Between the two, CBS Radio and Entercom have seven urban radio stations in five top ten markets, with CBS in Atlanta, DC and LA, and Entercom, San Francisco and Boston. Both have a way of programming most of their stations well as opposed to much of the other large radio groups. While WVEE "V-103" Atlanta has long been the cream of the crop for urban radio under CBS Radio with rhythmic WPGC in DC not too far behind, the company itself has de-emphasized the number of urbans (and some rhythmics) since selling their Tampa, West Palm Beach and Charlotte clusters in recent years, although they launched a throwback station in Las Vegas. In contrast Entercom only had a handful of mid-sized urbans mostly in Norfolk, Greensboro and Buffalo, but in the past five years opened up to launching more urbans, mostly in Austin, Greenville/Spartanburg, and Boston (bringing back an urban ac there after ten years). San Fran and LA happen to be two of its markets set for spinoff so only time will tell if KBLX, KRBQ or KTWV (I know this station's format is debatable due to LA's demos) may be kept or spunoff, along with rhythmic KSFM in Sacramento. CBS still has a rhythmic in Hartford, and Entercom has a throwback station in Seattle.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?