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 ...

Our March 2024 issue celebrates a golden anniversary: New York’s premier R&B station, WBLS, is turning 50! It takes a lot of work, dedication, and passion to keep a station going for half a century, ...

MediaCo Holding Inc., a publicly traded company on Nasdaq whose assets include two FM radio stations in New York, has acquired Estrella Media’s network, content, digital, and commercial operations. To ...

According to VIBE, Flex, the creative program director for WBLS, said on his show on July 20, 2023, that Blige’s program would have the singer engaging in conversation as she also curates a playlist ...

This morning ESPN Radio announced that its long-in-the-works move to New York’s FM dial would happen as the clock struck midnight Sunday morning, and its landing place is a bit distressing: 98.7, the ...

Hot97 and WBLS have partnered with America's largest healthcare union to advocate for Medicaid equity in New York. Famed New York City radio stations Hot 97 and WBLS are teaming with America’s largest ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MediaCo Holding Inc. (MDIA), the company behind the legendary HOT 97 and WBLS, is bringing its iconic New York sound to Dot 2 audio audiences in Los Angeles, Riverside, ...

Mayor Eric Adams is launching a new radio show called "Hear from the Mayor." The show on WBLS 107.5 FM will air semi-regularly and feature news of the day, along with special guests and live call-ins ...

Chris Squire has joined MediaCo Holding’s Hot 97 (WQHT) and WBLS in New York City as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Squire previously served in the same position at iHeartMedia ...

In 1983, Frankie Crocker (left) met with Michael Jackson at the Black Radio Exclusive Convention in Los Angeles. Jeffrey Mayer When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & Whitehead’s ...