they need to leave the black radio stations alone. they just trying to pass another bill to keep the blacks from hearing what we want to hear on the radio. this is why today society is going to be destroyed because they want to make radio stations to be safe.we have the right to listen to any kind of music in america.

i may not like what is being played on many black stations but this is just going WAY TOO FAR!!!
i can see this idiot conyers doesnt want to be reelected and has already got his walking papers in order and has beel bought off by the corporate racist. HE HAS SOLD US OUT AND I VOTTED FOR THE STUPID OLD F**KER!!!
and dont get me started on his crazy GHETTO HOODRAT WIFE!!!
i cant believe i wrote the ANTI-HATE LAW for this fool!

WHEN R BLACK PEOPLE GOING TO BE LEFT ALONE WITH OUR RADIO AND OUR CULTURE……..AND OUR BUSINESSES…..

Don’t think for a second that Conyers is pulling the strings on this. I knew of this for over a year now working for a research company. It’s going down whether we like it or not.

This problem with this bill and along with the Senate version is it attempts to place the responsibility of paying performers on broadcasters instead of where it rightfully belongs. Record companies have consistently locked out performers that do not write lyrics or compose music from being justly paid. While the true aim of this bill might be admirable, this is not the right to go about it.

This is not a bill that would simply put money in the pockets of foreign owned record companies.

Characterizing this bill as one that would devastate black radio alone is not correct. This bill if passed would have consequences for any small stations that air popular music.

This bill should be opposed but not for the reasons stated in this article.

Black radio? What culture???? Clear Channel and Radio one gives no care about our people, so why not tax em???? All you hear on the radio is im callin you daddy and how much can a chick eat sperm and someone braggin on how they got rich from destroying people’s lives selling crack, so why not???Wake up yall….if you want radio get Sirius or go to i tunes radio, much better than the radio you listen to. Some of you dummies will think Lil Wayne is cultural, hahahahahahaha!!!! I’m a dj yes i play all of this POP HOP music…..sh*t doesnt have soul anymore…..blk producers using techno sounds now….cant tell the difference between Ciara, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Madonna now they all sound alike!!! R&B isnt R&B its Pop…….they aint making music for black people anymore they all are making music for young white girls why you think the music all sounds like techno now? If youre under 27 you wont agre because youve been brainwashed since birth….Im done.

WOW NOW THAT IS FUNNY CAUSE HIS WIFE IS MUCKING UP THE CITY COUNCIL IN DETROIT. MAYBE HE NEEDS TO RETIRE BECAUSE HE IS LOSING IT. BUT AS FAR AS THE RADIO STATIONS PAYING I DONT CARE THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THE TRASH THEY PLAY! I DONT EVEN LISTEN TO THE RADIO TOO MANY COMMERCIALS.

Yes and no…What you DJ and whats popular in on the radios doesn’t interpet that there isn’t good radio out there…maybe you just dont listen to it….and maybe because it’s so unpopular to listen to good music it’s being slowly put to the back burner. But at the end of the day this is a complicated issue and it cant be looked at from jus one angle…If black owned radio stations lose control of the their stationS you’ll see more of THE one genre sound being imulated on the radio stations…I agree that music is starting to sound the same, but at the samte time we cant forget that music is going to change with the times…Money making corporations white and black only see green…wether the money is coming from the u.s or foriegn nations…We all have to wake up and take control of our lives and what goes on around us…ITS NOT COOL TO HEAR HOW YOUR GONA SMACK SUMBODYS MOTHER UP OR SHOOT EM UP BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW ANY BETTA GIVE ME A FU$#KN BREAK…I REMEBER THE 90S RNB N I MISS IT,BUT Its a good thing to bring genres together it opens peoples mind up to diffrenet cultures….But when we all become apart of the machine and act like we’re robots with no diversity and intellect it goes too far…lets wake up and start a change in the music industry OBAMA CANT DO IT ALL ON HIS OWN…TAKE CARE YA’LL

It’s amazing how all of a sudden, things are changing they way they are. I mean, we are witnessing things that our eyes have not seen, nor ears have heard before. For instance, “the first black President, the big 3 facing bankruptcy, black folks not having urban radio.” This is just the tip of the iceberg. According to Biblical prophecies, we haven’t seen anything yet. Change is imminent and we are definitely living in the last days. People, wake up because it’s way deeper than what we think it is. Get to know the Jesus before it’s too late!

Let em’ sink! Mainstream radio sucks! It’s one sided and ruled by “Payola”!
I’ll support black radio when they start spinning all the music from conscience music with thought content to thug music choked full of non-sense! Give the people some balance!

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you mean Mr. Obama didn’t set aside money from the $800 Billion stimulus package to keep independent black radio stations a float in this tough time?! I guess then he would have had to have someone cut out those AIG Bonuses loopholes. lol

If you look at the graphs u can argue that when sales go up, people are calling in more to hear the songs so airpllay goes up, or that the stations look at the sales figures and determine their playlists based on it. Not everything that hurts a rich black woman like Ms Hughes is against us black people, maybe its just against RICH station owners that have been getting free music.

I will definitely have to research the specific contents of the John Conyers Bill before I make any moves because to my knowledge radio stations have to pay for a license to use the music already, and that is one way the artist receives the royalties.

I agree with Yorhinas, but at the same time I say let all those artist and big radio station owners do whatever they need to in order to save it. After all we aren’t making Jack butt s**te from any of it. With this recession I can’t afford to buy a radio anyway!

He’s 80 why is he still serving in congress?

