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.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statement was shared on social media by Scott and her daughter, host, and media personality Scottie Beam. “Sadly, Mediaco ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...