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5.03.2022

Matty in the Morning Retires After 41 Years at Kiss 108 Without Big Sendoff a Year After His Controversial Demi Lovato Rant

Urban Radio Nation May 03, 2022

This morning, Matty in the Morning himself, Matt Siegel , retired after a legendary 41-year career on the radio at Kiss 108. Here was his...

Cherry Martinez Offers Free Commercials to Small Business Owners on FMHipHop

Urban Radio Nation June 23, 2020

Grammy-Award Winning Publisher and Radio Mogul, Cherry Martinez Offers Free Commercials to Minority-Owned Businesses in Light of Global Co...

Elle Duncan Shares Incredible Stories of Racism While Working in Boston

Urban Radio Nation June 20, 2020

INCREDIBLE for 2014 and 2015! But unfortunately these stories are true. Elle Duncan the ESPN Sports anchor worked briefly in Boston at NE...

The New 97.7 is Now The Beat of Boston

Urban Radio Nation June 28, 2019

The New 97.7, Boston's #1 for R&B has flipped to The Beat of Boston. KJ of the Morning Wake Up remains with the station and is...

Chris Malone Exits The New 97.7 Boston's Number 1 for R&B

Urban Radio Nation June 25, 2019

Chris Malone has exited iHeartRadio’s The New 97.7 (WKAF) Boston's #1 for R&B as Program Director. Malone was also the afternoon...

JAM'N 94.5 Replaces The Breakfast Club with Local “Ashlee & The New JAM’N Morning Show”

Urban Radio Nation March 25, 2019

Interesting move for iHeart Media, which owns both JAM'N 94.5 in Boston and Premiere Networks, the syndication company that distr...

Ahead of CBS Radio and Entercom Merger- iHeartMedia Gains 7 Stations in Boston and Seattle

Urban Radio Nation November 01, 2017

iHeartMedia announced today a strategic station exchange with Entercom Communications (NYSE: ETM) across four U.S. markets. Under the ag...

KJ Carson and Kesha Monk Team Up for Mornings on The NEW 97.7 RNB in Boston

Urban Radio Nation February 06, 2017

Not only does the New England area celebrate a Super Bowl championship, Boston's NEW 97.7 (WKAF) launches a new live and local morni...

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1.05.2017

Entercom Launches The New 97.7, Boston Has a R&B Station on FM

Urban Radio Nation January 05, 2017

The city of Boston and its surrounding African American communities has been without a major FM Urban music station since Radio One sold 9...

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4.18.2014

U.S. Marshals Shut Down Unlicensed 'Touch 106.1 FM Boston'

Urban Radio Nation April 18, 2014

The only Black radio station in Boston has been shut down by United States Marshals and the FCC. The station operated as a low-powered rad...

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7.03.2013

Boston Talk Show Host Jimmy Myers Turns to 106.1 The Touch FM

Urban Radio Nation July 03, 2013

“ I don’t care if it’s a 10-watt station; I’ll give it what I would have given a 50,000-watt station.” With few options left in talk ra...

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7.19.2011

N.Y. prosecutor to retry talk show host Reese Hopkins, the former "Crossover Negro" from the Star and Bucwild Morning Show

Urban Radio Nation July 19, 2011

Reese Hopkins, whose real name is Edward Maurice Hopkins, was arrested in October 2008 on rape charges, just days after he was axed from 680...

Boston Area media outlets report on the new programming at 1090 WILD

Urban Radio Nation July 07, 2011

The LMA agreement with Douglas Broadcasting benefits Radio One's Bottom Line WILD-AM Now Serves A Very Different Audience BOSTON — 1090...

Radio One to Sell Off Boston's Last Black Radio Station WILD 1090 AM

Urban Radio Nation June 01, 2011

Wasn't Cathy Hughes Suppose to be Saving Black Radio? WILD AM has been around for more than 40 years as a station serving the Black comm...

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