I’m not necessarily in favor of the performance royalty (as it’s NOT a government collected ‘tax’ as this press release likes to tall it). However, I find it a little disingenuous that Radio One/Interactive One, the same corporation that owns many urban radio stations (and BlackPlanet itself), is only telling one side of the story.

Radio One’s problems are much bigger than any performance royalty they’d have to pay for music on their radio stations–the company is losing money and having a harder time managing corporate debt obligations. The performance royalty would mostly hurt small business station owners, and Radio One is far from a small business. They have no business crying poverty. If Radio One fails, it won’t be because of the performance royalties they might have to pay.

Just like the larger Clear Channel, Citadel, C**ulus, and CBS Radio outfits, Radio One wants to protect its old business model and nothing else. Just like those big boys, they’ve slashed operating costs with satellite programming and tight playlists to minimize salaried employees. They’ve adjusted before, and they can do it again.

For that matter, Radio One and the other companies can choose to limit the corporate label music it plays, and sign deals with indie labels and indie artists and sign separate contracts to feature their music. The radio folks only have to pay the royalties for music they want to feature. Considering the legal and illegal payola the corporate radio industry has taken for giving songs hundreds of ‘spins’, perhaps they’ll choose popularity, value, AND quality when deciding what to play.

IF YOU ALL AT RADIO ONE AND BLACKPLANET ACTUALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF YOUR BIGGEST AND MOST REFINED RESOURCE (US, YOUR LOCAL ARTIST WHO ARE STARVING DOWN HERE) YOU WOULD TRULY HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE… IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO RALLY THE TROOPS, I DO. I’LL WAIT FOR YOU TO CONTACT ME. BUT I AM HERE WITH AN EARTH SHATTERING IDEA TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY!

Man I could give a damn about black radio or radio in general right about now. They sold their soul a long time ago and now it’s time for them to “pay up”

Maybe when The Power (part of the Radio One family) bring back radio personalities like Mark Thompson, or Ambrose Lane, or Geoge Wilson, I might think about saving Black Radio. But when there are shows like The Two Stews, why bother?

Who listens to the radio any more? I am tired of hearing the same songs 3 times each hour and the same “artists”: chickenheads who think they can sing over a remixed old school track (that don’t even sound as good as the original), and country people who, in my opinion destroy whatever was good about rap music…. I’ll pass! And I will say good riddance.

time to listen to something other than the urban nappy headed greasy lipped ass backwards s**t theyve been calling music for the last few yrs.community and college radio seem to play some s**t thats have ass decent depending on what area ur in.so u braindead niggas and ur stupid drive time shows both am an pm will have to pony up on some knowlege other than tom joyner and steve harveys clownish and bofoonish antics that have most black people laughing their nappy little heads off(THE S**T AINT FUNNY NOW IS IT).

wow…

where did these self-hatred negros resurrect from…

if you read the previous comments you’ll see one of the reasons why black people(collectly) struggle. negros to busy with the gloom and doom nonsense…

take a vacation and see the world negros…it’s yours…if you could learn to love yourselves…

i support ms. hughes and her efforts. i overstand the importance of black media and “representation”…

yeah forget radio – just like they forgot about tha underground

This Is Interesting…I Recall When So Called Black Radio Stations Only Played Music White Folks Approved. Since The Degrade Of Black Females And Males…With This So Called RAP Music S**t…And Witnessing What This Musical Vibration It Is Doing To The Minds Of Black, White and Immigrant Children: Who R Now Sagging Pants To Their Knee Caps And Wearing The S**ttish Gear As School Wear…Kill It!There Is No Upliftment For The People In General With Black Radio…Unless Its Underground Or Satelite. Cathy Hughes Is Only The Face Of Radio One…Don’t Be Fooled By The Black Image People. The Black Artists Who R Supported By The Communities And Fans Don’t Contribute Anything To Improve The Conditions Of The Inner Communities…Kill Rap…Uplift Underground…For At Least Underground Provides Some Form Of Positive Motivation For The Mind. And This Is What The Real Deal Is. Why Should We Continue To Support An Entity That Does Not Support Us? Isn’t This A Principle Behind Us Having The First Black American President Of The United States? Let’s Change The Music As Well. Let Foreigners Have It If They Want It…We Are A Creative People In This Nation…We Will Create Something New Up In This Mofo…

Peace

@11:11 am-

You know what, you’re right.

Good Riddance to Black Radio.

Hey! Can I write a bill to put an end to this horrible News One Internet waste of time too? Which no talent black celebrity is sleeping with whom is NOT news. “Journalists” who write about camel toes and stories with no content.

Honestly, I’m all for getting rid of Black radio, TV, and news and starting over from scratch. It all sucks.

OKAY! here is my take on this!!!
I am from D.C. where Mrs. Hughes started with WOL..and in my eyes that is great! But when artist can actually get paid for spins over seas and not in the USA, there is a problem..Yea its creating a “buzz” but for artist where is the pay?? Radio One for years plays the same thing over and over again…and some of these radio one dj’s take payola to play certain artist. Radio will never be the same point blank period! Record companies are so worried about the next Soulja boy or whats the next trend! Crazy in my eyes.. lets take radio back to when we actually had a choice of what we want to listen too.. Now I am not downing black radio..its needed! But please give the actual listener a change to hear what he or she wants to really listen too….I would rather pay for my radio and listen to sirius radio.. Radio One has almost came under the same umbrella as Viacom and others…So lets think about this really before we call or do something.

Here’s the HR-848; decide for yourself:
HR 848 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 848

To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 4, 2009

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. HODES, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WEINER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SHADEGG, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Ms. HARMAN, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Performance Rights Act’.

SEC. 2. EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR TERRESTRIAL BROADCASTS.

