American Urban Radio Networks

You know, you're not syndicated, right? That was another luxury we had.

We had money that kept coming 'cause we worked with a syndication network that still to this day is, you know, shout to, uh, AURN, American Urban Radio Networks, who still participates in the program.

Ebony McMorris works for them, and they wanna be associated with what we're doing.

Yeah.

AURN News.

I'm Ebony McMorris.

Five million fewer Americans are receiving federal grocery assistance, and researchers say improving economy is unlikely to explain the drop.

Most states must begin paying part of SNAP's benefits cost in October of twenty twenty-seven.

The center is urging Congress to delay that shift, warning more families could lose help buying food.

For AURN News, I'm Ebony McMorris.

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For nearly three decades, my guest today, journalist April Ryan, has reported from the White House briefing room, covering five presidents, from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump.

She spent most of those years at American Urban Radio Networks, a Black-owned national network.

Today, the Trump administration is in court with CNN, MS Now, and Politico after barring their reporters from the White House.

A federal judge has temporarily ordered their access restored.

And being a DJ, I, I missed that.

And I said, "Wait a minute." So I wound up producing a show, um, at WEAA, and I said, "I like this." And then I wound up going different places, becoming a news person, and doing the freelance, a lot of the freelance stringer, uh, stories.

American Urban Radio Networks found me, and, um, it was a pivotal time with the NAACP.

Um, they were changing leadership, and I kept breaking stories about that.

On tomorrow's show, we hear from White House correspondent April Ryan.

She spent decades pressing presidents for answers, most of that time for American Urban Radio Networks.

We'll talk about access, power, race, and what happened when asking questions put her in the president's crosshairs.

I hope you can join us.