Grandmoms and Pop-Pops Everywhere are HAPPY! Their Kind of Songs are Back on the Radio Maybe Robin Thicke’s hit song Blurred Lines is less about (“you know”)…and more about re-packaging Black Music from the 1970’s into hit songs for today. Everything that goes around, comes around, right? No doubt everyone has heard the connection between […]
Jackson broke barriers as he hosted music, talk, sports and live shows; loved to help young people follow their dreams NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Hal Jackson, who once had to sneak in through the back door of radio stations and over 75 years made himself into one of the most dignified and important men in black […]
A wake up call for the radio industry? “…they (her children) are allowed to listen to the local Top-40 (white) pop station” Farewell black radioBy Natalie Hopkinson WASHINGTON POST I recently added D.C.’s two FM hip-hop radio stations–WPGC and WKYS–to the list of items banned in my house. I’ve long been tired of having to […]
Memphis radio station 1070 WDIA, the first Black radio station in the country has survived many budget cuts by Clear Channel Radio over the past few years. The most recent cuts at WDIA include on air personalities Yvette Whiteside (pictured left), Jeff Lee, and Greg Peters. Those moves have hit the Memphis African American community […]