(a) Performance Right Applicable to Radio Transmissions Generally- Section 106(6) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of an audio transmission.’.

(b) Inclusion of Terrestrial Broadcasts in Existing Performance Right- Section 114(d)(1) of title 17, United States Code, is amended–

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘a digital’ and inserting ‘an’; and

(2) by striking subparagraph (A).

(c) Inclusion of Terrestrial Broadcasts in Existing Statutory License System- Section 114(j)(6) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘digital’.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR SMALL, NONCOMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RELIGIOUS STATIONS AND CERTAIN USES.

(a) Small, Noncommercial, Educational, and Religious Radio Stations-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 114(f)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) through (C), each individual terrestrial broadcast station that has gross revenues in any calendar year of less than $1,250,000 may elect to pay for its over-the-air nonsubscription broadcast transmissions a royalty fee of $5,000 per year, in lieu of the amount such station would otherwise be required to pay under this paragraph. Such royalty fee shall not be taken into account in determining royalty rates in a proceeding under chapter 8, or in any other administrative, judicial, or other Federal Government proceeding.

‘(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) through (C), each individual terrestrial broadcast station that is a public broadcasting entity as defined in section 118(f) may elect to pay for its over-the-air nonsubscription broadcast transmissions a royalty fee of $1,000 per year, in lieu of the amount such station would otherwise be required to pay under this paragraph. Such royalty fee shall not be taken into account in determining royalty rates in a proceeding under chapter 8, or in any other administrative, judicial, or other Federal Government proceeding.’.

(2) PAYMENT DATE- A payment under subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 114(f)(2) of title 17, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall not be due until the due date of the first royalty payments for nonsubscription broadcast transmissions that are determined, after the date of the enactment of this Act, under such section 114(f)(2) by reason of the amendment made by section 2(b)(2) of this Act.

(b) Transmission of Religious Services; Incidental Uses of Music- Section 114(d)(1) of title 17, United States Code, as amended by section 2(b), is further amended by inserting the following before subparagraph (B):

‘(A) an eligible nonsubscription transmission of–

‘(i) services at a place of worship or other religious assembly; and

‘(ii) an incidental use of a musical sound recording;’.

SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF PER PROGRAM LICENSE.

Section 114(f)(2)(B) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: ‘Such rates and terms shall include a per program license option for terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings.’

SEC. 5. NO HARMFUL EFFECTS ON SONGWRITERS.

(a) No Adverse Affect on License Fees for Underlying Musical Works; Necessity for Other Licenses-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 114(i) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘(i) No Adverse Affect on License Fees for Underlying Musical Works; Necessity for Other Licenses-

‘(1) NO ADVERSE AFFECT ON LICENSE FEES FOR UNDERLYING MUSICAL WORKS- License fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings under section 106(6) shall not be cited, taken into account, or otherwise used in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental forum or proceeding, or otherwise, to set or adjust the license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works or their representatives for the public performance of their works, for the purpose of reducing or adversely affecting such license fees. License fees payable to copyright owners for the public performance of their musical works shall not be reduced or adversely affected in any respect as a result of the rights granted by section 106(6).

‘(2) NECESSITY FOR OTHER LICENSES- Notwithstanding the grant by an owner of copyright in a sound recording of an exclusive or nonexclusive license of the right under section 106(6) to perform the work publicly, a licensee of that sound recording may not publicly perform such sound recording unless a license has been granted for the public performance of any copyrighted musical work contained in the sound recording. Such license to publicly perform the copyrighted musical work may be granted either by a performing rights society representing the copyright owner or by the copyright owner.’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 114(d)(3)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is hereby repealed.

(b) Public Performance Rights and Royalties- Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall adversely affect in any respect the public performance rights of or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.

(c) Preservation of Royalties on Underlying Works Publicly Performed by Terrestrial Broadcast Stations- Section 114(f) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, under no circ**stances shall the rates established by the Copyright Royalty Judges for the public performance of sound recordings be cited, taken into account, or otherwise used in any administrative, judicial, or other governmental forum or proceeding, or otherwise, to reduce or adversely affect the license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works or their representatives for the public performance of their works by terrestrial broadcast stations, and such license fees for the public performance of musical works shall be independent of license fees paid for the public performance of sound recordings.’.

SEC. 6. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ROYALTIES.

Section 114(g) of title 17, United States Code, is amended–

(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

‘(1) Except in the case of a transmission to which paragraph (5) applies or a transmission licensed under a statutory license in accordance with subsection (f) of this section, the following shall apply:

‘(A) A featured recording artist who performs on a sound recording that has been licensed for public performance by means of a digital audio transmission shall be entitled to receive payments from the copyright owner of the sound recording in accordance with the terms of the artist’s contract.

‘(B)(i) In a case in which the copyright owner of a sound recording has licensed the sound recording for the public performance of the sound recording by means of a digital audio transmission, the copyright owner shall deposit 1 percent of the receipts from the license with the American Federation of Musicians and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund (or any successor entity) (in this subparagraph referred to as the ‘Fund’) to be distributed to nonfeatured performers who have performed on sound recordings. The sound recording copyright owner shall make such deposits for receipts received during the first half of a calendar year by August 15 and for receipts received during the second half of a calendar year by February 15 of the following calendar year.

‘(ii) A sound recording copyright owner shall include with deposits under clause (i) information regarding the amount of such deposits attributable to each licensee and, subject to obtaining consent, if necessary, from such licensee, for each sound recording performed by means of a digital audio transmission by such licensee during the applicable time period, and to the extent included in the accounting reports provided by the licensee to the sound recording copyright owner–

‘(I) the identity of the artist;

‘(II) the International Standard Recording Code of the sound recording;

‘(III) the title of the sound recording;

‘(IV) the number of times the sound recording was transmitted; and

‘(V) the total amount of receipts collected from that licensee.

