--- title: Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna for Women's March Speech description: Texas radio station HITS 105 has banned Madonna's music from its airwaves following her controversial Women's March speech on Saturday. canonical: https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-26T18:01:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:32.988Z og:title: Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna Songs Following Her Women's March Speech og:description: The singer defended her speech on Instagram og:url: https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fe0acb75a47fc91/6988b769196cf4af5603ea18/gettyimages-632393484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Women's March on Washington - Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna Songs Following Her Women's March Speech twitter:description: The singer defended her speech on Instagram twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fe0acb75a47fc91/6988b769196cf4af5603ea18/gettyimages-632393484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna Songs Following Her Women's March Speech > Sponsored content. 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Paul Morigi—WireImage by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jan 26, 2017 6:01 PM UTC A Texas radio station has banned Madonna’s music from its airwaves following her [controversial speech](http://time.com/4643858/womens-march-newt-gingrich-madonna/) delivered during Saturday’s [Women’s March in Washington](http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/?iid=sr-link3). HITS 105, based in Texarkana, decided to strike the pop star from its lineup after she [spoke openly about](http://time.com/4643858/womens-march-newt-gingrich-madonna/) how the election results had affected her. “Yes, I’m angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House,” she told a crowd of roughly [500,000 people](http://time.com/4642323/womens-march-washington-donald-trump-inauguration/). After Madonna’s speech drew widespread [criticism](http://pitchfork.com/news/71148-cyndi-lauper-denounces-madonnas-womens-march-speech-yelling-just-jacks-people-up/), she [addressed the issue](http://time.com/4642794/madonna-womens-march-speech-donald-trump/), writing on Instagram: “I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in its entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context.” She continued: “I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt. However, I know that acting out of anger doesn’t solve anything. And the only way to change things for the better is to do it with love.” But despite the “Vogue” singer’s explanation, HITS 105 has decided to ban her music. “Banning all Madonna songs at HITS 105 is not a matter of politics, it’s a matter of patriotism,” Terry Thomas, the station’s general manager, said in a [statement](https://www.facebook.com/hits105fm/) on Facebook. Thomas continued: “It just feels wrong to us to be playing Madonna songs and paying her royalties when the artist has shown un-American sentiments. If all stations playing Madonna took their lead from us, that would send a powerful economic message to Madonna.” Many commenters on the Facebook post have criticized the radio station for what they see as a publicity stunt. “Who cares? You have 600 likes and are just using Madonna for attention,” wrote one user. “Her remarks were on behalf of women’s rights, your ban is for a cheap ratings stunt.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/"},"headline":"Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna Songs Following Her Women's March Speech","datePublished":"2017-01-26T18:01:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:32.988Z","description":"The singer defended her speech on Instagram","url":"https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/","keywords":["motto","Music","Madonna","entertainment","women's march"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fe0acb75a47fc91/6988b769196cf4af5603ea18/gettyimages-632393484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fe0acb75a47fc91/6988b769196cf4af5603ea18/gettyimages-632393484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Women's March on Washington - Rally","caption":"Women's March on Washington - Rally","creditText":"Paul Morigi—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4650416/texas-radio-bans-madonna-womens-march/","name":"Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna Songs Following Her Women's March Speech"}}]}] ```