Only rap station in Pittsburgh is no more

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There isn’t one person in the United States that hasn’t felt the wrath of the recession in some way or another, but one of the biggest things on the decline is hip-hop music. Record sales are at an all time low, shows are failing to sell tickets and of course radio stations are crumbling. The latest recession failure of the rhyming world  is 106.7 WAMO, the only radio station in Pittsburgh that plays rap music, which was sold recently to a Christian station for $8.9M. Check out the full story:

Hip Hop sales are not the only facet of the music industry on the decline. The radio stations that promote this genre of music are also dwindling. According to Pittsburgh Business Times, Pittsburgh’s lone radio station for Hip Hop, WAMO (106.7 and 107.1 FM), has been sold by the Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation to St. Joseph Missions for $8.9 million.

Along with this sale, St. Joseph Missions is expected to change the formatting of the radio station to religious programming. A startling change that is sure to have many Hip Hop fans retreating to their MP3 players and CDs. As a result of this, 35 employees at WAMO have also been let go as the effects of the recession have seemingly been felt again.

courtesy of HipHopDX

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