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Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Imagine going out to celebrate your 24th birthday, Halloween weekend and a one negative vibe led to you getting shot in the head. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happen to 24 year old Sydney Leday. Months after she was shot in the head, in a […]

Our favorite St. Lunatic, Nelly, was performing at Juice Fest in Australia when fans noticed something kind of…off. In the footage that racked up a million views in 24 hours, Nelly is seen on stage performing hit single “Over and Over” while appearing to have lost his equilibrium a little bit, breathing heavily, and rolling […]

If you had plans to travel with Southwest Airlines, you might want to come up with a Plan B for flight options.  This morning Captain Casey Murray, the President of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, called for the company’s first ever  ‘strike authorization vote‘ to be held May 1. Their decision for this date according […]

Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter!  Eric Bellinger is no stranger to the Dallas – Fort Worth area.  His musical talent has surely separated his vocalist skills from the unknown to known fast . Press play and peep the vibes inside a studio session with our very own P-skillz. You can […]

Sports fans were locked into Monday Night Football as the Dallas Cowboys took on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Tom Brady, who announced his retirement last February, plus his crew couldn’t get their defense in line to stop The Boys from defeating them 31-14. The game took fans on a rollercoaster from back-to-back missed field goals, […]

Shoutout to the whole DFW for rocking with Radio One Dallas at the MLK Parade. See all that you missed!    

Radio One Dallas showed out at this years MLK parade honoring the great Martin Luther King Jr. legacy and unity on Monday. See how 97.9 The Beat and Majic 94.5 pulled up and gave a show with live performances from rising 12-year-old star Lil Money Mike and famous TikTok group C4S. We loved showing our […]

The Dallas Zoo has closed for Business Friday to search for a clouded leopard  that has escaped from its habitat.  According to zoo officials, the leopard was missing when the team arrived this morning and is unaccounted for at this time. Dallas Zoo has issued a “code blue, for a non-dangerous animal outside of its […]

Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter!  Welp it looks like Soulja Boy is fed up with a lot these days. Peep the rant Soulja aka Big Draco went on, in regards to Torey Lanez. Watch the vibes and energy Soulja creates based off potential trolls in his live, in the we […]

Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Wait a minute, is this joke or JT from City Girls maybe stepping into the R&B field. New Whitney Houston  sample on the way or nah , lol press play and see what the vibes are adding up to. Sounds like a little bit of […]

Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! New Year New Me, is a real phrase that stays on the minds of the party rockers. Press play and check out Meek Mill’s son mom going live with the new hip movement dance. Lil Uzi trending “Just Wanna Rock” is gaining traction the more […]

This past weekend South Oak Cliff Football celebrated their big championship win for the 2nd year in a row. 97.9 The Beat was of course in attendance and made a special appearance with some of our on-air personalities to show our  support. We hyped the community up for the huge accomplishment achieved! Our very own […]