VH1 Presents ‘This Is Hot 97′ Reality Show March 31st [TRAILER]

FROM VH1--Known as the place “Where Hip Hop Lives,” New York’s globally recognized #1 radio station HOT 97 is teaming up with VH1 to take viewers on a behind-the-scenes look into the Big Apple’s go-to destination for Hip Hop and R&B with the debut of “This Is HOT 97.” Premiering on VH1 March 31 at 10:30 PM ET/ PT, “This Is HOT 97″ is a 30-minute unscripted comedy series that gives viewers a look inside this iconic radio brand. HOT 97 is the global mecca of Hip Hop and R&B music, and this crew functions more as a family than a group of coworkers – they go hard for each other, but above all they live, eat and breathe HOT 97.

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Hot 107.9 Atlanta's Beestroh Shot by Police During Rick Ross Release Party

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Hot 107.9 radio personality Beestroh was shot in the leg by DeKalb County Georgia police early Monday morning after he allegedly fired a shot at officers. DeKalb County police identified the 39-year-old Beestroh (Ronald Robinson) Monday afternoon. The shooting happened at the Velvet Room club located in DeKalb County outside of Atlanta during an album party for rapper Rick Ross' newest release Mastermind. Robinson faces two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer. Radio One has not released a statement regarding the incident or Robinson's employment status. More about him via video below:

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96.3 WHUR Cuts Off Listeners, Takes Down Their Stream UPDATE

UPDATE: 3/5/14 After our original story posted, WHUR updated their website and has promise their listeners to return the live audio streaming of their station. Here is WHUR's statement. As you can see, listeners were becoming impatient with what appears to be WHUR's dragging their feet on this issue.

(our original story--)One of the best Urban AC stations in the country,  Howard University's 96.3 WHUR FM has taken down it's stream. The station has removed the "listen live" button from the station's website. They had initially informed listens since January that their streaming was being upgraded.

Many listeners have been trying to access the stream to no avail. We can only speculate that the stream has been taken down due to cost. The station is owned by Howard University and the university along with many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) are facing financial difficulty. Learn more about this issue in a recent article in The Grio.

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WNYC's John Hockenberry sits down with decendent of 12 Years A Slave's Solomon Northup

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The Takeaway examines the real stories that have inspired some of this year’s Best Picture nominees. Host John Hockenberry sits down with Clayton Adams, the great-great-great-grandson of Solomon Northup, whose memoir inspired the film 12 Years a Slave, to discuss what the film and Northup’s memoir meant to Adams and his family. Adams also imagines what he might say if he were to accept the Best Picture Oscar in this poignant and touching interview.

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50 Cent Steps to Steve Stout at New York Knicks Game

According to sources, rapper 50 Cent confronted his former colleague Steve Stout following an interview he did with Angie Martinez on Hot 97. The confrontation took place at halftime of the game between the Knicks and the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden New York.

Watch what Stout had to say about 50 Cent in the video below.

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Black Artists: Your Services Are No Longer Needed

A letter has been sent out to Black Artists across the industry from "The Industry". In case you didn't notice 2013 was a year that didn't have a single black artist top the Hot 100 on Billboard as a lead performer. The first time that has happened in Billboard's 55-year history.

If you are an artist and you haven't received your letter yet, then [click here] as we have provided a copy for you courtesy of RapRehab.

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America's Independent Voice Rob Redding is now live on Cleveland's WERE-AM

"Thanks to Cleveland's Radio One family for giving the listeners what they want and confirming Redding News Review as a show central to WERE's heritage of success in America's key battleground state," Redding said. "And this is just the first move which will see the radio show strengthening from Cleveland to my hometown of Atlanta."

WERE's management yesterday rolled out the new changes on social media:

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Philly Black Radio Legends Captured in New Documentary

"Jocko" Henderson, the original rapper,
"The Ace from Outer Space"
Hosted in Philly, NYC, and was
syndicated by reel-to-reel tape

A fitting Tribute to Black History Month

"Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" is a two-hour show written and produced by Yowei Shaw and Alex Lewis and hosted by the legendary producer/record executive of The Sound of Philadelphia, Kenny Gamble. The radio documentary will air at 6 p.m. on February 16, 2014 (Sunday night) and on Saturday February 22 at 2 p.m. on WHYY-FM (90.9) in Philadelphia.

The show takes a look mainly at the impact of 1480 WDAS AM and 105.3 WDAS FM; and to a lesser extent 1340 WHAT radio. Those stations catered primarily to African American audiences. As the documentary details, the AM radio stations garnered huge audiences among White teenagers as well in the 1950's and 1960's. Much in the same way that Hip Hop impacts mainstream audiences today. More on the background of the series is chronicled in the article The voices of Philly's soul radio.

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