Gospel Music Gets New Life On American Radio

“Contemporary gospel — an upbeat, jazz-and-R&B-tinged music that, if you don’t listen to the lyrics, could pass for the hit black music that was popular before the hegemony of hip-hop — is one of the fastest-growing formats in America’s big cities. A form of programming that was long relegated to weak-signaled stations at the top of the AM dial is popping up on big signals on FM, where the music can reach a much younger audience.”