Music from singer Morgan Wallen has been pulled from B.C. radio stations after the American was captured on video Tuesday (Feb.2) uttering the 鈥楴-word.鈥�

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, which oversees more than 60 stations in Western Canada 鈥� including Vancouver鈥檚 93.7 JR Country 鈥� has made the move to nix Wallen鈥檚 ballads from broadcasts.

According to its director of programming, Ross Winters, the singer鈥檚 behaviour went against the company鈥檚 鈥渃ulture of diversity and inclusion.鈥�

鈥淢organ made unacceptable comments and that all songs by the artist have been removed from all of our country stations,鈥� Winters told Black Press Media.

Lower Mainland radio station Country 107.1 will also refrain from playing the artist鈥檚 music, according to national country director Wendy Duff.

She said, 鈥渨e have pulled his songs from all of our Country radio stations, indefinitely.鈥�

Less than 24 hours after footage of the racist incident surfaced online, Wallen was 鈥渋ndefinitely suspended鈥� from his music label Big Loud Records.

鈥淏ig Loud Records has made the decision to suspend Morgan Wallen鈥檚 recording contract indefinitely鈥� in wake of recent events, 鈥� the Nashville-based company said in a statement.

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