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I'm sure we've talked about this before, but I'll bring it up again just for conversation's sake. What are your favorite Black radio stations?
They don't necessarily have to be from where you live--nor do they even have to exist anymore! Maybe your station still exists, but you feel it was at its best during a certain period of time. Hey, maybe it was a station you heard online--or overseas!
Tell about your faves from all black radio genres--mainstream, CHuRbans, Black/Urban AC, Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Carribbean, Talk, etc.
And don't forget to include non-commercial stations--they're the ones who more than often have more diversity within their format.
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My favorites are WCLK-FM (Jazz, Gospel, Talk) and WEAA-FM (Jazz, Gospel, Talk).
In the earlier years of Hip Hop, before the smut ruled the genre WQHT-FM was my favorite Hip Hop station. Now my favorite are the Hip Hop shows that air on WRAS-FM. Since they are a college station and can play a better mix of today's good Hip Hop and Old School. It's funny how request on college stations seem to differ so much from what DJs on big stations say are tracks from their request lines... Also, WHLE-FM gets props just for being the only Holy Hip Hop station out there.
As far as online stations go SwissGroove has a banging mix of R&B mixed with Funk, Jazz and Soul in a House blend. It's like a good gumbo of music .
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No question in my mind. WHUR Washington wins.
As I am into Adult Urban stations, I must listen to US based stations and listening to R & B radio during my visits to the US and also listening online, WHUR beats them all hands down.
It's Monday morning here and while I am having breakfast, I am enjoying WHUR's DC Sunday, a great mix of Adult R & B and Contemporary Jazz.
Posts: 214 | From: Woy Woy, NSW, Australia | Registered: Apr 2001
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Other current favorites V-103 Chicago, WGCI-FM Chicago, WPGC-FM Washington
Second Tier of favorites - WHQT, WHUR, KMJM, WGCI-AM, WSOL, KYIZ, KZIZ, WBLS
All of these stations stream and generously make their programs available to persons like myself (outside of their markets)
Nonstreaming favorites would be WDAS AM and FM, WPHI, WSRB Chicago, Power 92.3 Chicago
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I have found these to be fun-to listen to, and I must say that they are my Favs to listen to:
KJLH 102.3 FM Los Angeles,Ca KISQ 98.9 FM San Francisco,Ca KYHL V101.3 FM Sacramento,Ca KQOD Mega 100FM Stockton, Ca KAJM 99.3 FM Phoenix, AZ KMJQ 102.1 FM Houston, TX WRBO 103.5 FM Memphis, TN
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I must be a country boy because, with the exception of WQBH-AM 1400 in Detroit, KJLH-FM 102.3 in Los Angeles and WCIN-AM 1480 in Cincinnati, all my favorites are down south. WRSV-FM 92.1 in Rocky Mount, NC is definitly a hometown soul station and WSRC-AM 1410 in Durham, NC along with WBXB-FM 100.1 in Edenton, NC definitly know how to do gospel programming. WDIA-AM 1070 in Memphis, WVOL-AM 1470 in Nashville and WHUR-FM 96.3 in Washington are also on the top of the list.
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WMCS-1290 Milwaukee The Morning Magazine WNOV-?890? Milwaukee The Word Warrior
(Haven't really listened to any other since the late 1980s - listening mostly, and enjoying the discussions immensely, to keep up to date on what's happening in the Inner City of Milwaukee. Remember hearing a man talk about Jeffrey Dahmer 'being taken care of' on WNOV several months before he was killed in prison -- can't beat intelligence like that.)
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Ok, since I started this thread, it's about high time I contributed to it! My favorites (in no particular order):
*WBHK Warrior/Birmingham "98.7 Kiss FM, Smooth R&B and Classic Soul": Though I haven't sampled that many in my lifetime, this has to be one of the best Urban ACs I've ever heard. Tom Joyner has a big following in Birmingham, though I'm probably too young to really enjoy his show. A few classics seem repetitive, but the R&B mix (70s-today) is fairly wide.
*WENN Trussville/Birmingham "V105.9, Today's Jams and the Best Old School" Feb. 2000-Fall 2001: Pretty much the same concept as "97.1 Jamz" in Atlanta, but executed much better (albeit voicetracked). This was Clear Channel's first attempt to 'challenge' 95.7 JAMZ (WBHJ) and 98.7 Kiss FM since they effectively toppled then-black-owned WENN @ 107.7. It couldn't pose much of a challenge being a class A station taking on two class C1s. But the music mix was GREAT and made sense: contemporary R&B/Hip-Hop with late 80s and 90s hits. You could be 15 or 40 and be pretty satisfied.
