Urban Media One began as The Fuller Park Advisory Council & Community Development Corporation that was a non-profit organization founded by a group of community activists in May 1995. To deal with Community Development and Training for it's Residents. After a year of hard work the Fuller Park Community was designated Enterprise Community status. In late 1996 The Fuller Park Advisory Council & Community Development Corporation was dissolved to return in late Summer 1999 as The Fuller Park Advisory Council&Community Media Consortium to explore the possibilities of training at risk inner city Chicago youth in Radio Broadcasting and the Motion Picture industry.

In August 2000 The Fuller Park Advisory Council & Community Media Consortium filed an application with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) for licensing of an (LPFM) Low Power FM station Under the call letters WJPC FM. In late 2002 the application was denied due to our geographical area, this means no Low Power FM (LPFM) for urban cites such as Chicago, New York, and Los Angelis cites that need these Community Based Radio Station the most. Since that time the organization has become full time advocates for this matter and has renamed it’s self Urban Media One in 2006.   

At the heart of Chicago's urban, South and West Side, are many Communities with a vibrant character and a strong spirit. Many Communities weathered a rough road through the 20th Century of declining economic conditions, abrupt demographic changes, and deteriorating living circumstances, and today most Residents remains in some of Chicago's poorest and under served Communities.