How Black Radio Found Its Voice

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...syndicated black radio hosts like Tom Joyner, Bev Smith, Michael Baisden and Warren Ballentine and other African-American radio personalities are not only increasingly audible to a wider audience but visible and influential as well. Says April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): "My phone has been ringing off the hook with Fox News and MSNBC wanting interviews with me. Black radio has always been here, covering the important issues from a black perspective, but it wasn't until Barack Obama, emerged as the first...

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On tha low Brotha · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:00 am Post subject:

Rev Al Sharpton has a sindicated show on am1200 wchb.com along with some other local detroit radio hosts.

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On tha low Brotha · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject:

You know when it comes to politics...I've always got my ear to the ground,and yes, i put Michael Baisden on when i'm out driving in my rig,considering that he was the man behind organizing the march down in jena LA for the jena six,then rev sharpton jumped in to help get the march on a national level.

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On tha low Brotha · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:49 am Post subject:

Oh snap,i can't forget Mildred Gaddis on wchb.com