Upon learning of his death, I've just noticed, on the National Radio Hall Of Fame website, that Mr. Magic had not been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame (RHOF).
While this should have happened while he was alive, if there is ANYONE who should be in consideration for being inducted into the RHOF for being a groundbreaking pioneer in his/her genre of music, which in his case was rap/hip-hop, Mr. Magic (aka John Rivas) should have received a "nod" years ago for his work on WHBI and WBLS in New York.
To that, I'm going to heavily PUSH for his nomination as well as induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame for 2010. For the hip-hop community, he was the "Alan Freed". When no one wanted to touch rap figuring it was just a musical version of "graffiti", he pushed it forward and strong! For me, he was my influence when I was seeking radio as a career, and what better way to honor him than to see him next to fellow radio pioneers such as Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Don Imus, and fellow 'BLS personality Hal Jackson...just to name a few, in the RHOF.
I'm going to push for this and want others to join me in that regards. He certainly has met all of the qualifications required. All it takes are the votes. But it also takes YOU to help make a difference and to get his name on next year's ballot.
http://www.radiohof.org/
While this should have happened while he was alive, if there is ANYONE who should be in consideration for being inducted into the RHOF for being a groundbreaking pioneer in his/her genre of music, which in his case was rap/hip-hop, Mr. Magic (aka John Rivas) should have received a "nod" years ago for his work on WHBI and WBLS in New York.
To that, I'm going to heavily PUSH for his nomination as well as induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame for 2010. For the hip-hop community, he was the "Alan Freed". When no one wanted to touch rap figuring it was just a musical version of "graffiti", he pushed it forward and strong! For me, he was my influence when I was seeking radio as a career, and what better way to honor him than to see him next to fellow radio pioneers such as Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Don Imus, and fellow 'BLS personality Hal Jackson...just to name a few, in the RHOF.
I'm going to push for this and want others to join me in that regards. He certainly has met all of the qualifications required. All it takes are the votes. But it also takes YOU to help make a difference and to get his name on next year's ballot.
http://www.radiohof.org/