Arkansas Media / Arkansas Culture and Characters Radio station wants to drop Pine Bluff football over lewd dancers

Helena-West Helena blogger         some high school performers
Andrew Blogger turns up            is now more suitable to a
another story of cultural          night club than a football
interest:                          field.
A radio station owner whose        Bagley writes that the dance
stations broadcast games in        routines are known as "J-
Helena and Pine Bluff is           setting." New one on me,  but
threatening to stop                Wikipedia has it covered:
broadcasting Pine Bluff Zebra      J-Setting is a is a highly
games because of the sexually      stylized modern lead and
suggestive nature of dance         follow style hip hop dance,
team/band performances.            characterized by cheerleading
See for yourself in YouTube        style sharp movements to an
clip above.                        eight-beat count music.
Said station owner Elijah          Popular in southern U.S.
Mondy to Bagley:                   African American gay clubs,
"I do not want my radio            like the vogue-style before
station to be associated with      it, it became popular by
this type of performance or        exposure in a pop music video,
any school that allows it and      this time the 2008 Beyonce
supports it." No word on Pine      Knowles single Single Ladies
Bluff's reaction.                  (Put a Ring on It).
Bagley, who announces games        One question: So what's to
in Helena-West Helena on           see on the radio?
Mondy's station there,             UPDATE: A further statement
endorses the boss. He says         here from the radio station
"pumping" and "gyrating" by        owner.                        

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