Heads and tales: Next to nothing

A poor showing: The Auburn University Montgomery Center for Demographic and Cultural Research has a study that says 1 in 6 Alabamians are poor. Other statistics are even more grim. In some counties, nearly 30 percent of citizens are below the poverty line. The Alabama Poverty Project, which released the study, has more info. Meanwhile, the state unemployment rate continues to decrease.
• Study finds one in six Alabama residents living in poverty [Associated Press]

The next chocolate Birmingham station: One radio station will have a new sound come Monday: a black news/talk format. Cox, which also owns top performing stations WBHJ (95.7 FM) and WBHK (98.7 FM), will launch the new sound with local veterans Binnie Myles and Chris Talley and … Rev. Al Sharpton. Ironically, the station changing over is former country powerhouse WZZK (105.9 FM), the whitest station in town, except for maybe the Christian contemporary one.
• Black Talk Comes To Birmingham [Billboard]

Manual transmission: Might want to snag the Black and White Annual Manual before it gives way to the next issue Thursday. As usual, the writers have assembled a thorough guide to the city’s cultural options. Or, just thumb through it online. Who are we to judge?
• 2006 Annual Manual [Black and White]

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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 8:26 pm, in Headlines.
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