America's past has always had trouble competing for attention with its present. As we celebrate February Black History Month 2013, this month provides an opportunity that enables more African-Americans to re-live and reflect on their history on more occasions. It's a ...

Speculation About The Format's Future Who knows what lies ahead for Urban radio in 2013? We're going to take a stab at our crystal ball and attempt to predict how the format will fare in the next few months. Will there be continued growth in terms of the number of total ...

Programming Strategies For Touching The Right Spot For those busy programmers left who still manage to be fertile, imaginative, full of wonder and curiosity, here's a question for you: What makes an undecided decide? In other words, what would motivate listeners who have ...

Change Has Taken Place It was a stunning vision of racial equality, manifested in a simple yet stirring mantra: "I have a dream." Though Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s cherished utopia has not yet arrived, it seems considerably less remote than it did in August 1963 when, ...

Programming Strategies For The New Year As we charge into first month of the new year -- and it will be a pivot year for all of us -- we've got to remember we are still prisoners of time. Because of that and in addition to having an atavistic link to the past, real or ...

For most of us, the holidays are all about observing traditions combined with lasting memories often born from the observance of these traditions. There is a family tradition which is what makes the holidays such an important time of the year. In this first editorial of ...

Backing Into The Future As we wrap up and wind down 2012, in addition to the new media strategies, we also want to examine some of the issues that emerged for Urban and Urban AC stations this year. Statistics showed, even in a recession, there is a tremendous buying ...

How To Make The Right Moves In A Time-Starved World Are you running as fast as you can and still struggling to keep up? These days we're all running faster than ever, yet it still seems like we're not moving fast enough. To understand this incessant need for speed, just ...

Facing More Uphill Battles With the demands of Wall Street and the struggling economy, Urban radio has joined the other formats in looking for ways to cut costs. Unfortunately, all formats have reached the same conclusion. Even though they know the risks, they're simply ...