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 ...
New York City radio station WBLS continued to celebrate its 50th anniversary with DJ Cassidy and DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live, an event featuring legendary R&B and hip-hop artists at Newark’s ...
“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 ...
After ESPN Radio’s announcement that it is leasing Emmis’ 98.7 frequency in NYC–Urban AC WRKS-FM NY (KISS FM), KISS and Inner City Broadcasting’s Urban AC/Classic R&B WBLS began simulcasting at 10AM 4 ...
Hot97 and WBLS have partnered with America's largest healthcare union to advocate for Medicaid equity in New York. Famed New York City radio stations Hot 97 and WBLS are teaming with America’s largest ...
Emmis Communications has reached a deal with YMF Media to purchase heritage Urban AC WBLS-FM and its sister station, Urban Gospel WLIB-AM, for $131 million in cash. Emmis, which already owns Urban ...
In 1983, Frankie Crocker (left) met with Michael Jackson at the Black Radio Exclusive Convention in Los Angeles. Jeffrey Mayer When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & Whitehead’s ...