During the most of the 1970s and early 1980s, when the late radio personality Frankie Crocker would conclude his late afternoon/early evening shift on New York City powerhouse FM outlet WBLS, he would ...
Shaila Scott is a New York legend. The Harlem-bred radio personality got her start working for WBLK in Buffalo in the late ’80s before transitioning to WBLS. She later joined the 98.7 KISS FM team in ...
The news for WBLS (107.5 FM) was positive in the July Arbitron radio ratings, and any good news for black radio these days is encouraging. In three ratings months since WBLS merged with the late WRKS ...
The battle over radio audience measurement that raged five years ago when Portable People Meters replaced paper diaries—a move that minority stations said hurt their ratings—never really went away.
Our March 2024 issue celebrates a golden anniversary: New York’s premier R&B station, WBLS, is turning 50! It takes a lot of work, dedication, and passion to keep a station going for half a century, ...
Fat Joe has stated that on January 22, he will take over HOT97 and WBLS radio stations and organize a day-long fundraiser for the families affected by the devastating Bronx apartment fire at Twin ...
New York radio had two big winners in the May Arbitron ratings released Monday: WBLS (107.5 FM), which semi-absorbed its longtime competitor WRKS, and ESPN Radio (WEPN, 1050 AM and 98.7 FM), which ...
New York City radio host Shalia Scott, who was terminated from her role at R&B station WBLS after nearly three decades on air, is firing back at her former employer with a lawsuit for discrimination ...
The reign of one of the nation’s best-known R&B radio stations, New York City’s WRKS, 98.7 KISS FM, is over. It will merge with longtime rival 107.5 WBLS, station management revealed. KISS FM owner ...
Since its merger with fellow New York adult R&B radio station WRKS (Kiss-FM) about 18 months ago, WBLS has been gaining ratings ground. With a weekday lineup that includes Steve Harvey, former… By ...
New York City radio station WBLS continued to celebrate its 50th anniversary with DJ Cassidy and DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live, an event featuring legendary R&B and hip-hop artists at Newark’s ...
Vaughn Harper, the signature voice for WBLS radio in New York and a pioneer of the "Quiet Storm" programming format, dies at 71. By Gail Mitchell Vaughn Harper, a veteran WBLS New York personality who ...