Boston's first Black radio station gains ground on Internet as WILD 2.0

By Anonymous -
48 years ago, WILD-AM hit the airwaves filling a void in Black music in a predominantly white city where the only radio stations broadcast formats of Top 40, Pop and Rock to name a few. The founder Ken Nash saw the potential in a community radio station and created programming that benefited the Black community with music, news and informative dialog. 

Though it sounds easy, it was an incredible feat to accomplish, given WILD's limited airtime. The station's FCC only afforded them to broadcast until sundown. Summer months gave the listeners more time to hear the music and info on their beloved radio station located at 1090 on the AM dial. 

In 1999, Radio One purchased WILD and sold it a few years later. WILD went off the air in 2011. The station re-emerged in the winter of 2011 as a digital Internet radio station. Founded by M.C. Spice, a former WILD intern and veteran broadcast producer and voice over artist, the all-new WILD 2.0 promises great Soul and R&B music from artists all over the world and proudly plays music by unsigned and independent artists. WILD 2.0 is located online at www.blackberrysoulradio.com
BlackBerry Soul Radio can also be found and played from the free app on www.tunein.com

Some of the station's on air programming includes the following:

MC Spice
The Big Morning Thing
Monday - Fridays 7am-11am

MC Spice is the host of the Big Morning Thing and founder of the all-new WILD 2.0 (BlackBerry Soul Radio). The Big Morning Thing radio show interviews power players in the music industry and political leaders in the community and abroad. The show is packed with news and information.



Jatoria Love Jones
The Midday Sunshine
Monday - Friday 11am-3pm

Hailing from Virginia Beach, Virginia, Jatoria Love Jones hosts the Midday Sunshine weekday mornings from 11:00am





Jon Al Sawyer
The Afternoon Thing
Monday - Friday 3pm-7pm

Jon Al Sawyer hosts the Afternoon Thing Monday - Fridays 3pm-7pm. Also from Virginia, Mr. Sawyer is Program Director for WILD 2.0 BlackBerry Soul Radio.




Cash and Spice
Love Never Fails
Sunday - Thursday 7pm-11pm

Cash and Spice are the founders of WILD 2.0 and host the love and slow jams radio show "Love Never Fails." Their show plays only happy love songs and the married couple give marriage advice and share their own stories of love and relationships built on God's foundation.



Mick Benzo
Zulu Love
Sunday - Thursday 11pm-3am

Mick Benzo hosts Zulu Love radio show. The show features the best in throwback slow jamz that get the mood right. A founding member of the Universal Zulu Nation, Mick Benzo also gives Zulu Love Lessons to the listener on how to keep the fire hot in a relationship. From Marvin Gaye to Smokey Robinson, to the Commodores and the O'Jays, Zulu Love is the right thing for the night thing.

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