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94.7 the Block- Shut up about politics and play the Throwback Jams
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You may not. That does not mean others share the view.
This is why sometimes I just find it better to listen to streaming.
There's a difference between a morning show talking about politics and a midday music show talking about politics.
Cipha Sounds is not a traditional midday DJ.
Tom Joyner talked about politics a lot, and was an activist. He also raised money for HBCUs by bringing his show and R&B artists for concerts at those colleges. The Friday show was often a concert at an HBCU
When they "shut up and play the hits" then you people bitch and moan about "no personality". Guess what, good Black radio is very personality driven and politics will be discussed - after all, Black people's lives have been made a political issue, agree or disagree.
It's not like there are a ton of African American talk stations, so I suppose the black oriented music stations are the place where that sort of thing will get discussed, if it's on radio..... KBLA is the only non-BIN, black talk station I can think of off the top of my head (although BIN isn't necessarily 'talk', it's news and opinions). I know Al Sharpton has a talk show that get played an a certain number of black formatted stations (including a local station, KYIZ 1620). Not sure how widespread his show is, though. His audience probably skews older, too.
WVOX in Chicago and WOL in DC are two legendary black-owned AM talk stations.
Of course at one time WLIB was part of that group.
I can assure you most Urban stations today from mornings to afternoons has politics as the hot topic
WURD in Philly may not be legendary, but it's been around for a number of years.
I don't mean to go off topic, but do any of these black-owned AM talk stations get decent ratings? Because, generally, when KBLA is discussed, it seems that the consensus that it at least doesn't get hardly any ratings, and no one seems to know if they're making money at all. I realize that there are probably more African Americans in Chicago and DC than LA, but LA still has a lot of African Americans living there,
Radio stations dont live in a bubble they talk about current affairs to keep the community informed
No, but that's not the point. Steve Harvey and Charlamagne Tha God are two of the top-rated personalities on the radio today. Both are black, both are on top-rated FM music stations, and both discuss politics on their shows.
Black AM stations suffer from a lot of the same problems all AM stations have, which is older demos and small audiences. Thankfully there's enough of an audience that they can exist for the audiences who want them.
We had one of the biggest national news stories in years. Why shouldn't DJs comment on it? It's not like they are doing a 30-minute discussion on it. It could just be a minute or two between songs and that'll be fine.
Back in the day, it was common to hear a daily or weekly editorial from the GM or news director at even small town stations.
Adding to the list of black talk stations: WAOK 1380 AM Atlanta
Did you mean WVON?
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