Nah it was definitely considered black radio... people don't even call it that today really, it became "urban radio" when the PC life kicked in during the 90s. Before that, the R&B charts were even called the "Black Singles" chart. But it wasn't just exclusive to Black artists, there was other music (especially from the British artists of the 80s) that crossed over to us. Our stations were more welcoming to pop artists than pop radio was to R&B artists. Even 'Soul Train' started to incorporate those artists into the show around '84 up until the late-'80s. Black radio was more receptive to that initially than they even were to rap, because the radio people were older and didn't like/understand rap. (i.e. "radio stations I question their blackness/ they call themselves black but we'll see if they play this"- Chuck D) But yeah, what you say is true- black people who were around in that era are usually more well-rounded in their musical taste because of this. I was a little kid but I remember hearing a wide range of stuff on the "black" stations- R&B, a little bit of rap (usually at night), the pop music, some dance/club stuff and the Latin freestyle music. By '91, it was just R&B and a handful of rap.
