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Basheer Jones and the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) welcome Sapphire to Cleveland last weekend. Jones and CPL was honored to host Sapphire, a performance poet and writer whose novel, Push, was made into the award-winning film, “Precious,” on Sunday, October 10th as part of the Writers & Readers author series. Sapphire addresses the criticisms of […]

VIA Radio One Cleveland Radio One Cleveland (ROC) and Rickey Smiley shut it down in this weekend for the Radio One Comedy charity show. Comedians Special K and Big Sean hit the stage with Rickey to give back to the community during the 30 years of service celebration for the Radio One 30 year anniversary. […]

The staff at Radio One Charlotte volunteered at Harvest Center on Tuesday. My92.7 personality Fly Ty cut hair, other Radio One staff served lunch and others sorted clothes on Tuesday.

For the next 30 days Radio One Charlotte employees will be giving back to the community to honor Radio One’s 30 Years in the business. Staff kicked off their giving efforts today by preparing and serving lunch at The Harvest Center in Charlotte. Each Tuesday and Thursday during the month of October Radio One Charlotte […]

Cathy Hughes Radio One 30th Anniversary from BlackPlanet.com on Vimeo. During the month of October Radio One Charlotte will give back to the community as a part of the Radio One 30th Anniversary Celebration dubbed The 30 Days of Giving. Each Tuesday and Thursday during the month of October Radio One Charlotte staff will serve […]

“It is not enough for us to do our very best. We must do what is required of the situation.” – Cathy Hughes, 2005 Radio One continued to grow over the next decade. By the year of 2002 Radio One’s portfolio contained 63 stations, and by 2003 Radio One formed a joint venture with Comcast […]

Radio One has always been dedicated to it’s community, in every market that we operate. Over the years our stations have done some outstanding work in the community, here are some photos highlighting our markets and their community outreach efforts.

“We grow, we prosper, we do some incredibly wonderful things for the community. We call ourselves a family of stations. The common denominator is ONE family because that’s the name of our corporation. If we stick together, there is nothing we won’t accomplish.” – Cathy Hughes, 1993 The 1990’s was a great decade for Radio […]

“If I can help a few thousand people, then I know that my work has not been in vain.” – Cathy Hughes, 1985 The Radio one legacy begins with the flagship station WOL. In those days what we now know as Radio One was “Almic Broadcasting”; named after the sons of Catherine L Hughes and […]

During the month of October Radio One Charlotte will give back to the community as a part of the Radio One 30th Anniversary Celebration dubbed The 30 Days of Giving. Each Tuesday and Thursday during the month of October Radio One Charlotte staff will serve lunch at the Harvest Center (1800 Brewton Drive). The Harvest […]

Radio One is celebrating 30 years with 30 Days of Giving Back and we invite you to participate with us.  Please fill out the form below with your information if you are interested in participating or volunteering your time in any of our events.