Ifsixwuz9 said:

Here in Minneapolis Prince would do test songs that haven't been released on KMOJ to see what people think about the song and he would get some good and bad results, but the main thing is that the radio station supported him and all of his work. So I don't see why KMOJ didn't receive the same opportunity as KDWB and B96. B96 doesn't play any of his music all they play is hip hop nothing else. Now KDWB which is Clear Channel always plays his old music, nothing updated.

bwnladybug said:

Yes, this thread has truly uplifted me indeed. Thank U all 4 ur encouraging words. This is why I Love the Org....So many great people!

Thinks this thread has more to do with how some black people feel in life, how they deal with racial 'issues', then it has anything to do with Prince.

Riverpoet31 said:

What do you mean?

Bishop31 said:

Hey, I am a guitarist, too. But, I have a below mediocre guitar, so.....

ElCapitan said:

"support" is what I think he means
[Edited 7/6/07 2:23am]

bwnladybug said:

Where do you find out which radio stations are owned by whites and which ones are owned by blacks?

What constitutes a "white" or a "black"?

What black radio stations? Do they even exist anymore? All I ever hear from so-called "black radio stations" that play current music, is shit hop. Shit hop is as slow a tempo as Lawrence Welk so the stations sound more like white folk's stations to me. Not even cool white folks either. More like the old fuddy duddy kind that thought fast rhythmic rock and roll back in the 50s was "devil music".

alexandernevermind said:

The ones that I know of that are white owned is Clear Channel and KDWB. The black radio station that we have here is KMOJ and that is owned by the Community Development (Community sponsored - Black)

You would have to find out in your city or town which are black and white owned. As for me here in Minneapolis I know who owns what.

When have you heard just a white radio station play just R&B songs and nothing else in between some hip hop and black Gospel music? If there are any white owned radio stations that would play only that type of music that would be a rare case.

OH MY GOSH, B96 IS PLAYING 1999 AFTER THEY GAVE AWAY PRINCES TICKETS. WOW

NOW LET US SEE IF THEY PLAY ANY OF HIS MUSIC AFTER THE CONCERT IS OVER. NOPE I DOUBT IT.

bwnladybug said:

People who own radio stations are in it to make money. Whatever type of music they think makes them the most money is what type of music they will play.

From Wikipedia:

Stations that carry programming catering to black Americans are a big part of many Clear Channel clusters, particularly Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. In many clusters Clear Channel has two or more such stations. About half the Urban stations focus on Rap and Hip Hop along with younger R & B sounds. The other half blend some younger R & B along with some Soul from the 70's 80's, and 90's along with some current product. Some of the Hip Hop based Urban stations report as Rhythmic Top 40 stations rather than Urban stations because these stations also have some appeal to white and Hispanic listeners. In a cluster with multiple urban stations owned by Clear Channel, one is focused on Rap while the other is focused on Soul. Examples include Philadelphia, with WUSL's focus on hip hop while WDAS-FM focuses on Soul, and Chicago, where WGCI focuses on rap while WVAZ is focused on Soul.


So, does that make those stations "white" or "black" ?

Prince pretty much hates All Radio Stations, and has ranted about this for like 10 years now... eveer since they black listed him...

bwnladybug said:

If we don't do it for ourselves then, who else will. There's power in numbers.

alexandernevermind said:

Well here in Minneapolis Clear Channel does not own the "real" black station here and the station is not out to make a profit like other stations are, so I would think that the non-profit stations should have the same opportunity as the ones that make a profit.

EmbattledWarrior said:

Yes it has been said, but the ones that have supported him all the way, they should have had a better opportunity.
[Edited 7/9/07 12:52pm]

bwnladybug said:

The so called ones that "support" him, only play the radio friendly hits from the 80's. They never play anything current or from the 90's.
I once requested Somebody's Somebody by Prince they were like "Somebody's Who?, Prince is still making records?"
eyeah...

EmbattledWarrior said:

I understand where you are coming from and fortunately KMOJ is a test pilot for some of his new songs. So they have played some of the songs that wouldn't get played on other radio stations.

MsLegs said:

Amen