The Nelson George Mixtape: Artists Issues The creation of black music departments meant bigger advances, larger recording budgets, more coordinated national promotion, and better royalty rates. However, artists still didn’t own their masters, meani... Read More...
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...
The Nelson George Mixtape: R&B World Circa 1979 & the Black Music Association If you had no skin in the game, were not even conceived or simply wish to help yourself…..read…take notes and read more while remembering that what you are about to read IS history. Thank you, Nelson Georg... 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...
Announcing Black Music City: Showcasing and Supporting Metro Philadelphia Black Artists It’s no secret that Philadelphia’s Black music community has a rich history — its influential legacy has reached far beyond our city. But it’s historically been more difficult for Black artists to access fu... Read More...
IBA’S Ron Stone Issues Statement on Nielsen Policy Changes IBA President & Executive Director Ron Stone is addressing the changes announced by Nielsen elimination non-subscribing stations from ratings results to clients. Stone wrote: Many radio stations s... Read More...
The Funky Demise of Black Bands , Part IV : Beat Junkies- DJs, Sampling, Singers & Trap Just when you thought it had come to an end, Mr. George ,once again, does not disappoint as he continues his series on the demise of legendary Black bands. This series chronicles an important portion of music ... Read More...
The Return of Live 365 Radio Last week it was revealed that the year-ago demise of Live365, the pioneering internet radio platform for small webcasters was slated to return. The sad fate of Live365 emblemized the disruption caused by new w... Read More...
Buzz On: WBTF’s Jay Alexander Name: Jay Alexander Hometown: Morganson, NC Spouse/Family: I have a son, a daughter and 5 bichons Company: LM Communications Title: Program Dir... Read More...
Lorenzo “Ice Tea” Thomas: The New RadioPreneur When Lorenzo “Ice Tea” Thomas landed his first radio gig at country radio WKHK in Petersburg, VA, with a high top fade far big to contain any pair of headphones, little did he know the path his journey would tr... Read More...