Black Radio in Danger of Disappearing in New York City

Radio personality Bob Law says, “They’ve been programming scared. They’ve tried to play it so safe, …they’re hardly black stations at all.” NEW YORK DAILY NEWS- When radio station WRKS (98.7 FM) was subsumed last month into WBLS (107.5 FM), there was considerable relief that the popular Sunday morning talk show “Open Line” would continue on ’BLS. Longtime city talk radio host, programmer, restaurateur, entrepreneur and activist Bob Law thinks that’s good, too. But Law also says too much of the discussion about the station shuffle missed the point. “The more important issue wasn’t whether ‘Open Line’ would be on ’BLS, but the … Continue reading Black Radio in Danger of Disappearing in New York City