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The decision by San Francisco stations KOIT and KFOG to drop
the song, which has nothing to do with the baseball team, comes
as the Giants and Royals prepare to play Game One of the
championship series on Tuesday.
In response, Kansas City station KZPT said it would play the
song every hour on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. KZPT said it
was a sister station of KOIT.
"They're our sister station, and as the old saying goes: 'You
can pick your friends but you can't necessarily pick your
family,' and if they don't play it, then we will," KZPT
programming director Tony Lorino said in a phone interview.
Last week, KOIT posted a small image on its Facebook page with
the 17-year-old Lorde's name on it, next to a crossed-out word
"Royals."
"You are in a #Royals free-zone until after the #WorldSeries
#GoGiants," the post said.
The song, which Lorde released last year, peaked at No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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