Category : Radio
News, history, and coverage of the radio broadcasting industry, stations, and on-air personalities.
Day26 Will Guest Host Power 99 fm’s Morning Show
Day26 will guest host Power 99 fm’s Morning Show this Monday August 17, 2009 between 6:00-10:00 AM. � The appearance is especially timely since Day26...
Trial Set in Radio Contest Death Case
Trial Set In Radio Contest Death Case Woman Died While Trying To Win Wii A Sept. 8 trial date has been set in the wrongful...
Radio Facts Social Network for Urban Industry
Visit RFSN Sign up today and run into some old and new friends. Give advice, get it or just network. https://www.radiofacts.ning.com...
Radio Industry Faces Revenue Decline and Staff Reductions
Struggling to stay on the dial Radio industry -- with revenues faltering and staffs cut to the bone -- plots survival strategy In the studio...
Radio’s Disconnect with Listeners: Urban Radio Too!
Alan Burns recent study would CERTAINLY apply to urban radio as well. Syndication, Voice tracking and homogenized urban radio have all alienated the listener in...
DJ B-Mello Leaves KEXP for Death Row Records
Onward and upward is the theme in Seattle’s hip-hop community these days. Every week it seems like some major announcement is happening and today is...
Charleston Radio Talk Show Host Charged with DUI
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — Michael Agnello, one of the hosts of WCHS Radio talk show ’58 Live,’ told his listeners Monday afternoon that he was...
Power 99 FM & WDAS Host Human Relations Seminar
On Monday July 27, 2009 Power 99 FM and WDAS FM will partner with the Philadelphia NAACP to host students from Creative Steps Inc. summer...
Clear Channel to Donate Stations for Minority Ownership
Clear Channel Radio will donate a number of AM station to the council through the MMTC-Clear Channel Ownership Diversity Initiative. Initially, Clear Channel Radio plans...
Frank and Wanda Topple Radio Legends
(pictured: seated Wand a Smith and Frank Ski, stand ing morning show producer Nina Brown) Without question, Atlanta is a huge urban radio market and...
Urban Sports Talk Radio Coming to St. Louis
“Urban-sports talk” makes its debut locally “� and maybe nationally “� on Wednesday, when WFXX replaces syndicated programming with local talk shows that have African-American...
New Commercial & DJ MP3 Radio Recorder
Hammacher and Schlemmer has come up with a table radio that will eliminate commercials and “annoying disc Radio DJey banter” for uninterrupted music playback at...
Florida Attorney Gen Sues Arbitron over PPM Minority Ratings
Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing audience research company Arbitron Inc., claiming it didn’t sufficiently include minorities while preparing Miami area radio station ratings. The...
Donnie Simpson Seeks “Next Top DJ” for Morning Show
I guess Donnie said he’s not going to hire another comedian, he wants somebody that he can maintain for a while (laugh) and won’t leave...
Radio Legal Battle: Sam Sylk’s Move to Crawford
Sam Sylk is one helluva in-demand talent. Looks like Chicago really loves him and his recent move to WPWX-FM is not going to be a...
Too Much Tuesday: Urban Station on Front Street
Two white guys walk into the station complaining they have paid DJs to play their record and it’s not being played. Management SNATCHES them in...
Mother Credits 100.3 The Beats Charlamagne as Difference Maker
After months of waiting on the national liver transplant list, one year old Assiah Phinisee who in May 2008 was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia received...
Joe and Chico DeBarge Visit WENZ (pic)
JOE & Chico Debarge Picture from the Sam Sylk Show on WENZ-Cleveland . L-R Sam Sylk-WENZ, Marlo Martin-Jackson-Kedar; JOE, Tropikana-WENZ and Chico Debarge...
Radio Facts has moved!!!
The Radio Facts blog has moved to radiofacts.com/www.radiofactsorg.wpengine.com...
Rickey Smiley Adds 2 More Stations
Syndication One announces that the Rickey Smiley Morning Show will be heard on Clear Channelâ„¢s WJIZ in Albany , Georgia and WFBA in Columbus ,...
WOW: V103/Atl & WVAZ/Chi – 12 Digital Stations Hit PPM Standards
March PPM Results Include 12 Digital Stations meeting Minimum Reporting Stand ardsMore than 500 digital Radio Stations are encoded across 14 marketsColumbia;...
New York Radio Station has Town Hall Forum on Health
WWRL 1600AM �”Heart 2 Heart � Town Hall Forum on Health Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. WWRL 1600AM Radio will host a...
Revenue Decline Pushes Radio Stations Online
Amid a decline in advertising revenue for commercial broadcast radio, and the growth of broadband internet access, online radio has proliferated in recent years. The...