by Jada E. Watson
It’s been 7 weeks since pledges for equal play were announced by a handful of country stations in the US and Canada and by CMT for its video hours. In that time, more songs by women have entered the Top 20 of the Airplay Reports and Maren Morris’ “The Bones” reached #1 and maintained the position for two consecutive weeks. There has also been a significant swirl of interest around the Dixie Chicks’ return after 14 years with “Gaslighter” (which received 532 spins in its first 4 days of airplay) and Mickey Guyton’s much-anticipated “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” (which was debuted at Country Radio Seminar on 20 February).
Has there been change? Has there been an increase in representation for women on country radio? If so, what does it look like? Take a dive into the first 10 weeks of 2020 to see what’s been happening.
