*UPDATE* Arbitron’s Portable People Meter methodology is the villain in a petition put together by the Atlanta listeners of Warren Ballentine and Al Sharpton who have been cut at WAMJ-FM. The petition charges that the number of participants in the PPM panel was not representative of the target audience of the two shows and led to the decision to drop the hosts. It also showed a little research on the subject. Here’s the petition. Syndication …

Inside Radio’s Mike Kinosian has a nice piece on Syndication One morning talent Rickey Smiley. The interview covers  a number of topics including Rickey’s early radio influences, (former WAPI Birmingham and longtime KLOS morning team Mark and Brian), his increasing love for politics and his opinions on the death of shock radio. For the complete interview click here.

Buried in the middle of a simple format adjustment story out of  Philadelphia is the news that Syndication One afternoon talent Mo’Nique has been cancelled.  Radio One owned WRNB announced a shift from the traditional Urban AC format to one that focuses on the “R&B of the 90′s and Today” while installing market veteran Lady B as the afternoon talent replacing the syndicated Mo’Nique. Since launching last summer the show has lost two major markets,  …

The rumors are rampant as to just what Radio One plans to do on 107.5 in Atlanta after jettisoning the Smooth Jazz WJJZ the other day. This story has ties to syndication because some of the talk involves simulcasting Urban/Talk hybrid WAMJ (102.5). The station features Premiere’s Steve Harvey, ABC’s Micheal Baisden and the two Syndication One produced Superadio syndicated talkers Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine. The talk/music hybrid has been wildly successful for Radio …

Syndication One’s Rickey Smiley and his cast of characters has been moved into wake up at Radio One WERQ Baltimore replacing the The Big Phat Morning Show. The move has The Rickey Smiley Morning Show up to 25 stations nationally for Syndication One. President of Programming Gary Bernstein commented, “The Rickey Smiley Show is just starting to hit its stride and there will be significant enhancements that will make the program even more of a …

KDAY-FM  Los Angeles began dismantling it’s mostly syndicated weekday lineup by dropping Syndication One’s “The Mo’Nique Show” last month. This week the proverbial other shoe dropped as the Westwood One syndicated “The Wendy Williams Experience” was also removed from KDAY. Newly signed station consultant Steve Smith has moved the station in a music-intensive direction, but kept “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” and “The Michael Baisden Show” to anchor morning and afternoon drive. KDAY market manager/GM …

Syndication One and Superadio talk host Rev. Al Sharpton poses with Dr. Harold Freeman of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in Harlem. Sharpton and affiliate Access.1 WWRL,  New York recently teamed up with the center to promote the importance of prostate and colon cancer screening for African-American men.

A big purge in Atlanta at Radio One’s WHTA “Hot 107.9″ includes the installation of  Syndication One’s Rickey Smiley in morning drive replacing the A-Team. Rickey’s already on in 20 markets and with the purges that are going on at Radio One as we speak, look for some more pick-ups very soon…maybe before the end of the day. For a look at the move from inside Atlanta from Rodney Ho’s blog in the Atlanta Constitution …

It’s been in the works for months but it was just announced that Radio One and Superadio Networks have agreed to an arrangement moving all affiliation and national advertising sales of Syndication One talkers Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine to Superadio. The new syndicator has a nice line up to build on with Sharpton currently airing on 20 stations including some legendary sticks like WVON Chicago, WOL Washington, WILD Boston and WCHB Detroit. WAMJ Atlanta …

After Radio One’s sale of KRBV V-101 Los Angeles to Bonneville, it seemed as if the company was out of business in Los Angeles, but a knight in shining armour has come to the rescue that keeps the company with more than just a presence in LA. Magic Broadcasting’s KDAY has acquired “The Donnie McClurkin Show” and “T.D. Jakes Empowering Minutes”, joining the “Spirit of Hip-Hop” as Syndication One properties clearing in the country’s …