Cathy Hughes, beloved founder here at Urban One, adds another win to her list as Variety named her one of the 50 greatest hip-hop executives.

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Outstanding musical performances, praiseworthy acceptance speeches and an unforgettable tribute to International Sweethearts of Rhythm — the band of Urban One Founder Cathy Hughes’ mom, Helen Jones Woods — are just a few things that made the Urban One honors a night we won't soon forget.

D.L. Hughley has been extremely successful in the worlds of radio, and stand-up comedy. Now, he’s ready to take on something new and has decided to give late night television a try. He says his new late night talk show will be a visual on his afternoon radio show “with talk show elements,” and without […]

You probably know Shanola Hampton as Veronica from Shameless. But, she’s tried her hand at executive producing with TVOne’s new film Three’s Complicated.  Hampton also stars in the film as Deja Wolfe. Within the first five minutes Deja’s world collapses. Later that evening she meets a man at a bar and has a weekend fling, […]

The prince of sophisticated soul, Will Downing, is the subject of the next Unsung episode. The TV One series digs deep into the lives of music powerhouses. Before watching the episode, fans only know the musicians on stage, but after the episode they, “know you know you know you.” For Downing it has been a […]

Find out if any of the Diva’s will check Terez’s wedding request. The answer may surprise you! Check out a brand new episode of ‘R&B Divas’ Wednesday, 10pm/9pm CST on TV One. Like blackamericaweb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. REGISTER NOW for the 2014 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion taking place August 28- September 1, 2014 […]

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Roz Ryan, who plays Sylvia on “The Rickey Smiley Show” gives a shout out to BlackAmericaWeb.com. Don’t forget to watch the premiere Friday, July 26 with back-to-back episodes at 9:00pm and 9:30pm ET.

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TV One has tapped Roland Martin to anchor its first morning news program. “News One Now,” a one-hour live weekday telecast based in Washington DC, will focus on African American news and current affairs and be culled from the third hour of a three-hour radio show to be syndicated on Radio One network stations. The […]