‘(iii) The Fund shall make the distributions described in clause (i) as follows: 50 percent shall be paid to nonfeatured musicians (whether or not members of the American Federation of Musicians) and 50 percent shall be paid to nonfeatured vocalists (whether or not members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). The Fund may, prior to making such distributions, deduct the reasonable costs related to making such distributions.

‘(iv) The sound recording copyright owner shall not be required to provide any additional information to the Fund other than what is required under this subparagraph. Sound recording copyright owners shall use reasonable good faith efforts to include in all relevant licenses a requirement to report the information identified in subclauses (I) through (V) of clause (ii). Amounts required under clause (i) that are not paid by the date specified in such clause shall be subject to interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum for each day of nonpayment after the date the payment was due.’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), to the extent that a license granted by the copyright owner of a sound recording to a terrestrial broadcast station extends to such station’s nonsubscription broadcast transmissions otherwise licensable under a statutory license in accordance with subsection (f), the station shall pay to the agent designated to distribute statutory licensing receipts from the licensing of transmissions in accordance with subsection (f), 50 percent of the total royalties that the station is required to pay for such transmissions under the applicable license agreement. That agent shall distribute such payments in proportion to the distributions provided in subparagraphs (B) through (D) of paragraph (2), and such payments shall be the sole payments to which featured and nonfeatured artists are entitled by virtue of such transmissions under the direct license with that station.’.

The biggest issue I have with “blanket” radio is it steals the character out of each region. I’ve lived all over this country and even though I don’t care for a lot of the music say the South or the West has to offer that’s what they have created and that’s what defines their experiences. If I move to NY I don’t want eh same musical expressions they have in the West. Keep our local stations alive and WE have to demand QUALITY out of them. Not just the music they play but involvement they have in our communities. This also applies to our artists, film makers, politicians, and TV producers. cause ALL I see is HOT GARBAGE and I’m ASHAMED.

Honesty, Black Radio has gone downhill over the years. The same music goes in rotation every hour. You have to pay the radio djs and personalities to play music. Honestly I think the broadcasting indusrty needs to be tore down and reconstructed. I live in the South, but damn it , Im tired of this “dance, crank that, everybody has a 2step to their song music”. Even though I am a dj in the south, I like real music. I remember the old WuTang Clan, Common Sense, Talib & Mos Def Rawkus days. The music now is pointless. When industry falls and the demand for this “so called” music isnt there anymore, we will see what happens. I mean Black owned stations in radio and television have went totally off the radar for offereing quality programming. I mean hear more gossip on the airways more than hearing anything positive. So maybe the passing of this bill will open eyes to do some self evaluations about what “Black” radio has to offer because its not much.

Damn that sucks getting rid of black radio stations now. YOU PEOPLE DO KNOW WHEN THEY GET RID OF THESE BLACK RADIO STATIONS YOU KNOW WHOS GONNA CONTROL THE MEDIA AIRWAYS NOW!! they ll have even more control over us.

Regardless, we have given up so many things instead of working to make them better. The end results other races pick them up and get rich off of them. Think about this, not all of us can afford to pay to listen to music. I agree they do need to improve, but please do not vote to get rid of them, please call or do something.

1) don’t listen to the radio unless i’m in a car; i don’t own a car;

2) black radio station owners have to compete for listeners just like everybody else; them being ‘not able to afford’ the new costs ain’t my problem.

that’s why they call business owners ‘entrepreneurs’…’risk takers’.

them’s the breaks…either roll with the punches, or go out of business.

I hope they fail. Radio one and clearchannel need to shake up and wake-up. Radio is Garbage these days. Good riddence.

Frankly speaking! i’ve been a musician/song writer/artist/E.t.c. faithfully for twenty years, with lovely inspiring R&b music to offer, watching acts over & over again, born wet behind the ears’ moving ahead of me, being bucked by radio stations, & to this day have quality hit recordings they choose not to vet.
While i symphathize with the situation, from a muscian’s standpoint it’s hard for me to support a cause that have constantly turned it’s back on viable artist’s such as myself.
Sure 50 cent, Little wayne & the rest have gotten rich! but what about the rest of us who’ve sweated blood & tears to be recognized to no avail.
I understand it’s mainly radio owners & programmers who call play shots! but i also understand that radio jocks never do nearly enough!! to gain the ears of these sources to say, look! support all artist’s major or independent!
I mean really! if it’s about uplifting blacks & enriching our communities, stations & jocks might want to change their “repetional song formats plays” to include all quality artist to make money to send back into our communities for growth & stop playing the same redundant music that raise our kids on a lot of levels to what it seems like retardation.
In the past twenty years or so, had they supported all independents, the world in which we now live no doubt would have better meaning.
Instead the jocks tend to jock! the few at the top who constantly flaunt crazy music that kill off our folks, in turn causing a lot of dedicated muscian’s who’ve sacrificed a lifetime to go unheard! many dollars wasted! & not least’ missed opportunities to feed our families! because of our believed sacrifices that our black radio communities would have our backs, & don’t tell me it’s because the music & artist’s aren’t good enough! I hear & see ten’s of artist per month five times better then what i hear on the radio these days.
I guess the bottom line is, if “Black radio” want our support they need to support us.
You know! people like! my little couzen pookie! my lovely niece ashley! with stars in her eyes to become a artist in the field of music, & many others who have what it takes to be successful. There’s just one entity missing to make dreams come true. Guess who!
I suppose they’ve said Fuc!! us because we’ve only been complaining about hearing the same tired music for what!! Ten! fifthteen years! or more?
Tell you what “Black Radio” all of us have brothers, nephews or someone in the music game & we’re tired of being shuned by the very same people asking for our help..
Support us & we’ll support you!
P.s. Why haven’t you all fought tooth & nail to promote music of substance along side hype music? Don’t you want your sons & daughters growing up to music that gets inside you & grow you like the music of the ninties & back?
If i wasn’t an artist & instead worked for a radio station even if my boss & or bosses were white i would make them see & understand that black quality music needs to be heard to grow our communities.
Jocks! you fail us over & over again! Grow balls! & tell these owners! & such what time it is & what they really need to be doing… After all that’s one of your first gifts..(Personality) use it to influence the higher ups.
Perhaps this is why their trying to do away with black radio!! all the mentions above!
Ever thought of that?
Represent! right & fair!

