2007thru2010, Radio and Music Industry News

Vanessa Bayer, Paul Brittain, Taran Killam, And Jay Pharoah To Join As Featured PlayersSNL Returns With Three Back-To-Back Shows: September 25; October...

The African American Public Radio Consortium, in partnership with Baltimore member station WEAA-FM (Morgan State University), is launching the Michael Eric Dyson Show...

Georgetown councilman will take the reigns of mayor following a land slide victory in Saturday's elections.Councilman Brian Pettyjohn defeated local radio DJ...

Radio Facts: OK it's from earlier this year but blog Pop Crunch has an interesting take on the 50 Hottest women in Radio. Check...

The Industry Dot Biz: The number of homicides involving black youths ""as victims and perpetrators ""surged by more than 30 percent from 2002 to 2007, even as overall murder rates across the U.S. have been relatively stable, according to a study released Monday by researchers at Northeastern University.The study showed that the number of black murder victims rose by more than 31 percent from 2000 to 2007. The number of murders involving young, black perpetrators rose by 43 percent over the same period, according to the study by criminal justice professors [ad#ad-300]James Alan Fox and Marc Swatt.The report also noted that guns were the weapon of choice in most of the killings.Last year, 426 black males ages 14-17 died in gun crimes ""40 percent more than in 2000; nearly 1,000 young black males used guns to kill someone in 2007 ""38 percent higher than in 2000.Fox said the homicide rate for blacks ""especially teenagers ""has risen steadily and across geographic regions. He said one reason could be the profound shift in priorities since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which means police departments have taken on homeland security duties ""often at the expense of community policing."Now, I don't want to weigh one life against another, but when you look at it, many more people are murdered every single year in ordinary street violence than were killed on Sept. 11, 2001," Fox said.Fox also said communities' complacency because of the overall decrease in crime may also be a factor. The study found the number of police officers in major cities has dropped more than 8 percent, and funding for crime prevention programs is down.Fox said funding cuts disproportionately affect black communities, which suffer from broken families, bad schools and active gangs."I know people want their tax rebates and stimuli checks, but you know, a few extra dollars in your pocket is of little consolation if you're staring down the wrong end of a gun," Fox said.Not all criminologists agree on the difference federal funding could make, but Fox said he hopes the Obama administration will increase funding. Vice President-elect Joe Biden was a driving force behind legislation that put 100,000 cops on the streets in the mid-1990s. [source],

Easy posted this in the comments on the Nate Quick story we posted yesterday. I don't know Easy and I'm not in Dallas but I sincerely hope and pray that the theme of his statement below is the whole story. I'm hearing a bit more from other sources close to the situation but of respect for my friend Nate, I will not report specific details. All I can say is please continue to pray for him. KevHello everyone. [...]

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