Funkmaster Flex Pays Tribute to DMX: ‘A Street Kid With a Good Heart’
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New York radio veteran remembers the MC's unique rapping style and love of muscle cars
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Pay-for-Play Was Banned From Radio — But Texts Reveal It May Still Be Thriving
Posted in: Music Biz FeaturesAmong the 2,500 text messages obtained by Rolling Stone, several suggest a link between airplay and record label payments
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Radio Is Quietly Scrubbing the Word ‘Urban,’ Sources Say
Posted in: Music Biz NewsInsiders say radio giant iHeartMedia and radio analytics company Mediabase are poised to remove the word, which has been controversial in industry-wide discussions around systemic racism
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Radio Pulled Violent Songs Off Air After 9/11 — But It Won’t Reckon With Race
Posted in: Music Biz FeaturesAmid national conversations about racial injustice, radio stations are struggling to respond appropriately in their programming. What goes and what stays?
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‘Separate and Unequal’: How ‘Pop’ Music Holds Black Artists Back
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe music industry is debating the term "urban," but the "pop" category often helps prop up white artists at the expense of the black artists who inspire them
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‘We Should Be Able to Work in Any Genre Regardless of Our Race’
Posted in: Music FeaturesMajor labels, led by Republic Records, are moving to ditch the label “urban.” It's part of a process of sidelining black music that's been going on for 80 years.
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Restaurant Chains Took Loans Meant for Small Businesses. Will Radio Conglomerates Do the Same?
Posted in: Music FeaturesWatchdog groups fear that language in a new stimulus bill could allow individual stations owned by large companies to "masquerade" as small businesses — and take all the money
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In a Crisis, Radio Should Be Bigger Than Ever — So Why Isn’t It?
Posted in: Music Biz FeaturesTerrestrial music stations have a major cultural opportunity right now, but employees say a muddied strategy is standing in the way
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Country Radio Might Finally Be Ready to Forgive the Dixie Chicks
Posted in: Country MusicThe group reached around three million listeners over the airwaves in less than 48 hours, mostly due to a burst of support from stations owned by iHeartMedia
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‘Everybody’s in Revolt’: How One Radio Station Fought iHeartMedia Cuts — and Won
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe radio conglomerate laid off six employees at Des Moines' KXNO this week, but they were re-hired on Thursday after the station's listeners rebelled