Ms. Hughes can’t get any support from me as she bought and closed the only black radio station in Boston. Left us with no job and no warning. My bad the warning came that Monday at 11:30A.M. that at 4:30P.M. the white rock station would be broadcasting and we were not to interfere with their engineers. Also, [today] was our last day. I don’t see Clearchanel tripping. And I don’t see her posting the HR number of the bill so we can see for ourselves what is going on.

I personally like the radio but I think that Black radio stations should step their game up to more than just local and try getting out around the world to be heard if they want to survive and this goes for country music as well. I personally think they should take over or be in control of 94.1 on Sundays here in Baton Rouge because of the ignorant bulls**t they spew on the airwaves. I think everything should go except the SLIKY SLIM SHOW! My Opinion.

HMMM “black radio” cant say I listen to u much but when I do ALL i get is this….

“See girl I know that you a freak
She slidin down the pole
The way she lookin at me
Im givin her my dough
So wont you put the p***y on me yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on me
Cuz a this heres another nasty songI love the way she freak with no panties on now I say
Wont you put the p***y on me
yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on me
See girl I love the way you freak it and put I on the ground
See I got money for you and you can get it now
Im spendin in the club my niggas throwin ones
And we gon spend that motherf**kin money til we done
You got fine eyes
I love the way you do it and everyday you move it
just like you in a movie
Ill take youto Jacuzzi and we can get it poppin
Shake it stop it pop it girl wont you drop it
You can be the hottest thang that I ever f**ked the same
Ridin in the carolane Stuntin while im getting brain
I think ill take a poll cuz that puusy got me feelin like oh my lord
Now shawty be patron I gotta let you know that everytime I hit it she screamin uncold
Now I aint hittin it no mo And I got money for you shawty this is how it go
See girl I know that you a freak
She slidin down the pole
The way she lookin at me
Im givin her my dough
So wont you put the p***y on me yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on me
Cuz a this heres another nasty song
I love the way she freak with no panties on now I say
Wont you put the p***y on me yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on meg
See girl I know can smell me
I walk up in the club
And everytime you see me I show your ass love
Cuz will gon throw it up and ima make it rain
The thunder man b***h and watch I do the thang
I put like I snore im stuntin with my g’s
And aint no need to plain we sit on 30 keys
My niggas on the grind belive it we gon shine
And I got money on my mind so yay its money time
Yall hoes gotta feel me lil will a keep it real
And if a hater play me then he gon feel the steel
A what it act a what it is im talkin bout these hoes
And everytime they see me yea they know im throwin dough
Yea im ballin like a boss my money in the sky and you can tell the way I roll a nigga so high
Sittin low with my beat down low and im doin what im doin and that fasho
See girl I know that you a freak
She slidin down the pole
The way she lookin at me
Im givin her my dough
So wont you put the p***y on me yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on me
Cuz a this heres another nasty song
I love the way she freak with no panties on now I say
Wont you put the p***y on me yea girl I said wont you put the p***y on me”…

Cant honestly say Im gonna miss ya!

Unfortunately this is a no win situation!! Frist John Conyers is being used by the Caucasian system to destroy the music they have been trying to silence since the dawn of so called “RAP MUSIC” Hip hop has been blamed for so much for so long that now the move is being made to silence the outlet that allows all types of Black music to be heard.

If Rep. John Conyers is in fact sponsering a bill that would truly hurt Black radio stations then either he owes this Caucasian a big favor and now he has to pay up!!!!

Ironic as it seems a few post respondants seems to feel that Black radio has forsaken R&B and soul for nonsence degrading sexually laced filthy music disguised as hip hop. Judging by a fewpost here they feel that Black radio is need of a shake up to wake up!!!! Sadly the loosers are millions of Black people who depend on Black radio to get through their day or night.

For Rep. Conyers to be a Blackman and allow Caucasian people to push him in this direction tells you that something is up with that. does he not know how important Black radio is to the Black community.

On the other hand Black radio has made some enemies from within the Black community because IT HAS ALLOWED COMERICAL SALES TO DICTATE WHAT THEY PLAY AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

The Black community has grown a little tired of repetitious BS being played over Black radio airwaves. Thus as a result many Black people could careless what REALLY happens to Black radio at this point.

And this is the critical issue because The Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan has often said once our people become dissatisfied with something that goes on in our own community it is easier for those who do not have our best interest at heart to do away with something that we may need but out of ignorance no longer wants!!

