A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I'm gay, then I think I'll be fine. I can handle it.
However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a ' buzz ' about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.