Last month, Brian McKnight sued radio host Karen Clark, media company Urban One, and their nationally syndicated talk show, the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. The defamation lawsuit was filed at the U.

I was raised on the radio in a sense. From a very early age, I loved it. I loved the DJs, the music, the contests, the weekly countdowns, and even the stunts such as the music battles — remember the ...