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Tuesday March 16th 2010

Wendy Williams Catches Stacey Dash in a lie (vid)

In what now looks like an act of publicity desperation, Wendy Williams busted Stacey Dash in a lie when something was confirmed after the show. Watch vid...

OH NO: Weight Loss Company Offers Gabourey Sidibe Free Supply. Read this…

YIKES: TMI on Facebook, Be Warned (graphic)

Just because it says "friends" doesn't mean the people on there are actually your friends, be careful of how much information you give out.

Service Broadcasting PD Skip Cheatham Hires Suga Rae from Detroit

Service Broadcasting Corporation Program Director Skip Cheatham announced today that Suga Rae is the newest On Air Personality for K104 (KKDA-FM). Cheatham commented “after listening to hundreds of demos, we found exactly what we were ...

PERFORMANCE TAX OPPOSITION REACHES HOUSE MAJORITY PLUS FORTY

WASHINGTON -- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Emeritus John Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) have become the latest House co-sponsors of a bipartisan Congressional resolution opposing a performance tax on local radio ...

The “Bad Wiglet Award” Goes to…. EDDIE LONG (pic)

All that money he makes and all those people in his church, you mean to tell me NOBODY told him how ridiculous his afro puff looks? Just cut all your hair OFF!

Aswad Ayinde, Award Winning Video Director for Fugees Video, Accused of Raping and Impregnating Daughters

Aswad Ayinde, the director of The Fugees' music video 'Killing Me Softly,' is accused of sexually assaulting his five daughters and impregnating three of them. Aswad Ayinde's former wife testified in state court Wednesday that he ...

Urban Radio Ignored this young talent, So she started her own successful online station

It began with a childhood dream of becoming a radio personality. But when Angel Macon sent demos to countless area radio stations, none responded. Instead of idly waiting for that big break, Macon took matters ...

99.5 Replaces Big Boy’s Neighborhood with Russ Parr

Roanoke Rapids, NC – 99-5 Jamz (WYTT-FM) Is proud to announce that Washington D.C. Based Russ Parr Morning Show is coming to 99-5 Jamz starting Monday March 29th. Russ Parr will be replacing Citadel ...

MEDIABASE: Top 30 Radio Songs this week, Urban – TIMBALAND, ROBIN THICKE, TREY SONGZ, LUDACRIS, USHER, JAY-Z, TREY SONGZ and more

7 Day Charts Urban Mediabase - Published Panel Past 7 Days - by Overall Rank Return to Main Menu Up In Spins LW: Feb 24 - Mar 2 TW: Mar 3 - Mar 9 Updated: Wed Mar 10 5:30 PM PST Rank Mediabase Sortable Stats™ - Click any Blue Header Spins Aud. /mill lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move 1 1 TIMBALAND Say Something f/Drak... 3599 3938 -339 28.671 3 2 ROBIN ...

Chris Brown Pleads with fans to Ask Radio to Play his Music (audio)

This is most unfortunate. Will Chris ever be able to live that incident down by radio's standards? Is radio so perfect that none of us have ever made mistakes?

Pioneer DJM-2000 pro DJ mixer debuts

I once won some tickets to an event from a radio station and when I went to to pick them up the number of knobs and buttons in the studio was impressive. I could never ...

Radio Facts Review: Unsung, Stacy Lattisaw and Rose Royce

I got a copy of Unsung the other day for two of the upcoming shows: Stacy Lattisaw and Rose Royce. I LOVE that show, it is truly the BEST thing TV One produces and I ...

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Urban

Cherry Martinez: The Radio Industry is like High School

Radio One, Inc. Changes »

Radio One, Inc. (ROIAK)(ROIA) announced today that it will hold its annual conference call for investors, analysts and [...]

Video

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Tre Black as Wax Master Torey »

I remember Tre telling me over the years that he too started out in the industry as a musician and I [...]

Editorial/Opinion

KEVIN’S SUMMARY: Tre Black, »

Oh well another week wraps up and it truly started off strange. Last Sunday, I was cheering on Mo'Nique's win, something I predicted for months would [Read More]

Indie Music

Radio Facts Indy »

There are certain aspects of the urban industry that cannot be ignored. As I started out [...]

Hard to swallow: »

It's 9:30 a.m. on MLK Jr.'s birthday and Pill is headed back to Pink City for another [...]

CHR

Justin Bieber performs at the 2010 »

Musical artist Justin Bieber performs at the 2010 Nickelodeon Upfront Presentation at Hammerstein Ballroom on March 11, 2010 in New York City. 2010 Nickelodeon Upfront Presentation [Read More]

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Industry News

Wendy Williams Catches Stacey Dash in a lie (vid)

In what now looks like an act of publicity desperation, Wendy Williams busted Stacey Dash in a lie when something was confirmed after the show. Watch vid...

Lil Mo Takes over Big Tigger’s slot on WPGC, Where is Big Tigger Going Next?

RF has been informed by sources that singer Lil Mo is now on WPGC in DC M-F 2p-6p...she is replacing BIG Tigger.. who is currently in contract negotiations with the station. It has taken quite some time for the station to decide what they are going to do about Donnie Simpson's old slot. To many, it would appear Tigger was a natural choice but [...]

OH NO: Weight Loss Company Offers Gabourey Sidibe Free Supply. Read this…

This is SUCH an insult, perhaps Howard Stern should have included the people acting concerned about Gabourey's health may be opportunists. This company had the nerve to state "After seeing you strolling around Santa Monica earlier this week we can't take it anymore..." The company then goes on to "insinuate" that she did not win the Oscar because [...]

On-air roster changes afoot at Emmis stations | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.com

Emmis Communications Corp. is shuffling several prominent on-air personalities at its Indianapolis radio stations' beginning Monday, a move the company says will maximize their talents. Affected by the moves are "Big Joe" Staysniak and Steve Simpson of WIBC-FM 93.1, Ed Wenck of WLHK-FM 97.1 and Dan Dakich of WFNI-AM 1070. Simpson, who [...]

Arbitron Executive Vice-President, CMO Alton Adams Named One of Radio Ink’s ‘Most Influential African Americans in Radio’

Alton Adams, Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, was recently named to Radio Ink's "Most Influential African-Americans in Radio" list. Mr. Adams joined Arbitron in early 2009 and became an integral participant in the ongoing dialogues with clients and industry leaders at a time when radio needed the most [...]

Smoke briefly evacuates Knoxville radio stations

There was a scare at a local radio station Monday night. A small electrical fire sent smoke through the Citadel building on Old Kingston Pike in West Knoville. The studios of WIVK-FM, WNOX-FM, WNML-AM, and WOKI-FM are located there. Knoxville Fire Department spokesman D.J. Corcoran says a sub pump in the basement caught fire. He says small [...]