WBLS (107.5 FM) will retain the popular “Open Line” public affairs show from the late Kiss-FM, WBLS program director Skip Dillard said Thursday. “Open Line” is one of the only issue-oriented talk ...

Frankie Crocker built the legacy that WBLS will be celebrating with DJ Cassidy and Chuck Chillout in honor of the station's 50th anniversary. When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & ...

The battle over radio audience measurement that raged five years ago when Portable People Meters replaced paper diaries—a move that minority stations said hurt their ratings—never really went away.

Mayor Adams kicked off his new live radio show Sunday, saying on-air that he wanted to use the call-in program to talk directly to residents as just “an ordinary cat” who runs the city. During the ...

New York City radio station WBLS continued to celebrate its 50th anniversary with DJ Cassidy and DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live, an event featuring legendary R&B and hip-hop artists at Newark’s ...

In an extension of the national presence of its flagship radio brands, New York City’s Hot 97 (WQHT) and WBLS will now be heard in major multicultural markets across Southern California and Texas, ...

When you’re blessed with the opportunity to reach over two million listeners on a daily basis, you’d be remiss not to use that platform responsibly to address pressing social issues. Veteran WBLS ...

When legendary WBLS DJ Frankie Crocker broke McFadden & Whitehead’s “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” — the 1979 Philly soul classic that has provided the soundtrack to many a cookout — he might as well have ...

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 ...