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The Industry Dot Biz:Radio One Regional Vice-President Doug Abernethy announced today that KROI-FM/Houston (92. 1 FM) will begin its programming as a full service news station the week of November 14, 2011.  Using the on air moniker "News 92 FM," this 24 hour news and information station will be fortified by the world wide resources of ABC News Radio and Associated Press Platinum and will be populated with the voices of some of Houston's most well known and award-winning radio and television personalities.The morning news will be anchored by Texas Radio Hall of Fame honorees J. [...]

Snoop Dogg is officially a wedding crasher! While in Chicago Snoop surprisingly crashed the wedding of the couple Neesha and Joseph. [...]

2020 has claimed another life. While death his inevitable it seems a bit for tragic this year. Sadly, we have to report that John "Ecstasy" Fletcher of the legendary hip-hop group, Whodini has passed away.https://youtu.be/qMnTawcUZLQEcstasy, who was born on June 7, 1964, formed Whodini with Jalil Hutchins in 1982. DJ Grandmaster Dee later joined the group in 1986. Whodini was one of the first rap groups to have a little bit of R&B in their music. [...]

Ramble, the innovative network that amplifies the voices of established and influential tastemakers through their podcasts and beyond today, announced the launch of Charli and Dixie: TWO CHIX, the new weekly podcast hosted by sisters Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, worldwide social media phenomenons with a combined social following of [...]

The Queen of Soul once said, "Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that." Anyone who had the opportunity to hear Aretha Franklin sing live, we were happy with her gift as well.Today we mourn the loss of Aretha Franklin, our beloved Queen of Soul. Franklin was the  first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. [...]

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC ISSUES FIRST STATE OF BLACK MUSIC ADDRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 1, 2018)– To celebrate the proclamation of June as Black Music Month (African American Music Appreciation Month), the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) has issued the first State of Black Music address. “Black music is America’s music,” said Henry Beecher Hicks, president of the NMAAM. “It’s global music. It crosses boundaries of culture and race and geography, bringing us together in moments of joy, celebration, challenge and contemplation.Black music is, in a word, transcendent, and it may be that the State of Black Music is stronger than ever.”“For the first time in the history of Nielsen Music measurement, hip-hop/R&B claimed the largest share of overall volume sales ... as the top genre in American music,” Hicks said. “It’s hard to believe; but in the span of one generation, rap has come to define the sound of popular music.”Hicks gave his address on WPRT-FM in Nashville, where the museum is set to open in 2019.The NMAAM will be the only museum in the country solely dedicated to educating, preserving and celebrating the influence African Americans have had on music, told through the artifacts, artists and stories that have defined American music.and transcript of speech: listen belowAbout NMAAMThe National Museum of African American Music, set to open in 2019, will be the only museum solely dedicated to educating, preserving and celebrating the influence African Americans have had on music. Based in Nashville, Tenn., the museum will share the story of the American soundtrack by integrating history and interactive technology to bring musical heroes of the past into the present. For more information, please visit www.nmaam.org.[audio mp3="https://radiofacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/State-of-Black-Music-060118.mp3"][/audio]