900 AM WURD: Making Black Talk Radio Work
Urban Radio Nation Staff
5:42 PM
From PHILLY.COM Article: WURD-AM on the air to give Black Philadelphia a Voice Can WURD get it back? The traditional closeness. The call-and...
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Showing posts with label Black Radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Radio. Show all posts
January 3, 2012
December 9, 2011
Washington Post Columnist SLAMS Black Radio
Urban Radio Nation Staff
6:00 AM
A wake up call for the radio industry? "...they (her children) are allowed to listen to the local Top-40 (white) pop station" Fare...
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November 28, 2011
Loyal radio listenership continues to rise
Urban Radio Nation Staff
7:00 AM
Loyal radio listenership continues to rise By TIFFANY K. BAIN Since I was about four or five years old, it was extremely rare that a weekday...
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October 31, 2011
Clear Channel Cuts Threatens the Country's First Black Radio Station WDIA
Urban Radio Nation Staff
6:00 AM
Memphis radio station 1070 WDIA, the first Black radio station in the country has survived many budget cuts by Clear Channel Radio over the ...
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August 5, 2011
Dorothy E. Brunson, first African-American woman to own a radio and TV station, has died
Urban Radio Nation Staff
9:46 AM
Dorothy Brunson, born in Georgia and raised in Harlem, got her start in broadcasting in 1962 as an assistant controller of New York's 16...
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July 28, 2011
Philly's Former Heritage Black Radio Station is Set to Become Third... or Fourth... Spanish Language Station
Urban Radio Nation Staff
7:00 PM
Who can keep up with the number of Spanish stations in Philadelphia? In 2007, Black owned New York based radio corporation, Inner City Broad...
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June 24, 2011
Guess What? People Listen to Black Radio More -According to Arbitron
Urban Radio Nation Staff
7:26 AM
Arbitron Inc., the media and marketing research company that is the radio industry's primary source of figuring out who is listening to ...
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March 16, 2011
A Top 20 Black Radio Disc Jockey of All Time List from NewsOne
Urban Radio Nation Staff
1:20 AM
The news website NewsOne list their Top 20 Radio Disc Jockeys of all time. The list is not a comprehensive one. But they are entitled to the...
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January 14, 2011
Nicki Minaj @NICKIMINAJ has a message for Black Radio
Urban Radio Nation Staff
3:33 AM
For some unknown reason Nicki Minaj went after morning radio personalities on Black Radio. This is interesting given the fact that for all ...
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July 9, 2010
High School Students Receive Honors for Documenting the Civil Rights History of WDAS
Urban Radio Nation Staff
11:09 AM
From the Daily News column "Masterman students go far documenting WDAS' civil-rights impact" In the 1950's and 60's m...
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March 9, 2010
Radio station K-98 Jamz in Lawton burglarized: They Took EVERYTHING!!! (see VIDEO)
Urban Radio Nation Staff
9:26 PM
Source : KSWO TV LAWTON, Okla . A bold burglary knocked a Lawton radio station off the air last Friday morning, as workers at Perry Broadca...
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February 26, 2010
Arbitron Promotes the Value of Black Radio
Urban Radio Nation Staff
9:51 AM
The latest report from Arbitron dispels stereotypes of African American radio listenership . About time... COLUMBIA, Md., PRNewswire - Firs...
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February 19, 2010
African American Relationships and Therapy Talk on Black Radio
Urban Radio Nation Staff
8:43 AM
It seems nowadays everybody wants to know why so many Black women are single? Saturday mornings are a good time to check out that topic on r...
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February 15, 2010
Have you gotten your Black Card yet from your local Black Radio Station?
Urban Radio Nation Staff
10:13 AM
Why not it's Black History Month! Two radio stations across the country are promoting a Black Card . (That's all we found so far...)...
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January 4, 2010
Black Radio Lives on in the U.K. on Radio 1 BBC
Urban Radio Nation Staff
5:35 AM
The other Radio One in the radio industry is from the BBC. Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the BBC which also broadc...
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December 31, 2009
Maxwell Pretty Wings Song of the Year 2009
Urban Radio Nation Staff
12:11 PM
Without a doubt Maxwell's Pretty Wings is the song of the year. We can only hope that Sade's new album generates the same buzz for R...
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December 28, 2009
Keith Sweat lands "The Quiet Storm" Gig at WBLS
Urban Radio Nation Staff
6:31 PM
(CHOKE, CHOKE) ...wait, here's a glass of water... here take another sip Singer/songwriter/producer and syndicated Urban AC host Keith S...
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December 4, 2009
Liggins Defends the Electronic Portable People Meter
Urban Radio Nation Staff
6:00 AM
...Listen here urban radio Alfred Liggins , chairman of Radio One, testified (before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ...
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November 23, 2009
Thoughts and a Tribute to Mark Raymond - A Radio Man
Urban Radio Nation Staff
6:03 AM
"...I think Mark Raymond died of a Broken Heart, not by some fine chick from Alabama where he was living and was once the PD of a Hunts...
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November 11, 2009
Minority Radio Ownership at a Standstill
Urban Radio Nation Staff
5:35 AM
7% of Radio Stations are Minority Owned; Study found only 6 stations in the country broadcast an Urban/News Format Source: Richard Prince...
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