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No Sabado Gigantes Here

Killing Internet Radio, Not So Softly

Internet Radio Gets a Stay of Execution

NYT: Televised Kimbo Slice Represents All That is Wrong

Why the Sirius-XM Radio Merger is Good for Consumers

Bubba the Love Sponge Coming to Miami

In a move that will surely up the intelligence of local radio listeners, Bubba the Love Sponge's morning radio show will be broadcast on 93 Rock starting early next year. Bubba's shtick makes Howard Stern look like the Duke of Windsor, and he has been accused of sensationalizing an on-air pig-ki ... More >>

Cuba Over and Out

In a move that will surely up the intelligence of local radio listeners, Bubba the Love Sponge's morning radio show will be broadcast on 93 Rock starting early next year. Bubba's shtick makes Howard Stern look like the Duke of Windsor, and he has been accused of sensationalizing an on-air pig-ki ... More >>

To Air is Human

In a move that will surely up the intelligence of local radio listeners, Bubba the Love Sponge's morning radio show will be broadcast on 93 Rock starting early next year. Bubba's shtick makes Howard Stern look like the Duke of Windsor, and he has been accused of sensationalizing an on-air pig-ki ... More >>

Gordon Ramsay Looking For Local Restaurants to Embarrass on National TV

There are so many reality tv shows on network television these days, that I've really lost track. Apparently the Fox television network allows this ornery British chef Gordon Ramsay to have not one, but two reality series run on it's airwaves. This second one which I've never heard of until now, "Ki ... More >>

SP Global Radio on MiamiBeatz.com

SP Global Radio is a weekly show on www.miamibeatz.com hosted by local DJs JD and Rob Solomon. With over 40,000 iTunes podcast downloads per month worldwide, they are now hitting the airwaves with their eclectic mix of underground EDM. Tune in for their exclusive weekly broadcasts where you will he ... More >>

Tales of the Limp Blimp

Who's watching TV Marti? No one. Who's paying for TV Marti? We are. At least for another few months.

The Local Rock Scene Is Dead

Miami just can't afford to support one of its finest cultural resources

Tube or Not Tube

TV Marti's limp blimp sets sail once again for the halls of Congress

Hired Gums

"Makeup! Would someone please powder Mr. Black's nose?" South Florida's legal eagles peck away at the O.J. Simpson trial.

Garrison Keillor to the Rescue!

Can a hayseed weekly variety show really save WLRN-FM?

Count the People Who Count

A trio of exile groups mounts a new challenge to monopoly control of local Spanish-language radio

Breach of Faith

Radio journalist Emilio Milian's persistent denunciations of Miami's exile terrorists almost cost him his life in 1976. Now he's fighting for his career.

Welcome to the Voyeurdome

Will Pink TV's brand of participatory porn be the future of the industry?

Aly & AJ

"Rush" (Hollywood)

Never Forget You

The Americanization of the telenovela: in Spanish, in Miami

Stevie Wonder

So What the Fuss Motown

We Can't Dance

So What the Fuss Motown

Anthony B

So What the Fuss Motown

Hexstatic

Master-View Ninja Tune

Hip-hop Treasure Hunt

South Florida's radio war is all about the Benjamins

Hip-Hop Till You Drop

Yet another South Florida radio station enters the fray, this time on autopilot

Net Loss

The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

Best TV Station To Die In The Past Twelve Months

WAMI

Turn On, Tune In

Miami is about to find out if it can support its first Haitian-owned radio station

Broadcast Blunder, Part 2

Radio Martí station director is suspended for two weeks

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

Broadcast Blunder

When the feds snatched Elian, Radio Martí should have been first with the news to Cuba. Instead its director quit in protest and chaos reigned.

