Twin Cities La Raza Back On Air
La Raza Radio in Minneapolis/St. Paul is back on the air after last weeks riots destroyed the downtown building housing the stations. The stations are temporarily broadcasting out of the studios at KFAI, a community based radio station.
iHeart Fires Hosts After Racist Comments
iHeart Upstate New York Market Manager Robert Morgan acted quickly after hearing what Kimberly Ray from the Kimberly and Beck PM Drive show said on WAIO-FM 95.1 in Rochester.
Group Wants More Done by iHeartMedia
In Rochester several groups spoke up immediately after the Kimberly and Beck incident, including The Rochester Association of Black Journalists which called on iHeart to do even more.
Host Gets Death Threats
The popular Brother Wease Morning Show was in replay mode Wednesday, the day after the remarks on the Kimberly & Beck show. And Deanna King, who works for WHAM-AM and on The Brother Wease Show on 95.1 woke up to death threats.
Did Indy Host Cross The Line?
WFNI-AM sports talker Joe Staysniak, who is white, told listeners Wednesday that black people need to say "I'm going to stop being a victim." That statement didn't go over very well with some listeners to the show calling him tone deaf.
Competing Shows Unite For Conversation on Race
Dick Broadcasting's Jared and Katie in the Morning on KZL-FM and Entercom's 3 Live Crew from 102 JAMZ in Greensboro, NC are coming together this morning for a discussion on the murder of George Floyd, protesting, riots, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
KSL Salt Lake Host Schools Us On Podcasting
Our guest on Facebook Live Wednesday was the host of the new podcast Hope In Darkness: The Josh Holt Story, Becky Bruce. The new podcast comes from KSL Radio in Salt Lake which also released COLD, which had over 38 million downloads. Watch the interview HERE.
Vegas Rocker Adds The Woody Show
iHeartMedia’s 93.1 The Mountain picks up the Premiere syndicated morning show as of June 8. AD Rowntree moves to the 3-7 p.m. drive time slot and he'll continue voicetracking for iHeart in Houston, San Diego, Cincinnati and Tulsa.
Urban One Hosting Town Hall
Urban One will host a virtual town hall on the current racial and political climate in the wake of the George Floyd death. We Are One: More Than A Hashtag, will air Thursday June 4.
2020 Radio Show Canceled
RAB CEO Erica Farber made the announcement Wednesday that the 2020 Radio Show planned for Nashville will now be a digital event. The joint RAB/NAB event is planning a Music City return in 2022 after a stop in New Orleans next year.
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