Peace

Kill “Black radio”..I cant believe they calling it “Black radio”….Hey Radio one chose to limit themselves over the years and play the same repetitive bulls**t…now they crying wolf?!?! F**k them!!! F**k Radio One and Old Conyers!! The bill will pass regardless then Conyers will die happy in his grave.If “black radio” would give up and coming artist a chance to shine as well when REAL talent needed to be heard, then this is karma for RADIO ONE!…Im puertorican and Im disgusted at all angles of this…Remember “Black Radio”…Latinos were in this just as much as yall were when the music for the oppressed and the ghetto was being built for this lifestyle back in the 70′s…Sucks that “Black Radio” limited themselves to that instead of reaching all Urban Demographics like The LATINOS AS WELL!!!!!…But again too bad….It was nice knowing you radio one….

Everyone who said Karma was a b***h is right. 99.999999995% of Radio One stations play the same s**t over and over again. And I wouldn’t be the slightest surprised if they(Radio One stations) were getting PAID to PLAY the same s**t over and over again. Radio in general was create as a means for getting new musical talent discovered. In fact, It was THE DJ at the club who influenced people to request songs they heard in the club to be played on the radio. What happened to that? Now it’s the other way around? I remember reading an article not long ago about artists wanting to be paid to get played. So this ain’t new…..Thank God for the internet.

RADIO ONE, YOUR BACK IS AGAINST THE FENCE… I CAN HELP!!!!!!!

I AM ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS YOU WOULD EVER MEET IN THIS LIFETIME, AM I FAMOUS… NO, BUT I CAN HELP.

I CAN TURN THIS KARMA AROUND I JUST WANT IN ON THE ACTION AS IT TURNS AROUND. LET ME HELP US CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME I OFFER THIS BEFORE GOING TO SOMEWHERE THAT’S WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS WORLD CHANGING FORMULA.

I REALLY SHOULDN’T BE BEGGING YOU TO LET ME HELP YOU, JUST REMEMBER ALL THE GREAT MINDS THAT WERE LAUGHED AT BEFORE COMING INTO THEIR OWN!

People I am surprised at all of you. Radio has changed from how it was back in the day due to us keeping our mouths shut. This bill is just another way the govermant and those with paper are trying to control us. Instead of complaining about the same songs getting played, and the sh#t that do get played. Speak up. Believe it or not but the only waste is doing nothing. Let’s first voice our opposition to this bill, then lets work on getting the radio back to how it used to be. I know for me I would love if they would start playing the hot stuff they play in the club on the radio. Most up and comers in my area actually debut their music in the club an their is a small segment 1 night a week on 1 station in my area. I would like more.

what da hell

Good, There is already BET and this site. It might be a good thing, Force these black people who limit themselves to black entertainment to experiance other types of music and see that this is a big world we live in full of different cultures and a variety of entertainment. Open your minds people

Thank Lucifer!!!
it is going off man i am tired of hearing the same s**t every f**king day in a row i hate rap hip hop and r&b and i am glad it is going out of business XD

I don’t listen to “Black Radio” because of garbage shows like Tom Joyner, Steve Harvey, and that fool Michael Basiden(how ever you spell it). This is simply canned garbage and it needs to go!!

First Why is the date wrong
2nd Why is this not posted on the front page of Blackplanet. Hell yall have Rhianna a west indies s**t why not this

Black Radio is more than hip hop and rap music, it’s a voice…it’s representation…it’s an out let to hear our side of the story and things from a Black perspective…

i really have a hard time understanding the mentality of self-hatred. and from the comments i’ve seen, negros are outright destructive with…

some of yall won’t be satisfied until you’re back on the plantation again. only then will you be truly happy…

HMM .SORRY FOR THEM..MAYBE IF THEY WOULD CHANGE THERE BUSINESS MODEL AND PLAY R&B AND QUIT PLAY HIP HOP ALL THE TIME THEY WOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION ..WHATS WRONG WITH HAVING A HIP HOP STATION AND A STATION THAT ONLY PLAY NEO SOUL/R&B AND SUPPORT ARTIST THAT MAKE “REAL MUSIC” THE BRIAN MCKNIGHTS, THE MUSIQ SOULCHILDS ,LEDISI AND CHARLIE WILSONS OF THE WORLD? THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHOM YOU WILL NEVER HEAR BECAUSE OF RADIO 1 BUSINESS MODEL .CASE IN POINT THEY ARE SHOWING CHARTS OF 2 RAPPERS AND HOW THEY WOULD LOOSE REVENUE. LOL WHERE IS THE MONEY R&B ARTIST LOST FROM THE YEARS OF NON EXISTENT AIR PLAY? HMM

boooooooo clear station and radio one. fix your bussiness model. I avoid listening to your stations because you suck.

I rarely listen to the radio unless it’s an emergency situation. I prefer to hear what I wanna hear not what the radio station’s wanna play.

Ok So What did I miss about Atlanta’s 107.5? It IS an R & B station that is not HIP HOP!! Plus my friend Carol Blackmon was just hired on as the mid day air personality and if you haven’t heard….she’s one of the BEST Black female jocks in the country…. Listen up!! They stream to so check them out!

