Right now there is a great deal of controversy among urban core media denizens over a recent radio switcheroo.
To wit . . .
BACKLASH AND JUST A BIT OF FRUSTRATION ARE EVIDENT AMONG KANSAS CITY URBAN CORE RADIO LISTENERS IN THE AFTERMATH OF NEWS THAT KPRS WILL NO LONGER FEATURE RADIO LEGEND TONY G.!!!
Tony G. has a career with KPRS that spans more than 20 years and he is deservedly considered a pioneer throughout the industry.
Here's an excerpt of the best perspective on the Kansas City media hot mess:
"For an URBAN station (i.e., supposedly BLACK), KPRS is ran by white managers (only two are black). Only 2 people in the sales (out of 10) staff are Black. With all due respect to Mike Carter, he's listening to the wrong people and surrounding himself with too many "YES" people who are only in it for themselves. You really wouldn't know the station is Black-owned if you're not a student of history . . . I am ASHAMED of what they have turned themselves into now. They are no longer pillars, but the laughingstock of the community."
To put this in perspective . . . Tony G. is to KPRS what Johnny Dare is to 98.9 The Rock - And radio insiders realize that Tony G. has a bigger market share in terms of urban core demographic percentages than Johnny . . . But the comparison is about clear as we can make it to suburbanite readers.
Anyhoo . . .
For quite some time the Kansas City media landscape has been changing but this move from KPRS has already resonated throughout the local media scene.
Developing . . .