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...
The New York post did something on Thursday that I know that didn’t want to do by putting out a lackluster apology for their inflammatory cartoon. Wednesday’s Page Six cartoon – caricaturing Monday’s police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut – has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers...
Music Executive & Radio Personality Vincent “Young Heartbreak” Tucker added as host of SMASH OUT AIDS Gospel Hip Hop Event. The March 6th Benefit was created to Spread Awareness for AIDS Epidemic. DALLAS (February 18, 2009) – The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) chapter of Keep A Child Alive...
Hat tip to Wayne of Electronic Village who tipped me off to the above cartoon early this morning. There is no excuse for this image which was printed in the New York Post. You can call it satire or comedy, I call it it ignorant and stupid. To associate gunshots...
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...
Listen to Part 2 of this great interview with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III as he gives a preview of what “Freddy Haynes Unscripted” might sound like starting in March on 94.5 KSoul. Dr. Haynes talks about DPD crime statistics recently released, the stimulus package pending in the Senate, and...
I’ve been tracking U.S. Airways for the last hour after it crashed into the Hudson River. By all accounts the pilot did a masterful job after the plane hit a flock of birds. Miraculously there seems to be no loss of life from this crash. The Coast Guard and ferries...
The Dallas Morning News and the (Ft.Worth) Star-Telegram have announced that they will begin sharing resources for their Sports sections starting Feb. 1. In the deal, the Morning News will cover the Stars and Mavericks beats while the Star Telegram will cover the Rangers. Apparently this will not affect the...