NIGGAZ R FUCN IGNORANT. READ A FUCN BOOK N GET A CLUE 2 WHATS GOING ON. STOP OPPOSING URSELF ASSHOLES, N B OBJECTIVE. ALL THOSE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HAVE OFFSHORE ACCT, N DON’T PAY A LICK OF TAXES.BLACK RADIO IS ALL WE GOT, CUZ IF I CAN’T C MY PEEP ON TV, AT LEAST I CAN HEAR THEM. BUT I EXPECT DAT FROM U NIGGAZ, U KILLED CHIRST. DATS Y MOST OF YALL CURSE NOW. BLACK RADIO HELP THA COMMUNITY, JUZ LIKE CHIRST DID. SO WHAT RITE? KILL EM ANYWAY WE HATERS, DAT AINT GOT S**T N NEVER GONNA B S**T

Thank goodness for iPods!! Now that I have my OWN playlists!! I stopped listening to radio as soon as I acknowledged repetitiveness 5 years ago!!

umm white radio is just as bad as blackp radio they have the same bulls**t ass siegments and talk about nothing important…yea an ipod is def the way to go now a days….too many commericals

This is as much deplorable as it is sad…80yrs.old an selling out to the recording industry.I just got off the phone with someone at Rep.Conyers D.C.office who tried to sell me the notion that the idea here is to compensate artists for radio airplay,much in the same manner actors are receive compensation from television re-runs.Be real,that’s not the same medium,not the same dynamic.Firstly,there are X to the tenth power many more radio stations than television stations.Secondly,a four minute radio spin can be “repeated” seven times within the 30 minute slot that an old episode of a sitcom could be aired in.Comparable? Hardly!Thirdly,consider how many aspiring musicians,singers and producers who’d give practicully anything for just ONE radio spin! From 88.1 to 107.9Mhz,FM means FREE MUSIC!!!

I didn’t think BLACK radio stations still existed.Every radio station sounds the same,same format,same OLD thing.That old black man (Congressman John Conyers) should be a shamed,at 80 years old he should know the importance of BLACK RADIO,He most like would not be a congressman with out black radio, that also goes for OBAMA as well? What will he do for black radio?? He’s suppose to be black right?,or is he black when he need a vote or two. Conyers is most likely being paid by over seas radio companies? I think UNCLE TOMISM is showing it disgraceful face again.

DETROIT CITY and the World will hear and know what Lenny Diamonds has to say about this

Black radio was dead 10 years ago!Radio One is the cause of it!
Do you know how hard it is to get local rappers and singers on the radio?Remember they stop asking us what we wanted to hear?
They would only play 10 songs in rotation for 24 hours.I guess you want black folks to fear losing the only 10 songs you give us!The internet is the best source for music, it provides us with hundreds of artist from around the world.So let 92q die with V103!

Second post!because I,am so F#$%ing mad!Radio one will play that B.S. rap music all day and won,t mix in Gospel rap!I guess they just want us to kill kill!You dumb ghetto rats can,t see what they are doing to you!They feed young kids this stuff and wonder why BALTIMORE has a TV show about drugs and murder!Radio One helped feed that trash to our young folks!I hope you use this internet to find out who buys the crap that Radio One plays!Its NOT BLACK FOLKS!So why is it that we have to listen to this trash on the radio!I remember when a Dj had to be speak proper english to get a job on the radio,now you just hear street slang and mumble jumble all day.People wake up!There are very good rappers in the U.K. and canada!
Canada has a station called MUCHMUSIC(muchmusic.com)They play more rap music videos than MTV.You need a dish view there content.Its been blocked from U.S. internet users.Please don,t let them turn this into a black thing for support!You have many ways to get quality R&b,jazz and hip hop on the web!Do SUCKER!suckaaaas..

It is ashame that there is so much self hatred amongst black people that it is appalling. While some of yall uppity tight azz negreoes are complaining about what the type of music and entertainment that black radio plays but yall fail to realize that it is all about black empowerment especially when we still have a very racist and bias media out there who dont always talk about the injustices that black people have gone through by the system but let it be some blonde little white girl it would be on every station. And yet some of these tight azz uppity negroes are out here dissing black radio and dont get me wrong Im not a big fan of some of the rap music they put out today but you have to look at it for some young black males it is a way out of poverty because everybody dont have the smarts for college . Those who claims that rap is not a form of music are the ones who hate it the most but fail to remember back in the days when rap first took off the country was fealing the same way about rap until they found out that it was white kids that was buying all the rap music and industry was making huge propfits in sales from those white kids. For some of yall who are old enough to remember the pre B.E.T. days when you had no choice but to watch MTV with their VanHalen or Twisted Sister videos should how how it would be not to have entertainment that you cant relate to because in those days they didnt play hardly any black music. I think this Conyers guy is a prime example of self hatred black culture and music when you are in position of power and you forget where you come from and chose to bring your own people way of life down instead of uplifting the your people.

Last Call For these fools!
Rap music is all but self hatred.
Guns,hoes,niggaz,guns,drugs!
Thats not black culture!
Thats the trick they play on the weak and the stupid!Listen to
HIP HOP if you fools know what that is!

This what happens when you put nigga non-sense trash on the radio.

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It is crazy situation overall. The ‘small’ black radio stations will probably suffer the most – sign off altogether. The corporate stations may not be affected to that extent. They talk about “black radio” – what about the ‘white owned’ stations….they listen to Kanye, 50, TI, Kirk Franklin & Mary Mary too.

On one hand I think this is a smoke-screen. I believe that there was a spark, an interest in politics/media/journalism and this is a way of deterring upcoming young afro-americans political science majors, community leaders and activists [who use radio to discuss issues facing their communities and providing political analysis]. I’m not all that familiar with political analysts, I know there are hundreds of afro-american broadcasters giving insight, opinion on today’s politics, but none are receiving the viewer/listenership as white broadcasters. I see are Hannity/Colmes, Keith Olberman, etc.

On the other hand, it’s a little difficult to show support for ‘black radio’ in this
situation. In the Philadelphia radio market Radio One launched Praise 103.9FM
on Feb 27, 2005. I had spent seven years as music director. In 2004, I had been
out of work and was looking to get back in to radio. I was interested in employment
as on air announcer, submitted resume after resume and did not receive a phone call nor
interview. There are too many ill-facts and two-sided stories to mention here and
I’ll leave it at that. Simply put, ‘black radio’ did not employ me. I was qualified
for the job. Thank God I was able to find employment elsewhere, music and
broadcasting are my 2 passions – I’m gifted in those fields, unfortunately I worked
type of jobs.

