abc7NY

How urban radio stations introduced listeners to Hip Hop

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was 1979 and the radio took Hip Hop to new heights with "Rappers Delight." "I just was blown away, went down to the local record store got the 12-inch and brought it home and ...
Los Angeles Business Journal

Wrapping Up At Rap Station?

Los Angeles could soon have its first FM radio station broadcasting in Mandarin or Cantonese if Magic Broadcasting completes the sale of old-school hip-hop station KDAY (93.5) to a group of Chinese ...
Yahoo

When L.A. invented rap radio: The rise of KDAY

Clockwise from bottom left: Greg Mack mans the boards; Mack, left, with Will Smith and Tatyana Ali; Eazy-E and Mack; Janet Jackson and Mack; Andre Fuller, Big Daddy Kane and Mack; Steve Campfield, ...
Yahoo! Sports

Detroit’s Sports Rap Radio, The First All-Black-Led Sports Radio Station In The US, Has Been Shut Down — ’I Failed My People’

Created with good intention, Detroit, MI-based Sports Rap Radio has been shut down. “[This is] history-making,” Parker told CBS News at the time. “[It’s] groundbreaking, [and] we just believe that the ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City’s only hip-hop radio station has switched to a ‘throwbacks’ format

When Salt Lake City radio station KUUU, 92.5 FM, launched a hip-hop format in February 1999, some people didn’t think it would last. “In a market like Salt Lake City where it’s very LDS-influenced, at ...
The Washington Informer

Chuck D Rejects the Algorithm and Brings Hip-Hop Back to the Record

Discover Rap Central Station, Chuck D's groundbreaking art rap chart magazine that puts art before commerce and gives a voice ...
Black Enterprise

First All-Black-Led Sports Rap Station In The Country Debuts

“Just four years ago, there were no Black full-time sports hosts on the radio in Detroit,” Parker said. “In a city that’s nearly 80% Black, I looked at that as a problem.” Joining Parker in ownership ...
Metro Times

Black-owned Sports Rap Radio in Detroit pulls plug less than 3 months after launching

Less than 90 days after its launch, Detroit-based Sports Rap Radio, touted as the nation’s first sports-talk radio station completely owned by and featuring African American talent, has come to an end ...
Twin Cities Business

Go Media’s KNOF Switches From Christian To Hip-Hop Radio

A new contemporary hip-hop radio station launches in the Twin Cities today. At 3 p.m., the 95.3 FM frequency (KNOF) switches from a Christian format under the name PraiseFM to Go 95.3 and follow the ...
St. Louis American

Informed reader breaks down the rumor of a new hip-hop radio station coming to the Lou.

1) Infinity Broadcasting (which owns KMOX, KEZK and Y-98) isn’t going to do it because they already have strong radio stations. 2) Radio One DEFINITELY isn’t going to do it because they just flipped ...
Radio Ink

Detroit’s All-Black Sports Rap Radio Unveils Debut Lineup

Veteran Detroit sports journalist Rob Parker has announced the lineup for Sports Rap Radio (WXYT-AM). The station showcases an all-Black lineup as Parker envisions a platform that mirrors the ...
Black Enterprise

First All-Black Sports Radio Station Ceases Operation Less Than 3 Months After Launching

'I’m proud of the product the staff delivered. But I’m devastated that I couldn’t deliver this for our culture,' says Sports Rap Radio owner, Rob Parker. In June, veteran sports anchor Rob Parker ...