Radio One’s Reach Media ended the Amanda Seales Show after just over two years at the end of 2024.
Launched in November 2022 in mornings at 100.3 WRNB Philadelphia, the show was heard on just six weekday affiliates at the time of its cancellation. The show was also heard in mornings on Hip Hop “Power 107.5” WCKX Columbus OH and PMB Broadcasting’s “Hip Hop 106.5” W293BV/WKCN-HD3 Columbus GA and middays on Radio One’s trio of Adult R&B “Majic 102.3/92.7” WMMJ/WDCJ Washington DC, Hip Hop “102.5 The Block” W273DA/WOSF-HD2 Charlotte, and Classic Hip Hop “99.5/102.7 The Box” 950 WXGI/W258DC and 1240 WTPS/W274BX Richmond VA. A best-of weekend show aired in all markets Radio One owned stations.
Seales discussed the show’s cancellation on Instagram last month stating that she was told affiliates did not want a show that was polarizing and that “she was not funny enough on a consistent basis” as she was focusing on politics and activism. She has since launch a three-day per week video show.
WRNB has announced it will add Reach Media’s “The Morning Hustle” with Philadelphia native Kyle Santillian and Lore’l starting Monday, January 13. None of the other former affiliates
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