Matt Drudge likes to re****t when a black or ethnic station is taken over=20
by Air America Radio. But I bet he won't re****t about when they are=20
taken over by a conservative group!
http://www.detnews.com/2004/screens/0404/01/c01-109233.htm
WQBH-AM fans dismayed to learn about sale of station
By Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
No longer will there be =93toasting time=94 or greetings to the
blue-collar=
=20
workers. =93The Queen=94 has finally been silenced with the sale of
WQBH-AM=
=20
(1400) =97 =93Detroit=92s Only Community Radio Station=94 =97 to
California=
-based=20
Salem Communications.=20
The sale, which must still be approved by the Federal Communications=20
Commission, was met with surprise and dismay from Detroiters.=20
=93It=92s the end of an era,=94 says Ron Scott, community activist and
host=
of=20
the talk show =93For My People=94 on WKBD-TV (Channel 50). =93It=92s
unfort=
unate=20
that everything that =91The Queen=92 represented and fought for =97=20
representing black radio =97 is now being lost in the dust to be eaten up=
=20
by some right-wing, ranting and raving radio types.=94
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Over the years, WQBH also was known for airing talk shows of interest
to=20
African Americans. Its music mix was a blend of rhythm and blues,=20
authentic blues and traditional and contem****ary gospel music.=20
Salem Communications owns 92 radio stations nationwide, many of which=20
are considered Christian =93talk and teach=94 stations that broadcast=20
sermons and Bible study. They also run a conservative news talk format=20
as well as a Christian music format called the Fish.
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