Black artists such as Beyonce, Aloe Blacc and Pharrell have broken through to radio audiences and consumers of music despite no promotional push from radio. In the case of Pharrell we began posting stories and videos on this blog back in January on his hit song ‘Happy’ and the dances people were creating in their […]
Was WBLS’ rejection the Beginning of the End for Baisden? That’s a good question to ask…Almost a year ago the demise of 98.7 Kiss FM occurred and the station became ESPN Radio. Some of the programs and hosts were picked up by 107.5 WBLS, the only Urban Adult station in New York City. WBLS however decided not […]
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS- CBS Radio president/CEO Dan Mason said something in an interview with Radio Ink last week that touched a sore place for a whole lot of radio hosts. “Over the last 20 years the disk jockey’s role has been watered down so much,” Mason said, “by the dictate, ‘Don’t talk, don’t give the […]
CHATTANOOGAN.COM -96.1 The Beat in Chattanooga debuted this week with the Steve Harvey Morning Show. After Steve Harvey the station line-up features 16-year Chattanooga radio veteran Donna L. from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., JoJo Thurman is on from 3-7 p.m. and Keith Sweat is on with the Sweat Hotel from 7 p.m.-midnight. Listeners looking to take in the […]