Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 2002 — Page 23

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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WHHH first in Black listening

dianapolis stations dominate Afri-can-American radio listening. WHHH. WTLC-AM&FM and WYJZ together command a twothirds (67.7 percent) share of all Black listening. Five of out every six African Americans (83.5 percent) in the Indianapolis area tune into one of these four stations during a given week, reports Arbitron. Among African Americans, WHHH captured first place with a 27 percent share of Black listening as a majority of the Black community (52.3 percent) listens to the station during the week. WTLCFM again places second with a 24.1 percent share of Black listening. WTLC-FM reaches slightly more of the B lack commun ity than WHHH with 53.5 percent of all Blacks tuning in weekly. In third place is WTLC-AM with a 9.9 percent share of Black listening with 18.9 percent of the Black community tuning in weekly. Followed by WYJZ with a 7.1 percent share of Black listen-

Continued from Cl ing. but with a larger number of the a 29.6 percent share of Black after-African-American community noon listening followed by WTLC(21.5 percent) listening to the in- FM’s Guy Black with a 21.2 percreasingly popular jazz station. cent Black listening share. The “Tom Joyner Morning Third place is a tie between Carl Show’’on WTLC-FM continued in Frye on WYJZ and WTLC-AM's the top spot in African-American afternoon programs, including morning listening with a 28 per- Willie Middlebroook's “The Botcent share. WHHH’s “Russ Parr tom Line” talk show, with both Morning Show’’ continues in the stations gamering a 7.8 percent second spot with a 22.9 percent share among Blacks, share of Black morning listening. Two special community proRobert Turner's morning gos- grams aired on the city’s Blackpel program on WTLC-AM con- formatted stations during the sumtinuedtoincreaseitsaudience.plac- mer. Nearly three of 10 African ing third in African-American Americans tuned into the Radio morning listening with a 12.3 per- One station’s live broadcasts from cent share; followed by WYJZ as Indiana Black Expo. The stations’ the smooth jazz station garnered a Expo coverage attracted a total au6.1 percent share of Black morning dience of95,900. including 50.800 drive listening. Blacks. Together, Radio One stations And over one in 10 persons in command 69.6 percent of morning Indianapolis’ African-American listening; afternoons its stations community, or 19,300, tuned into a receive 66.4 percent of Black lis- portion of the Aug. 7 Town Hall tening. Meeting about police issues surWHHH again takes top after- rounding Indiana Black Expo which noon honors as DJ Big Swole takes was broadcast live on WTLC-AM.

Christmas is En Vogue as funky divas have holiday collection

Special to The Recorder Multi-platinum R&B vocal group En Vogue return to the record racks this holiday season with "The Gift of Christmas,” their first-ever collection of holiday songs. The 15-track disk will include 11 Christmas standards plus four original songs and was produced by Denzel Foster and Thomas McElroy, producers of all the group’s ’90s chart-toppers, and co-produced and arranged by Timothy Eaton. “The Gift of Christmas” will be released on Discretion Records on Nov. 12. Now a trio, the new line-up of En Vogue features original members Terry Ellis and Cindy Braggs and newcomer Amanda Cole. A mix of sacred and secular favorites, "The Gift of Christmas” features new takes on such inspirational hymns and yuletide pop classics as “What Child Is

This,” “Oh Holy Night” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” “Jingle Bell Rock" and even a Euro-trance version of “Jingle Bells” that is sure to get any party started. Original songs “My Christmas,” “Christmas Wit Cha Honey,” “Snowy Nights” and “That’s What Christmas Means to Me” round out the set. En Vogue are among the most acclaimed and successful female vocal groups ever. With their irresistible fusion of girl group and old-school R&B traditions with hip-hop stylings, the funky divas have sold nearly 10 million albums, scored 11 Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and have been favorably compared to such legendary girl groups of the ’60s as The Supremes and The Ronettes. The is the first En Vogue release featuring this line-up and the group’s first album release since Masterpiece Theater (East/West) in June, 2000.

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