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Hip-Hop and R&B † - Today's hottest hip-hop and R&B music. Hip-Hop Classics - Old school Hip-hop hits from artists that pioneered the genre of hip-hop. R&B Classics - A variety of funk, soul, and Motown hits from the 1950s to 1990s. R&B Soul † - Urban adult music and sultry, slow jams. Rap (TV-MA) † - Popular rap music upon its hit songs.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs "Faith" and "Careless Whisper".
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.
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of ... Soul/R&B WHOS: 800 AM: ... North Shelby Community Radio: Classic hits WPMR-LP: 95.7 FM:
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