Listeners threatened to boycott Thobela FM after radio station removed hit song Master KG – Jerusalem, song was added on the top 10 list for summer song of the year 2019.
Social media is buzzing right now as fans and music lovers try to understand why it was removed.
SABC Radio station denied the statement is not true:
“Thobela FM has noted with concern the online campaign calling for Thobela FM listeners to boycott the station.
We would like to put it on record that the station will have a countdown for the song of the year and this will be carried out without any listener participation this year as compared to the past few years.
The station has considered various ways of carrying out this campaign and resolved that this year it will take a different approach. Therefore we would like to encourage our listeners to refrain from voting as the station does not have a voting SMS line this year.
The station would like to assure its valued listeners that its Top 200 campaign is based on the songs that were on the playlist in 2019.
It is also not true that the station has removed a particular song from that list. Public feedback has been noted and the station wishes to reiterate that it will have a cross over song without listener participation, as this is how the station planned it for this year”.