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Joyner Airs on Two Chicago Station Radio has reached a new low! Chicago’s Crawford Broadcasting began airing the Tom Joyner Morning Show on both of their Chicago stations. Broadcasters are finding any and all ways to save money but once again Black radio leads the charge. Joyner will be heard on Power 92, the young

Tracy Rosenberg Executive Director, Media Alliance The FCC is coming to Silicon Valley. The famously old-school agency will make an unlikely visit to the high tech mecca, asking if “legacy media” (radio, television, and newspapers) even matter in the Internet age. More specifically, the FCC will ask an expert panel whether we still need the

By JENNA WORTHAM Liza Colburn uses her cellphone constantly. She taps out her grocery lists, records voice memos, listens to music at the gym, tracks her caloric intake and posts frequent updates to her Twitter and Facebook accounts. The one thing she doesn’t use her cellphone for? Making calls. “I probably only talk to someone

While most don’t know the full story on Erykah Badu’s nude video, it seems like the promotional gimmick worked. “Window Seat” here first single from the new CD was originally a studio recorded video that the networks failed to play. Badu then recorded an impromptu video stripping naked in broad daylight that caught the attention

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