Comments on: Is Black radio in jeopardy?

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:52:48 +0000

You’re a fool.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:00:23 +0000

Once an angel came to me to grant me to wishes. I asked 4 world peace, she said its difficult and asked me to ask sumthing else. I asked 2 give u brain, she said she will try 4 world peace itself!

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:32:27 +0000

Black parents,please mentor your kids ,you don’t need a freak like Michael Baisden and a jerk like George Wilborn talking to your kids.To even call yourself a mentor,you need to watch how you carry yourself and the things you reflect about your everyday life.Michael might be a nice guy but he seem to be about sex all the damn time and sometime he talk about important issues but he spend more time on the sex stuff.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:29:34 +0000

Now this freak from the radio Michael Biasden along with kumbya crew is going around the country to save kids of all races .I guess to suck up to the white people and other groups is more important than helping black with good positive information so we can help our selves.Black radio is more about fun and foolishness and entertainment news instead of real news.Who should we really blame the black community who go for it instead of trying to boycott it or the white folks and the black black who take part in this.Back to Baisden,a man who spend of his time talking about relationship stuff with a side kick has been comedian George Wilborn,who I THINK IS TOO NASTY FOR RADIO.Biasden should have kept this due on once a week,then Biasden claim that the people wanted this dude on five days a week.Biasden had a young caller on the air who had a baby at early age and this guy Wilborn asked her when did she lose her virginity,now if a man asked his daughter that ,he would have doo doo on his self.From our radio,to our Tv shows down to the movies,our image is jacked up and it have us looking weak and looking like coons.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:44:49 +0000

I heard this coon Wilborn on the radio saying if you want to be a real African,just put bone through your nose or put a plate in your mouth.Michael just sat there and laughed and he didn’t challenge him or put him in his place.As much as Mike love his white fan base,there’ no way in hell, he would have let Wilborn say something out of order to white folks.Smiley,Joyner,Harvey,Baisden and Parr need to knock off the foolishness and the cooning.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:14 +0000

Today’s so call black radio aint worth saving,now if you support the silliness that heard 24/7 along with the sex talk subject{from Michael “I love the white folks”Baisden}.Radio One is no different from the Evil Clear Channel{the ones that pay Rush a million to insult black folks}.Michael Baisden,Tom Joyner,Steve Harvey along with Russ Parr and Rickey Smiley need to knock off this stupid stuff with the jokes and deal with some real issues that effect black folks.We don’t have Bob Law any more and alot us as black folks miss him like hell.The Bamma of week,The Color of the day,The Prank phone call,it has nothi ng to offer but a laugh,damn our folks are catching hell from these white folks and coon black folks.Why do every black radio have to have a comedian with them as a side kick.If it wasn’t for Baisden show wouldn’t nobody know jakc about that bamma George Wilborn,this dude is too dirty for day time radio.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:37:46 +0000

Baisden and the others are on the air for profit and fun.Who in the world would want to spend money to see George Wilborn bamma ass,he has no talent.This coon sound like a voice from the old minstrel show era.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:32:48 +0000

That Bamma George”The God Son of Satan”Willborn is even worst for radio and he has no respect for black women nor black kids,yeah that’s my opinion.

By: Uncle Rosy

Uncle Rosy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:42:52 +0000

Tom Joyner is the only in the mornings giving out information and at the same time he need to lighted up on the comedy.Steve”The Relationship Expert”Harvey Rickey”Mr. Fart Jokes”Smiley and Russ”The Crazy Man”Parr are on the air wasting time with nothing but silliness from the time they come on until the time they get off the air.Michael”I’m not black radio”Baisden has nothing to offer the black community but sex ,lust and lies and then this dude made it off the backs of black people and once he got big,now he’s radio for all races,damn what a sell ass Tom.

By: Tori Bailey

Tori Bailey — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Of course I didn’t see the typos until after my comment had been posted (which is an indication of the frustration I’m feeling about this), but I do want to at least make the correction that the bill is actually HR 848. I also want to commend Alabama Broadcasters Association for their efforts in seeing this bill defeated.

Thanks for your response Dave. Wish us all luck.

Tori Bailey.

