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Bev Smith Gets the Ax from American Urban Radio Networks

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Listeners Will Not Get a Chance to Say Goodbye to Bev, Her Last Shows will be Pre-Recorded “Best Of’s”… Bev Smith, the nationally syndicated black female talk show host and a one time talk show host on BET, will no longer be on the air live effective immediately. Bev Smith told Pittsburgh Urban Media that she was notified by phone and advised that her daily live broadcast will be substituted with previously aired shows presumably until October 28th on American Urban Radio Networks. Jerry Lopes, president of program operations and affiliations at AURN, said that the decision to stop distribution … Continue reading Bev Smith Gets the Ax from American Urban Radio Networks

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WAMO 100.1 is Pittsburgh’s New, "OLD" Home for Hip Hop and R&B

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Is Urban radio really back in Pittsburgh? We drove all around the city and only picked up about 90% static -Boring Pittsburgh.com We are a surprised that the owners of station, San Francisco-based Radio Power Inc., is going with an urban “rolling 10,000 commercial-free joints in a row”, rather than an urban adult contemporary format. With the success of native son Wiz Khalifa, the hip hop community in Pittsburgh is pretty much established without the need to promote itself on terrestrial radio and would be hard pressed to find the new “Wham-O.” Besides, simulcasting a daytime only AM radio signal … Continue reading WAMO 100.1 is Pittsburgh’s New, "OLD" Home for Hip Hop and R&B