Tavis Smiley Responds to WBEZ Cancellation in Open Letter
Tavis Smiley responds to WBEZ's cancellation of Smiley & West in an open letter, defending his work and challenging the station's leadership decisions....
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Common Rips A Freestyle at Chicago Homeless Youth Benefit
Common delivered an impressive off-the-top freestyle at Metro in Chicago during a Homeless Youth Benefit Concert, showcasing his lyrical skills for a good cause....
Lupe Fiasco Tears Up on MTV Over Dead Friends & Chicago Violence
Lupe Fiasco becomes emotional during MTV interview discussing friends killed by Chicago violence. The rapper opens up about the personal impact of his city's ongoing...
Phoenix Suns’ Shannon Brown Discusses WoodStar Festival
Phoenix Suns guard Shannon Brown discusses the WoodStar Music Festival on Cypher Lounge Radio, featuring wife Monica, Robin Thicke, MC Lyte, and more....
WGCI’s Tony Sculfield Partners with Lupe Fiasco Foundation
WGCI's Tony Sculfield partners with Lupe Fiasco Foundation for Chicago coat drive, aiming to collect 1,000 coats for CPS students and homeless shelters....
Jennifer Hudson Looks Great Opening Weight Watchers
Jennifer Hudson opens her own Weight Watchers center in Chicago, showcasing her amazing weight loss transformation. The move capitalizes on her success....
Don Cornelious Honored for 40th Anniversary of Soul Train
Chicago celebrates the 40th anniversary of Soul Train with a special concert honoring legendary creator Don Cornelius at Millennium Park....
FLOWERS COMMUNICATIONS NAMES RASHADA WHITEHEAD PRESIDENT
Flowers Communications Group names Rashada Whitehead as President as the Chicago-based multicultural communications firm celebrates 20 years of leadership....
President Obama On Tom Joyner this Morning…
President Obama appears on Tom Joyner Morning Show for exclusive one-on-one interview. Chicago listeners can tune in on 92.3 for the interview....
Eunice Johnson, Ebony Fashion Fair Mainstay Dies
Eunice Johnson, co-founder of Johnson Publishing and creator of the influential Ebony Fashion Fair, died at 93. She helped build the media empire and brought...
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...
Rapper Dolla Shot Dead at Beverly Center
The usually quiet somewhat upscale Beverly Center Shopping Mall in Los Angeles was the scene of a murder that left onlookers shocked on Monday. 21-year-old...
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;...
BUSTED: Should Tom Joyner Be Embarrassed by Video?
Tom Joyner 's video thanking listeners for their support in getting his radio show back on the air in Chicago appears to be a bit...
Arbitron & Bonneville Sign Multi-Year PPM Agreement
Arbitron and Bonneville International Sign Multi-Year, Multi-Market Agreement for PPM software for radio programmers Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. Arbitron Inc. (NYSE:...
Can We Do Better Than Joyner and Harvey?
As I watch Tom Joyner try to get his show back on in Chicago, I ask myself one question... have we truly forgotten how to...
Tom Joyner Back on Chicago Radio?
Looks like WSRB Chicago morning show host Carla Box is out at Crawford outlet. Now let’s try to put 2 and 2 together. Another Radio...
Update on Radio One Hegwood Replacement
Rumblings from the Atl and abroad… Radio One is being BOMBARDED with respondents to the recently vacated programmer position previously held by Steve Hegwood. Looks...
ESPN Radio Gets News Sales Manager
Looking to jump-start sales for its five owned-and -operated radio Radio Station s, espn has created the post of director, national sales. Greg Sunkel, who...
Dial Global Adds the Thom Hartmann Radio Program
Progressive Talk, Daily Program moves to Dial GlobalDial Global and WYD Media Management announced today an agreement that begins March 1, 2009 for Dial Global...
Chicago Radio Station Offers Blagojevich a Show
A Chicago radio station is offering embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich a new job. During a show early Thursday, the program director at WLS-AM announced...
Ebony Eliminates Long-Standing Management
There are now 2 historic events taking place in Chicago. Obama being the first black president and Ebony FINALLY updating their magazine!!!! Gloray! I don’t...