Kelly Mac NEW Host at V103 and APD at WGCI Urban Radio Nation Staff 8:50 AM Kelly Replaces Kris Kelley in Chicago Clear Channel Chicago names Kelly Mac as the new midday host of V103 (WVAZ-FM) and new Assistant ... Read more
Kris Kelley Named Program Director of 107.5 WGCI-FM and WKSC-FM/103.5 Kiss FM Urban Radio Nation Staff 4:56 PM Kelley Moves From Midday Personality at V103 Chicago to Program Director Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Chicago has named Kris Ke... Read more
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Cast Opens Up To V-103 Midday Host Egypt Sherrod Urban Radio Nation Staff 1:16 PM Egypt, Rasheeda, Momma Dee, and K Michelle at V-103 Momma Dee, K Michelle, and Rasheeda from “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” all dropped by... Read more
V103's Greg Street Signs with the Cash Money Label Urban Radio Nation Staff 9:51 AM Greg Street will curate albums and author books as part of the deal. Broadcast personality and DJ Greg Street has signed to Cash Money Rec... Read more
"The Keith Sweat Hotel" Celebrates Five Years and Marks 50th Affiliate with V103 Urban Radio Nation Staff 7:26 PM Just in time for Valentine's Day, Chicago Urban AC station V103 (WVAZ FM) adds the syndicated Keith Sweat Hotel to its late night line-u... Read more
Chicago Veteran On-Air Personality Irene 'Mamacita' Mojica is Back on the Air Urban Radio Nation Staff 4:00 AM Irene "Mamacita" Mojica is back on the airwaves. The former 107.5 WGCI-FM, V103 WVAZ-FM and Jammin' Oldies 103.5 WUBT-FM on-ai... Read more
Chicago radio legend Herb Kent Celebrates 83rd Birthday Urban Radio Nation Staff 1:23 PM Chicago radio legend Herb Kent celebrates his 83rd birthday. You can leave him a message at the V103 WVAZ website . Herb still holds down a ... Read more
Ramona DeBreaux Named Mid-Day Host at V-103 Urban Radio Nation Staff 10:12 PM Ramona DeBreaux who's been doing mid-days for V-103 for more than a few weeks is now named the midday jock, officially replacing Elle Du... Read more
Herb Kent Goes into the Guiness Book of World Records Urban Radio Nation Staff 8:09 PM Herb Kent was inducted this past Saturday into the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Longest Serving Radio DJ.” You can check out Herb ... Read more
Troi Tyler Back on the Air at V103 Chicago Urban Radio Nation Staff 7:37 PM Troi Tyler returns to Clear Channel Urban AC station V103 ( WVAZ) Chicago as host of the "Quiet Storm" on Sundays from 7pm-1am. Sh... Read more
Doug Banks Afternoon Show is Cancelled Urban Radio Nation Staff 5:34 PM Citadel Media has informed affiliates of "Afternoons with Doug and DeDe" the show will end on December 31, 2009. Doug Banks, has b... Read more
Clear Channel Radio sued over the cancellation of The Tom Joyner Show on V103 WVAZ Urban Radio Nation Staff 6:34 AM The company that produces "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on Monday filed suit in Dallas against Clear Channel Broadcasting over the... Read more
Chicago's 107.5 'GCI New Morning Show "The Morning Riot" Urban Radio Nation Staff 10:03 AM The new morning show is local and replaces Steve Harvey at WGCI on Wednesday. The co-hosts must be saying to themselves, "Things are so... Read more
Steve Harvey Morning Show Replaces Tom Joyner on Chicago's V103 Urban Radio Nation Staff 6:25 PM A shocker in the world of Chicago radio, after 13 years at V103, Tom Joyner will no longer have a radio home in the city he made his claim t... Read more
Herb Kent Releases New Book Urban Radio Nation Staff 10:33 AM Radio pioneer Herb Kent has released his new book, "The Cool Gent: The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent". Herb Kent known as ... Read more
Herb Kent, 'The Cool Gent' Still on Top at 80 Urban Radio Nation Staff 3:16 PM From the Chicago Tribune's Black History Month Series He's known as Cool Gent, Mayor of Bronzeville and King of the Dusties, nickna... Read more
Layoffs Expected at Clear Channel Stations Urban Radio Nation Staff 8:28 AM Will it come before or after January is the only question that seems to remain. For the most part, Clear Channel has delayed the inevitable... Read more
V103 Chicago Celebrate 20 years; Still "Hits and Dusties" Urban Radio Nation Staff 5:09 AM Two decades ago, Barry Mayo reconfigured America's radio landscape when he introduced the adult urban contemporary format to the dial. ... Read more