Who owns Radio One?
Radio One is owned by Urban One (the United States, NASDAQ: UONE).[1]
Evidence: Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Urban One, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Silver Spring
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Radio & audio › Radio networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: UONE NASDAQ: UONEK
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Radio One
Radio One is the brand under which Urban One runs its core radio broadcasting franchise, according to the company's 10-K for 2025. The company took the name Urban One in 2017, having previously been Radio One, Inc.
What Urban One's annual report says about Radio One
Sentences about Radio One from Urban One's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Our core radio broadcasting franchise operates under the brand "Radio One".
How often Urban One names Radio One in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Radio One
Where Radio One sits in Urban One
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Urban One
Urban One controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in radio networks, and who owns them
The 26 brands in radio networks on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is NZME, with 5; Urban One has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coast | NZME | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| ERA | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Chérie FM | NRJ Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Europe 1 | Lagardère | 🇫🇷 France |
| La 100 | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hit Network | Southern Cross Media Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Westwood One | Cumulus Media | 🇺🇸 United States |
| iHeartRadio | iHeartMedia | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Urban One
Urban One is a publicly listed company headquartered in Silver Spring, United States. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: UONE and NASDAQ: UONEK.
Urban One is a Delaware corporation that its 10-K calls an urban-oriented, multi-media company primarily targeting African-American and urban consumers. It operates radio stations under the Radio One brand, a syndication business called Reach Media, the cable networks TV One and CLEO TV, and the digital platforms of Interactive One. It was named Radio One, Inc. until April 2017, and the Radio One name still survives as its radio brand.
🇺🇸 Radio One and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Radio One is not one of them.
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- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Radio One?
The parent company of Radio One is Urban One, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Radio One American?
Yes. Radio One originated in the United States and its owner, Urban One, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Radio One still owned by Urban One?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Radio One is still owned by Urban One. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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