Whatever happens, we’ll have to accept what God allows and if granted a ‘next time’
We’ll have our stuff together and be prepared and better organized – stop showboating and handle business the right way!

Alright my people, listen up. I understand everyone’s criticisms as well as some of the anger but, if you are so upset with the way that “black radio” presents itself, then why would you allow your comments about it sound like the music that you hate to hear come from it? You might not like who “black radio” has become, but I have yet to hear anyone explain anything they have done to help change it’s format for the better. Has anyone sent a letter or called anyone? Has anyone banded together to form a protest? Just wondering. I know that there are a number of talented artists out there that deserve a chance to be heard… through RADIO! Radio is an engine for artists to promote themselves. People, understand that if “black radio” is taken away, you are taking away another opportunity for great artists to express themselves and show who they really are. Understand that this is something that we need. I hear black people complain all the time that no one hears them and no one gives them a chance to speak. This is our chance to be heard… this is our chance to speak. If this is taken away, we will regret not fighting for it. Yes… a lot could be changed about the format, but fight for it first and then change it. Don’t lose it and not be able to have a voice. A crowd can’t hear you without a microphone. Why are black people so ready to give up? We complain and give up. We talk trash and do nothing. We hate on each other and fight each other. What happened to fighting for a cause? We all know we don’t prefer the music that is played, but we all know the bottom line is that it is necessary for us to have a voice. FIGHT FOR THE VOICE!!! Fight for the voice and then fight for the music.
If it’s gone…. then so are we.

We must take control of our Economic Voice by spending our money with black owned businesses. We as a people spend more in the United States than any other race of people 97% of it goes to other cultures besides the Black Race. We spent $965,000,000.00 Thats Billions with a capital B.-Last year alone. By the year of 2012 we are projected to spend 1.1 trillion dollars according to the Sacramento Observer researched by the Selig Center For Economic Growth. This is not a call to for a racial divide, anyone that thinks that this is my objective, will be sadly mistaken. Blacks in this Country is given a very negative image same as the poor whites. Black Radio can not only be saved by Black People we can become a media magnet.

I am a black woman who will not support black radio until black radio stations stop playing the music of rapper Eminem.

After reading the racist / negative generalizations and stereotypes Eminem wrote about black women, now; I change the radio to a different station every time I hear one of his songs.

Each and every black Woman and Man needs to copy and paste this link into their web browsers and sign this petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ebony/petition.html ; to put a stop to this, since Eminem seems to think that there are not enough black women to hurt his career. He stated that he has never dated or respected a black woman but he has had sex with one.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ebony/petition.html

“Petition Against Eminem for His Racist Comments Against Black Women”

To: Interscope Records

As young African American women and hip hop aficionados, we would like to take the time to express our outrage against rapper Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers) for his racist, slanderous statements and sweeping generalizations against Black women on a recently surfaced audio recording that he has admitted to making. The opinions expressed by Eminem on the said tape are vile, unfounded and especially shocking coming from a man who has built his fortune by imitating an art form that was created by and has been traditionally dominated by African Americans.

As Mr. Mathers eloquently states:

“All the girls I like to bone have big butts/ No they don’t, ’cause I don’t like that n—– sh–/ I’m just here to make a bigger hit.”

And even more profound:

“Blacks and whites, they sometimes mix/ But black girls only want your money, ’cause they’re dumb chicks…Never date a black girl, because blacks only want your money/ And that sh– ain’t funny.”

Eminem goes on to describe in detail why he firmly believes that white women are superior to black women.

His response to the resurgence of this ten-year old tape has been hurried and haphazard:

“The tape they played today was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager. I’d just broken up with my girlfriend, who was African-American…”

I ask you, would it be acceptable for an African American man to make the same sweeping statements against Caucasian women? I happen to believe that if this were the case, his career would be over.

Unfortunately, this issue is larger than just Eminem. Although we recognize his blatantly racist lyrics, we must also address the numerous hip-hop artists who feel the need to degrade women, Black women in particular, as well as degrade themselves and our community as a whole by their incessant use of the terms ‘n****r’, ‘b***h, ‘hoe’ and the likes:

WE WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT ARTISTS WHO PROMOTE STEREOTYPICALLY DEMEANING IMAGES OF BLACK WOMEN.

WE WILL NO LONGER PURCHASE MUSIC THAT CATEGORICALLY INSULTS US.

WE WILL BOYCOTT EMINEM AND ANY OTHER ARTIST WHO MALIGNS, DEBASES, AND OTHERWISE DISRESPECTS BLACK WOMEN.

In the great tradition of our ancestors who began the Birmingham bus boycott, we will not financially patronize or support any entity that discriminates against us and/or disrespects our people.

It is interesting to note that Eminem has stated that the tape was brought to light because of the Source Magazine co-owner Ray Benzino’s long-standing ‘vendetta’ against him. I urge you not to let that be a deterrent to the real issue at hand: Eminem’s blatantly racist comments specifically directed toward Black women. We should never lose sight of this. We should never forget. We should not allow this man to come out of this unscathed. Let this be our wake-up call. Regardless of the reasons behind why this tape has been presented to the public, we now must face the fact that we have before us a recording artist, an entrepreneur, a film star, and to some even a role model, who at one point believed, and quite possibly still does…that he: “don’t like that n—– s—t”.

Sincerely,

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