If CC had tried this format on a comparable signal, it would easily competed with Kiss and Jamz. They instead focused upon challenging a country station--go figure!
*WBLX-FM Mobile "93BLX" and WYOK-FM Atmore/Mobile "K104", Fall 1998 to Fall 1999: The best mainstream urban battle that I can remember, when both (IIRC) were black-owned. WYOK had battled heritage WBLX locally on a smaller 104.9 signal. But WYOK's owners really stepped it up when they moved to the 104.1 frequency, matching WBLX in coverage area. WBLX had gotten complacent, and K-104 had bested them with a 'hotter' on-air sound. I think K-104 would have overtaken 93BLX eventually (if it hadn't already). But in comes Cumulus and buys up both of them, and K-104 gets the ax in favor of the heritage station.
*WBFZ Selma, AL "Z-105.3, the Certified Crunk Station": If mainstream urban radio was more like this, I could like it a LOT more! Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders owns this station, which recently came back on the air last fall after almost a year of silence. It's locally owned with LIVE DJs in all shifts--most of the local competition only has a local morning show and satellite feeds. Has a Reggae/Carribbean music shift on Saturdays and a Rhythmic Gospel/Gospel Hip-Hop show Sunday mornings; Jazz on Sunday afternoons!
Z105.3 used weekends for community talk programming, and several hours of it at that! Sometimes the talk got really extreme to the left (even for a political lefty like me). Either way, it certainly didn't seem to be what some of the locals in power wanted to hear--hence the arson! They still do talk on Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons--relationship shows, community issues, and religion/faith programming, and political talk.
(Overall, I REALLY like this station They do more than often play some of the booty-shakin' smut you might not care for, but I think they make up for it by promoting and encouraging their informative talk programming that I know the corporate stations wouldn't really dream of trying.)
*WVAS 90.7 Montgomery, AL--"The Voice of Alabama State University": In another life, I would have attended ASU, interned here and held a shift, and might have REALLY gotten my communications career off the ground. This student run NPR station focuses upon Jazz/Smooth Jazz, instrumentals, and 'mello vocals', but don't be surprised to hear a familiar R&B track snuck in. Plays African/world music and carribbean/reggae during some shifts, usually weekends. WVAS is the home of The Tavis Smiley Show (unfortunately, now the ONLY affiliate in Alabama--those idiots at 'Bama Public Radio screwed up!) and Alabama State football and Basketball.
My favorite online stations are all happen to be on Live 365: Look for stations titled "Powerhouse Radio", "Jack Your Body Radio", "WEJR (We Jam Right)", and "The Soul Vault".
All of that was probably WAY much more than any of you wanted to know, but I had to say why I like them!
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Although I live in Atlanta,I listen to WJLD in B-Ham every morning on the net.It seems to havce a more balanced flavor in talk radio then the black talk station here in Atlanta,(WAOK). For Jazz and salsa ,I listen to WCLK FM,Clark Atlanta University,and for blues,salsa,I listen to WRFG FM. If I'm not listening to those ,I prefer to listen to NPR.
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I gotta add a new favorite station--WSLY 104.9 "Sly 104-9" in Meridian, Mississippi. I can hear it in Thomasville, AL traveling from my hometown of Monroeville.
The cool thing about Sly 104.9 is that they definitely represent R&B, Hip-Hop, and Old School Music. You might say, "That's no different from many other stations, right?"
In one daytime hour of my listening, Sly 104.9 played the following: *"Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation" by The Dells *"If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys *"Dirt of Your Shoulder" by Jay-Z *"Freek-A-Leek" by Petey Pablo *"Love Sets You Free" by Kelly Price
Now that combination just shouldn't work, now should it? But I kinda like it; there seems to be a real sponteneity(sp?) to it. Plus they have live jocks too.
Posts: 120 | From: Birmingham, AL USA | Registered: May 2000
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Good personalites, love thier music selection. They do alot of special programming that gets me to tune in rather than thier rival 105.9 Jamz.
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I've got to add WNOO-AM Chattanooga. I have been listening to the tapes I made of it a few weeks ago on my trip there. This is a great station, a wonderful mix of old school and gospel in different dayparts. Posts: 84 | From: Saint Paul, MN | Registered: May 2004
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