New York radio had two big winners in the May Arbitron ratings released Monday: WBLS (107.5 FM), which semi-absorbed its longtime competitor WRKS, and ESPN Radio (WEPN, 1050 AM and 98.7 FM), which ...

During the most of the 1970s and early 1980s, when the late radio personality Frankie Crocker would conclude his late afternoon/early evening shift on New York City powerhouse FM outlet WBLS, he would ...

(AllHipHop News) Urban radio in New York has undergone a major transformation, as 98.7 KISS FM will merge with 107.5 WBLS. The merger will end 30-plus years of KISS, which is owned by Emmis ...

Frankie Crocker built the legacy that WBLS will be celebrating with DJ Cassidy and Chuck Chillout in honor of the station's 50th anniversary. When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & ...

Shaila Scott is a New York legend. The Harlem-bred radio personality got her start working for WBLK in Buffalo in the late ’80s before transitioning to WBLS. She later joined the 98.7 KISS FM team in ...

The reign of one of the nation’s best-known R&B radio stations, New York City’s WRKS, 98.7 KISS FM, is over. It will merge with longtime rival 107.5 WBLS, station management revealed. KISS FM owner ...

Emmis Communications, the radio and publishing company which owns WQHT (Hot 97) in New York, has announced a deal with YMF Media to purchase two New York radio stations -- WBLS 107.5 FM (the No. 2… By ...

New York City radio host Shalia Scott, who was terminated from her role at R&B station WBLS after nearly three decades on air, is firing back at her former employer with a lawsuit for discrimination ...

After 30 years as spirited and often ferocious rivals, WBLS (107.5 FM) and WRKS (98.7 FM, Kiss-FM) will become one. In a turn as sudden and stunning as the Yankees merging with the Mets, the city’s ...

The battle over radio audience measurement that raged five years ago when Portable People Meters replaced paper diaries—a move that minority stations said hurt their ratings—never really went away.

Our March 2024 issue celebrates a golden anniversary: New York’s premier R&B station, WBLS, is turning 50! It takes a lot of work, dedication, and passion to keep a station going for half a century, ...

Trending on Billboard if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins… By Gail Mitchell Since its ...