positive Change at Big D Country

Dear Nashville: Enough of the four-letter words

I grew up listening to country music - I have always loved country and probably always will.

But lately, it seems that more of the songwriters and artists are including what we would call "four letter words" into what are otherwise good songs.

Is that really necessary?

This has been bothering me for a while. Especially this past week while hearing what is otherwise a great song - except they had to go and put the "d---" word in it. Didn't add to the song and made it one I don't want the kids to go around saying to their friends.

Effective today (July 22) I have decided on a more strict music policy. Not that every bar fight/beer drinking/you-know-the-list song will be banned, but...

There will be a "clean" country undertone to Big D Country. With the kids back around the studios, I realized that I was having to turn the monitors down.

By Monday, a good bit of the playlist will be different. There are plenty of positive country songs out there. I'm fine with real life, my-woman-left-me songs if it can be done without cursing and delving into lyrics that I don't want the kids singing.

I know that a lot of country artists have a relationship with Christ. Careers, ratings and managers don't always allow for every song to be "positive."

My personal confession: I used to work in, and listen to, Christian radio. Especially in the 1980s, contemporary Christian music was another genre I really enjoyed. Today's K-Love and rock/edgy praise and worship songs just don't really do anything for me. In the car, the choice becomes talk radio or K-Love. Given those choices, I've started taking my own mp3 player to listen to what I want.

Big D Country will be continuing playing country and classic country. You won't even notice a big change.

But as a Christian-owned station, there will be a positive change. You can hear the difference - because we want to make a difference!

Big D Country radio


(reposted from Alan's Big D Country blog)