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Inside “Straight Outta Hip Hop”: Five Takeaways From a Candid Summit Panel
"Radio's gonna come back, and it's gonna slap back."
The Music Never Stops: Radio Remembers Clive Davis
"The music Davis championed crossed all socioeconomic, racial, and creedal lines. Just as music is supposed to."
The Secret Sauce: Skip Dillard on Programming with Purpose
"These young people, if you really listen to them, they can give us hope, they can give us strength, because they're moving beyond the divisions, they're moving beyond race."
Hot 97 Icon Funk Flex Joins the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit Lineup
"For over thirty years this man has changed the game."
Music Radio Reacts: First Listen Impressions on Drake’s Triple Album Drop
"The responses ranged from impressed to underwhelmed, with most landing somewhere in between."
Radio Weighs in on What Drake’s Iceman Must Deliver
"Drake needs to take back the crown. Hip Hop's been a little slow on the massive hits so far this year."
Jim Kerr, Jimmy Failla, Skip Dillard, Phil Boyce and Paul Mason Join the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit Lineup
"The Summit takes place June 30-July 2 at the SVA Theatre in New York City."
Barrett Media’s Top 20 Urban/Hip Hop Radio Program Directors of 2025
"One hundred and eight (108) Urban/Hip Hop radio program directors appeared on ballots submitted by our voters."
20 Brands In 20 Days: Skip Dillard 94.7 The Block, New York
“The Block is really, truly a Throwback radio station,” Dillard says. “That’s a music format focused on the '90s and early 2000s, Hip-Hop and R&B vibe for the block in New York."
What if the Sports Media Industry Had a Free Agency Period?
"It may not be a reality during my lifetime, but it sure is fun to imagine the possibilities."