A Different Face of Community Radio: Ethnic Stations in Suburban NYC

  • A Different Face of Community Radio: Ethnic Stations in Suburban NYC
    The New York Times has an interesting article today about ethnic and foreign-language radio stations popping up in the ‘burbs. The articles notes that this is due to a demographic shift, especially in NJ, and also due to the consolidation of the NYC-based radio stations, which often change hands for $30 million or more. Broadcasting to Polish, Carribean, Korean and other ethnic communities, these stations attempt broad appeal within these populations, and so seem to sport more diverse programming than typical American radio, featuring music, news, talk and instructional programming. That’s why these stations seem more like community radio stations to me, since they really do set out to serve a specific community with a broad range of needed programming, that’s especially of service to recent immigrants trying to adjust to their new surroundings.


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