Archive for May, 2009
While we fight the Performance Tax issue, who’s taking care of Urban Radio People and their future?
This past year, I have gotten an INCREDIBLE amount of email from some of the most well known former radio people who have no idea where their next meal is coming from. Foreclosures, divorces, no [...]
Deeper Problems for PPM and Minority Measurement
It could not have come as a worse time for Arbitron, since the FCC and several minority groups has opened a new investigation and complaints into the service targeting this very issue but [...]
POLL: Was “Smooth Jazz” Ever Really a Format?
Was "Smooth Jazz" ever a REAL format?(poll)
YIKES: Don’t Look at this if you are eating. Calf Born with 2 spines and 7 Legs
I knew you were going to look anyway... (laugh). This calf was recently born in the UK by Cesarean section after the cow could not deliver it. It lived for all of 5 minutes. See picture after the [...]
WOW: Look at Phylicia Rashad/Has a New Gig
Jenny Craig is doing Phylicia Rashad good, even though I hear the Jenny Craig food tastes like shit from sisters I know who have been on it, she is looking great. Phylicia Rashad Joins The Cast Of [...]
LOOK: Toni Braxton and Husband Keri from Mint Condition
Keri Lewis and recording artist Toni Braxton arrive at the 9th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 28, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.
Drake at Hot 97 Event in NY “Who’s Next” (pics)
Rising star Drake performed at a Hot 97 Event this week along with Bun B... Also pictured Lyor Cohen and Julie Greenwald
Red Alert????
As you know, radio and industry people are automatically excused from the popular "YIKES" list.
Fantasia, Glen Jones and Dave Hollister at WMXU (pics)
Fantasia and Tank performed a concert here at the Columbus Fairgrounds this past Sunday (May 24th). It was a kick ass show. Also, a week earlier Willie Clayton, Dave Hollister and Glenn Jones [...]
Performance Rights: Radio is Just not Responsible for Deals Artists Make
I started in the industry as a singer and I used radio to get a deal. I was so green, I thought talent was all you needed (laugh). I was working in Columbus, GA at WFXE and I had a good taste by [...]
