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Bev Smith Gets the Ax from American Urban Radio Networks

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Listeners Will Not Get a Chance to Say Goodbye to Bev, Her Last Shows will be Pre-Recorded “Best Of’s”… Bev Smith, the nationally syndicated black female talk show host and a one time talk show host on BET, will no longer be on the air live effective immediately. Bev Smith told Pittsburgh Urban Media that she was notified by phone and advised that her daily live broadcast will be substituted with previously aired shows presumably until October 28th on American Urban Radio Networks. Jerry Lopes, president of program operations and affiliations at AURN, said that the decision to stop distribution … Continue reading Bev Smith Gets the Ax from American Urban Radio Networks

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WAMO 100.1 is Pittsburgh’s New, "OLD" Home for Hip Hop and R&B

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Is Urban radio really back in Pittsburgh? We drove all around the city and only picked up about 90% static -Boring Pittsburgh.com We are a surprised that the owners of station, San Francisco-based Radio Power Inc., is going with an urban “rolling 10,000 commercial-free joints in a row”, rather than an urban adult contemporary format. With the success of native son Wiz Khalifa, the hip hop community in Pittsburgh is pretty much established without the need to promote itself on terrestrial radio and would be hard pressed to find the new “Wham-O.” Besides, simulcasting a daytime only AM radio signal … Continue reading WAMO 100.1 is Pittsburgh’s New, "OLD" Home for Hip Hop and R&B

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Urban Radio format returning to Pittsburgh on WPYT 660 AM and 100.1 FM

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From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh has been without a full-time urban radio format for two years, but that’s about to change. In the next few days, the sale will close on WPYT-AM (660), and the new owner will launch an urban contemporary format there early next month. In December, San Francisco-based Radio Power Inc. announced that it would buy WPYT from Langer Broadcasting Group of Framingham, Mass., for $290,000. “When you go into a market with a station, you look at who’s doing what,” Tim Martz said. “WAMO had a big audience. Nobody has filled the void. It’s an attractive format.” … Continue reading Urban Radio format returning to Pittsburgh on WPYT 660 AM and 100.1 FM

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>Anji Corley Exits 95.5 WPGC

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>Give her a like if you want to hear her back on the air Anji Corley the midday host on 95.5 WPGC Washington, has exited the station. She came on board at the station with The Donnie Simpson Morning Show. She won the votes of the listeners on the station’s America’s Next Top Jock co-host contest. Prior to her stop in DC, Anji was a popular personality on the former 106.7 WAMO-FM in Pittsburgh. Continue reading >Anji Corley Exits 95.5 WPGC

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>Pittsburgh Has A New Urban Station Online

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>The founder of the new online station “101 The Blaze” is Ron Atkins, former program director for Sheridan Broadcasting which included the flagship station of WAMO FM out of Pittsburgh. During his 14 year tenure with Sheridan Broadcasting, Atkins held various positions including VP of Programming for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN). Before joining Sheridan, Atkins was the programming director for WBLK – Buffalo, KMJM – St. Louis, KMJQ – Houston, WOWI – Norfolk and WVAZ – Chicago. His career started as an intern WUFO – AM in his hometown of Buffalo, NY. Check out the urban/hip hop/ R&B formatted … Continue reading >Pittsburgh Has A New Urban Station Online

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>Former TV owner Eddie Edwards Says He Had No Choice But to Serve Black Listeners of Pittsburgh

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>In a day and age when we have hate radio dominating our airwaves, even here in the city of Pittsburgh, I had no choice but to step forward, as many in this community have asked me to do, in an effort to return our voice back to the radio dial. From Adrian McCoy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh broadcaster Eddie Edwards Sr. is buying WPYT-AM (660) and plans to launch a news and talk format aimed primarily at the African-American community. Mr. Edwards announced at a news conference that he has filed the paperwork with the FCC to purchase the station.WPYT is … Continue reading >Former TV owner Eddie Edwards Says He Had No Choice But to Serve Black Listeners of Pittsburgh

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>Pittsburgh Station Fills Urban Music Void with New Evening Show

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> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WLTJ-FM Q92.9, a “Lite Rock” station is launching a new evening program designed to fill the void left when urban WAMO-FM and classic R&B WAMO-AM went off the air. “Q in the City” is hosted by former WAMO personality Tracey Lee. The music will feature artists such as Earth Wind and Fire, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey and Kool and the Gang. There’s some crossover with the music played on WLTJ’s adult contemporary format, and the show’s playlist is also designed to complement the music heard on WLTJ’s HD2 channel, which listeners need an HD radio receiver to … Continue reading >Pittsburgh Station Fills Urban Music Void with New Evening Show

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>Will Radio ‘Black out’ end in Pittsburgh?

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>Before his friend Harvey Adams died, media mogul Eddie Edwards spoke with him about about finding a way to replace the loss of WAMO, the city’s last Black radio station. And at Adams’ funeral, Edwards said he promised he would do it.Now it appears, Edwards is just days away from fulfilling that promise. He told the New Pittsburgh Courier he is still nailing down some loose ends, but plans to hold a press conference making a formal announcement early next week.“Don’t be surprised if I announce that I have negotiated a deal to buy a property and put a Black … Continue reading >Will Radio ‘Black out’ end in Pittsburgh?

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>BPEP of Pittsburgh urges FCC to fill void left by WAMO

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>Tim Stevens, chairman of the Black Political Empowerment Project, has released an “open letter” to the Federal Communications Commission noting the end of WAMO as a radio voice for Pittsburgh’s black community and asking “all appropriate bodies” to support the creation of one or more “Afro-centric” radio stations in the greater Pittsburgh market. WAMO-FM, the city’s only urban radio format, was sold earlier this year by Sheridan Broadcasting, along with two other Sheridan stations, WAMO-AM and WPGR-AM. The buyer is St. Joseph Missions, which plans to use them for Catholic religious programming. The signals for all three stations have been … Continue reading >BPEP of Pittsburgh urges FCC to fill void left by WAMO