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Mariah Carey has expressed her delight over All I Want for Christmas Is You making history on the music charts. Earlier this week, editors at Billboard announced that the 1994 holiday hit has broken the record for the longest-running number one song on the Hot 100 by staying on the list for 20 weeks. In an interview with the publication published on Wednesday, Mariah said that it was “amazing” news. “Honestly, it […]

Radio’s BIG idea: Predictive Localism: How Hyper-Localized AI Can Reinvent the Radio Experience For years, radio’s competitive advantage has been localism. Knowing the streets, the weather, the people, and the emotional rhythms of a community is what separated radio from every national and global audio platform. Ironically, in the rush to scale and standardize, that advantage was often diluted just as audiences began craving relevance again. Now, a new opportunity […]

Our friends and connectiion in LA say Stevie Wonder has cancelled his upcoming Christmas benefit concerts. Instead of his usual one-off fundraising concert, the Superstition singer decided to host four shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the 26th edition of his House Full of Toys benefit. However, he has now scrapped the shows because he didn’t have enough time to prepare. “A week and a half […]

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the agency’s 2022 Quadrennial Review, calling for the elimination or relaxation of long-standing local broadcast ownership limits, with particular emphasis on radio deregulation. In its filing, NAB argues that existing local radio ownership caps no longer reflect today’s media landscape, where broadcasters compete directly with unregulated audio platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, […]

The MSI Foundation, Inc. and its funding partners (Gray Media & The Nielsen Foundation) hosted its 3rd MBC exposé at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) November 20, 2025 on the campus of Clark Atlanta University (CAU). The MBC exposé is the marketing campaign to introduce the first collegiate concentration in “Media Sales, Operations & Marketing” (MSD) in the country; to the AUC student body and administrative staff. The concentration focuses on the business units of media… NOT its production. (www.themsd.net) The […]

To Urban Radio This year has been one of the most consequential for voting rights in recent history, and we could not have shown up the way we did without your support. Because of supporters like you, we traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court during Louisiana v. Callais, deploying 7 buses across 8 Southern states — GA, AL, MS, TX, LA, FL, NC, and SC — to ensure our communities […]

Civic Media has agreed to acquire heritage Urban News/Talk WNOV (86O/106.5) in Milwaukee along with the weekly Milwaukee Courier newspaper, assuming responsibility for station programming and newspaper publication on January 1. As part of the transition, current WNOV owner Mary Ellen Jones will serve as a consultant, while Jerrel Jones will assist with the newspaper’s transition. Civic Media also named Dr. Robert “Biko” Baker as Operations Manager for both properties, […]

Snoop Dogg has been tapped to headline the halftime show during Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday broadcast. The Drop It Like It’s Hot rapper will entertain the crowd during the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings American football game, which will be streamed live on Netflix from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Christmas Day. The musician, real name Calvin Broadus, has promised to bring his chart-topping tracks, holiday spirit, and a […]

Netflix and iHeartMedia have announced a new exclusive partnership that will bring video versions of more than 15 iHeartPodcasts to Netflix, beginning in early 2026. Under the agreement, new video podcast episodes — along with select library content — will stream exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., with additional international markets planned later. iHeartMedia will retain all audio-only rights, and the podcasts will continue to be distributed on iHeartRadio and […]