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New York City Loses Another "Black Radio" Station

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Perhaps super programmer and New York legendary on air personality Frankie Crocker just took another turn, roll, and spin in his grave. News comes that urban talk station 1600 WWRL will become a Spanish language station in January. Last year New York’s 98.7 Kiss FM closed shop and left the city with only one urban adult non-hip hop programmed FM station, 107.5 WBLS. New York, the largest market in the country and highest concentration of African Americans anywhere in the country, now has only part of one urban programmed informational AM station in WLIB, which is a gospel music station. … Continue reading New York City Loses Another "Black Radio" Station

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Dorothy E. Brunson, first African-American woman to own a radio and TV station, has died

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Dorothy Brunson, born in Georgia and raised in Harlem, got her start in broadcasting in 1962 as an assistant controller of New York’s 1600 WWRL-AM. She eventually worked her way up to became General Manager at the station. She also GM’ed 1130 WLIB-AM and WLIB-FM which became 107.5 WBLS under Inner City Broadcasting ownership. She moved to Baltimore and purchased her first radio station 1360 WEBB in 1979. In 1986 she would buy WGTW-TV/Channel 48 Philadelphia. In 1990 she purchased WIGO-AM in Atlanta and WBSM-AM in Wilmington, N.C. Brunson died Sunday of complications from ovarian cancer at Mercy Medical Center … Continue reading Dorothy E. Brunson, first African-American woman to own a radio and TV station, has died

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>Al Sharpton the New Talk Show King; Picked up in New York and Philadelphia

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>What is the aftermath of last week’s Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley spat. Let’s not simply call it a spat, it was more like a verbal butt-whupping by Sharpton on Smiley’s behind worthy of a call to child protective services or 911. The consensus around the country from social-critic commentators and listeners alike was that Smiley deserved the whipping he took from Sharpton. How dare he suggest that Rev. Al was not living up to his title as African American leader? Maybe Tavis touched a nerve that trigger such a lashing out in the reactionary diatribe by Sharpton. Who knows? … Continue reading >Al Sharpton the New Talk Show King; Picked up in New York and Philadelphia

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>Coz Carson Leaves US Talk Network

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>Talk show host Coz Carson tells The Redding Report that he has left USTalkNetwork.com to return to music radio. “I am looking forward to putting down the political activist moniker for a while and concentrating on entertainment and music.” Carson, who had once been ranked one of the top talk show hosts in America by Talkers magazine, says that he has accepted a midday music host position with Ackley Media Group in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He says he is looking forward to discussing “life issues” on WWKS-FM in St. Thomas. Carson media stops have included morning talk host on … Continue reading >Coz Carson Leaves US Talk Network