The Nelson George Mixtape: Is It Black or Urban Radio? Since its invention in the 1940s black oriented radio had been the chief vehicles for promoting all forms of black music, from R&B to jazz, gospel to funk. For much of its history these stations had bee... Read More...
Reach Media presents Incognito’s Posted on the Corner Reach Media is pleased to announce that weeknight show personality, Incognito’s Posted on the Corner show, will officially move to Reach Media for distribution and syndication. The show will now be heard in th... Read More...
The National Black Radio Hall of Fame 2020-2021 Induction Awards Ceremony The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) Board of Directors have approved the following industry trailblazers into our prestigious national museum for our 2020 and 2021 induction ceremony on Saturday, Feb... Read More...
Jamila Mustafa to host ‘Jamila’s Jams’ – a new talk show about hip hop and pop culture on Sirius XM Sirius XM announced that Jamila’s Jams, a new one-hour show hosted by MTV and BET personality will air on the Volume channel beginning today. Mustafa, an award-winning broadcast journalist and influential v... Read More...
Radio.com Adds 100 Hip Hop and RNB FM to its platform! Lorenzo "Ice Tea" Thomas' 100 Hip Hop and RNB FM has been added to the Radio.com platform! Check out the weekday line-up... Sheryl Underwood 5am - 9am Coka-Lani 9am - Noon K. Foxx Noon - 3pm All... Read More...
Elroy Smith exits Bonneville’s KBLX-San Francisco Elroy Smith says it was an extraordinary run at Bonneville’s KBLX in San Francisco. He’s been at the station since 2016 when he moved to the west coast from Greenville-Spartanburg, SC. Elroy, reached out to The... Read More...
Radio Consolidation May Spell Changes for Radio Promotion Radio promotion executives have always been the titans of T&E, jetting around the country to convince programmers from Miami to Milwaukee to play the new single they're working. "It used to be, 'Can we brin... Read More...
National Black Radio Hall of Fame 2020-2021Induction Awards Ceremony The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) Board of Directors have approved the following industry trailblazers into our prestigious national museum for our 2020 and 2021 induction ceremony on Saturday, Feb... Read More...
Cumulus Media Threatens to Fire Radio Hosts Who Dispute Election Results A media company that employs right wing talk-radio hosts, including Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, and Dan Bongino, circulated a memo after the pro-Trump riots on Capitol Hill telling hosts to dial down allegations o... Read More...
Skip Dillard no longer PD at WBLS/WLIB-NY In a shakeup at Emmis/Mediaco’s New York cluster, Skip Dillard’s position as VP of Programming of R&B WBLS (107.5) has been eliminated. Dillard, who has programmed the New York powerhouse for the past 13 ye... Read More...
