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The classification of urban-formatted radio stations range from the radio formats of rhythmic contemporary hit radio to Urban contemporary gospel. Though urban contemporary was the originator of the format, there have come to be many variations of the format in the last 30 years.
Radio stations in United States have evolved since their early twentieth-century origins. In 1920 8MK started operations in Detroit; after it, thousands of private and public radio have operated in the United States.
KXYZ (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and features an all-news radio format aimed at the African American community, as an affiliate of the co-owned Black Information Network. In addition to carrying the national network, there are cut-ins for Houston-area news, traffic and weather.
WERD was the first Black-owned radio station, founded in 1949 by J.B. Blayton. The sound of a vinyl record on a Victrola is a symphony of crackles and pops, a delicate dance between needle and ...
The following stations are Low Power FM (LPFM) broadcast radio services licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. To be included in the listing, stations must have Wikipedia pages. Call sign [ 4 ]
WPKN FM 89.5 Real People Real Radio Bridgeport, Connecticut; WDUP-LP 92.9 FM Home of Timeless Hip Hop and R&B New London, Connecticut; WJKS 101.7 FM Wilmington, Delaware; WSLR 96.5 FM Radio Sarasota, Florida; WMNF FM 88.5 Tampa, Florida; WRFG-FM FM 89.3 Atlanta, Georgia ("Radio Free Georgia") WDBX FM 91.9 Carbondale, Illinois
WERD was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949, broadcasting on 860 AM (now used by WAEC). The National Black Radio Hall of Fame Atlanta Chapter is reopening WERD which still exists at its birth location and will also include a historical museum with ...
American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) is the only African-American-owned-and-operated Nielsen RADAR-rated radio network in the United States. [2]The American Urban Radio Networks has been privately held since its founding, and it has not changed ownership since it was formed in 1991 through a merger of the Sheridan Broadcasting Network (SBN), previously known as the Mutual Black Network, and ...