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Radio if Not Hurting; is No Help for Black Artists

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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 own cities around the world, when very few stations (most notably Black radio) even had the song on their radar. What took corporate radio management so long to get on-board with this song? Check out Pharrell’s comments on Oprah Prime on the OWN network [below]. … Continue reading Radio if Not Hurting; is No Help for Black Artists

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New York Radio Ratings Signals Gains for 107.5 WBLS

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The Steve Harvey Morning heads up the WBLS lineup Now the only daily syndicated urban radio show in NYC  WBLS is now the Number 3 ranked radio station in New York City according to preliminary Arbitron PPM ratings for May; Full ratings will not be released until June  Despite better ratings, which should mean higher revenues for the station- Urban radio stations still bill less per ad compared to other mainstream formatted radio stations. Fair or unfair- It is what it is… If ‘BLS continues to do well however, at some point a current radio owner may want switch to … Continue reading New York Radio Ratings Signals Gains for 107.5 WBLS