Radio One

11 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 26, 2016 by Cathy Hughes · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Sep 26, 2016 positive
Insight
Entrepreneurial optimism and resilience are acquired skills, not innate traits
“Oh, definitely an acquired skill. If you allow yourself to be bogged down and lose your enthusiasm, then you're dead in the water. But if you remain optimistic and Be cheerful and committed to your goal. There's nothing that can stop you.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 29:55 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
32 lending institutions rejected Hughes's first radio station loan application
“Said no. 32 lending institutions.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 16:37 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Supported
Radio One operated for seven years before reaching profitability
“Seven years.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 24:06 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Radio One initially operated 24/7 with only 14 total employees
“I was running a 24 hour, seven day a week broadcasting facility with 14 full and part-time employees total.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 20:51 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Disclosure
Radio One avoids diversifying outside of the telecommunications industry
“And the other thing that we have done in our company is we stay in our lane. We're not trying to open a restaurant. We're not trying to go into concert promotion. We stay in the telecommunications industry.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 26:26 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Radio One never bounced a check or filed for bankruptcy
“I think that it's the reason I've never been foreclosed on, I've never had to file for bankruptcy, and Thank God I have never had a paycheck bounce. I've never had a business check nor personal check bounce because I tried to stay ahead of the issue of not bei…”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 20:27 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016 positive
Insight
Call lenders upfront with partial payments instead of hiding from debt
“When you have overwhelming financial obligations, the first natural human impulse is to hide, to recoil, not return the call. Well, what I have been trained to do is play offense, not defense, so I would call my lenders, and I would say, I know I owe you 10,00…”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 19:45 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Sep 26, 2016
Assertion Partly supported
Radio One scaled to 75 stations after acquiring Clear Channel assets
“75 stations, which was the height when we bought a package of stations from Clear Channel. 75, that had never been done in urban broadcasting before.”
Cathy Hughes Sep 26, 2016 ▶ 26:48 Radio One: Cathy Hughes
Aug 14, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hughes: Radio One never defaulted on payroll, bounced checks, or filed bankruptcy
“I think that it's the reason I've never been foreclosed on, I've never had to file for bankruptcy, and Thank God I have never had a paycheck bounce. I've never had a business check nor personal check bounce because I tried to stay ahead of the issue of not bei…”
Cathy Hughes Aug 14, 2017 ▶ 20:39 Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
Aug 14, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Hughes: One company owned 11% of all US radio stations after deregulation
“With the deregulation, 11% of all radio stations in the United States of America were owned by one company.”
Cathy Hughes Aug 14, 2017 ▶ 25:57 Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
Aug 14, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Radio One scaled to an unprecedented 75 stations after Clear Channel acquisition.
“75 stations, which was the height when we bought a package of stations from Clear Channel. 75, that had never been done in urban broadcasting before.”
Cathy Hughes Aug 14, 2017 ▶ 27:00 Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
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