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Radio One Dumps Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine in Atl: End of an Era?

OK, today’s rhetorical question: Now that Obama is in office, while we do STILL have a lot to complain about, do we really have anything to complain about? It appears the era of Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others like them is now dead? Doesn’t it? Don’t know if that’s the reason Radio One is axing both shows but they are being axed during the transition of Magic to Majic in Atlanta.

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