Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frankie Crocker built the legacy that WBLS will be celebrating with DJ Cassidy and Chuck Chillout in honor of the station's 50th ...

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 ...

Superhero DJ Jon Quick of WBLS 107.5 in New York City is the creator and co-host of AfroFlava Radio, a new Afrobeat-themed show and a proud member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Rolling out sat down ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Monday, June 27th, WBLS 107.5 FM, your #1 source for R&B, and 1190 WLIB AM, your praise and inspiration station, will celebrate Black Music Month with an exclusive listener event, in partnership ...

The urban radio landscape in New York had a major shakeup Thursday (April 26) when Emmis Communications announced that Urban AC WRKS (98.7 Kiss FM) was going to become the FM home for ESPN all-sport… ...

For those wondering why Shaila Scott hasn’t been on her usual WBLS-FM midday shift for the last few weeks, the radio silence is over. Affectionately known as “New York’s Sweetheart,” Scott announced ...

WQHT-FM HOT 97, #1 for Hip Hop and WBLS-FM 107.5, #1 for R&B surpass original goals of 97,000 and 107,000 meals, respectively, for Food Bank For New York City with a whopping grand total of more than ...

It’s not the last we’ve heard from Shaila Scott. The longtime New York City radio personality, who was fired after nearly 30 years on air, has filed a lawsuit against WBLS for discrimination and ...

When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & Whitehead’s “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” — the 1979 Philly soul classic that has provided the soundtrack to many a cookout — he might as well have ...