Best New Broadcasting Trend

Noncommercial pirate radio

Best Radio Station

WQBA-AM (1140)

No Mas, No Meet

America's favorite propaganda boondoggle is deteriorating and the president doesn't care

Letters

America's favorite propaganda boondoggle is deteriorating and the president doesn't care

Hot Air Waves

The head honcho thinks The Alex and Miriam Show would be totally cool, but internal strife is boiling over at Radio and TV Marti

Creole of Fortune

WMBM makes a play for the Haitian audience, widening the rift between American blacks and the residents of Little Haiti

103.5 The Beat Fans Take Note: There's a New Underground Hip-Hop/R&B Station in Town

​If you were as shocked as we were when 103.5 the Beat suddenly ceased broadcasting, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Newly launched, Florida-based web broadcaster Da One Radio is now catering to fans of hip-hop and R&B who seek an alternative to what urban radio has become.Da One is ... More >>

New Miami-based Internet radio station Da One hopes to fill in gaps left by the death of 103.5 the Beat

​If you were as shocked as we were when 103.5 the Beat suddenly ceased broadcasting, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Newly launched, Florida-based web broadcaster Da One Radio is now catering to fans of hip-hop and R&B who seek an alternative to what urban radio has become.Da One is ... More >>

Solar Mountain Partner Uses Copyrighted Footage Without Permission

​This past June 16, during a workshop where he pitched the Biscayne Landings site, lawyer Marc Douthit showed North Miami city council members and residents a 14-minute Discovery Channel film about Ski Dubai, an indoor snow resort in the United Arab Emirates. When a resident asked Douthit if he ha ... More >>

Cox Radio Kills 93 Rock and Institutes 24/7 Holiday Music

Kermit says: "Cox Radio killed 93 Rock for Christmas!"​The suits at Cox Radio finally replied! Read what they had to say about killing 93 Rock for Christmas. (Then take Crossfade's 93 Rock "Radio Sucks" poll.) Whenever Crossfade wants to flood the interior of our automobiles with a non-stop stream ... More >>

Cox Radio's Brian Elam on Why 93 Rock Got Killed for Christmas

The suits at Cox Radio reply.​Take Crossfade's 93 Rock "Radio Sucks" poll. After discovering late Saturday night that 93.1 FM made the switch (or, as many commenters claim, "improvement") from crappy alt-rock to 24/7 holiday music, Crossfade sent mega-broadcaster Cox Radio a few questions. And t ... More >>

With 93 Rock Dead, Which Crappy Local Radio Station Should Be Next?

Do your public duty! Complete the Radio Sucks poll now!​Radio Sucks. And generally, you can thank corporate rock-dance-pop-rap-adult-contempo format formulas for the non-stop deluge of total crap. We salute Cox Radio, Clear Channel, and all the other stiff suits. Even so, we here at Crossfade we ... More >>

Radio Martí Goes Online (But Does It Matter?)

​The U.S. government spends millions of dollars every year transmitting news (or something like it) to Cuba through Radio y Televisión Martí's studios in Miami with the aim of balancing the government-controlled Cuban press. But there's little indication that the program is effective or that ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa at Sunset Cove Amphitheater July 15

​The U.S. government spends millions of dollars every year transmitting news (or something like it) to Cuba through Radio y Televisión Martí's studios in Miami with the aim of balancing the government-controlled Cuban press. But there's little indication that the program is effective or that ... More >>

Barack Obama Can't Afford to Let Fox News Fold

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Fox News.Rupert Murdoch is reaping what he sowed. The media magnate's American-based cable network, Fox News ... More >>

Rupert Murdoch is dangerous

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Fox News.Rupert Murdoch is reaping what he sowed. The media magnate's American-based cable network, Fox News ... More >>

Plum TV: Large Layoffs and Major Restructuring UPDATED

​Just days after the resignation of CEO Jerry Powers, it seems Plum TV is headed for an uncertain future. Plum airs luxury lifestyle coverage on cable networks in a few high-end markets across America, including Miami Beach, Nantucket and Aspen, and recently launched magazines in Miami and the Ham ... More >>

Liberal Lunacy

​Just days after the resignation of CEO Jerry Powers, it seems Plum TV is headed for an uncertain future. Plum airs luxury lifestyle coverage on cable networks in a few high-end markets across America, including Miami Beach, Nantucket and Aspen, and recently launched magazines in Miami and the Ham ... More >>