The Bloggers Roundup segment has been wildly popular, and more people are listening to the Shawn P. Williams Show than ever before. Kristin and I couldn’t be more thrilled about the guests that we’ve had, including our two heavy hitters joining us this week. Click here to listen to an...
I’ll be talking a lot about “the new media reality” over the next few weeks. In the new media space, we will see more newspapers going out of business, more newsrooms announcing layoffs, gaps in coverage. All of this impacts people of color exponentially. Shawn P. and Carmen D. A...
Join Kristin and I Thursday night as we talk about the state of media in general and what that means for Black Media in particular. Kevin Ross broached the subject on Dallas South and after spending a week at the Poynter Institute with some of the top minds in new...
Join Kristin and I tonight on The Shawn P. Williams Show as we talk about solutions as it relates to “Black Males in America.” We will also discuss AIG and the fallout surrounding their executives receiving millions of dollars in bonuses. Last weeks show was one of our best yet,...
After a couple of weeks off the air, Kristin and I are bringing back a new and improved version of our Blog Talk Radio Show. Thursday night at 9 p.m. we’re back on the air with a show focusing on the latest news from the Obama Administration, the RNC upheaval...
INTERNET RADIO TO THE RESCUE By Kevin Ross No wonder bloggers and specifically the black blogosphere have become the go-to folks for bringing issues such as these to the forefront. And for many, sites like Blogtalkradio are assisting in that effort. One of several online stations that have come on...
Don Imus Was Gone… And Then POOF, He Was THERE AGAIN BY KEVIN ROSS When acerbic radio personality Don Imus created the “nappy-headed ho’” firestorm after his 2007 comments about Rutgers women’s basketball team sparked universal outrage, mainstream media was suddenly looking for insight from self-appointed and elected black leaders....
BLAME IT ON THE ECONOMY By Kevin Ross Per 2008 revenues, terrestrial radio is a $15 billion dollar a year hustle. And yet for many, radio is a bad business to be in right now. The industry has suffered its worst year since 1954, the eighth consecutive “struggling” year. ABC...
ALL WHITE, ALL THE TIME By Kevin Ross This “preference for white” in Los Angeles, the second largest media market in the country behind New York, is nothing new. With Elder’s absence, however, the racial disparities now go beyond jarring. Of the six talk outlets, not one has an Asian,...
Dallas South is excited to welcome current blogger and former municipal judge Kevin Ross in for a guest blogging spot this week. The noted Republican hosts The Kevin Ross Show, a conservative political show on Blog Talk Radio and blogs at Three Brothers and a Sister. I met Kevin at...
