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7 Ways to Save Radio Now

7 Ways to Save Radio Now By Jerry Del Colliano // (Rested and ready for this week’s NAB Radio Show in Philly) The new National Association of Broadcasters CEO is going to be introduced to his constituents this week at the NAB’s annual Radio Show in Philadelphia. There is little time to waste righting the [...]

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Black broadcaster bans “derogatory” messages in wake of Imus affair

Black broadcaster bans “derogatory” messages in wake of Imus affair

(April 20, 2007) Roberts Broadcasting Companies, LLC announced a new policy designed to prohibit language that promotes and/or exploits any messages considered derogatory, sexually explicit or violent, effective immediately. The African-American owned firm controls three television stations and a radio which airs a hip-hop music format. The new policy is in response to the recent [...]

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Payola & the State of Hip Hop/Urban Radio

Payola & the State of Hip Hop/Urban Radio

The other week we alerted you about an urban music director at Chicago’s WGCIbeing arrested and fired from her job for allegedly taking payola in the form of a Porshe from a local artist. We promised to follow up that story with a more in depth story/interview about payola and the state of urban/ Hip Hop [...]

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