- Tim Martz' Radio Power is asked by the FCC about a Milwaukee translator move-in
- The Birth of Urban EMO
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- Boston Radio Legend Dave Maynard Passes at 82
- Jackson Dell Weaver Gets GM Nod at KGY/Olympia, WA.
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The Birth of Urban EMO
What is Urban EMO? Let’s start with EMO – or chill music as some refer to it. Wikipedia says it’s “a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics.” Take out the words “rock music” and plug in “hip-hop or R&B,” and you have a description for any number of songs we’re hearing today by artists like Drake, Lil’ Wayne or Miguel. But like new wave music’s influence on R&B acts such as Prince, Cameo, or Rick James in the ‘80s, we have to ask, will this be a passing fad?
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Radio’s Best & Worst: February 8, 2012
In this week’s dial scan, NBC’s “Smash” gets its own online radio station. The late Don Cornelius gets a tribute from hometown WVAZ (V103) Chicago. Laser hair removal spots are everywhere. Morning-after pills are in vending machines. A convenience store has your back, pal. And only one station dares acknowledge “Groundhog Day” twice. It’s “Radio’s Best & Worst.”
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Madonna’s performance was “most-watched Super Bowl entertainment ever”
Madonna may not have rolled around the Super Bowl XLVI stage in a wedding dress, a la the 1984 MTV Video Awards, but she was still belle of the ball during Sunday’s match between the New York Giants and New England Patriots.
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Skip Cheatham’s New “Playground” – The Web
Skip Cheatham is well known as the former long-time PD and on air personality of KKDA “K104” Dallas. There, he hosted nights, afternoons, and more recently, the morning show “Da Playground.” In all, Cheatham spent sixteen years at the station, exiting in the fall of 2010. Little did he know then that he’d be hosting a new “Playground” on the Internet - and finding a whole new world of radio.
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Holiday 2011 PPM: The Urban and Urban AC National Recaps
Chris Huff shows how the Urban and Urban AC formats fared well through the holiday PPM period—with some stations gaining in share and cume.
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