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Chancellor Media, later to be called AMFM, developed the format with the intention of using it on other stations. [2] Just as radio in the 80s had the "urban versus churban" competition, R & B oldies radio was dividing into two camps—the straight urban oldies stations targeting African Americans, and the "Jammin' Oldies" stations with a wider ...
WOSL – 100.3 R&B – Urban oldies-leaning urban adult contemporary; WEBN-HD3 – 102.3 The Beat – Mainstream urban; WGRI – Inspiration 1050 & 103.1 – Urban contemporary gospel; WDBZ – The Buzz 1230 AM – Urban Talk/Urban Contemporary; WCVG - 1320 The Voice - Urban Gospel/Brokered Programming
Quiet storm radio programs thrived in the 1980s, with many stations across the US carrying a quiet storm program at night, and a few stations broadcasting in the format all day long. [3] The field adapted in the 1990s as new listeners embraced neo-soul experimentation, hip hop samples and beats, as well as more explicit themes.
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. [1] It was named after the title song on Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm. [2] The radio format was pioneered in 1976 by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. radio station WHUR-FM.
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission–licensed radio stations in the ... ’80s classic hits KBON: 101.1 FM: ... Soul/R&B Oldies-leaning ...
Billboard published a weekly chart in 1980 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005, has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1]
In 2004, all 12 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 were African-American recording artists and accounted for 80% of the number-one R&B hits that year. [10] Along with Usher's streak of singles, top 40 radio and both pop and R&B charts were topped by OutKast's "Hey Ya!
"Urban oldies" refers to R&B music dating back to the late 1950s/early 1960s through the early 1990s. Although African Americans are the primary audience, radio stations playing this type of music often attract White listeners because R&B is one of the roots of rock and roll.