A Perfect Radio Moment: Ebro BLOWN by Rosenberg

New York radio is simply the best, hands down. They are the number one market for a reason. Whenever I listen to NY radio it truly gives me the itch to go to a smaller market and program a Radio Station with that same kind of raw talent and genius. In my entire industry career I have never met Ebro.

I doubt we have ever been in the same room together but I greatly respect his talent. He is by far, in my opinion, one of the best black radio Radio DJs in the industry.  His talent far exceeds radio and I would easily place him in the top 5.

Ebro’s greatest asset is his ability to connect to guests, issues and the audience from a very honest and straight-forward perspective and a deeper level of intellect that is still not over the guests or audience’s head. He makes great points and he makes you think. I rarely see ANY urban Radio DJ that can bring a guest to tears and make the moment work.

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Then Rosenberg kept interrupting and kept making it worse by talking about how black people related to the church, let’s all think of Dr. King and how… WHAT? If I was the PD of Hot I would have run to the window and signaled for Rosenberg to shut the hell up. Rosenberg then says “I know that a white person chiming in on this is relevant BUT not the same…!”

Can someone tell Rosenberg to please follow his instincts (lol)?  His energy was too high, he was speaking in an authoritative tone instead of a compassionate one and the chemistry was just not there. This was a very private moment about black people, another racist tragedy and it was a conversation between two black men and it should have remained in Ebro’s hands.

ALL listeners as well as the segment could have benefited MORE from the message if Rosenberg had just stayed out of it. Ebro continued to try to bring his point home but the momentum, the raw emotion, the message and a potential great radio segment was gone for good.  Your Thoughts? (see video below).