By: Dave Henson

Dave Henson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:20:36 +0000

Tori I understand what you are saying, but black talk to madison ave has never been to them an appealing format, I remeber working on the bob law night talk radio show back in the 80′s and it was the only nightly national talk show for african americans, wlib a popular black talk station here also in nyc totaly gave up on black talk. Now they are praise formatted. Radio One’s talk set up is weak at best to me, but If you can get local advertiserss behind you I would say give it a shot at least try it. No matter corp or privately owned black radio has to stand up for itself.

By: Tori Bailey

Tori Bailey — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:43:29 +0000

My family owns and operates WZZA Radio. We began broadcasting July 4, 1972 to provide a voice to and for Black people in northwest Alabama. As a non corporate radio station whose decision making power lies within our wals, we are able to play the music that is the soundtrack of our lives, giving both new and established artists an opportunity to “market” and promote their music at no cost to them (driving consumers to purchase cds, ringtone, concert tickets, and more). But we do much more than play music. We provide valuable information about finance, health, current events. We not only encourage voting, but we explain the issues to our listeners in a way that helps them to make informed choices. Then we go further by serving as a watchdog, a place where people can call if they are denied their voting rights (and we go so far as to contact the board of registrars, probate judge, or the state capital if necessary. We realize that our people are not always proactive when it comes to health, so we bring doctors and other health care providers to the radio to share information. We do not want our children dropping out of school, and we don’t want the harrassed by the police, so we work with them via community organizations that are doing good, or we intercede directly on their behalf. And because we do all of these things, our listeners support us. And because they are proactive and visit local businesses to tell them which radio station they listen to, we have businesses who advertise. But WZZA is not the only station that does these things. There are many more around the country just like us. Black radio is not dead, nor is responsible Black radio a thing of the past. This bill is not good for stations like ours, and may cause many of us to decide talk radio is the only alternative. This could have a negative impact on radio, as well as artists who never had a say in HR878 and who are grateful just to have a chance to have their music aired. This will no longer happen with passage of this bill. Before blanket assumptions are made, it would be nice if the experts took time to assess the true impact of this bill on radio stations outside of the top twenty markets.
Please talk with your congressmen and tell them to vote against this measure.

Tori Bailey, General Manager
WZZA Muscle Shoals Broadcasting
ToriBailey@WZZARadio.com

By: otto reyes

otto reyes — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0000

black owned radio allowed itself to be out boogied all through out the 1980′s by black oreinted radio stations aka white/or other owned, but programs to a black listener, instead what black owned radio did was allow itself to emulate those black oreinted stations, also allowing cathy hughes to buy up black owned stations that were already in trouble as recent as 12 years ago, when she aquired those stations many in the community said “she’s saving them.” forgetting that she was adding them to her empire, we now and have known for some time now what type of empire cathy hughes has, this is not about haiting just fact, cathy played the game, now the game has played her, her out is to become black again and leave the urban specilists tag she wanted us to identify with behind.

By: lavor Q

lavor Q — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:46:15 +0000

Yes, Tra is correct. Once Mrs. Hughes was down and out like many other black owned stations. But since she got into bed with the other side, “which was a ploy for them to actually take over black radio”, she is getting what she deserve. I predict that she will be coming very soon to ask blacks for their help to save her company. But have shown us, the little guy that she doesn’t give a hoot about us. If it didn’t come from a major label, Radio One would not play it, or it was so hard and costly to the small artist, that he could not make a go of it.

Nevertheless, I have been preaching this take over game since 1988. No one listened then, and now people from all walks of the music game seem to be an authority on the subject. If you are a wineo makes a prediction, no one listens, Donald Trump can make the same prediction, it becomes a fact.

Regretfully, You all are to late. Black radio, and Blac Music will never be the same again.

By: Poe

Poe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:12:56 +0000

Very insightful article. Thank you!

By: Poe

Poe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:11:45 +0000

What an article! Very well written and insightful. Thank you.

Poe

Is Black radio in jeopardy?
by Minister of Information JR

By: Tra Hitt's

Tra Hitt's — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:28:15 +0000

Yo when she got in the Bed wit the devil she got and is getting what comes from the sleeping with the enemy. Black radio will stay alive its just going to go underground, like Hip Hop, real R & B and so on. They have stopped playing real music for about 10 years or more. Ms Iyanna Jones has been content with duming down our kids with pure garbage in the name of the all mighty dollar. I can’t wait to see her go somewhere far removed from the music game, its way to important to our people for it to be left in her hands anymore! Goodbye and Good written’s