If you are anything like me, you are sick and tired of hearing the same 10 songs played on most urban radio station all day long - one long torturous loop.
If that is true, you can rejoice ... hope has arrived. The emergence of FM Urban Talk radio has provided a vastly more intelligent outlet for bored radio listeners.
The formats range from comedy - Steve Harvey, Tom Joyner, Monique; to adult topics - Michael Baisden; to political and social issues - Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine.
The most redeeming quality of these syndicated shows is the dispensing of the down home/mother wit information. Even if you vehemently disagree with their opinions (as I often do) you have to applaud the overall message: we need to reconnect, restore and rededicate our energy to face the dire issues within our community.
The two standout personalities that impress me the most is my fraternity brother (blue-blue) and relative newcomer Warren Ballentine; the other one is, Michael Baisden - the leader of the grown folks radio movement.
Ballentine's show is very socially, politically and economically relevant. In conjunction with his program, he promotes community activism through his Thetruthfighers.com website. (I enrolled today)
Michael Baisden's grown folks radio program uses humor, wit and guile to elevate the communal conversation. His topics include male/female relationships, sexual abuse, marriage, parenting and sometimes politics.
At last the adults are given a broad forum to talk common sense, virtues and community organization to the intellectually deprived masses. Let's hope big brother doesn't pull the plug. Listen in and get energized.
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