Radio Reacts to Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict

A collection of tweets from Twitter and You Tube clips  Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning various stations suspended regular programming to take calls from listeners following the announcement of the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial that was announced at approximately 10:00 pm ET. Many stations focused their Monday (yesterday July 15) programming […]

Radio One Founder, Cathy Hughes Profiled

Cathy Hughes, Radio One: From Teen Mom To Media Mogul When Cathy Hughes got pregnant at age 16, her friends said her life was over. Her mother kicked her out of the house. Hughes said she “was in shock.” But pregnancy “was the beginning,” Hughes said. The birth of her son, Alfred Liggins, as “an […]

Media Outlets Unite for #InTheBlack Spending Power Campaign

BET Networks, Radio One, TV One, and Tom Joyner’s Reach Media, along with the Steve Harvey Morning Show, Inner City Broadcasting and Stevie Wonder, the owner of L.A.’s urban AC 102.3 KJLH are all on board. In an environment in which many marketers expect their advertising budgets to decrease and some brands are shifting their […]

Soul of the South Network Plans Labor Day Launch

From RICHARD PRINCE’S JOURNAL-ISM – A new African American-oriented television network has posted a video preview of its plans for an unprecedented five hours of daily news programming, which the network’s primary creator, Edwin Avent, said he hopes to have on the air on Labor Day weekend. Avent, former publisher of Heart & Soul magazine, told […]