POWER 99 FM ANNOUNCES PEACE ON THE STREET JAM FEATURING DIGGY SIMMONS, TINASHE AND TREVOR JACKSONWinners of the Power 99 FM Peace on the Street Scholarship to be Announced at Event Clear Channel Communities, the community engagement brand of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, and Power 99 FM, Philadelphia’s Hip Hop and R&B radio station, continue the 11th annual Peace on the Street Jam, a series of three events that feature anti-violence activities designed to promote peace and provide communities with the necessary resources to prevent violence. The second Peace on the Street Jam will be held Wednesday, July 23rd … Continue reading Power 99 FM Announces Peace on the Street Jam with Diggy Simmons
>Houston area rapper Trae decided to file the lawsuit after the radio station allegedly banned his music from being heard on the only local hip hop station in the city. HOUSTON /PRNewswire Houston rapper “Trae Tha Truth” (nee Frasier Thompson) will be holding a press conference at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the Harris County Civil Courthouse, 201 Caroline, Houston, Texas, to announce the filing of a lawsuit in the 189th District Court of Harris County Texas against Radio One Inc., which owns and operates Houston radio Station 97.9 KBXX, The Box.The civil case alleges a consistent … Continue reading >Trae Tha Truth Files Lawsuit Against Radio One and Local Station 97.9 The Box
That’s right all you have to do is get on Twitter this week and you will get a portion of the book for free…well that would be chapter 14 “Another Near Miss” that goes into detail of how Big Boy aka Kurt Alexander landed his first radio gig at Power 106. Go to Radio Big Boy.com @RadioBigBoy and follow the link. They will ask you to post a tweet about the book. Here’s some background on the book from EURWeb *Just after the Christmas rush, Cash Money Content, the book publishing arm to record label Cash Money Records, will release … Continue reading Big Boy’s New Book “An XL Life: Staying Big at Half the Size” Now Available, Get it for Free with a Tweet
>It was the feel-good story of the summer. Unfortunately there’s no PhD or any other kind of degree according to Slate.com blog. According to the New York Daily News, Roxanne Shanté, the 1980s female hip-hop pioneer famous for the 1984 underground hit “Roxanne’s Revenge,” had finally gotten her own revenge on Warner Music, the record label she accused of “cheating with the contracts, stealing and telling lies,” to avoid paying her what she was owed. How? After valiantly fighting, reported Daily News freelancer Walter Dawkins, Shanté had convinced Warner to honor a contractual agreement to “fund her education for life.” … Continue reading >Roxanne Shanté’s Revenge on Her Record Label Never Happened!?!
>As of today (September 8, 2009) I am no longer the Executive Editor of Music at BET.com.Upon entering the position at BET I said that I needed one year to see what really went on inside the belly of the beast. I needed 365 days to sleep with the enemy and infiltrate the system. One year to see if they REALLY wanted change at BET.As someone who has been critical of BET for many years, it surprised many that I would leave my post at HipHopDX last year to take a position at BET. But it was an opportunity I … Continue reading >Andreas Hale Sends an E-MAIL to a few In-Boxes …it’s just what you thought about BET
>By David Hinckley New York Daily News Bobby Robinson, whose tiny record shop on Harlem‘s 125th St. spawned No. 1 national hits and made him an uptown patriarch for six decades, died yesterday. The musician, personality and business owner owned Happy House Records for more than 60 years. He was 93 and had been ill for several years – though he regularly went to work at his shop until it was forced to close in January 2008. Impeccably dressed, well-spoken and ambitious to make his mark in the entertainment business, Robinson opened Bobby’s Happy House in 1946. His shop was … Continue reading >Harlem Legend Bobby Robinson, owner of Happy House and First Black Business Owner on 125th St., Dies
Urban Radio Nation began as a blog documenting Black Radio History (1950’s, 60’s, & 70’s) and the jocks that made it happen. Check out our video aircheck page. We eventually evolved into a daily news blog reporting on urban radio happenings and industry news in the Hip Hop and R&B radio arenas. Now we also dive into media, sports media, and pop culture. Our focus is on the personalities that make media and particularly radio, one of the most fascinating industries in the world. “We” have done a little of everything in radio and have done and seen enough to … Continue reading About
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