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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.
Black Information Network (BIN) is a radio network and content brand owned by iHeartMedia.Launched on June 30, 2020, it is an all-news radio network of stations targeting African American communities, carrying mostly important national news headline stories as well as current events and special interest features.
Some stations became "Negro Stations"; most of these were owned by whites but aimed at the African American "market" with various kinds of "Negro" music. WDIA Memphis claims to be the first black format radio station. Blues great B.B. King started his career as a disk jockey on the station programmed by Nat D. Williams with a rhythm and blues ...
WERD was the first Black-owned radio station, founded in 1949 by J.B. Blayton. It was 21 years ago when Ricci deForest would stumble upon a special place that changed his life forever.
The idea for a National Black Network was conceived by former ABC Radio and Mutual Broadcasting System President Robert Pauley in 1969 as a way to utilize Mutual's contracted but unused network lines for the benefit of African Americans. The goal was to tie together the 117 radio stations in the country to serve the African-American audience.
WWRL (1600 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station airs an all-news radio format as an affiliate of the Black Information Network (BIN). Founded in 1926, WWRL originally had a multi-lingual format serving the various ethnic communities of New York City.
This was one of the first radio programs in the United States to appeal to black listeners. [7] WDIA soon became the number-2 station in Memphis. After a switch to all-black programming, WDIA became the city's top station. [7] In June 1954, WDIA was licensed to increase its power from 250 to 50,000 watts, which meant moving to 1070 kHz. [8]
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.