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New York Times January 24, 2011 Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial By BRIAN STELTER OPELOUSAS, La. — When John Freeman turned on his car radio one recent day and tuned to KOCZ, the voice he heard was a 2-year-old girl’s. It belonged to Nyla Belton, the daughter of the afternoon D.J.,

Exposin’ the Hip Hop Hood Hoax TRUTH Minista Paul Scott “Mental pictures, stereotypes and fake history reinforces mystery.” Why is that ? Boogie Down Productions From birth ,we are taught to believe myths. We start off believing fables about tooth fairies and an old fat dude in a red suit ridin’ around the hood in

THE NEW YORK TIMES Another new low atop Billboard Chart By Ben Sisario January 19, 2011 For a stark illustration of how record sales have changed in recent years, take a look at Billboard’s charts this week for albums and track downloads. For decades the Top 200, the magazine’s album chart, has been the music

Clear Channel spends $1.29 million on lobbying in third quarter Clear Channel’s lobbying efforts were focused on “tax incentives and loan guarantees that encourage the diversity of telecommunications business ownerships,” as well as against the Performance Rights plan to have stations pay artists to play their music. Clear Channel also lobbied against the FCC reinstating

BET’s ‘Black Girls Rock’ takes out Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives’ in big week for cable (November 10, 2010) In a week in which broadcast TV lost black viewers for its most popular shows, the cable networks saw a big boost in viewership. It’s not a certainty that this growth will continue to happen throughout the season,